19-Nov-2005  (yacht cruise)

• 'FLOATING HOTEL ROW ERUPTS (Wharf)
THE backers of a 250-room cruise ship hotel approved for Canary Wharf have hit out at British Waterways (BW). They are claiming it broke a commitment and gave its berth to another boat.
• 'Entries accepted for Yaquina Bay Lighted Boat Parade (Newport News-Times)
Sail into the holidays as part of the 12th annual Yaquina Bay Lighted Boat Parade beginning at 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 26. The Yaquina Bay yacht Club is hosting this year's awards ceremony and post-parade party. The club invites boat owners to decorate their craft, join the parade and win prizes.
• 'Dancing in the isles for the Queen?s 80th birthday bash (The Herald)
Question: What does a Queen do when, to celebrate her 80th birthday, she rather fancies the idea of a Hebridean cruise but can no longer avail herself of the royal yacht Britannia? Answer: She hires a former CalMac car ferry to do the job.
• 'Shame of an officer and a gentleman (Yorkshire Post)
Mark Branagan HE was a highly respected monk and teacher and a celebrated mountaineer, the only son of leading Tory peer and public figure Lord Harvington, a personal friend of Margaret Thatcher.
• 'Rescued couple deny 'dole bludger' accusation (Stuff)
The Lyttelton couple snatched to safety from their stricken yacht last month in an estimated million-dollar rescue have rejected claims they are "dole bludgers".
• 'Cruise Critic Celebrates Ten Years of Innovation with Cruise Line Award Program (PR Web)
The awards program recognizes the accomplishments, in this contemporary era of cruising, of cruise lines that have genuinely blazed a new trail in areas such as dining, enrichment, and recreation. [PRWEB Nov 18, 2005]
• 'Queen books Hebridean cruise to celebrate her 80th birthday (The Scotsman)
THE Queen is set to cruise around western Scotland to celebrate her 80th birthday.
• 'Cruise Critic Celebrates Ten Years of Innovation with Cruise Line Award Program (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Pennington, NJ (PRWEB) November 18, 2005 -- Cruise Critic ( cruise lines that have genuinely blazed a new trail in areas such as dining, enrichment, and recreation.
• 'Scottish cruise for Queen's 80th birthday (Telegraph.co.uk)
The Queen is to celebrate her 80th birthday next year by chartering a ship for a cruise around the Western Isles of Scotland.