03-May-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'YV&C News Desk: Floating Through Burgundy (Linux World)
A drive-it-yourself canal barge includes all the luxury amenities you'd expect on a yacht, but costs less than staying in hotels and eating all your meals out. What's more, it's an adventure that lets you experience the 'real' countryside.
• 'Intermediate Eater: When your ship sails don't forget the bread (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
No doubt Horatio Hornblower would have loved this "biscuit" recipe.
• 'Prosecutor Zeroes In on Ex-Enron Chief's Finances (New York Times)
Having $100 million in personal debt did not stop Kenneth L. Lay from spending $200,000 on a birthday cruise for his wife and holding onto some $30 million in real estate.
• 'ART Marine signs JBH deal (AME Info)
ART Marine, a Dubai-based yacht distributor, has signed a deal with the Jumeirah Beach Hotel to use the hotel's marina berths for operating cruise services, reported Gulf News. ART Marine will have seven boats available for charter and will have all female crews in order to cater to Arab women.
• 'Tom Cruise's manic meltdown (Jam! Showbiz)
Are we ready to feel sorry for Tom Cruise yet? Perhaps the most maladroit celebrity since ... well, if not ever, then at least since Michael Jackson, Cruise seems incapable of doing or saying anything in front of cameras and tape-recorders that doesn't come off strange and/or weird.
• 'Brand new yacht sinks in Dorset (ITV.com)
A woman has described sinking her boyfriend's brand new £250,000 yacht during a pleasure cruise around the south coast. Hannah Gutteridge, 33, was at the wheel of the 47ft yacht while her boyfriend Paul Compton went below deck to check the satellite navigation system.