02-Jun-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Purchasing a boat need not sink your wallet (Chicago Tribune)
OK, so it isn't the biggest boat in the harbor. But on your limited budget, you can't afford a Princess cruise ship.
• 'Mount Adams-area hike and work projects scheduled for National Trails Day Saturday (Seattle Times)
The American Hiking Society's National Trails Day is Saturday, and Washington Trails Association is hosting several events around the region...
• 'Festivalgoers can drift into the past on vintage yachts (Seattle Times)
Imagine a "Street of Dreams" for vintage homes ? on the water. That's the lure of the Edmonds Waterfront Festival, which takes place...
• 'New Shetland workhorse due to take up duty (Fishupdate.com)
01 June, 2006 - LERWICK Port Authority?s powerful new pilotboat/tug is expected to arrive at the Shetland port on Monday June 5.
• 'Movies: Features and TV Films, June 4-10 (Calendarlive.com)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Bud Abbott, Lou Costello. The boys search for a pirate's treasure, with the pirate in hot pursuit. (NR) TCM Fri., June 9, 9 p.m.
• 'Sevmash shipyard starts building second oceanic mega-yacht (Itar-Tass)
SEVERODVINSK (Arkhangelsk region), May 30 (Itar-Tass) -- The construction of the second oceanic mega-yacht of the A1331 class started at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on Tuesday, shipyard spokesman Mikhail Starozhilov told Itar-Tass.
• 'Pair sinks yacht, find lifeboat leaks (UPI)
ARENDAL, Norway, May 26 (UPI) -- Two men in Norway taking their new $2 million yacht on its first cruise struck rocks and climbed into an inflatable lifeboat only to discover it was leaking.
• 'Hobby and craft groups (St. Petersburg Times)
The following groups and organizations meet regularly in Pasco County. Call the numbers included for information about meeting times and places. Want to be included or make changes in the listing? Write to Groups Listings, Pasco Times, 11321 U.S. 19, Port Richey, FL, 34668.
• 'Waterfront vision unveiled (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Charlottetown unveiled a vision Tuesday night for what the waterfront could look like in ten years.
• 'With 'Gazprom Village', Russia's gas giant turns luxury hotelier (AFP via Yahoo! News)
As Europe moans about Gazprom's monopoly over Russian gas exports, the state-controlled giant is turning a sleepy Soviet-era ski resort in the Caucasus mountains near President Vladimir Putin's summer residence into a luxury retreat.