04-Mar-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Mercedes-Benz S550: It almost drives itself (San Jose Mercury News)
I'm more often befuddled than bedazzled by technology. The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class is an exception. This car offers so many neat, useful -- OK, I'll say it, amazing -- gadgets that I'm still abuzz two weeks after handing back the keys.
• 'Over the Bounding Main (Incentive)
Small but luxurious ship, sailboat and river barge charters offer incentive groups a great way to cruise. By Leo Jakobson
• 'Sci-Port event promises to be out of this world (The Times)
"Fly me to the moon." And let me bid on dinner with President George W. Bush. And the chance for a yacht cruise. Or a Middle Eastern feast for 12 prepared by Al Najjar, Sci-Port president and CEO.
• 'Storm Wipes Out Queen's Cruise Plans (Los Angeles Times)
Rain was pouring when Queen Elizabeth II came to call at the British Home, a retirement facility in Sierra Madre. Stormy seas kept the royal yacht Britannia docked at Long Beach Harbor, wiping out the queen's plans to cruise to Santa Barbara for a March meeting with President Reagan at his ranch. She hopped a jet instead.
• 'Firms compete for waterfront work (North-West Evening Mail)
FIVE UK construction firms are competing for £18m worth of contracts for the first major piece of Barrow?s waterfront regeneration. Representatives of the five unnamed firms were being briefed at the Abbey House Hotel today by officials from the regeneration company West Lakes Renaissance.
• 'Spider And 159 Sportwagon Lead Geneva Display (Scoop.co.nz)
Alfa Romeo is displaying for the first time the complete range of cars derived from the Project 159 Platform, with the Alfa Spider and the Alfa 159 Sportwagon joining the Alfa Romeo 159 sports saloon and the stunning Alfa Romeo Brera sports car.
• 'Cable movie listings Feb. 26-March 4 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
The Accidental Spy ? ?01 ?PG-13? Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang. A Hong Kong salesman gains possession of a deadly microbe. (S, N, V) 108m ENCORE Mon. 12:40 p.m., 3:10 a.m.
• 'Disabled yacht under tow to Lyttelton (Stuff)
A disabled yacht is under tow to the Port of Lyttelton this afternoon after a rescue in Pegasus Bay, about 48km east of Woodend, north of Christchurch.
• 'Water tours offer new Strand view (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Hit the local waterways for a little different view of the Grand Strand. Area sightseeing boat trips are gearing up with cruises along the Intracoastal Waterway, local rivers and marshes.