Lorry and Ed BelsonGaronne Canal, France -- Lorry and Ed Belson, along with the Meyers and Edwards families, all from Seal Beach Yacht Club, passed through one of the locks on the Garonne Canal in southwestern France -- and they brought along a copy of The Log Newspaper. The group was enjoying a canal charter from Le Boat. When not chartering in distant places, all three couples have boats at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach.Livorno, ItalyLivorno, Italy -- During a vacation in Italy, Ray and Lucero Bruck of Newport Beach took this picture reading The Log Newspaper while enjoying lunch in the harbor.BeecroftMaui, Hawaii -- Christine and Chris Beecroft took The Log along on a visit to the island of Maui, near Maalaea, with Kahoolawe pictured in the background.Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands -- Henry and Shirley Goldman, members of Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club in Channel Islands Harbor, recently visited Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria and were given a burgee to present to their own yacht club back home. Its a beautiful club with over 6,000 members, the Goldmans wrote, and, of course, we showed them a copy of The Log.Big Mikes Charity fishing eventBig Mikes fishing charters did a charity event for Project healing waters last month and raised $1,000.00 and gave them about $900.00 in fly fishing equipment that was given back by the particapants of the event. What a wonderful day and fantastic people. I am looking forward to doing this again. Big Mike and Liz Vernand from Channel Islands sportfishing. Big MikeHurricane RinaGoing around Hurricane Rina on the Cruise ship Norwegian Spirit in the Gulf of Mexico in late October 2011Cape Reinga, New ZealandOn a recent trip to New Zealand, Richard and Cynthia Hirscht of San Diego explored the country and enjoyed a trip to the northernmost point: Cape Reinga. Of course, they brought along a copy of The Log Newspaper.Hassi Labied, MoroccoLaurel Dinwiddie reported, I traded a boat in for a dromedary, and took The Log to a different kind of ocean, on a recent trip to Morocco.