18-Sep-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Boat builders help transform Turkish economy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
TUZLA, Turkey -- On a recent day this summer, an $80 million clipper called the Maltese Falcon left the Turkish shipyard of its birth and zoomed up the Bosporus, showing up rickety tourist boats and grimy cargo ships.
• '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.
• 'Community cares for military (The Olympian)
A big thumbs up to the Olympia Thurston County Chamber of Commerce and the Hawks Prairie Rotary for two outstanding events to honor and support men and women in the armed forces. There can be little doubt that the South Sound community champions all those who wear the nation's uniforms.
• 'Floating, luxe condos an idea whose time has come (Chicago Tribune)
As the housing bubble bursts on land, it seems a wave of interest rises at sea.
• 'Luxury yacht boom continues as new money floods in (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Size matters in luxury yachting and for now there is no sign that demand for bigger and faster vessels is slowing, according to industry players at the Cannes boat show this week.
• 'Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (Boothbay Register)
I am finding it difficult to get in the groove as I write this beautiful Monday morning, September 11, 2006. Just five years ago it was also a crystal clear September day, a day we should and will never forget.
• 'TODAY (The Advocate)
Newark Area Zonta Club: Noon; Davis-Shai House, Heath; (740) 344-5291. Fish Dinner: 5 to 7 p.m.; Teheran Grotto, 124 Waterworks Road, Newark. Business After Hours: 5 to 7 p.m.; Buckeye Lake Yacht Club, 5019 N. Bank Road, Buckeye Lake; $3 per person; mail reservation and money to Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 702, Newark, OH 43058-0702 or fax to (740) 345-5141.
• 'Heart Beat: A love for rowing (St. Petersburg Times)
A surgeon and a Marine prove the couple that row together stay together. Come Saturday morning at daybreak, you'll find Pam Baines and David Greco rowing the Hillsborough River. Herons stand guard, dolphins flip as the duo glide past the tip of Harbour Island, soaking up the sunrise and solitude.
• 'Yachting by N.O. official raises questions (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
To celebrate his 41st birthday, along with his recent decision to give up the drudgery of his job as the city's chief technology officer, Greg Meffert took a couple of dozen revelers out onto Lake Pontchartrain in early August for an evening cruise on a 53-foot yacht.
• 'Pirates Protest Lack of Dockage in Palm Beach County (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
(PRWEB) September 15, 2006 -- eBoatCharters.