After the trip, we all had dinner, and I asked Robyn whether she wanted to go sailing again.

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These are some of the other things that go sailing through my head as I strain to keep the car between the lines: Leaving the desert on a clear day.

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Go sailing off-site to snorkel, scuba or Jet Ski.

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Sure, different people will apply different weights to some of the costs and benefits: Kennedys seem to place a lot more value on where they go sailing than on the production of electricity for example.

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Stena Line had earlier cancelled its 0315GMT sailing on Friday from Fishguard, west Wales, to Rosslare, but was still undecided whether the 1430GMT sailing would go ahead.

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Tickets for Quantum's first sailing will go on sale to the public June 4, with Royal Caribbean regular cruisers getting an early shot at tickets starting May 27.

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But because tugboats go slower than ships sailing at their normal speeds, that same trip was expected to take seven to 10 hours, said Gulliksen, the Carnival spokesman.

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But it wasn't all plain sailing for Shakhtar after it scored a hugely controversial goal to go to 1-1.

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The smaller vessels dock in the heart of major cities, and go to the most remote areas, while the largest ships offer smoother sailing through what can be rough seas between far-away destinations like Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore.

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If Berliners do escape they either go farther, to the Alps and the Med, or they go north to the Mecklenburger Seeenplatte, which boasts over 1, 000 lakes for sailing, canoeing, cycling or touring by paddle-steamer.

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