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 is a major feature of the life of the Squib Fleet at Newhaven and Seaford YC and a version of the Squib cruised from Glasgow to Invernesss – and one crossed the Atlantic.

** 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.

The band has re-arranged songs from the Germicide live album and songs from the Cruising sessions ; they planned to record several Darby Crash Band songs as well.

Cruising involves traveling on a boat, whether across a bay on the Great Lakes ( in the U. S .) or from island to island in the South Pacific.

The directors ' power lessened considerably as seen in the less successful films as Friedkin's Sorcerer ( 1977 ), and Cruising ( 1980 ), and culminating in Coppola's One from the Heart and Cimino's Heaven's Gate, among other money-losers.

The Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon was marketed from 1977 to 1980 and styled to resemble a small conversion van or sedan delivery, complete with a round side panel " bubble windows ".

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.

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.

The longest surviving skipper from the inaugural race, Peter Luke, who contributed to the formation of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and the establishment of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, died on 23 September 2007 aged 92, the last of the original sailors who pioneered this event.

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

Along with Heaven's Gate, Cruising, and One from the Heart, They All Laughed is generally regarded as the end of the New Hollywood period, and the director-driven studio films of the 1970s.

Recruited by San Francisco underground radio pioneer Tom Donahue and Warner Brothers Records to travel from San Francisco, California to New York and be filmed for a movie called Cruising for Burgers or " We have Come for your Daughters " later renamed Medicine Ball Caravan, the Hog Farmers bussed themselves across America, setting up stages for mainstream rock artists.

He also provided artwork, graphics, and / or design for Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, Uncle Meat, Hot Rats, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Chunga's Revenge, Fillmore East-June 1971, 200 Motels, Just Another Band from L. A., Waka / Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury, Zoot Allures, Tinseltown Rebellion, the Does Humor Belong in Music ?, The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, Playground Psychotics, Ahead of Their Time, Cheap Thrills, Mystery Disc, Son of Cheep Thrills, Threesome No. 1 slipcase art, and Threesome No. 2 slipcase art.

Cruising in European waters from the spring of 1778 until the fall of that year, Tucker took four more prizes before returning to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 15 October.

Other stories in the collection deal with chess (" Black to Move " and " The Jersey Rifle "), time travel with unintended consequences (" Cruising Through Deuteronomy " and " Time Travelers Never Die "), and the beginnings of interplanetary exploration (" Translations from the Colosian ", " Promises to Keep ", and " To Hell with the Stars ", the last an exposition of what may happen if humanity chooses to not enter space ).

In 1968 an exciting opportunity arose when Bob Clain's ( Commodore of the Down Cruising Club from 1969 / 70 ) father-in-law spotted an advertisement for the sale by tender of an Irish Lights lightship, the Petrel ( all the Irish light vessels were named after sea birds at that time ).

Cruising in Detroit took place from the 1950s to the 1970s in the city's northern suburbs along Woodward Avenue, from Ferndale north to Pontiac.

Cruising along Woodward reached its peak in the mid 1960s, with muscle car competitions that were covered by journalists from Car and Driver, Motor Trend, and CBS World News Roundup.

* Cruising ( driving around )

* Cruising ( driving around )

* Cruising ( driving ), driving around for social purposes, especially by teenagers

Cruising consists of motorcycles and cars ( many elaborately modified ) driving slowly down Broadway, pedestrians crowding the sidewalks, and several blocks closed for a festival with rides and street vendors.

* Cruising ( driving )

Cruising is a social activity that primarily consists of driving a car.