07-Oct-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Cruise puts exotic locations in easy reach (Denver Post)
Rudy, the Tasmanian devil, huffed and puffed and growled and screeched. But that was about it. He couldn't even stand up and spin like a top.
• 'Two events offer a chance to have fun and help causes (The Bolingbrook Sun)
I'm continuing in the vein of last week's column to discuss two more worthy causes.
• 'Developer tries to fashion a haven for the superyacht (International Herald Tribune)
The $200 million Yacht Haven Grande development being built in the U.S. Virgin Islands is not just a parking lot for supersized boats and the site of 12 luxury condominiums with views of one of the Caribbean's prettiest harbors.
• 'A day for those who wait (The Beaufort Gazette)
Solitaire diamonds glinted in the sun as a crowd of women waited to board a 73-foot passenger yacht at the Downtown Marina in Beaufort.
• 'Sunset, High-Seas Adventure on Shearwater's ''Wild Wine'' Cruise Series (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Join Frederick Wildman and Sons, LTD, importers and merchants of fine wines, and Shearwater Sailing--Manhattan By Sail, an 82-foot Gatsby-Era luxury sailing yacht, for fun with water and wine during in its inaugural "Wild Wine" cruise series this October.
• 'The latest Disney news (Sun-Sentinel)
See recent Sentinel and Los Angeles Times coverage of the Walt Disney Co. .
• 'Military spouses honored with cruise (Island Packet)
BEAUFORT -- Diamond rings glinted in the sun as a crowd of women waited to board a 73-foot passenger yacht at the Downtown Marina in Beaufort.