Palm Beach International Boat Show
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Test Your Mates How nautical are your crew mates? Find out with this little nautical quiz. n How many of the roughly 200 nations of the world do not border an ocean or sea? 30, 75, 120 or 165? n How many oceans are there on Earth? n What does it mean to wank? Answers, p2
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April 5, 5-8 pm Triton Expo, on the tennis courts at Bahia Mar Yachting Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Build your network of resources and contacts at our casual, made-for-crew trade show held every spring and fall. The event features more than 40 exhibitors of yachting goods and services. No RSVP necessary, and it’s all free. More details at www.the-triton.com, hover over Events in the black bar, and click on Triton Expo.
April 8, 7-10 pm Westrec’s 17th annual Captain & Crew Appreciation party at Sunrise Harbor Marina, Ft. Lauderdale. Event by invitation only; registration required. www.sunrise-moulin-rouge.com.
THAT YACHT SPARKLE: Crew finally put chammies away yesterday to welcome guests with smiles, including aboard M/Y Party Girl. PHOTO/LUCY REED
Show’s growth gains fans By Lucy Chabot Reed and Dorie Cox Once a small boat show held in a parking lot in 1982, this year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show has grown to include more than 700 boats in-water. The show now encompasses most of the downtown West Palm Beach waterfront including all but two docks at Palm Harbor Marina. “I remember when this show was on the fairgrounds and at the Palm Beach Auditorium,” said John Smundin, marina manager at Palm Harbor. “The way it continues to grow feels like it may absorb the complete Palm Harbor Marina. It is quite amazing.” Owned by the Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County, the show was cancelled in 1990 due to the
economic recession. Show Management took over production and management in 1995. Smundin has seen the changes first hand, especially since his marina first welcomed yachts in 2010. In total, this year’s PBIBS has 717 boats on exhibit in the water, including everything from 10-foot tenders to superyachts. About 120 yachts over 80 feet are listed in attendance. About 78 are larger than 100 feet, and 23 are larger than 150 feet. That total of 717 is 6 percent more than last year, according to Skip Zimbalist, former CEO of Show Management, which produces the show. (Show Management was purchased by Informa plc, producers of the See SHOW, page 2
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Monaco Yacht Show, earlier this month. Zimbalist has resigned as CEO but still spoke at the media briefing on Friday.) While the number of brokerage boats were down about 4 percent, he said, new boats were up 12 percent. M/Y Solandge, a 279-foot (85m) Lurssen, was supposed to be the largest yacht in the show this week, but it sold before it could pull into its slip. She was listed with Moran Yacht & Ship at 155 million euros. And Heesen Yachts announced the sale of a 180-foot (55m) new build, Project Alida, at the show. Now the largest yacht in the show is the 230-foot Lurssen (70m) charter yacht M/Y Martha Ann, which is docked at nearby Rybovich Superyacht Marina because of her draft. The largest yacht in the show downtown is M/Y Double Down, a 213-foot (65m) Codecasa. This show is gaining credibility among South Florida’s three shows: Ft. Lauderdale in November, Miami in February, and Palm Beach in March. It’s international reputation is building and its ease of location, parking and flow keeps gaining fans. “It seems like, before, a lot of the brokers didn’t have a booth or they just had a small booth,” said Capt. Steve Hubbard of M/Y Indigo. “Now they are all bigger and have a larger presence, and with that comes more clients. I feel like the show is looked at as an international show now. … And I think it’s a good show for people to buy.” Johan Dubbelman, sales manager with Moonen, said the show is a good fit
for his company, a Dutch shipyard that builds semi-custom yachts to 160 feet. “I think this is a good bridge between Europe and the United States,” Dubbelman said. “It feels like the clientele here are representative of the U.S. upper class who have experience in boating. They are more at ease and are experienced boat owners. “If we have the opportunity, we will do Palm Beach first, Ft. Lauderdale second and Miami third.” Informa’s Group Chief Executive Stephen Carter allayed fears that a seemingly unknown company was taking over the boat show. Informa owns about 210 brands around the world and is listed on the London stock exchange. “What we try to pride ourselves on is being an owner of companies that are themselves well known,” he told reporters at a media briefing on Friday. “We’ve been building and growing over the past few years, primarily in the United States. Sixty percent of our business is here, and it’s growing.” Informa understands the power of the marine industry, Carter said, and it understands the role of boat shows as brands in and of themselves as well as tools to drive business to local communities. When asked what changes might be in store for the Palm Beach show, he was cautious. “I don’t dare, after two weeks, to offer my top 10 improvements,” he said. “In the first instance, we don’t want the show to be disturbed or suffer from the change of ownership.” Lucy Reed is publisher; Dorie Cox is editor of Triton Today.
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n Just 30 countries are landlocked. n Even though the ocean is divided into seven parts, each with a name, there’s only one interconnected ocean. n To wank is to manipulate the hand bilge pumps on old sailing ships. Those who manned the pumps were wankers, (We kid you not. Courtesy of Capt. Christopher Hezelgrave.)
Triton Today Palm Beach International Boat Show is published by Triton Publishing Group, parent company of The Triton: Nautical News for Captains and Crews. Vol. 6, No. 4 Copyright 2017; All rights reserved.
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ON THE DOCKS: Welcoming guests As the sun came out and winds died down, yacht crew were finally able to welcome the crowds. PHOTOS/DORIE COX and LUCY REED
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