1.   An armada of ships sailing up the coast.

2.   The ship sailed up the coast.

3.   Two hundred miles up the coast, near San Francisco, a conference on energy policy.

4.   At the Cunningham Bridge in Cohasset, Mass., which Jerry Ducharme often visits as he kayaks up the coast from Hull.

5.   But as the storm inched up the coast, conditions remained too perilous in many areas for authorities to fully assess the damage.

6.   Plenty of stars drive up the coast to Montecito, home to Jonathan Winters, Rob Lowe, Jeff Bridges and Jane Seymour.

7.   Sneaked up the coast a bit.

8.   Still, they remained confident the stubborn storm would eventually cooperate, turn north and glide up the coast without making landfall.

9.   They skate across several countries, sail up a coast in a bathtub, paddle a surfboard from port to port or soar in a glider.