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SXM captains prefer island as Caribbean charter hub ST. MAARTEN – As the Caribbean season began in December, The Triton invited six charter captains to its monthly luncheon to talk about, what else? The Caribbean. Though it wasn’t intended to be an analysis of St. Maarten and its emergence as a Caribbean FROM THE BRIDGE megayacht hub, LUCY CHABOT REED most of the captains wanted to talk about the island speciﬁcally, and offer their thoughts about it. “St. Maarten has really developed into a really good market for our size boat,” said one captain of a yacht between 100-150 feet. “I’m happy there’s a boat show here and I hope it survives.” As always, individual comments are not attributed to any one person in particular so as to encourage frank and open discussion. The attending captains are identiﬁed in a photograph on page A25. “St. Maarten is the best place for megayachts to be based for parts,” another captain said. “We can get a lot of work done here, pick up charters here. The yards in the Med are not as reliable as the ones here.” “I’m a big supporter of the St. Maarten show,” said a third. In addition to the duty-free status, airports close to the most popular dockage and user-friendly marinas, these captains noted that the quality of work available on St. Maarten is often very good. “You have to appreciate St. Maarten’s effort to get things done for boats,” one captain said. “They’re taking the lead in the Caribbean to make things available for bigger boats. St. Thomas is trying to catch up now with Yacht Haven.” “It [Yacht Haven] may be a great facility, but who’s going to do the work?” another captain said. “That’s the same problem everyone has. If

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Charter shows test perceptions Last year, word on the docks at the one-two punch of charter yacht shows in the Caribbean was that one show would evolve to showcase power boats, the other sailboats. Most folks – except the organizers, of course – thought the industry EDITOR’S NOTES LUCY CHABOT REED would divide itself down such obvious and practical terms as that. They were wrong. In this second year of backPart of the 10-member crew of the 168-foot Feadship Enterprise V in St. to-back shows, the divide seems Maarten: From left, Chief Engineer Adam Nelson, deckhand Jason to have fallen down much less Anderson, Sous Chef Keith Carnahan, stewardess Laranda tangible lines, though perhaps more obvious. Most folks this Carnahan. PHOTO/LUCY REED year stepped back and looked page St. Maarten guide were The Sacks Group, Bank of at St. Maarten as the American show and Antigua as the America, Westrec Marinas, D.N Kelley & Son Shipyard European show. of Massachusetts, and Global Ship Systems of Savannah. Make no mistake, there were yachts of both There’s a full-page ad for the refurbished Yacht Haven, persuasions at both shows. The largest brokerage houses now called Yacht Haven Grande, in St. Thomas (USVI). had a presence at both and representatives from both YCO based in Monaco is the sole European advertiser. sides of the pond walked the docks. The 56-page Antigua guide features a Sweden crew But reality doesn’t stand a chance against perception. Take a gander at the show guides. Aside from local See CHARTER SHOWS, page A24 island companies, the largest advertisers in the 42-

Summit: Marine industry critical to Florida By Lisa H. Knapp The marine industry employed 220,000 people in Florida in 2005, generating an economic impact of $18.4 billion. “The realization that our working waterfront is diminishing is a critical task of Florida’s marine master plan implementation,” said Kristina Hebert, president of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida (MIASF). About 800 marine businesses comprise MIASF, a not-for-proﬁt trade association consisting of primarily recreational boating companies based in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties. Hebert spoke to about 150 attendees of the seventh annual Marine Industry Summit at the Broward County Convention Center in early December.

The MIASF hosted the event. Other state revenue machines pale in comparison to the wave of Florida’s recreational boaters and megayacht industry yielding nearly $20 billion this year, 58 percent of the state’s economic impact. The citrus industry, long considered the economic engine of Florida, generated $9.1 billion in economic impact in 2000, Hebert noted. The cruise line industry generated $5.2 billion in 2005, with Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville generating $329 million, she said. “15 years ago, tourism was the No. 1 industry in Broward County,” said Jim Naugle, mayor of Ft. Lauderdale. “Today, the marine industry is No. 1 and its jobs pay considerably more than service industry wages.” More than half of the state’s marine industry employees reside

in Ft. Lauderdale’s Broward County, which employed 134,000 workers and generated $10.7 billion in economic impact in 2005, Hebert said. That’s about 60 percent of the county’s business. That could change, Hebert said, if more public/private partnerships are not sought to prevent further erosion of the industry. About a third of South Florida’s boatyards have disappeared over the past ﬁve years, Hebert said. “It’s a disturbing trend,” said Susan Engle, president of EnviroCare Solutions International, a Ft. Lauderdale based marine environmental ﬁrm. Many businesses have been displaced or lost, she said, citing the rezoning of Thunder Alley in Aventura, a city on the Intracoastal

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M/Y Keri Lee refit done; Allegro hires first officer Capt. Adam Lambert is the new captain on M/Y Keri Lee, a 121-foot Sovereign that used to be Melrini, formerly under the command of Capt. Ian James and Capt. Josh Abrams. Keri Lee has been completely refit and plans to charter the Caribbean this winter. Capt. Lambert is no LATITUDE stranger to yard ADJUSTMENT periods. He was LUCY CHABOT REED featured in the August issue of The Triton reflected in the new aerospace-quality paint job of M/Y Marijane (the former Issimo). Joining Capt. Lambert is another crew member featured in The Triton recently, second stewardess Tina-Anne Baigent, who wrote how she got her start in yachting in the August issue. Keri Lee will charter under the direction of Daphne Dozier at Chamberlain Yachts. Good luck to all. Capt. Chris Young, formerly of the 154-foot Burger new-build Time for Us, is now first officer on M/Y Allegro, a 185-foot (56m) Benetti under the command of Capt. Paul Canavan. We recently repored that Capt. Young and his wife, Purser Kim Sandall, had left Time for Us for some rest. But after a couple of months and a couple of nibbles from land-based yachting companies, Capt. Young is back at sea. So much for rest. Allegro will be based in the Dominican Republic, which leaves Sandall dreaming up all kinds of new job opportunities. Let us know when you have a new adventure. And Chris, send us some photos from DR, eh? Capt. John Campbell has taken over M/Y Laymar II, a 115-foot (35m)

Codecasa. Based in Italy for the winter, the yacht will charter a bit in the spring and will cruise the Med with the owner all summer. Capt. Campbell was most recently captain on S/Y Magdalus Terzo, a 115-foot ketch. Eng. Greg Chivers has taken over that command and had sailed the boat from the Med to Antigua in early December for the charter season. Magdalus Terzo’s former first mate, Gavin Hurn, is now first mate on S/Y Corinthian, a 115-foot sloop that was in the Antigua show. Good luck to you all. Capt. Robert McGovern has taken over command of the 65’ Privilege catamaran True North with his wife, Tiffany, who works as the chef. The couple worked on Sojourn, the 50-foot Morgan sailboat, around the U.S. and British Virgin Islands for the past two seasons. They got their start on their own sailboat, Naked Nai’a, cruising the southwest Pacific. After that, landbased jobs just couldn’t cut it. So Rob, below left, a massage therapist and dive instructor, became a captain. Tiffany, a landscape designer, became a chef.

While cruising, they met Euros and Emily Williams, themselves cruising on their own boat. When Rob got the job on True North, he called them. Now the Williams crew on True North, too, she as stew, he as ﬁrst mate. The yacht is based in the Caribbean. Share your news with the yachting community. Contact Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.

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Chalk’s plane crashes, killing all 20 aboard Don Smith, dockmaster at Bimini Big Game Resort and Marina, among dead Capt. Ty Gerould of M/Y Jack’s Joy, a 55-foot Hatteras. “Don was an excellent Don Smith, long-time dockmaster dockmaster, very personable. He would at Bimini Big Game Resort & Marina, do whatever you needed. He was a died Dec. 19 when the Chalk’s seaplane typical Bahamian, always smiling. You he was on crashed soon after takeoff in couldn’t find a nicer guy.” Miami. Chalk’s temporarily grounded Twenty people died in the crash its fleet of four seaplanes Dec. 21. that occurred about 2:30 p.m. on that Investigators said that the crack in Monday at Government Cut. Chalk’s the wing’s support beam likely would Ocean Airways Flight 101 was en not have been caught in a visual route to Bimini with two pilots and 18 inspection but might have shown up in passengers, including three infants. a comprehensive one. Government Cut was closed to ‘’These are trying times for this recreational and commercial traffic great airline, but we will be back in the immediately after the crash and air very soon,’’ said Roger Nair, Chalk’s remained closed general manager, ‘Don was always a during daylight hours reading from a for several days. prepared statement. gentleman, always According to Federal found a hole some local newspaper investigators reports, Smith was in place for me, and never recovered the plane’s South Florida with right wing with its had a cross word or his 15-month-old engine and propeller thought... . Damn.’ grandson to attend attached, on Dec. 20. – Capt. Craig Jones They found a “serious his granddaughter’s M/Y Carry-On fatigue crack” but graduation from graduate school. He would not say was 66 years old. definitively if that’s “I’ve passed through Bimini and Big what caused the 58-year-old Grumman Game for a good number of years on G73-T Mallard to plummet into the sea. both U.S.- and Nassau-based boats,” Divers had retrieved nearly all the said Capt. Craig Jones of M/Y Carry-On, pieces of the plane by Dec. 23, including an 80-foot Burger. “Don was always a the plane’s voice recorder, but there was gentleman, always found a hole some little information on it to explain why place for me, and never had a cross the wing separated from the fuselage. word or thought.” About half the passengers on the “I’ve known him for 20 years,” said flight were believed to have been Bahamians on their way home after Christmas shopping, according to local reports. One body was missing for four days before being found about three miles offshore, according to the Coast Guard. The Associated Press reported that it was Sergio Danguillecourt, 42, a member of the board of directors of Miami-based distiller Bacardi Ltd. And the great-great grandson of Bacardi’s founder. His wife was also aboard and perished in the crash. “I feel so bad for all those on Bimini and their families both there and here,” Capt. Jones said from Miami. “We can’t and must not forget the aircraft crews who have carried so many passengers since 1919 without a single passenger fatality. Is there anyone who does not stop what they are doing when one of Chalk’s planes either lands or takes off? “Damn.” By Lucy Chabot Reed

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St. Maarten investigating off-shore fueling by yachts The Daily Herald in St. Maarten reported on Dec. 19 that Island Councilman Frans Richardson of the National Alliance party has called for an inquiry into reports of megayachts fueling off St. Maarten to evade the excise tax on fuel. If yachts are doing so in Antillean waters, that would be illegal, the paper reported. The call for the inquiry came just days after two people had been ﬁned after a yacht had spilled oil in Simpson Bay Lagoon. The newspaper did not identify the yacht or marina.

U.S. firm to fight Somali pirates Somalia has signed a two-year, $55 million contract with TopCat Marine Security, a private American security firm, to guard its coastline from pirates, according to Maritime Executive Magazine. There have been 32 pirate attacks off the Somali coast since March, according to the International Maritime Board. Topcat will supply equipment and train Somalia’s coast guard and Special Forces to better monitor the coastline, as well as conduct boat and air patrols to intercept pirates, company President Peter Casini said. Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Gedi noted that the agreement was reached after a year of negotiations. “We will show no mercy for those to don’t register,” he said. “Ships will be confiscated, cargo seized, and the crew arrested.”

ICW needs dredging in Georgia A coalition of Intracoastal Waterway users meeting in Savannah on Dec. 15 called upon Georgia’s congressional delegation to seek federal money to correct hazardous navigation conditions throughout the state’s 161mile portion of the waterway. By unanimous vote, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association passed the resolution below asking the state’s Congressional members to request the necessary funds. The action came after AIWA members reviewed a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report identifying no less than 27 hazardous shoals from Port Royal Sound, S.C., to Fernandina, Fla. The low-tide depths at all 27 sites is seven feet or less in a waterway required by law to be maintained at 12 feet. The channel is only 2-and-a-half to 3 feet deep at six locations. The steadily worsening situation came to a head recently when the U.S. Coast Guard expressed safety concerns to the Corps of Engineers, which is responsible for maintaining the waterway from Norfolk to Miami. While members of Congress in the other states (Florida, North and South Carolina and Virginia) have gained at

least minimal funding over the past few years to maintain their portions of the waterway, Georgia’s have not. This report was provided by ofﬁcials with the BoatU.S. government affairs ofﬁce in Alexandria, Va.

USCG OKs tankers on Delaware The U.S. Coast Guard gave the go-ahead for liqueﬁed natural gas tankers to sail up the Delaware River to a proposed terminal in Gloucester County, if extensive security measures are put in place, according to a report

in Maritime Executive Magazine. The full measures were not revealed, but the magazine reported they included safety zones around the carriers, a waterway trafﬁc management plan, escorts by armed law enforcement vessels, and surveillance on the water and along the shore, according to Capt. David Scott, USCG Captain of the Port there. BP wants to build the terminal in Logan Township and the Coast Guard said the Delaware River could accommodate the two to three LNG carriers per week as the company has

proposed to supply the facility, the magazine reported. A ﬁght over the facility is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Delaware has objected to the terminal, saying its pier will extend into its territorial waters and would violate the state’s coastal protection law.

Sarasota marina gets new docks Marina Jack in Sarasota on Florida’s west coast has recently installed more

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Both Florida coasts get new yacht docks, marinas the establishment of the BVI as a megayacht base, according to the story.

NEWS BRIEFS, from page A7 than 30,000 square feet of new Uniﬂoat docks from Bellingham Marine. Marina Jack is a deep-water harbor with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico. It has 316 year-round slips and a full complement of amenities, according to a news release. Twenty-ﬁve of the slips are available for transient dockage, and the new docks can handle boats up to 175 feet. Sarasota is just south of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area. For more information, visit wwwmarinajacks.com

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New marina on Florida’s ICW Yacht Harbor Village Marina has opened in Palm Coast, a Florida east coast city about halfway between Jacksonville and Daytona Beach. The marina is part of a 76-acre site under development on the Intracoastal Waterway near Hammock Beach. It includes 210 floating docks designed and installed by Bellingham Marine, as well as a Unifloat floating attenuator dock. The marina has about 4,000 linear feet of ICW frontage and is one of only a handful of new facilities built on

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BVI tourism on the rise TORTOLA – The BVI government presented a $233 million budget for Fiscal Year 2006, noting that a rise in tourism dollars helped boost the

budget, according to a story in The Virgin Islands Daily News on Dec. 14. The BVI welcomed 806,120 tourists in 2004 compared with 599,102 in 2003, an increase of 34.6 percent, the newspaper reported. Cruise tourism posted a 56 percent rise in the same period, and overnight visitors showed a 21 percent increase. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Finance Ronnie Skelton said residents can look forward to

The Gulf Coast region of the United States is still feeling the effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Several marine industry businesses, including Bellingham Marine, Ocean Gate Yacht Basin and Merco Marine, have donated thousands to relief efforts and challenge their peers in the marine industry to do the same to a charity of their choice. Bellingham Marine donated $5,000 to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief. Ocean Gate Yacht Basin matched contributions made by employees, for a grand total of $9,250. The donations were sent to the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the L.A. SPCA and the Trinity Fellowship Church in Texas. In support of Hurricane Katrina Relief, Merco Marine donated $1,000 to the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross and $500 to the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Foundation. To donate to the hurricane relief effort, contact Brooke Fishel at the Association of Marina Industries, bﬁshel@marinaassociation.org.

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Antigua’s Deverteuil dies as annual show begins Rupert Deverteuil, an organizer of the Antigua Charter Yacht Show and long-time island resident, died Dec. 6 just as the show was preparing for its 44th opening day. He was 44 years old. According to friends in Antigua for the show, Deverteuil had begun a round of chemotherapy treatments for nonHodgkins lymphoma on Dec. 5 and apparently had a seizure late that night. He died early the next morning. DeVerteuil was a long-time Antigua resident and a Cordon Bleu-trained yacht chef, according to his friend, Capt. Robert Corcoran of M/Y Argyll.

Antigua honors chefs, food, spirit Here are the winners of the 6th Annual Concours de Chef competition held during the Antigua Charter Yacht Show in early December.

Megayacht Division (yachts over 125’) 1st place: Inger Neilson M/Y Thunder Gulch 2nd place: Sandra Mastrantone M/Y Seven Sins 3rd place: David Kolembus S/Y Felicita West

Luxury Yacht Division (yachts 75-124’) 1st place: Tracy Young M/Y Celebration 2nd place: Luis “Rafﬁe” Hurtado S/Y Paraiso 3rd place: Joost Dierickx S/Y Kalikobass II

Sailing Yacht Division (yachts up to 75’) 1st place: Ayla Lewis S/Y Aurora 2nd place: Renee Keane S/Y Kanana 3rd place: Gisele Lanmann S/Y Bahamian Rhapsody

Other awards were given, including best table setting (won by Gisele Lanmann of M/Y Bahamian Rhapsody, 2nd place by Luis “Rafﬁe” Hurtado, S/Y Paraiso, and 3rd place by Elizabeth Young, S/Y Midnight); and outstanding desserts (won by Joanna Spedding of S/Y Ciao Bella, 2nd place by Tracy Young of M/Y Celebration, and 3rd place by Sandra Mastranstone of M/Y Seven Sins. Honorable mentions in the dessert category went to Nardine Jones of S/Y Whisper, Luis “Rafﬁe” Hurtado of S/Y Paraiso and Elizabeth Young of S/Y Midnight. Two special awards were given for the Coup de Coeur to yachts that made a special impression: One to the chef and crew of S/Y Paraiso, and One to the chef and captain of S/Y Aurora.

“It’s sad for the whole community,” Corcoran said. “He was the ofﬁcial ambassador of Antigua.” Originally formed by Nicholson Yachts and run that way for 42 years, the annual show was sold in 2004 following the retirement of Rodney and Desmond Nicholson. A non-proﬁt group was formed to manage the event. Deverteuil headed the organization as a volunteer, organizers said. They described him as instrumental in “tying all the ends together” in that transitional year as he coordinated the

show in the face of the inauguration of a competing show in St. Maarten. Friends in Antigua for the show were saddened by the news. “When you talk to anyone on this island about him …,” began Ted Rowe, president of the Charter Yacht Brokers Association, before his voice trailed off. He shook his head. “It’s a major loss.” His long-time partner, Capt. Peter Mullins, who works as relief captain on M/Y Turmoil, planned a burial at sea in the waters surrounding the island where Deverteuil grew up. Deverteuil and Mullins ran a

sailing yacht in the early 1980s before each began work on different boats. Deverteuil also worked on S/Y Rebecca. Recently, they owned and ran vacation villas overlooking Falmouth Harbor. In a speech at the show’s welcome party, organizers remembered Deverteuil as the “energetic” friend of Chris Nicholson. The board dedicated the 2005 show to Deverteuil’s memory and planned to create a perennial trophy of some sort – such as Best of Show – to keep his memory alive. No details were available by press time. – Lucy Chabot Reed

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Merrill-Stevens in deal to acquire Koch, Newton Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Co. announced in late December its intent to acquire the international yacht brokerage firm Koch, Newton & Partners (KN&P). The two companies have reached an agreement, said Whit Kirtland, president of Merrill-Stevens Yacht Sales, but had not completed the deal by press time. It was expected to be final early this month. The acquisition is in line with the company’s strategic plans and the owners’ vision, according to a news release about the deal. Founded in 1990, KN&P has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Palma de Mallorca and Singapore. Brokers focus on the sale and charter of motoryachts larger than 65 feet (20m). “The yacht sales industry has experienced more than 30 percent growth in the past few years and is expected to grow another 20-25 percent in the next couple of years,”

Kirtland said. “This merger will position the company to take full advantage of that market growth.” Terms of the Koch Newton deal were not released. In August, the company acquired the 40-year-old Bradford Yacht Sales, growing its brokerage division from a handful to more than 15 and more than doubling its revenue.

IYC sells a few more International Yacht Collection wrapped up 2005 with a few more sales. Jim McConville’s central listing M/Y Full Bloom, a 124-foot Trident, sold and broker Noell Vawter sold M/Y Beeliever, the 1994 110-foot Broward. Tim Johnson’s central listing M/Y Overtime, the 1975 64-foot Hatteras sold, and David Nichols sold his central listing M/Y Kimbel, the 1999 54-foot Neptunus.

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N&j sells Aphrodite

Ann Avery of Northrop and Johnson’s Ft. Lauderdale ofﬁce sold S/Y Aphrodite 2, the 140-foot (43m) Hoek-Vitters sailing yacht. Avery has also recently listed the 80-foot (24m) Farr No Options, which is new to the market and has a Peter Sijm interior. Michael Nethersole has listed the 73-foot (22m) Sensation Volare, built in 1999 to Ron Holland and Andrew Winch designs. The company’s charter management division reports that M/Y Helios2, the 161-foot Palmer Johnson, will be available in the Mediterranean in June after a $5 million reﬁt. M/Y Argyll, the 153-foot Nays, has just had zero stabilizers installed and is available in the Caribbean this month.

Group seeks pledges to buy, save Nomadic, T/T Titanic The S/S Nomadic, tender to the RMS Titanic, is for sale. If it doesn’t sell this month, it may be sold for scrap, said a non-proﬁt group raising money for it. The 221-foot Nomadic and her sister ship Trafﬁc were built by Harland and

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passengers. (Traffic ferried third-class passengers and mail.) Nomadic served Titanic on April 10, 1912, carrying millionaires J.J. Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Margaret Tobin (Molly) Brown and others. She survived both World Wars, serving the French Navy and the Royal Navy. After WWII, she resumed service in Cherbourg ferrying passengers and freight to and from the trans-Atlantic liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. The non-profit organization Belfast Industrial Heritage, in cooperation with White Star Memories (WSM), hopes that Belfast City Council will buy Nomadic in partnership with them. The reserve prive is 169,000 pounds (250,000 euros). BIH CEO Kathleen Neill said that once Nomadic is in Belfast, she will be put on the Historic Ships Register and qualify for lottery funding for her full restoration at Harland and Wolff. BIH and WSM have launched a fund-raising campaign and had received pledges of more than £32,000 in the first two weeks. The group is fighting to save her because Nomadic is the last remnant from White Star Line fleet and the last floating link with RMS Titanic. How to help: BIH is selling shares. Full shares, which will offer lifetime access to the vessel and her facilities after restoration, are £250/$425/ Eur375. Small shares, which include membership to the Nomadic Preservation Society, are £50/$85/ Eur75 Organizers are not asking for money at this stage, merely pledges. For more information, visit www.savenomadic.com or e-mail dscottbeddard@aol.com.

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Survey: Smooth sailing for affluent Americans, boating Despite tempered expectations of the overall national economy, the annual KeyBank survey of national boating trends shows affluent Americans are enthusiastic about boating, and their interest in purchasing a boat continues. Some exciting findings:  Twenty-six percent of affluent Americans already own or are planning to buy a boat in the near future. These folks fall in the $150,000 to $500,000 annual income bracket.  Affluent Americans in the highest income bracket were the most likely to buy a boat. Of those Americans who make $500,000 or more, 29 percent either own or plan to own a boat; 24 percent of those making under $150,000 answered in the affirmative.  Rising fuel prices have not had a significant impact on the survey group’s views of boating. When asked if rising fuel costs would impact their plans to buy a boat in the next 12 months, 76 percent answered that it did not have a direct bearing on this decision. A total of 69 percent of affluent Americans also answered that rising fuel costs did not affect how much time they planned to spend using their boats.  Affluent men are only 4 percent more likely than affluent women to be interested in boating. According to

the survey, 27 percent of men and 23 challenged to experience the joys of percent of women said they already boating,” said Grant Skeens, president own or are planning to buy a boat soon. and CEO of Key Recreational Lending  But men are more likely to make (KRL), the marine lending division the final decision on whether or not of KeyBank. “For example, affluent to buy a new boat. According to the business owners and top executives survey, 17 percent of women polled may not be thinking of the value answered that they would make the of yacht ownership as a business final buying decision on their boat, as entertainment tool rather than just opposed to 64 percent of men. leisure activity. Many important deals Some disturbing findings (for get sealed while out on the water yachting, at least): fishing or cruising, One disturbing  Forty-eight and there may also be percent of those finding: 48 percent of ways to defray some polled were simply costs when boats are affluent Americans not interested in used for business boating. polled were simply not purposes.”  10 percent of When asked the interested in boating. question, “If money affluent Americans responded that were no object, they “don’t have time” to go boating. and you could purchase any boat you Other barriers to boating noted by wanted – what type of boat would it respondents included: overall high be?” 30 percent of respondents chose costs of boating (6 percent), “no access a motor yacht or cabin cruiser, the to marine facilities” (5 percent), “prefer highest of any other category. However, to use someone else’s boat” (4 percent), this percentage is actually down 15 “operating costs too high” (3 percent), percent from the 2004 KeyBank survey, “not the time of year” (2 percent), “high which found that 45 percent of affluent interest rates” (2 percent), “unfavorable Americans preferred a motor yacht or economy” (1 percent), and “no good cabin cruiser. deals” (1 percent). A surprising 25 percent of those “It is our job in the marine industry polled selected a sailboat as their boat to get the right messages out to those of choice, up 5 percent over the 2004 people who think they are too timeresults. Runabouts and ski boats earned

17 percent and fishing boats were chosen by 9 percent of those polled. The survey also showed a slight difference in the choice of “dream boats” between affluent Americans in different income brackets. According to the survey, the more money you make, the more likely you are to desire a motor yacht, as 39 percent of those earning $500,000 or more and 32 percent of those between $150,000 and $500,000 chose this category. Only 23 percent of those polled who make $150,000 or less said they would prefer a motor yacht or cabin cruiser. But, 27 percent of those in this same income bracket chose a sailboat as their boat of choice. Overall, affluent men and women had a similar taste in boats, with two minor variations worth noting. 1. More women than men listed a runabout or ski boat as their boat of choice: 18 percent of women versus 16 percent of men, and 2. Fewer women chose fishing boats: 3 percent of women compared to 11 percent of men. The survey – conducted by the independent research firm Penn, Schoen and Berland – polled randomly selected individuals with investable assets of $500,000 or more, and/or personal income of $150,000 or more. – Key Bank

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the dirt on top prevents lift of the piling and helps stabilize more structures, Kubitschek said. “How much it decreases the lift, I’m not sure,” said Dick Czlapinski, a coastal engineer with Tetra Tech EC in Boynton Beach, Fla. It does have some potential with regard to a bigger surface that ﬂares out and holds against the soil. The higher the load on the pile, the more stress into the system in the ground as the load goes higher on the pile, he said.

Low dock pilings are one of the biggest destroyers of boats during a hurricane. Storm surge lifts the boat above the pilings, and wave action drives it back down, causing damage to the hull. Marinas replacing destroyed docks in the past 16 months are investigating new types of pilings that will remain anchored in the harbor bed during a storm. New piling technology and composite materials that will hold up Storms even hurt floating docks better in harsh marine environments are attractive because they offer new, Water going up causes a huge cost-effective solutions. problem with some floating docks. The Before Hurricane Frances, Ft. Pierce docks can float off the top of the pile, City Marina had 280 slips, mostly freeing boats to collide in a tangle of concrete floating docks, that held ropes and lines. until hour 28 of the unrelentingly long “I’ve seen the Pilock device and it hurricane. appears impressive,” said Jack C. Cox, “Everything fell apart between hours director of waterfront development 28 and 32,” said for Retec, an Dean Kubitschek, environmental ‘All of these systems general manager. consulting work by increasing “The pilings stood engineering firm in through a lot. There surface area on the Bellingham, Wash. were no issues until However, he pile to increase its the storm got here. cautions that it friction in the soil. It just may not have as The docks held together.” much application becomes a question Piles are the as it appears. The of cost versus level of problem in 90 system adds a lot of effectiveness.’ percent of most resistance to pull out, — Jack C. Cox which is good for iceanchoring systems, Director of Waterfront Development jacking forces and Kubitschek said. But most hurricanes Retec even situations of don’t last for 32 uplift in storm surge, hours. Cox said. But new “But as it technologies, including the Pilock currently exists, it does little to increase system, might help prevent such the lateral strength of the pile, which is destruction in the future. what holds the pile in place when the “Pilock is a pile anchoring system wind or wave is pushing against a boat with lots of merit to it,” he said. It’s a tied to it.” revolutionary invention that the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force use. “It helps Options are many protect structures from uplift from storm surges and from sinking due to There are many other devices and weight-bearing loads.” ideas that do the same sort of thing, Cox said. The “spin fin pile” basically Screwed down tight makes the pile a giant screw. “All of these systems work by Unlike round poles that tend to increasing surface area on the pile to lift, the Pilock pile-anchor is an 8increase its friction in the soil,” he said. inch square steel plate that pivots “It just becomes a question of cost from an upward position used during versus level of effectiveness.” installation to a post perpendicular What is really needed are some to the piling after the piling is jetted definitive, standard tests to measure to its desired depth. The pile-anchor how good they are, he said. is attached about six inches from “With the screw, the spiral fins get the bottom of each piling used in the welded onto the bottom of the pile structure being built. The steel bolt doppling gets released under water and See PILINGS, page A15

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Composites now piling ‘material of choice’ PILINGS, from page A14 and it twists as it goes in. Even H piles versus round piles have more surface area so they are harder to pull out.” For years, wood pilings have been the most commonly used material, and have enjoyed the greatest market share, said Martin Grimnes, at the 15th annual International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) in Miami Beach in October. “Composites are now the material of choice,” said Grimnes, president of Harbor Technologies in Brunswick, Maine.

Rot, rust aren’t a problem Composite pilings offer a number of advantages over steel and timber piles. Traditional pilings have a limited lifetime in the harsh marine environment due to corrosion, marine worms and borers, electrolysis, UV degradation and rot, he said. Composites are impervious to rot and rust. They are available in diameters up to 24 inches, he said, adding that they can be customized. Composites are environmentally safe and are not affected by marine borers and worms.

Composite sheetpile will not corrode or decay like traditional materials such as wood, steel and aluminum, which reduce maintenance costs and future replacements, Grimnes said. Composite sheetpile is more ﬂexible than aluminum and steel, and it’s easy

Stinson’s Cannery in Belfast, Maine, is getting an $11 million facelift. Its new destination marina, Wakeag Landing, will be one of the ﬁrst marinas in the world to use all composite materials. to drill and fashion in various colors. It also provides lasting performance in highly corrosive environments for shoreline protection and erosion control. “It is also used successfully for retaining walls and 50 year warranties are common,” Grimnes said. Stinson’s Cannery in Belfast, Maine, is getting an $11 million facelift and

becoming one of the ﬁrst marinas in the world to use all composite materials. Belfast Bridge is purchasing 100 composite docks, 15,000 feet of composite walkway panels and 75 composite pilings from Harbor Technologies for its new destination marina, Wakeag Landing, which will include a suspended waterfront walkway.

Reduce maintenance costs The docks and walkway materials are attractive and will provide a distinctive look for Wakeag Landing, said Tom Roberts, manager of Belfast Bridge LLC. The marina will include shops, restaurants and full marine services. “We will also be able to reduce our ongoing maintenance costs.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that $1.2 billion is spent annually on the repair and replacement of wooden docks and pilings, Grimnes said. In some areas, timber piling lasts less than two years before becoming structurally unsound. Concrete lasts less than 20 years and is subject to repair and cracking problems. Contact freelance journalist Lisa H. Knapp at lisa@the-triton.com.

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Winds of change – Proposed legislation may protect Florida marinas, boat owners in ’06 By Lisa H. Knapp Florida State Rep. Mitch Needelman has lived on the water all his life. He understands the predicaments that boaters and marinas face when a hurricane is coming. His 30-year career as a marine patrol ofﬁcer makes him uniquely qualiﬁed to study the issue of moored vessels in the path of a storm, as his life’s work was dedicated to making South Florida’s waterways safe. Now a congressman in Tallahassee, Needelman is spearheading new legislation to reverse the laws passed after Hurricane Andrew a decade ago that restrict marina owners when it comes to protecting their property and moving boats in threatened areas to safer harbor. The intent of his bill is not to throw boaters into the wild, he said, but to make boat owners responsible for their vessels in marinas. If they fail to do so, the bill would allow marina owners the opportunity to protect the boat and their marina property, too. “I think we have to look at the logistics to protect the property owner and move forward with it,” Needelman said.

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It’s one hurricane season too late for “No where else in the nation are the Kadey-Krogen Yachts’ marina in Stuart, rules as strict for marina operators in Fla. Nine boats sank in that marina emergency occasions than in Florida,” in hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in he said. “The business world has 2004. The docks were destroyed. Tom changed drastically since the 1970s Button, vice president of operations, and to dictate to a marina owner how and his partner endured 12-hour many boats, where the boats would depositions with insurance adjusters, be, and how they should be moored is exorbitant attorney’s fees, and $300,000 now contributing in the businessman’s in damage. model.” When the 2005 hurricane season Similar legislation failed last year came around, the marina sent boat when BoatUS urged its members to owners plans for hurricanes, urging block it. them to join hurricane clubs and to “We do not want a boater forced move their boats because they would out of the harbor into the storm,” said be responsible for damage to the docks. Margaret Podlich, vice president of Kadey-Krogen rebuilt their government affairs for BoatUS. uninsured docks, Modern weather ‘The state of Florida but could not technology allows reconﬁgure them people to act early, needs to be behind us because they could if they want to, said and realize what the not get Department Capt. Jay Clark, the marine industry brings owner of CYS Yacht of Environmental Protection permits Management in Ft. to this state. I’m all for in time, Button said. kicking people out of Pierce, which offers “The marinas hurricane vessel this marina because I in Stuart – Kadeyservices. Absentee can’t get paid.” Krogen, Stuart owners who cannot Cay, Stuart Harbor - Tom Button, watch the local and Allied Richard usually VP of operations, weather Bertram Marine depend on a “buddy” Kadey-Krogen Yachts to move their boat, Group – are so exposed to fetch marina which seldom occurs, from the west that it he said. is actually stupid to leave a boat here,” “This non-caring, non-reactive Button said. Boats in those marinas group doesn’t act fast enough and they likely would not survive a Category 1 cause a lot of problems,” Clark said. hurricane, he said. One of the biggest violators are When Wilma blew through in late sailboats. Too often, sailboat owners October, Button knew what would leave furling jibs on, which blow into happen and urged the boats in his other boats as they rip anchors up at marina to leave. mooring. All but six did. Five of them sank, “The jibs are dangerous if the owner taking half of the marina’s docks doesn’t remove them,” Clark said. with them, this time for $75,000 in There are no easy answers. Frank uninsured damages. Herhold, executive director of the “We might have only lost a few Marine Industries Association of planks had the boats moved,” Button South Florida, said he hopes the said. “We’re in season and we would be recommendations of Needelman’s booked out now. report will be the basis of new, sensible “It’s time to look at the bigger legislation for the boater and marine picture,” Button said. “The state of operator. Florida needs to be behind us and “In hurricane country, we have to realize what the marine industry brings think outside of the box,” Herhold to this state. I’m all for kicking people said. “The real question is: where do out of this marina because I can’t get these boats go if a marina is not a safe paid.” refuge?” Button’s predicament of no longer All 67 counties in Florida are needed having insurance for his docks is not to support the proposed legislation, or unusual since rates are derived from at least not ﬁght it, Needleman said. the type of dock construction. “I can’t think of a single county that Frank Atlass of Atlass Insurance doesn’t have a lake in it somewhere Group in Ft. Lauderdale acknowledged with people boating on it,” he said. “If that about half of all docks are I have to be the facilitator to get that uninsured for storm damage. thing started, I’m willing to do it. We “Insurance companies don’t want to will be prepared for the 2006 hurricane engage in that high risk,” Needelman season.” said. “We need to offer something in return for them to be in that Contact freelance journalist Lisa H. marketplace. Knapp at lisa@the-triton.com.

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Florida’s State House of Represenatives weighs in This is an analysis by the Florida State House of Representatives of the existing Florida law regarding marina evacuations.

Where liability falls Regarding vessel owner liability, Florida Statutes Section 327.59 addresses the issue of the relationship between Florida’s marinas and persons who dock their vessels in the marina, and the responsibilities of each should there be the issuance of a hurricane watch or warning. This section of Florida statutes was enacted following the devastation to South Florida caused by Hurricane Andrew. This section was designed to address concerns raised by marina owners and boat owners as to the extent each is liable for damages done to marinas resulting from a hurricane. Subsection (1) provides that after June 1, 1994, marinas are prohibited from adopting, maintaining or enforcing any policy pertaining to evacuation of vessels from a marina following the issuance of a hurricane watch or warning since, according to the statute, the protection of lives and the safety of the owners of vessels is placed before the interests of protecting property. Subsection (2) clariﬁes the responsibilities of marinas and vessel owners in terms of when a hurricane watch or warning is issued. The ability of a vessel owner to remove a vessel voluntarily from a marina at any time is not restricted. Neither is a marina owner restricted from dictating the kinds of cleats, ropes, fenders and other measures that must be used on vessels as a condition of using the marina. The question being addressed to the enactment of Florida Statutes Section 327.59 was whether boats damage

The District Court of Appeal further stated that boat owners whose boats were stored at a marina did owe a duty to the marina owner to exercise reasonable care for the protection of the marina property, but did not include any obligation to remove their boats upon the request of the marina owner. a marina’s docks during a storm or whether the docks damage boats should the docking system fail. Marina owners pursued statutory language that would have given them the right to evacuate vessels from their marina prior to the arrival of a hurricane. Vessel owners objected to empowering marina owners with the authority to require the evacuation of vessels in advance of an impending storm, arguing that the safety of persons ought to take precedence over the protection of property. Boat owners argue that some boat owners would have no safe place to go should a storm approach the state, nor are there sufﬁcient safe anchorages, havens, or “hurricane holes” to accommodate the large number of vessels needing to seek shelter and safety form the arrival of a hurricane.

Lives still prevail Section 327.59 states that it is the policy of the state to protect lives over property should the state face a severe storm or hurricane. In 1995, Section 327.59 was challenged by a marina owner in court and the case was dismissed. A subsequent appeal of the case upheld the lower court’s dismissal ruling (Burklow & Associates versus Belcher, 719 So. 2d 31). In that case, the marina owner sued the owners of 16 boats stored at the marina for breach of contract and

negligence, seeking to recover damages allegedly caused by the boat owners’ failure to remove their vessels from the marina before a hurricane had moved ashore. The Circuit Court dismissed the

complaint and the marina owner appealed.

‘No duty’ to remove boats The District Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal and found that the marina owner’s complaint was within the admiralty jurisdiction and that federal maritime law applied; federal maritime law did not preempt Florida Statutes Section 327.59, providing that marinas may not adopt, maintain, or enforce evacuation policies requiring

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Derelict, abandoned vessels complicate the issue HOUSE, from page A17 vessels to be removed from marinas following the issuance of a hurricane watch or warning; and boat owners had no duty to remove their boats upon the request of the marina owners in

the period prior to the issuance of a hurricane watch or warning. The District Court of Appeal further stated that an owner of a boat that is lawfully docked at the marina under a valid slip lease agreement that does not require the removal of a boat in

the event of a hurricane threat does not owe a duty to the marina owner to remove his or her boat upon the request of the marina owner during the period prior to the issuance of an official hurricane watch or warning. The court stated that requiring such a duty was not logical given the insufficient probability, at any time prior to the issuance of an official hurricane watch or warning, of a hurricane causing a boat owner’s vessel to damage a marina.

fees, repairs, improvements or other work-related storage charges. The possessory lien also covers expenses necessary to the preservation of the vessel or expenses reasonably incurred in the sale or other disposition of the vessel. The possessory lien begins on the date the vessel is brought to the marina, or the date when the vessel ﬁrst occupies rental space at the marina.

But boat owners must take care

Florida Statutes Section 376.11 established the Derelict Vessel Removal Program in 1980, which is currently operated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC). The program is a financial assistance grant program, providing funds to coastal local governments for the reimbursement of the removal of derelict vessels from coastal waters of the state. An abandoned vessel becomes a derelict vessel only after all available means to have the rightful owner remove the vessel have failed. An investigation is conducted by the local FWCC office and can involve court orders requiring the removal of the vessel. Funding for the program is appropriated by the Legislature each fiscal year. An application process provides for coastal local governments to submit a grant application to the FWCC. In 2002-03, 12 coastal local governments received financial assistance for the removal of 47 derelict vessels and the removal of six larger derelict vessels (over 100 feet in length). Funding requests for the removal of derelict vessels have averaged about $1.6 million. Currently only FWCC law enforcement officers have the authority to remove derelict vessels from public waters.

The court further stated that boat owners whose boats were stored at a marina did owe a duty to the marina owner to exercise reasonable care for the protection of the marina property, but did not include any obligation to remove their boats upon the request of the marina owner. The court left unaddressed the question of whether a so-called “hurricane clause” in slip lease agreements, requiring a boat owner to remove the vessel from a marina upon the threat of a hurricane, would be void as against the public policy stated in Section 327.59. According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, there are nearly 2,000 marinas operating in Florida with hundreds of thousands of boaters using Florida’s waterways every day. According to the Marine Industries Association of Florida, boating is nearly a $14.2 billion industry that includes marinas, boatyards and boaters. Currently, marina owners have a possesory lien (a lien with the right to retain possession of another’s property as security for a debt or obligation) on any vessel for storage fees, dockage

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NMMA restructures show management team In response to the recent growth in its Boat and Sports Show division, the National Marine Manufacturers Association has restructured the department and promoted several long-time NMMA show managers. NMMA produces 23 consumer boat and sports shows and two trade events: the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference (IBEX) in Miami Beach, and the Marine Aftermarket Accessories Trade Show (MAATS) in Las Vegas. Linda Waddell, formerly NMMA regional manager of the Toronto and Vancouver shows, has been promoted to vice president of Northern Shows and will be responsible for the Vancouver, New York, Atlantic City, Norwalk and Baltimore shows, as well as the Toronto In-Water Boat Show and the Toronto International Boat Show. Formerly NMMA’s southern regional manager, Cathy Johnston has been promoted to vice president of Southern Shows. This territory includes the Miami, Atlanta, Tampa, Virginia, San Diego and New Orleans boat shows. Mark Adams, formerly NMMA midsouth regional manager, was promoted to vice president of Sportshows and will oversee shows in St. Louis, Louisville, Kansas City, Nashville, Des Moines, Chicago and Schamburg (Ill.), as well as the Northwest Sportshow and Minneapolis Boat Show. Kevin Murphy continues as national show manager for the NMMA-owned Strictly Sail Miami and Chicago shows, as well as the Sail America-owned Paciﬁc, St. Petersburg (Fla.) and Philadelphia shows. Kathleen Clickett, current IBEX and MAATS show manager, will continue on in this role.

Uniesse Marine opens U.S. base

Uniesse Marine, the Italian boat builder, has opened its U.S. factory headquarters at the Quay in Ft. Lauderdale. This ofﬁce will serve as a distribution and sales center for North America and the Caribbean, and will also be a main hub for warranties and service for the Uniesse brand. It will also coordinate the marketing of the Uniesse brand for North America and will host the U.S. debut of Uniesse’s newest models – 70-foot and 58-foot motoryachts – at the Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show next month. Uniesse builds open and ﬂybridge motor yachts ranging from 42 to 75 feet. For more information, contact Uniesse Marine U.S.A. Vice President Rafael Barca at 954-759-3424 or through rbarca@uniesseusa.com.

A1JLT opens in Turkey

A1JLT Turkey opened in late November as part of The Blue Water Alliance, a group of companies working servicing the yachting industry. Included in the group are

Luise Associates, based in Naples; JLT Yacht Agency, based in Venice; and A1 Yacht Trade Consortium S.A., based in Athens and Rhodes. Jointly, the BWA companies have developed A1JLT, a number of yacht agencies, currently established in Croatia, Montenegro and now Turkey. A1JLT Turkey offers a full range of yacht agency services and land support throughout Turkey from their ofﬁces in Istanbul, Kusadasi and Gocek. It is anticipated that in the coming months, brokerage and new yacht builds will be added to its services.

Great Circle adds staff

Great Circle Systems has hired Steven Eide as a ﬁeld network technician in its Ft. Lauderdale ofﬁce. Eide was technical project manager for Laidlaw Education Service in

Walnut Creek, Calif., for ﬁve years, and before that a computer and electrical technician for St. Mary’s College and Southwest Bell Communications. “We plan to open two more ofﬁces in the coming two years, and Steve is wellplaced to manage our expansion,” said Scott Strand, president of Great Circle Systems. Great Circle Systems provides full service for an onboard information system, including design and installation of computer systems; custom software tools; ship-to-shore communications; and technical support. For more information, visit www.greatcirclesys.com.

Resort offers mid-week discount

Old Bahama Bay Resort & Yacht Harbour on Grand Bahama Island has announced a mid-week winter special

of up to 60 percent off regularly priced rates from Jan. 4 to March 30. The special rates are available Sunday through Thursday for $199 a night for a junior suite, based on double occupancy. The junior suites have terraces, kitchenettes, seating areas, marble baths, whirlpool soaking tubs, and Frette linens, robes and towels. Reservations must be made by Jan. 15. The offer does not include tax and service charges and is based on availability. Old Bahama Bay is a 228-acre community comprised of 82 home sites, 72 dock slips and a 49-room luxury suite hotel. The resort includes a pool, ﬁtness facility, casual and ﬁne dining venues, massage services, water sports and custom snorkel trails. For information, call 1-800-572-5711 or www.oldbahamabay.com.

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APIS not expected to pose problem for USVI/BVI boats By Carol Bareuther A U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulation in effect since Oct. 4 has been a topic of only minor concern within the U.S. Virgin Islands term charter yacht industry. The Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) “requires all commercial vessels to transmit a manifest of all crew and passengers via the eNOA/D Web site prior to departing to a foreign port or returning from a foreign port,” said William P. Westman, chief of seaport operations for customs in the territory. At their nearest point, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands are separated by little more than one nautical mile. ”The regulation is only an annoyance for term charters,” said Pamela Wilson, general manager of the Virgin Islands Charteryacht League. “Term charter yachts know well in advance who is coming down. The big problem is with the day sail yachts.” Charter yachts are considered commercial because they carry passengers for hire. Almost all charter boats ﬁt this description, Westman said. A private boats is one that is not carrying passengers or cargo for hire. “Clearinghouses such as Flagship, for example, are transmitting their yachts’ manifests for them and at no extra cost,” Wilson said. “All the groaning we’ve heard is due to the yachts getting tired, year after year, of regulations. It seems like there is something new every year.” Carol Bareuther is a freelance writer living in St. Thomas. Contact her through editorial@the-triton.com.

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Survey: Yachts report depth problems with ICW SUMMIT, from page A1 Waterway in northeast Miami-Dade County, as a classic example. Thunder Alley, created in the 1970s, was home to world-famous Cigarette Race Boats, Fort Apache, Bobby Moore’s, TNT and other marine companies. Regarded by some as dirty industry, they were kicked out of Aventura during its rezoning in the 1990s for the construction of luxury condominiums, an elementary school and a city recreational center. Just one marine business remains in the area today. Passport Marine, better known as Hi-Lift Marina, is a Formula dealership on Northeast 187th Street in Aventura, headed by Andrew Sturner, a participant at the summit. While his waterfront property is coveted by developers, Sturner has dropped anchor. He said he is determined to provide the thousands of boaters in the area with a full-service marina. “The elimination of the marinas leaves people with no place to go,” he said, adding that if Hurricane Wilma hadn’t torn down Sunny Isles Marina in October, the residential developer who paid $23.5 million for it would have, anyway. South Florida was home to 19 major boatyards in 2000, Engle said, adding that just 13 remain. The six that were lost were converted for residential development. Nine of the 13 remaining yards have received offers from developers, Engle said, noting concern of the ripple effect. “Where will the yachts go?” Hebert said, adding that if boats leave, so will the money they spend in the area, and so will the jobs they support. “We must enlist the county to come up with solutions.” The marine summit focused efforts on how to retain yards, fuel facilities, boat ramps and dry stacks. “Development should maintain the marine industry’s character,” Engle said, adding that government support must be enlisted to review legislation to provide centers for marine businesses. Participants in the summit’s planning focus groups identiﬁed motivations behind the salvation of once-threatened marine businesses, such as Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock on the Miami River and Newport Shipyard in Rhode Island. Both were bought by marine philanthropists. Hugh Westbrook saved MerrillStevens from residential developers and has since invested $40 million to modernize the megayacht yard. Charlie Dana, former commodore of the New York Yacht Club, was determined to prevent the last working shipyard in Newport from becoming a timeshare project when he bought the yard and

If Hurricane Wilma hasn’t torn down Sunny Isles Marina in October, the residential developer who paid $23.5 million for it likely would have anyway. PHOTO/LISA H. KNAPP its mixed-use marina. One of the largest economic segments of the industry is the megayacht sector, which has grown 15 percent worldwide in the past year. About 30 percent of these yachts are in excess of 200 feet, said Hebert. Many of these megayachts come to South Florida in the spring and fall, and many are based here year round, Engle said. In a recent survey of 36 megayacht operators, 64 percent said they encounter navigation restrictions, primarily due to waterway depth, when traveling the Intracoastal Waterway north of 17th Street. More than 86 percent of the respondents said they came to Broward County to visit a boatyard, and 83 percent said they visited a marina while in the area. The study found that these yachts used the ICW and New River more than other waterways in the area, followed by the Dania Cutoff Canal and the South Fork of the river, also known as Marina Mile. Deepening the Dania Cutoff Canal to allow access for larger vessels could spur development of new boatyards there. “Dania’s not in our city, but it’s in our community,” Naugle said. “We need a tunnel, not a higher bridge, at the US1/Dania Canal area.” Summit participants recommended limited deed restrictions in the tricounty area to permit home-based parking of trailered boats in addition to getting rid of casino boats since the Florida’s legislature has passed paramutual betting. Doing so would make room for a megayacht marina near the Broward County Convention Center. Locating boatyards near Port Everglades, the Ft. Lauderdale/

Hollywood International Airport, and other areas that are less desirable for residential development might be a solution, Naugle said. Contact freelance journalist Lisa H. Knapp at lisa@the-triton.com.

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Though not full, St. Maarten’s Port de Plaisance Marina still held lots of yachts, crews and show guests. PHOTO/LUCY REED

Show guides tell a lot more than the line-up of yachts CHARTER SHOWS, from page A1 agency, two Greek brokerage firms, an Italian shipping agent, a Turkish shipping agent, YCO again, Edmiston and Nigel Burgess, resorts in St. Lucia and Turks & Caicos, a yacht in New Zealand. Fraser Yachts Worldwide is in there, but Global Marine Travel is the sole American advertiser. Perception, or reality? On the docks in St. Maarten, one needed only English. In Antigua, I heard Italian, French, Spanish and a language that sounded like a dialect of the Middle East. Perception, or reality? The yachts themselves flew all manner of flag. The crews, of course, held accents from Australia and New Zealand, South Africa and England, Eastern Europe and Asia. Do they care where the brokers come from? Do they care where the guests come from? The ones I talked to didn’t. They did have a preference for one island over another depending on where they tended to start their charters or if they had a lot of work to get done. (See more about this in the “From the Bridge” story that begins on page A1.) Regardless of truth or perception, the shows will attract an audience if they have boats to show. Antigua had a busy year with 140 yachts registered (for you sportsfans keeping score, I counted 39 motoryachts). St. Maarten’s show was less well attended with about 32 yachts total (30 of them motor). “We’re leaving,” one non-exhibiting vendor said on the second day of St. Maarten’s show. He and his business partner had planned to stay the full four days but had seen all the boats in just two. “We come for the boats; that’s the

name of the game. It was a great show, but there just weren’t enough boats here.” A California-based broker with a European brokerage firm attended both shows this year, as she had last year. When I bumped into her in Antigua, she was too busy to talk, but offered this comment when I asked what she thought of the St. Maarten show: “I won’t go back. For people from Europe or the West Coast, it’s just too much to do both.” Another high-profile broker from a European-based house stopped me on the dock in Antigua to say she was having a great show. When I noted that I didn’t recall seeing many of her company’s boats in St. Maarten and asked if there a conscious decision to attend Antigua instead, she noted that she did have boats represented there – three. To Antigua’s 21. True for most non-brokers at these kinds of shows, I did most of my networking at the parties and they were all splendid. The official St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibition party was grand, despite the rain. And the “opening” party in Antigua (held the second night) was also terrific, despite the news of Rupert Deverteuil’s sudden death. (Devertiuel was a major organizer of the show and Antigua resident. Read more on page A11). Still, in the months before the shows, I had to make a judgment call to book hotel rooms and airline flights. I decided to spend four days in St. Maarten and host our Bridge luncheon there. I scheduled just one day in Antigua. My perception was wrong, too. Contact Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.

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Bridge: Wouldn’t it be cool to cruise the Caribbean in summer? THE BRIDGE, from page A1 you need service out of the water and you’re here, you don’t have a whole lot of options.” But there’s more to the Caribbean than St. Maarten. “When I have input with my charter clients on cruising, I tell them to get on at St. Vincent and head down to the Grenadines, Bequia, Tobago Cay,” one captain said. “There’s a great little place in St. Vincent and the Grenadines where we drop anchor and tie up to palm trees and watch the sun set. Then the noises of the night come out and the guests always say ‘wow, this is amazing.’ ” The captain wouldn’t reveal this secret anchorage. “Do you ever think that we rush the season?” one captain asked of the others. “It would be kind of cool to come down in February and leave in June.” “Yeah, but everybody [charter guests] wants to be here for Christmas.” “I love it down here from June to September,” another said. “The bestkept secret is this place in summer.” They discussed how insurance

Each month, The Triton invites eight megayacht captains to lunch to talk about industry issues and trends. Our goal is to create a forum for the professionals in this industry. Sure, there has been some venting, but with that has come brainstorming and some interesting conversation. The lunches also allow professional captains to meet each other and talk, an important task that gets lost amid everyone’s busy schedules. If you are a megayacht captain and would like to attend a future lunch, contact Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton. com. Most lunches are held in Ft. Lauderdale but we have held them in other places when we travel, including Newport, R.I. , Antibes and St. Maarten. Be part of the conversation and meet your colleagues.

Attendees of The Triton’s January Bridge luncheon were, from left, Butch Vogelsand of M/Y Charisma, Carol Benbrook of M/Y Lady Joy, Ed Featherstone of M/Y Big Eagle, John Tucker of M/Y Mary Ann, Mark Howard of M/Y Huntress, and Jack McKay of M/Y Harmony. Lunch was held at Jimbo’s Rock & Blues Cafe in Simpson Bay Marina in St. Maarten. PHOTO/LUCY REED

companies often charge higher premiums for yachts that have itineraries in hurricane-prone areas, but several noted that insurers will forego the added premium if the yacht has a hurricane plan. “Go south to Venezuela. It takes two days.” “You could be sitting in Newport or New York and get clobbered by a hurricane, too.” Still, the charter industry has to go where guests want to go, and in summer, they want to be in New England, the Med and other places that are inhospitable in winter. ad.qxd 9/14/2005 4:53 PM Page 1 “But if someone could convince

them that it’s cooler here than in Boston in the summer, they’d come.” So what issues arise in other destinations popular with charter guests in the Caribbean? “In St. Thomas, you’ve got the ANOA and the 96-hour rule,” one captain said of the U.S. Coast Guard-required advanced notice of arrival. “And in the BVI you have anchor restrictions.” “Yeah, but in the BVI, you can go anywhere you want, even when the weather is bad,” another said. “You can’t do that here [in St. Maarten].” The conversation kept coming back to the islands that were top-of-mind

during this week of the Caribbean charter yacht shows: St. Maarten and Antigua. “It’s just so difficult to get anything done down there [in Antigua].” “The past couple of years, we’ve been coming directly here from the Med,” one captain said. “The trip here from the States is no fun. “A lot of yachts in this world never go to the states and they manage to get their work done. There’s no need to go unless you’ve got to get hauled.” “I like St. Maarten for the ease of getting replacement parts, provisioning, getting people in and out,” another captain said. “It’s very user friendly for yachts. It’s not a cruising ground, but it’s a wonderful place to prepare for a cruise.” “I think St. Maarten as a cruising ground could be explored a little more.” One captain asked the others what they thought about the rash of muggings that have been reported by crew near the marinas in St. Maarten. “The marinas are fine; it’s the walking on the street that’s the problem,” one captain noted. “There are signs up at customs and immigration not to walk alone,” another said. “They suggest you walk in groups of five or six because the bandits are in groups of four or five.” “The real problem,” one captain said, “is that the police don’t care.” “It’s economic suicide for St. Maarten if they don’t do something about it,” said another. As for the show, one captain suggested organizers set aside a dedicated time for vendors. “I want to get their stuff, but not when I’m talking to a broker.” Contact Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.

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Playing with speed job now is to ﬁnish it. Bilges, pumps and tanks were ﬁrst; the engines are next. His team will engineer the entire interior, converting the race boat into a pleasure craft by adding a cabin, galley and dinette. It sells for about $1.2 million.

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One of the world’s fastest powerboats – certainly one of ‘Nothing fancy’ the most interesting designs – is being built in Ft. Lauderdale. She’ll run with inline C18 Through a construction Caterpillars, twin 1,015 hp contract with ICE Marine engines that should give it speed of the United Kingdom, Ft. of between 60 and 70 knots, Lauderdale’s Mango Marine has according to the ICE Web site. expanded its 5-year-old repair And she’ll have direct drive and refit business to include through Arneson surface drives. boat building. All the components are “off the The Bladerunner 51, shelf,” Chamberlain notes. a fiberglass hull of Lorne “There’s nothing fancy here,” Campbell design, was built last he said. “No supercharging, no year to challenge the Round nothing.” Britain record of just less than The expected speeds – and 31 hours. She beat it in August indeed documented speeds by more than 3-and-a-half in excess of 120 mph on the hours. Bladerunner 35 powered with Walking into the dusty 3.0 Mercury racing engines – are workshop off I-95 at State Road “testament to the efficiency of 84, observers can tell right away this hull,” he said. the boat is unique. Bladerunner The fiberglass hull of the Bladerunner 51 was designed by Lorne Campbell, the naval “I’ve done some research and is an “air entrapment monohull,” architect who is head of design at ICE Marine. Campbell has designed boats that have 100 I can’t find another diesel engine according to the ICE Marine race wins and 20 world and national championships. PHOTO COURTESY OF MANGO MARINE boat that can do the same Web site (www.icemarine.com). speed.” The narrow hull creates less A 1-minute video on www.icemarine. compress it, lifting the boat a bit as it Chamberlain, co-owner of MMI Boat friction in the water, but the narrower com shows the Bladerunner 35 rides and adding a cushioning effect. Building. the hull, the less stable the ride. So this practically floating over the water at While it draws about three-andChamberlain kneels beside the boat has pontoons, if you will, to give a-half feet at the dock, it draws only completed hull, molded and cut at it a bit of a trimaran feel. The resulting See MANGO, page A31 about two feet under way, said Damien Vectorworks Marine in Titusville. His twin tunnels let the hull take in air and

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How to know when a ‘ton’ is really a ton, and when it’s not By Leslie Lallande In the immortal words of Tennessee Ernie Ford, “You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.” Ford’s ton is 2,000 pounds of coal. This is the actual weight of the coal. The volume of the coal car that it ﬁlls is an entirely different matter. The volume is the measurement of how much it would take of anything to ﬁll the car, usually measured in a cubic measure. Tonnage is one of the least understood nautical terms. Tonnage in the nautical world is a measure of the theoretical cargo-carrying capacity of

a vessel. Important things like taxes, licenses, and construction, repair and safety requirements depend on the Gross Register Tonnage (GRT) of a vessel. These tons are in actuality units of 100 cubic feet. The displacement of a vessel, also expressed in tons, is the measurement Lallande of the weight of that vessel and is usually calculated in long tons (2,240 pounds). This

measurement in tonnage would be used in deciding what equipment might be used in hauling a boat for repairs or inspections. The only time anyone needs to know what a vessel weighs is when it’s time to haul it out of the water. It is very important that the lifting equipment be up to the task of lifting the vessel. Another area of confusion lies in differentiating between Gross Register Tonnage and Net Tonnage. Net Tonnage is used to measure the volume of a vessel after deductions for machinery spaces, living spaces, and other things. The GRT is a total

measure including the Net Tonnage. The rating for a captain’s license is based on GRT, not the actual weight of a vessel. So, the next time someone asks you what your boat weighs, you will go to your documents. When you see GRT, remember, that is not what your boat weighs. Hopefully, you will remember when a ton is a ton, and when it isn’t. Leslie Lallande is the reﬁt and service sales representative for Florida, Bahamas and the Caribbean for Global Ship Systems of Savannah, Ga. Contact him at lallande@globalshipsystems.com or 954-471-8721.

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Night Visition Technologies upgrades thermal camera The 1018i camera from Texas-based Night Vision Technologies is now available with a new thermal camera providing superior safety and imagery to boat owners. The thermal camera inside the 1018i produces an improved thermal picture. At an increased 640 x 480 pixel resolution, images are crisper than with the 160 x 120 pixel resolution capabilities of the previous model. Five lens options offer longer detection ranges and wider frames of view. Lenses are available with focal lengths of 5.8 mm to 25 mm, have ﬁeld of view options from 11 degrees to 50 degrees and can detect human activity up to 1,500 feet away. For increased security, the 1018i is capable of continuously rotating 360 degrees. The new feature allows operators to have full pan control, increasing vision and situational awareness capabilities. The pan-and-tilt camera head is remotely mounted and, unlike handheld units, it can be operated and monitored in a location protected from the harsh marine environment. Objects and activity are easily observed in total darkness, daylight or mixed light surroundings. For more information, contact Night Vision Technologies toll free at 86NIGHTNAV, through info@nvti-usa. com or at www.nvti-usa.com.

Coverguard now in small sizes Railstar Marine and Bainbridge International have recently joined forces. Bainbridge manufactures Coverguard, the blue diamondback vinyl material that is widely used as deck protection. Railstar is the new “run-off ” containment system that won second at the recent MAATS convention in Las Vegas and was ﬁrst runner-up at The Yacht Reports’ I.S.T.I.A. 2005 awards last spring. Through Railstar distributors, Coverguard will now be available in smaller, more accessible spools. The two new sizes – in 100-foot rolls of 18 inches and 12 inches – ﬁt perfectly with the Railstar System and should be popular with bosuns, engineers and interior crew alike. For more info, visit www.railstar.net or contact Railstar President Scott Van Allen at 954-465-9005.

SkyMate signs 1,500th customer Following the launch of new products for the recreational and commercial marine markets in 2005, marine satellite communications

systems provider Virginia-based SkyMate recently activated its 1,500th customer. “It has been an exciting year for SkyMate,” said company President John Tandler. “Interest in SkyMate 200, our new all-in-one system for recreational boaters, and our Fleet Manager package for professional mariners, has greatly exceeded our expectations.” SkyMate 200 with Nobeltec eChart Mariner combines Nobeltec’s eChart Mariner software with SkyMate’s global wireless satellite communications system that allows boaters to monitor navigation information, check their email and the weather. Nobeltec’s Fleet ManagerTM, powered by SkyMate, automatically downloads the latest positions of tracked vessels into Nobeltec’s Admiral navigation program. SkyMate systems are available from a network of 135 authorized dealers in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. For more information, visit www.skymate.com or call 703-636-4220.

Burger installs Delta T To ensure optimum engine performance, Burger Boats has begun installing Delta “T” Systems ventilation products on all its 500-series yacht hulls, which start at 98 feet. Burger expects to finish five or six craft this year, all of which will feature full ventilation systems that include moisture eliminators, fans and P/T4 control systems as well as smoke and fire dampers. The company has installed Delta “T” Systems components on each yacht it has built for the last several years because they are cost-effective and efficient products, according to Burger engineer Jason Allard. The P/T4 control system features greater processing power for precise fan control and faster response to changes in engine room pressure or temperature. Based in Riviera Beach, Fla., Delta “T” Systems creates engine room ventilation management products for recreational, commercial and pleasure boats. For more information, contact Delta “T” Systems at 561-848-1311, through info@deltatsystems.com or at www.deltatsystems.com.

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Movies at your fingertips By Darryl Matfin The Kaleidescape Movie Server allows the consolidation of the onboard movie collection into a single source, which can be accessed by any guest, crew member or ship’s officer aboard simultaneously. Gone are the days of finding empty video cassette or DVD cases when a guest wants to watch a movie in their stateroom. With Kaleidescape, the movie of your choice is available instantly on demand. Once you decide on the movie for the evening, it starts in a second. No more sitting through the previews, credits or warnings. Once started, the Kaleidescape acts like a normal DVD player, providing high-quality sound and picture to any television connected to the system. Fast forward, reverse and access to the entire DVD menu gives the operator a sense of familiarity. The Kaleidescape Server is available in two models, the KS3000 and the KS3500; both systems simultaneously play and sort a DVD collection by category and are capable of storing up to 660 DVDs. The KS3000 accommodates five zones, where the KS3500 accommodates up to 25 zones. Beginning in the first quarter of 2006

the Kaleidescape Server will also store and sort a music collection. The core system consists of: a Kaleidescape server, a DVD reader, a movie player (required for each additional zone), a 1-year subscription to Movie Guide Service, a 1-year subscription to Software Update Service, and a 3-year limited Hardware Warranty. In addition to storing personal DVDs, an operator can purchase collections offered by Kaleidescape to help build a video library, including the New York Times’ Best DVDs You’ve Never Seen, Just Missed or Almost Forgotten (470 titles); the Christmas Collection (50 titles); the Preschool Collection (91 titles); the Family Collection (107 titles); the Critics’ 150 undisputed “Best Movies of all Time” (150 titles); Academy Award winners for Best Picture (71 titles); Academy Award nominees for Best Picture (348 titles); The Criterion Collection Catalog “Important, classic, and contemporary films” (278 titles); and The Superbit Series (54 titles). Darrly Matfin is in marine sales with Larry Smith Worldwide, a marine electronics company with offices in Ft. Lauderdale and Riviera Beach. Contact him at dmatfin@marine-electronics. com or 954-463-6292.

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Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 390/395 Savannah, Ga. 400/NA Newport, R.I. 415/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 513/NA Trinidad 440/NA Antigua 578/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 420/NA Bermuda (St. George’s) NA/NA Cape Verde 435/NA Azores 525/NA Canary Islands 423/NA Mediterranean Gibraltar 387/NA Barcelona, Spain 528/937 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 435/950 Antibes, France 436/1,225 San Remo, Italy 530/1,280 Naples, Italy 490/1,280 Venice, Italy 490/1,300 Corfu, Greece 470/978 Piraeus, Greece 446/956 Istanbul, Turkey 417/NA Malta 397/NA Tunis, Tunisia 402/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 422/NA Sydney, Australia 410/NA Fiji 480/NA

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Boat-building deal builds yard’s business MANGO, from page A28 100 miles an hour. This ﬁrst boat is taking longer than the three months Chamberlain expects it will take once all the parts are ready. With molds still being built and the effects of Hurricane Wilma, the sixman crew have been working about a month, and they are shooting for sea trails April 1.

Doing the dirty work With this ICE contract and another with Seahawk to begin this month, Chamberlain has in the past few months become a boat builder. “It’s nice for me because I don’t have to worry about marketing and it’s nice for them because they don’t have to worry about the dirty work,” Chamberlain said. “It’s great. It allows them to be corporate types and allows us to be boat builders.” Chamberlain has never built a boat before, but when he went after the Bladerunner contract, he hired Frank Crane to manage it. Crane used to run the composite shop at Consolidated Yachts, where Chamberlain was materials manager. He’s also worked with Destiny Yachts and Rybovich on its Margaritavich series. “It’s quite a lot different from anything else around so it’s kind of fun to be doing something different,” Crane said. The fun doesn’t stop there. Chamberlain noted that the learning curve his companies are going through to produce this boat has expanded their knowledge and business. When a 120-foot megayacht needed a new hardtop, Mango Marine employees were able to use the techniques they learned working

Frank Crane, left, and Damien Chamberlain are having fun building the Bladerunner 51. PHOTO/LUCY REED on Bladerunner to meet the No. 1 criteria: make it lightweight. “We’re bringing new technology and techniques into an old-fashioned repair business,” he said. There might not be many more of these boats built in Ft. Lauderdale, though. Since Chamberlain bills out “signiﬁcantly less” for his boat-building work than his The boat beat the Round Britain record by repair business work, MMI more than 3 hours. PHOTO COURTESY OF MANGO MARINE Boat Building is scouting for more space at more affordable prices up Florida’s east coast business is secondary. Something like this just tickles the little boy in all of in places such as Stuart, Port St. Lucie us.” and Ft. Pierce. “At the end of the day, we like to play Contact Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at with boats,” Chamberlain said. “The lucy@the-triton.com. fact that we have to charge to make a

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It’s official: Study shows PropSpeed improves performance TECH BRIEFS, from page A29 Super Sport with Twin Volvo IPS Propulsion Systems. “We are very pleased with the results, but not surprised,” said PropSpeed owner Dan Delmonico. “We have been receiving these kinds of reports from our customers for years that PropSpeed improves performance. It’s nice to be able to finally say it’s official.” PropSpeed’s “foul release” formulation produces a surface that does not allow marine growth to permanently attach to running gear. It contains no copper, tin or pesticides. Developed for propellers, it can also be applied to any metal surface below the waterline including shafts, struts, rudders, trim tabs and thru hull

ﬁttings. Customers can expect service life of at least one year, although the company says many users get multiple years of service. For more information, visit www.propspeedusa.com.

Dometic launches new handler Pompano Beach-based Dometic Environmental Corp. is introducing a new series of super-quiet highperformance air handling units in 2006 for use with Marine Air chilled-water air conditioning systems. The AT/DC Series air handlers incorporate new noise reduction technology to eliminate the annoying “motor hum” that can occur when the fan is running at very slow speeds. The unit converts incoming highvoltage AC electricity to drive a high-

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Aussie boat makes U.S. debut Whittley’s famous Australian Sea Legend bluewater fishing/cruising boats will debut in time for U.S. boat shows in early 2006. The new U.S. line, called Whittley SL, will roll out with the introduction of its first model, the Whittley SL 2200. Whittley will be included in shows in Orlando, TampaSt. Pete, Pittsburgh and Chicago, as well as others where dealers are joining the Whittley organization. With production planned for Whittley’s new U.S. factory in Willacoochee, Ga., the 21-foot, 8-inch SL 2200 is rigged for serious fishing. Its open, flat cockpit floor ensures plenty of room for landing and unhooking catches. It also has optional live bait tank, bait cutting board, rod holders and marlin board/swimming platform. The SL 2200 is available with single outboard power from 150 hp to 225 hp, or 125- to 220-hp sterndrive propulsion. The boat includes a 56-gallon fuel tank. For information, contact Whittley through whittley1corey@yahoo.com or at www.whittley.com.au.

high school and college, as well as job seekers wanting a career in the maritime industry a clear pathway into the program.” For more information, contact PMI at 206-719-2801, gtrunnell@mates.org, or visit www.mates.org.

Maptech system holds all charts Maptech’s new Chart Navigator Pro enables boaters to have all their charts for the entire U.S. coastline, plus an easy-to-use method that keeps the charts up-to-date with free updates. Chart Navigator Pro includes NOAA charts – raster and vector – and Contour 3D charts with GPS Planning and Cruising software, as well as a built-in guidebook gazetteer and Internet weather overlays on the charts and a lot more. It comes on 13 DVDs at a suggested retail price of $499.95.

Bravo Delta upgrades products Bravo Delta Engineering (BDE) has recently completed a year-long research and development program to upgrade its product line. Approximately 15 printed circuit board designs were analyzed and modiﬁed with in-house, application-speciﬁc, CAD software. Special attention was given to improving the electronic system’s ability to survive high voltage spikes caused by lightning and faulty onboard electrical equipment. BDE is also focusing on surface-mount-devices technology to insure future parts availability as well as size reduction of key printed circuit boards.

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efficiency brushless DC fan motor. The fan operates across a broad range of variable fan speeds, permitting the user to select the desired level of airflow. The new air handlers also incorporate a number of improvements designed to eliminate condensate drain problems, including a sloped positive-flow drain pan and larger drain connections to reduce standing water, offset coil from drain pan edge to ensure condensation capture and a redesigned bypass valve to avoid dripping condensation. The products are available in capacities from 6,000 to 36,000 BTU. For more information, visit www.dometicenviro.com.

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A typical system uses more than 300 electronic components so emphasis was placed on standardization to simplify custom orders for Control Panels and Safety Panels. BDE also designed input port and output port indicators to facilitate troubleshooting. BDE’s design philosophy is to keep the electronics simple (no software) and easy to troubleshoot. Each system is shipped detailed schematics. Films, inks, adhesives and custom lamp manufacturing techniques for the panels themselves were all reviewed and upgraded. Special emphasis was placed on long-term ﬁlm compatibility and minimizing the long-term effects of UV rays. For information, contact BDE at 954524-2298, through info@bravodeltaeng. com or at www.bravdeltaeng.com.

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HOW TO SELL A TENDER

Warning: Your used tender isn’t worth what you think By Dave Wieldt

could both be sitting on your boats for some time. You don’t have to take my word for it, though. Here’s an example: I once sold a Novurania Equator with Volvo Penta Diesel for a prominent international megayacht brokerage. According to the broker, this boat had been on the market for two years. It had been for sale in South Florida, then in Spain, then back. I sold this boat after six months. (They nearly sold it simultaneously!) The sale price: $22,500. Book value: $48,000 based on the basic boat with no options. So, as you can see, my valuations are not based on my experience alone, or my sales skills.

Most superyacht captains are surprised by my appraisal of their 19to 22-foot diesel RIB tenders. These estimates are often far below book value, for understandable but not obvious reasons. Everyone understands that the standards in the superyacht industry are very high. Tenders are often replaced after only 5-7 years (sometimes as early as 3), while still in good or great condition. Despite the young age and great condition of these boats, they are rarely sold back onto superyachts, which almost always buy new. The only remaining market left to sell to is the pleasure-boating market. Therefore, we are taking a luxury Don’t forget the ‘sit-around’ factor rigid inflatable boat designed and built for the yachting market and Sadly, great diesel tenders are introducing it to the pleasure-boating, sitting around in yards, lots, storage run-about market. facilities, etc., Understandably, because of unrealistic It’s a tough pill to these boats would expectations. As swallow to learn that not be designed and many of us have built for that market, you might only get learned, nothing is as is. Boats such as worse for a diesel $25,000 for a boat that engine than lack of Novurania Equators and Nautica RIB Jets exercise. has a book value of with new price tags of What if it takes six $60,000. $80,000, $90,000 and months to discover more than $100,000, the true value of your can only have evolved boat if it is in good into their present form (and price) to working condition? satisfy the yachting industry, which can What condition is it in after sitting afford this level of design, luxury and for six months? quality. Due to the cost of diesel repair (especially in a compact engine The real market price compartment) sellers loathe investing any more money in this tender they So what is a pleasure-boater willing just want to be rid of. to pay for a big diesel RIB? These Of course, most buyers don’t want a pleasure boaters, incidentally, might boat with a diesel that isn’t running 100 not be the owners of Fortune 500 percent. companies, but they are still successful The result? More sitting. doctors, lawyers and business owners. It’s a tough pill to swallow to learn There is a common limit as to what that you might only get $25,000 for a they will pay for a 19- to 22-foot boat. boat that has a book value of $60,000. After selling several big diesel RIBs If I were to dream up a way to get – 19 to 22 feet, 5-10 years old, with something close to book value (and book values often over $50,000 – I can I wish this were possible), I would see a pattern. The retail sale prices say: maybe if you had a yacht-quality of these tenders are compressed to variety, and found a superyacht owner between $20,000 and $25,000. looking for a used diesel rib tender Surprised? (rare), who cannot find one already on Of course, an Internet search the Internet for half-price, you might will show you price tags suggesting get an offer close to book. otherwise. The uninitiated seller (not a If you give that a try, at least you’ll superyacht captain) may easily assume go in with your eyes wide open. that the higher price tags appearing on the Internet are evidence as to the David Wieldt, a former refit engineer value of their boat. and salesman with Esprit Nautics, now But those boats online haven’t yet owns Tender Care, a Ft. Lauderdalesold, have they? What experience do based company that sells pre-owned those sellers have selling that type of yacht tenders. Contact him at 954-854boat? 9156, dave@pre-owned-yacht-tenders. Find out before taking that com or visit www.pre-owned-yachtstranger’s appraisal to the bank. You tenders.com.

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Tiny Key deer leave a big impression By David Raterman They were miniature deer. Bambis, but not babies. Barely taller than the multicolored chickens skittering around this island in the Lower Florida Keys. “Hmmm,” my friend John said while fiddling his fingers and slurping like Hannibal Lecter. “Good enough to eat. I’m suddenly in the mood for venison soup.” John and I were squatting in front of a dozen endangered Key deer that were foraging on plants and handouts next to the Big Pine Key Lions Club. I had extended my hand in an attempt to get closer, also aware that the animals might approach because they thought I had food; near us, two tourists were tossing them popcorn even though feeding the deer is illegal. On Big Pine Key and the surrounding islands live up to 800 Key deer, a subspecies of the white-tailed deer that bound throughout much of North America. These tiny, tawny ruminants weigh around 70 pounds, with does standing only 26 inches high at the shoulders and bucks standing 30 inches high. In Saskatchewan, whitetailed deer weigh up to 250 pounds. In Ohio, they weigh about 175 pounds. The first time I had seen a Key deer was last year when I visited Big Pine as part of my revision of National Geographic’s annual travel book on Miami and the Keys. Although I’ve lived in Ft. Lauderdale for years and had seen deer-crossing signs during previous trips through the Keys, until then I hadn’t known much about them. But a bonus of revising/writing is learning. Scientists theorize that white-tailed deer migrated here when most of the Keys were connected by nature, not by the frenzied Overseas Highway (U.S. 1) that was our conduit to Key West this afternoon. When glaciers from the Wisconsin Ice Age melted 10,000 years ago, oceans rose and turned Florida’s southern highlands into islands. All creatures that couldn’t swim or fly were stranded. Adapting over the millennia to their subtropical habitat and its less nutritional foods (Key deer drink brackish water. Is that healthy?), the species shrank in size. In numbers it shrank after Europeans and Americans conquered the islands – perhaps the Indians contributed, too – so that by 1957, when the 8,600-acre National Key Deer Refuge was established, only 27 Key deer were living. Now there are more than 300. Except not having antlers, they look like reindeer in a suburban Christmas scene. Two of the animals coyly sauntered toward my outstretched hand, then stopped three feet away and stared.

Key deer are related to white-tailed deer found in North America. They weigh barely a quarter of their Canadian relatives. PHOTO/DAVID RATERMAN One was a fawn and I guessed the other was its mother. But since bucks had lost their antlers a couple of months earlier, I had learned, I wasn’t sure. The fawn’s coat was dappled black, gray and white and its mom’s was lightbrown. When being petted downward, the coats probably felt like velvet. Upward, like the stiff bristles of a hairbrush. The mom wrinkled her nose at me, perhaps to conﬁrm that her eyes saw no food in my hand. “Sorry,” I said. “It’s illegal.” In the wild, Key deer eat the leaves and/or fruits of 200 plant species, including palmettos, thatch palms and red, white and black mangroves. Not popcorn. Handouts not only provide an unnatural diet, which affects long-term health, but they also draw the animals

If you go To reach Big Pine Key by car, drive south on U.S. 1 until you approach Mile Marker 30 then follow signs to National Key Deer Refuge (turning west onto Key Deer Boulevard). The Big Pine Key Lions Club – around which the Key deer often congregate, especially at dawn and dusk – stands near Key Deer Boulevard’s terminus. The National Key Deer Refuge’s Visitor Center is located in the strip mall off Key Deer Boulevard. The refuge’s address is 28950 Watson Blvd. and its phone number is (305) 872-0774. For more information visit http:// nationalkeydeer.fws.gov.

onto the island’s back roads, where many are still killed by vehicles. Along U.S. 1, as it crosses Big Pine, fences and underpasses were completed in 2003, reducing the fatality rate with cars to one a year instead of the average 19. We returned to the car, blasted the air conditioning, and began our Big Pine denouement by driving back over Key Deer Boulevard. For several miles we traveled through hardwood hammocks, which are dense like a jungle, and through desert-like pine rockland, but not through the island’s third habitat of freshwater wetlands/ sloughs. Overhead we saw magnificent birds soaring, and wondered if they were bald eagles. In addition to the Key deer, on Big Pine live several endangered and threatened animals such as the bald eagles, the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, the silver rice rat and occasionally even the American crocodile. Other residents include alligators, Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, hognose snakes and raccoons. The 16-square-mile island has 5,000 human residents and we soon reached their first subdivision, where Little Leaguers, fishermen, Protestant ministers, pizza delivery guys, artists and businesswomen lived. We turned into the subdivision to see if we’d see some more deer. After turning, two deer immediately bounded past us from the back yard of a ranch-style house with a pool and into the hardwood hammock on the other side of the road. We drove 50 yards farther and saw several more of America’s tiniest deer, then we turned around and drove back to the main road. It seems the Key deer have adapted to more than subtropical weather and less-nutritious food. David Raterman is a freelance writer based in Ft. Lauderdale. Contact him through editorial@the-triton.com.

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Prizes were awarded for ﬁrst through fourth place, longest drive and best performance on hole No. 18 at Hillcrest Country Club.

Captains enjoy debut of Masters Golf Tournament Forty-five captains and 18 sponsors turned out for the Allied Richard Bertram Platinum Group’s Inaugural Masters Golf Tournament, held before the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show in late October. Tournament hosts Wes Sanford, John Booysen and Tommy Thompson could not have been more pleased with both the pedigree of the tournament sponsors and the participating captains. Thanks to generous sponsors, who contributed cash, prizes, and/or goods by sponsoring an individual hole, the event at Hillcrest Country Club in Hollywood was free (even including a bit of tequila). Early arrivals were treated to complimentary driving range and putting privileges plus a light lunch. The tournament, which went off via shotgun start, began at 1 p.m. Players of many skill levels participated. One foursome of firsttimers may have set course records for the most swings taken through 18 holes but never lost sight of the fun. Each player in that group received a free lesson with course pro David Cage. The best scores were 79 and 82, and both golfers admitted they gave up a few balls at No. 18’s island green. The $25,000 hole-in-one prize on the 14th hole went unclaimed, though several captains came within a few feet. One captain did manage a hole-in-one, but it went “in the bloody big hole, with all of the water in it,” which did not qualify him for the cash. Participants concluded the evening’s festivities with an awards banquet at the 19th hole. Capt. Rod Haskell won the grand prize of a golf and spa getaway to the new Emerald Cay Four Seasons Resort in Georgetown, Great Exuma. The marina is finally open, but Haskell won’t have to worry about it as

he and his wife received airfare as part of the two-night, three-day prize. The foursome with the lowest average score, led by Capt. Downing at 89, received a free round of golf at the Hillcrest Country Club and new gloves. Other notable winners: Capt. Scott Sanders, second place, won a Yamaha Receiver and DVD player; Capt. Tim Picton, third place, won a new putter; Capt. William Roberts, fourth place, won a new driver. Sean Cassidy and Rod Haskell shared longest drive honors on hole Nos. 15 and 4, respectively. Whitney Reiter of M/Y Positive Carry bested the brutal 18th hole by hitting the island green in 2 shots. Bryce Simpson won a Leatherman Wave from B.O.W. Worldwide Yacht Supply. Several golfers received $50 gift certificates to Outback Steakhouse. And one captain, who shall remain nameless, qualified by nomination for the snorkeling gear as he spent more time in the water hazard than he did on the greens. Plans are being made for the second annual Masters Tournament, two weeks before next year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Captains can pre-register by visiting the ARBMG office or calling Booysen or Sanford at (954) 467-8405. Tournament organizers offer special thanks to: prime hole sponsors Key Bank (Hole No. 1) and 7 Star Yacht Transport (No. 10); Nautica for supplying the gift bags for all golfers; and to Emerald Cay for supplying the grand prize. Companies interested in participating as sponsors in next year’s tournament or the quarterly “Docktail Parties” should contact Booysen or Sanford. Story and photo courtesy of Allied Richard Bertram.

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In the two months since the yachting industry’s largest health insurer was banned from writing new or renewal policies in Florida, several crew have written Miami maritime attorney Michael Karcher for advice. Following are a few of the letters and his replies. The identities of the crew members are being withheld. Mr. Karcher, I am the captain on a foreign-flagged private yacht with a crew of six. I read your article in The Triton [“Vessel, owner responsible for crew health, too,” page A13, November 2005] and would like some more information. How can I find out specifics about the vessel’s responsibility? What governing body is stating these requirements? What distinguishes between shore leave and vacation when the vessel is in port for several months straight and the crew gets each weekend off? If they go to Orlando for the weekend, are they on vacation? What if they only go to Miami? You mentioned not having to pay deductibles while in service to the ship if you fall ill. Does this apply to my personal health insurance or only insurance that the vessel has obtained for me? I would like to go to the owner about getting insurance for the crew or

just making sure he is aware of the law, but I want to be sure of my facts. Dear captain, A lot of these issues concerning health care and the vessel’s responsibility are matters of Maritime Law. The “governing law” is the general Maritime Law of the United States and that of the flag state of the vessel, depending where the claim is made. I do not have a hard and fast line between shore leave and vacation, such as a weekend vs. a week off. If you are going back to your hometown, it sounds like vacation. If you are in a strange port, more often then not it is considered shore leave. If you are going some distance from the boat for an extended period of time, it sounds like vacation. The more time and distance may make the difference between shore leave and vacation. (How it is designated in the ship’s log or whether you are paid may make a difference as well.) I admit that this is not a very clear answer as most of this is determined by case law and circumstances. The duty owed by the vessel regarding health care is one of providing “cure” or medical benefits and it is not subject to deductibles. Having said that, obviously there is a balancing act between how much you want to bother the owners by seeking payment of deductibles. This should be something that can be laid out ahead of time in some sort of crew contract or ship’s health plan. Dear Mr. Karcher, I’m employed on a yacht as an independent contractor. I was given a contract to sign that basically states I’m responsible for my own medical, liability and worker’s comp insurance. I did not sign the contract nor did they ever ask for it. I was wondering how this relates to the “maintenance and cure” you wrote about. Is my employer legally responsible for anything? Dear crew member, The short answer is that as a member of the ship’s crew you are entitled to receive maintenance and cure benefits if you are injured in the course and scope of your employment. They (your employers) cannot contract themselves out of this obligation. Dear Mr. Karcher, My wife and I are a captain/ stewardess team aboard a foreignflagged motoryacht. We are U.S. citizens and own property in three states, all of which are leased out. We receive our mail and have it forwarded from a service in Ft. Lauderdale. I have a driver’s license from one state and my wife has a Florida driver’s license. I suppose this makes us “residents” of Florida. Independently of our employers, we have since

1998 maintained individual medical insurance policies with IMG. I am concerned about the recent articles in The Triton regarding IMG doing business in Florida, particularly with regard to acceptance by physicians now that they are banned from signing new business in Florida, and also with regard to future renewal options. In addition, I read with great interest your article on the responsibilities of the vessel toward its crew insofar as providing for “maintenance and cure” for illness or injury incurred while in service to the vessel, on or off duty. If understood correctly and this is the sole responsibility of the vessel, why then should we maintain medical insurance policies at all? Would it not make more sense for the vessel owner to insure himself buy providing medical insurance policies for the entire crew? Am I missing something here? Dear captain, You are correct that the yacht owners are responsible for providing maintenance and cure for illness or injury to crew occurred while in the service of the vessel. Having said that, there are reasons why you may wish to have your own medical insurance. First, maintenance and cure generally does not include routine preventative medical examinations. Second, it is generally more of a pain to make a claim against the vessel for minor illness (cold, ﬂues, etc.) or other minor treatment. Maintenance and cure is often handled like a liability claim, rather than a health care or routine insurance matter. Also, if you are on vacation and “out of the service of the vessel” then the vessel’s maintenance and cure policy would not apply. An owner may also provide medical insurance, similar to a shore-side employer, which covers you for all medical treatment. By having your own policy or having the vessel owner provide or pay for such a medical insurance policy, it would cover any gaps in coverage, such as when one is away from the vessel for an extended period of time, at home, or between jobs. By having your own policy, you know exactly what your coverage is and you are not depending on someone else administering the policy. There may be some overlapping coverage, but you want to make sure there are no gaps in coverage. Review the policies to see just what you are covered for and what you are not. This is something to review with your insurance agent or yacht manager as to what coverage you have or want, and examine before someone gets sick or hurt. Contact attorney Michael R. Karcher at 305-661-2888 or mrk@UKandK.com.

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Covering for the chef unsettling Well, I have been on board for a few weeks now and things are still excellent. Well, almost. The other day the real chef – let’s call him “Cheffy” – had to go to the beach to cook a BBQ for the guests so I was left alone in the galley. Eek. First I went and got my iPod and whacked the volume up and listened to some of my music. (Cheffy likes things like Spanish guitar and ﬂamenco jazz. Help.) Before Cheffy went to the beach, we bought some live lobsters, They were lively little fellows so killing them was quite hard. Thank God I didn’t have to do it or watch, but I could hear. Cheffy got a large, sharp knife to put straight through the brain. Needless to say, they die instantly. He lined up the knife, then decided to use a machete instead. Remember, I couldn’t see any of this, just hear it. The next thing I hear is this huge crack and pieces of lobster shell go ﬂying all over the galley. OK, I’m thinking, at least the poor lobster is out of its misery. Until I hear Cheffy utter “Damn it. I missed.” Turned out the knife was the better option after all. The next three lobsters had it easy. Then we had to break the lobsters apart. You’d think being dead this would be easy. No such luck. The nerves

were going crazy and their tails were beating against my hand. It’s a rather unsettling feeling when you just have the back half of a lobster in your hand. I finally packed Cheffy off to the beach. My job was to roast the lobster heads, then boil them for hours to make a bisque. Only the saucepan I needed to boil them was being used to make chicken stock. It contained lots of murky water with a whole chicken floating around in it. I had to strain the stock so I started by fishing out the bird. I used some tongs and picked it up and everything fell off. So I put the body in a bowl and started to pick out the thighs, wings, etc. I thought I’d got it all out, but I could see one last thing in the bottom through the murk. In went the tongs to pick it out and it was a foot, complete with claws and everything. Augh. I nearly threw up. I am really beginning to question my current career. I think I might stick to cooking for crew where the budget doesn’t cover lobster and I can use skinless, boneless perky little breasts and Bisto. Enjoy that Christmas turkey. Don’t forget the stock. Jay Duffield Second Chef

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For the second year, David and Lucy Reed, publisher and editor of The Triton, hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for yacht crew stuck in Ft. Lauderdale without family. About 15 crew attended the dinner at their home, including deckhand Thomas Yochem, left, who acted as disc jockey with the Reeds’ daugher, Kenna. That’s David, above, second from left.

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Merry Christmas from Lauderdale Capt. Scotty Roberson wrote this while meandering down the New River on Christmas Eve in TowBoatU.S. No. 3. ‘Twas the day before Christmas and all through the town, not a creature was stirring, boats and yards all shut down. The travelifts are empty, the haul-out slips bare. The gate guards have all got that thousand-yard stare. Deck brushes are put away, hoses are stowed. Everyone went north to see family and snow. No yacht brokers’ parties, no crumpets and tea. No one on the river but the No. 3 boat and me. But hark! What is this? Around the bend, an odd noise. Could it be Santa in his sleigh boat, ﬁlled with all kinds of toys? I peek around the corner, trying to be cool. No, it’s not Santa; it’s Peterson Fuel. Like two busy elves we exchange our hellos. I toss him a koozie and outbound I go. At Jackson, no movement. It’s quiet as a mouse. I wave to Sam in the CSX Bridge House. LMC’s peaceful on this preRoberson Christmas day. No one to wave to so I’m on my way. Ahoy to the Newcastle, secure in the shed, while visions of pints dance in their heads. The Isles are decorated with garland and wreaths. Frosty waves at me from under one of the eaves. The tide picks up as I pass under Davie, round River Reach and by Classy Lady. No ducks at Ducksville, just a big blue bird. I wish him Merry Christmas but he won’t say a word. I round Bayliner Point and what do I see? A sailboater’s dingy and three manatee. Some say they are sea cows but I disagree; They’re Dasher and Prancer and Donner to me. As J.Q. goes by, we each throw a wave and pass on our wishes for a Happy Christmas Day. As I come ‘round 11 and head toward Bahia Mar, there’s a light in the sky. Could it be the Christmas Star? No, it’s a plane coming in from the east, bringing snowbirds in time for their holiday feast. Now the boats are all washed and tucked in their slips. The captains are taking their holiday nips. In town there’s a feeling of good Christmas cheer, for we all know that St. Nick soon will be here. From the beach to Bradford, it’s a wonderful sight. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

Industry not only needs voice, but a show Regarding your coverage of this year’s Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show, I think it’s time for a truly “international” boat show in the great state of Florida. If you were to ask the rest of the world whether it is time, I’ll bet you would find a few takers. That is all it takes to start something. Granted, in the face of some tough odds, the folks managed to fulfill their obligation to put a place together for some exhibitors and boats to come to. It’s not rocket science. That takes place further up the coast and, last time I checked, still goes out to the lowest qualified bidder. Wait a second, there is no bidding process for this event, just the same old, same old. OK, it’s not the Olympics. The event may not warrant an Olympic committee. However, this Floridian – a member of the yachting community, a licensed yacht salesman and a licensed master – does not mind writing out loud that there is room for both a public apology and sympathetic comment to the Rest of the World for the poor customer service dished out at The Business Manager/Circulation Peg Soffen, peg@the-triton.com Administrative Assistant Samantha Smith, sam@the-triton.com

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Show. I have heard it said that it’s not a good idea to bite the hand that feeds you. When you have been fed so much, I guess you stop caring. Careful. Count your blessings. Ask yourselves if you are working in the best interest of your community, your fellow Floridian, your fellow yachtsman, your world. If you’re not, well, Darwin’s theory of evolution and something about survival of the ﬁttest might prevail. Capt. Herb Magney

Business owners responsible We agree 100 percent with the comments made in the captain’s lunch criticizing businesses that send less-than-qualified employees to do the work [From the Bridge: “Megayacht capital’s crown tarnished, but still there,” page A1, November 2005]. We used to send our employees to finish jobs, but not anymore. We go out together for the estimate and we finish the job together. If we have two jobs, we schedule them one after the Contributing Editor Lawrence Hollyfield Contributors Carol Bareuther, Mark A. Cline, Eng. Gary Dixon, Jay Duffield, Elite Crew Intl, Don Grimme, Carl Hallberg, First Mate Brad Helton, Jack Horkheimer, Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, Capt. Craig Jones, Michael Karcher, Lisa H. Knapp, Leslie Lallande, Darryl Matfin, Donna Mergenhagen, Mary Miller, Wendy Ogle, Jeff Ostrowski, Steve Pica, David Raterman, Rossmare Intl., Wes Sanford, James Schot, Pat Teodosio, Capt. Mike Travers, Maya White, David Wieldt

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Don’t burn your bridges when leaving jobs Spit and Polish By Lisa H. Knapp

ost business relationships eventually come to an end. Whether that relationship ends amicably is largely up to the employee and how he or she handles the transition from one job to another. When it’s time to move on, it’s important to be professional and not burn bridges. Before resigning, take time to talk to the boss, be that captain or owner. If an employee is just looking around to see what other opportunities exist, the boss may ask what can be changed at the workplace to create a new opportunity to keep that person, said Susan Brothers, director of human resources at Allied Richard Bertram Marine Group.

“Be honest, but don’t say you didn’t get along, especially if it was just one incident at the end.” – Doria Castle, director of student services, Chapman’s School of Seamanship

“It can open a dialogue instead of closing a door,” she said. Of course, telling the boss the truth may result in severing the tie more quickly, too. Sometimes crew are released immediately upon receiving their notice, said Capt. Craig Tafoya, former skipper of the 316foot M/Y Limitless. If resigning is necessary, do so tactfully and give as much notice as possible, leaving the captain or owner sufﬁcient time to ﬁnd a suitable replacement. Offer to train a replacement to make the transition smoother, said Heather Gill, placement coordinator for engineers, mates and deckhands at Crew Unlimited in Newport. When interviewing for that next position, be careful not to say anything negative about a previous employer, even if there’s a legitimate axe to grind. “Dwelling on negatives gives people a bad feeling all around,” Brothers said, adding that the employee should instead focus on what they have to offer. “Be honest, but don’t say you didn’t get along,

especially if it was just one incident at the end,” said Doria Castle, director of student services at Chapman’s School of Seamanship in Stuart, Fla. And don’t forget that many captains know each other. “When someone says, ‘The captain was an idiot, so I left,’ or ‘The captain’s girlfriend or wife is a jerk,’ I take that resume and throw it away,” Tafoya said. Avoid sounding like a bad apple. The captain must be doing something right or he wouldn’t be in his position, Tafoya said. Don’t lie, but ﬁnd a good reason for parting. Say something nebulous such as “The season’s over and I’m looking for a new experience or advancement,” Castle said. If you were ﬁred, be honest, Brothers said. “You can always say, ‘We agreed to disagree.’ If

something is uncomfortable, you’re better off putting it in your own terms than having the new employer find out otherwise.” Contact freelance writer Lisa H. Knapp at lisa@the-triton.com.  Before resigning, talk to the boss  When resigning, give as much notice as possible  Offer to train your replacement  When interviewing, don’t talk negative about a previous employer  Don’t lie, but find a good reason for parting  If you were fired, be honest and say so

January 2006

HOW I GOT MY START IN YACHTING

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From law enforcement to yachting; from a job to a passion By First Mate Brad Helton July 2, 1999, was a Friday. I was sitting in a courtroom that afternoon in a coat and tie, sending a kid to jail for 10 years for selling crack cocaine. Monday morning, I was walking onto an 83-foot Hatteras at Block Island, R.I., introducing myself to the owner’s wife as the yacht’s new mate. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds. I’ve spent my life dreaming of working on and becoming captain of, a yacht and I kept that dream alive through adolescence, college and an eight-year career as a law enforcement ofﬁcer.

I grew up on inland lakes in Georgia and South Carolina and have always been around boats (of course, nothing like the ones I’m around now). After graduating college in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and sociology, I Helton wanted to ﬁnd a house on the lake where I lived, Rock Hill, S.C. But that was not possible on the income of a wet-behind-the-ears probation ofﬁcer, so I did the next best

thing. I bought a beat-up houseboat and lived literally on the lake. That’s where my true journey began. My career was in law enforcement, but boating was a way of life for me. I took a part-time job with a local houseboat broker (more so to help ﬁnance the houseboat I bought from him) and learned what I thought was a lot about boating. In a few years, a position opened in Beaufort County and I jumped. This was my big break to see what the ocean was all about. I sold my houseboat and bought a 36-foot cabin cruiser that I lived on in Hilton Head for the next two and a half years.

While moving up from probation officer to supervisor of five field agents and agency instructor, I took a parttime job on a dinner cruise/dolphin tour boat to increase the tonnage on my captain’s license. I earned my OUPV some years before from sea time claimed on my own boats. The yachts I saw come in and out of Harbor Town Marina in Hilton Head fascinated me and I knew I someday would figure out a way to get a job on one of those huge boats. My last year of employment with the state was spent day dreaming of doing just that. One day in 1999, tired of getting my life threatened daily for little money, I started surfing the Internet. A friend had suggested I register with a crew agency and the first one I found was Bob Saxon, now Camper & Nicholsons. I registered online and got a phone call. Stephanie Billingsly interviewed me over the phone; I had never even set foot in Ft. Lauderdale. I had no clue to what extent this world existed. I told her my goal. Less than two weeks later, she connected me with a captain who offered me a job as a mate on that 83foot Hatteras. I spent five months on that yacht learning the ins and outs before getting a job as a mate/engineer on a 92-foot Hatteras. I was there for a little over a year when the owner sold that yacht to buy a 150-foot Christensen and I got the job of bosun’s mate. I stayed with that owner and captain for three years and learned a lot about yachting. I think that was my best training in the ways of luxury yachting. The captain had the crew on site while the new boat was still being built and we all learned everything about the boat. As I worked as bosun’s mate, I completed numerous MCA and Coast Guard classes to advance my credentials, and at the same got to travel to some wonderful places. Until I was 30 years old, I had never been any farther north than Virginia, and no farther west than Alabama, and had only been to Florida a few times as a child. Now I was traveling all over the place. Another year went by; the captain knew I was ready to move on. He got word that a new 155-foot Christensen was being built, and he gave me a recommendation for the first mate’s position. I have been here over a year and a half and could not be happier. I’m living my dream, but at the start I was scared to death. I gave up a secure government job for the unknown. I said goodbye to inland friends and gave up the comfort of being near family. But my parents were supportive and I took a leap of faith to follow my dream. I set my goals long ago. It just took eight years to get the guts to chase them. How did you get your start in yachting? Send your story to lucy@the-triton.com. Who knows? You might inspire someone.

January 2006

THE AFTERLIFE: LIFE AFTER YACHTING

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Being a captain was cool; Being a dad? That’s V-Kool By Lisa H. Knapp Capt. Scott Frischhertz grew up sailing, fishing and hunting in New Orleans. When he graduated from college in 1984 with a degree in construction engineering, he left the Big Easy for an engineering position in Tampa. But Frischhertz quickly found his way back to the water and began making sailboat deliveries to the Bahamas and Caribbean. He got licensed and started running sailboats in 1993, and later ran M/Y Carib Queen, a 91-foot Broward, with his wife, Hilary. He stayed with the same owner for 10 years and supervised the construction of a new Carib Queen, a 100-foot tri-deck built in Brazil during 1997. Frischhertz enjoyed running the charter yacht with his wife, who left the boat in 2002 for the birth of their first child. Hilary capitalized on the floral arrangement skills she honed on Carib Queen and soon started her own business, Yacht Flowers, in Ft. Lauderdale. Frischhertz had always wanted to open his own business, too, but

A conversation with a charter guest turned into the needed springboard that vaulted Scott Frischhertz into a more family-friendly career. wasn’t sure what path to take. He contemplated how to leave the yacht and make a good living onshore with his family. “I didn’t want to miss T-ball,” Frischhertz said, but he couldn’t afford to accept offers with construction companies in the $50,000 range, either. During a charter in the Exumas, Frischhertz spent time with a guest, Marty Watts. They discussed the heat generated by sun in the pilot house. Watts’ company, V-Kool, manufactured a clear ﬁlm that rejects solar heat. Frischhertz was impressed with the product and saw V-Kool as the perfect opportunity to marry his experience and education in engineering and subcontracting with his yachting See AFTERLIFE, page B5

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Reach into the future in the kitchen of today Welcome to the future, yacht chefs. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season tempered with lots of cheer. This year will bring some really innovative products to the forefront and all are the new rage on the culinary scene. I hope that you make use of them as I am doing to create new dishes or improve old ones. What will we CULINARY WAVES see this year in MARY BETH the ever-changing LAWTON JOHNSON world of culinary technology? I can promise you it is exciting. Research kitchens are the newest rage, and the food scientists and technologists at the helm are not just some “white coat, pen-bearing geeks” but rather top-notch chefs who are putting out the new-age products for us to experiment with. One such product is Activa. It was a long time in the making for this one. It is in use now on cruise ships and some daring yacht chefs and land-based

chefs are having fun with it. Two of the chefs who brought it to the forefront with his unique molecular cooking is Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck in London and Chef Dufresne of WD-50. They both use it to do away with waste products and create new cuisine such as his shrimp noodles made out of real shrimp. Activa is transglutaminase, an enzyme, made by Ajininomoto USA. It restructures proteins and is also a glue. Yes, a protein glue that tenderizes at the same time and infuses ﬂavor. It comes in a powder form and is sprinkled on the meat item in use. One of the representatives from the company called me to explain his product used only on proteins. “You can slice several different meats and use Activa to glue them together to make one product,” the rep said. “An example of this process is, say you have some end cuts of meat that you are not sure what to do with. Why not take them, slice them thin and put them together to form a whole new different product? You could take a lesser cut of meat such as a short rib of beef that has

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St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibition sure smells good By Lucy Chabot Reed Chef Philippe Degrois was all prepped and ready for the judges at the St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibition. He and 19 other yacht chefs were competing for the prestigious Concours de Chefs, sponsored by ShowBoats International magazine. The six judges were due on board at 9:30 a.m. and Degrois had been in his galley since 6, prepping. He was ready to prepare Antilles mangusta (Caribbean lobster) with a spicy herb salsa. At 9:15, he was ready, but couldn’t yet begin. His dish was designed to be cooked quickly and served immediately. At 9:23, he turned on his burners to heat his skillets. At 9:25, a stewardess came into the galley to tell Degrois that the judges were going to another boat first and might be as long as 30 minutes late. “No, they will be here,” he said, cool as a cucumber. 9:27, the judges board the yacht. 9:33, “OK, I’m going to go,” Degrois said, and began pan-searing the lobster. 9:33:30, a stewardess re-entered the galley to announce the judges had toured the salon and were sitting at the table. They would be ready in 5 minutes. As impressed as the observers were at Degrois’ composure, he let not a beat pass before beginning to cook the salsa. Within five minutes, six plates were arranged, photos had been taken and the meal was being served. Finally, Degrois took a big swig of water and let out a smile. This would be his first big judging event. “I don’t like being judged,” he said. “It takes away the pleasure.” Degrois grew up following his

mother and grandmother around their kitchen, helping and tasting everything. By the time he was 12, he had decided to become a chef. “The choice you make young is what you stay with a long time,” he said. He also grew up sailing, earning

an appearance at the European championships in his class, though he did not win. Throughout his culinary studies and work, sailing was his escape. He hadn’t thought to marry the two until he managed to get a ﬁvemonth stint on S/Y Antarctica, the

120-foot (36m) expedition yacht lead by Jean-Louis Etienne, the famous French adventurer. When Degrois’ adventure ended in South America, he set off on his own to discover that region and to learn a new language. He would eventually ﬁnd

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Food developments to anticipate in ’06 WAVES, from page B6 to be cooked a long time, shave it thin, and glue all the shavings together and the finished product looks and tastes like a filet but without the cost and the long time to cook it. Activa restructures the proteins to tenderize them. It’s not Kobe beef but sure tastes like it. It is a chemical bond so it lasts indefinitely. You can now create rolled products without the trussing or using caul fat, another great benefit for chefs.” We talked for more than 30 minutes and I ordered some samples to try as I encourage others to do as well. I have listed the email address at the bottom of this column. One sushi chef at a technology convention took thin slices of white fish, tuna and salmon and glued them together, sliced on the bias and had a magnificent. colorful sushi roll. The finished product is safe to eat, has no side effects and looks as though it was made that way, not glued together. This product has to be refrigerated and either put in a vacuum sealed bag or zip-top bag to remove air overnight, the only drawback. None of the three products have posed any allergy concerns in tests. Used together to form your creative meals and keep innovation at your fingertips, Activa is sure to be the hottest item of 2006.  Activa FP is for meat and poultry

restructuring. Used primarily as a ﬂavor/enzyme combination.  Activa RM is designed to restructure muscle foods such as red meat, poultry and seafood.  Activa GB is formulated to bond meat products and improves a food’s gelling characteristics. As we speak, the company is working on an enzyme for use with vegetables. Free samples of either 1 lb or 100 grams can be ordered online at www. ajinomoto-usa.com or by calling 1-800456-4666.

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What’s in store for flavorful foods? Flavor Profiling. Did you know that there are computer programs out there that can tell food scientists exactly what flavor molecules are in a strawberry so that they can cross reference them with other food items to pair them perfectly? Is this what our food will be like this year, an exact science in taste? Now our meals and desserts will be correctly matched to one another, taking the guessing game out of what goes well with what. Here are some other fascinating products that are new to the culinary arena for 2006.  Food extracts and essences in powder form. This is food that is reduced to powder form to create intense flavor and really packs a punch when sprinkled on other food. Go to www.kanegrade.com to inquire about their products.  We will see in the not-too-distant future video cookbooks replacing regular cookbooks.  Currently in use are new gelling agents such as Gellum Gum made by CP Kelco in Atlanta. This product gels like others, but when it hits your mouth it crumbles, almost mimicking that melt-in-your-mouth feel. Unlike other gelatin products, you can fry this gel as its temperature base is extremely broad. If melted, it can be poured. Think of the possibilities and applications. Other gelling agents work in the opposite direction, melting when cold and setting when hot. Now that is different.  We will see Oxaca cooking and Catalan cooking more in the spotlight this year as they sputtered around in 2005 not sure where they would land in cooking history.  Restaurants and yacht chefs will be serving trios of food rather than single servings such as a trio of heirloom tomatoes each prepared a different way. One restaurant in New York opened this fall with this exact theme and menu in mind.  Brand new organic micro greens – tender young seedlings that are 14 days old and have twice the amount of flavor as the grown-up versions – will

be prevalent on the shelves for us to taste. They are more expensive because they have a limited growing season, but they’re well worth it if you are looking for true strong flavor. The Web site www.chefsgreens.com offers the opportunity to grow your own or buy them. Lag time might be two weeks.  Small artisan cheese producers will be in the spotlight with their new cheese inventions and remakes on the old classics.  Indoor aquaculture is making a statement with the Aussies doing it right again with their no-hormone game fish Barramundi, a moist, white, firm-flesh fish that is supposed to be the best tasting fish in the world. I have not tried it but they expect by next year to be harvesting 80,000 pounds a month to supply the increased demand.  The German health company Cognis has released a new product called Spongolit. This is exciting because it is a new aerating agent used in baking. No more are eggs needed in a recipe if you use this product. It is proven that using this product does not affect the taste, volume or quality of the baked item such as pound cakes, chocolate cakes, madeira cakes etc. It is available in powder form and can be added to cake mixes to achieve the same results you would get using eggs. Specifically designed for people who have allergies or health issues associated with eggs, this is a breakthrough in baking. It works by combining milk proteins and emulsifiers to form one product. So if cholesterol is a problem for your boss, consider this product. Look for it in specialty stores.  China is fast becoming the super giant we all knew it would be, from clothes to furniture to the unique style of its modernist chefs who will appear on the American market with unusual creations in food. Look for unique fusion cuisine to come out of China from Chefs who don’t follow the norm.  Finally, if you really want to go over the top, microwaveable sushi will be available if it isn’t already. I don’t think I like that one too much. Showcased at the National Restaurant Association show last year to meet a fast-paced world, diners now have an option in sushi. No, thank you. These are just some of the new products on the market and what to expect this year. If you hear of anything else that is newsworthy that should be mentioned, please drop me an e-mail. Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine. A professional yacht chef since 1991, she has been chef aboard M/Y Rebecca since 1999. Visit her Web site at www.themegayachtchef.com or contact her through editorial@the-triton.com.

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Most pastry and bakeshops use a butter blend to save costs. Ask your bakery if they make all-butter croissants. This makes a huge difference in how the dessert tastes.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Butter a baking dish. Tear the croissants into pieces and place in the baking dish. 3. Combine all of the other ingredients and whisk to incorporate. Pour onto croissants and let the croissants absorb the mixture. Press down to coat and cover the croissants.

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Judging may erode some joy, but Degrois has plenty to spare DEGROIS, from page B7 his way back to Europe and worked in renowned hotels and restaurants. He made his way over to Canada and worked up the corporate ladder at a resort/restaurant, managing people and inventory. But he missed cooking and after about six years started his own business as a private chef. With one of those families, he traveled on a yacht from Montreal to Cape Cod and eventually to Florida, where he decided to try getting a crew job. He went to three crew agencies and got his job on M/Y Lady Joy, a 145foot Heesen skippered by Capt. Carol Benbrook. Though he is French-trained and American-inﬂuenced, Degrois said he prefers the fresh, simple manner of cooking learned from an Italian chef. “What I try to do now is use the

freshest produce and make everything light to keep the flavor of the produce,” he said. “It’s easy to transform the produce because that’s what we learned. But I’m trying to keep the flavor of the produce.” And with that, he said he’s trying to keep charter guests happy. Even if they want a barbecue on the top deck, it’s light and flavorful. “I like to have guests who really enjoy their food,” he said. “I do what they want to make them really happy.” While it may not have worked with the judges in St. Maarten (Degrois was not one of the three winners in his category), it does work with guests, according to his captain. Just so long as they are happy. Contact Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.

4. Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out nearly clean. (It is OK if the knife comes out with some of the mixture adhered to it.) Cool.

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Boil to 340 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Add color if desired. I obtain Isomalt from Albert Uster Imports in Gaithersburg, Md.

Cook over medium heat until thick, stirring occasionally and serve as is, or strain through a sieve and pour into a squeeze bottle or keep in a covered

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Harmony, Charisma win honors ST. MAARTEN – Yacht chefs competed in the second annual Concours de Chefs at the St. Maarten Charter Yacht Exhibition in two categories. In the category for motoryachts under 125 feet, ﬁrst place went to Cameron Feldman of M/Y Harmony (shown in the top photo, far left.) Second place went to Toni-Lianne Butler of M/Y Touch (top photo, far right) and third place went to Matthew Hoyes of M/Y Perseverance (top photo, center). In the category for chefts on motoryachts over 125 feet, ﬁrst place went to Erik Jansson on M/Y Charisma, the 153-foot Feadship (photographed below, enjoying the award ceremony with a fellow chef and competitor). Second place in that category went to the chef on M/Y Ohana. [Editor’s note: Our apologies to this chef for not including his/ her name. Contest organizers did not have a complete list of winners by press time. We’ll acknowledge this talented chef next month.] Third place in the over 125-foot category went to Stephan Van Loggerenberg of M/Y Mia Elise. (See his photo on page B11.) Many more chefs competed, including John Pendell of M/Y Big City (with the medal and sombrero hat above) and Christopher Hollinger of M/Y Golden Boy (with the sombrero crowd, holding the champagne glass far right ). For a behind-the-scenes sense of the judging process, read the story about Philippe Degrois, chef on M/Y Lady Joy,on page B7. For a list of winners of the Antigua competition held a few days later, see page A11. – Lucy Chabot Reed PHOTOS/WENDY OGLE • Mailbox Rentals & Mail Forwarding • Packing & Postal Services • Shipping Domestic & International • Free pick-ups & estimates for large shipments • Full Printing, Copy Center & Notory

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Culinary Fusion hosts cooking demonstration ST. MAARTEN – Chef Stephan Van Loggerenberg of the 180-foot Trinity M/Y Mia Elise led a cooking demonstration for about 25 interested chefs, crew and others while in St. Maartin. He prepared “Tuna Five Ways,” including sushi, sashimi, seared and in a soba noodle salad. The cooking demo was organized

and hosted by Beverly Grant and Culinary Fusion, the Ft. Lauderdalebased placement agency that specializes in the food and service segments of the industry. “We do it every year,” said Beverly Grant, owner of Culinary Fusion. “It’s part of the services and training that we offer.” Culinary Fusion has built a reputation in the industry of putting chefs to the test before putting them up for jobs. In addition to interviews and reference checks, each chef must cook for Grant (and specially invited guests) in her commercial kitchen. Stewardesses often serve or work Grant’s catered events before she’ll put them up for a job on a yacht. “It started because I needed to know more about these people than what I got looking at a sheet of paper,” she said. Grant has been in they yachting industry for more than 20 years and worked as a chef on yachts. She’s also owned yachts and offers galley Beverly Grant, owner of Culinary Fusion, poses design as one of her with Chef Stephan Van Loggerenberg of M/Y Mia company’s services. For Elise. Of the demonstration, Grant said: “We do it more information, visit every year. It’s part of the services and training www.culinaryfusion.com. that we offer.” PHOTO/WENDY OGLE – Lucy Chabot Reed

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Resolve to lose weight healthfully in the new year It’s January, the time for New Year’s resolutions. According to the Atlantabased Calorie Control Council, a nonproﬁt association that has tracked dieting and weight loss trends for the past 20 years, about 71 million U.S. adults are either on a diet or trying to control their weight. Is this you? If yes, what’s TAKE IT IN your way to drop CAROL BAREUTHER pounds? High protein diets have topped the current weight loss craze and are now on the wane. However, a July 2005 survey by the council indicates that many folks are also cutting down on foods high in sugar or fat (96%), exercising (84%), using low-calorie and reduced-fat foods and beverages (81%) and eating smaller portions of favorite foods (80%). While these are healthier ways to lose weight, many are also falling prey to promises of instant weight loss and fad diets. The desire to be healthier has made dieting a multibillion-dollar industry. Although not all weight loss plans are counterfeit, many are. Remember the fad-free rule: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Look for these warning signs when choosing a plan:  Fat-burning miracle or magic foods. Foods don’t burn fat, they create fat when we eat more than we need. Fat is the body’s way of storing extra food energy. Our body converts extra calories – units of food energy – from food into fat when we take in more calories than our bodies need to burn. To lose weight, you must use more energy than you consume, forcing your body to use its surplus. You can burn fat by increasing activities or by decreasing the amount of food you eat.  Bizarre quantities. This means consuming only one food or type of food, such as eating only grapefruit or

bananas, or unlimited bowls of cabbage soup. These are fine as part of an overall healthy diet, but to eat large quantities could lead to unpleasant side effects such as gas and bloating or nutritional imbalances. Emphasizing one food or type often leads to disappointment when it becomes impossible to stay on this unrealistic diet.  Rigid menus. Many diets set out a very limited selection of foods to be eaten at a specific time and day, exactly as written. Frequently, these limited diets don’t address the widely varied taste preferences of our diverse population. The American Dietetic Association recommends a varied diet emphasizing whole grains, vegetables, fruits, lean meat, fish, poultry and skim and low-fat dairy products.  Specific food combinations. Although some foods taste good together, there is no scientific evidence that eating foods in certain sequences or combinations has any scientific, medical or weight-loss benefit.  Rapid weight loss. A safe weight loss is not more than 2 pounds a week.  No warnings for people with medical disorders. Some diets could raise blood pressure or glucose, in spite of weight loss, which makes them risky for people with hypertension and diabetes. Diets high in fat, often those that overemphasize protein foods – meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products – can lead to heart disease and cancer. High-protein diets can worsen situations in people with moderately advanced liver or kidney disease.  No increased physical activity. Simple physical activities such as walking, swimming or riding a bike are one of the most important tools to losing weight and maintaining that weight loss. Yet many fad diets don’t emphasize these easy changes. Carol Bareuther is a registered dietitian and a regular contributor to The Triton. Contact her through editorial@thetriton.com.

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To find fitness, visualize it first We have finally finished 2005. A new year is time to reassess and make changes to make our businesses, lives and relationships better. We take the responsibility to do these things, yet we should put the most important aspect of this time to work on the most important part of this picture: our bodies. I’m not GO FIGURE just talking about PAT TEODOSIO the outside of our bodies, but also the inside – the organs, muscles, tendons, etc., that makes it all happen. The best way to work on the complete picture is to create it with the practice of visualization. Use the internal flow of energy to create a picture of what we want to look, feel and be like. If practiced, visualization can change your entire being. If you were running a race, you would visualize yourself not only taking command of it, but completing it. If you’ve never practiced visualization, it almost seems surreal. Hokey, even. But it isn’t. It works. Most of the world’s best athletes do it in training and in competition, and

dedicated professionals use it, too. Visualize what you want to achieve for your own health this year. What will it look like? Feel like? It didn’t take a few months to get out of shape, so don’t expect miraculous results. Plan for the changes to take at least this year. Make a workout plan and be realistic about goals. Take small steps. Don’t try to do immediately things you haven’t attempted for years. Get guidelines for food and alcohol consumption. Strive for all-around health and you will be pleasantly surprised with the mental freshness and peace that comes about. Plan workouts on a day-to-day basis. If you aren’t up for it one day, don’t blow it off; adjust the intensity. Renewal is important. Wouldn’t it be easier to face the rigors and responsibilities of your yachting career with your body and mind functioning in a smoother, more proficient way? When you are putting your life together for 2006, you will undoubtedly find many priorities. Be sure to put physical fitness at the top of your list. Pat Teodosio has been in the fitness industry for 30 years and owned Southport Gym in Ft. Lauderdale for 13 years. He now owns Go Figure, a 30minute workout studio on 17th Street. Contact him: editorial@the-triton.com.

Health Savings Accounts a boon A big topic lately for crew seems to be health insurance. Does it cover me while traveling abroad, and do I have to be a resident of Florida? There is good news if you are a resident of any state. There are insurance companies that will cover you abroad and also give you a tax write off. This YACHTING CAPITAL coverage is called MARK A. CLINE Health Savings Account. HSAs allow you to enjoy tax deductions while having affordable premiums. If you are a person who likes to be in control but doesn’t go to the doctor for every cold because you have a $10 co-pay, this insurance plan may be what you need. There are two parts to the concept. Before an HSA can be established, a qualiﬁed High Deductible Health Plan must be in place. It provides coverage for an individual or family with an affordable premium. To determine if your plan qualiﬁes for this coverage, contact your health insurance provider. HSA contributions can be made by you or your employer. They are tax deductible similar to an IRA. This would be above and beyond your maximum contribution limits. Some

plans allow you to put some money into mutual funds. The amount of your maximum contribution to your savings account is determined by the amount of your insurance deductible you choose for your major medical policy. The more you have as a deductible, the more you can put away. The insurance portion covers only major medical expenses. You may need to also provide insurance for regular doctor visits, eyeglasses and dental needs. This is where you are in control and helps keep your insurance costs down. Pay for regular visits out of your HSA account as you see fit. If you don’t need to pay from the HSA account, your money stays in your HSA and you can earn interest on it. If you need money for a major medical expense to take care of that high deductible, your HSA is available. If you use very little of your HSA, this tax-free money can be used for health needs in your retirement years. With any health insurance, there are so many variables that you should consult with someone who specializes in health insurance, especially HSAs. A former captain, Mark A. Cline is now the national marketing director for Capital Choice, a financial services firm with offices in Ft. Lauderdale. Contact him at (954) 761-3983 or mark.cline@capitalchoice.net.

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Photography 101: How to buy the correct camera Welcome aboard, photography enthusiasts, to a new monthly column of tips to help all of you sailing photographers. We would like to see you capture perfect pictures of all those beautiful ports-ofcall. In each issue, this column will focus on a particular aspect of photography. I will attempt to blend PHOTO EXPOSÉ a relationship JAMES SCHOT showing how technical aspects affect your creative outcome. If you have questions, feel free to send them; they may spark a topic for a future column. I will begin with the question I am asked most frequently when someone hears that I am a professional photographer, and that is “what camera do I buy?” What is bafﬂing to me is being expected to give my answer in 50 words or less. I try to please, but like everything else in the universe, photography follows Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. The complete answer is relative to how much you like to be in control, your innate talent and developed skills, your dedication, how much you really know about photography, and how much you want to spend in time to learn and money for equipment. That being said, I am just like you: I like to keep things simple and get the most bang for my buck. If you have not yet purchased a camera or if you’re thinking of buying a new camera, I would suggest you buy a digital camera. To avoid any misunderstanding, there is nothing wrong with a ﬁlm camera. It’s just that digital cameras are the wave of the future. There is no turning back, and the advantages this new technology offers outweigh the (current) disadvantages. It’s a good idea to review and give thought to both, which I will help you do step by step with these articles. The digital cameras offer tremendous possibilities, especially with the control you can have throughout the entire process from

taking a photograph to making prints or e-mailing them home to family and friends. What is important to keep in mind is that these advantages are all made possible through electronics. These cameras have few mechanical parts. Mariners are the first to know that water and electronics do not mix, and that is a disadvantage. Your photographs are most often taken on or near the water, and the frequent conditions of fog, drizzle and humidity play havoc with electronic equipment. I suggest you keep handy a zip-top bag big enough to hold your camera. Except when taking photographs, I always keep my camera in a plastic zip-top bag out at sea. This also helps protect digital cameras against condensation when switching quickly between extreme changes in temperature – that is, from outdoor heat to cabin air conditioning. A ziptop bag provides simple, inexpensive protection in a damp climate. Another ying-yang peculiarity, especially with all consumer digital cameras currently available, is lens configurations. In photographing my sailing adventures, I’ve learned on board that, in confined spaces, you always want a wide-angle lens able to encompass a large part of a small room, preferably filled with your friends. On deck, you want a telephoto lens to bring closer subjects that are far away. Unfortunately, unless you go for professional gear, most popular digital cameras from the $100 to $600 price range offer 3X or 4X optical (true) zoom, usually rated as a 35mm equivalent of 35 to 105 or 35 to 140, respectively. What does this mean? Most consumer digital cameras unfortunately do not offer a true wide angle, but do have a reasonable telephoto reach. Wide-angles lenses suitable for interior shots begin at 28mm or less. With a few exceptions, you rarely find consumer cameras with that wide a lens. I recommend mariners look for a digital camera with an effective optical zoom somewhere in the range of, or as close as possible to, 28mm by 112mm. This range is good for interiors, scenic, portrait photography with some

capability to bring distant subjects a little closer. If, however, you already own a camera with a widest aperture of 38mm, you may want to consider hiring on to a larger vessel. I’m joking, of course. Just keep this in mind for your next purchase. An ideal range within technical feasibility would have the zoom range from 28mm to 210mm, a 7.5X optical zoom. The problem is such lenses are expensive, large and heavy, which is opposite of our desire for smaller,

lighter and less expensive cameras. One more important thing, when you read about optical and digital zoom, consider the ﬁrst to be a true zoom and the latter an artiﬁcially interpolated-electronic or useless zoom. That’s it for now: Permission to come ashore. James Schot has been a professional photographer for 27 years and owns Schot Designer Photography. Contact him at james@bestschot.com.

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STCW-95 restrictions can be removed According to a recent report by the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, the Regional Examination Centers of the U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center are now placing tonnage restrictions on federal near coastal/ocean licenses of 500 Gross Tons or greater during the renewal process if the applicant does not possess a valid STCW certiﬁcate. However, according to MITAGS,

upper level license holders that started their careers before Aug. 1, 1998, may have this restriction removed from their license by completing the original “stop gap” training, a series of assessments, or an approved refresher course. For more information, contact a Regional Examination Center or visit the “Career Guidance” section on the MITAGS Web site at www.mitags.org.

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accept it. “I can’t” is at war with “I must.” In this case, that “must” is closer to the truth than the “can’t”. The behavior has occurred, like it or not. And you bear the consequences for it. You do have a responsibility - not for the employee’s behavior itself - but for taking corrective action. (Note the clarification. Believing that you are directly responsible for the behavior of others is a common - but erroneous - source of stress. It’s especially prevalent among parents, of course, but managers also often fall victim.) Here’s another example, which is actually a compounding of the same situation: You tell yourself you must take corrective action, but you don’t know what to do, i.e., “you can’t.” Perhaps you’ve had insufficient training or experience to handle such matters effectively or your authority/freedom of action is restricted in some way or the employee has been unreceptive to coaching in the past, or even a combination of these. You believe that you can’t correct the situation. It is the internal conflict between absolutes, such as “I must” and “I can’t”, that is the root of all stress. It’s the classic “irresistible force” and “immovable object.” Your very being “knows” that the conflict (as stated) can’t be resolved and you feel a rush of anxiety, worry and/or guilt. How do you resolve it? By challenging either or both of those (erroneous) absolutes. Reframe the “must” to “want to” and the “can’t” to “can.” Sound simplistic? Sometimes it is simple, but not necessarily easy. In the example above, that “can” may involve effort, e.g., study, thought or asking for assistance, advice or authority to act. In general, this reframing requires extensive practice to become a habit, as well as rethinking many of your most closely held fundamental convictions. This “flawed logic” usually is deeply rooted and reinforced by the world around you. For example, we expect that you may have taken issue with our assertion that you are not responsible for the actions of others. Do we seem to be challenging a key principle of leadership (or parenthood)? Actually, we’re challenging what we hold to be a misstatement of that principle. We maintain: leaders influence (rather than control) and deal with the consequences of their employees’ actions (rather than being the direct cause of the actions). Another example of faulty thinking is the belief (widely held, especially among men) that asking for help is a sign of weakness. (Actually, it’s a sign of maturity and self-esteem.) And, sometimes, the rethinking required may not be simple. For example, the source of erroneous conflict can be contained in multiple

meanings of the same word. Take that word “responsible.” The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as “involving personal accountability” and “being a source or cause.” If you are a leader, you are “accountable” for your organization’s performance. Though you are expected to influence others, you are not the direct “source or cause” of the actions of individual employees. You can’t “control” others; to attempt to do so produces stress and makes other people miserable. (Any of us who has worked for a “micromanager” knows that consequence all too well.) Philosopher/novelist Ayn Rand called multiple-meaning words “conceptual package deals:” using one word to “package” conflicting concepts. You hold in your mind both meanings at the same time. Here’s a sampling of some organization-related stressinducing package concepts: Loyalty: “full commitment to the stated values of the employer” (or, perhaps, “never betraying the employment contract”) - packaged with - “My company (or boss) right or wrong.” Policy: “guideline for handling similar situations” - packaged with “absolute law” Authority: “The organization publicly supports my acting on my own judgment within this scope” - packaged with - “My word is law” or “I have just enough rope to hang myself ” Employee: “fellow human being with whom there is a contractual working relationship” - packaged with - “property/servant/child/subordinate/ headcount” Boss: “responsible for providing direction, receiving reports and evaluating performance” - packaged with - “bully/master/father” ASAP: “as soon as you can fit it into your other priorities” - packaged with - “Hop to it.” Three tips to reduce your stress 1: Recognize that worrying about something isn’t going to change anything; it’s just making you (and others?) feel miserable. Make a plan and take action, or move on. 2: Don’t “should” on yourself. A “should” that you want to do is a “want.” Do it because you want to do it. Take a second look at any “should” you don’t want to do. Discover if you really do want to (perhaps considering a broader context) or eliminate it. 3: To calm yourself and clear your mind. practice breathing deeply from your diaphragm. Inhale slowly through your nose; exhale even slower through your mouth. Try it now. It really works. Don Grimme is co-founder of GHR Training Solutions in Coral Springs, Fla. He specializes in helping managers reduce turnover and attract excellent job candidates. Contact him at dgrimme@comcast.net

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There is always a Patterson By Donna Mergenhagen James Patterson is likely the most prolific author regularly appearing on bestseller lists. The short-chapter, action-oriented suspenses are frequently requested by travelers and beach-bound readers. Most fiction readers are familiar with the Alex Cross series that all incorporate a nursery rhyme phrase in the title. The latest in the Washington police thrillers, “Mary, Mary”, is on the bestseller list in hardback. “London Bridges” will certainly join it when available in paperback in January. Following the success of the Alex Cross series, The Women’s Murder Club series features four female friends who coordinate talents to solve San Francisco murders. The Murder Club series have numbered titles and are co-authored with Andrew Gross. “5th Horseman” is due in February and “4th of July” will follow in paperback. Patterson also enters the young adult market with a fantasy thriller offering. Children from earlier books – “When the Wind Blows” and “The Lake House” – are the inspiration for the new series. The first book, “Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment,” is available in hardback and will be followed next spring with “Maximum Ride #2: School’s Out – Forever.” With stand-alone stories, Patterson attempts to fill market gaps he may have missed with the three series. “Suzanne’s Diary for Nicolas” and “Sam’s Letters to Jennifer” could not be further from the Alex Cross series. Uniquely formatted romance novels, they have expanded Patterson’s

readership. The current stand-alone suspense stories are “Honeymoon” and “Lifeguard” (co-written with Andrew Gross). “Honeymoon” is currently in paperback and “Lifeguard” will be available in paperback this spring. “Lifeguard” reflects observations of the Palm Beach author. Character Nick Kelley relocated to South Florida to avoid old neighborhood patterns. Instead of a life of crime, he has spent his time as a lifeguard in Palm Beach. It provides a great venue to meet and be entertained by rich women. When friends from home offer to cut Nick into a painting heist, he can’t resist the lure of a million-dollar cut. Nick’s role is to distract local police by staging break-ins to coincide with the heist. Task completed, he heads to a rented house where he expects to celebrate success with old friends. What he finds instead are their bodies. His instinct is to run – reinforcing the FBI’s determination to find him. The special agent with the art history and forgery background is female – the source of sexual tension – and a less-than-willing accomplice in his attempts to clear his name. The efforts lead Nick back home, fill in some background, and provide (lessthan-believable) chase scenes. The complexity of the double-cross is a pleasant surprise, but the wrapup is a little too neat for long-time Patterson fans. Regardless, the fast read is entertaining, loaded with amusing descriptions of Palm Beach County. Donna Mergenhagen owns Well Read, a used book store in Ft. Lauderdale. Contact her at 954-467-8878.

Born into Brothels This haunting, hypnotic film documents the lives of the children of Calcutta prostitutes in a manner that’s both uplifting and depressing. The behind-the-scenes star of this Oscar winner is New York-based photographer Zana Briski. She set out to document the lives of Indian sex workers but found a more compelling story in their children. Briski’s brainstorm was to start a photography class, give kids cameras and ask them to document their lives. Their photos are beautiful and squalid, vibrant and stark – a paradox that runs throughout the film. To Briski’s credit, she’s largely unobtrusive, preferring to give kids the spotlight. These children of whores are good-looking, articulate, bright and full of life, yet they live in violent, filthy brothels. Families expect them to become prostitutes or pimps. Briski tirelessly works to improve the kids’ lives, arranging exhibitions of their work in New York and Calcutta, cajoling boarding schools to take on the girls, even landing a trip to Amsterdam for the boy who’s the most talented of the group. – Jeff Ostrowski

Benetti by the book The recently published “Benetti: The Legend Continues” is a 180page book by Dominique Gabirault and Malcolm Wood. It recounts the early days of the shipyard and the Benetti family and concludes with the latest developments, including a look into the Italybased builder’s future. Many neverbefore-published photographs and documents illustrate the text. The book also includes an index of the ﬂeet by year/hull number, with a photograph or proﬁle of each yacht as well as a listing by name.

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Fasten your seatbelts: Earth at its fastest after new year By Jack Horkheimer Believe it or not, this week our planet Earth will not only hit its highest speed for the entire year but will also be at its closest to our local star the Sun. “But hold on a minute,” you might say. “How can that be? If our Earth is closer to the Sun this week than it will be for the entire year, why is it so cold out?” to which I reply, “Ah, sweet mystery of life.” Let me explain. We all know that our Earth makes one trip around the Sun once a year. In fact that’s what our deﬁnition of a year is, one trip around the Sun, and not for just our Earth but for any planet. It just so happens that it takes our Earth 365 and one quarter Earth days to make one complete trip around our

local star. So 365-1/4 Earth days equals one Earth year. If however we could journey to the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury, we would ﬁnd that Mercury makes one trip around the Sun once every 88 Earth days. Contrast this with the king of the planets, Jupiter, which takes 12 Earth years to make one trip around the Sun. In other words if you’re 24 years old on Earth you’d be only 2 on Jupiter. Most of the time you hear me or other astronomy types say that our Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun, but that’s actually hardly ever true. That is Earth’s average distance from the Sun. Because our Earth’s path is not a circle but an ellipse, our Earth can move as far away from the Sun as 941/2 million miles and as close as 91-1/2 million miles.

On Jan. 4 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Earth is at its closest to the Sun for the entire year: 91,405,952 miles. On July 3 at 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Earth will be at its farthest point from the Sun 94, 507,914 miles away. According to Kepler’s second law of planetary motion, whenever an object is closest to the Sun, it travels at its fastest. When it’s at its farthest from the Sun, it travels at its slowest with constantly varying speeds between closest and farthest. On Jan. 4, our Earth is highballing at 68,000 mph, but by July 3 it will have slowed by about half a mile a second and will be moving only 65,499 mph. This leaves us with one unanswered question. If Earth is closest to the Sun in January and farthest in July, why isn’t it colder in July? Think about that for

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the next six months and I’ll give you the answer the ﬁrst week of this July. One clue: Until then, I hope this doesn’t put a “tilt” in the year for you.

Saturn at its closest in late January

The most beautiful planet in our solar system, Saturn, is at opposition the last week of January, which means it’s at its closest, biggest and brightest for the entire year. If you got a telescope for Christmas, now is the time to get it out because even the smallest telescope will show Saturn at its best. On Jan. 27, Saturn is officially at opposition. Opposition means Saturn is directly opposite the Sun as seen from Earth. When a planet is at opposition, it is always at its brightest and closest to Earth. When a planet is directly opposite the Sun, it should be visible all hours the Sun is not. During the last week of January, as the Sun sets, Saturn will rise in the east and slowly travel higher until it reaches its highest point at local midnight. Then it will slowly descend, setting in the west as the Sun rises in the east. While you’re out there, you’ll notice Saturn is surrounded by some of winter’s brightest stars – the stars of Orion – plus the brightest star visible in the sky, Sirius, which marks the eye of Orion’s dog. Directly above Saturn are the two bright stars of Gemini, Castor and Pollux. On Friday the 27th, when Saturn is at its closest, it will be only 755 million miles away, which is superclose for Saturn because it can be as far away from us as 945 million miles. We hear that Saturn is 75,000 miles wide, second to Jupiter’s 88,000. But that’s true if you count only the body of Saturn. If you count the distance from one edge of its ring system to the other, you will find it is 176,000 miles wide, exactly twice the diameter of Jupiter. Saturn, wonderful but weird, is less dense than water. Theoretically, if we could find a bathtub big enough, Saturn would float (and hopefully not leave a ring around the cosmos). Through even the smallest telescope you can see Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, which we visited last year and found to be covered with bizarre chemical lakes. It is the second-largest moon in our solar system behind Jupiter’s Ganymede. In fact, it is actually larger than Mercury. Jack Horkheimer is executive director of the Miami Museum of Science. This is the script for his weekly television show co-produced by the museum and WPBT Channel 2 in Miami. It is seen on public television stations around the world. For more information about stars, visit www.jackstargazer.com.

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Love goddess Venus is in Capricorn’s corner CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. 19)

– Relationship matters are on the front burner. Love goddess Venus has returned to your sign for a chance to revisit an opportunity not taken. Pay close attention on the 13th, as the Cancer Full Moon in your house of relationships shines a prelude to what can develop LOOKING UP by months’ end. MAYA WHITE Some of you will be scrubbing holystone before this is over. Have a heart-to-heart talk on the 17th when Mercury joins Venus; this is the best day to open the hatch. Then, see what happens. By the 27th you may be pleasantly surprised. The 27th is a fantastic day for all signs, but the Capricorn Moon gives a special zing; it’s as if the party was made just for you. Don’t be grumpy, allowing a petty disturbance to cause you to lose your center of gravity. Look to the positive side all month.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 17) –

Mundane tasks that seem unimportant will actually yield productive results if you keep focused. The Aquarius New Moon of the 29th presents a host of challenges this time around, though. Set up some lateral resistance, and don’t give up gains made throughout the month in one day. Your judgment is slightly off, and your communication style is left of center – not a good combination. You don’t want the whole month to end up as salvage.

PISCES (Feb. 18-March 19) – This

new year starts off with a high tide on the 4th. The Moon in your sign is also favorable to Mars, the Sun and Jupiter. Translated, this means your physical and emotional well being is enhanced. The planets are supplying all of the ingredients for success in any endeavor; you need only apply the creative spark. The month holds strong and fast right through the last day, when the Moon, in Pisces for the second time this month, creates a bounty of possibilities.

ARIES (March 20-April 19) – New

Year’s resolutions are passé, so how about a session of goal-setting instead? It’s all about clear direction, like ‘red, right, return’. The stars say plan this year carefully, Aries, and you will quickly ﬁnd yourself living your fondest dreams. That’s a promise. The universe needs to know what you want – preferably in writing, although you could dance it out around a Caribbean Full Moon ﬁre on the night of the 13th.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Good

things are coming your way. Funding for educational pursuits is as secure as a cam cleat; you just need to make your needs known. With Mars ﬁnally in direct motion in your sign, this is a good time to renew your commitment to that New Year’s exercise plan. With the Moon in Taurus, Sunday the 8th is a peak day, but only one of many this month. Put your best foot forward also on the 13th, 18th, and the 27th.

must circulate this month. Networking pays off in a big way, so don’t hold back. Is your 30-second self-promotion commercial ready? If not, do it, as you will have more than one opportunity to practice it. Peak days are Jan. 4, 8, 13, 17, 18, 23 and 27. Play it safe on the 15th as Mars opposite Jupiter leaves you feeling like a tight jack line; overextended and under appreciated.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If

– This month is a 12 on the Beaufort Scale. You will be in the public eye; let’s hope it’s for the right reasons. With the goddess Pallas Athena playing in your court now, I suspect it will be for some good deed. Pallas is the goddess of wisdom and judgment and a ﬁne spiritual warrior. Your prominence will also reap a ﬁnancial reward by the 27th, when a gale of stellar aspects in your 2nd house of earned income blows a windfall to your pocketbook.

unattached, you may ﬁnd your cosmic twin this month. He or she is pretty much right in front of you, waiting for the clovis pin. Perhaps it’s that mate you’ve known and never appreciated, or a friend of a friend. If looking, you needn’t look far from port. If attached, renew the commitment with a second honeymoon. Love and all that goes with it is calling your name.

CANCER (June 21-July 21) – The

full Moon of January is my favorite of the year, and it’s always in your sign. This moon is large, crisp and clear, no matter where you live; make it a point to view it the 13th and 14th. Some of you may say goodbye to a long-time companion this month. If this one is going to slack away, you will know by the 23rd.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 22) – Home

expansion leaves the pocketbook somewhat depleted in this choppy season of disappearing ﬁnances. Remember it’s only temporary. A treasure chest of family and good friends will make up for a ebbing of cash for now. The full Moon of the 13th and 14th is one of introspection for Leos. You may also be called upon to answer a mayday and take care of someone in need; bring a lifejacket, because that friend really is drowning.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Mercury

conjunct Venus on the 17th falls in your solar ﬁfth house of fun; take best advantage of this and plan a way to make it happen. If you don’t, good times may pass you by this month, as the stars have you in a slack water-time period. (It won’t last forever.) It’s a good time to renew family ties and form a vision of how you can beneﬁt those at home as well as your community.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 21) – Jupiter

in your financial sector should bring abundant opportunities this month. Take care to avoid the other side of Jupiter activity: overspending. Friday the 27th is filled with positive aspects. You find just what you need, with Jupiter in favorable aspect to Venus. Since you will get just what you want, why not think large-scale?

SCORPIO (Oct. 22-Nov. 21) – You

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 20)

Maya White is a professional astrologer living in South Florida. With 25 years experience, she is one of only 86 people in the world certiﬁed in AstroCarto-Graphy, a specialized branch of astrology that addresses issues relating to location and travel. Contact her at 954-920-2373 or through www. whitestarasrtology.com.

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Wahoo! Tourney raises funds to help children Dec. 31-Jan. 8 New York National Boat Show, Javits Convention Center, New York City. 212-9847000, www.nyboatshow.com

Jan. 4 Latitude Adjustment Hour,

The Triton’s monthly networking event on the ﬁrst Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m., Tarpon Bend, 200 S.W. Second Ave. at the railroad tracks in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. 954-525-0029, www.the-triton.com.

lucy@the-triton.com or 954-5250029. Space is limited to eight.

Jan. 13-22 32nd annual Seattle Boat

Show, Seattle, Wash., Shilshole Bay Marina. www.seattleboatshow.com.

Jan 14-22 Toronto International

Boat Show, Toronto, Canada. 905951-0009, www.torontoboatshow. com

Jan. 19-24 Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing! Jan. 4-7 Wahoo Classic Tournament, third annual Costa Rica special Old Bahama Bay, Grand Bahama Island. $2,100 per boat, a portion of the money raised will be donated to the “A Child is Missing” foundation. Enter before Dec. 16 for a 50 percent discount on dockage. 954-524-3007, 242-350-6500

Jan. 6-8 Bitter End Bucket Regatta

& Megayacht Rendezvous, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. www. beyc.com, jglynn@beyc.com, 203656-0799

Jan. 11 The Triton Bridge luncheon,

Ft. Lauderdale. This is our monthly roundtable discussion with active megayacht captains on the issues and trends in the industry. Captains only. RSVP to Editor Lucy Reed at

event, Parrot Bay Village, Puerto Jimenez. Open to male guests. 954475-9068, 1-888-321-LLGF (5543), www.ladiesletsgoﬁshing.com

Jan. 23-24 Conference on

Marine Industry Technical Training (COMITT), Tampa, Safety Harbor Resort and Spa. Sessions will address workforce education as well as training and professional development issues for boatbuilders, repair facilities and marinas, manufacturers, surveyors and dealers. www.abycinc.org

Jan 28-Feb. 5 50th annual

Los Angeles Boat Show, Los Angeles, 888-BOAT-SHOW, www. See CALENDAR, page B27

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Jan. 21-29 37th annual boot Düsseldorf, Germany. More than 1,700

exhibitors from 55 countries have registered to showcase boats, yachts and maritime products and services. Several of the 18 exhibition halls will be dedicated to megayachts. More than 280,000 visitors are expected and 2,500 journalists are expected to cover it. www.mdna.com

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Jan. 29- Feb. 1 International

Marina and Boatyard Conference, Orlando. Includes two days of professional development seminars and culminates with an all-marina industry breakfast Feb. 1, followed by an optional ﬁeld trip. www. marinaassociation.org

Feb. 16-20 18th annual Yacht

and Brokerage Show, Miami. In-water portion of the Miami International Boat Show and held in the Intracoastal Waterway from the Fontainebleau Hotel to the Wyndham Resort. More than 550 yachts expected ranging from 30 to 160 feet. New 30,000 square-foot, air conditioned ﬂoating pavilion will feature accessories and services exhibitors including electronic manufacturers, yacht builders and designers. www.showmanagement. com

Feb 18-20 43rd Coconut Grove

Arts Festival, one of the nation’s premier outdoor ﬁne arts festivals. It attracts more than 150,000 people and 330 international artists and craftsmen. Tickets $5, to beneﬁt the Coconut Grove Arts & Historical Association’s Building Fund. 305-447-0401, www. coconutgroveartsfest.com

Feb. 23-28 Mardi Gras, New

Orleans. One of the world’s most famous celebrations for this holiday of excess before the limits of Lent. In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the normally two-week celebration has been shortened this year to six days. 800672-6124, www.mardigras.com

Feb. 27-28 Carnival, Trinidad.

Traditional holiday of excess before the limits of Lent. www. carnivalondenet.com

March 1 Major League Baseball’s

spring training begins in Florida. Baltimore Orioles at Ft. Lauderdale Stadium, 954-776-1921; Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, 561-7751818; New York Mets at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, 772-8712115; Los Angeles Dodgers in Holman Stadium, Dodgertown, Vero Beach, 772-569-6858. www. springtrainingonline.com

March 3-12 23rd annual Miami

International Film Festival. More than 60,000 people attended last year to see more than 200 ﬁlms from 50 countries, including 125 premiers. www.miamiﬁlmfestival. com

March 29-April 2 Second annual

Honda Grand Prix, St. Petersburg, Fla. Second race in the 2006 IndyCar Series. Med-style dockage for 50 megayachts available. $15,000 entry invludes VIP tickets to the Indy race, pit passes, parties and more. www.gpstpete.com.

April 4 Step Up to Leadership, a

Dale Carnegie management training course for captains and senior ofﬁcers sponsored by The Triton, Ft. Lauderdale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $350. Space is limited. Reservations: 954771-8477.

March 9-12 Acura Miami Race

Week. Presented by the Premiere Racing team that does the Key West event each January. www.premiereracing.com

March 15-16 Second annual

International Superyacht Symposium, held in conjunction with Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Panel discussions include state of the industry, construction, destinations and operations. www. superyachtmiami.com, 609-4522800

March 23-26 21st annual Palm

Beach Boat Show, Palm Beach. Features more than $300 million worth of boats, megayachts and accessories from marine manufacturers around the world. In addition to the in-water portion of the show on the Intracoastal Waterway along Flagler Drive, this year’s show includes more than 100,000 square feet of exhibitor space at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Continuous free shuttle buses connect the two. Boat show tickets are $10. www. showmanagement.com

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