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Laid-back cruises offer alternative; If you go Windstar Cruises will send the Wind Star (148 passengers) to the Mediterranean in the spring and summer, Southeast Asia in the fall and winter. The Wind Spirit, identical to the Wind Star, will summer in the Mediterranean, winter in the Caribbean. The Wind Song, also identical, summers in the Mediterranean, winters in Costa Rica. The recently acquired Wind Surf (312 passengers in 125 cabins and 31 larger suites) will summer in Mediterranean, winter in the Caribbean. Itineraries run seven to 15 days. See a travel agent for booking, or call (800) 258-7245 for information. Rates run from $350 to $500 per person per day. For those even more intrigued by sailing ships, Star Clippers are two 360-foot, four-masted ships with lower prices and fewer amenities than Windstar, but greater emphasis on maritime tradition. Among the lines with pricier small ships or yachts: Cunard (Sea Goddesses I and II); Seabourn (Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Spirit, Seabourn Legend); Radisson Seven Seas (Song of Flower, Radisson Diamond, Paul Gauguin); and Silversea (Silver Cloud, Silver Wind).
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Western civilization did not produce the midnight buffet, that
cruise-ship icon, by accident. Like the spangled gown worn on formal
night or the invitation to dinner at the captain's table, the
midnight buffet, its boards groaning with cold cuts and ice
sculptures, is a cruise tradition embraced by millions. These
traditions are honored and preserved, in varying degrees, by most of
the big passenger ships at sea.
But what if you hate that stuff? What if you like sailing and
water spo...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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SAILING AWAY WIND STAR COMBINES CRUISE LUXURY WITH ROMANCE OF BYGONE ERA
The Boston Globe
; FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique - It's midnight on a warm, moist, velvet- wrapped, and star-sprinkled night, and Wind Star is leaving port. A debutante of the sea, Wind Star departs gracefully with little fuss but great style, diesel-powered electric engines humming softly and a rakishly cut bow slicing
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Laid-back cruises offer alternative; If you go Windstar Cruises will send the Wind Star (148 passengers) to the Mediterranean in the spring and summer, Southeast Asia in the fall and winter. The Wind Spirit, identical to the Wind Star, will summer in the Mediterranean, winter in the Caribbean. The Wind Song, also identical, summers in the Mediterranean, winters in Costa Rica. The recently acquired Wind Surf (312 passengers in 125 cabins and 31 larger suites) will summer in Mediterranean, winter in the Caribbean. Itineraries run seven to 15 days. See a travel agent for booking, or call (800) 258-7245 for information. Rates run from $350 to $500 per person per day. For those even more intrigued by sailing ships, Star Clippers are two 360-foot, four-masted ships with lower prices and fewer amenities than Windstar, but greater emphasis on maritime tradition. Among the lines with pricier small ships or yachts: Cunard (Sea Goddesses I and II); Seabourn (Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Spirit, Seabourn Legend); Radisson Seven Seas (Song of Flower, Radisson Diamond, Paul Gauguin); and Silversea (Silver Cloud, Silver Wind).
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Western civilization did not produce the midnight buffet, that cruise-ship icon, by accident. Like the spangled gown worn on formal night or the invitation to dinner at the captain's table, the midnight buffet, its boards groaning with cold cuts and ice sculptures, is a cruise tradition embraced by
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Wind Star: Luxury cruising enters space age
Chicago Sun-Times
; FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique On last month's maiden cruise of Wind Star, the really rich and famous showed up in every port, clamoring to come aboard for a closer look. In Mustique, William F. Buckley came over from his yacht and requested permission to visit, and David Bowie wangled an invitation to
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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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)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; 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
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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SHIP HAS A SMASHING TIME IN ANTARCTIC SEA ICE.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; The ship is rumbling and stopping, stopping and rumbling, vibrating like an old junker car. Crew members get bounced against the steel walls of the forecastle as they look out at the huge cracks the Polar Star is making in the fast ice - sea ice that forms and remains fast along the coast. Six
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 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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Hospital ship preps for a novel mission: 'Comfort' will travel to Latin America on humanitarian visit.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
; Byline: Robert Little May 31--The hospital ship USNS Comfort leaves its Baltimore home today without the usual war or natural disaster on its itinerary, but preparing nonetheless for one of the busiest and most complicated missions of its 20-year service in the U.S. Navy. Instead of rushing to a
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Passengers Say Captain Abandoned Them;Cruise Ship Entertainers, Staff Cited as Heroes of Rescue Efforts
The Washington Post
; ... ashore to supervise rescue operations. "When I ordered, `abandon the ship,' it doesn't matter what time I leave," he told ABC News. "Abandon is for everybody. If some people like to stay, they can stay." A statement issued today by Epirotiki Lines, the shipping ...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Horse Racing: Wind Star can blow rivals away; RACING POST RATINGS.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: Sam Walker IF LAST year's renewal is anything to go by, we can expect some smart individuals to graduate from the Subscribe To Racing UK On 08700 506957 Handicap (3.40) at Haydock this afternoon. The race was contested 12 months ago by the likes of Stronghold, Boo and Spectait. Stronghold
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Horse Racing: Wind Star looks type to progress further; RACING POST RATINGS.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: Sam Walker A STRONG field has been assembled for the Dalby Stand Handicap (3.25) at Pontefract, with a good combination of young, improving types and seasoned handicappers. Capable Guest falls into the latter camp, having made the frame in a number of valuable handicaps last year, and if he
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Ship cargo has Greeks pondering
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ... Sudanese man named Essam Bakry al-Khalifa. "I am going to hand those documents to the Greek ambassador in Sudan," the official news agency SUNA quoted him as saying. The statement denied the ship was owned by a Sudanese company but provided no details on al-Khali ...
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