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Radisson Seven Seas, which runs theme cruises on two of its six ships, is adding a 12-day Antiques Boatshow excursion that will sail this June from Southampton, England, to Copenhagen and feature cast members from PBS's Antiques Roadshow program. They will give lectures and go shopping for trinkets with passengers in ports of call along the way. Cost: $7,000 a person, not including airfare...
This June, TraveLeaders Group, a Coral Gables, Fla., travel-management company and travel agency, is planning a seven-day Big Fat Greek Cruise, which will sail from Venice to the Greek isles. Inspired by last year's runaway hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the theme trip, on First European Cruises, will feature conversations with some of the film's stars, Greek food, Greek culture and dancing, and "some plate smashing," says chairman Keith St. Clair. TraveLeaders expects 150 to 200 guests, and the average cost per person will be $1,000, not including airfare. The agency is promoting...
...those who don't want to venture as far as Greece to experience specialty cruising, there are companies that sail only in domestic waters. One of these is the Windjammer Association, based in Rockland, Maine, which sails 14 privately owned tall ships along the coast of Maine from Memorial Day through Columbus Day on themed journeys whose focuses range from knitting to whale watching...
Combination changes are the key to team racing. Six boats, three for each team, sail on the same course, competing for the lowest sum of finishes. A combination of a first and a second automatically wins the race, for example, no matter what the final finish of that team is. Yu thought the team was strong in the latter category, but lacked a little bit of opportunistic spirit, a notion Bischoff seconded...
...additional week of extra practice time—which has given the team an opportunity to work on its admittedly poor starts—coupled with the heightened tension and wind conditions similar to last week’s competition, helped the Crimson sail an overall better race this time around...