21-Sep-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Discovery 1000 Personal Submarine Dives to 1000 Feet (Gizmodo)
We're developing a major submarine fetish around here, and there's no shortage of objects after which we can lust. Here's one more, the Discovery 1000 from US Subs, a serious underwater yacht that...
• 'Rolex Big Boat Series - Day 3 Report (Nautica)
San Francisco, Calif.- Despite a light-wind start to the third day of racing at Rolex Big Boat Series, the St. Francis yacht Club's (StFYC) race committee managed to complete two challenging races for the 900-plus sailors competing here.
• 'Nagin held 'thank you' shindig on yacht (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Greg Meffert, former New Orleans chief technology officer, wasn't the only prominent city official to throw a party on the Silicon Bayou, the yacht purchased last year by four partners in a technology firm that has received millions of dollars in city work since Meffert's arrival at City Hall.
• '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.
• 'Hsh Nordbank Blue Race (Nautica)
Nearly 20 yachts have already announced their participation in the HSH Nordbank blue race. The challenging offshore regatta will lead the sailors from New York to Hamburg in June 2007. The crews are now preparing for the demanding race across the Northern Atlantic.
• '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.
• 'Hop till you drop in the Caribbean (Times Online)
Who wants to sit on a beach for their whole holiday? Not me ? I want to sit on five beaches for my whole holiday. See, even the most sandoholic of us can get bored of staring at the same postcard-perfect vista for a full fortnight ? which is where island-hopping comes in.
• 'Sponsored Links (Intellectual Conservative)
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• 'Disqualification (Lawrence Journal-World)
To the editor: Most disagreements among candidates and political platforms do not have to do with principle, but rather policy. It is a basic principle that people have a right to the safety of their lives and possessions.