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Celebrating 15 years

Obituaries

Friends, crewmates remember Dragos “Dragon”Caprelian, 44, and Townsend Pillsbury, 62. 7, 10

Stew Cues Bedmaking on board does not have to be a nightmare. 20

Crew Mess

Crew deliver five-star effort after Hurricane Dorian The crews of M/Y Loon (above, left side) and M/Y Laurel (above, right side) joined countless members of the yacht industry and jumped into action after Hurricane Dorian hit the Abacos and Grand Bahama on Sept. MY Loon is first yacht on site in the northern Bahamas. Page 12

M/Y Laurel makes room for the dogs. Page 13

1-2. See photos and read about some of the captains, crew and marine business people who helped with donations, logistics, transportation, disaster relief, and medical care. Our coverage begins on Page 11. Crew move tons of relief supplies on board M//Y Axis. Page 14

Chefs delivered quickly to the Bahamas on M/Y Global. Page 15

Captains: Vaping unwelcome, dangerous onboard From the Bridge Dorie Cox

With a puff, the ramifications of vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, wafted into the yacht industry. A late-night alarm on board shocked a captain recently during a trip with

the yacht owner – the yacht’s smoke alarm was blaring. The culprit was a crew member who figured no one would know if a vape pen was secretly used in crew quarters. “I rewrote the handbook the next day,” the captain said. “I view it the same as smoking.” The captain took responsibility for the first-time incident with the battery-

powered device that delivers nicotine or flavors in the form of an aerosol, as the topic had not been discussed among the crew procedures. He had never considered that he needed to address such use on board the yacht. “I assumed you all are smart enough not to do that here,” he said as he

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NEWS 1

From the Bridge

Industry Updates

7, 10 Obituaries 30

Crew News

Fuel prices

Boats / Brokers

Business

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Networking gallery

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COLUMNISTS

Crew Health

Interior 20

Stew Cues

Top Shelf

Culinary Waves

Crew’s Mess

Sea Sick

Take It In

Where in the World 1, 11

Hurricane Dorian

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Guest writer

Letters to the Editor

Crew Eye

Spotter

ADVERTISERS 53

Business Cards

Advertisers Directory

58 Puzzles

20 Operations

Career 24 Coach 25

Crew Compass

Taking the Helm

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JD Anson, Carol Bareuther, Amanda Delaney, Capt. Jake DesVergers, Capt. Paul Ferdais, Capt. Rob Gannon, Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, Alene Keenan, Lauren Loudon, Chef Tim MacDonald, Keith Murray, Corey D. Ranslem, Capt. Rocka Romcke, Jordanna Sheermohamed, Capt. John Wampler

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INDUSTRY UPDATES Yacht cuts mast to head up river

Running up against a tight deadline to get his yacht ready for the Fort Lauderdale boat show, the owner opted for something drastic – cut down the mast to get under an otherwise too-low bridge and move to another shipyard. “We knew it was going to be a risk, but it was worth a try,” said Capt. Paul Carins, fleet captain for an owner who buys, refits and sells yachts. One of the owner’s yachts, the 49m Trinity M/Y Lohengrin, was already at Universal Marine Center on the western end of Fort Lauderdale’s New River, and that crew was happy with the service they received there, so it made sense to put the vessels together, except for that I-95 bridge. M/Y Bella, a 180-foot Sensation, draws 11 feet, so the yacht had to make the trip up the river at full tide, leaving precious little room overhead. And estimations for whether the yacht would make it under the I-95 bridge were just that – estimations. So the owner and Capt. Carins made the decision to cut the mast. Sounds easy enough, but that mast holds cables and wires and metal casings, all which needed to be deftly avoided. “It took six hours of mucking around to do it,” Capt. Carins said. Finally, with a hinge on one side and the top bit of the mast resting on a makeshift bracket of 2x4s, Bella began the tow up river. Near the bridge, however, it became clear she wouldn’t make it, so the crew spent a focused 45 minutes cutting off a mast rung so the top bit could drop down a little farther – all while the yacht was being held in place by tow boats. That second effort worked. “I thought I would have a foot above and below, “ Capt. Carins said. “We ended up having 2 inches” clearance under the bridge. “It’ll make it for the boat show now.” – Lucy Chabot Reed

Three yachts lost in NDSQ shipyard fire

A building at Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) just north of Doha burned and collapsed on three motoryachts on Aug. 11, according to sources known to The Triton. No injuries were reported in the incident, but assessments are underway on the level of damage to the 80m Oceanco M/Y Constellation, the 52m CRN M/Y Maracunda, and the 36m Riva M/Y Al Adaid. PHOTO PROVIDED TO THE TRITON A statement issued by Mahmoud Abdulla AlKhori, acting president of Amiri Yachts, management company for the fleet, confirmed that a fire and damage to the vessels is under investigation.

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Yacht D'Anglaterre burns in Mallorca

M/Y D'Anglaterre burned in the waters off Mallorca, Spain, on the afternoon of Aug. 24, according to multiple media reports. Several online videos show a large plume of black smoke. Several media outlets reported that 15 people were safely removed from the 108-foot vessel. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Partner now full owner at Dania Cut

Capt. Kevin Klar has a new workload as of Aug. 1. Formerly one of the founding partners with Chip Macpherson, Capt. Klar has taken full ownership of Dania Cut Super Yacht Repair in Dania Beach, Florida. Klar “Chip retired in July,” said Klar, 58, from his office at the yard. “We were partners going on 13 years. It was 50-50.” Recently out of lifeboat and advanced fire-fighting courses in Fort Lauderdale, Capt. Klar also retains his U.S. Mariners license and runs M/Y Lady Bee,

INDUSTRY UPDATES a 142-foot Christensen. He previously ran M/Y Ohana, a 154-foot Heesen, and has held a license for decades, first being certified for the convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) in 1993. At 18 years old, Capt. Klar ran a marina on Grand Island in Louisiana. “I mean the biggest boat was 35 feet ... but the owner went on vacation and gave me the marina to manage, and that's how I learned to manage,” he said. Dania Cut has seven employees and yacht work is subcontracted out. “Our philosophy is for the boats to pick out their vendors, price out themselves, and work out their own deal,” he said. “We bill through us and get a percentage. We have no in-house work.” Capt. Klar plans to make the yard even more “captain-friendly,” he said. “Being a captain, I can understand what captains look for going into a yard. Our goal is to simplify.” – Dorie Cox

Grand finale for Pinmar Golf

This year’s Pinmar Golf tournament in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, will be the last, according to sponsor GYG. “I know it will be a shock to many

long-standing fans,” said Andrew Clemence, group marketing director of GYG, “but it feels like the right time to change things up and explore new experiences with our customers and partners.” The popular golf tournament has raised more than €1 million for charity in its 31 years. The company said it is working on several ideas going forward, and will hold a new event in Mallorca at the same time in 2020 and beyond. The final edition of the tournament is slated to be the biggest ever. The event will begin at the Son Gual Golf Course in Mallorca on Oct. 17 with two days of golf overseen by Open winner and Pinmar Golf ambassador Paul Lawrie, according to a company statement. The legendary Friday VIP Party, together with the Saturday Recovery Brunch – this year featuring a Rugby World Cup quarter final game – will return to Puerto Portals. The grand finale will take place at Son Amar with a gala hosted by Awlgrip and compèred by UK sports TV presenter Gabby Logan. A nostalgic night of high-class entertainment and charitable fundraising celebrating some of the most memorable personalities and acts from the last 31 years will bring the final curtain down. For more, visit pinmargolf.es.

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First Australia-Fiji event draws 17

Crew of 17 yachts attended the inaugural Australia Fiji Rendezvous at Port Denarau, Fiji, on Aug. 23. The crew of M/Y Deniki won the BBQ Cooking Competition, in which Australian ingredients and steaks were delivered to participating yachts. Best Dressed went to the crew of M/Y Indigo for their Great Barrier Reef Tropical theme. The day’s events were capped with a traditional dance performance. “There has been over $100 million spent on refit infrastructure in Australia in the past 12 months,” stated David Good, CEO of Superyacht Australia. “This is the benefit we provide our Pacific neighbors; we can assist in keeping these vessels in the Pacific longer as they do not need to venture all the way back to Europe or the East Coast of the USA for survey or refit.”

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Manager starts crew placement Fort Lauderdale-based yacht management company Reardon Yacht Consulting has launched a pilot program to offer crew placement for a flat rate of $1,000, excluding captains. “As a management company, I have to vet crew as a matter of course, so we’re doing the work out of necessity for our clients,” company founder Michael Reardon said. “Why not do it for others and get paid to do that?” Reardon Yacht Consulting has 12 yachts under management, and much of the crew recruiting, vetting and placement falls to Reardon team member Elizabeth Page, who is now in charge of the one-price project. “I love being able to make that good placement, fitting the piece of the puzzle,” Page said. “Kids coming into

the industry need to find a good home, not just a paycheck. And I firmly believe there’s a boat for everybody. Even if I’m not a fan [of the individual], there’s still a place for every crew member.” Typically, a placement agency will charge a vessel one month’s salary for crew it places. For entry-level jobs, that can add up when crew move around quickly, causing both the captain and owner to get frustrated with the process. “We are equally frustrated with the generally poor results of the crew placement process,” said Reardon, a former captain and veteran project manager and yacht manager. “We believe we have a process that can produce a better placement, so we’re introducing it to the industry.” – Lucy Chabot Reed

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Former yacht mate and chef Townsend Pillsbury dies By Dorie Cox

Former yacht mate and chef Townsend Pillsbury died of cancer on July 12. She was 62. Capt. Andy McKee has served as captain of the 81-foot Broward M/Y Pyewacket for 32 years and said Ms. Pillsbury worked with him from 1997-2005. She next worked in land-based jobs and did some short-term boat work. “Townsend and I worked together for many years, did many charters, and traveled many miles,” Capt. McKee said. “She always had a great attitude and was always ready to do what was necessary to get the job done.” The two became good friends, as well as co-workers. “I don't think there are any mountains in Acadia National Park that we didn't climb at least once,” he said. “I could always rest easily when she was on watch; she had too much energy to fall asleep.” An online obituary stated that Ms. Pillsbury had lived in Harwich, Massachusetts; Gilford, New Hampshire; Fort Lauderdale; and Southwest Harbor, Maine. It followed with, “Her quick wit and high standards in all she undertook made her a natural in the hospitality industry, from fine dining restaurants to luxury yachts. Her love of sailing and the ocean led her to the yachting indus-

Townsend Pillsbury Oct. 4, 1956 July 12, 2019 try, where she spent many years. She traveled the world and her adventures were many.” Longtime friend and sailing colleague Chris Barlow said she worked on S/Y Mischief, a 68-foot Cheoy Lee charter boat, at Yacht Haven Marina in St. Thomas, USVI in the 1980s and she was a member of IBNA, an international association of crew who worked directly for yacht owners and worked on charters from the 1970-90s. “If you navigated by dead reckoning or sextant you qualified to be a member,” Barlow said. Ms. Pillsbury was active, a good sailor and chef, as well as a good varnisher, he said. Capt. McKee will miss his friend and said he was fortunate to have spoken with her many times before she passed. “Eight bells Town, end of your watch,” Capt. McKee said. “Town was a great stewardess, and also was good on deck. Not much she couldn't do.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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NEPTUNE GROUP YACHTING

he threat of Hurricane Dorian pushed The Tritonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular first-Wednesday-of-themonth networking event back one week. Nonetheless, more than 220 yacht captains, crew and industry professionals kicked off the yachting season with cold drinks and snacks on Sept. 11 with Neptune Group Yachting. Photos by Dorie Cox

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ALEXSEAL YACHT COATINGS

bout 175 yacht captains, crew and industry professionals joined Triton networking with Alexseal Yacht Coatings on the third Wednesday of September. With U.S. operations based in Charleston, the German paint manufacturer held the gathering at Tarpon River Brewing in Fort Lauderdale. As the Fall yachting season begins to ramp up, the crowd relaxed with food, beverages, as well as a few games of cornhole and foosball. Photos by Dorie Cox

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Yacht chef Dragos ‘Dragon’ Caprelian dies after illness By Dorie Cox

Chef Dragos Caprelian died on Aug. 19 at a hospital in Pompano Beach, Florida. He had recently returned home to Florida after feeling ill while at work on a yacht in the Bahamas. He was 44. Known to his friends as The Dragon, Mr. Caprelian worked as a chef on a variety of yachts since 2003 including, most recently, M/Y Forward Unlimited, an 88-foot Sunseeker; M/Y Turquoise, a 180-foot Proteksan-Turquoise; M/Y Tail Lights, a 116-foot Azimut; and M/Y Days Like This, a 130-foot Westport. He got his start with Capt. Antonio Hernandez on M/Y Antilles, an 85-foot Burger and other previous yacht experience included M/Y Mustang Sally, a 164-foot Trinity; M/Y Atlantica, a 138-foot Christensen; M/Y Party Girl, a 146-foot Christensen; M/Y Tuscan Sun, a 148-foot Izar; M/Y Kingfisher 144-foot Feadship; and M/Y Carpe Diem, a 190foot Trinity. His wife, former Stew Ramona Cepurneac, said she took him to the emergency room when he arrived from the Bahamas, where he was treated and released on Aug. 17. He felt better the next day at home with his wife and 14-month-old son, Christian, but a fever returned the next day. “We discovered his family has heart disease, and Monday we tried to reach a specialist,” Cepurneac said. “He had such low pulse when he entered the emergency they said he lost his pulse between the car and the ER. I like to believe he died in the car with his family, not alone. His last breath was with us.” More than 20 years ago, the couple met and dated in their native town of Constanta, Romania, but eventually each headed on a different course. After two years service with the military police, Mr. Caprelian graduated as a chef and baker in 1997 in Romania, which lead him to work in restaurants and cruise ships, according to his resume. “It’s a long love story,” Cepurneac said. “I much appreciated him but he knew he would go to America and I finished my studies at university.” Eleven years later, the two reunited through Facebook. “I knew he was my love,” Cepurneac said. “If I’m going to make a kid, I’m going to have one with him. If I get married, he’s the only one. He said, ‘I love

Chef Dragos Caprelian Dec. 13, 1975 Aug. 19, 2019 you and there is nothing you can do’.” The couple married last year. “He was a wonderful chef, a real chef’s chef,” said friend and colleague Chef Neal Salisbury. “He liked to work with other people; he was the easiest to work with, and his work was solid.” The two met when they participated in The Yacht Chef Fest in 2015 in Fort Lauderdale. “He was the most genuine,” Salisbury said of Mr. Caprelian’s trademark facial hair, motorcycle garb, and boots. “I would host a fancy, fancy party and he showed up in leathers like the cover of a biker magazine.” He always had a kind word and people fell in love with him, Salisbury said. “He had way, way positive energy. The guy was just cool.” “He was my best friend; he was everybody’s best friend,” said Capt. Brad Helton of M/Y Bella Lisa about Mr. Caprelian. Since meeting about 10 years ago and learning both had yachting, barbecuing and motorcycle riding in common, Capt. Helton and his wife, Monica, “have been riding together ever since, and we took him to Daytona Bike Week for the first time.” Capt. Helton said he will miss his friend’s passion for life. “He could mix in with yacht crew, a motorcycle gang, or a hippie crowd and go from Bike Week to a six-course meal on a 200-foot yacht serving The Rolling Stones meals,” he said. “This man had a diverse life. He was the definition of diversity.” A funeral was held Aug. 25 in Delray Beach where Ramona Caprelian requested that guests dress like “you are going to meet your friend.” The memorial announcement requested guests “dress brightly and lightly, expressing your true self. No need to wear black. Think of The Dragon and shine your colors.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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Just how far away are the Bahamas?

By Capt. Patrick “Doc” Connelly Photo by David Reed This question could be asked and commonly expected from most Americans and for travelers at large. But the yachting community and maritime industry of Florida address this question with heartfelt purposefulness by asking it on a deeper level. The question for us is: How close are the Bahamas? The answer comes from South Florida and fellow mariners throughout the world. From Britain’s Royal Navy to our own U.S. Coast Guard, there are private yachts, marinas, and many maritime companies contributing time, materials and volunteers to help alleviate the suffering of this tragic natural disaster. As the yachting community and international

maritime industry address the long-term challenges of recovery and the overall plans of rebuilding anew the infrastructure and private homes, there is without question in my mind the special qualities of character, hard work and vision for the future that will lead the Bahamian people to an even greater level of prosperity and happiness through the generosity of all. The Bahamian people will rebuild themselves through our encouragement and benevolence. They know they are not alone, for there has been a special bond between us mariners and islanders throughout the world since the time our world was first circumnavigated. We know the Hopetown lighthouse still stands, and so does the resilience and determination of all Bahamians. This is a special place for so many people

who travel to it and through it. My kudos and heartfelt esteem to each individual that has given and shared in the hardships and triumphs of the human heart, standing hand-in-hand and standing strong with our Bahamian brothers and sisters, assuring them of hope and blessing them with our fellowship and dignity, for it is our actions that show our love. I now hope we all can realize the gift of knowing just how close we are to the Bahamas. One final thought, and please slowly smile like an easy sunset as I share the Bahamian national motto: Forward, Upward, Onward, Together.” Capt. Patrick “Doc” Connelly is 100 ton USCG captain, certified royal butler, and avid private yacht owner for 30 years.

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Motoryacht Loon’s crew works unique ‘charter’ after Hurricane Dorian Stories and photos by Dorie Cox “It was just like charter,” said Capt. Paul Clarke of M/Y Loon. “But instead of champagne, we were running water to the beach.” But it wasn’t, really. It was just days after Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas. Provisioning aboard M/Y Loon included donated disaster relief supplies. And although the yacht spends eight months a year in the Bahamas, this trip to Grand Bahama was filled with uncertainty after the Category 5 storm. A drone video showed the 155-foot Christensen looking small and alone in the bright blue waters just off Marsh Harbour, with the caption: “Only boat here.” The videos posted next showed Loon’s tender heading toward the island, this time: “First people ashore.” Deckhand Henro De Vos usually uses his GoPro and drone to record smiling charter guests surrounded by green trees and colorful beach toys, but since Sept. 3 his work has shown damaged buildings, broken docks and brown vegetation. Plus, the “charter guests” were up to 28 members of Global Support and

Development (GSD), a nonprofit group that specializes in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance arranged with YachtAid Global (YAG), another nonprofit that coordinates the mobilization of yachts to areas of need around the world. But just like on charter, the yacht’s crew worked hard for a week. “The crew did no onboard duties, it was all about the mission,” Capt. Clarke said of ferrying doctors, paramedics and GSD personnel 200-300 miles a day in the tender. They also delivered ice and water. “Ice was more valuable than gold. We ran it into the aid workers and the locals.” Although different from seasonal charters, the similarities were a heavy workload and long hours. “Six nights felt like a month,” Capt. Clarke said. “We would finish at 1 a.m. when the last tender came back. Then we would be back out at 4 a.m.” During the first days after the storm, GSD crew assessed damage with a focus on security, while Capt. Clarke and First Officer Wesley Tucker measured sonar soundings of the turning basin and pier area.

“Our aim today is to drop anchor a mile offshore and do tender runs in,” Capt. Clarke said by WhatsApp on Sept. 4. “We’ll do a quick ground assessment, and then ferry medical supplies into the clinics. We’ll try to do sounding of the harbor to see if bigger vessels can get in.” Each night, M/Y Loon moved 2-3 miles offshore and went dark for safety. The maximum sustained winds of 185 mph when the hurricane stalled over the area for about 24 hours left no one to manage boat traffic, so Bosun Matthieu Guillaume stepped up to act as temporary harbormaster when the crew was appointed to the job by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. As vessels began to arrive with aid, he monitored marine radio Channel 16 from the tender in Marsh Harbor. Guillaume maintained

communication with incoming and outgoing vessels, and radioed in for crew on Loon to check the automatic identification system (AIS) for their location, direction, speed and details to keep traffic organized. Meanwhile, Chef Cornelius “Nelis” Muller’s food was a bright spot for the GSD crew. “I think they were most grateful for salad because they had been eating dry rations,” Muller said. Chief Stew Maxine Robert and Second Stew Lizelle Tucker “kept things moving” on board with organization, meals and laundry and visited children in the local medical clinic. Engr. Kevin Parkinson and Second Engr. Lloyd Schluter kept the yacht’s systems running to provide safety and managed systems to make water and offload fuel. When the M/V Cape Mail departed Marsh Harbour with over 500 evacu-

Yacht Laurel joins canine crusade with transport from northern Bahamas By Dorie Cox When the large door opened on the stern of the 240-foot yacht, 50 furry faces stared out at the volunteers on the dock. Just a day before, these dogs had lived at the Bahamas Humane Society in Nassau, Bahamas. It was 5:30 in the morning on Sept. 9 and the group of mostly “Potcakes,” mediumsize Bahamian dogs with smooth coats and cocked ears, had landed in a new country. They were transported across the Atlantic Gulf Stream to make room for animals displaced on the northern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco a week after Hurricane Dorian tore through. It was an easy decision for the yacht

owners and crew of M/Y Laurel to volunteer with YachtAid Global (YAG), the Humane Society, and Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Loxahatchee, Florida. Everyone on board is an animal lover, said Second Stew Shani Davies. Plus, they already count a dog among their crew. “On board, we have a very experienced boat dog,” Davies said by phone. Sterling is a white schnauzer with seven years of sea time. The yacht’s trip started as Hurricane Dorian strengthened across the northern Bahamas. M/Y Laurel left Newport during the first week of September and took the long way, 1,600 nautical miles, toward the Bahamas on the east side of the storm, according to Purser Stephanie

Hodges. Capt. Roy Hodges had made this trip before. “We had a similar plan for Hurricane Irma,” Davies said. “Storms were monitored by Roy and our officers minuteby-minute to ensure we were well out of harm’s way.” The yacht made landfall in Nassau, where the crew and volunteers loaded medical supplies, water, nonperishable food, sanitary products and more from YAG and the Bahamas Humane Society. “Even hay for horses, as horses were without food in affected areas,” Davies said. “You have to think of all the animals.” Meanwhile, the dogs were loaded into travel crates, hoisted onto a transport truck, and driven to a dock for loading into M/Y Laurel’s tender garage. The yacht crew stacked the crates in neat rows in the air-conditioned garage for the six-hour crossing. “People envision them running loose all over the yacht, but that would have

been a mess,” Davies said. Two veterinarians were on board to monitor and handle paperwork for the dogs to enter the United States, while the crew took shifts with them. With

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ees and got a large truck tire wrapped around the propeller, Parkinson ran the dive operations to clear it. He also used his skills as an engineer to restart the generator at the airport in Marsh Harbour, then helped with an airstrip assessment. He worked on the shore power and distribution panels that were water-logged and destroyed, he said. “You have one chance with power like that, 480 volt,” Parkinson said. “There is no game with that.” At the airport, some of the yacht crew helped with baggage handling, and Muller stood by with tools to help Parkinson. “Each of the crew have different skills, and there was no way I was going to stay on board,” Muller said. “I don’t want to hear what you guys did and you say, like, ‘How was your day [on board]?’ I want to help.” Each of the crew said the work was worth the challenges. Capt. Clarke remembered a yacht that worked with YAG to provide disaster relief in Vanuatu after Category 5 Cyclone Pam in 2015. That’s when he knew he wanted to help people. And he had a crew that agreed. Everyone “ran 100 percent,” he said. “We definitely were ‘mission accomplished.’ ”

After the yacht docked back in Fort Lauderdale, several of the crew reflected on the trip at a YAG press conference and party on Sept. 12. “The yacht is not damaged,” Clarke said. “With fuel and hard work, it’s easy. Everyone should be doing it.” “It was a rewarding feeling inside,” Parkinson said of the long hours. “Our three hours’ sleep didn’t mean much when you can help people instead.” With a background in search and rescue in St. Thomas, Guillaume knew the difficulties the Bahamians face. “The civilians faced something you usually only see in a PHOTOS/DORIE COX war zone,” he said. “We’re really The crew of M/Y Loon and members of Global Support and Development quickly pose for a shot proud we could help.” And although work to rebuild after tying up back in Fort Lauderdale. Left, Capt. Paul Clarke watches as tugs back M/Y Loon into Universal Marine Center in Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 10. in the area will be a long-term project, Capt. Clarke said there is to the crew of GSD. town” – and the many messages on his hope and the yacht plans to return. “They got a helicopter there in 20 phone and social media. One was from “We hope to charter there next year, a person on-island that said his grandfa- minutes. They said he would have been if not the Abacos, definitely back to the dead,” Capt. Clarke said. “I’m getting ther had a stroke four days before. Bahamas,” he said. “I think once this rechills. We had no idea at the time of our “No one is listening,” the person ally sinks in, it's kind of a bad dream.” impact.” wrote. Later correspondence said, “I Capt. Clarke recalled the feeling he thought someone would help, no one is had as people evacuated – “It got quiDorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comcoming.” eter and quieter until it felt like a ghost The message was immediately relayed ment at dorie@the-triton.com.

yacht dog Sterling on board, they already had a dog-onboard routine and drop cloths down to protect the yacht’s teak decks. “All our crew helped,” Davies said.

“We went in to feed them, clean the crates, walk them when possible for fresh air or to go to the bathroom on Sterling’s grass patch.” Many of the yacht’s 20 crew personally connected with various dogs, which had been named at the shelter in the Bahamas. “At every opportunity, the crew were loving on them,” Davies said. She thought of her Scottish terrier back home in South Africa and knew this mission would help dogs get transported to the southern Bahamas, where the hurricane did not cause major damage. She especially liked Beta, a little brown one. “You just look in their eyes and see they want to love and connect with you,” she said. “Many think these dogs are from the streets, but they are just like any other dogs, who, with love, will love you back.” To keep things calm, the lights were turned off on the crossing. If one dog

woke up, they all woke up, she said. “And if one started barking, it rippled through,” Davies said. “But all in all, it was very calm.” The weather was good as the yacht dropped off supplies to affected areas in the northern Bahamas, then headed to Rybovich shipyard in West Palm Beach, Florida. Once docked, they waited for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to clear the dogs and crew into the U.S. “We were thrilled that our Chief Officer Wikus Botes and Capt. Roy were able to jump through all the logistical and paperwork hoops to make this happen,” Davies said. Later that morning the crates were offloaded for transport to the rescue fa-

cility, Big Dog Ranch Rescue, where the dogs would be quarantined and, eventually, available for adoption. “We’re a little sad to see them go, but are hopeful they will find homes soon,” Davies said. “But it’s nice that our home port is in Rybovich and the Big Dog Ranch Rescue said we’re welcome anytime.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com. The captain and crew of M/Y Laurel transported 50 dogs from Bahamas Humane Society in Nassau, Bahamas to Florida. The relief effort helped make room for dogs displaced by Hurricane Dorian after it hit the northern Bahamas in September. First Officer Wilkus Botes, pictured left, helped manage the canine cargo in the yacht’s tender garage with the help of Capt. Roy Hodges, the crew, and volunteer veterinarians onboard. PHOTOS/TOM SERIO FROM YACHTAID

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And still we go …

Following are a few of the yacht and crew stories we heard about. Share yours at editor@the-triton.com.

• M/Y Short Story, a 116-foot

Lazzara, had been hauled out for Hurricane Dorian. But when a favorite yacht destination was damaged, Capt. Jeff LaCombe connected with colleagues to make a trip to help in Abaco, Bahamas. “We spent the last four months in Hope Town, and we’ve spent summers in the Abacos the last four years,” Capt. LaCombe said. With a 39-foot tender in tow to shuttle supplies, the yacht traveled with M/Y Exit Strategy, a 105-foot Hargrave. S/F Lauren J and S/F Insane-o also joined the group. Deckhands Mina Linger and Robert McFarland, as well as Capt. Bryan Carter volunteered, along with Capt. LaCombe’s wife, former Stew Michelle, and their 7-year-old son. The yacht’s full load made for challenges with stabilization and balance for both loading and offloading by crane. “We loaded until the exhaust ports were practically underwater,” Capt. LaCombe said. “It was tricky, but we were cautious of sea conditions and we went slow.” The group of boats hired a security team and worked with Hope Town Volunteer Fire and Rescue when they arrived in the Bahamas. “I know we can’t save the island ourselves,” Capt. LaCombe said. “They need big groups of aid and help, machinery and money. But it feels good to give immediate help that they need.” – Dorie Cox

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Capt Joscie Adams and cocaptain Tony Pedraja spearheaded a trip to the Grand Bahama Yacht Club in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on M/Y Scarlet on Sept. 16. The 103-foot Azimut was loaded with supplies earmarked for the eastend of the island where they were told conditions were bad and supplies short. Volunteers were waiting to offload donations and local pastors organized distributions to those affected by Hurricane Dorian. Among the supplies were individual packages sent to specific families in the area, Capt. Pedraja said. – Dorie Cox

Axis Crew on the move with lots of loading, logistics By Dorie Cox The numbers are bigger than usual for the crew on M/Y Axis since Sept. 1, when Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas. That means more supplies, fuel, water and provisions. As soon as the 185-mph winds of the Category 5 storm began a path of destruction, Capt. Annan figured the 182-foot Damen support yacht would make a relief trip. That plan came together when marine businesses, shipyards, marinas, yacht captains and crew, yacht owners and longtime visitors to the islands began to collect money and supplies to donate to people in need on Abaco and Grand Bahamas.

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Fifty-nine is the number of tons of donated generators, chainsaws, construction materials, tools, medical supplies and food that were delivered for the people of the Bahamas on Axis’ first trip after the storm. Typically stacked with tenders, a submarine, a seaplane, small sailboats and jetskis, the boat’s decks were cleared and by Sept. 6, the hurricane relief supplies were loaded on board at Dania Cut Super Yacht Repair in Dania Beach, Florida. By early afternoon the next day, four shipping containers and countless pallets were offloaded in the Bahamas. The crossing from Dania Beach to Freeport, Grand Bahama, was smooth, Capt. Annan said. A dock was intact for tying up and the local Rotary Club was on hand to take the donations to distribute. “We offloaded in two hours,” he said. “It only took that long because I had to turn the boat around to reach the containers on the other side. They are taking them [the donations] to the warehouse and we’re bringing them [the containers] back empty.”

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Eight is the number of lines M/Y Axis can run to offload liquids to waiting containers on the Bahamian islands. The yacht can make 10,000 gallons of water a

day and carries a lot of fuel. “I’m running four water, two gas and two diesel hoses,” Capt. Annan said of the yacht’s capabilities.

Bosun Rob Crot helps manage 52,000 gallons of diesel, a 150-gallon gas tank in the lazarette, a 2,500-gallon tank on deck, and six 55-gallon drums. “We make water and have two big jugs on deck, and we’re taking two water towers over on this run,” Crot said of a trip planned for late September. Other relief vessels and Bahamian boats have been organized to refill their tanks from Axis’ stores, including large water tanks, small jugs, and large plastic cubes mounted on all-terrain vehicles for delivery to people in difficult-toreach areas. There have been a couple of businesses that used fuel and water from Axis, including two fast food restaurants now open and feeding people.

saster relief efforts change, Capt. Annan said in late September. “Now we’re over the emergency response phase – now we’re not rescuing people,” he said. But Capt. Annan and the crew keep in mind that many of the Bahamian people they encounter have lost homes and loved ones, so emotions may run high. To help keep situations calm, Capt. Annan said, the crew often first offer water and a sandwich to people they encounter. This can slow down the urgency and keep deliveries orderly. “You can see in their eyes they are excited,” Capt. Annan said. “We have to tell them, ‘Please, wait your turn, relax.’ And they do.” M/Y Axis expects to continue running relief trips through October. And that is all right with the crew. “Everyone is excited to help, because as yachties, we all love the Bahamas – it’s like our second home,” Crot said. That’s why Capt. Annan tells them, “Slow and smooth. Smooth is fast. We have to be safe.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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Twelve is the number of crew onboard for M/Y Axis’ mission to help after Dorian. The yacht has taken on two volunteers, along with the 10 regular crew. “It’s hard, hot work,” Capt. Annan said. “Hauling cargo is a lot more work than yachting.” Everyone wears steel-toe shoes, gloves and eye protection, and there is armed security on every trip. The crew have been told to move carefully. They rigged cargo net on deck for shade, and there are coolers with ice and drinks everywhere. As time passes, the priorities of di-

The crew of M/Y Axis loads more than 50,000 pounds of donations for delivery to Freeport, Grand Bahama after Hurricane Dorian. PHOTOS/DORIE COX

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The efforts continue … • The Klump Family Foundation and the Far From It family have donated $250,000 to the Discovery Land Co. Foundation in support of its Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Abacos. M/Y Far From It is a 142-foot Richmond, the ex-Richmond Lady and Natita II, and the owner is an avid golfer with many friends on Baker’s Bay. “The boss told me that this is our backyard – and it’s our playground – so we need to support them,” Capt. Scott Miller of M/Y Far From It. “When he told me how much he gave, I thought that was a really nice gesture.” The Discovery Land Co. Foundation has created a 501c(3) fund and states on its website that 100% of donations will be “committed to directly assist with the immediate disaster relief needs of Bahamian citizens including Baker’s Bay employees and their families. We are focused on the core safety of the people, their essential needs and the recovery of the community.” Countless other yacht owners have donated their vessels, crew, fuel and more to help in the relief efforts already. And large donations from boat and yacht owners continue to support organizations, most without fanfare. But some are making it known, in the hopes of inspiring others. Allen Exploration, owners of Walker’s Cay at the north end of the Abacos and several yachts, including M/Y Axis, (see more about her mission on previous page), announced it will match up to $250,000 raised through its GoFundMe site to help Little Grand Cay, its nearest neighbor. “Hopefully, these donations will give other owners a bit of a nudge to give, too,” Capt. Miller said. – Lucy Chabot Reed

Deckhands Ben Grobler and Owen Almeida fill a tender with about 60 gallons of fuel in preparation for a trip to the Bahamas to deliver food and chefs with World Central Kitchen after Hurricane Dorian. PHOTOS/DORIE COX

Yacht transports chefs to feed thousands after Hurricane Dorian By Dorie Cox

It is hard to see M/Y Global. The 220-foot Shadow Marine boat is on the facedock at Pier 66 South in Fort Lauderdale on Sept. 4, tied below the looming 17th Street Causeway Bridge. Blocking the view are two 18-wheeler fuel trucks, a forklift, several hand trucks, and more than 20 pallets stacked high with boxes of food. Capt. Kostas Andreou steps off the yacht, over the heavy black hose running fuel to the boat, and walks past people ferrying supplies. The expedition yacht just traveled up from Hollywood, where the boat tied up during Hurricane Dorian. The Category 5 storm mostly impacted Florida with rain and winds, but caused catastrophic damage in the northern Bahamas. And that is where Capt. Andreou and his crew will soon head. A crew member catches up with the captain to give him a car ride to the U.S. Customs office in preparation for the charter for the nonprofit relief organization, World Central Kitchen (WCK). Throughout the afternoon, a total of six fuel trucks bunker 40,000 gallons on board the steel-hulled vessel. Bosun Elvis Arturo Gonzalez and deckhands Owen Almeida and Ben Grobler load about 10 red fuel cans on board to pour 60 gallons into the yacht’s tender. Several workers install another lifeboat on board. And workers from WCK continue to move pallets of food. As soon as Capt. Andreou returns from customs, he makes his way back on board and climbs up to operate the onboard crane. The first load is a 3,000-pound all-terrain Sherp vehicle purchased by WCK. It can drive over a 40-inch obstruction and is designed to

operate in swamps, bogs and marshes – conditions that may now be in the Bahamas – according to Sherp dealer Loren Edwards of San Angelo, Texas. He plans to teach several people to drive the vehicle, which will be used to carry 2,000 meals at a time to people in the worst hit areas. In about 12 hours, all of the loading will stop, the passerelle will be pulled, and the yacht will navigate out of Port Everglades for passage to Abaco and Grand Bahama. With just a day of preparation, Capt. Kostas organized a full crew for the trip, plus all the other details for at least a seven-day charter. “We have done relief work in St. Maarten, St. Vincent and Tortola,” Capt. Andreou said of previous trips. Jason Collis has also done relief work, including after Hurricane Michael, as director of procurement with WCK. About 13,000 meals have been served in the Bahamas since the hurricane tore through, he said as he monitored loading of supplies. “Yesterday, we sent 3,000 meals to Abaco by helicopter,” Collis said. The organization’s founder, José Andrés, is already in the Bahamas, where the group will organize kitchens in multiple locations to prepare hot food near the most needy people. “We have found kitchen space in Abaco and will go to Freeport next to assess,” Collis said. M/Y Global left Sept. 5, as Hurricane Dorian began to reach South Carolina and North Carolina on the U.S. Atlantic coast. “We’re already getting ready for Wilmington,” Collis said. Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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Volunteers work with M/V Pacific Hope to deliver hot food, water, and supplies to people throughout islands affected after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas during the first of September. Medical staff with the program have also treated many patients.

Volunteers with M/V Pacific Hope medical ship treat 300, open clinic Story by Dorie Cox and photos by Josh Ritchie

The 179-foot medical ship M/V Pacific Hope departed the Dominican Republic three days after Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas. Upon arrival in Freeport, Grand Bahama, more than 40 volunteers and crew began to cook and distribute hot food, water and supplies to hundreds of people throughout the island with four-wheel-drive vehicles. By mid-September, the mostly volunteer crew had fed 10,000 people and treated 300 patients in three locations, according to Capt. Marvin Wilson, who has worked with the vessel on-and-off for about five years. “We have airlifted three people out and have performed life-saving surgeries on others,” he said. Volunteer Capt. Ken Bracewell organized and transported a 28-foot center console tender to the islands that was borrowed from his previous captain’s job on M/Y Rena. Running hundreds of miles each day, he has helped transport fuel, supplies and medical personnel to the island of Grand Cay, where M/V Pacific Hope’s crew has provided a medical team and repaired a house to use as a clinic. A team of eight stay on the island

to provide medical care. On Grand Bahama, the group set up a warehouse and distribution center in High Rock, which is unable to be accessed without a 4WD vehicle. As of late September, the mission was still going strong. “When I see the human effort, I’m really, really proud,” Capt. Bracewell said. “It’s hard to describe.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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The U.S. Virgin Islands prepare, then weather Hurricane Dorian well By Carol Bareuther Four days prior to Dorian blowing over the U.S. Virgin Islands, the soonto-be Category 1 hurricane was barely a blip on the weather radar. Two days out, on Monday, Aug. 26, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) closed seaports in St. Croix, but not the St. Thomas-St. John district 40 miles to the north. At the time, National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports put Dorian’s strength as a tropical storm and track some 100-plus miles southwest of St. Croix. Yet, Dorian proved a good example of why to never discount the fickle nature nor intensity of a storm. Overnight, the NHC forecast as of 5 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 showed the storm had shifted north-northwest and now aimed straight for the territory where it was forecast to pass as a Category 1 hurricane. At 7:30 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard closed all U.S. Virgin Islands seaports. The airport on St. Thomas closed, too. Even so, Wednesday morning dawned to a relative calm with partly cloudy skies. Grocery stores did a brisk business and short gas lines formed in advance of USVI Governor Albert Bryan, Jr.’s noon curfew. The scene quickly changed in the early afternoon when Dorian blew sustained winds of 82 mph and gusts to 111 mph over St. Thomas. In its wake, the hurricane left power outages across the island and debris scattered across roadways, but no serious damage, no reported fatalities and the U.S. Coast Guard reopened the ports late Thursday afternoon. The territory’s marine sector, for the most part, fared well. “The Marina at Yacht Haven Grande is fully open for business with no damage,” said Phil Blake, general manager of the 46-slip IGY-operated megayacht marina located on the east side of the Charlotte Amalie harbor. “Berthing, fueling, and all dock services were up and running the day after the storm.” Likewise, “American Yacht Harbor is open and conducting business without damage or interruption,” said Beth DiDomenico, general manager of the 123-slip IGY-operated marina on St. Thomas’ far eastern side in Red Hook. “Our fuel dock is open and marina office was open the day after the storm.” Vessels were evacuated 48 hours

prior to the storm at the Crown Bay Marina, west of Charlotte Amalie. However, operations resumed quickly. “We are open and fully operational,” said Liza Lord, director of operations of the 99-slip marina, of which 16 slips can accommodate megayachts. “We received some down trees and some debris, but this has all been taken care of. Our fuel dock is running its regular hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.” Of the 120 vessel members of the Virgin Islands Professional Charter Association (VIPCA), the majority are term

charter vessels which have relocated either to Grenada, Puerto Rico or the U.S. for hurricane season, according to executive director, Oriel Blake. On the East End of St. Thomas several St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC) members did lose boats in the Cowpet Bay mooring field, according to Commodore Margo Lynch. The hurricane’s quick turn to the north left many boat owners unable to get their vessels to safety. “I should have taken her into the mangroves as always,” said STYC mem-

ber, Chuck Pessler, of his Catalina 42, Simone’s Voyage, which broke her mooring line, hit the remnants of the club’s old dock and landed on the beach with three to four holes in its starboard side. The good news story proved the fortitude of the club’s new dock, which is soon to be complete and a replace the dock lost in 2017’s Hurricane Irma. Carol Bareuther is a freelance writer in St. Thomas. Comment at editor@thetriton.com.

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Box by box, volunteers load M/V True North with hurricane relief Photos and story by Dorie Cox From the dock, across the passerelle, down the port side of M/V True North, into the companionway and down the hold, about 40 tons of supplies were passed for hurricane relief efforts on Sept. 8 at Derecktor Shipyard in Dania Beach, Florida. More than 60 volunteers from a variety of businesses, non-profit organizations in the Fort Lauderdale area, as well as families and individuals worked together to load donations. Volunteers across the canal staged the supplies at Harbour Towne Marina to fill the 110-foot vessel owned by Mission of Hope, which headed to the Bahamas to help after Hurricane Dorian. Capt. William Blackwell joined fulltime Capt. Will McMorris as backup and to share his local knowledge. Capt. Blackwell used to live in the Bahamas and brought extra navigation aids. Most of the southern Bahamas were spared damage from the storm and he wanted to provide more safety for the captain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a good opportunity to help; the Bahamas is my second family,â&#x20AC;? Capt. Blackwell said.

Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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If the sheet fits: Bed-making on board need not be a nightmare Stew Cues Alene Keenan

It’s been said that you spend a third of your life sleeping. If that’s the case, then stews must spend at least that much time making beds. Making standard size beds can be a breeze with the right sheets, but most boats have custom-shaped and customsized beds that are nearly impossible to access to change the bedding. Stews have been known to balance a mattress on their heads while they crawl into the bed frame to tuck the sheets in securely. Or they must take the mattress out of the frame, put the sheets on, and slide the mattress back in like an envelope. Not so much fun on a Pullman bunk bed that is taller than you are. When buying sheets – whether cotton or linen, sateen or flat-weave, 200- or 600-thread count, single-ply or doubleply – mattress size, shape and style must also be considered. Standard-size sheets are widely available, but custom-fitted sheets are easiest to work with. If they fit

properly, they will save time and the bed will look and function better. Flat sheet dimensions include length and width only. For fitted sheets, consider the length, width and pocket depth, which corresponds to the measure of the height of the mattress. Mattress heights range from 7 to 24 inches or more. Twin and XL twin sheets differ only in length. Flat sheets are 72 x 102 inches for twin, and 72 x 114 inches for extralong twin. Fitted sheets are 39 x 76 x 14 inches, and XL twin fitted sheets are 39 x 80 x 14 inches. That’s only a few inches difference in length, but trying to stretch a too-small sheet can make or break your cabin routine. Full/double and queen are often sold as interchangeable, but there are differences. A fitted full sheet is 54 x 76 x 15, while a fitted queen is 60 x 80 x 15 inches. That’s 5 or 6 inches of difference in both width and length, and the pocket depth can vary as well. A too-large flat sheet means all that extra fabric gets tucked under the mattress. A too-small sheet means that it won’t have the proper drop length on each side of

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the mattress. A king and a California king have slight differences as well. The flat sheets are interchangeable. However, the fitted king is 73 x 80 x 15 while the fitted California king is 73 x 85 x 15. That’s five inches difference in width. Good luck with that.

This may seem insignificant, but when you have been wrestling with a mattress, trying to get the sheets on for 20 minutes, it helps to know what is causing the problem. The corners will slip off if the fitted pocket depth is too shallow, or the sheet won’t be held taut and will billow out if the pocket is too big. I heard a guest comment that sleeping in a bed with a fitted sheet that is too big is like sleeping inside a parachute. As Daniel J. Boorstin said, “As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.” Freshly laundered, high-quality sheets may be the last word in luxury, but bed linens that are made to order to fit custom-designed furniture on board are a godsend and help you rest easily. Good night, sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite.

Alene Keenan is former lead instructor of interior courses at Maritime Professional Training in Fort Lauderdale. She shares more than 20 years experience as a stew in her book, “The Yacht Guru’s Bible: The Service Manual for Every Yacht,” available at yachtstewsolutions.com. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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A chef worth his salt sees the curveball coming Top Shelf Chef Tim MacDonald

Oh, sole chefs, we all know the scene. The guests have landed after the plane was delayed – not once, but three times –and nobody has bothered to ask if they want any sort of food, given their departure and arrival time. A seasoned chef will not fall for this old trick. Land-based PAs, I am miles ahead of you. I saw this one coming when you were slapping the snooze button on your iPhone X, knowing that the boss was away for two weeks. The guests have reported that they are starving and want to sit down straight away. It’s 4 p.m., and what was meant to be a light lunch (because we had no communications from land) has turned into a full lunch set. And then ... here comes the curveball. Despite planning, booking and paying for their holiday months ago, and for some reason that nobody can get to the bottom of, another guest has been added at the last minute – a friend of a non-principal and, wait for it, they have an eating disability that required preordering from Florida weeks ago. And they have already told the head stew that they want a specific Wholefoods snack and a specific meal ASAP, as the in-flight jet did not cater to their needs. The head stew enters the galley, and this is where the fun starts. As a yacht chef, I believe you go through a smelting process. The ones who survive past five years are the Rambos of the industry. Principally, you have to learn that to survive you must cook what the guests want – and sometimes, more to the point, what the crew want –if you are to be in good standing. Second to the process is planning for war. By that, I mean expect the worst case and plan for it in your stock levels. Educating yourself on current diet trends is as important as eating out for educational purposes. Next is raising the bar, and by that I mean learning and accepting that, generally speaking, guests like a selection of nicely plattered food as opposed to a one-option starter, main and dessert. I would even go as far as to say in the past five years dessert demand has dropped off, and that’s a positive if you are a sole chef on charter. Next in the evolution is the study and prediction knowledge. Now, you don’t have to be a Dr. Michael Burry, but by

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YAM KHAI DAO-THAI FRIED EGG SALAD The dressing

3 tablespoons lime juice 3 tablespoons palm sugar 2 tablespoons fish sauce 3 teaspoons finely minced garlic 4 bird's eye chilis, finely chopped

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6 soft-fried eggs 4 plum tomatoes, cut in arcs 2 sweet onions, cut in arcs 2 cucumber, peeled and cut lengthways 1 cup mixed celery leaf and coriander 3 tablespoons roasted peanuts 1/4 cup spring onions, cut lengthways Add julienne carrots, chives, green mango shreds, etc. as desired to “veg up” salad

studying what foods the doctors are prescribing to counter depression and anxiety, you will go a long way in quickly predicting what the guests are going to be asking for on the fly. To survive and evolve, I always have a vegetarian option with protein, and a healthy grain and vegetable salad option on the buffet. If you can provide Japanese daily as well, you will reduce your own misery substantially. By that I mean the guest who, despite the menu having been displayed all day since 8 a.m., has decided five minutes before the guests sit down to dinner to actually look at the menu and discover that they don’t like it and now want a specific artesian-crafted plate instead. It’s an easy way to win. Along with a changing blueprint of soup, salad, pasta,

Assembly Timing is everything. Toss the salad and place on top of the warm eggs, then add dressing. Serves six.

crustacean or meat, generally speaking, with vegetable options you can handle the curveball every time – and if you are lucky, hit a home run! Once you have exhausted all the usual veggie suspects, Southeast Asia is a great place to seek inspiration for vegan/ vegetarian cuisine, as they’ve been doing it for yonks. Thailand has a plethora of vegetarian/vegan-friendly salads. Here is one to bung on your lunch buffet. Tim MacDonald (timothymacdonald. weebly.com) has been a chef for more than 20 years. He was named Concours de Chefs winner for Yachts over 160 feet at the 2011 Antigua Charter Yacht Show. His recipes are designed for the owner and guests. Comment at editor@ the-triton.com.

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Tacos al Pastor crosses borders within Mexico’s varied cuisines Crew’s Mess Capt. John Wampler

Mexico is one of my favorite countries to cruise through. There is a clear distinction between the Caribbean and Pacific sides of the country – the music, the proud indigenous people and the food differ. I prefer the Pacific over the Caribbean when it comes to food, though the Mayan cuisine of the Yucatan holds its own mystique. One of my favorite comfort foods, no matter which coast, is Tacos al Pastor. On most street corners you will find a taco shop with a vertical spit (think

gyro) called a “trompo,” on which marinated pork is spun around and cooked in front of an open flame. At the top of the spit there is usually peeled pineapple cooking. A “taquero” slices the cooked pork onto a corn tortilla, followed by a piece of the pineapple, finely chopped onion and cilantro. It is served with salsa rojo (red) or verde (green). This simple recipe mimics these tasty tacos – no trompo needed. Capt. John Wampler (yachtaide.com) has worked on yachts for more than 30 years. His recipes are casual enough for anyone to prepare. Comment at editor@ the-triton.com.

PORK TACOS WITH PINEAPPLE SALSA Ingredients

9 ounces fresh peeled and cored pineapple 10-ounce can diced tomatoes and green chili 1 pound ground pork 1 small red onion 1/4 cup cilantro 1 lime 8 corn taco shells or small tortillas

Preparation Cut 6 ounces of the pineapple into 1/4-inch pieces and coarsely chop the remaining pineapple. Finely chop the onion and mince a 1/4 cup of cilantro. To make the salsa, mix the small pineapple pieces, half of the chopped onion and cilantro in a bowl. In a food processor, puree the canned tomato with chili and large pineapple chunks until smooth, like a pesto. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the ground pork and remaining onion

until pork is no longer pink. Stir in the tomato mix and simmer until thickened. Pepper and salt to taste. Serve on warm taco shells or tortillas and garnish with pineapple chunks, lime wedge and cilantro. Enjoy.

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Feeding guests, crew can be tricky in post-storm power outage Culinary Waves Mary Beth Lawton Johnson

I flew back to south Florida from the yacht recently to prep my house for Hurricane Dorian, and while waiting it out with my fur babies and friends, I thought about how those of us in yachting not only have to be prepared for these natural disasters on land, but also on board. If I lost power for a week or more at my house, what was I going to eat? No time to order a generator (which I should already own, given the amount of storms we have here). My home menu would have consisted of cold, canned items and green shakes, which are not necessarily appealing for a whole week. We were lucky, though, and a lot of people were not. So I am not complaining about cold food when people in the Bahamas have none. My point is that we, as chefs, have to think outside the box to get us by in times of crisis. I have had generator and engine failure on power and sailing yachts, have had the computer crash for the ovens and high-tech cooking equipment while on charter, and have been hundreds of miles from a grocery store with nothing green for a salad in sight. I pulled it off, but the solution is: Think ahead. Prepare in advance enough meals for the average amount of crew and guests who come on board. Basically, if you have a meal or two left after making a dinner, freeze it. Stock up on frozen meals, and think of meals that can be made without the use of an oven. Include desserts for one week. Make enough to feed the crew for one week. Remember to use single-serve dishes with airtight lids. In case refrigeration is lost, write out a menu based on seven days of food that you can prepare without having a refrigerator or freezer. This has to be an exact science as far as portions are concerned. If you lose your ovens, you still might have the cooktop if it’s on a separate system. It took over a week to have our ovens’ computer fixed, with a charter on board. There was no baking during that time. Can you think of desserts for a week without baking? Or food for one week with no oven use? As you cook for the guests and crew, put an additional sponge cake in the freezer for that birthday cake to come. If you have leftovers, put them into prepackaged meal containers for the crew.

and break it down to smaller portions, Get them out of the refrigerator and then label and freeze them. There’s into the freezer. When making soup, I nothing worse than having large cuts of usually make enough so that I have five meat go bad when you realize you have to 10 containers of it at any given time lost your freezer. for a meal. Boil and cut up a whole chicken, Here are some other ideas that will help with skin removed, for you get by in times of crisis. soups or salads. And with Save leftover prime rib As chefs, we soups, don’t forget to throw cooked rare, rare roast beef, have to think in cooked pasta, beans, lenpot roast, boiled meats such outside the tils and vegetables that you as corned beef – any cooked box to get us have on hand. Stock up on or marinated meats that can by in times bouillon, stock bases, rices be sliced off for quick sandand peas. wiches or wraps that will hold of crisis. Blanch veggies that you in the refrigerator for up to a bring on board fresh, then week. This includes smoked label and freeze them to add to soups or meats and smoked fish. create stocks. If you bring on a large cut of meat Can you make ice cream without that is fresh and not frozen, go ahead

buying it? Semifreddo? Sure you can. Yogurt parfaits, mousse, pudding and anything with a gelatin base works well as a “not baked” dessert if you lose your oven and all you have is a cooktop. These are but a few ideas of how to think creatively when something like a hurricane leaves you without your usual resources. I’ve been there, and someday you will be there too – if you haven’t already. The idea is to be prepared. What have you had to do in a crisis to feed guests and crew on board? Please, send me your stories. Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine, has worked on yachts for more than 25 years. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Like it or not, preconceptions are powerful indicator of outcome Crew Coach Capt. Rob Gannon

I know a captain who loves to set up preconceived notions and outcomes in his head. He’s definitely not a law of attraction believer, but he is participating in that attraction process whether he accepts it or not. Whatever we give more energy to stays alive in our minds. So what kind of energy do we want to give it? It will make a difference. I’m sure many of you have seen examples of this in your own lives; I know I have. So we may want to be conscious with how we set things up in our thoughts and beliefs.

Have you ever been around someone who loves to predict how things are going to go? They are so sure a situation – be it a charter or charter guest, or a crew relationship, or anything really – is going to go poorly, that they invest themselves in that outcome. Then typically, they have a hard time with the situation and it is all validated for them. But did their attitude, thoughts and beliefs contribute to the experience? Let me answer that: Of course it did! We have got to be careful with how we set the table. Why set it up for unpleasant, unproductive and unsatisfying results? Even if this whole concept seems to be hogwash to you, it might be worth it to give it a look and experiment a little with it. If the

pressure system that steers the storm expression “attitude is everything” away from us and out to sea. resonates, well, this is all part of that. Isn’t it interesting when Preconceived two people can share an thoughts and beliefs will The formula goes experience and come develop an attitude, so like this: Thoughts away with two different the question is: What and attitude before viewpoints and feelings kind of attitude serves about it? Where does that us best? I think we all an experience + come from? Why is that? know the answer to that, reactions during Well, many times it comes but we sometimes work the experience = from the setup thoughts, against that best desired perception of the from what the attitude experience or result. experience. was going in. Thoughts can be The formula goes a powerful thing. like this: Thoughts and Repetitive, habitual, attitude before an experience + reactions negative thoughts can be a hurricane during the experience = perception of that engulfs a situation or experience. the experience. Conversely, healthy open thinking with The reaction part of the equation no pre-judgment is the strong highis the other important piece. There are those who have a doomsday, endof-the-world reaction to challenges, and there are those who accept and go about dealing with what is. What is so interesting and powerful is that we have control over the attitude and perceptions. We can’t control what happens around us, but we can control how we react to and accept it. I realize that in the middle of a challenging situation there can be frustration and annoyance, but those reactions must be set aside so we can better move forward. The clearest thinking usually does not rise out of frustration and anger. If we let it settle and pass, we can get about the business of choosing the best path forward. We can save ourselves a lot of angst, a lot of grief, and a lot of just feeling bad by not setting ourselves up for it in the first place. When we can catch ourselves and correct negative pre-judgment, we are on the right track. If the attitude is struggling, we are going to struggle. Everything gets a little harder, and it’s no coincidence we may feel our overall energy being taxed. Mind and body are connected, all one unit. The beauty is that we can make this work for us by staying conscious and aware of how we are looking at things. A spiritual teacher of mine liked to say, “Feeling better is just a thought away.” So we need to shift to that better-feeling thought when we catch ourselves sailing off course and towards bad weather. Like most things, the more we do it, the better we get at it. Enjoy the voyage. Capt. Rob Gannon is a 30-year licensed captain and certified life and wellness coach (yachtcrewcoach.com). Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Support of fellow crew can help keep highs/lows in perspective Crew Compass Lauren Loudon

All the media attention on increasing concerns about mental health in recent times raises interesting questions that can be related to anybody. I’ve seen a few posts on social media lately from fellow yacht crew opening up about the topic of mental health on board, and it made me think about the bigger picture: How do we stay healthy on board from a mindful perspective? Our lives are so fast-paced, and it’s often true that we don’t get a lot of time to ourselves. That can mean to work out physically, or simply to be alone with our thoughts and reflect inwards. Both physical and mental health are equally important, yet are two very different things. We may be able to step off the boat for a morning run or do some weight training on the fly bridge in our spare time, but what about talking and letting our emotions flow? It’s intense to be in an environment surrounded by other people 24/7, and even more intense when personalities collide, but have you ever looked closely at the behaviors of your crewmates? Have you seen them break down or have an emotional outburst for seemingly no reason? More importantly, have you been there for them? On charter or guest trips, we are working at 110%, our brains and bodies are on overtime, and sleep is often in short supply. We give our all for those periods of time and exhaust ourselves to ensure we are doing our best. This often means that, in turn, we are not at our best. Our true colors show in times of stress and exhaustion, and often those are the moments that cause riffs between crew members and colleagues. In between guest trips, we usually have far more relaxed work hours. We have time to ourselves, and we can regroup. In some instances, our work lists are very short, so we have the luxury of sitting back with our feet up. Maybe not literally, but more or less. In an industry where we are on such a roller coaster of highs and lows, ups and downs, fast and slow, we need to make sure that we have time for ourselves to focus on our mind, body and soul. There is so much more to keeping healthy than lifting a few weights or running a few

miles. It’s about taking a few breaths, a few moments – and sometimes even releasing a few thoughts, having somebody that you are able to open up to about any burdening emotions. Most of us will feel homesick at some point. We will be mid-charter when an important celebration is going on back home that we are missing out on. We will be hundreds of miles away from family on anniversaries, or far from friends on their birthdays. We will miss our parents, our siblings and our friends. We will crave home comforts some days. We will miss weddings and even funerals. We will carry the burden of pain due to being far in distance sometimes, and we will struggle with the time zone differences when trying to communicate with people. We might have personal issues at home that we are dealing with. There’s an abundance of reasons that we could be feeling down. There’s also the same, if not more, reasons that we could be feeling happy and blessed, but nobody needs to know why you are smiling. We need to know why you are not smiling. The important thing to remember is that it’s OK to feel sad. It’s OK to cry. It’s also OK to talk about it. What’s not OK is to judge our fellow crew members for being a bit snappy at the end of a long charter season or for wanting to have a little space on an early morning. I’ve heard too often of people worrying about being judged for being upset, and therefore bottling up emotions for too long, which, as we all know, leads to worsened feelings. The fear of overstepping the line between work and personal lives may prevent us from sharing what we are truly feeling. But at the end of the day, our crewmates are our family, and we need to make sure that we are there as a family support network for each other, both on and off the boat, on and off charter. No matter how amazing the industry is as a whole, and despite the perks of the job we have, being isolated is hard. So let’s remember to be there for each other and offer an ear to listen, a shoulder to cry on and an open heart to give love. Sometimes somebody’s long face is far deeper set than from just being tired. Lauren Loudon has worked as a yacht chef for more than four years. She hails from Lancashire, England. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Roman centurions could teach modern leaders a thing or two Taking the Helm Capt. Paul Ferdais

Over 2,000 years ago, Roman army soldiers considered it the highest honor to attain the rank of centurion. As an officer and leader of a group of 100 men, a centurion was only eligible for that position after he had put in a minimum 16 years of combat service, had demonstrated valor and courage in battle, had trained alongside everyone else under the harshest conditions, and was skilled in not only combat, but in engineering and building as well. Centurions were responsible for the general welfare of all 100 men under their command. And oh, yeah, the centurions also led the attack on the front lines. These leaders earned their promotion by proving themselves and working their way up through the ranks. I only bring up the Roman centurion as a contrast to what we see in the news today; the number of leaders who apologize for this wrongdoing or that bad behavior seems to increase on a daily basis. The trappings of leadership, rather than the substance, can sometimes be the only thing a potential leader focuses on when deciding to apply for a senior level role. The bigger cabin, the bigger paycheck, the power that comes with the job – whatever. The hard work of being in a leadership position is sometimes glossed over by an applicant. And make no mistake, leadership is hard work. It includes, but isn’t limited to, skill at decision-making, technical competence, emotional and personal wisdom, vision and an unrelenting commitment to excellence, as well as integrity, humility and trustworthiness. Here are some leadership requirements to consider: Lead from the front. A leader has to be part of the charge. Leaders don’t get the luxury of hiding behind others in the name of strategy or decision-making. The word “leader” means to lead, which means to be out front. Don’t sit in the ivory tower of the bridge and consider yourself the leader of the team. Be competent. If you want team members to take

you seriously, know your job. A classic example of a lack of competence is when the captain’s wife becomes the chief stew because of her relationship rather than her knowledge. In this type of situation, the chief stew isn’t considered a leader by her co-workers and will have a difficult time proving herself worthy of followers. Develop wisdom. Wisdom comes from reflecting on our mistakes and life experiences. Wisdom builds on competence and shows how a reflective person can take their practical knowledge and combine it with situational awareness and judgment to pass on an excellent solution. Whether someone else will use the solution or insight is another topic for another day. All we can do is help show the way. The challenge with the development of wisdom is that it takes time and often has to be experienced. For example, my nephew is 12 years old. I’d like to download my wisdom into his brain, but as we know, that can’t happen. Instead, my nephew will need to put in the time, make his own mistakes and have his own experiences in order to develop wisdom. De-emphasize the trappings. Don’t get caught up in the trappings of the role, as they can distract from the work we need to do. Sure, it’s nice to have the bigger cabin and the bigger paycheck. Just remember that those things come with greater responsibility. Seek excellence over perfection. Don’t try to be perfect, that’s impossible. Instead, strive for excellence since that’s something we can attain. Excellence is about being the best at any given moment, while continually striving to be better. Excellence is attained through working hard and working smart. There’s a willingness on the part of followers to perform at their best when they know their leader will be beside them as the battle begins. And “the battle” can take many forms – perhaps the start of a charter, a yard period, a long delivery, or the start of the boss trip. Use the ideas listed above to stay out front. Capt. Paul Ferdais, skipper of a motor yacht, has a master’s degree in leadership and previously ran a leadership training company for yacht crew. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Don’t wait for an emergency to realize CPR/AED skills are rusty Sea Sick Keith Murray

The holiday season is fast approaching, which for many of us means tourist season is also fast approaching. In Jupiter, Florida, where I live it seems that our population doubles during season when the snowbirds return from their homes up north. Along with the large number of older people arriving comes a large number of medical emergencies. Most are slip and falls, broken hips, heart attacks and strokes. But there is also a rise in sudden cardiac arrests. This is where knowing how to perform CPR and how to use an AED often make the difference between life and death. I know what you are thinking as you read this. You took a CPR class a while ago and think your skills are pretty good. So let’s test your skills with the following quiz and see how well you do. 1. What does CPR stand for? 2. What does AED stand for?

3. Rank sudden cardiac arrest deaths in the U.S. from 1 to 10. 4. When performing CPR on a 75-year-old woman who is not breathing, if you hear ribs break, should you stop?

11. What song is it that both the American Heart Association and British Heart Association suggest using when performing CPR because it’s beat is the proper speed for compressions? 12. Which of the following songs would also work, and are the same 100-120 beats per minute? a. “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen b. “I Walk The Line” by Johnny Cash c. “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce d. “Baby Shark,” the popular children’s song

5. During CPR the victim vomits. Does this mean they are alive and you should stop CPR? 6. How fast should your compressions be when performing CPR (compressions per minute)? 7. According to OSHA, what percentage of workplace fatalities were due to sudden cardiac arrest?

13. Can you use an AED on someone who is wet?

8. What is the proper depth of compressions when performing CPR on an adult? 9. You mistakenly connect someone to an AED that is alive and breathing and push the shock button. Will the AED injure them? 10. Where is your heart located?

chest?

14. Can you use an AED on someone with a hairy

15. Can you use an AED on someone with a pacemaker? 16. Can you use an AED on someone who is 8 months pregnant?

17. Can you use an AED on a 1-yearold child? 18. True or False: In the U.S., performing CPR on a person in cardiac arrest often results in a lawsuit. 19. When performing mouth-tomouth, what is the proper number of compressions to breaths? 20. One of your crew is shocked by the shore power cord and still touching the energized cord. Can you perform CPR on them? 21. Could CPR save your life if you are in cardiac arrest? 22. Should CPR be performed on a person who is not breathing and still in bed? 23. Is a cardiac arrest and a heart attack the same?

See ANSWERS on Page 28 EMT Keith Murray provides onboard CPR, AED and first-aid training, as well as AED sales and service. His company can be found at TheCPRSchool.com. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Yes, you took CPR training, but how much do you remember? CPR QUIZ ANSWERS, Page 27

1. CPR – cardio pulmonary resuscitation 2. AED – automated external defibrillator 3. According to OSHA, 61 million Americans have cardiovascular disease, resulting in approximately 1 million deaths per year. One-third of these deaths (300,000-400,000) are due to cardiac arrest, the sudden and unexpected loss of heart function. Sudden cardiac arrest and other heart-related illness is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and kills more people than breast cancer, lung cancer and AIDS combined.

Share this quiz with your crew, your friends and your family. Learning CPR and how to use an AED is a skill that everyone should know, as it could save a life. 4. Don’t stop. Breaking ribs may occur. If you can save them with CPR and an AED, the ribs will heal. 5. No. Vomiting is not a sign of life.

If they vomit, tilt the head, clear the airway and resume compressions if they are not breathing.

11. The song “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees is 100 beats per minute and is the proper speed for compressions.

6. 100 to 120 compressions per minute, which is about 2 per second.

12. All of the above are correct. Pick one that you like.

7. 13 percent of workplace fatalities reported to OSHA were due to sudden cardiac arrest.

13. Yes, but first you must dry the area where the pads go.

8. For adults, 2-2.4 inches; children, 2 inches; and babies, 1.5 inches. 9. No. AEDs are designed to only shock people whose hearts need to be shocked to restore a healthy rhythm. 10. The heart is located between the right and left lungs, in the middle of the chest between the imaginary nipple line.

14. Yes, but first you must shave the area where the pads go. 15. Yes, if they are not breathing, connect them and follow the voice prompts. 16. Yes, if they are not breathing, connect them and follow the voice prompts. 17. Yes. Ideally, you will use pediatric pads or a pediatric key to reduce the energy. If you do not have these, then place the adult pads in the center of the child’s chest and the center of the child’s back and follow the AED voice prompts. 18. False. There are both federal laws and state “Good Samaritan” laws that protect the rescuer. 19. 30 compressions and two breaths. Ideally, you should have a barrier device such as a pocket mask. 20. Always make certain the scene is safe. In this situation, you would need to make certain the power is off before you went near the injured person. 21. CPR buys you time by moving blood, which carries oxygen to the brain, the heart and other parts of the body; but the shock from the AED is what gets the heart beating again. 22. CPR should always be performed on the floor. You must have a hard surface and you must have your body weight over top for good quality compressions. 23. No. Heart attack is a plumbing problem and occurs when part of the heart’s blood supply is reduced or blocked, causing the heart muscle to become injured or die. Cardiac arrest is an electrical problem and the heart stops beating.

Rate your score

Zero questions wrong: You are a pro! You should have been a doctor. One to two wrong: Not bad. You still get an “A.” Three to four wrong: You get a “B” for this test, but should brush up on your skills. Five or more wrong: You need emergency CPR training. Schedule a class “stat” – your CPR skills need first aid.

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2-3 spoonfuls of olive oil a day can help to keep disease away Take It In Carol Bareuther

Fats were a four-letter word to dietconscious consumers over the past couple of decades. Then, the concept of “good” fats and “bad” fats hit the news, giving license to eat and enjoy this flavorful nutrient, albeit in specific forms. Good fats are those that are heart healthy and include polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. One of the poster children for “good fats” is olive oil, a monounsaturated fat that research shows truly deserves its healthful reputation. What’s more, it tastes good too! It was back in the 1950s and 1960s, when butter was the choice bread spread and cooking fat in many countries, that nutrition pioneer Ancel Keys and his colleagues observed that people living in parts of Greece and Italy lived longer and experienced less chronic disease, such as heart disease and cancer. Keys was convinced this had to do with diet and dubbed the eating style of these folks as the “Mediterranean Diet.” One of the chief features of the Mediterranean Diet is the use of olive oil as the principal fat, along with eating whole grain cereals, beans, fruits and vegetables, moderate fish and low amounts of dairy and meats, which are high in saturated (“bad”) fats. Fast forward more than half a century, and studies now show exactly why olive oil is indeed a “good” fat. It’s not just the monounsaturated chemical structure that keeps olive oil liquid at room temperature and less likely to clog arteries, but its complement of disease-preventing, plantbased substances called polyphenols that come via the olive itself. The science is so strong that the European Food Safety Authority, an agency of the European Union, in 2012 authorized the use of two health claims linking olive oil intake to disease prevention. One claim targets olive oil’s monounsaturated makeup, and the other its rich compliment of polyphenols. To reap this oil’s beneficial effects, the EFSA recommends consuming at least 20 grams of olive oil daily, and using this

in place of saturated fats such as butter, mayonnaise and dairy-based dressings like blue cheese. Some research, such as that from the PREDIMED (Preventative Mediterranean Diet Study) Study, suggests 37 grams of olive oil daily. One tablespoon of olive oil weighs 13.3 grams, so 2 to 3 tablespoons daily covers this recommendation. There are several tasty ways to incorporate olive oil into the diet. For example, use as a salad dressing, bread dipper and drizzle for roasted veggies. Also, try olive oil in potato dishes, atop pizzas, over pastas, as a popcorn topper, to make panini sandwiches, and in place of butter or other oils when making quick bread and muffins.

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Olive oil as a marinade for meat, chicken and fish offers added benefits. According to the Washington, DCbased American Institute for Cancer Research, oil in a marinade acts as a barrier between the heat and meat to prevent charring and the formation of potentially cancer-causing compounds called heterocyclic amines (HCAs). Olive is the best oil to do this as it is the most stable liquid cooking fat. There are several types of olive oil available on supermarket shelves, so which is the best to buy? The North American Olive Oil Association, based in Neptune, N.J., offers this simplified advice: Choose extra virgin olive oil, for three reasons. First, it can stand up to the heat of frying, sautéing, baking and roasting. Second, heating it mellows the flavor of the olive oil so all your food won’t taste like olives. Third, it’s perfect right out of the bottle for dipping bread or drizzling over finished dishes. Carol Bareuther is a registered dietitian and freelance health and nutrition writer. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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From light dunk to a full drop, this yacht crews’ Rusk ‘dippers’ a hit By Dorie Cox Deckhand Ryan Woods of M/Y Three Sons, a 130-foot Westport, considers himself a heavy dunker. He lets his rusk soak for a few seconds in coffee before

he eats it. “That way, it is a little mushier and absorbs some of the coffee flavor,” he said. “Although not an intended byproduct, sometimes little chunks break off into the coffee and give a little surprise at the end of the cup. I like to call these ‘coffee dumplings.’ ” A rusk? What is it? Introduced to the traditional South African treat last summer, Woods described them as “a coffee biscuit with a crunch, depending on how long you dip them.” Now, he eats a lot of them since the chief stew on Three Sons, Morgan Brawley, has gone into busi-

ness to make them from her home in Pompano Beach, Florida. “I like to think I'm one of the Patient Zeros for Morgan's rusks, and I've been on board since Day One,” Woods said. Bernard Horn, former deckhand on the 165-foot Mangusta M/Y Moonraker, dunks his rusk in tea or coffee for 15 seconds or less to make sure it is soggy, but not so soggy it will break off. As Brawley’s boyfriend and business partner, he eats at least four a day. “I do not prefer chunky bits on the bottom,” Horn said. “And just a little bit at a time. My dad dunks the whole thing in and eats it with a spoon. I don’t like messing with my coffee.” Horn’s mother, Esther, taught Brawley the secrets of making a proper rusk during a recent trip to visit his family in South Africa. After the couple returned

home, they tried the rusks sold in the United States. “Some we've tried are too sweet or too soft, some feel like an unhealthy Christmas cookie,” Brawley said. So the couple decided to make their own. Brawley baked and baked in search of perfection, but she hit obstacles: The recipe Horn’s mother used is in Afrikaans, with measurements in Celsius. American ovens have different temperatures and sizes. And the traditional South African ingredients were nowhere to be found. Plus, Mrs. Horn “does it the old-school way, with no rusk tray,” Brawley said, referring to a stainless steel frame used to cut the dough into 90 perfect rectangles. Armed with a little notebook of experiments and past failures, Brawley bought a rusk tray and spent days on the time-consuming process. After the

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October 2019 The-Triton.com ingredients are prepared, the dough is spread onto a baking sheet to bake for 40 minutes. Then comes the slow wait as they continue to stay in the oven under very low heat for six hours. The buttermilk version needs 12 hours. “They’re like having a baby, you have to watch them,” she said. At first, the couple invented recipes to be creative for American customers. “Americans want chocolate chips,” Brawley said. But the chocolate chips sank, the pumpkin was too dense, and the coconut was too coarse. She per-

sisted and settled on buttermilk and a coconut bran version. “Bernard always says, ‘You've got to risk it to get the biscuit,’ ” she said. Once perfected, Brawley and Horn got serious about their business plan. “We would wake up in the middle of the night thinking about what will we name this?” she said. “Then I drew the Rusk logo.” They researched cottage food laws and regulations, and began to talk with U.S.-based South African shops that sell meat pies and sausage to assess the clientele for rusks. “So far, it’s 50/50 on South Africans and nonSouth Africans,” Brawley said of their customer base, which comes primarily through word-ofmouth and social media orders. Local customer Jamie Maitland, owner of The Office fitness studio, likes to buy local and found the company online. She previously enjoyed her morning coffee with an Italian biscotti until she found Rusk.

“Out of the gate, they’re very hard. You have to dunk them for 12 seconds,” Maitland said. “This isn't a cookie – I almost broke a tooth. But the good thing is, it's not like they're super sweet. They're almost savory, very confusing to my pallet. They’re a good balance.” Horn, who has experience in business and marketing, said, “It’s important to start on the right principals.” As they learn about the cottage food industry, the couple are navigating challenges. “It’s restrictive – we can’t mail order, we can’t ship,” Horn said. “We are looking at a commercial kitchen or copacker to ship them. We hope to sell to yachts to put out for breakfast, and our goal for the U.S. is to bring them into coffee shops.” As the business grows, Brawley keeps an eye on the right amount of crumbs to keep customers happy. This includes her father, who goes all the way with his rusk. “My dad drops his in and it floats, then he sticks his finger in to pull it back out,” Brawley said. She and her mother eat them with coffee during “robe time.” And how does Brawley like her rusk? “I drink my coffee till the end and

then dunk it so there are no crumbs in my whole cup of coffee.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

To learn about Morgan Brawley and Bernard Horn’s company, Rusk – The World’s Greatest Dipper, search for rusk biscuits on Facebook and Instagram.

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Today’s fuel prices

One year ago

Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of Sept 15.

Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of Sept. 15, 2018

Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 572/617 Savannah, Ga. 676/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 945/NA St. Maarten 809/NA Antigua 785/NA Valparaiso 780/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 667/NA Cape Verde 566/NA Azores 636/1,340 Canary Islands NA/920 Mediterranean Gibraltar 590/NA Barcelona, Spain 785/1,269 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,287 Antibes, France 1,417/1,538 Loano, Italy 660/1,639 San Remo, Italy 704/1,573 Naples, Italy 768/1,650 Venice, Italy 985/1,714 Corfu, Greece 713/1,507 Piraeus, Greece 686/1,472 Istanbul, Turkey 740/1,170 Malta 851/1,604 Tunis, Tunisia 645/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 646/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 720/NA Sydney, Australia 580/NA Fiji 641/NA Algiers, Algeria 553/NA Bejaia, Algeria 553/NA Saranda, Albania 620/NA

Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 652/696 Savannah, Ga. 665/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 1000/NA St. Maarten 820/NA Antigua 800/NA Valparaiso 734/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 707/NA Cape Verde 641/NA Azores 728/1,447 Canary Islands NA/938 Mediterranean Gibraltar 660/NA Barcelona, Spain 700/1,181 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,195 Antibes, France 1,769/1,798 San Remo, Italy 837/1,755 Naples, Italy 1050/1851 Venice, Italy 851/2,140 Corfu, Greece 781/1,681 Piraeus, Greece 722/1,611 Istanbul, Turkey 803/NA Malta 745/1,447 Tunis, Tunisia 607/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 596/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 717/NA Sydney, Australia 743/NA Fiji 760/NA Algiers, Algeria 622/NA Saranda, Albania 692/NA

*When available according to local customs.

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Vincent Salvucci, Dillon Brown, Ben Denman and Junior Reyes in the diesel hydraulic department at Bradford Marine in Fort Lauderdale in late August after attending a training seminar at Wesmar.

Bradford techs up skill level and teamwork with training By Dorie Cox Recent hands-on training at Wesmar added confidence to the skills of the diesel hydraulic department teams at Bradford Marine. Four employees from Bradford’s Fort Lauderdale yard and two from the Bahamas yard attended a Wesmar dealer mechanic seminar in mid-August in Woodinville, Washington near Seattle. The team learned to tear down, rebuild and install Wesmar stabilizers, thrusters and sonar, according to Ben Denman, diesel hydraulic shop supervisor at Bradford Marine in Fort Lauderdale. With a focus on installation, operation and troubleshooting, a highlight for Denman was the chance to learn to integrate the DSP5000, a system that “overrides existing systems to modernize old systems.” “We tore apart a whole bow thruster and stabilizer and we did the electrical – the whole system,” Denman said. “I thought the DSP5000 was coolest thing out of the class.” The equipment works well for older yachts, he said. “And lots of yachts have old crappy systems where you can’t replace the boards,” he said. “They are obsolete. You have to pull them out and start from zero. This allows you to not worry about old boards.”

Although the technicians were familiar with much of what they learned before the class, Denman, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, is an advocate of advanced training and said it helped everyone on several levels. “In the military, I was always training and I'm used to training,” he said. “A lot of these guys haven't had that. This is a good experience. It helps with everything and increases loyalty.” Denman said he runs, “a tight shop, and there was so much to learn” at the event. He is grateful the work enhanced the group’s teamwork skills. Now, the Bahamas and Fort Lauderdale teams will work together even better for future jobs, he said. Plus, the company is now a certified Wesmar representative. “Now the Bahamas knows what we do,” Denman said. “We have the specialty tools and can work with the Bahamas, as they have the big lift,” he said of the 1,200-ton dry dock. The Bradford team won several fun events, including cornhole toss, and had time to tour Seattle’s Space Needle and other tourist sites. “We shaped up our skills and learned the real way,” Denman said. “It was a good team-building event.” Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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PHOTOS CAPT. ROCKA ROMCKE

A triple row of MTF 240 by-pass filters, above, on 2,700hp 3516 Caterpillar engines onboard a 78m Lurssen. At right, a small MTF 40 bypass filter installed on a 350 kw Caterpillar generator onboard a 78m Lurssen.

Captain’s creativity protects yacht’s engine investment By Capt. Rocka Romcke I don’t think any engineer would disagree that to maximize engine performance, we need to give it clean fuel, clean air and clean oil. Years ago, we relied on the engine manufacturer’s standard supplied filters to do these three types of filtering. Then, over the years, there have been developments and improvements, some of which we now take for granted. Fuel filtering has come a long way, and we have welcomed these new methods to improve cleanliness and reduce restriction. I am confident that every superyacht has extra fuel filters on their engines, such as Racors or other brands. Most large yachts also have fuel spinners like Alfa-Lavals, and some also

add fuel polishers. We have been going to extreme lengths to clean fuel, and we benefit from added reliability and less wear and maintenance on fuel-related parts. Like fuel filtration, we used to only rely on standard air filters. Now, after-market filters are standard procedure. But when it comes to oil, some yachts only supplement their engine’s standard full-flow filters with centrifugal filters, or “spinners”. But these only address the issue of particle removal. Plus, while the combination of OEM filters and spinners can filter particles down to 10 microns, smaller particles can cause significant engine wear. As a yacht captain, I do all I can to protect my engines since my job is to protect the owner’s investment. So,

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October 2019 The-Triton.com when I bought a pair of C18 Caterpillar engines, I put both spinners and a bypass filter system on them. So, what does the filter system do above and beyond a spinner? It addresses all three issues facing used oil. First, it can remove solid contaminants down to the size of less than 1 micron, which greatly reduces wear on the engine. Second, it removes liquid contaminants, including water, by using a patented polymer technology. Third, it replenishes the oil with a “slow release” of base additives to maintain the oil’s chemical balance and viscosity, and keeps the TBN (Total Base Number) levels up to well within engine manufacturers’ specifications. This triple-action process keeps engines running on continuously clean oil, as opposed to adding new oil that just keeps getting dirtier. I chose Puradyn systems for a number of reasons. They are running on the diesel engines found in roughly 50% of all land-based oil rigs in the U.S., and their customers have publicly reported savings from reduced maintenance and up to 80% less oil purchased. One of the largest oil drilling companies, Nabors Industries, recently reported that they are now able to skip mid-cycle, top-end engine overhauls, and they attribute

it to using Puradyn for over a decade to keep their engines cleaner. Part of the cleaner, greener angle is using less oil overall. Depending on engine type and use case, Puradyn users have reported a reduced oil change frequency of between 66-89%. For those of us in marine environments, this also means a similar reduction in the potential environmental hazard of waste oil storage and disposal. Condition-based maintenance (CBM) has taught us to perform maintenance as it is needed, not by way of blatantly following a book. That was the standard practice for more than 100 years, and it was designed to take care of those worst-case scenarios. Engine manufacturers have little to lose by proposing super safe oil change hours. If you ask them for longer oil change intervals, they give you a bigger sump. That lets you change oil less often, but the same amount of oil is changed in the long run. I consider this false advertising. So why not use the practice of CBM on engine oil? Let the engine tell the engineers when new oil is needed rather than just conducting an oil change unnecessarily. The antiquated belief that oil must be changed according to a set schedule is much like thinking that your

tires must be changed after so many miles instead of changing when worn. Most large yachts already send an oil sample away to be tested. These tests not only tell us if the oil is still good, they also tell us what metal types are in the oil, which suggests which parts of the engine are beginning to wear out. But by the time the report comes back, you may have already changed the oil even though the report shows the oil is still good to use. There is real value in knowing that you are giving your engines the cleanest, best oil you can, just as you do with fuel and air. I ran Puradyn systems on the 78m S/Y Mirabella V with MTUs (later Cats) and Northern Lights Gens, 43m M/Y Daydream with two stroke Detroits and Northern Lights Gens, and recently installed them on the 78m Lurssen, M/Y Rocinante, (formerly M/Y TV) with Cats. These filter systems are like an insurance policy for your engine. If you feel you have to, or just want to change the engine oil at whatever interval the book or you say, fine, change it. It is up to the engineer/captain/owner when you do that. Even if you change your oil more frequently than is necessary, your engines will still benefit hugely from

running on continuously cleaner oil versus only when the oil is brand new. Puradyn filter systems can be installed on virtually any engine, and they do not void any OEM warranties. They also work on hydraulics, where the elimination of water is critical. They saved my hydraulic oil on S/Y M5. I had a huge wad of water for some reason, and to change it, flush it and change the flushing oil was going to be a messy and expensive job. We did it in less than two days with special Puradyn filters and a flushing pump. Awesome, no mess and little cost. We then installed Puradyn permanently in the hydraulic system. Capt. Rocka Romcke has worked in the yacht industry for 34 years and holds both captain and engineer licenses. Comment at ditor@the-triton.com.

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Captains update handbook, clearly check for vaping BRIDGE, from Page 1 handed each of them a copy of the new policy. “I gave you credit for being smart enough. But no, so here you go, sign this.” Several captains said they took for granted that vaping falls under the same rules, regulations and expectations as smoking, but after talking during this month’s Triton From the Bridge captains discussion group, they agreed that is not the case. Recently there have been media reports of health problems due to vaping, so it has been on the radar at The Triton office plaza in Fort Lauderdale. The office is surrounded by yacht crew agencies, yacht management companies and crew uniform shops, and in the middle of it all is a vape shop, where the manager said that yacht crew are a large part of the customer base. Surprisingly, vaping is not mentioned on resumes in an industry that expects a crew member to prominently state whether he or she has visible tattoos or smokes. It seems that vaping is considered smoking by nonsmokers, but not by people who vape, a captain said. “They do vape and they think they can get away with it,” he said. “At first it was a gray area, but now, not so much.” Several of the nonsmoking captains in the discussion admitted to a lack of tolerance for smoking in any form, and all of them said they consider use of ecigarettes as smoking. Even the former smokers prefer not to have smokers or vapers on board. Before the advent of vaping, several said they had fired crew

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Attendees of The Triton’s From the Bridge discussion for this issue are, back row from left, Capt. Rob Anderson, Capt. Chris Harris, Capt. Tony Estrada; front row from left, Capt. Josh Abrams, Capt. Mike Stocker of M/Y Real Summertime, Capt. Herbert Magney of M/Y Ocean Club and Capt. Ed Snowden of M/Y Esterel. Individual comments are not attributed to encourage candid discussion; attending captains are identified above.

who smoked when their resumes said they were a nonsmoker. “They say, ‘I only smoke when I drink,’ ” a captain said. “Well, that’s smoking.” “If they lie, I have no use for them,” another captain said. “In that little square of the CV, it needs to read ‘no tattoos, no smoking and no vaping.’ ”

Captains who make their living running someone else’s yacht are welcome to join in the conversation. Email to editor@ the-triton.com for an invitation to our monthly From the Bridge discussion.

There are a couple of reasons captains are so against vaping and cigarette smoking. Top of the list is how it looks to others. “It doesn’t matter if you’re on board, on deck, or smoking by the dumpsters – the owner doesn’t want to see it,” one captain said. “It looks very unprofessional.”

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October 2019 The-Triton.com He said he used to be among that crowd as a smoker, and said he thinks owners don’t like it. “It gives a bad impression – all the crew huddling off the aft deck. It means they’re not working,” he said. Another captain quickly agreed, “The owner thinks, ‘I don’t want to pay for that.’ ” Although cigarette smoking can take longer than a few puffs on a vape pen, he said, the minutes add up. He figures each cigarette takes about seven minutes, multiplied by several breaks. “That’s a lot of work not getting done,” he said. “In this job, you have to work with your mind and your hands,” another captain said. “If you’re busy with this [vape pen], then you’re not working.” Vaping, like cigarette smoking, is nonproductive, another captain agreed. “It becomes a priority, a distraction,” he said. And it is a bad image for the yacht, so don’t wear your yacht shirt while vaping, a captain said. “Pull out your last boat’s shirt,” another captain said with a laugh. One captain looks at other business employees the same way. “If I see workers on the phone or vaping, I take it off on the invoice in the yard,” a captain said. The conversation sounded as though captains did not want to ever see crew on a break from work. But they all admitted that work breaks are important. Several adhere to Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) minimum requirements for hours of work and rest; one requires crew to log two 15-minute breaks in an app on their phone to maintain compliance with MLC. Are captains saying crew can’t do what they want on their own time? “You take a break to nourish,” a captain said. “That time is for a drink of water and a snack, not to vape.” Some crew who are electronic or regular cigarette users take more breaks, which can create a problem among the team, a captain said. “There can be disharmony among the crew if there is one smoker,” he said. “The others say, ‘So I have to smoke to get a break?’ ” This is when we found out that several captains have worked with crew members who smoke, even when the overall yacht policy does not allow it. Some crew were occasionally excluded from the rules, and these included captains, engineers and chefs who were smokers. Most of the stories were from the time before vaping was introduced. “It may be a double standard, but he’s got special skills,” a captain said of an

engineer he once worked with who was a smoker. “If I have a good engineer that smokes and wants to smoke in the engine room, if he wants to stay in there, I would not fire him,” another captain said. “He’s already sucking fumes.” E-cigarettes are available in a variety of forms. Some look like USB flash drives or pens, but all electronically heat a liquid into a vapor. These vape pens are charged through a USB port like a phone or other device, and add to the concern of an overload of laptops, iPads, tablets, cameras and other items being charged on board. One captain said the vape pens add to the potential fire con-

cerns of battery-powered electronics on board. Next came a discussion about the health issues of vaping. On a recent yacht delivery, a captain noticed the crew didn’t just go outside for a break to vape, they carried their pens all day. “They were hanging out of their mouths,” he said, adding that it has to be a health issue, “although we don’t really have a history yet.” He pointed out that the fluid that is heated to a vapor can vary in ingredients and quality, and some can be more harmful than others. Another captain brought up the issue of addiction with crew who vape nico-

tine. Several captains remembered crew who had to quit smoking to work on board. Do captains applaud crew who use vaping to control their nicotine use in order to quit tobacco dependence? Just barely. “It is a better alternative and they don’t stink, but it is still smoking,” said a captain with zero tolerance. “There are different rules overall, but vaping and smoking are the same thing.” “It’s a habit, and I look at it as a health thing – a bad habit,” a captain said. “Then I assume they have other bad habits.”

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Add marijuana to e-cig concerns; captains make exceptions for smokers BRIDGE, from Page 37 But it’s not just nicotine that captains are concerned about. “One thing that scares me is you can’t tell if they’re smoking pot,” a captain said. “You don’t know what they’re vaping.” And on top of that, vaping can be hidden a bit easier than regular cigarettes. ”I think we’re not going to know they’re vaping. There’s not a lingering smell,” a captain said. A captain asked how the industry would deal with vaping medical marijuana. That led to a conversation about some of the unclear legal issues related to marijuana use on boats and in other countries. We left that complex topic for another captains lunch. One captain noted that insurance companies need to clarify how they cover vaping. “If the boss is paying for the crew health insurance, well, this could be a problem,” he said. “Maybe our premiums could go up?”

“Insurance could change, it’s a valid conversation,” another captain said. “I think this will be an issue.” After all this, as we began to wrap up the discussion, a bit of hypocrisy emerged. The mention of cigars revealed a crack in this group’s strong aversion to the whole topic of yacht crew smoking or vaping. Cigars are often excluded from the smoking conversation when yacht owners, guests, yacht captains and crew “enjoy a fine cigar.” Some yachts even have humidors on board for humidity- and temperaturecontrolled storage. “Cigar smokers are not regular smokers,” a captain said. And here’s where the captains did not have an answer on how to handle such a situation. If the captain has a cigar once a week, the other crew think, “Why can’t I do this?”, one captain said “If the captain smokes, it’s almost permission for the crew to smoke,” another captain said. “It has to be caseby-case.” But attitudes are changing, another captain said. “In 1975, there were ash-

trays on board and crew lay in their bunks to smoke.” Another captain said he thinks smoking and vaping are more accepted in other countries. “I think it’s different on some foreign-flagged boats,” he said. “There are more foreign crew that smoke.” As the conversation went back and forth, a captain pointed out that so much of yachting comes down to caseby-case decisions. “It’s all different. There are gay boats, nude boats, foreign boats – and there will be vaping boats,” he said. “It bothers me when we all get put in one box.” So, like many issues in yachting, many captains want to be able to make decisions and handle things on board without more rules and regulations. They don’t want to add more official paperwork, but they see that e-cigarettes and vaping may need to be addressed and spelled out more clearly to prevent problems. Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at editor@the-triton.com.

Seven die of vaping-related illness

More than 20 countries have banned e-cigarettes and five more have put restrictions on their sale and use. Although they are still permitted in most of Europe and in the U.S., U.S. health officials have reported more than 530 cases of mysterious lung conditions in 33 states, according to stories in the Washington Post. As of press time, at least seven people have died in the U.S. from vaping-related illnesses, according to various state health agencies and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. victims and patients reported using both nicotine and marijuana vaping products in the days and weeks before their illness began. Health officials have noticed a trend that points to Vitamin E acetate as the potential cause. Vitamin E acetate is a common oil used in nutritional supplements, but could be dangerous when heated and inhaled as a vapor, they said. Physicians and health officials have published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine and described the trend as “worrisome." – Triton staff report

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No exceptions to tighter limits on sulfur in fuel oil as of Jan. 1 Rules of the Road Capt. Jake DesVergers

There are lots of priorities in yachting: food, drinks, carpets, air conditioning, toys, cleaning supplies – the list is endless and subjective to the particular person involved. These priorities depend upon the owner, charter guests, captain and crew. And they can change daily or every few minutes. However, a universal need for every vessel – yes, even for sailboats – is fuel. It must be of sufficient quantity and quality. For merchant ships, the main type of “bunker” is heavy fuel oil (HFO). It is derived as a residue from crude oil distillation. Crude oil contains sulphur, which, following combustion in the engine, ends up in the ship’s emissions. It goes out the stack and into the air. For yachts, the primary fuel oil is marine diesel. Some larger yachts utilize intermediate fuels and various blends. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) established regulations to reduce sulphur oxide, or SOx, emissions from ships. They first came into force in 2005 under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). Since then, the limits on SOx have been progressively tightened. SOx are present in marine fuels. They are known to be harmful to human health and a proven cause of respiratory symptoms and lung disease. In the atmosphere, SOx can create various problems, including acid rain. Its effects can harm crops, forests and aquatic species. This toxic rain also contributes to the acidification of the oceans. Limiting SOx emissions from all vessels, including yachts, will improve air quality and protect the environment. Starting on Jan. 1, 2020, the limit for sulphur in fuel oil used on board all vessels will be reduced from the current 3.50% to 0.50% m/m (mass by mass). This will significantly reduce the amount of SOx emissions emanating from ships. It should also have major health and environmental benefits for the world, particularly for populations living close to ports and coasts. This new regulation is commonly referred to as “IMO 2020.” For those vessels operating in an IMO-established Emission Control Area (ECA), there is a further reduced limit for SOx content. It is currently set at

0.10%. The ECA locations are the Baltic Sea; the North Sea; the North American area, which comprises coastal areas off the United States and Canada; and the United States Caribbean Sea area, which comprises Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea are in discussion to designate that area, or a part thereof, as an ECA. Fuel oil suppliers in these ECAs already deliver products that meet the 0.10% limit. Examples are marine distillate and ultra-low sulphur fuel oil blends. Now, does IMO 2020 only apply to commercial vessels? No, the MARPOL regulations apply to all ships and yachts – everything on the water. From a certification viewpoint, only ships and yachts of 400 gross tonnage and above must possess an International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Certificate. With IMO 2020 in place, what must a ship or yacht do to comply? MARPOL regulations limit the sulphur content in fuel oil. This means that ships and yachts need to use fuel which is low in sulphur. In an effort to achieve a compliant fuel and maintain sufficient worldwide supplies, refineries may blend fuel oil with a high (noncompliant) sulphur content with fuel oil that has a lower content than the required threshold. The new combination would be below the required level. Additives may also be included to enhance other properties, such as lubrication. On some ships and larger yachts, the vessels will limit the air pollutants by installing exhaust gas cleaning systems, also known as “scrubbers.” This is an accepted alternative method to meet the sulphur limit requirement. These scrubbers are designed to remove SOx from the ship’s engine and exhaust gases. Many newer ships and yachts are being built with engines that can use alternative fuels. This includes biofuels and liquified natural gas (LNG). There is also an initiative to design completely electric propulsion. As with every new regulation, the question is raised: Is that date set in stone? Yes, it is confirmed. There can be no change to the Jan. 1, 2020, implementation date, as it is too late for any amendments or revisions to be approved for postponement. Be ready! Capt. Jake DesVergers is chief surveyor for International Yacht Bureau (yachtbureau. org). Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Six conditions are useful indicators that a hurricane’s on its way Sea Science Jordanna Sheermohamed

As we near the end of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which is June 1-Nov. 30, many wonder how we can become better at predicting cyclones by understanding the signs from the skies and seas. By the way, the term “cyclone” is synonymous with “hurricane” and “typhoon,” the only difference being where they are geographically located. Tropical cyclones are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans, typhoons in the Central and Western Pacific, and simply cyclones in the Indian and South Pacific ocean basins. Cyclogenesis, the birth of a cyclone, requires that a specific set of conditions be in place in order for development/ intensification. Let’s dissect these six major ingredients to fully understand the complexity of one of nature’s most powerful forces. The first is sea surface temperatures, or SST. Ocean waters must be above 26 C (79 F) to provide the heat to “fuel” the system. A Bureau of Meteorology study demonstrated that 98.3% of global cyclone formation occurs when SST values exceed 25.5 C (77.9 F). The second is an unstable atmosphere, which provides lots of vertical motion. Warm air continues to rise until it finds itself surrounded by air of an identical temperature. Provided there is adequate moisture present in the atmosphere, this rising warm air and moisture work in tandem to develop clouds. If the rising motion continues unchecked, this will allow the clouds to continue building vertically, which brings the potential for thunderstorms. Third is relative humidity, or RH, which is the amount of moisture available in the atmosphere, compared with how much it could fully hold (100% humidity). High values of RH need to be present from the lower to middle portions of the atmosphere. Low values of RH cannot support cloud/thunderstorm development, and the 50% threshold of RH is borderline at best. RH values of 70% and above are considered prime. The preexisting condition of a simple thunderstorm blossoms into a potential area for development, if it is able to develop over or migrate into a region with the above mentioned factors. So the fourth ingredient is wind shear, or how wind speed and direction change with height. These changes must be at the ideal level: enough to sustain a counterclockwise flow – low

pressure spins counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere – but not strong enough to move the heat and moisture away from the center of the system and essentially destroy the vertical integrity of the cloud column. Fifth is the Coriolis force. As a result of the Earth’s rotation, this force induces motion to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. A prime example of where the Coriolis force is regularly observed is in ballistic trajectories, which are often aimed slightly off from a target, never directly at it, to compensate for the Earth’s rotation. The amount of Coriolis force increases as the distance from the equator increases. The sweet spot for cyclone develop-

ment is about 500 km (310 miles) from the equator, although formation outside of that zone is entirely possible. It is physically difficult for formation to occur within 5 degrees of the equator, because the amount of Coriolis force is simply too weak. Consequently, once a system rises above 20 degrees latitude, the other above-mentioned conditions become harder to achieve or maintain, so the ideal, or “Goldilocks Zone,” for cyclogenesis remains between 5 degrees and 20 degrees. The sixth ingredient is the time frame. The window for formation and intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin is generally from June 1 to Nov. 30. Of all the Atlantic storms on record, 97% have formed within that

time frame. What about the other 3%? The earliest known system has been re-analyzed to have occurred in January 1938, and the latest known system occurred in December 1954, toward the end of the month. So it’s important to remember that, while unlikely, it’s both historically and statistically conceivable for conditions to be ripe outside of the general “hurricane season” time frame. When all six of these conditions are met, regardless of the date, then a hurricane/ typhoon/cyclone is a-comin’ ! Jordanna Sheermohamed is president and lead meteorologist of Weather Forecast Solutions, a weather-forecasting firm (WeatherForecastSolutions.com). Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Hurricane prep should center on long-term self-sufficiency Engineer’s Angle JD Anson

The premise of yachting for owners and guests is to experience the beauty of the world and disconnect from stress. But while our “Instagram society” further glamorizes the already outrageously glamorous yachting lifestyle, crew know that not every day is sunshine and light breezes. Before Hurricane Dorian, several engineers asked what they should do to help insure safe weathering of the storm. As someone who has experienced five hurricanes on yachts and several more ashore, I was able to help these boats think about their plan of action. The captain is ultimately responsible for storm preparations, whether in-water or hauled. But the engineer has a set of responsibilities for preparations as well. Once the decision is made that the yacht cannot evade the storm, all crew should be singularly focused on putting the storm plan into effect. A boat with a good crew and a comprehensive plan should be able to implement it in just a couple of days. While carrying out assignments, be cognizant that other departments may need help, especially on smaller yachts. Engineers should consider all phases of the storm: before, during and after. Putting the plan in action early enough makes the job much more manageable. Consideration now should be given to being self-sufficient for a couple of weeks or more. After Andrew, it was six weeks before power was restored to my home. I had never been more thankful for my Boy Scout training. On a yacht, this means enough fuel and oil to run generators for weeks and to move the boat several hundred miles if needed. Water tanks should be topped off at the last moment, as dock water may become contaminated and water makers will be unusable in the debris-clogged water. Any open jobs should be completed to keep the boat in as ready shape as possible. It is always better to do all the preparations and not need them, than to be out in 50 mph winds trying to finish the last details. Lately, more hurricane plans have consisted of hauling the boat and closing it up. This negates the ability to run generators. Shore power will almost certainly fail, possibly for weeks, so all

refrigeration should be emptied of perishables. It may be several days before the crew can return to the boat, and by then an unbelievable stench can set in that is literally unremovable except by replacing the refrigerators. We once had a wind load calculation done for our 40m while engineering a dock. At 90 mph, the wind force was staggeringly high. Keeping the tanks as full as the hull will allow gives mass to the hull and makes it harder to move. Of course, filling tanks or moving fluids while out of the water is bad practice and can result in damage on its own. Therefore the boat should be as heavy as possible before hauling. Before the storm arrives, think about what may need to prepared for during the onslaught. While the storm was upon us, we once had to run the thruster for hours on end to help take pressure off the dock. Despite breast anchors fore and aft and the use of the thruster, we still ended up snapping two pilings clean off. This could have been worse – the bow pilings survived because of the bow thruster. Post storm, recovery phase sets in and an assessment of the situation is made. A list of repairs is compiled and insurance companies contacted. It may be weeks before a surveyor can get by, and insurance does not want any repairs or removal of damaged items done before an adjuster can visit. However, it is the vessel’s responsibility to mitigate any further damage, so some heavy sheet plastic can be invaluable. Expect that even if the boat survived, it may be unable to move because other boats and debris can clog the waterways and make them impassable. Watching The Weather Channel 24/7 is a great way to drive yourself mad. The updates are only every six hours, but the network wants to keep eyes on the screen so there is a lot of speculation and rhetoric. The last few days are akin to being stalked by a ferocious turtle. It is coming, and there is nothing to do but wait. Once preparations are made, it then becomes a cruel game in which second-guessing becomes a new norm. But no matter, the turtle will eventually move on, and then so can we. JD Anson has more than 20 years of experience as a chief engineer on megayachts. He is currently project manager at Fine Line Marine Electric (finelinemarineelectric.com) in Fort Lauderdale. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Disaster response calls for extra steps to ensure boat, crew safety Secure@Sea Corey D. Ranslem

The hurricane season this year hasn’t been particularly busy when it comes to the number of storms and systems, however, it has been devastating for the Abacos and Grand Bahama in the northern Bahama islands. Hurricane Dorian is still fresh in everyone’s mind. Recorded as one of the strongest storms to hit the Bahamas in recent history, Dorian’s maximum sustained winds were over 180 mph, with gusts well over 200 mph. The storm surge, wind intensity and speed of the storm caused catastrophic devastation to the northern Bahamas. Through this destruction, it has been amazing to see the rapid response of this industry. Bravo Zulu! There were at least three yachts I know of that loaded up supplies and almost immediately headed over to the Bahamas to start assessing damage and provide some initial relief. It was great to see my former employer, the U.S. Coast Guard, deploy helicopters and vessels there immedi-

for our boat, or will that cause extra comately. Several marine industry businesses plications for the disaster operations? collected supplies across South Florida. Next you should conduct an assessOther organizations and agencies around the world are stepping up to provide help ment of the potential security issues for the response area. It is imperative to and relief. The recovery for this area of understand the security situation in an the Bahamas is going to take years and will be a substantial effort for government organizations, companies and Response for your vessel will not individuals, but they will rebuild. be a priority within a disaster zone, Security and safety of personnel so be ready to deal with several within a disaster zone is paramount for both the rescuers and those being emergency situations on your own. rescued. Each disaster presents unique challenges in logistics and security. area ahead of a disaster to gauge what If your vessel or company is going to be type of situation you will face during the involved in disaster rescue and recovery disaster recovery operations. Part of that operations, there are some practical consecurity assessment should include what siderations when it comes to security. type of law enforcement or military First, develop a plan, taking into acpresence is available within the response count the capabilities and capacity of zone. There have been numerous cases both the vessel and crew. Your plan where military and law enforcement ofshould include what you can do and ficials intervene and intercept supplies, how you can provide assistance within vessels and people trying to get into dithe disaster zone. It should also include saster zones. In some parts of the world, the basics of how to get personnel and if law enforcement and military organisupplies into the zone. Do we moor at a zations don’t have support or supplies, facility, or is it safer for us to anchor and they will take supplies for themselves shuttle supplies via small boats? Do we first before allowing supplies into the need extra security (armed or unarmed)

disaster zone. Finally, assess what type of priority or emergency response is available for your vessel if there is some type of mechanical issue or medical emergency. Response for your vessel will not be a priority within a disaster zone, so be ready to deal with several emergency situations on your own. It is a good idea to bring along extra vessel supplies and crew. When you make the decision to provide disaster response, you need to mentally prepare your crew for what is going to happen and what they may see. Conditions are typically well beyond what is normal and sometimes crew members may not be able to handle what they see. Once the recovery is complete, bring the crew together for a debrief to talk through what happened, or even provide professional help. Corey Ranslem, CEO at International Maritime Security Associates (www. imsa.global), has more than 24 years of combined Coast Guard and maritime industry experience. Comment at editor@ the-triton.com.

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Yachts sold

BO101, above, a new 131-foot (40m) Benetti Oasis expected to be delivered in summer 2020, sold by Merle Wood & Associates broker John Jacobi. M/Y Tail Lights, a 116-foot (35m) Azimut launched in 2011, sold by Merle Wood & Associates broker John Jacobi,

BOATS / BROKERS who represented the buyer, and HMY Yacht Sales broker Mike Scalisi, who brought the buyer. Asking price was just under $8 million. FD102, a new 104-foot (31.69m) Horizon expected to be delivered in October 2020, sold to an American client by Denison broker Kurt Bosshardt.

New in the sales fleet

M/Y Sirona lll, a 185-foot (56.4m) Oceanfast launched in 2004, listed with Merle Wood & Associates for just under $27.9 million. M/Y Kimberly, a 128-foot (39m) Palmer Johnson built in 2000, listed

with Northrop & Johnson broker Todd Rittenhouse for $6.95 million. N32XP Hull No. 4, a new 105-foot (32m) Numarine expected to be delivered in 2020, listed with Denison broker Alex Clarke for $10.35 million. S/Y P.A.M 2, below, a 98-foot (30m)

The-Triton.com October 2019 Turkish gulet built by Ramos Yachting in 2010, listed with Sofi Yacht Charter & Brokerage for €750,000. M/Y Julie, an 80-foot (24.38m) Pershing launched in 2010, listed with Merle Wood & Associates for just under $2.7 million. M/Y Dear, a 78-foot (23.7m) Azimut launched in 2011, listed with IYC broker Scott Jones for €1.7 million. S/Y EGI4, a 77-foot (23.4m) performance sloop launched by Mylius Yachts in 2016, listed with YPI broker Will Bishop for €2.5 million.

News in the charter fleet

M/Y Excellence, below, a 150-foot (45.7m) Richmond launched in 2010, currently based in the Bahamas and available for charter (including Christmas dates) through Denison Yachting.

M/Y Thor, a 77-foot (23.4m) Azimut launched in 2013, available for summer day charter and corporate events in Golfe Juan and winter charter in Cannes through Infinite Yachts.

Benetti sells two 40m yachts

Benetti, above, has sold the second and third units of its new Oasis 40m, less than two months after the sale of the first unit in July. The yacht is a collaboration between Benetti and U.K.-based RWD. It’s 134 feet (40.8m) long and 385 GT, with a maximum beam of (8.5m) and a draft of 7.3 feet (2.24m). Interior design was commissioned with New York-based Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture. Both the second and third units are expected to be delivered in the summer of 2020.

Sunreef to build carbon sailing cat

Sunreef Yachts has been commissioned to build an all-carbon Sunreef 80 sailing catamaran for an experienced yachtsman who previously chartered a Sunreef 74. His yacht’s custom layout will accommodate 11 guests and crew. Wind-free propulsion will come from two 280HP engines, and weight-reducing features will include a carbon mast

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and boom. For more information, visit sunreefyachts.com.

Benetti delivers Bangadang, sells two

M/Y Bangadang, a 124.6-foot (38m) Benetti – the eighth unit in the Fast 125 line – was delivered to its owner in July in Viareggio. Benetti also has recently sold two other Class category yachts at the Viareggio shipyard: BM006, the 116-foot (35.5m) sixth hull of the Mediterraneo 116 motor yacht line; and BD106, a 95foot (29m) Delfino 95 motor yacht.

Rawlings joins Northrop & Johnson

Northrop & Johnson has hired Babb Rawlings as a broker in its Fort Lauderdale office. Rawlings spent his childhood in southern Virginia, boating and fishing along the Chesapeake Bay and in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a Northrop & Johnson press release. He earned a business administration degree at the University of Mississippi, is a member of IYBA, and has more than a decade of experience as a yacht broker, especially in the following brands: Azimut, Benetti, Christensen, Hatteras, Horizon, Ocean Alexander, Princess, Viking and Westport.

Wally debuts new design

CCN’s Vanadis wins ‘Green’ award

M/Y Vanadis, a 102-foot (31.2m) all-aluminum yacht launched this year by Italian shipyard Cerri Cantieri Navali, won the “Green Yachts” category at the World Yachts Trophies in Cannes in September. It’s the fourth model in the yard’s Fuoriserie line, and the third consecutive win for CCN in this category. According to CCN, Vanadis is the first model in its E-prop line of hybrid propulsion vessels, as well as the first made-in-Italy motor yacht, to obtain the Lloyd’s Register’s certification as a “Hybrid Power” craft. Equipped with two Schottel STP 150 FP twin-propeller Azimuth thrusters driven by a Siemens hybrid system that includes both traditional diesel engines and electric engines supplied by generators or batteries, the yacht is able to cruise in diesel, diesel-electric, or full electric mode. A set of high-energy lithium ion batteries supply most of the onboard utilities, allowing the yacht to remain at anchor at zero emissions for up to 17 hours and to cruise at limited speed for three hours with a comfortably high power load, according to CCN.

Wally has designed its first new sailing yacht since becoming part of the Ferretti Group. The 101-foot (30.6m) high-performance sloop also introduces the brand’s trademarked Wally Magic keel, which allows a varied draft of more than 2m for optimal racing performance and access to secluded anchorages, has a dumping feature for extra safety in case of grounding, and increases flexibility in interior design, according to the company. A new hull shape, powerful sail plan and carbon composite construction add to the yacht’s elevated performance. Deck and interior layouts are based on a flexible platform that can be adapted to the needs of different owners. An aft garage provides room for a 4m tender. The Wally 101 has an upwind speed of 12 knots in 12 knots of breeze with a 75-degree tack, and at least 20 knots downwind, according to the company. Naval architecture is by Judel/Vrolijk, and exterior styling has been developed in collaboration with Pininfarina.

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New shiplift at MB92 open

MB92 Barcelona has announced that its new 4,800-ton shiplift is open for business, with the first haul outs successfully completed in August. The shiplift platform and transfer system can haul out and maneuver up to nine superyachts under 377 feet (115m) onto 30,000 square meters of hard-standing area, according to a company press release. The area also contains a keel pit – 14.5m in length by 5m wide and 8m deep – to facilitate daggerboard works for sailing superyachts. MB92 technical management worked with Barcelona Port Authorities and civil engineering companies including Pearlson Shiplift Corp. and Enginyeria Reventós on the addition, for which construction began in summer 2015.

The GX7, GX8 and GX9 satellites will each deliver about twice the capacity of the current GX network. For more, visit inmarsat.com.

Fire training school hires new director

Fort Lauderdale-based Resolve Maritime Academy, the learning arm of Resolve Marine Group, has hired Chauncey Naylor, below, as the academy’s new director responsible for operational management as well as strategic course and certification development.

Inmarsat to triple satellites

Global mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat plans to triple the number of satellites servicing its Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) network by 2023. According to a company press release, the new satellite launches will meet increasing user demand from superyachts and expedition vessels for data across the globe, including the Arctic region. Inmarsat’s four current satellites (GX1-4) will be augmented by three GX payloads (GX5, GX6A and GX6B) by 2021. The first of these initial launches is scheduled for this year. Three more satellites (GX7-9) will launch by the end of 2023, while two more (GX10A and GX10B) are due for launch in 2022. According to Inmarsat, GX5, GX6A and GX6B are concentrated on increasing capacity in high-traffic areas. GX6A and GX6B feature both L-band and Ka-band payloads, supporting a new generation of capabilities for the 5G era.

Naylor started working with fire services at age 19 and spent 10 years in fire services at Port Everglades. In the early 1990s, he designed what has become known as the Gray Manatee, Resolve’s fire fighting simulation center. In 1996, he “retired” and went to work with Williams Fire and Hazard Control in Texas, where he would spend the next 23 years, including time as the director of emergency response and training. “By the first of the year, we’ll have a fresh new look,” Naylor said. Now 25 years old, the Gray Manatee will get an upgrade, and the bridge simulator, which was previously reserved for employees of Royal Caribbean cruise lines, will now be available for the entire industry. “Without question, [the Gray Manatee] is the best experience you can get in

Yacht designer Claudette Bonville dead at 66

Award-winning yacht designer Claudette K. Bonville, of Fort Lauderdale-based Claudette Bonville Associates (CBA), died July 16 at the age of 66 after an eight-year battle with breast cancer, according to a company announcement. Ms. Bonville’s yacht projects over a 30-year industry career include the 167-foot Feadship M/Y Amanti and the 170-foot Amels M/Y Nita K II. Ms. Bonville’s most recent work included the refit of the 182-foot Feadship M/Y Cynthia, which won the 2019 International Yacht & Aviation Award for Best Deck Design. Bonville CBA’s design team includes Cindy Gunther and Ms. Bonville’s daughter, Lauren.They have partnered to launch Bonville Associates to complete work on current CBA projects. A celebration of Ms. Bonville’s life is being planned for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. PHOTO PROVIIDED BY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY

October 2019 The-Triton.com the industry,” he said. Resolve’s primary focus is in fire training, and it has three full-time instructors and 24 adjunct instructors in that sector. “We’re not trying to be everything to everybody,” said Stacy Payne, a marketing executive with the company. “We do what we do well. What sets us apart is we have people teaching who have all been on burning vessels.” Naylor first met Resolve founder Joseph Farrell in the early 1990s, and it was Farrell’s support that built the Gray Manatee. During that time, they worked a salvage project together in the Dominican Republic when their tugboat sank. “We left a vessel together,” Naylor said. “If it wasn’t for Joe, I wouldn’t have made it.” Farrell’s instruction before the men when overboard was for everyone to be tied together, keeping them together as the current and waves tried to separate them. “Our obligation to the industry is to make sure the content of our courses provides a realistic experience, and to make the courses they need to take meaningful,” Naylor said. “When the bell rings at 3 a.m., they will know if they should suit up or get the life boat. Young people embarking on a maritime career, that’s what we owe them.” The former director of the academy, Denise Jones, remains with the company now in charge of government contracts. – Lucy Chabot Reed

Lewis launches concierge program

Fort Lauderdale-based Lewis Marine Supply has launched a new concierge program for yacht captains and senior crew. Called Supreme Marine, the program has two dedicated concierges to take calls and answer emails from captains looking to place orders. “We know it’s not a new concept, chandlery – but we strive to have real one-on-one VIP service,” said Melissa Opila (below), head of the new program. The service can support any request except food and wine provisioning. Lewis Marine’s core focus is on equipment, maintenance and repair parts, but it will source and deliver other items for good clients. The service works for yachts and cap-

BUSINESS BRIEFS tains in South Florida as well as ports farther afield. Lewis’ fleet of seven trucks runs parts around South Florida daily to eliminate traffic time for captains and crew. Opila said she has been with Lewis 26 years, working in many department, including purchasing, sales and export sales. Her colleague in the new program, Mindy Fagan, has been with Lewis about 20 years, much of it in logistics. “It’s just the two of us to start, but 30 people are on the Lewis team backing us,” Opila said. “I’m definitely prepared to hire as many people as we need as the program grows,” said Stefanie Hingley, Lewis’ vice president of marketing. “In order to maintain a certain degree of service, we definitely will be hiring.” An overhaul of the Lewis Marine website will include online ordering for

Supreme Marine by the end of the year, Hingley said. “It’s one of those things – the more you work together, the better the system becomes,” she said. “And the better your concierge knows what you need,” Opila said. Visit suprememarinebylewis.com. – Lucy Chabot Reed

BGI names several new distributors

Colorado-based Blue Guard Innovations has announced several new dealers and distributors for its range of solidstate smart switches and sensors that detect water, as well as oil and fuel spills, in the bilge and engine compartments. Fort Lauderdale-based Sea & Sea Marine Electric is now an installing dealer. Fort Lauderdale-based Lewis Marine Supply and Maritime Systems Australia have been appointed distributors.

News 47 The BG-One Smart Bilge Pump Switch received a Pittman Innovation 2019 Award in the systems category, an IBEX 2018 product innovation award in the mechanical systems category, and an honorable mention from DAME Design Award 2018 judges in the machinery, propulsion, mechanical and electrical systems and fittings category at METSTRADE in November, according to the company. BGI also recently launched the BGLink Wireless Boat Monitoring System, which monitors battery banks, highwater alarms, bilge pump activations, oil and fuel detectors, fire alarms, temperature, AC shore power connections and security sensors. The system is available with no subscription fee in its wi-fi configuration. For more, visit bluebgi.com.

48 Triton CareerNetworking For our first Triton Networking event in October, we visit that off-thebeaten path yard run by Yacht Management South Florida. Across the canal from Bradford Marine, Yacht Management not only runs a business taking care of yachts for absentee owners, but also owns the yard and provides myriad services for owners, Kerrigan captains and boats big and small. Join us on the first Wednesday in October (Oct. 2) to see the yard. Until then, learn more about the company from founder Joshua Kerrigan. Tell us about Yacht Management. Yacht Management is a full-service yacht repair and operations company. We have more than 200 yachts under management, and many take advantage of our monthly and seasonal maintenance plans. These yacht care packages include dockside services such as washdowns and bottom cleanings in South Florida and emergency repairs delivered to boats throughout the Caribbean.

YACHT MANAGEMENT we subcontracted all our work. It alCustom yacht care packages include work we do at our Fort Lauderdale boat- lowed us to accomplish our goals – the one-point-of-contact concept – but yard facility, including full mechanical made it hard to control the quality of and electrical repairs as well as out-ofwork, the time frame, and the cost. water work such as bottom painting, By having our own location and staff, fiberglass repairs, prop speed and refits. we can ensure the clients’ boats are alWow, that’s a lot. How’d you come ways ready when we say they will be, the up with this business idea? work is of the highest standards, and the While I was still in high school (in cost is at fair market pricing. We control 2001), I started working as a dockhand the entire process now, all still with at Sands Harbor Marina in Pompano that one call. Beach, fueling boats and loadDo you have a core cusing them with provisions. One tomer? owner asked if I would keep Next Our ideal vessel is 40an eye on his boat while he Triton Event 100 feet. We do have smallwent north for the season. er vessels in our program He and I agreed on a price, Oct. 2 and coming to the yard, and I started to wash and 6-8 pm and we also manage and look after his boat. crew vessels much larger. Our This quickly grew to all the largest managed and crewed vesboats in the marina and beyond. I sel is 143 feet with nine full-time crew. soon started coordinating and handling Wait, you provide crew as well? all the repairs for the boat owners, divWe do. As part of our management ers, mechanics, electricals, detailers, etc. program, we offer crew, provide payroll After I graduated from Pompano and accounting services, and budgeting High School, I obtained my captain’s and health insurance for crew members. license and never looked back. I went We have a great team of 28 crew memafter boats, marinas and clients, pitchbers that are assigned to vessels within ing my one-stop shop program and our fleet. These crew include captains, monthly plans. engineers, chefs, stews and mates. So why buy a boatyard? Tell us about your staff. I underBefore we acquired the yard in 2014,

The-Triton.com October 2019 stand a few are relatives. The company now has 90 full-time team members; most of them work at the boatyard’s three-story service center, including our ABYC-certified technicians. The management side of our business is still the largest division, but the maintenance department is getting busier with new techs joining every season. As the company grew, I leaned on family to help. My sister, Brianna, is our lead yacht manager. My brother, Joe, is our controller. My mom, Michele, is in charge of sales and marketing. So what’s new around here? Since we acquired the boatyard, we have been making non-stop improvements. We have extended our haul-out slip by 15 feet, allowing us to haul vessels up to 115 feet. We start construction this month on a 10,000-square-foot service department building and shop that will allow us to take on larger projects. And we are purchasing a new 120ton travel lift set to be delivered in 2021. Join us for Triton Networking on the first Wednesday in October (Oct. 2) at Yacht Management, 3001 W. State Road 84 in Fort Lauderdale (33312). For more, visit www.myyachtmanagement.com or call +1 954-941-6447.

October 2019 The-Triton.com It’s time for The Triton’s biggest event of the year – the Triton Expo, this time held on the third Wednesday of October in the parking lot of Global Marine Travel in Fort Lauderdale (the same place we had it last fall). It will be a festive environment of more than 50 companies showcasing their goods and services for yacht captains and crew. About 1,000 guests are expected. It’s basically a boat show for crew, and without the boats. As this is our 24th installment of the Triton Expo, we decided to let a few of our long-time exhibitors explain why they participate and what they think crew can expect when they come, in addition to the music, free food and beverages, of course. The Triton Expo is one of the strongest networking events in the industry, so make plans to attend. Tell us a little about your company and why you exhibit at the Triton Expo? Nautical Ventures Marine Superstore: We are the “go-to people for fun on the water.” We offer top quality watersports products and support along with a highly trained, experienced, caring staff. The Triton Expo is a great way to show off innovative, new yacht tenders and toys via a one-on-one encounter with yachties. Sailorman: Ours is a one-of-a-kind store serving the marine community since 1977 with new and used parts and accessories. We serve a wide variety of clientele from the weekend warriors to mega yacht crew and owners. We exhibit at the Triton Expo to connect with crew responsible for clearing out warehouses and managing upgrades on still-functioning equipment so that they can bring us items they would either be tossing or trying to sell on their own. And, it’s a great way to have fun with the marine community and to make contacts with those who may be looking to buy secondhand products. GMT: Global Marine Travel is the industry Leader in special airfares for the maritime industry. We specialize in one-way, refundable, changeable marine airfares issued through our staff of agents. We exhibit at the Triton Expo to shake hands and network. And because we support the yachting industry’s business community. Exhibiting at the Triton Expo supports The Triton. Our theme the past few Expos has been Game Night, and most exhibitors participate with games and prizes.

TRITON EXPO in the past and hearing where they are What is your favorite part of the Trinow, where their career has taken them. ton Expo? It’s really great to catch up with crew Sailorman: That’s a toughie. The when they come back to Fort Laudergames? The freebies? The free food and dale at the Triton Expo. drinks? What’s not to like? But I love the atmosphere What would you tell a most. Everyone is there to captain or crew member exhibit, but moreso to have Next has never been to a fun. Triton Event who Triton Expo before? You can learn about difOct. 16 Nautical Ventures: The ferent companies and the Triton Expo is a great way products and services they 5-8 pm to check out goods and seroffer in a non-traditional setvices in a casual and friendly ting without any high pressure atmosphere. You’re surrounded by sales pitches. experts of all types and will walk away Nautical Ventures: Our favorite with more knowledge and information part of the Triton Expo is meeting likethan you came with. minded boaters who are passionate Plus, the food and drink isn’t bad. about what they do and love this indusSailorman: The Triton Expo is a try. great social event. Even if networking GMT: Our favorite part is seeing isn’t your thing, a good time meeting crew who have come to Triton Expos

Triton Networking Career 49 lots of people in the industry is a sure thing. And hey, you may even win one of the many great prizes. GMT: Come enjoy, but be professional. It’s not a drink fest, and that’s what I like about it. Yes, there are drinks there, but the event is for networking. All yacht captains, crew and industry readers of The Triton are welcome to join us for the Triton Expo on Oct. 16 from 5-8 p.m. Find us at 1800 S.E. 10th Ave. (33316), just off 17th Street and across from Outback Steakhouse. No need to RSVP; just bring business cards and a smile so you can meet some new people. Remember, it is a networking event, so come prepared to meet people to find your next job, your next crew member, your next favorite vendor and your next dinner companion.

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CALENDAR Oct. 3-6 United States Powerboat Show, City Dock, Annapolis. www.annapolisboatshows.com Oct. 4 The Triton “From the Bridge”

captains lunch, noon, Fort Lauderdale. A roundtable discussion of the issues of the day for captains who earn their livings running someone else’s yacht. Request an invite from Editor Dorie Cox at dorie@the-triton.com or 954-525-0029. Space is limited.

Oct. 4 Cogs 4 Cancer, Holland to

Oct. 16 Triton Expo Fort Lauderdale This is The Triton’s biggest event of the year. More than 50 exhibitors showcase items for yacht captains and crew, with food, music, raffle prizes and more. www.the-triton. com/triton-expo

Oct. 1-3 International BoatBuilders' Ex-

hibition & Conference (IBEX), Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. ibexshow.com

Oct. 2 Triton Networking, 6-8 p.m. the

Antibes. Eight countries in eight days to raise money and awareness for cancer research and to remember the people that the yacht world has lost to this disease. cogs4cancer.org

Oct. 10-14 50th anniversary of the United States Sailboat Show, City Dock, Annapolis. www.annapolisboatshows.com Oct. 14 Registration for the chef competition during the Antigua Charter Yacht Show opens. antiguayachtshow.com Oct. 15 IYBA Yacht Sales and the Law Seminar, Fort Lauderdale. iyba.yachts Oct. 16-19 Abu Dhabi International Boat Show, United Arab Emirates. In the marina at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center. www.adibs.ae Oct. 17-19 31st and final edition of the

first Wednesday of every month at rotating locations. This time we meet at Yacht Management boatyard in Fort Lauderdale. Join us for casual networking; no RSVP required. www.the-triton. com

annual Pinmar golf tournament, Palma de Mallorca. Golf tournament for yacht crew and the superyacht industry. www. pinmargolf.es

Oct. 3-6 Auckland On Water Boat Show, New Zealand. Displays, seminars and everything marine. www.aucklandboatshow.com

Golf Invitational, Jacaranda Golf Club, Plantation, Fla. Captain's license required, golf skills optional. www.captainsgolfinvitational.com

Oct. 19 15th annual Awlgrip Captains

Oct. 26 National Marine Suppliers’ 12th annual Yacht Bikers Poker Run, Fort Lauderdale. Annual charity event to raise awareness and money for Taskforce Dagger Foundation supporting special forces veterans and their families. www.nationalmarine.com Oct. 28 Fort Lauderdale Mariners Club annual Golf Tournament, Jacaranda Golf Club, Plantation, Florida. $150. www.ftlmc.org Oct. 29 Fort Lauderdale Mariners Club 30th annual Marine Seminar, Fort Lauderdale. Full-day seminar for insurance agents, brokers and underwriters; marine surveyors; admiralty attorneys; and other marine professionals. Offers continuing education credits for applicable industries. Organized by the Fort Lauderdale Mariners Club. www.ftlmc.org Oct. 30 International Superyacht Society (ISS) 29th Design & Leadership Awards Gala. Event includes announcement of Distinguished Crew Award, Leadership Award and Awards of Distinction, Excellence in Innovation, Business (Person) of the Year and ISS Fabien Cousteau Blue Award. www.superyachtsociety.org Oct. 31 Founders Dinner, International Seakeepers Society, Fort Lauderdale. Honoring the 2018 Discovery Yacht Fleet. Seakeepers.org Nov. 1-17 34th annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. www.fliff. com

Nov. 2 Captain and crew luncheon orga-

The-Triton.com October 2019 and Q&A with officers from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Topics to include visas, cruising licenses, and the marine Foreign Trade Zone from 12-2:30 p.m. onboard MIASF host boat M/V Grand Floridian. Must be current yacht crew. Invitation required. Request an invite via email to nicole@miasf.org.

Nov. 3 Daylight savings time ends at 2 a.m. Set clocks back one hour in most of the United States (it is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). The European Union (EU) standardized Daylight Saving Time ended on the last Sunday in October. www.timetemperature.com Nov. 3 The Triton captains luncheon, noon, on site at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Join us for this roundtable discussion of the issues of the day. RSVP to Editor Dorie Cox at dorie@the-triton.com or 954-525-0029. Space is limited. Nov. 11-14 USVI Charter Yacht Show,

Yacht Haven Grande, St. Thomas. www. VIPCA.com

Nov. 1 6th annual Top Notch Tabletop Challenge. Aqualuxe Outfitting competition in six categories: Luxe Interior, Chic Outdoors, Stylish Menu Design, Most Artistic Napkin Fold, Top Creative Centerpiece, and Tip of the Day. Winners will be judged by a select panel. www.aqualuxeoutfitting.com

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nized by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida. Panel discussion

Oct. 30-Nov. 3 60th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show The world's largest in-water boat show at seven locations with 3 million square feet of display from megayachts to accessories. This year includes nearly 1,500 boats and about 1,200 exhibitors with goods valued at more than $5 billion. flibs. com

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apt. Greg Russell shared this photo from a Facebook post taken in Portofino in late August with this note: “Season done! 57 days, 2,800 miles, 70 tonnes of fuel, +20 marinas, +30 anchorages, more overnighters than you can throw a stick at. Thank you to all involved. Very well done to all my crew on M/Y Vixit.” The crew pictured are, back row from left, First Officer Aaron Williams, Head Chef Jacob Cildavul, Deckhand Jean-Pierre “JP” Myburgh, Sous Chef Jess Quenby, Bosun Dave Chirlin, Capt. Russell and Chief Engr. Phil Burger; front row from left, Deckhand Kale Woods, Stew Dakota Dance, Deck/Stew Saaskia England, Second Stew Srdjana Durdic, Stew Sara Hoitsema, and Second Engr. Patrik De Villet.

What is your crew up to? Share updates and photos via editor@thetriton.com.

Yacht, crew’s canine crusade ‘incredible’, ‘amazing’, ‘awesome’ This was so incredible [Yacht joins canine crusade after Hurricane Dorian”, posted online Sept. 10 and on page 13]. Huge respect, admiration, and gratitude to Motoryacht Laurel, her talented and loving professional crew, YachtAid Global, Rybovich Marina, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Bahamas Humane Society of Nassau, Big Dog Rescue Ranch, and all of the wonderful donors to the Dorian dog rescue. Thank you so much for thinking of all of the animals (i.e., horses). Oh, and of course, hugs and treats to Laurel’s incredible boat dog, Sterling, who allowed the superyacht’s “territory” and personal grass to be shared by the potcake gang. What an amazing journey and effort undertaken by Motoryacht Laurel to be there in the time of need. So brilliantly executed. Unshakeable admiration. You. Are. Awesome. Jana Sheeder via The-Triton.com Admirable work. Capt. Hodges and his crew and the owner are owed a huge amount of gratitude for their efforts rescuing these little fur balls.

What a story for human kind. Karma always comes around. You and your tremendous crew should be lauded at every superyacht award event for showing the world what is possible when you lead by example. Respect! Ted Banning via The-Triton.com

Dorian’s first phase: evacuate

These people do not need supplies, food or clothing [“Hurricane Dorian’s slow crawl halts communication with Bahamas,” posted Sept. 3]. They need to be evacuated back to Nassau or any other place than hell. We need to get planes, boats, anything to get these people off of that island ASAP. I’ve spoken to many of them, and they do not want to be there. Specifically, the women and children. Fortunately, my boss has the resources to charter a plane and fly 30 of those people off that rock. They will stay with loved ones and family in Nassau. So please, airplane tickets on Bahama AIR are $91, Marsh Harbour to Nassau. Capt. Andrew Reid via The-Triton.com

Reaching Pier 66 Marina

I caught your story about the marina improvements in South Florida [“Better berths ahead: South Florida marinas, yards growing,” September cover story], including the mention of Pier Sixty-Six Marina in Fort Lauderdale. It's a great article and they are a client of ours, so we suggested that they promote it on their blog and social media. There were a couple of minor errors, though. The marina is called Pier SixtySix Marina. It’s website is 66marina. com and the phone number is +1 (954) 728-3578. The name, URL and phone number you published is actually just the hotel, which is currently closed. The mixup is understandable and common. Ty Morton Digital Marketing Lead Great Big Circle

Life raft care opens knowledge

Capt. Jake Desvergers’ recent column about liferaft service was very informative [Rules of the Road: “Tend to life rafts as if your life depended on it,” posted Sept. 4] As part owner of Lifeline Inflatable

Services, I agree that getting your liferaft inspected does prolong the life of the raft. It gets it open and the creases out of the fabric. We offer our customers the opportunity to come in and see their liferaft(s) open so we can go over the features of the raft and what they do. Thank you for the good article. Lee Gillette Lifeline Inflatables Fort Lauderdale via The-Triton.com

Memories of Dragon

I met Dragos thru Capt. Brad [“Chef Dragos ‘Dragon’ Caprelian dies after brief illness,” posted Aug. 23 and printed on page 10]. Believe me, this guy always had a good thing to say and a smile on his face. He will be truly missed by a lot of people. Jim Porter via The-Triton.com RIP dear Dragon. You are now one of the brightest stars in the sky. Peace be with you, my friend. Denzil Baynes via The-Triton.com

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From left, Capt. Hammond Oldham, Capt. Mike Dailey, Capt. Joe Jorlett and Sue Rann picked up their copy of last month’s Triton while at Waxy’s Irish Pub in Fort Lauderdale. Capt. Dailey was on a brief stop in town between deliveries on opposite sides of the planet.

The Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids Australian Rules Football Club keep up with their industry news in The Triton. Pictured from left are Duncan Pullman, chief officer of M/Y Chasing Daylight, Capt. Craig Neill of M/Y Ice 5, freelance engineer Kyle Thomson, Capt. Gerard Rutishauser of M/Y Deep Blue, and former yacht captain and Squid coach, Andrew “Hutch” Hutchins. The team invites interested players to regular trainings. For details visit FightingSquids on Facebook, and follow the team as they aim for United States Australian Football League nationals in Sarasota, Florida, on Oct. 12-13. “Britts, Saffas, Americans and Aussies... even Kiwis play our game here in Lauderdale,” wrote Thomson in an email to The Triton.

James Perry of Perry & Neblett, P.A. took his Triton all the way to the Kingdom of Tonga for a swim with the humpback whales. He sent a rare look at The Triton underwater on a dive, and even though we can’t see his face and the whales did not cooperate for a photo, it is worth a post from Swallows Cave in Vavau. ”I guess that I should have taken a better photographer with me,” he quipped in an email.

Yacht crew travel to many fascinating places, send your eye-catching photo to editor@the-triton.com for possible future publication in The Triton.

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Admiral Yacht Canvas & Upholstery 25 Alexseal Yacht Coatings 4 Antibes Yachtwear 23 Baglietto 28 Beers Group 22 Bellingham Marine (Stock Island Marina Village Key West) 27 Bellissima Fine Art Service 47 BOW Boat Owners Warehouse 7 Bradford Marine 19 Brownie’s Yacht Diver 17 Business card advertisers 53-58 C2 Shore 45 C&N Yacht Refinishing 41 Cable Marine 59 Crown Wine and Spirits 39 Culinary Convenience 50 Dayboard Maritime 40 Estela Shipping 42 Front Street Shipyard 18 GMT Global Marine Travel 25,38 Gran Peninsula Yacht Center 23 HMC Handcraft Mattress Company 26 International Superyacht Society 15 ITS Interior Technology Services 28 Lauderdale Propeller 49 Lewis Marine Supply 20 Lifeline Inflatables/Zodiac of Fort Lauderdale 34

Maptech 52 Marina Mile Yachting Center 26 Marine Industries Association of South Florida 52 Maritime Marine 17 Matthew’s Marine A/C 32 Miami Mold Specialist 24 MPT Maritime Professional Training 60 National Marine Suppliers 9,43 Nautical Ventures 11 Neptune Group 45 Norwalk Cove 21 Ocean Link 24 Palladium Technologies 35 Parker Yacht 46 Perry & Neblett 41 Peters & May Marine 49 Pyrate Radio 22 Rex Marine 21 River Supply River Services 29 Romora Bay Resort and Marina 47 Ronnie’s Custom Carpet Cleaning 16 Rossmare International Bunkering 42 Royale Palm Yacht Basin 46 RPM Diesel 29 Sailorman 34 Savannah Yacht Refinishing 29 Seafarer Marine 36

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