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

Cruising is done on both sail and power boats, monohulls and multihulls although sail predominates over longer distances, as ocean-going power boats are considerably more expensive to purchase and operate.

* 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.

* The American dramatist, actor, and short story writer Sam Shepard writes in Cruising Paradise that Cesar Vallejo is his favorite poet.

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 Kerikeri Cruising Club at Doves Bay is very active due to the boating waters on Kerikeri's doorstep.

There is an active sailing club, the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club, which promotes an annual Round the Island sailing race as well as regularly scheduled dinghy and cruiser races.

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.

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race ( sometimes referred to as the Bluewater Classic in the Australian media ) is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

There is a sailing school run by the Island Cruising Club, based on the ex-Mersey ferry " Egremont " moored in the estuary.

The Cruising Association has a purpose-built headquarters at Limehouse Basin, and the John Ding Academy Tai Chi centre ( opened March 2005 ) is located in the retail unit of Berglen Court.

2, 7, 28 and 64 ) were sailing in company at the inaugural Aberdovey Vintage and Cruising Weekend in July 2010, and it is hoped to double that number for the 2011 event.

Control and organization of the club is done for the membership via members elected by the membership into roles such as Sailing Secretary, Commodore, Cruising Captain, Racing Captain etc.

** Cruising boats applies to both power and sailboats, and refers to trips from local weekend passages to lengthy voyages, and is a lifestyle.

Additionally, the La Ceiba sea port is home to one of the finest boatyards in the north west Caribbean ( According to " Western Caribbean Cruising Guidebook ").

In an episode of the show Still Standing, " Still Cruising ," Bill's mother Louise is a member of the Red Hat Society and tricks Judy, her daughter-in-law, into going on a Red Hat Society cruise with her.

The company is best known for its Freestyle Cruising concept, which means that there are no set times or seating arrangements for meals, nor is formal attire required.

Cruising with Ruben & the Jets is the fourth studio album by the Mothers of Invention.

After The Mothers of Invention's contract with MGM and Verve Records expired, Frank Zappa and Herb Cohen negotiated to form a semi-independent record label Bizarre Records, with Verve releasing three Bizarre releases with distribution by MGM: a new Mothers of Invention album, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, the compilation Mothermania, and an album by Sandy Hurvitz, Sandy's Album is Here at Last.

Cruising boats also often tack downwind when the swells are also coming from dead astern ( i. e., there is a " following sea "), because of the more stable motion of the hull.

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 has become a major part of the tourism industry, with millions of passengers each year as of 2008.

* Cruising at part throttle ( light load )

Many movie insiders have argued that United Artists was already struggling at the time with the box office flops of Cruising and Foxes, both released earlier in 1980 ( the former film was not even produced by UA ).

Cruising the town at night used to be a popular trend among teenagers during the 1990s, but due to the ever-rising gas prices it has become a rare activity among teenagers in Zalma nowadays.

Following a bout of ill health, Dilys Laye had to be brought in to take her place in Carry On Cruising at very short notice ; however, Sims rejoined the team with Carry On Cleo.

It includes references to Taxi Driver, Ms. 45, Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Deathmaster, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, The Light at the End, Death Wish, Convoy, Vampirella, Natural Born Killers, Badlands, Nocturna, Cruising, Vampire Junction, The Addiction, and The Lost Boys, as well as taking its title from a character in the film Dracula AD 1972.

Currently, there are no plans for a newly remastered release ; however, Friedkin's controversial 1980 film Cruising was issued as a deluxe DVD in 2007, with Friedkin indicating that Sorcerer might get the same treatment at some point.

** Cruising sailboats have more width, but performance climbs as they tend to be much longer starting Length Over All of at least 25 feet ( six metres ) re-balancing the dynamic ratio between length of waterline ( aiding speed ) and beam width ( adding cargo and people space ).

Cruising speed at 35 knots.

Cruising speed at 45 knots, capable of 52 knots when empty.

Cruising speed at 43. 5 knots, capable of 49 knots when empty.

He wrote of his maritime experiences in a book A Cruising Voyage Round the World, which sold well, in part due to public fascination at Selkirk's rescue.

In 1962, Laye made her first appearance in the Carry On films, replacing an ill Joan Sims in Carry On Cruising at four days ' notice.

Born in Sevenoaks, Kent, and educated at Sherborne School in Sherborne, Dorset, Percival first became well known in the early 1960s for performing topical calypsos on television shows such as That Was The Week That Was, and made several appearances in British comedy films including the Carry On film, Carry On Cruising ( 1962 ).

Cruising at a steady 40 km / h ( 25 mph ) would, on the same basis, have given a range of.

* Cruising Yachties Experience at Minerva ( 2003 )

Cruising came about due to the fact that homosexual acts were at one time and for many hundreds of years, illegal.

Cruising at a higher flight level generally requires less fuel than at a lower flight level, but extra climb fuel may be needed to get up to the higher flight level ( it is this extra climb fuel and the different fuel consumption rate which cause discontinuities ).

Show jumping champion Cruising, bred in Hartwell, won five Grand Prix events under the saddle of Trevor Coyle, and was second in the World Cup final at Gothenburg in 1999.