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40 Crew News We regret to inform you Two yacht captains, a chief stew and a deckhand have died recently.
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Hacker hijacks email, steals $100,000 charter deposit By Dorie Cox A client who enjoyed his previous Mediterranean charter wanted to do it again. He had the captain’s phone number and called to book the 50m-plus yacht. To get started, he requested a contract and soon received it by email. With personal details filled in, he hit reply and emailed it back.
Heard of EIAPP? Pollution paper may be required By Dorie Cox The EIAPP is a long acronym for a fairly simple document that confirms an engine meets current air pollution standards. The Engine International Air Pollution Prevention certificate is required for many diesel engines under Annex VI of MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships). Although it can affect many yachts,
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He and the “captain” emailed back and forth with details about where the family would visit and what they were most excited to do. Finally, with everything set, the charter client was ready to secure his dates with a deposit. He sent a wire transfer to the details on the contract, more than $100,000. Then, all emails stopped. After not hearinwg back from
the captain, the charterer called him. “What happened? I haven’t heard from you?” “It was the first indication that this money had not been received by anyone legitimate,” said Graeme Lord, president and owner of Fairport Yacht Support. Fairport offers management
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Captains balance crew’s desire for home, yacht’s need for work From the Bridge Dorie Cox
Most people head home after work each day for family, food and rest. But not yacht crew. The yacht is both their residence and office. So how can living where you work ever feel like home? We gathered five yacht captains for our From the Bridge lunch discussion to ask.
The captains said there is a balance between the two. “If you’re going to make it [be] work 24/7, not many people are going to want to hang around,” a captain said. “It’s hard to relax, you always have some kind of work. But you want to give some kind of feeling of home... the culture you create among the crew of a family feel.” “That kind of culture gives the
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USCG stops illegal charter; tour boat explodes, Marshall Islands skips pre-registration inspection for 4 smaller boats.
Rules of the Road
Working with illegal charter could ruin a career.
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Where in the World
New Caledonia well worth a revisit.
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Write to Be Heard Our publisher offers ‘crazy’ idea for developer’s multimillion-dollar renovation of The Sails.
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Next Triton Event Triton Networking Aug. 1 with Parker Yacht.
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