Cruising yachts are by the far the most common yacht in private use, making up most of the-range.

* Ocean Cruising Club-a UK-based organisation for long-distance yacht cruisers

* Cruising ( maritime ), leisurely travel by boat, yacht, or cruise ship

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Australia's premier yacht club is situated near Rushcutters Bay Park and runs the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

The CCA ( Cruising Club of America ) rating rule was developed following World War II to allow different styles of boats to race against each other with a handicap calculated from measurements of each boat.

Cruising sailboats range from 20 ' to 70 ' and more, and have easily managed sailplans to allow relatively small crews to sail them long distances.

Cruising by boat is a lifestyle that involves living for extended time on a boat while traveling from place to place for pleasure.

* Harvey, Dereck, Multihulls for Cruising and Racing, Adlard Coles, London 1990, ISBN 0-07136-6414-2

Following the release of their only studio album, ( GI ), The Germs recorded six original songs with legendary producer Jack Nitzsche for the soundtrack to the film, Cruising, starring Al Pacino.

* Cruising yachts usually have an auxiliary engine, and there are two main uses for it: One is to power ahead or motor-sail at sea when the wind is light or from the wrong direction.

In 2000 he narrated and performed in a travel series for Media Artists, entitled Cruising America's Waterways, which was purchased by PBS.

Cruising for prizes with a Letter of Marque was considered an honorable calling combining patriotism and profit, in contrast to unlicensed piracy, which was universally reviled.

British Waterways Board was required under the Act to keep Commercial and Cruising Waterways fit for their respective traffic and use.

* Petrel: built 1913 / 15-sold 1968-club house for Down Cruising Club in Ballydorn

She was stripped of her machinery and bridge fittings and towed to Salcombe, where she is now used as a floating headquarters for the Island Cruising Club in Salcombe, Devon, not far from her original birthplace.

* Karen Allen, adjunct Faculty in the Arts, is an acclaimed actress best known for her roles in films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, National Lampoon's Animal House, Starman, and Cruising.

The novel was the basis for the 1980 movie Cruising, which depicted aspects of the men's leather subculture for a wider audience.

British Waterways Board was required, under the Act, to keep Commercial Waterways, mainly in the north-east, fit for commercial use ; and Cruising Waterways fit for cruising.

In effect, this means either reclassifying the Remainder Waterway as a Cruising Waterway or entering into an agreement for another body to maintain the waterway.

Cruising dinghies are designed for leisure and family sailing and are usually more stable than high performance dinghies.

For the Carry On series he composed six scores, ending with Carry On Cruising, including the original Carry On theme subsequently adapted for later films by Eric Rogers.

Cruising has become a major part of the tourism industry, accounting for U. S .$ 29. 4 billion with over 19 million passengers carried worldwide in 2011.

Cruising for sex, or cruising is the act of walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety.

Cruising for sex is alluded to in songs such as " Cruisin ' the Streets " by the Boys Town Gang as well as " I'm a Cruiser " by the Village People.

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* Cruising ( maritime ), living on a ship or a boat and traveling for extended periods of time

In 1835 he was assigned to USS Constitution, serving as an aide to Commodore Jesse Elliott in the Mediterranean ; his service aboard Constitution would later become the basis for a novel, Nautilus ; or, Cruising under Canvas, published in 1871.

Cruising can include extended offshore and ocean-crossing trips, coastal sailing within sight of land, and daysailing.

Most modern yachts of 25-55 feet long, propelled solely by mechanical powerplants, cannot carry the fuel sufficient for a point-to-point voyage of even 250-500 miles without needing to resupply ; but a well-prepared sail-powered yacht of similar length is theoretically capable of sailing anywhere its crew is willing to guide it.

* Day cruiser yacht ( no cabin, sparse amenities )

* Sport fishing yacht ( yacht with living amenities and sporting fishing equipment )

* Luxury yacht ( similar to the last three types of yachts, with more luxurious finishings / amenities )

In both cases these allow the yacht to sit upright on the seabed in shallow water or on areas that dry at low tide.

Both these stiffen the yacht and allow more sail to be carried in stronger winds.

Some self-rescue dinghy / yacht tender dinghies have two sets of oarlocks ( rowlocks ) and an adjustable middle seat to allow for ergonomically efficient rowing positions.

The challenge was unusual in that it did not allow the host yacht club the conventional three to four years to prepare for the event, nor did the challenging boat adhere to the 12 metre class design that the America's Cup had been contested in for thirty-five years, nor did it allow time for other international challengers and defenders to participate.

The ' Red Fox ' is a modern cruising yacht that uses bilgeboards to allow a lifting keel with minimal interference in cabin space.

Three other agents, Chief Petty Officer Roland Verge, Petty Officer Bartelo and Petty Officer Gérard Andries, who sailed to New Zealand on the yacht Ouvéa, were arrested by Australian police on Norfolk Island, but released as Australian law did not allow them to be held until the results of forensic tests came back.

This act severely angered the Kearsarge's crew, who begged their captain to allow them to open fire on the British yacht.

Foster's other design work has included the Nomos desk system for Italian manufacturer Tecno, and the motor yacht Izanami ( later Ronin ) for Lürssen Yachts.

Because no bodies were found at the time, Walker and Stearns were convicted only for the yacht theft in August 1975.

* The Glen Strathallan luxury steam yacht was scuttled near the Shagstone as a site for scuba diving.

* Southern Cross, a yacht that challenged for the 1974 America's Cup

This romanization has appeared in Japanese publications because Nishizaki, a sailing enthusiast who owned a cruiser yacht, ordered that this translation be used out of love for his boat.

As the fashion for yachting spread throughout the English aristocracy, yacht races began to become common.

The US yacht ensign for example, has a circle of 13 stars and a fouled anchor in the canton instead of the 50 stars, being quite different from the Ensign of the US, which is the flag of the United States.

Aside from this fairly standard design, built in numbers and using methods approaching mass production by the large yacht-building firms of Europe and North America, there are some common variations to suit a yacht for a more particular role or to emphasise one aspect of performance rather than the wide range of abilities needed in a standard design.

The classic ' long keel ' yacht, where the keel is integrated into the lower portion of the hull and extends for all or most of the hull's length, rather than being a single fin attached to the hull at the centre, is still being built in small numbers.

This is largely due to reduced hull-building costs brought about by the introduction of fibreglass hulls, and increased automation and " production line " techniques for yacht building, especially in Europe.

Even 20 years ago, it was not common for a 25-feet ( 7 m ) yacht to have electric lighting.

Combined with modern waterproof battery packs, electric outboards are also ideal for yacht tenders and other inshore pleasure boats.

The Monaco yacht company Wally has announced a " gigayacht " designed for billionaires torn between buying a mansion and a superyacht.

The SEALINE yacht company manufactures boats for the luxury market and is Kidderminster's second largest single employer.

* SY Aurora, a steam yacht used for Antarctic exploration that made several Antarctic expeditions

The prince and princess left that night for their seven-week Mediterranean honeymoon cruise on Rainier's yacht, Deo Juvante II.

Jørgen Iversen Dyppel, a successful trader on Saint Christopher, was made governor and the king provided convicts from his jails and two vessels for the establishment of the colony, the yacht Den forgyldte KroneMarcussen, Jørgen.

The uses of these islands vary: Davids ' Island, the former location of the U. S. Army ’ s Fort Slocum, is currently unoccupied but is slated for use as passive parkland ; Glen Island is a County park for passive and active recreation ; Huckleberry Island is largely undeveloped and has one of the largest rookeries for some shore bird species in western Long Island Sound ; Columbia Island was the former site of CBS television broadcast antennas and is currently unoccupied ; Echo Island is used by a private yacht club ; Execution Rocks is the site of a 19th century lighthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places ; Pea Island is owned by Huguenot Yacht Club but remains undeveloped ; Goose Island is undeveloped ; Clifford, Harrison and Tank Islands are part of a nature preserve and city park ; and Oak and Pine Islands are used as private residences.

In 1930 a former German airship officer, Captain Anton Heinen, working in the US for the US Navy on its dirigible fleet, attempted to design and build a four place blimp called the family air yacht for private fliers which the inventor claimed would be priced below $ 10, 000 and easier to fly than a fixed wing aircraft if placed in production.