Boat charters available for families WONDERING HOW to have a great holiday while travelling with your kids? Adventure Canada, which specializes in wilderness holidays, has a possible answer for you, They have been running family charters aboard their 65-foot all-wood sailing vessel for the past six years on the B.C. coast. Company spokesman Dave Freeze says, “For the average parent organizing a trip, looking after the daily activity, keeping the children active and happy, and trying to find quality time with your spouse is all but impossible.” The key to the program is of course the sailboat. Combining the ‘Tour stops at a jewel of a town ‘From page 29 . - here, all censored. Now there are 16. And so to St. Petersburg, and Kristina Regina takes us to a dock 15 minutes’ walk from the Winter Palace. . We have two days of tours, or on our own if we wish, and a visit to the ballet. Then the Russian navy base of Kronstadt, where the Finnish . captain backs his ship to the dock, ’ Mediterranean-style,; as a navy band plays behind a tip box. (“‘U,S, dollars, please’). - Finally Helsinki, and before the . Finnair flight home via Toronto, a . _ salute to a stout little ship with a glass of diesel (vodka and li- quorice juice). - “Two glasses of that and you too "can be a flying Finn. » Kristina Regina cruises are run “by EuroCruises of New York; an ' “award-winning tour operator ‘owned by Bjarne Mikkelsen, a man who knows the Baltic. “XMAS” | CHARTER | [FLIGHTS TO| HAWAII Non-stop flights from Vancouver |HONOLULU| “=” Dee. 20 to Jan. 05 Mon. and Wed. flights 7nights-°7 7 Oe 14 rights- 9 LO”? MAUI Dec. 19toJan.05 Sun. and Tues. flights 7 nights - $818 14 nights - 585 8 Taxes are extra - $54.00 accommodation, kitchen, dining toom, and means of transporta- tion all into a magnificent 65- foot-long (21 m) vessel is why it all works. 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One day may see the group ex- ploring a Haida village and visiting a sea lion rookery, while the next may find you on a beautiful sandy beach, fishing for salmon and sitting around a campfire watching the sun set. There is of course a price for all this, with a charter running around $11,000, not including the cost of getting to the islands. With two families splitting the fare, the actual cost for four adults and up to six kids is rea-. sonable and all-inclusive. For more information and trip availability contact Adventure Canada at 929-7375. “ Care and complete... they did so much to make our cruise so enjoyable," e@ezueeeeeoos 7 DAY EASTERN CARIBBEAN CRUISES - Oct. 30 & Nov. 27 — 5 Star Ship ©. 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