21-Dec-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Grant's wild about winning (The Age)
Skandia skipper Grant Wharington has a lot on his plate but reaching Hobart first is his only real concern.
• 'More to this place than a pass-through (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Panama has always been a convenient shortcut for travelers on their way to somewhere else. The Spaniards used it to haul treasures from Peru. Prospectors used it to race by rail to California for the Gold Rush. And the whole world still uses its canal, the fastest way to move cargo and cruise ships between oceans.
• 'Clubs / Activities (Marco Eagle)
The Eagle welcomes news, information and announcements from your club. E-mail us at mail@marcoeagle.com, fax to 213-5382 or send to Clubs, c/o Marco Eagle, P.O. Box 579, Marco Island, FL 34146.
• 'Getting shipshape, from stem to stern (Sun-Sentinel)
With no new ships on their respective horizons, Windstar Cruises, Disney Cruise Line and Crystal Cruises each have opted for the next best thing: renovations.
• 'Wind Surf Sails Into Caribbean Season With All Degrees of Difference Enhancements Completed (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Emerging from a five-week work period, Windstar Cruises' motor sailing yacht Wind Surf sailed from Barbados on December 16 with all Degrees of Difference enhancements completed on board.
• 'The Orbitz Insider Picks Seven Hotspots for 2007! (SYS-CON Media)
Want to vacation at one of the 'in' places before the rest of America catches onto the tourism trend? Backed by a team of travel professionals, The Orbitz Insider knows which 2007's travel hotspots will be the 'in' locations for experience seeking vacationers.
• 'Set sail for luxury: Fulfill your fantasies with cruise on Heiress' former private yacht (Boston Herald)
A BOARD THE SEA CLOUD -With the British Virgin Islands slipping past on either side, I looked up at a complex web of lines and masts supporting al- most an acre of sail that stretched 178 feet into...
• 'Collecting MadVideos -- Iceboating on Lake Wingra (Isthmus)
Last week's cold snap was sufficient to freeze Lake Wingra, the smallest of Madison?s four definitive bodies of water. Following quickly behind was the first flotilla of the city's iceboatnavy, gathering for their season-beginning Wingra Winger (a "family fun day on the ice") on Saturday, Dec. 9, and a second day of sailing on Sunday. Conditions were warm and somewhat windy, with temperatures ...
• 'OREGON / Search ended for lost sailors (San Francisco Chronicle)
A British sailor and two Americans have been identified as the three adventurers who are believed to have been lost at sea when the catamaran they were delivering to Seattle from South Africa ran into a huge Pacific storm last week off the coast of Oregon, a...