2018 Triton Today Thursday Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018

o o o Test Your Mates

How nautical are your crew mates? n What is a seaman’s name for a reef knot tied upside down? n A tide that has two equal daily high waters and two equal daily low waters is known as what? n What does RADAR stand for?

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WILL THE REAL CAPTAIN STEP FORWARD?: The crew of M/Y Beachfront, a 108-foot Hargrave, celebrate Halloween on opening day of the 59th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show yesterday with a fun version of crew attire.

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US flag option in talks to clarify

By Dorie Cox The docks of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show are a flurry of yacht registry flags flying on sterns. As of Aug. 13, there is a new option for large yachts to choose: a United States flag.

Right now, there are many questions as to what this entails. To get answers, about 50 people joined a U.S. Flag Registry open forum on board the M/V Grand Floridian on the Bahia Mar dock during the show yesterday. The event, hosted by the U.S. Superyacht Association, featured two representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard.

The U.S. flag amendment was included in a bill signed by U.S. President Donald Trump that received bipartisan support in Congress. It reforms a law written in 1920 that defined a yacht as a vessel with a maximum volume of 300 gross tons, meaning Americans with yachts exceeding that limit were only able to flag their yachts in the U.S. if they registered them as commercial vessels.

The intention of the change is to exempt recreational vessels from the operational and construction standards of commercial vessels, such as cargo ships.

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Input to guide interim procedure US FLAG, from page 1 While details are in the works to implement the mandate from the U.S. Congress, Lt. Cmdr. Peter Bizzaro, USCG office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, and Charles Rawson, a naval architect working with the USCG, are tasked with creating an interim procedure for yachts that apply. They will do that from data gathered from comments and concerns from yacht captains, brokers, agents, management companies, lawyers and others.

With no allocated funding, staff or resources, the goal is to implement a simple path to exempt yachts from vessel inspections, but a variety of national and international laws make easy answers elusive. One option is for yachts to comply with the Large Yacht Code, currently LY3.

“This is not open to all yachts,” Rawson said. “Yachts are eligible for the exemption if the yacht is greater than 300gt, seagoing and carries no passengers for hire.”

He clarified that the yacht cannot be chartered with a crew. If the yacht is bareboat chartered, it may carry no more than 12 passengers. It must be a recreational vessel, not an uninspected passenger vessel. And it will not be subject to SOLAS, load lines or STCW because of its status as “pleasure yacht not engaged in trade.”

“It exempts yachts from some requirement for inspected vessels, but not every requirement,” Rawson said.

“Yachts are still subject to manning requirements in the U.S. code.”

Lt. Cmdr. Bizzaro explained which parts of code would be affected.

“We need to protect our fleet in regard to manning,” he said. “Yachts may still have to comply with USCG requirements for manning, immersion

suits and certificates of financial responsibility, navigate with required safety equipment, and comply with marine casualty and accident reporting.”

“If you are 12 passengers or more and charter, then you are a passenger vessel and subject to inspection,” Rawson said.

“Therefore you are not eligible for this exemption. To carry the U.S. flag, you need Subchapter H. While you may be eligible, it is virtually impossible to meet the requirements.”

Some citizenship requirements for crew will go away, Rawson said.

“They will have requirements for masters and mates who will stand watches under other laws,” he said.

“They have to have USCG credentials, that’s where citizenship comes in. As far as we know, it’s master and mate. I’m not sure about engineers, it is a topic of debate. Tweaks have to happen with standing-watch positions.”

Two yachts have successfully navigated the path, according to Alex Bernhard, yacht manager with Burgess in Miami.

“In the absence of a path, we took the guidance we knew existed and made it happen for our clients,” Bernhard said.

“We are excited, as you can obviously understand, and are happy to keep in touch as it all progresses.”

As conversations continue, Lt. Cmdr.

Bizzaro said, “we will look at yachts case-by-case.”

To offer comments for the U.S. flag process, contact Lt. Cmdr. Peter Bizzaro at peter.a.bizzaro@uscg.mil; Charles Rawson at charles.e.rawson@uscg.mil; or Kitty McGowan, president of the U.S. Superyacht Association, at info@ ussuperyacht.com.

Dorie Cox is editor of Triton Today.

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CHECKING THE TIDE: Triton Today’s Question of the Day What makes you quit a yacht job?

Yacht captains and crew work hard to keep their jobs, but everyone has a breaking point. Triton Today was on the docks on opening day of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and asked what pushes a crew to actually quit.

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Capt. Jeff Cox M/Y Club M 96’ Ferretti “Drama from crew, captain or owner. ... Just be normal, don’t think you’re entitled.

Your replacement is on the dock waiting to help you with your luggage.”

Capt. Jim Hickey M/Y Donna Marie 114’ Hargrave “Age. I’ve been in this industry 42 years. I’m 68 and the owner is 92.

When this boat sells, I’m done with this.”

Deckhand Josh Chisholm M/Y Lady May 150’ Feadship “A bad program.

Especially bad planning on the management side. ... If the program says it will do one thing and does another.”

Capt. Alex Collazo M/Y Serenita 72’ Offshore “Bad owners are a big turnoff.

Anything else I can deal with. Safety is also a concern, but that also boils down to the owner.”

Mate Luke Skipper M/Y Ocean Club 120’ Sovereign “A bad captain – mean, demanding, not understanding or ignorant. That, and bad crew and drama. I’ll stay with a captain I can respect.”

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Chief Engineer Patrick Edward M/Y Serque 133’ Custom Splendor “Crew relations are No. 1. When we are doing a lot of hours and doing our best, but have no time for recuperation. ... You have to know who you’re dealing with.

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Officer/engineer Rick Black (working as mate) M/Y Serenita 72’ Offshore “Crew politics, drama, undermining each other, divided crew, talking behind each other’s backs. We work as a team, we thrive as a team.”

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Pier 66 director’s course set early

By Tom Serio If someone could literally have saltwater in their veins, it would be Megan Washington. The marine director at Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina at the 17th Street Causeway in Fort Lauderdale (formerly the Hyatt Regency) said she has been messing on and around the water since she was a kid. “I was born into it.”

Washington, whose name was Megan Lagasse until she recently got hitched to Brandon Washington, hails from a family of boaters in Massachusetts. Even before she was of legal age to work, she was filleting fish on local party boat Erica Lee out of Newburyport and working in marinas, she said.

Washington has been at Pier Sixty-Six for about six months, but has years of experience managing or staffing marinas, from Boston Yacht Haven to Miami Beach Marina, as well as other IGY marinas. Prior to Pier Sixty-Six, her most recent stint was managing the Bahia Mar Marina for four years. Now it seems she has jumped right into the fire, focusing not just on her property, but the entire industry in South Florida.

Acquired by Tavistock Development Co. in 2016, the iconic Pier Sixty-Six landmark boasts a 384-room hotel and 127-slip marina. In 2017, Tavistock added The Sails Marina in Fort Lauderdale to their portfolio. The Sails, now named Pier Sixty-Six South, is on the southeast side of the 17th Street Causeway, joining Pier Sixty-Six North.

Pier Sixty-Six South is of huge benefit to the big superyachts that visit, Washington said. “There’s easy access right from the inlet [Port Everglades] and no bridge to deal with,” she said. “Additionally, it’s a great location. Yachties get to use the amenities at the hotel, including the pool, spa, five restaurants, tennis, gym and more.”

There will be no rest for Washington, as she has her hand in many aspects of the operation. “The city wants a full development plan for the whole marina property,” she said, pointing to dock drawings for the south side that lay on her desk, although there are no firm plans committed yet. Hotel upgrades are expected also. The north side marina

‘Marina people are generally happy people.’

Megan Washington, marine director Pier 66 Hotel & Marina was rebuilt after being damaged by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and will stay as is.

Washington said she had no thoughts of a career in the yachting business when she was younger. She earned a degree in biology and went to work in a hospital performing DNA analysis. But while spending a summer during college working at Nantucket Boat Basin, her saltwater roots beckoned.

She came to Florida in 2012 and stayed for the opportunities. With a tinge of regret, Washington said that she was never a “yachtie,” although she thinks she could have been one.

What keeps her going? “People. Marina people are generally happy people.

They have similar likes,” she said. What she doesn’t like is being cooped up in her office all day. “I like to walk around the docks and speak to the people.”

Washington is proud that the Pier Sixty-Six Marina management offers free dockage and recycling bins across the marina to 4Ocean, whose mission is to clean up trash and plastic from inland and coastal waterways.

“They do a daily cleaning of the waterway, and we’re happy to assist them,” she said.

“This is a good property [Pier SixtySix] in Fort Lauderdale, but it’s not just about us. We need to support bigger boats and services all over. It’s not Miami versus Fort Lauderdale versus Rybovich.

We are all serving the same customer,” Washington said. “You don’t have a marina support system like this anywhere else.”

Capt. Tom Serio is a freelance captain, writer and photographer. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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New yacht crew gets loads of “advice” from all corners of yachting. The trick is sorting through it. Two former crew who now have careers helping crew offered their own tips at two seminars in The Oasis Lounge yesterday.

A CV is often the first impression a captain or yacht department head has of a new crew member. Making it stand out from the literally hundreds of others that crew agents and captains go through is the key to getting the interview and, with luck, the job.

Former yacht Chef Gavin McMichaels who runs SuperYachtResume.com dispelled these six “myths” of yachting industry CVs: • A CV does not have to be limited to one page. The industry accepts two pages.

• A yachting CV certainly can include non-yachting jobs and experience.

Best to list them than to have gaps in work history. “You can make everything yachting related,” he said.

“Did you get promoted? Did you have responsibilities? Did you work on a team and meet goals? I don’t care what the business is, if you put that in, that’s something they [captains] know they can build on. They’re looking for a type.”

• Do not talk about yourself in the objective; that’s for the bio or “about me” section. Keep the objective as specific as possible. Casting too big a net – “I’m looking for a deckhand position on a yacht, power or sail, private or charter” – will not draw attention.

• White shirts in the headshot photo are too stark. A light colored Polo-style shirt is best.

• Hair in headshots should be worn as neat and natural as possible. The tight ponytail can come across as severe.

• CVs can include strategic use of color, and not just blue.

Some other CV tips McMichaels shared include keeping a full address and passport number off, listing work history from newest to oldest, and “leveraging the roommate factor.”

“Include what you are passionate about,” he said. “One of my clients had a fear of heights so for her 21st birthday, she went

bungee jumping to overcome her fear.

That says a lot about her.”

Once the CV is a success and that first job is landed, new crew often aren’t aware what they have signed up for.

Former Chief Stew Jo Damgaard, who handles entry-level crew at Bluewater Yachting in Fort Lauderdale, offered a host of tips for deckhands and stews to shine in their respective jobs, as well as these tips to have a successful first job: • Respect other crew members and the crew mess. When you leave, tidy up, rinse your plate, empty the trash.

• Put your phone on silent.

• Don’t slam doors.

• Thank the chef.

• Don’t spread rumors or gossip.

• Break down cardboard boxes on the dock.

• Keep the shoe box tidy.

• Don’t step on the dock mat.

• Pack lightly in a collapsible bag.

• Follow orders, regardless of the age of the person giving them.

Lucy Chabot Reed is publisher of Triton Today. Comment: lucy@the-triton.com.

Today’s lineup of free seminars in the Oasis Lounge 10 am-noon Knife sharpening with Culinary Convenience 10 am Barista training, Theresa Mainwaring of Bluewater Yachting 12pm Yacht CV: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Gavin McMichaels of SuperYachtResume.com 1pm Real Estate Investing for Yachties, Albie and Marcia Van Zyl of Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate & Houses for Yachts 2 pm Between Two Yetis, Oasis sponsors discuss FLIBS and the future of yachting 2:30-4:30 pm Vitamix demo with sweet and savory drinks 3 pm Maritime Cyber-Security, Sean Donnelly of Resolvn 4 pm Welcome to the ONE Account, Bluewater Yachting’s crew placement and training bundle

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OASIS: Taking a break Crew enjoyed lunch and camaraderie – as well as free seminars – away from the bustle of the boat show yesterday.

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DOING THE CREW THING: Best Dressed Crew Yacht crew were dressed and ready to represent on Wednesday as the 59th annual Fort Lauderdale Boat Show got underway. This year, the show opened on Halloween, but just a few crew donned costumes for the occasion.

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First look at Pier Sixty-Six redo, Sails do-over

By Lucy Chabot Reed

As the yachting world visits South Florida’s signature marinas during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, questions arise about the future of Pier Sixty-Six and The Sails.

Just in time, the new owner of those two properties has revealed a few plans – one, a short-term fix for what is now known as Pier South, and the other, a full-blown concept for renovation of the iconic hotel property.

Drawings for the Pier Sixty-Six property reveal a new entry, a shifted vantage point toward the marina, a new hotel to complement the existing tower, two tall residential/office buildings, four squat residential “villa” buildings and 12 single-family homes.

Up first, however, is what Tavistock Development Co. calls “activation” of Pier South, previously known as The Sails, which it acquired in the summer of 2017. Instead of having a vacant lot for the next few years while work begins on the Pier Sixty-Six property, Tavistock plans to erect a temporary, storm-proof building and landscape about 2.5 acres on the west end closest to the marina.

Tall west-facing windows on the building would surround a neighborhood gathering space that is intended to include happy hours, weekend brunches and other events. Outside would include lawn and seating as well as temporary food vendors. Tavistock is taking lessons from Boxi Park, a container park it is building at Lake Nona in Orlando that is scheduled to open in December.

The Pier South project is slated to begin in the early part of next year and open in time for the Fort Lauderdale show next fall.

“It will take longer to permit – about five months – than to build,” said Jessi Hill Blakley, a senior director with Tavistock.

Plans for the Pier Sixty-Six property include a new entry that takes traffic off 17th Street and around the property’s large banyan tree, oriented to overlook the marina, Intracoastal Waterway and downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The area that is parking now will be elevated so that parking will be “under

Above, a northeast view of the project, with the existing hotel and its iconic Pier Top lounge in the backgound.

At left, the site plan for the Pier Sixty-Six project.

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Tavistock is hosting an open house on the project Nov. 15, 4-7 p.m., at the Pier Top. ground,” making the top a grassy area that is level with the bridge incline. Atop that will be two condo buildings, three levels of which will be parking “underground,” with eight levels above, including two levels of retail and office space.

Five units will fill each floor, but they can be combined should a buyer so desire.

For the first time on the property, Tavistock proposes to build 12 singlefamily homes on the east side along the canal. On the north side along the Mercedes River will be four four-story condo villas with parking on the ground floor and one unit per floor on the three floors above.

Hotel rooms in the iconic tower will be renovated, and a new 10-story hotel building will stretch alongside to the north to replace the small hotel buildings currently around the pool, which

will enable the pool deck to be enlarged.

The two hotel structures will have 345 rooms. The Pier Top will reopen as a permanent lounge.

The property also will have 32,000 square feet of new restaurants and shops along a new marina promenade that runs along the waterway.

Tavistock began the design review process with the city of Fort Lauderdale in October. It was unclear how long the permitting process would take, but Blakley said that once permitted, the project could take as little as two years to complete.

Tavistock is hosting an open house on Nov. 15 from 4-7 p.m. at the Pier Top with renderings of the new Pier Sixty-Six project. Anyone is welcome to stop by. In the meantime, Tavistock is conducting a survey to get feedback from residents and others on what they want to see on the properties. Visit www.info-piersixtysix.com and click on “Resources.”

Lucy Chabot Reed is publisher of Triton Today. Comment: lucy@the-triton.com

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