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Join the Club: Smoke on the Water Aficionados who take their cigars to sea enjoy more than just an open-air view. By Clark Norton Craig Carringer enjoys a good cigar …

  Join the Club: Blue Sea, Red Sea Beyond just uniting the similarly minded, political cruises actually make waves in the overall governing landscape. By Clark Norton  The tenor of …

Join the Club: Carefree Birding Birders of a feather do sail together By Clark Norton When Lincoln Soule of Denver, Colorado, made a trip to Florida’s Sanibel Island five years …

Ocean Blues Set sail with a ship full of great musicians and listen to what happens. By Clark Norton Seattle-area musician Ron Hendee had been playing trumpet since age 10, …

Hooked on Knitting Cruisers can count on cable needles, classes, conversation, and cross-stitch camaraderie on Craft Cruises. By Clark Norton Who would guess that a group of knitters would “have …

  Cruises You Can Sink Your Teeth Into Vampire genre cruises draw fans looking for a “fangtastic” time. By Clark Norton Vampires — those sharp-fanged mythological creatures of the night …

SHIP-DECK SOCCER Having a Ball at Sea. By Clark Norton In the spring of 2011, a girls’ soccer club in southern New Jersey called the Cape Express Bulldogs was casting …

JOIN THE CLUB ASTRONOMY Sea-ing Stars A cruise ship is a perfect vantage point to study the sky. By Clark Norton During a 1998 cruise to Alaska, Neil Bauman — …

Can You Sea PTV? From airwaves to ocean waves, it’s smooth sailing for fans of public broadcasting shows. By Clark Norton Martha Danker, a self-confessed “public broadcasting groupie” from Everett, …

Join the Club: Holistic Cruises Cruising Cures Can you find wellness on the waves? By Clark Norton People love cruising for many reasons. But Betty Hoehn, a retired U.S. Steel …