13-Sep-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Ring in the New Year While Soaking up the Caribbean Sun on a Windstar Cruise (FinanzNachrichten)
SEATTLE, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Party hats, noisemakers and champagne are traditional for ringing in the New Year. Add an elegant Windstar Cruises' motor sailing yacht in the sparkling azure waters of the Caribbean and the stage is set for a memorable holiday celebration.
• 'Honky-tonk heaven hits Saint John (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Cowboy hats and western boots are all the rage in Saint John as a four-day celebration of country music concludes Monday night with a nationally televised awards show from Harbour Station.
• 'BLAB! (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
CELEBRITY TERROR ALERT: What we should be worried about this week
• 'Ring in the New Year While Soaking up the Caribbean Sun on a Windstar Cruise (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Party hats, noisemakers and champagne are traditional for ringing in the New Year.
• 'D.A. to seek death penalty for suspects in yacht owners' slayings (Contra Costa Times)
Prosecutors said Wednesday that they will seek the death penalty for two men charged with killing a retired couple for their yacht by tying them to an anchor and pitching them overboard.
• 'Cruising to the land of the midnight sun (icCroydon)
WE'D been looking forward to our luxury cruise with the anticipation of a three-year-old on Christmas Eve. By definition, anybody who cruises the Baltic prefers chic city culture and history of Eastern Europe to the sultry suntans of the western Med.
• 'Rent a yacht for your next vacation (CNN Money)
We're crossing the Gulf of Argolis: 37°8' N, 22°50' E. The water is placid, without a breath of wind, which is a bit of a disappointment - we've come to Greece to sail, but today we're under diesel power, making nine knots off Plaka on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, about 70 miles southwest of Athens.