17-Sep-2005  (yacht cruise)

• 'Green groups attack cruise ship terminal plans (ABC News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Environmental groups have vowed to step up their campaign against a planned cruise ship terminal on the Gold Coast.
• 'Local News Officials drawn to 'magnetic' river (Pekin Times)
PEORIA - In 1973, when the Tri-County Riverfront Action Forum sponsored its first cruise along the Illinois River on a barge, only 3 percent of the land participants saw was public property.
• 'Building Business Relationships in Style on the High Seas (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
RBN - Los Angeles County will be hosting a luxury business networking event onboard the FantaSea One Yacht, Marina del Rey, on Thursday, September 22, 2005, from 5 pm to 8:30 pm.
• 'Green groups attack cruise ship terminal plans (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Environmental groups have vowed to step up their campaign against a planned cruise ship terminal on the Gold Coast. State Cabinet has approved plans for a massive marine development project on The Spit that will include a cruise ship facility as well as a super yacht marina.
• 'Fourth Annual Shipyard Cup Draws Awe and Raves (Boothbay Register)
A world-class sailing spectacle unfolded on Boothbay region waters this past weekend, September 10 and 11 to the absolute delight of participants and spectators alike.
• 'ADVENTURE CRUISING CALENDAR (Newsday.com)
Adventure and educational trips are the latest trend in cruising. Even the larger cruise companies, such as Celebrity, are getting into the act. Adventure cruising, by definition, allows passengers to have a more proactive relationship with the ports-of-call.
• 'Bayville Beat (Boothbay Register)
Bayville was thick with Merrills over the weekend as several dozen children, grandchildren, cousins, and Merrill wanna-be's celebrated Greg Merrill Senior's survival of almost 80 years of Bayville with a surprise birthday at Lawn Cottage.