TRAVEL: Dead calm on deck, if not at sea; If you can't afford your own yacht, try the next best thing. IAN GREY samples the intimate atmosphere aboard Wind Surf, a cruise ship with a little something extra - sails.(Features)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: August 3, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

What is it about people who suddenly become millionaires? Hand someone a lottery cheque and they immediately think they are distantly related to Horatio Hornblower and start wanting to weigh anchors and splice mainbraces.

''How are you going to spend your fortune?'' the probing newspaper interviewer predictably asks the latest winner. ''I am going to buy a yacht,'' declares Norman Scroggins of West Norwood, his closest previous nautical experience being a plate of winkles on Southend Pier.

Frankly, as we mused over a margarita on main deck the other day these are just ...

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