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Inspired by actual news events, with authentic quotes and a fictional hero. With apologies to all those yacht captains who see themselves in Capt. Old Timer.
Having a career in yachting never used to be something you planned. Ask anyone who got into yachting as it evolved in the 1980s and 1990s and you’ll likely get a story that sounds something like this: Hated the desk job, took a vacation to the Caribbean, found someone who From the Bridge would actually pay Lucy Chabot Reed me to work on a yacht, jumped at the chance, never looked back. Or perhaps like this: Grew up on boats, met a captain who told me about yachting, took that first job for no pay, never looked back. But now, in the days of amped up professional credentials, hyperimportant resumes and the perfect appearance, it’s common for new yacht crew to plan their progression, understand the possibilities and work toward a goal. Books have been written to educate the masses on just how to get into yachting.
By Dorie Cox Twenty seven years in yachting and this Bahamian charter topped them all, thought Capt. OId Timer. Weathered and frequently stowed away wet, Capt. Timer did not bring a sparkle to a girl’s eye the way the captains on other fancy white megayachts did. On a good day, folks called him unrefined, ornery and, well, a bit musty smelling. Although no one confessed to hiring the green replacement crew, booking the seasick family that didn’t speak English or ordering up the foul weather, the captain was sure someone was to blame. Nevertheless, the yacht had fought through the Atlantic Gulf Stream and was on the downhill side of the voyage home to Ft. Lauderdale. Capt. Timer stared at his manual compass, steering from the heading on
The Florida Power & Light smokestacks were demolished on July 16 to make way for a more efficient power plant in Ft. Lauderdale. For more PHOTO/CAPT. TOM SERIO photos and video, visit www.the-triton.com. worn paper NOAA chart No. 11470. He knew the red-and-white smokestacks of Port Everglades were just ahead. The thought of those candy cane-colored towers eased his mood. When the skyline appeared, he strained to make out the towers, but they were not there. “How’d I get off course?” he growled, rechecking his compass. “Is that Palm Beach?” It wouldn’t be such a stretch to think so. Those towers in Port
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Everglades have been a landmark on Ft. Lauderdale’s horizon for decades. But just as the fictional Capt. Timer lost his bearings without them, spectators who gathered atop the 17th Street bridge just after dawn on July 16 to watch them fall wondered if they, too, might lose their way. Florida Power and Light demolished the smokestacks and the boilers beside them to make way for a more energy efficient facility in the footprint. The See STACKS, page A9
Crew reluctantly watch ‘Below Deck’ By Lucy Chabot Reed
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Yachties have been quiet about the new reality TV show about our industry, “Below Deck”. They don’t want to think about it, but they do. They don’t want to watch it, but they do. And they especially don’t want to recognize what goes on in the show, but they do admit that much of it is, at least, plausible. “All that stuff really happens on board, to some extent, but I don’t like it,” said Capt. Randy Steegstra. “The less the public knows about what I do, the better.”
Personalities clash onboard on the show, romances flourish, crew drink too much, and the toys get played with. But in real life, those things rarely all happen in the first week. Take the first episode, for example. A few minutes into the show, the two stews are talking about penises, the cabins are a mess, and the deckhand takes forever to wash a window. “It’s already bothering me,” said Bosun Ian Ross, who was watching the premiere with friends in Ft. Lauderdale. “We have cabin inspections twice a week. It’s always super tidy. “I’d fire those guys,” he said.
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Capt. Bob Danzilo, formerly of the 100-foot Broward M/Y Crown Jewel, now runs the1963 mahogany lobster boat Rugosa. PHOTO/LUCY REED
Summertime highlights crew racing, resting and ‘retiring’ Ah summer, traditionally a time for relaxing and playing outdoors. Yacht captains and crew know that all too well because it’s other people’s holidays that keep them busy this time of year. But for the rest of us, summer is an excuse to slow time, take some time off, and relax. Latitude Unless you Adjustment are Capt. Grant Lucy Chabot Reed Maughan. I can’t seem to stop writing about Capt. Maughan of M/Y Turmoil because every few months or so, he does something that makes me shake my head. In April, he ran three marathons to help raise money for the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, all that just a week after completing the Boston Marathon. He’s no stranger to running 100 miles in a week. Heck, he can do it in a day. And in July, he ran the Badwater 135, an ultramarathon through California’s Death Valley where temperatures can reach 120 degrees and sand storms blow through without warning. That alone didn’t really spark my “unbelievable” reaction. I’ve known Capt. Maughan to run 160 miles through a desert. But that race took him seven days, when he was able to sleep and eat each night. In Badwater, there was none of that, just 135 miles through the desert. He finished second overall at a time of 24 hours, 55 minutes. Yeah, that’s what I said, too. Wow. Then he said he was doing the double, returning to the top of Mt. Whitney a few days later to run back to the start. Yeah, that’s what I said, too. What? Took him a little bit longer, but when last we corresponded, he was resting. I can’t wait to see what he does next. (We
here at The Triton think he’s got a little bit of alien in him.) On a not so extreme scale but pretty amazing nonetheless, Capt. Kay Marschke completed an Ironman competition in May. While he was too modest to offer many details, he did do well enough to qualify for the legendary Ironman world championships in Hawaii this fall. The yacht he worked on for 10 years, M/Y Dancing Milly, has since sold and he was interviewing for another job. Good luck finding the perfect fit. When I take time off in summer, I head north to find mountains but I’m never too far away from the chance to get out on the water. And wouldn’t you know it? I ran into a yachtie. After a pleasant Newport Charter Yacht Show in late June, my family took our little camper and headed out on the road. We wound up in Kennebunkport, Maine, where we took one of those tourist trips on a lobster boat. We had a pleasant two-hour trip on the 1963 mahogany Rugosa, now run by Capt. Bob Danzilo, formerly of the 100-foot Broward M/Y Crown Jewel that was based at Ocean Reef. Capt. Danzilo went north to retire, but as many yachties know, “retire” is sort of a loose term when it comes to boats. The captain of a sailing yacht asked Danzilo to help out on his lobster boat for a month or so and of course, he did. When that ended, the sailing captain suggested Danzilo buy the boat and the business. So he did that, too. Capt. Danzilo now takes three groups of visitors out on Kennebunkport’s waters each day, explaining the lobster industry and driving guests around to get a look at the Bush family compound. Yachting. We just can’t escape it. Have you made an adjustment in your latitude recently? Let us know. Send news of your promotion, change of yachts or career, or personal accomplishments to Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.
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Engineer dies; fire destroys yacht; group works to fix N.J. charts Engineer dies in Sitka
The Australian engineer of the 120foot M/Y Valkyrie was found dead at the bottom of ANB Harbor in Sitka, Alaska, on Friday, July 12. John W. Schroeder, 33, left Pioneer Bar across the street from the harbor near midnight the night before and was last seen going down the ramp to ANB Harbor, but he never reported back onboard the yacht, according to the Sitka Sentinel. About 5 p.m., his crew mates reported him missing. Police were still investigating in late July.
Yacht lost in fire
A new Ocean Alexander 85 was destroyed in a fire on July 10 while moored at Roche Harbor Marina in Friday Harbor, Wash., for display and sale. The fire was contained to this vessel, but a cause has not yet been determined. No one was injured in the fire. The yacht was valued at $4.5 million. “We would like to extend a sincere thank you and heartfelt appreciation for the efforts of the fire department for arriving in a very timely manner and making heroic efforts to save the vessel,” company President John Chueh wrote in a press statement.
Money to dredge proposed
A budget subcommittee in the U.S. Senate has recommended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers receive a record $1 billion in fiscal 2014 to dredge federal navigation channels, including the Intracoastal Waterway. It is $110 million more than President Obama recommended in its fiscal 2014 budget request.
Post-Sandy NJ charts available
New Jersey-based Navionics has partnered with the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey, West Marine and other area businesses to organize the Remap New Jersey/Sandy Project, a three-day event held in mid July to remap affected areas along the New Jersey coast. As part of this effort, Navionics will donate $1 per mile of sonar logs to benefit the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey Recovery and Relief Fund. Hummingbird and Garmin users can record sonar logs, and then upload them to the Navionics webstore. Updated charts, reflecting everyone’s contributions to SonarCharts and Community Edits, were expected to be available for download by the end of July. Visit navionics.com/sandy for more details.
Officials are considering deeping and widening Port Everglades. Public PHOTO/DORIE COX comments will be accepted until Aug. 13.
Port expansion to be discussed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted two public meetings in late July to discuss a plan to deepen Port Everglades’ channel from 42 feet to 48 feet, and widen the entrance channel. The objectives of the project are to decrease costs associated with vessel delays from congestion and increase channel safety and maneuverability. Read the feasibility study and report through Broward County’s library or online at www.saj.usace.
army.mil/About/DivisionsOffices/ Planning/EnvironmentalBranch/ EnvironmentalDocuments.aspx#PE. Comments on the plan will be accepted through Aug. 13 to Terri Jordan-Sellers at +1 904-232-1817 or by e-mail at Terri.Jordan-Sellers@usace. army.mil.
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Designer Ted Hood dies; M/Y Christina O listed for sale NEWS BRIEFS, from page A4 July 8 of piracy, kidnapping and murder in the 2011 shooting deaths of four Americans sailing in the Indian Ocean off of Oman, according to news reports. The men boarded the 58-foot sloop S/Y Quest on Feb. 18, 2011, and took its owners and crew hostage. As the sailboat was being trailed by U.S. military forces, gunfire erupted and the four were killed. Navy SEALs subsequently raided the boat, killing two of the hostage-takers and capturing the rest. Scott and Jean Adam of California owned the Quest. Their friends Phyllis Macay and Robert Riggle of Seattle were their crew. The men were found guilty on all 26 counts in federal court. The sentencing phase of the trial was expected to begin in late July. They face the death penalty.
Sailor, designer Ted Hood dies
Ted Hood, a yachtsman and boat designer, died in late June in Middletown, R.I. He was 86. Mr. Hood had had heart problems and recently contracted pneumonia, according to a story in the New York Times. Mr. Hood was an accomplished sailor who captained S/Y Courageous, the 1974 America’s Cup winner. He first made his name developing better sailcloth, and Hood Sailmakers produced the sails for every America’s Cup winner from 1958-1977. But he also designed and built racing yachts and skippered them to championships in various races in the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1962 America’s Cup defender trials, Mr. Hood, who was captain of a boat he designed, S/Y Nefertiti, helped a rival captain, Bus Mosbacher, make adjustments in his sails, according to the Times story. Mosbacher’s S/Y Weatherly, won the competition between them and went on to successfully defend the cup against the Australians. “Oh, I wanted to win, but against the best possible boat,” the Times reported Hood as saying afterward. “And I’d rather have lost to Bus than to the Aussies.” He also designed and built water jetpowered yachts and catamarans. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Susan Blake; their daughter, Nancy Hood MacLeod; three sons, Richard, Frederick (also known as Ted) and Robert; and eight grandchildren.
Costa Concordia crew sentenced
Four crew members of the cruise ship Costa Concordia – but not the captain – were sentenced on July 20 in Italy to jail terms of 18-34 months each for their part in last summer’s crash and sinking that killed 32 people. Capt. Francesco Schettino, who abandoned ship before his crew and the
4,000 guests has been rescued, is still on trial. The crew members as well as a company official pleaded guilty to manslaughter, negligence and shipwreck. In exchange, they were given relatively light sentences. None are expected to serve time in jail, according to a story by the news service Reuters. Lawyers for the victims said they might appeal. Capt. Schettino is also seeking a plea bargain to reduce a possible jail sentence. Hearings on his case resume in September.
Christina O for sale
The glamorous and historic M/Y Christina O has been put up for sale. The 325-foot (99m) yacht is listed with Edmiston for $21 million. Formerly owned by Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, the yacht hosted star-studded parties throughout the 1950s and 60s. Her guests included former President John F Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe. Built in 1943, the vessel was originally a Canadian anti-submarine River-class frigate called HMCS
Stormont and was launched in 1943. She served during World War II and was a surplus naval vessel until Onassis bought her in 1954. After his death in 1975, it was given to the Greek government for use as a presidential yacht. The yacht runs with a crew of 35 and can accommodate 36 guests in 18 staterooms and the Onassis Suite. “Aristotle Onassis saw Christina O as a powerful symbol of his growing business empire,” Chairman Nicholas
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Captains gather in San Diego The San Diego International Boat Show in June held a captains briefing, featuring speakers from destinations including Mexico and Alaska as well as San Francisco as it prepares for the America’s Cup races, and information on customs requirements in each region and firearms and other regulations. The captains and others in attendance were reminded that there is a waiver available from the Pacific Northwest Pilot Association for vessels under 750 tons. One speaker discussed crossing the Columbia River in Seattle to explore the interior of Washington as far up as Idaho. The briefing was hosted and organized by the San Diego Super Yachts Association and included presentations from Dockmaster Dick Markie of Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico; Darren
Carey of the IGY marina in Cabo San Lucas; Cris Wenthur of Wenthur Law Group; Capt. Mark Drewelow of the ship’s agent C2C; Kate Pearson of Shelter Island Marina; Rick Gladych of the Northwest Trades Association; Tonia Rioux of the Sitka Convention & Visitors Bureau, Kitty McGowan of the U.S. Superyacht Association and John Mann of Bluewater Books and Charts’ Superyacht Bridge Services. – Capt. Tom Petersen
ISS seeks crew award nominees; Phuket adds charter boat show NEWS BRIEFS, from page A5 Edmiston told London’s The Daily Mail. “It really was the last word in opulence and many personalities were attracted by its ability to offer them some privacy, not just by its magnificence.”
Crew award seeks nominees
The International Superyacht Society (ISS) is accepting nominations for its annual Awards of Distinction, honoring personal triumph from crew to the corporate office and for ocean stewardship. ISS’s 2013 Awards of Distinction include the Distinguished Crew Award, Leadership Award, the Fabien Cousteau Blue Award, Business/Person of the Year and the Excellence in Innovation Award. Nominations are requested by Aug. 30. The nomination form is available at www.superyachtsociety.org. The awards will be presented during ISS’s annual International Awards for Design & Leadership gala, which kicks off the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, this year on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Phuket to add charter show
Organizers of the Singapore Yacht Show have created a new charter yacht show, the first to be held at Phuket Yacht Haven in Thailand in midDecember 2014. The show will combine charter, the boating industry in general and luxury lifestyle events. Phuket Yacht Haven, located in the northeast corner of Phuket, is the biggest superyacht marina in the Asia-
Pacific region. It is being redeveloped and will include a yacht club with facilities for captains and crew and 40 more superyacht berths, 30 of which will be ready for the show. Upland improvements will include residences, apartments, restaurants and marine industry business units. A private access road off the main highway and a new car park has already been completed. “After several years of really focused promotion, the numbers of yachts visiting Asia is at last becoming significant, and growing rapidly,” said Andy Treadwell, managing director of Singapore Yacht Events. “We see this huge region from Myanmar and the Andaman Sea to Australasia and the Pacific Islands as being very important for the international industry. “This event will help to showcase everything the Asia Pacific region has to offer and at the same time, we want to introduce the yachting lifestyle to the potential client base here,” he said. “There is a lot of wealth, but as yet, little experience of boating.” The Asia Pacific region is becoming a winter destination for Mediterraneanbased owners and captains, with more than 50 large yachts passing last winter in Phuket, according to a news release about the show.
MPT’s Beavers named to board
Amy Beavers, principal and vice president of regulatory compliance at Ft. Lauderdale-based MPT, has been appointed vice president of the Maritime Education Standards Counsel (MESC).
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Wright Maritime hires Southgate; Sevenstar adds two sailings Wright Maritime hires
Wright Maritime Group has added Peter Southgate to its executive team. Southgate has specialized in yachts and passenger ships since joining Lloyds Register in the late 1990s. Developing his yacht experience with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Southgate he then joined the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry in 2003 to eventually become a deputy director, giving him experience in the audit and survey of yachts. He has been involved in the development of the Large Yacht Code and played a lead role in the development of the Red Ensign Group Passenger Yacht Code, the so-called PYC. Already a naval architect and marine surveyor, he most recently earned his UK law degree. “After the first half of my career as a naval architect and shipbuilder; with 16 of those years as a regulator, I am excited by the opportunity to utilize that experience in large yacht construction and operations from a user standpoint,” he said in a statement.
Contact him at ps-wmg@wright maritime.com or +1 954-463-0255.
AYC hires
AYC Superyacht Recruitment (Australian Yacht Crew Pty Ltd) has hired Kathleen Hegele as a specialist crew consultant. Born in the south of France, she has worked in the recruitment and yachting industry for the past 7 years in Antibes, Monaco and London. She speaks English, French and Spanish. Based in the south of France during the summer, she will also work with the emerging market in Southeast Asia.
KVH hires
Rhode Island-based KVH Industries has hired Andrew Bush as its OEM/ leisure marine sales manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He comes to KVH after 17 years at C.A. Clase distributors in the UK.
Transporter expands
Amsterdam-based Sevenstar Yacht Transport had added two new sailings from the Med to the Caribbean after the summer season. Estimated loading in Tivat, Montenegro, is between Oct. 20 and Nov. 5. Estimated loading in Genoa is between Nov. 20 and Dec. 5.
Ports of call en route include Palma, St. Thomas, and Palm Beach. “With in excess of 200 yachts being shipped in the past four months from Florida and the Caribbean to Europe, we can look back on the most successful summer season in Sevenstar history,” said Richard Klabbers, managing director of Sevenstar. Sevenstar Yacht Transport offers roundtrip deals for yachts returning to the Med in March, April and May 2014. ARC Rally 2013 participants can be moved back to Southampton in May 2014. Sevenstar Yacht Transport is part of The Spliethoff Group, which has a fleet of more than 100 independent carriers. For more details, visit www.sevenstaryacht-transport.com
Nautical Ventures hires
Dania Beach-based Nautical Ventures has hired three new employees: Marc Jacob as director of high-performance sales, Renee McCullers (formerly with Novurania) as sales manager for tenders and inflatables, and Steve Diener as marketing coordinator and sales. Nautical Ventures Group is a consortium of South Florida investors who purchase underperforming marine enterprises to make up a single-source
supplier for sales, accessories, service and support to the South Florida marine market.
Charter firm expands
South Florida-based LuxuryDayCharters.com has expanded to Newport for the summer to offer yachts for day charters in the Northeastern U.S. “Charter guests, especially previous boat owners, consistently mention they love the fact they can step on a gorgeous yacht, enjoy the day, and step off later that evening without the hassle of worrying about anything else other than having a good time,” said Dhardra Blake, a former yacht crew member and owner of LuxuryDayCharters.com. The company also seeks to add yachts to its offerings in the Northeast and Southeast.
Northern Lights adds dealer
Palm Tree Marine in Grenada has been appointed as a dealer for Northern Lights equipment on the island nation. The Caribbean dealer network for Northern Lights is overseen by regional distributors Parts & Power in the British Virgin Islands. For more information, visit www. CaribbeanNorthernLights.com or www.palmtreemarine.com.
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Time management downfall can be beaten with goal setting After attending the premier party for the new Bravo series “Below Deck”, it is easy to see why training is so important. Although I enjoyed the show and especially the meet-and-greet with Chief Stew Adrienne Gang of the cast, some of the stews portrayed on the show are in desperate need of Stew Cues education. Alene Keenan Interior training would be a good start, but how do we know that training has been a success? Training in and of itself is not enough. It has to be properly
implemented. Britta FleischhackNorquoy of Conundrum lists the top issues in implementing training as: 1. There is no regular check-up of progress. 2. There is no pressure to continually improve. 3. Often, there is no reward for improvement, whether monetary, or by acknowledgement from the captain, the owner, or the industry. I completely agree, and she went on to say that one of the biggest issues is time management. One captain I spoke with said that part of the problem with time management lies in getting newly trained stews to work faster and still get the job done properly. To be a great stew, you have to learn time management, self-discipline and motivation. You also need strong
willpower. Once you know what to do and how to do it, put your work in perspective, learn to complete your work better and faster, and motivate yourself to keep at it until the job is done. There won’t always be someone to check up on you, to exert pressure, or reward you. But there will always be 24 hours in a day, and you have an obligation to make the best use of your time. Without good time management skills, you simply won’t make it as a yacht stew. You can develop better time management skills by learning goalsetting techniques. Many stews work from lists of what has to be completed each day, and the goal is to complete it. You have to determine what the most valuable use of your time is. First of all, learn to prioritize, and complete important and urgent tasks first, before working down the list. This takes willpower and self-discipline. It is easier to do the simple jobs first and keep crossing things off the list, but it is inviting disaster to leave the most challenging jobs for last. There are already occasions for crisis mode without throwing poor planning in. I like to use a technique from a book called “The Power of an Hour” that is a great tool for chief stews to use in training. It goes like this: Set a timer for 45 minutes, and then start working on the highest priority item from your list or project. Work as quickly and as thoroughly as you can. At the end of the 45 minutes, stop right where you are and make a detailed note of your progress. Write it down in your log or calendar. Now take a water break, a bathroom break, or just catch your breath. This whole process of logging your progress and regrouping must take no more than 15 minutes. And now get back at it. Taking a break is an important aspect of learning time management. When you take a quick break or recover from interruptions, you have a chance to flex your self-discipline and willpower muscles by coming back to the task at hand and continuing until the job is done. By using the data you’ve recorded with this technique you create a record of what you have accomplished and how long it took you to do it. Next, work on improving your time and precision. Remember: If you do not take the time to do it right the first time, when are you going to find the time to do it again? You must motivate yourself and summon the willpower to do it the best you can the first time, and every time. It takes self-discipline to be a great time manager, because it means doing the things that have to be done, when they need to be, whether you feel like it or not. Sometimes the most difficult part is just getting started. It is surprising what you can accomplish
if you use the timer technique and get started working, no matter how unpleasant or boring the task is, or no matter how long you have been putting off doing it. Often you will summon the energy and enthusiasm to keep going and finish the task, but don’t rule out time checks and progress logs. Let’s consider where motivation fits in. Working better sometimes means working harder, because when you are learning something new there is a “learning curve” you must figure out. You must motivate yourself to continue to improve until you master it. However, there comes a point when you have a good grasp of the job and now you must learn how to work smarter, not harder. Whether or not someone is monitoring you and inspecting your work, you have to set your own goals for improvement, and then motivate yourself to work faster and better. It takes strong willpower. If you are the chief stew and working on training, remember to inspect what you expect, and insist that everyone performs to the highest standard. The guidance and outside force that you exert helps stews develop willpower and motivation. Motivation is characterized by incentive, enthusiasm and commitment. People may be motivated by outside forces such as money, recognition or praise, or by internal forces such as the feeling of gratification or pride you get from doing your best. Motivation is powered by desire and ambition, and therefore, if they are absent, motivation is absent, too. Motivation is strengthened by goalsetting, once you realize that giving your all and finishing what you start is gratifying. Persistence, patience and the willpower to discipline yourself to keep going and never give up help motivation grow. Goals are easy to attain when they are broken down into steps and when time is managed well. All of these elements tie together to help you be a stellar stew, one who stands out from the crowd and one who will always be at the top of the list with captains, owners, and fellow crew. While there may not always be someone to check on your progress, exert pressure or reward you to improve, at the end of the day it is up to you to be your personal best, and do all that you can to use your time, training and resources wisely. Alene Keenan has been a megayacht stewardess for 20 years. She offers interior crew training classes, workshops, seminars, and onboard training through her company, Yacht Stew Solutions (www. yachtstewsolutions.com). Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@ the-triton.com.
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Known worldwide as port’s most prominent landmarks STACKS from page A1 350-foot towers were just four small circles on nautical charts, but they lined up as range marks for navigators since 1960 for entrance to one of the U.S. east coast’s busiest ports. “My dad used to tell me ‘Don’t go beyond where you can see the smokestacks’,” said Ben Duggan, marketing team manager for West Marine Megayacht Supply in Ft. Lauderdale. When he was a kid boating out in the Atlantic, those smokestacks kept him safe. “That’s how we’d find our way home,” he said. Dave Carmichael, president of Brownie’s YachtDiver in Ft. Lauderdale, was there to witness the demolition, too. “It was always nice to see them,” he said. “When you saw the stacks, you knew you are about 10 to 12 miles away.”
The stacks’ importance as landmarks extended across the Atlantic, as noted in the British Admiralty sailing directions. The text on Port Everglades describes, “The most prominent objects seen when approaching the port are four stacks painted with red and white bands about 1.2 miles southwest of the harbor entrance. These stacks are marked by red aircraft lights at night.” And Dozier’s Waterway Guide describes, “For the weary mariner searching for the port from offshore, the stacks are a welcome sight indeed.” Make that were. Standing alone on the bridge, long after the towers and the crowd had gone, Duggan needed a little time to himself. “I didn’t know how sad I would be.” Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.
MPT VP takes post on schools council; Fortuna given back NEWS BRIEFS, from page A5 The MESC includes 30 maritime education schools and companies in the United States. “After being involved in maritime education for over 25 years, I couldn’t be more excited and honored to join the board of MESC,” Beavers said in a news release. “This position allows me to blend my knowledge of the marine industry and my passion for maritime education with the great values of MESC.” Beavers has worked at MPT for 26 years and has been involved in all aspects of maritime education from teaching, career counseling and administration to program development and regulatory liaison with the Coast Guard Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and other governmental agencies. After 15 years of attending MERPAC
as a member of the public, Beavers was appointed this year to serve on its committee representing maritime educators. Established in 2005 by several school offering USCG courses, MESC serves to establish training standards and create a common voice for this sector of the industry. For more information, visit www. mesc.us.
Fortuna to go back to donors
The Spanish government has decided to return a luxury yacht no longer wanted by King Juan Carlos to the business group that donated it to the monarch, according to the Associated Press. The 135-foot (41m) M/Y Fortuna, below, was given to the king by Balearic Islands’ Fundatur foundation in 2000. After the monarch asked the government in May to sell the yacht, the foundation asked for it back.
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A10 August 2013 FROM THE FRONT: Reality
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Crew dining on the aft deck would not use owner’s napkins REALITY from page A1 I do, but I’d like to edit it first,” said Rachel Axcell, a stew/deck from the UK also watching the premiere. The big news of the first episode is that the three-day charter is cut short when Kat, the second stew, finds “a white powder” and other evidence of cocaine in a stateroom head. So once the guests are put ashore, the crew feasts on the leftover provisions, at least 10 of them around the aft deck dining table. For Mike and Claire French, former
yacht crew who now own and run International Crew Training in Ft. Lauderdale, that scene was just too much. “The worst part was the crew sitting on the aft deck using the owner’s crockery,” said Mike French, who spent 10 years as a captain on yachts as large as 60m. “Not only does this not go on, but the crew watching were disgusted,” he said. But crew would have a nice meal
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Schools, placement agents await green crew from show REALITY from page A10 with the remaining food, though, wouldn’t they? “Sure, we would have, but not with the owner’s napkins,” he said with a laugh. “We feasted, but in the crew mess.” Even on smaller yachts, where the crew might indeed gather on the aft deck because the crew mess is too small or non-existent, no chief stew would allow the crew to use the owner’s china and linens, he said. The scene of the crew taking the tender ashore for some down time is also plausible. While some yachts don’t allow the crew to use the toys, many others actually require it. “If only charter guests used the toys, they would not be working,” French said. “We’d offer to the crew, ‘who wants to take the jet skis out for an hour?’ The newbies always threw their hands up. Then they’d come back in a half hour and we’d have to tell them, ‘no, no, you have to keep going.’ It gets old pretty quick.” Sometimes, it’s hard to remember that the characters on TV are real people and not just characters designed to make us nuts. “I love all the group, except Sam,” said Kristen Cavallini-Soothill, owner of American Yacht Institute in Ft. Lauderdale, a yacht school that specializes in interior training. “She personifies what we’re trying to eradicate in yachting, that arrogant, entitled kid who rolls her eyes and doesn’t take direction. “If I was the chief stew, I would have fired her.” The weekly hour-long show began July 1, and much of the drama in the first few episodes stems from friction between Sam, the third stew with no yachting experience, and Chief Stew Adrienne, whose previous yachting experience was as a chef. “I’ve never experienced crew like that,” French said. “Adrienne should have fired her [Sam]from the beginning. It’s a tough business to be in, but the idea of mouthing off to your superiors? Anyone who answered back would have been fired. You can’t let that culture pervade.” Part of the problem, though, might be Adrienne’s lack of experience and training for her position. “It’s a really good training tool from both sides,” Cavallini-Soothill said. “I’d like Sam to shape up and I’d like Adrienne to get some confidence.” Despite the criticisms, each episode is believed to have reached more than 1 million viewers. If that’s the case, perhaps there will be a new crop of Americans looking to find out more about professional yachting, and perhaps make a career out of it. “I hope it will expose the industry
to kids, but I’m worried they’ll take the wrong side,” Cavallini-Soothill said. “I’ve heard kids say ‘I like Sam; what’s with Adrienne?’” “If we get an onslaught of nutjobs who think this is what yachting is all about, it’s our job to weed them out,” said Ami Ira, owner of Crew Unlimited in Ft. Lauderdale. It’s true the industry needs more American crew, Ira said, and the bottom line is that the show is giving yachting a huge burst of exposure. “There’s no way any of our companies can afford the promotion
‘Below Deck’ airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on Bravo. Its six episodes are expected to replay throughout the summer. and advertising that this show has afforded us,” she said. “Now we just need to prepare ourselves.” Crew placement agencies such as
Crew Unlimited and schools such as ICT and Maritime Professional Training, also in Ft. Lauderdale, are often the first points of contact with new crew. They, more than anyone, are expected to benefit from any impact the show may have. “So what do we focus on?” French said. “Yachting is great fun, but it’s also dangerous, and you’ve got to be trained.” Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at lucy@the-triton.com.
A12 August 2013 FROM THE BRIDGE: Careers
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Ruined marriages, happy families; captains’ tales vary BRIDGE, from page A1 If the captains at our monthly roundtable discussion had it all to do over again, they would have planned their yachting careers better from the beginning. “I graduated university and had a career for 10 years, but I was unhappy,” one captain said. “I would have skipped that first career altogether.” “If I had it to do again, I’d go to maritime college and get a chief mate’s unlimited,” said another captain. A commercial license works in yachting, but a yachting license does not get a person far in the commercial world, limiting options as you get further in your career, he said. 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 the next page. Our captains this month were a mix of those who had grown up around boats and never did anything else and those who had previous careers that they left for the pull of the sea. Yachting affords them all a way to make a living doing something they love. “Whenever there was a boat around, I would take a pier head and ask, ‘can I go?’” one captain said. “I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up,” said another. Even the captain whose job keeps him at the dock is forgiving. He knows there are many captains eager for a job that will let them be close to family so, at least for now, he keeps his head down and enjoys having a girlfriend. That sparked a conversation about
yachting and marriage, or, rather, the choice of yachting or family. “Funny how this industry ruins a lot of marriages,” one captain said. “Yacht captains are not good marriage material,” said another. “Unless you marry someone familiar with the industry,” said the first. “The only place to be a yacht captain and have a family is the South of France. At the end of October, they button up the yacht for the winter and then take it out again in May. That gives you six months with your family. It works there, but I haven’t found anywhere else where it works.” “When I got married, I was coming home every night,” a third captain said. “That led to coming home every week to coming home every couple of weeks to being gone more than a month at a time. My marriage didn’t last but it’s
still my career though.” Despite the regret several captains seemed to have, they left marriages before they left yachting. “I remember as a little boy, people would ask, do you want a 40-foot boat when you grow up?” one captain said. “I never thought I’d be on a 100-foot boat or a 150-foot boat.” “Your career just evolves,” another said. “We take the opportunities as they are presented to us,” said a third. “The industry is so arbitrary. You could be sitting on that bar stool, that night, and that’s where the next opportunity comes from. This industry, more than any other, is arbitrary.” But can’t you plan a career path and work toward it, moving up the ranks, moving up in size? Here, the captains hesitated. “Well, there’s definitely some planning,” one captain said. “Look at all the courses we have to take.” “And the sea time,” another said. “Those courses, that sea time, qualifies you to sit on that bar stool to meet someone who can possibly give you a job,” that third captain said. “As crew, you can plan it out. You can say ‘I want to be on a 150-foot yacht in the Med doing charters’ and find that job. “But for captains,” he continued, “you have to be in the right place at the right time. And you should know that crew agencies don’t find captains jobs. I haven’t found one with a crew agency in 11 years.” “Preparedness only awaits good opportunity,” one captain said, reciting a proverb an old captain used to say. So it’s all about the bar stool? Really? “Or the golf course,” another said. “Even on the dock, walking by when some owner just got rid of his captain,” said a third. “Or the dockmaster knows of a boat where that just happened.” I was curious to learn if any of these captains had had mentors as they got into yachting. “No,” one captain said. “I was scratching at walls, going completely against everything my upbringing said I was supposed to want to do.” “I didn’t have a mentor getting into the industry, but it’s part of our jobs to mentor, teaching young crew how to dress, how to act, how to keep their cabin clean,” another captain said. But that’s different than being a mentor. Being strict and teaching crew isn’t necessarily mentoring them, is it? “Sure it is,” this captain said. “We’re the ones who set the standard on how that boat is run. They can learn from that to help them in their career.” “I didn’t have a mentor, but being on boats all my life with Navy guys, you learn immediate respect,” said a third. “I learned from everyone, even the construction guy who told me when I
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Attendees of The Triton’s August Bridge luncheon were, from left, Richard Stalford (looking), Paul Preston of M/Y Trading Places IV, James Misiak (freelance), Adam Lambert of S/Y Mitseaah, and Clay Thomas of S/Y Duende. PHOTO/LUCY CHABOT REED
Captains don’t plan retirement as careers plot their own course BRIDGE, from page A12 went surfing instead of going to work, at least I should call if I wasn’t going to show up. It’s about doing the right thing instead of what you want to do.” The captains talked about trying to steer their careers, but were resolved to the reality that sometimes a career takes you where you don’t want to go. Sometimes, one captain said, you take the job with the owner that the industry knows is bad because you need a job. “It isn’t always what you want it to be but it’s the opportunity in front of you,” one captain said. “Sometimes you take a hit, and you’ve just got to work.” When I first started in yachting, I wrote a story about a young captain leaving the industry to be home with his young family. He said an old captain once told him that if you can’t retire from yachting by the time you were 45, you were doing it wrong. So why were all these captains still in yachting? “He was talking about kickbacks,” one captain said. “It used to be a lot more prevalent than it is now, and much more in the Med, but that’s what he meant.” None of these captains were thinking of retiring. Sure, they have made some moves for the inevitable, buying property, making some investments, even buying a sailboat. But they aren’t planning for it any time soon. “Will I retire? Yes,” one captain said. “ Do I know how? Yes. Do I know when? No.” Getting them to leave the industry would take something serious such
as an injury or health issues, aging parents, or maybe even the everencroaching regulations. “I think I’ll always be involved,” one captain said. “I might be more land based, but I still get an enormous amount of pleasure from yachting.” “We become mediocre quickly when we step ashore,” another captain said. And he told the story of the captain of a large, high-profile Feadship who “retired” only to next be seen getting coffee in a brokerage house. “When we’re responsible for the safety of the ship and for people’s wellbeing, we’re exceptional,” this captain continued. “We work hard, but it’s exceptional work that we do.” “I’ll take the jobs as they come in,” said a third. “Who knows where I’ll be down the road? It’s hard to tell now if I’ll even think about it [retiring].” There is a difference how crew think about yachting and how captains think about it, another captain said. “Crew can do it in 10 years, bank every penny, and go on with their next career,” he said. “A lot of crew use this industry as a stepping stone for something else. But captains don’t. We can’t identify with the guy who goes to work at 7 a.m. and does the same thing every day. Yachting is dynamic. It’s always something different. In a career ashore, that’s what we need.” Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com. If you make your living working as a yacht captain, e-mail us for an invitation to our monthly Bridge luncheon.
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Observe and learn from good role models, but keep sense of self Sometimes in life we come across people who can inspire us toward a new level of living. When this happens, it’s important to recognize the opportunity to learn and grow that has been placed before us. I believe it is one of the keys to a life of constant growing, evolving and becoming. Have you ever come across Crew Coach a role model? Rob Gannon Here’s possibly a more important question: Are you open and humble enough to recognize one? In the yachting industry, I know they are there. Have you spotted one yet? I’ve met a few. If you’re fairly new to the industry or even if you’re a seasoned veteran, I strongly encourage you to keep your eyes and mind open. If you desire or feel the need to raise your game, a role model can be invaluable. A great way to learn is through observation. Keenly watching someone perform a task or watching someone’s way of handling people and circumstances can be educational and valuable. If we like or admire their ways, we can adopt some of their techniques
or habits to improve ourselves. His reputation was that of a fine This is not to suggest losing yourself sailor and manager but set in his ways. and trying to be somebody else. It’s I also inherited his crew. I learned the more about being you but improving dynamics pretty quickly. The captain, it you by taking on some positive and seemed, was not popular with his crew. productive habits. At first I didn’t quite get it. I realized Here’s the tricky part to recognizing we had just met but I was impressed by role models: we may not always like his attention to detail and structure. I them. Our recognized some personalities may areas I needed Understand this: Your clash and part to adopt and role models probably will of the reason for tighten up for my that clash is the leadership role. not be like you. role model may Then I focus on things realized the crew you find trivial or grumblings were unimportant. In not so much in many ways they seem to be not like you regard to his rules but more about his at all, so there can be conflict. delivery and attitude. This capable crew Understand this: Your role models was ready and willing to be led, just probably will not be like you. They not by a condescending or superior won’t have your habits or ways of attitude. looking at things, otherwise they This revelation was of great value wouldn’t be role models. They operate to me. What I was able to do was to on another level, which can annoy or take his good points such as his solid irritate, but we must recognize the procedures and continue them but methods that we need and they have. with a different personality. I continued I remember taking over from a many of his ways that I respected but I captain of a high quality charter yacht. stayed with my delivery, my personality. I was fortunate that he was around I must say it was a nice mix. That crew for the transition and I didn’t have to and I worked well together for the next go in cold. I immediately went into two years. observation mode and it was quite So the lesson is, you don’t have to interesting. become your role model; just pick what
you respect and resonate with and incorporate that into improving your performance and professionalism. I also had the opportunity to work for owners who were role models. Again, we didn’t always see eye to eye but I respected them. One was a retired executive from IBM. This was a guy who rose to the top of his field, and it was easy to see why. One thing was just the way he carried himself. He exuded confidence and strength. He was definitely an alpha and quite headstrong and we butted heads on occasion but I still maintained great respect for him. Working on yachts gives us a great opportunity to meet and even get to know successful and impressive individuals. One trait I noticed in many people of high achievement was how they were ready for each new day. It may seem like a small thing, but they always seemed to be looking good and ready to roll each morning, greeting the day with enthusiasm and energy. There’s some role model material right there. Rob Gannon is a 25-year licensed captain and certified life and wellness coach (yachtcrewcoach.com). Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.
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Deck/Eng. Nino Vukelic took this underwater photo (above) of his coworker with a Casio Exilim shock and waterproof camera. “After every working day we relaxed in a resort in St. Lucia in the Caribbean. Cook/stew Gealle Andries requested some cool photos for her family and friends and this one was the best,” Vukelic said.
Karen Groenewald shot this image while leaving Spanish Cay in the Abacos. Ryan Rourbaugh is driving the tender and getting ready for towing back to South Florida on M/Y Sleepover in April. Photo taken with an iPhone.
Vukelic also submitted this shot taken with a Canon EOS 40D and 19200 lens. “We took a tender and followed the fishing and tour boats going for whale watching,” Vukelic said of his job in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in 2010. “It was in November when whales migrate and we were lucky to a spot mother and baby whale. They were very friendly and they posed for us. It was stunning and some of us saw the whales for the first time in our life. ” Editor Lucy Chabot Reed, lucy@the-triton.com Associate Editor Dorie Cox, dorie@the-triton.com Publisher David Reed, david@the-triton.com
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Symptoms onboard? Strokes don’t discriminitate and can happen to anyone. B2
Boats in the news Sales, lisitings, launches from around the yachting world.
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Time’s up: compliance due on new regulations
Crushed or cubed?
As the summer months come to an end, a surprisingly active season of regulatory announcements, updates and enactments took place in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Below is a summary of the more important topics that affect both private and commercial yachts.
Rules of the Road Jake DesVergers Maritime Safety
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M/Y Beothuk navigated the Northwest Passage last year on a 9,000 mile trip from Boston, Mass. to Vancouver, PHOTOS/HIGH LATITUDES LTD. and CAPT. LIAM DEVLIN British Columbia. Above, First Mate Nicholas Marr, camera in hand.
Northwest Passage: Road less traveled By Capt. Liam Devlin
Clear water was only 100 meters or so ahead, but it took an age to reach As the ice scraped and bumped it. The ice floes moved with the wind along the hull, the ice floes we were and the swell. The technique was to amongst were a hell of a lot bigger push them slowly until they gained than they had looked from afar. I momentum, taking them away from searched the mass of ice ahead, the boat. First Mate Nicholas Marr looking for a was on the way to thread bow, guiding Total passage was about the ship me over the through the radio, to 9,000 miles and involved jumbled maze. ensure the cruising the coasts of Nova Below decks, best angle to Scotia, Newfoundland and the crunching, make contact Greenland before arriving in grinding noise with the of the hard larger floes. the Canadian Arctic. ice working This was against our approach the boat sounded like a captain’s to Pond Inlet in Nunavut in Arctic nightmare. I knew that M/Y Beothuk’s Canada, where we subsequently steel hull was extremely strong, cleared into Canada to begin but the relative vulnerability of the navigating our way through the stabilizers and the propellers was my islands and channels that make up the concern. Northwest Passage. When I started
researching the trip, it quickly became apparent that this was a lot more complex than most other cruising grounds, or a passage between numerous Canadian Arctic islands. The trip started in Boston, Mass. on the east coast of the United States on my birthday July 6, 2012, and ended in Vancouver, British Columbia three months later. Total passage was about 9,000 miles and involved cruising the coasts of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Greenland before arriving in the Canadian Arctic. For me, each of these destinations had their own unique attractions, but the Northwest Passage was the real goal of the adventure. The entire voyage was the circumnavigation of the North American continent which we successfully complete by December 1, 2012 .
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The International Maritime Organization’s MSC adopted amendments to SOLAS regulation III/19 to require musters of newly embarked passengers prior to or immediately upon departure, instead of “within 24 hours”, as stated in the current regulations. The amendments are expected to enter into force on Jan. 1, 2015. Following discussion in an MSC working group on passenger ship safety, the MSC approved measures for passenger ship companies to enhance the safety of passenger ships to include several new recommendations. These related to the harmonization of bridge navigational procedures across a fleet or fleets; documented procedures to ensure the securing of heavy objects are incorporated into the safety management system; stowage of life-jackets, including the stowage of additional life jackets near muster stations; extending the use of video for passenger emergency instruction notices; and following voyage planning guidance in the case of any deviation. Additional amendments to SOLAS regulation III/19 for emergency training and drills were added. The
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B August 2013 ONBOARD EMERGENCIES: Sea Sick
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Slurred speech, confusion, numbness could be a stroke Today I turned on the news and saw S. Check Speech: Ask the person to that country/western singer Randy repeat a simple phrase. Is their speech Travis suffered a stroke while in the slurred or strange? hospital for a separate medical issue. T. Check the time: If the person Travis is 54 and exhibits any of these symptoms, call yes, strokes emergency help immediately. And can happen to though not part of the official “steps”, younger people, note the time when symptoms first even younger began. There is only about a three-hour than 54. window for a clot-busting medication Do you know to be given at the hospital. Get the how to recognize stroke victim to a hospital quickly. a stroke? Do you A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is know how to called a warning stroke or mini-stroke. Sea Sick treat a stroke? This type of stroke produces stroke-like Keith Murray What would symptoms but generally has no lasting you do if, in the damage. middle of the day, one of your crew Recognizing and treating TIAs may mates began to slur his words and reduce a person’s risk of a major stroke. appeared confused, not walking well Often TIA symptoms are the same as and not making much sense? Your crew those of stroke, only temporary. The mate might be having a stroke. short duration of these symptoms A stroke is the brain’s version of a and lack of permanent brain injury is heart attack, and it is a life-threatening the main difference between TIA and medical emergency that can cause stroke. paralysis, coma and death. The best way to help a person that A stroke occurs when a blood clot may be having a stroke is recognizing blocks a blood vessel, interrupting what is happening and getting that blood flow to an person to a area of the brain hospital as quickly What would you do if, (ischemic stroke) as possible. Stay or an artery bursts with the victim, in the middle of the day, and blood leaks place them in one of your crew mates into brain tissue a position of began to slur his words (hemorrhagic comfort, and and appeared confused, stroke). monitor their When either of breathing and not walking well and these occurs, brain consciousness. not making much cells begin to die To learn more sense? and brain damage about stroke occurs. Where warning signs the damage to and other medical the brain occurs and how much of the emergencies, take a CPR, AED and First brain is damaged will determine which Aid class, and follow up with a refresher symptoms the person will display. Here class every two years. Classes can often are typical symptoms you may observe: be conducted on site, on the yacht, or Sudden numbness or weakness of in a conveniently located business. the face, arm or leg, especially on one Shipboard classes are particularly side of the body; helpful for yacht crew because it allows Sudden confusion, trouble speaking them to develop plans, review first aid or understanding; supplies, and walk through medical Sudden trouble seeing in one or both emergencies as they might play out eyes; onboard, giving each crew member an Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, opportunity to drill different scenarios. loss of balance or coordination; or The American Heart Association has Sudden, severe headache with no a 60-second video that everyone should known cause. watch and share. It may help you save It should be noted that women may someone’s life. Visit strokeassociation. experience unique stroke symptoms org, click on the FAST icon and scroll that include sudden face and limb down to the “F.A.S.T. Body Language pain, sudden hiccups, sudden nausea, PSA” video on the left. sudden general weakness, sudden chest pain, sudden shortness of breath, and Keith Murray, a former firefighter sudden palpitation. EMT, owns The CPR School, a first-aid If you think someone may be having training company that provides onboard a stroke, act F.A.S.T. training for yacht captains and crew, F. Check the Face: Ask the person to and sells and services AEDs. Contact smile. Does one side of the face droop? him at 877-6-AED-CPR, 877-623-3277 or A. Check the Arms: Ask the person www.TheCPRSchool.com. Comments on to raise both arms. Does one arm drift this column are welcome at editorial@ downward? the-triton.com.
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Hybrid propulsion system ready for all engines Cat launches hybrid system
Germany-based Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has introduced the Cat Powered Marine Hybrid System, a hybrid propulsion package applicable to all engine platforms. Developed with electrical specialists Aspin Kemp & Associates (AKA), the package uses AKA’s XeroPoint Hybrid marine propulsion system and provides fuel savings of up to 25 percent and even emissions reductions. A recent CARB study found a 73% reduction in PM, 50% reduction in NOx & 26% reduction in CO2. Significant improvements are also seen in performance, control and noise levels. The new Cat Powered Marine Hybrid System is currently available for order through the Cat Dealer network. “As an organization with a large global footprint, we recognize the importance of environmental sustainability,” said Tom Frake, Caterpillar Marine and Petroleum Power Division vice president. “At Caterpillar, we have made it a priority to leverage the technology and innovation that will minimize emissions and fuel consumption while optimizing the use of renewable resources.” The hybrid system is being used in the global tug and salvage market. The RT Adriaan, a hybrid tug built by Kotug, features three Cat 3512 marine engines as well as the new hybrid system. Pleased with the performance, Kotug plans to install the system on two tugs under construction. “We’re clearly experiencing better performance and fuel economy overall, and particularly at low load where we operate the majority of the time,” said Kotug COO Harrold van der Meer. The system uses available components and operates diesel engines at peak efficiency, meaning vessels have the potential to increase operating efficiencies as well as meet environmental requirements. The system is customizable to specific customer specifications. “Although the projects up to now have exclusively been in tug boats, we are confident that other applications, such as pleasure craft or offshore, will also find this an attractive proposition,” said Michael Braun, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems tug and salvage segment manager. “Essentially any vessel that sees duty cycle benefit would also benefit from a hybrid solution. For yacht applications, the hybrid system is able to help the vessel silently maneuver in and out of harbors.” For details, visit marine.cat.com.
New monocular has gyro
Pennsylvania-based Fraser Optics, manufacturer of gyro-stabilized optics, has launched a new 14x40 Monolite monocular.
Engineered with Stedi-Eye Technology, Fraser is calling the military grade, lightweight Monolite the world’s first gyrostabilized monocular. Designed for marine use, the internal gyro will remove up to 98 percent of image motion. Weighing in at just under 2 pounds, the unit is sealed, buoyant, submersible and waterproof. It operates for up to eight hours on one CR123 battery. An optional smartphone/smartpad attachment allows users to capture still or video images. For more information, visit www. fraseroptics.com.
“The new generation of V8 engines from Volvo Penta is the result of intense development work and represents a real technological leap forward in the field of gasoline sterndrive engines for marine use,” said Ron Huibers, president of Volvo Penta of the Americas. “The V8-430 is based on the same base engine as the V8-380, but includes a number of modifications inside the engine that enables increased power output.” The V8-430 features Variable Valve Timing (VVT) technology, which optimizes torque at low RPMs while maximizing performance at high RPMs, resulting in faster acceleration, increased top speed and smoother, better response in the mid-range, according to a company press release. For more information, visit www. volvopenta.com.
Antenna reaches hotspots
Charleston, S.C.-based NanoFusion International has expanded into the large yacht market with DieselFusion and by appointing Bruce Brown as director of large yachts. Brown will manage DieselFusion worldwide. DieselFusion is a fuel additive that uses nanotechnology to increase engine efficiency and cut back on soot and fumes. One gallon treats 5,120 gallons of fuel, and it is available in a variety of Brown dosing quantities. The company also offers dosing pumps in both manual configuration and electric stainless steel pumps. For more information, visit www. nanofusionint.com or contact Brown at +1 401-965-4975 or bruce.brown@ nanofusionint.com.
UK-based Digital Yacht has launched the WL450, a self-contained hi-power wi-fi antenna that allows boat owners to access the Internet through hotspots up to four miles away. Launched at the Southampton Boatshow, the WL450 is housed in a 1m antenna and uses a modem and amplifier unit as well as a high gain omni-directional antenna to maximize range. Connection is via a network cable (10m supplied, 20m option) that scans for available hotspots. The unit incorporates its own DHCP server, so can be connected to a router to allow multiple devices including iPads, iPhones, MACs or PCs to connect to the system and share access to the hotspot. Users can control which wifi hotspot is in use through a password-protected web interface, which also allows network security settings and output power to be adjusted to optimize performance. It features a standard 1-inch threaded base for easy mounting. CA Clase is the UK distributor for Digital Yacht.
Volvo Penta launches engine
Virginia-based Volvo Penta has introduced a V8 gasoline engine for the leisure marine market. The new V8-430 is a high-performance engine based on the award-winning V8-380 design launched by Volvo Penta last year.
Fuel additive available for yachts
Seakeeper opens in Lauderdale
Seakeeper, manufacturer of gyro stabilization systems, has opened a sales, service and parts facility near Ft. Lauderdale. “We’re now physically in the heart of one of the country’s pre-eminent boatbuilding and boatyard regions, which is also a world-leading yachting destination,” said Seakeeper COO John Kermet. “The Ft. Lauderdale area is the hub for refit activity on yachts bound for the Caribbean and Mexico.” Seakeeper’s new facility is on Marina Mile at 2821 S.W. 23rd Terrace, Suite 5, in Dania Beach. It also has corporate and engineering headquarters in Maryland, and manufacturing, engineering and assembly operations in Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www. seakeeper.com.
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Today’s fuel prices Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of July 15.
Marina under way on St. Kitts
St Kitts’ Christophe Harbour development has been sold to one of its original developers, following the acquisition of parent company Kiawah Partners in June. The 2,500-acre development on the island’s southeastern peninsula is now owned by Buddy Darby, the outgoing CEO of Kiawah Partners. Planned for Christophe Harbour is a marina, a Park Hyatt resort, golf and tennis clubs, residential homes and more. The hotel broke ground this summer and dredging continues for the marina. Slips of 150-220 feet in length are available for sale, with an opening expected in 2015.
More dockage in Lauderdale
Broward Shipyard in Dania Beach, Fla., has created a partnership with Powell Brothers and Playboy Marine to offer dockage for yachts on the Dania Cut-off Canal up to 320 feet. Work is available at the slips by Broward’s employees as in a full-service shipyard. The yard also added Swiftsure Interiors to its team of service providers for shipwright carpentry. Swiftsure will also serve all other carpentry projects, including new construction, conversions, refits and repairs. For more information, visit www. swiftsureinteriors.com.
Sampson marina to close
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Newport Shipyard put to work its new 500-ton Travelift this summer, the first lift of this size in New England, said Jason Johnson, North American sales manager for Marine Travelift. The lift replaces the yard’s 300-ton lift, which has found a new home in Guaymas, Mexico, a fishing village on the west coast of the Sea of Cortez. The yard still has its 100-ton lift. The wheels on the big lift turn independently to steer the lift in five modes including crab and carousel. Mate Natalie and Capt. Donald Hannon of M/Y Sea Star, above, were among several captains and shipyard personnel who got a demonstration of the lift PHOTO/KENNA REED in late June. Bahamas, plans to close Aug. 1 for renovations. All facilities, including the marina, fuel dock, store and cottages will be closed during the renovations. It was not clear how long the renovations would take. Details will be posted on www.sampsoncayclub.com as they become available.
Sunsail opens on St. Lucia
Florida-based Sunsail has opened a new charter base in Marigot Bay, St.
Lucia, for this winter. Sunsail will also add new flotilla routes and destinations for the season as well as make some changes to its existing bases throughout the Caribbean, Far East and Mediterranean. Sunsail has more than 800 vessels in 30 locations worldwide. It was not clear how many boats it would maintain in St. Lucia. For more information, visit www. sunsail.com.
Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 860/917 Savannah, Ga. 863/NA Newport, R.I. 862/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 1,071/NA St. Maarten 1,109/NA Antigua 989/NA Valparaiso 928/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 1,061/NA Cape Verde 824/NA Azores 884/NA Canary Islands 1173/1,610 Mediterranean Gibraltar 831/NA Barcelona, Spain 901/1,774 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,838 Antibes, France 864/1,761 San Remo, Italy 1,011/2,163 Naples, Italy 960/2,048 Venice, Italy 1,006/2,516 Corfu, Greece 1,031/1,761 Piraeus, Greece 1,082/1,991 Istanbul, Turkey 956/NA Malta 916/1,646 Tunis, Tunisia 828/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 828/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 669/NA Sydney, Australia 604/NA Fiji 687/NA
One year ago Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of July 15, 2012 Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 814/868 Savannah, Ga. 710/NA Newport, R.I. 720/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 930/NA St. Maarten 950/NA Antigua 1,001/NA Valparaiso 961/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 714/NA Cape Verde 953/NA Azores 866/NA Canary Islands 938/1,181 Mediterranean Gibraltar 858/NA Barcelona, Spain 815/1,731 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/817 Antibes, France 833/1,676 San Remo, Italy 935/2,067 Naples, Italy 959/2,091 Venice, Italy 938/2,244 Corfu, Greece 1,048/1,983 Piraeus, Greece 999/2,082 Istanbul, Turkey 853/NA Malta 864/1,540 Tunis, Tunisia 884/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 892/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 865/NA Sydney, Australia 861/NA Fiji 723/NA
*When available according to local customs.
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Capt. Liam Devlin, of M/Y Beothuk, visited Illulisat, Greenland during a voyage through the Northwest Passage last year from Boston to Vancouver. First Mate Nicholas Marr, below, assists from the bow as the yacht navigates PHOTOS/HIGH LATITUDES LTD. and CAPT. LIAM DEVLIN through ice.
Travels through remote Arctic settlements of Inuits, wildlife TRAVEL from page B1
Arctic fox, polar bear and whales
Pond Inlet was not our first encounter with ice. We had spent some time in Greenland’s Disko Bay, where we had slowly made our way through a maze of icebergs into the port of Ilulissat in Greenland. This, too, had been slow going, but I was pleased that we had made the effort to see what was clearly one of Greenland’s principle fishing ports. The icebergs in the bay had calved from the largest glacier in the northern hemisphere, which we were all keen to see. Greenland was a spectacular destination, which was enjoyed by the owners and crew alike. For me, the highlight was a successful day spent fishing for Arctic char on Disko Island. Finding anchorages with hidden treats like this was possible because we had armed ourselves with some expert knowledge. To complement the crew, we brought along an ice pilot from the expedition support company High Latitudes. Richard Haworth has visited these waters many times and I was able to
learn from his knowledge, particularly when moving through heavy ice, such as that encountered in Disko Bay, Pond Inlet and the Franklin Strait. The voyage would not have been nearly as safe, successful or scenic without the assistance provided by High Latitudes. Visits to remote Arctic settlements gave us the chance to chat with some interesting people. As the world becomes smaller due to technology and travel, we appreciate more these opportunities to sample remote cultures. In Canada, the fact that most of the Inuit population speaks English makes this much easier than in Greenland. We spent a fascinating evening getting real insight into the culture and wildlife of the region from a friend of Richard’s who came aboard for dinner one evening. Dave Reed has been a resident in Pond Inlet for 20 years, running a tour company called Polar Sea Adventure. I got chatting to a couple of Inuit fishermen on the beach who explained how they hunt pilot whales and narwhal using rifles from their small boats. I am a great supporter of subsistence hunting See TRAVEL, page B7
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High Latitudes consultant Richard Hayworth assists in navigating through dangerous ice floes. Remote passage affords viewing of several species of PHOTOS/HIGH LATITUDES LTD. and CAPT. LIAM DEVLIN whales, below.
Winds force refuge, anchoring; frequent check of daily ice chart TRAVEL from page B6 and Inuit traditions, but to me this seemed a bit barbaric; surely this must result in a lot of wounded whales? This conversation made me realize the importance of environmental education in these remote areas and the influence modern cultures have on ancient hunting and gathering. We were always on the lookout for Arctic wildlife. We were particularly rewarded when steaming southward in Prince Regent Inlet in Arctic Canada with whales. First, we encountered a pod of sperm whales, which Richard explained can be recognized by their lopsided blow, then almost immediately, a pair of bowhead whales. I have spend more than 10 years traveling the world’s oceans and it’s moments like these that keep sun in my face and salt in my hair for another season. Heading west, a couple of days were spent exploring the disused Hudson Bay settlement that is Fort Ross and its surrounding countryside. Here we
spent some time watching an Arctic fox forage for his dinner. The following day we cruised through the Bellot Strait in Nunavut where we were rewarded with a great sighting of a polar bear mother with her two cubs. These hugely powerful creatures are amazing to watch. However, the bears can be dangerous. We had to be on constant alert during all of our trips ashore in case we came across one of these creatures and always carried a rifle for defense. (Happily, we never came close to needing it.) As we came out of the Bellot Strait, the wind began to build. It soon reached more than twice the forecasted 25 knots and we started to look for shelter. The only nearby anchorage mentioned in our pilot books was part way along a long fjord running east to west. The easterly wind was being funneled down quite ferociously and it clearly was not the place for us to take refuge. We found a likely looking bay to
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Ice blocks, gale force winds challenge in isolated waters TRAVEL from page B7
M/Y Beothuk stands out among the icebergs in the Northwest Passage last year during a three month voyage. PHOTO/HIGH LATITUDES LTD. and CAPT. LIAM DEVLIN
the north. As with all of these waters, this coast is only partially surveyed, so some detailed exploration with the depth sounder was needed before we could anchor. This needed carefully attention as the high winds limited our maneuverability. As the wind built to more than 60 knots, we were forced to re-anchor twice. Eventually, it turned out that we
had chosen our refuge well and we were able to pass an uneventful, if very windy night, at anchor. We resumed our voyage southward in the morning.
In Roald Amundsen’s footsteps
This next section of the passage, the James Ross Strait around the eastern end of King William Island, was the most likely to be blocked by ice. Indeed, our daily ice charts had been showing it to be firmly blocked by ice for some weeks. The ice seemed to be clearing and we were hoping the easterly gale would have moved the ice from the eastern shore of the straits. Deciding to investigate our theory, we determined to see how far we could get southward. As we moved down the coast, carefully watching the depths, it seemed that our theory was working. An attempt to get around the western side of the Tasmania islands, uninhabited islands in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, was unsuccessful due to a lot of drift ice. Moving round to explore the passage inside the islands, we found two sailboats at anchor. These were the first yachts that we had seen since leaving Greenland two weeks earlier. One of the boats had some technical problems with their transmission, so we stopped overnight to lend a hand. Once repairs had been completed, we again set off southward down the inside of the islands. The easterly winds had cleared the way for us and we reached Gjoa Haven the next day. I had been looking forward to seeing this little settlement. It was essentially founded by Roald Amundsen when he spent two winters here in 1903 and 1904 on the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage. We found the locals to be friendly and as curious about us as we were about them. Our next stop at Cambridge Bay was as welcoming as Gjoa Haven. I spent some magical time when I left the boat for a half-day “walk-about”. I cycled out of town to the local river and explored upstream. Having found a likely spot, I set about fishing for the local delicacy of Arctic char. This was the first time I had fished in fresh water. Standing there with my fishing rod, surrounded by views of the green Arctic tundra, was an experience I will never forget. After an hour’s quiet fishing, I landed a pan-sized char. Within minutes, it was grilling on an open fire. Definitely the best fish I ever tasted.
Around to Alaska
We were fortunate with the weather we encountered on the trip from Cambridge Bay westward. Much of the See TRAVEL, page B9
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M/Y Beothuk’s S-band radar required constant monitoring of iceberg floes PHOTO/HIGH LATITUDES LTD. and CAPT. LIAM DEVLIN in Disko Bay, Greenland.
Stabilizers, props and rudders top list in Arctic preparations By Capt. Liam Devlin Prior to our voyage, I had High Latitudes go through M/Y Beothuk with me to ensure that she was ready for the Arctic. When looking at the strength of the vessel, we looked closely at the stabilizers, propellers and rudders. It was pointed out that our jet-drive tender was not at all suited to working in icy waters or on rocky shorelines. We purchased a rubber inflatable tender with an outboard, which we found to be ideal for our time in the Arctic. We also looked at ways of securing the vessel to rocks on the shore when hiding in small anchorages. Wire strops were made up for these anchorages. In cold Arctic waters, we could expect
the output of the watermaker to be reduced by as much as half, so we considered ways of improving output and reducing use . We were fortunate that Beothuk has a high specification of equipment and instruments on board. She has an S-band radar, which we found to be good at picking out ice, particularly in rain or snow. We also benefitted from having a high-powered depth sounder, which enabled us to obtain soundings in uncharted fjords. In addition to ensuring that all crew and guests had adequate clothing, we needed to be prepared for the difficult nature of the trip ahead. There are no marinas and few docks in the Arctic; the boat was at sea or at anchor for many weeks at a time.
End of three month voyage is cause for a little celebration TRAVEL from page B8 Alaskan coastline here is shallow, with few safe anchorages. A strong northerly wind can bring down the pack ice, trapping a vessel between the ice and the beach. We were lucky enough not to see any ice on this stretch of the trip. Rounding Point Barrow, our next stop was Nome, Alaska. In 1901, this little town was the scene of a gold rush, and we found when we landed that the place is once again in the grip of gold fever. The town was full of enthusiastic entrepreneurs, which made it an
interesting place to visit. Here, we allowed ourselves a small celebration. Records show that we are something like the 116th vessel to pass through the passage. Amundsen took three years to arrive in Nome. We could only imagine the celebrations he and his crew had in this remote town. Capt. Liam Devlin and a crew of five took the 102-foot M/Y Beothuk from Boston to Vancouver via the Northwest Passage last summer. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@thetriton.com.
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Oceanfast, Feadship, Alloy, Inace, Hargrave and Azimut sell Merle Wood & Associates has sold the 174-foot Oceanfast M/Y Sea Bowld, the 147-foot Feadship M/Y Helix and the 147-foot M/Y Latitude. New to its central agency listings for sale is the 82-foot Sunseeker M/Y Hideout for $2.4 million. Camper & Nicholsons has sold the 115-foot (35m) Alloy S/Y Aime Sea by broker Simon Goldsworthy, the 112foot (34m) Inace M/Y Fortus by broker Andrew LeBuhn, the 105-foot (32m) Hargrave M/Y Dream with broker Scott Goldsworthy and RJC Yachts, and the 90-foot Azimut M/Y Loretta listed with James Rayner. The brokerage has added to its central agency listings for sale the 151-foot (46m) performance cruiser M/Y Pure One, the 125-foot (38m)
Moonen M/Y Northlander with brokers David Sargus and Michael Rafferty (Northlander won the 2010 ISS Best Design Award for its size and was a finalist at the 2010 Showboats Design Awards), the 120-foot (36m) M/Y Whispering Angel built by ISA Shipyard, the 107-foot (33m) Sanlorenzo M/Y Titan II, the 103-foot (31m) Mangusta M/Y Platinum with broker Gaston Lees-Buckley, and the 84-foot (26m) M/Y Car-Co with broker Jaap Havenga. The brokerage has hired broker Conrad Hunter in its Newport office. Hunter has worked as crew, captain and with an America’s Cup campaign. Poland-based Sunreef Yachts sold three of its superyacht catamarans in June and July, including an 82-foot double deck sold to a client in the
Middle East due to be launched in December, a 90-foot power cat due to be delivered in early 2015, and an 80foot yacht in its Carbon line, due next May for an American client. Moran Yacht and Ship oversaw the launch of the new 279-foot (85m) Lurssen M/Y Niki, sold the 170-foot (52m) new construction Palmer Johnson Project Apollo, and added to its new central agency listings for sale the 220-foot (67m) Shadow M/Y Global for $15.9 million, the 130foot (40m) Mangusta M/Y Incognito for $11.75 million and the 106-foot (32m) Westport M/Y Dulcinea for $4.5 million. Italian builder Benetti has launched the 55m M/Y Ocean Paradise. The
yacht will debut in Monaco this September. There are four guest cabins, all on the lower deck, each with its own bath, and a view of the sea. There is a an aft beach area and swimming pool with waterfalls. Built of a steel hull, the yacht cruises at 12 knots and can reach 17 knots. Hakvoort has delivered the 130foot (40m) M/Y Apostrophe. The yacht has interior and exterior design by Reymond Langton Design, naval architecture by Diana Yacht Design and project management by Moran Yacht & Ship’s new construction team. Italian builder Sanlorenzo has launched the 151-foot (46m) M/Y Starling, a five-deck superyacht with an aluminum superstructure and a steel displacement hull.
Fort Lauderdale-based Northrop & Johnson has added to its central agency listings for sale the 258-foot (79m) M/Y SS Delphine with broker Joost Goverts in Palma. The yacht was built in 1921 by Great Lakes Engineering Works and rebuilt in 2003. The asking price is 38 million euros. New to its charter fleet is the 152foot (46m) M/Y Lady Katerina this summer in the western Med. The brokerage also has hired Bianca Nestor as a charter broker in its Lauderdale office. Nestor spent five years as a stew aboard yachts such as the 58m M/Y Lady Linda, the 59m M/Y Mi Sueno, and the 47m M/Y D’Natalin. The UK native has a bachelor’s degree in business management and has lived in Dubai where she worked as cabin crew for the international airline Emirates. Wisconsin-based Burger Boat Company has created a new designed it calls Liberty. In collaboration with Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect, Burger created the 138-foot (42m) yacht with formal and informal living spaces, exterior areas for entertaining
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YPI adds to fleet; tender concept announced BOATS from page B10 and easy access to the water. Contemporary by design, Liberty has transformed the swim platform with generous steps. Her main salon and dining area can be transformed into an indoor/outdoor area. The full beam main deck owner’s stateroom includes a lounge/office area. The four staterooms have en suite baths. The crew area has accommodations for six forward, and the crew lounge and laundry has access to the guest areas. Aft of the engine room is a garage for her 20-foot (6m) tender and water toys. In other company news, Burger hired Thom Conboy as its commercial director to secure new construction, refit and repair projects. He will also lead its brokerage and charter division at Burger Yacht Sales. Conboy’s yachting career spans more than 30 years and has held positions as captain, project manager, broker and shipyard owner. Throughout his career, he has been involved with the construction, sale and repair of yachts up to 315 feet (96m). Reach him at tconboy@burgerboat.com or +1 561441-6131. YPI Charter, the charter arm of Yachting Partners International, has added to its charter fleet the 73m M/Y Pegaso built by Freire Shipyard of Spain. The yacht sleeps 12 in six cabins and is available in the Mediterranean this summer starting at 525,000 euros a week. DeBasto Designs and Hodgdon Shipbuilding have released a new tender design concept, the Onyx 41. From touch screen controls to remote monitoring, Onyx includes a host of innovative features such as a self-
deploying integrated fender system, built-in dock line handling and hybrid electric propulsion. The 41-foot vessel includes one cabin, galley, head and open area. For more information visit www. hodgdonyachts.com.
IYC has added to its central agency listings for sale the 97-foot (30m) Marlow M/Y Kakawi with brokers Mark Elliott and Philip Bell for $5.9 million. Italian builder Azimut will debut its new 80-foot (24m) yacht at the Cannes show in September. It is the first yacht over 72 feet designed entirely at Azimut’s headquarters in Avigliana, Italy. The yacht has four en suite cabins to accommodate eight guests with an interior design developed by Achille Salvagni Architetti that can be proposed in four styles. Crew cabins can accommodate two, but the possibility of adding a third is being studied, according to a company press release. Turkish builder RMK Marine has completed an 18-month refit of the former M/Y Chevy Toy, now called M/Y Keyla, a 45m Trinity. The hull was extended 6.5 feet (2m) to create a larger swim platform, the electrical systems were updated, new generators were installed, the hydraulics were replaced. According to a company news release,
the owner requested that the crew and service area be upgraded. The laundry area was resized to fit additional cabins, bringing the crew up to eight, with one optional berth. The upper deck has been made into a secluded inside area, especially for children, and a new dining area was created with a round 14-person table. The yacht now features a grey hull. Fraser Yachts has hired Gina Robertson as charter broker and Flavio Constantino as a sales broker in its Ft. Lauderdale office. Robertson previously was with Yachtstore and had a prior career in the high-tech industry in Boston. Constantino has worked in the Brazilian and Latin markets for companies such as Azimut-Benetti, Ferretti and San Lorenzo. Dutch builder Feadship has hired Farouk Nefzi as its new marketing and brand director. Nefzi has spent the previous five and a half years as director of HISWA Multimedia, positioning events such as the Amsterdam in-water Boat Show, and was director of Fair Promotion, a specialist exhibition stand organization for companies active in the superyacht industry. Dutch builder Heesen has appointed Mark Cavendish as sales and marketing director to replace Fabio Ermetto, who left the company last summer. Cavendish worked with Ermetto and has more than 35 years experience in the naval and yachting industry. The builder also added Niels Vaessen to its board of directors as finance director. He has been working for Heesen as finance manager since 2012.
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SOLAS, bridge nav procedures, stowage and drills see changes RULES from page C1 regulation will now mandate enclosedspace entry and rescue drills. This will require crew members with enclosedspace entry or rescue responsibilities to participate in actual drills at least once every two months. Previously, such drills were only required if voluntarily identified in the safety management system. We will also see amendments to the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, otherwise known as the International Safety Management (ISM) Code. New wording was inserted related to Resources and Personnel that will emphasize the company’s responsibility to ensure that the ship is appropriately manned.
Tokyo MOU’s inspection scheme
The Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the AsiaPacific Region (Tokyo MOU) announced a New Inspection Regime (NIR) for the selection of ships from Jan. 1, 2014. Noting that the Paris and Tokyo MOUs endeavor to harmonize their PSC procedures to the highest level between the two regions, the Tokyo MOU NIR was developed by taking advantage of the inspection scheme introduced in the Paris MOU a couple of years ago. The Tokyo MOU will adopt related instruments in the next meeting to be held in October in Tokyo, Japan. Under the NIR, ships (and yachts) will be identified into three categories: high-risk ships, standard-risk ships and low-risk ships. The ship risk profile will be calculated automatically and recorded in the PSC database system. Under the NIR, different time windows and inspection intervals will be applied to the corresponding categories in accordance with the risk levels. This will establish a system to ensure that high-risk ships are subject to more frequent inspections while low-risk ships would be awarded with a wider time window for inspections. The existing ship targeting factors will be replaced by the Ship Risk Profile, calculated based on the following elements and using historical data of inspections in the region during a three-year period: * Performance of the flag of the ship (e.g. Black or White List of flags, status on completion of the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme (VIMSAS))
* Type of ship * Age of ship * Performance of the recognized organizations (RO) (such as flag states) * Performance of the company responsible for ISM management * Number of deficiencies * Number of detentions
Paris MOU’s new target list
The Paris MOU Committee approved the 2012 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for Flag States and Recognized Organizations. The new lists took effect July 1. The “black, grey, and white (BGW) lists” present the full spectrum, from quality flags to flags with a poor performance that are considered high or very high risk. It is based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a three-year rolling period for flags with at least 30 inspections in the period. The BGW lists for 2012 comprise 78 flags: 14 on the black list, 18 on the grey list, and 45 on the white list. The highest performing flags were France, Germany and Hong Kong. Most flags that were categorized as very high risk in previous years remained so in 2012. The poorest performing flags are Togo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Bolivia. The Paris MOU also announced its performance listing of Recognized Organizations (ROs). These organizations have been delegated with statutory responsibilities by flag states. Among the best performers were: 1. American Bureau of Shipping 2. Det Norske Veritas 3. Lloyd’s Register The lowest performing ROs were: 1. Albanian Register of Shipping 2. INCLAMAR 3. Phoenix Register of Shipping On July 1, the new performance lists were incorporated into the process for calculating the ship risk profile. Capt. Jake DesVergers is chief surveyor for International Yacht Bureau (IYB), an organization that provides flag-state inspection services to yachts on behalf of several administrations. A deck officer graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, he previously sailed as master on merchant ships, acted as designated person for a shipping company, and served as regional manager for an international classification society. Contact him at +1 954-596-2728 or www.yachtbureau.org. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.
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Winners of the 2013 ShowBoats Design Awards receive trophies at a gala in PHOTO PROVIDED Monaco in late June.
Yachts Adastra, Better Place, Vicky and Aslec 4 take awards Winners of the 2013 ShowBoats Design Awards were announced at a gala in Monaco in late June. Notable winners include the 42.5m power trimaran M/Y Adastra, which received three awards including Newcomer of the Year, and S/Y Better Place, M/Y Vicky and M/Y Aslec 4, which each received two. The awards were presented to the designers and creative teams of the best superyacht projects delivered in 2012. Winners were chosen by a panel of judges made up of yacht owners, senior yacht crew, and designers and stylists from within and outside the marine industry. The winners are: For Interior Design – Sailing Yachts, Wetzels Brown Partners for the 50.5m S/Y Better Place built by Wally. For Interior Design – SemiDisplacement Motor Yachts, Guido de Groot for the 35m M/Y Diamond built by AB Yachts For Interior Design – Displacement Motor Yachts 30m60m, Rémi Tessier for the 45m M/Y Aslec 4 built by Rossinavi For Interior Design – Displacement Motor Yachts 60m and larger, Vain Interiors for the 77m M/Y Smeralda built by Hanseatic Marine For Exterior Design and Styling – Sailing Yachts, Dykstra Naval Architects for the 39.7m S/Y Kamaxitha built by Royal Huisman For Exterior Design and Styling – Semi-Displacement Motor Yachts, Dubois Naval Architects for the 47m M/Y Loretta Anne built by Alloy Yachts For Exterior Design and Styling – Displacement Motor Yachts 30m60m, Design Studio Spadolini for the 45m M/Y Aslec 4 For Exterior Design and Styling – Displacement Motor Yachts 60m and larger, Sam Sorgiovanni Designs for the 88.5m M/Y Nirvana built by Oceanco For Naval Architecture – Sailing Yachts, Dykstra Naval Architects for the 39.7m S/Y Rainbow built by Holland Jachtbouw
For Naval Architecture – Motor Yachts, John Shuttleworth Yacht Designs for the 42.5m M/Y Adastra built by McConaghy Boats For Interior Layout – Sailing Yachts, Redman Whiteley Dixon/ Warwick Yacht Design for the 30.5m S/Y Quintessential built by Yachting Developments For Interior Layout – Motor Yachts, H2 Yacht Design for the 72.6m M/Y Vicky built by ProteksanTurquoise For Tender Design, Fontaine Design Group for T/T Loretta Anne built by Lloyd Stevenson Boatbuilders For Recreational Area for Guest Use, co-winners Reymond Langton Design for the sun deck on the 73.5m M/Y Mogambo built by Nobiskrug and H2 Yacht Design for the spa on the 72.6m M/Y Vicky built by ProteksanTurquoise The Design and Technology Award was given to Holland Jachtbouw/Whisper Power for Hybrid Power and Propulsion For Environmental Protection, Viareggio Superyachts for M/Y Stella Maris, with a special mention to builder Wally for S/Y Better Place For Holistic Design, the 50.5m S/Y Better Place built by Wally with interior by Wetzels Brown Partners The award for Newcomer of the Year was given to John Shuttleworth Yacht Designs and Orion Shuttleworth Design for the design of M/Y Adastra And the Young Designer of the Year Award was given to Stefano Inglese for M/Y Granturismo. The judges considered that his design fitted the parameters detailed in the set task: design the exterior lines, interior layout and interior design of a new 65m motor yacht for a well-known collector of classic and modern sports cars. The final award presented was the Lifetime Achievement Award, newly established this year to honor a yacht designer who has made an indelible impression on the yacht industry. The Neptune award was given to John Munford, a yacht designer for almost 35 years based in the UK.
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Boat shows, races in Sydney, UK, Johannesburg, Amsterdam EVENT OF MONTH Aug. 12-15 12th annual Newport Superyacht Network Weekend, Newport, RI. Events for megayacht brokers, staff, and active captains. Includes open house, party, lunch, croquet, pub crawl, scavenger hunt by tender, clambake and more. www. facebook.com/SuperyachtNetwork
Aug. 1-5 46th Sydney International Boat Show, Sydney, Australia. www. sydneyboatshow.com.au
Aug. 3-10 Cowes Week, Isle Of Wight. Up to 40 daily races for up to 1,000 boats. www.aamcowesweek.co.uk
Aug. 8-11 11th annual Shipyard Cup,
East Boothbay, Maine. An invitational regatta. www.shipyardcup.com
Aug. 13-16 Lloyd’s Register Hull inspection course. www.lr.org,
Aug. 16 Ida Lewis Distance Race
Newport, R.I. www.ildistancerace.org
Aug. 16-18 Johannesburg National
Boat, Dive and Leisure exhibition, Northriding, Johannesburg, South Africa. www.nationalboatshow.co.za
Aug. 18-20 12th International
Sailing Summit, San Francisco. With America’s Cup race viewing, seminars, networking. Speakers include Frank Savage, Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III, Iain Murray, Stan Honey and Johnny Heineken. SailAmerica.com
Aug. 23-25 Newport Bucket Regatta,
Newport, R.I. www.bucketregattas.com
Aug. 31-Sept. 1 34th Annual MoY
Sept. 9-12 26th SMM,
Hamburg,Germany. Shipbuilding, machinery and technology trade fair. smm-hamburg.de
Sept. 10-15 Cannes International
Boat Show (Festival De La Plaisance), Cannes. First gathering of the Med season at Vieux Port, Port Pierre Canto and Espace Riviera. www.salonnautiquecannes.com
Sept. 12-15 43rd annual Newport
International Boat Show, R.I. One of the oldest and largest shows in the United States. www.newportboatshow.com
Classic Yacht Regatta at Fort Adams State Park, R.I. Annual event for classic boats and North American Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. iyrs.org
Sept. 13-22 PSP Southampton Boat
Sept. 3-8 Hiswa In-Water Boat Show, NDSM-shipyard, Amsterdam. www. hiswatewater.nl
on the ocassional third Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by Marina Bay. www.the-triton.com
Sept. 4 The Triton’s monthly
Sept. 24 Zest Monaco with AYSS,
networking event on the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by ISS GMT. No RSVP necessary; bring business cards and be ready to network. www.the-triton.com
Show, Southampton, UK. www.southamptonboatshow.com
Sept. 18 The Triton’s networking event
Monaco. Networking event with free drinks and nibbles at Zest Monaco. Contact jenny@ayss.org.
Sept. 24-26 Seatrade Europe,
Hamburg, Germany. www.seatradeeurope.com
Sept. 24-29 DEMA Convention,
Orlando, Fla. The Domestic Estate Managers Association will host 18 workshops, speakers, networking, best practices, advice, panel discussions. www.demaconvention.com
Sept. 25-28 Monaco Yacht Show,
Monaco. Feature captains’ party, MYS design award, Green Plus certificate, 500 exhibitors, 100 yachts. www.monacoyachtshow.com
MAKING PLANS Oct. 2 Triton Expo, Maritime Professional Training, Ft. Lauderdale The Triton is hosting its popular Expo for the people who earn their livings working on yachts. The Expo is open to yacht crew and industry to help them develop the contacts that can make their careers better. 6-9 p.m. Stay tuned to www.the-triton.com for details.
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Kitty McGowan, manager of U.S. Superyacht Association, spotted a Triton reader at Shelter Island Marina during the 10th annual San Diego International Boat Show in June. McGowan didn’t get her name but said the woman said she loves the yachting articles. “I look forward to reading this every month,” the unidentified fan said.
Capt. Ned Stone caught Capt. Dale Sawyer reading The Triton at the Green Turtle Club, a Guy Harvey Expedition property on Great Abaco in the Bahamas. Sawyer is one of the club’s “go to” fishing guides for big bonefish, Stone said.
Zander Nichols, son of yacht broker David Nichols and Sara Nichols of Feng Shui Flower Designs, protects himself from the sun as he paints “street art” on a building in Wynwood, Miami’s Art District..
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TRITON SURVEY: Security cameras
Smile, you’re on camera, inside and out
had no cameras. The mix of yacht size and chartering pretty much matched the group as a whole. So among the yachts that do have cameras, we asked Are they mostly for safety/security or more for privacy concerns? Again, the bulk of our respondents (94 percent) agreed and said they were for safety and security. Even those used for one or the other can be called into service for both. “Ours are mainly used for security but can be helpful to see if guests are coming or going if we happen to step away from the gangway for a minute,” said the deckhand on a yacht 180-200 feet. “We use the camera to be certain that the connection of our 33-foot towed tender is done safely,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet. “We also require visual confirmation of
Please tell me the boss did not just request boneless stuffed chicken again for dinner. Why is it that we fall into cooking the same old tired meals week after week? It’s probably because they like that dish, or maybe it’s because we have fallen into a cooking rut. There is a whole world of new cuisine waiting at Culinary Waves our doorstep, yet Mary Beth we return to our Lawton Johnson roots, even while in a foreign country. Is it because we crave something familiar when we are in a new place? Quite possibly. I once worked for an adventurous owner who ate everything under the sun. But on Sundays, he wanted his filet mignon and twice-baked potato. Often, we must accept that the boss wants what he wants. After all, our No. 1 goal is to please the boss. The reality, though, is that fixing the same thing all the time is just downright boring for a chef. So how do we sway the owner or guests to try something else, pique their interest in a new food, or try a new cuisine all together? The easiest way I have found is to serve mini plates. If you are proficient in the new cuisine you want them to try, begin with an assortment of appetizers. Offer a tasting menu you want them to try. Mix in a few regulars and make sure it goes with the fare they are used to, but serve the new food up slowly. Visually, make it more appealing than the apps they are used to. Remember, we eat with our eyes first. Then begin incorporating small parts of a new cuisine into the old to offer a mixed meal. Perhaps begin with a spice and gradually build a new flavor profile.
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By Lucy Chabot Reed The idea of security cameras on a yacht is nothing new. They help manage operations, keeping an eye on that towed tender or the engine room when crew are small or watches long. But when cameras get focused in the salon or crew mess, and owners can tap in remotely whenever they like, “security” takes on a new meaning. “I know of a yacht that has a camera in the crew quarters hallway and it can be monitored remotely by the owner at home,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet. “Crew come and go to the shower half naked, of course, and these cameras should not be allowed. It’s kind of creepy.” This month’s survey comes after talking to two captains, one upgrading the yacht’s security system and the other on a new yacht and dealing with cameras in the interior for the first time. Both were curious what the industry standards are for video cameras on yachts. So we asked. About 120 yacht captains and crew took our survey this month and we really weren’t surprised at the answers to our first few questions: Do you have cameras on the yacht? More than 90 percent said yes. “Cameras are one of the most misunderstood yet most valuable and underutilized tools on board,” said the captain of a yacht 180-200 feet. “Yes, the potential is there to misuse, however if properly placed and for the proper reasons, they can greatly increase the level of safety, supervision, and especially attentive ‘invisible’ service, without being intrusive to guests.” “More eyes are always a good thing on a yacht,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet. “Safety, security, service; the three S’s. Also, they’re very helpful when docking.” “The small cameras are good for
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First Mate Cassandra Bruno was captured recently below an Elbex camera installed on a yacht more than 120 feet in length. Images can be recorded with the system, which is used for security, as well as to monitor guest PHOTO/CAPT. LIAM DEVLIN and crew movements. monitoring all access areas to the vessel,” said the captain of a yacht 160180 feet. “Cameras on the upper deck we use to monitor boat launching and retrieval, guests arriving by tender or swimming at our side boarding ladders, and pilot boat approach and boardings.” “To catch abnormalities in the engine room before they get bad,” said an engineer in yachting more than 30 years. “As I am on a smaller yacht, we do not have many cameras but I do like the passerelle camera as it gives us the convenience of leaving the passerelle down during the evening but being able to monitor it from inside the boat,” said a captain in yachting more than 10 years. “Not absolutely necessary but nice to have,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet. We could find no similarities among the 11 captains who said their yachts
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The Triton networks with Crew Unlimited in Ft. Lauderdale The Triton hosts networking with Crew Unlimited on Aug. 7 in Ft. Lauderdale. All yacht crew and industry professionals are invited to make and renew connections in the industry. Until then, learn more about Crew Unlimited from Managing Director Ami Ira. Q. Tell us about Crew Unlimited. Crew Unlimited started in 1983 by Jude Rilling, and later sold to Capt. Eddie Seesholts. I worked for him for four months before he passed away, giving me the opportunity to buy it from his wife over the years. I’ve seen it grow from a one man operation with 800 candidates in the database using paper files and faxes to the international family we are today, with offices in Ft. Lauderdale and Antibes and nearly 50,000 registered crew from all over the world. Q. There are other agencies, why should crew choose you? We are more like mentors or counselors, than recruiters, and it’s what makes us stand out against the rest. Q. Who will crew work with? All of our placement coordinators have worked on yachts. Sue Price from Illinois is the office manager and senior placement coordinator for captains and chefs. Terry Haas from South Africa places mates, engineers and licensed deck crew. Heather Adams from Annapolis, MD is in charge of placing our stewardesses and interior department crew. Mandy Lee-Elliott and Diana Correll, in our France office, have each worked on yachts and are getting to know the hundreds of ‘newbie’ crew who land there each spring. Our receptionist/ administrative assistant, Susan Keever, is the gatekeeper. The only one who doesn’t have yachting experience, but probably the most critical to providing the highest level of service is Diana Wojtowicz, our reference clerk. Q. What is your background? I moved from North Carolina to Ft. Lauderdale in 1988 for Fashion Design School, and was recruited as a stewardess by a yacht broker. I worked on a 91-foot private M/Y Infinity cruising between Maine and Florida, a 140-foot charter yacht M/Y Miss Turnberry in the Caribbean and on 116foot M/Y Nobility. Q. Has technology changed the way placement is done? It is simpler to find records, crew, search our database, etc, and for clients, they get faster results. Q. Do you have to meet in person?
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It’s not mandatory if they have experience and references. However, meeting them in person opens you up to more, there’s just no substitute for meeting with someone. Q. What would you like crew to better understand about work? I would like them to know that it’s not a RACE to find ANY job. What’s important is to find a GOOD JOB for YOU. It frustrates us to have someone reactivate their files and the next day say they have a job and inactivate it. To me, it says they didn’t research the job, they didn’t look hard and consider options, and there is a chance they will be looking again. That doesn’t serve anyone. It makes your resume look bad, and the turnover introduces stress to the owner and the crew. Don’t jump at the first thing that comes along. Let us get to know you well enough to be able to help you, too. Drop the ego, and be honest about what you really really want out of life. Q. What surprises you? The biggest mistake I see is when a crew member quits a good job without trying to make the one they have, into the one they want. There is a saying, “When an employee is fired, the employee has failed. When an employee quits, the employer has failed.” It hurts when someone that you’ve invested time and money into leaves. Better advice would be to sit down and think about the top 10 rewards that you need out of your job, and measure it against the job you currently have or want. You have to consider what you have to offer, compare it with the needs of the yacht and determine if your job is making the grade. If you have outgrown the position you’re in, then you owe it to yourself to further your career. But, if there’s a chance your own grass could be a greener just by watering it (communicating) then try that before you jump ship. Q. What should crew to better understand about the industry? The yachting industry is a privilege. There is opportunity to see the world, learn about geography and different cultures. When you go home you will never look at anything the same. But, it doesn’t last forever, and you can ruin it for yourself, one misstep can cause you to lose your job, reference and future jobs. This industry is tinier than it seems when it comes to your reputation, so you must guard it and protect it like your livelihood depends on it, because it most certainly does. Bad news spreads like wildfire. Crew Unlimited is located at 1069 SE 17th St., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316; +1 954-462-4624; www.crewunlimited.com. Stay tuned to www.the-triton.com for details.
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NETWORKING THIS MONTH: Viking SurfSUP
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Network with The Triton and Viking on Aug. 21 in Ft. Lauderdale The Triton hosts networking with Viking SurfSUP on Aug. 21 in Ft. Lauderdale. All yacht crew and industry professionals are invited to bring business cards to meet and greet. Stay tuned to www.the-triton. com for details. Until then, learn more from Manager Darlan Lopes.
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Q. What is Viking SurfSUP? We are a surf and stand up paddle board (SUP) retail store in the heart of Ft. Lauderdale in the 17th Street district. We cater to the local and demanding surf, skate, kite, skim board and SUP sportsperson. We actually produce and manufacture our products. This shop is professional, but comfortable. We are not like some surf shops, where it is too laid back. Q. You make your own products? Our products are made in United States, that way we can maintain the quality. We can use fiberglass or wood for more traditional feel or we can use epoxy resin, for lighter boards. We custom build SUP, kiteboards, tow boards and SUP raceboards.
It usually takes about three to five weeks for a finished product. We carry a variety of price points. Quality varies in production, and we use better materials like resin and fiber. If I use material from another country, the quality may be less. Just like anything, you have to watch quality assurance from other places. You can see differences even in the leash plugs and that’s important because water seeps in because of delaminating. You see tons of paddleboards out there and you see tons of difference. Q. How do you help megayachts? We sell or rent high quality skim, surf and SUP boards and we deliver right to the yacht. Say a yacht wants to add the yacht logo onto their own boards, we can do colors, sizes, just about anything. We can put the yacht logo right on it and even match the yacht’s colors. You can e-mail the graphics or logo in high resolution or send laminate paper, we place it right inside as we make it. Create a personalized board for the owner or give them to charter guests. Definitely one of a kind products for each yacht. We can also make the logos. We sell a lot of skateboards to crew. Crew ask if they can take their skateboards with them onboard, the captain usually says yes. We even have
a real small one which is a great way to get around any place the yacht is. Q. What else do you carry? We stock everything to round out your experience. We have GoPro cameras, Havianas, Reef and 8eighty brand t-shirts, board shorts, bikinis and lycras. We stock Smith Optics, Modasten, Bomber (great for boating because they float) sunglasses. And a mix of things like Lifeproof waterproof cases for phones, ding repair kits, Sun Bum sunscreen, lip balms including a clear zinc for complete sun protection. And of course skateboard, surfboard and SUP accessories like fins, bags, leashes, wax, deck beds and paddles. Plus watches, even fresh coffee. Q. And this all started how? Viking Surfboards, back in 1973, was building surfboards and surf kayaks. They later turned into a wholesaler worldwide and recently became a retailer under the name Viking SurfSUP. Christian Wolthers shaped boards and distributed them. We are still manufacturing in central Florida. Q. You started as a pro surfer? I started surfing at eight years old in Brazil and the ocean was about 10 minutes by bike. The place is like the capital of surfing in Brazil. I started to compete and did some pro contests when I was about 13 or 14
and I started to get paid when I was 16. It was a small salary, but free boards and clothings. Back then you didn’t get much money. It was very competitive and not so many sponsors, so it was harder as a career. It was expensive to compete. Then I moved to United States, won a few and started to build a resume. Then I met Viking and they sponsored me in pro and amateur contests. And I started doing sales as a rep. I was east coast champion National Scholastic Surfing Association 2009 and 2010. Q. What about crew and charter guests who don’t know about SUPs? Is there a good way to introduce them? We do free demonstrations and we can teach lessons. We’ll take you to the beach and let you try some boards. We can teach you how to teach others so everyone has a good time. Q. What is your favorite product? Our CAT Bottom surfboards and the Viking SUP Surf nine-foot model. SUPs are here to stay and everyone can do it. Networking is Aug. 21 at 1598 Cordova Rd, Unit 2 in Ft. Lauderdale, 33316, north of S.W. 17th St.; +1 954-321-9277, info@vikingsurfsup.com and www. vikingsurfboards.com.
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ore than 200 people attended Triton networking on the third Wednesday in July to raise money for Pam Wall, the former West Marine employee who helped create its large yacht division. Wall hasn’t worked the past three years as she took care of her daughter, Samantha, and granddaughter, as Sam battled cancer. Sam Wall died in mid-June; she was 36. The event, hosted by The Triton and the Marine Industry Cares Foundation, raised more than $4,000. Broker Oliver Dissman of Liquid Assets, winner of the 50/50 drawing of $700, donated his half back to the cause. Donations are still being accepted at www. PHOTOS/DORIE COX sammywall.com.
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That crispy black char tastes good but is linked to cancer risks That crispy black char on grilled meats might taste good, but it isn’t good for you. That doesn’t mean you have to give up eating grilled foods. Substances called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) form on meats cooked at high temperatures such as grilling and barbecuing. These HCAs are formed when the extreme Take It In heat interacts with Carol Bareuther natural substances in meats such as creatinine, amino acids and sugars. The visual result is the black char. The HCAs in the char can bind directly to our DNA and cause the first step in the cancer development process. HCAs have been linked to an increased risk for prostate, pancreatic and colon cancers. More specifically, researchers at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California in 2011 studied more than 500 40- to 79-year-old men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer. They discovered that consumption of grilled and well-done hamburger and other red meats was associated with an increased risk of advanced prostate cancer. A 2009 study conducted at the
University of Minnesota, which surveyed eating habits of more than 62,000 people, revealed that those who ate the largest number of servings of well-done bacon, sausage, hamburger or steak had a 70 percent higher risk for pancreatic cancer than those who ate the least amount. In addition, a 2012 study by researchers at Vanderbilt University of more than 5,000 people found an association between eating wellcooked red meat and increased risk of colorectal polyps. Most physicians consider polyps to be pre-cancerous. It’s not just the black char on red meat that contains harmful HCAs. Japanese researchers in 2010 found that HCA levels in pan-fried skin-on chicken and pan-fried salmon were significantly high. In addition, in 2008, the Physicians for Responsible Medicine group funded research that looked at HCA formation in grilled chicken entrees at popular chain restaurants in California such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Chickfil-A, Chili’s, TGI Friday’s, Outback Steakhouse and Applebee’s. They found that all samples contained some HCAs and some samples at very high levels. Here are four tips to grill food more healthfully. 1. Change the cooking method. For example, pre-cook meats or poultry
in the microwave or oven so that it spends less time on the grill. Clean the grill so that char stuck on the grill grate doesn’t transfer to foods. Also, avoid eating the char. For example, if the skin of grilled chicken is charred, take the skin off and eat the meat underneath. 2. Choose lean meats or skinless poultry, or trim fat from red meat. Fat dripping on coals causes smoke and this smoke has HCAs that can deposit on foods. You can also wrap food in foil. Punch small holes in the bottom of the foil. This allows the fat to drip off The black char on barbecue chicken harbors during cooking but protects potential cancer-causing HCAs. PHOTO/DEAN BARNES the meat or poultry from the smoke. portabella mushrooms and sweet 3. Marinate meat or poultry. Even onions as well as fresh pineapple slices marinating for as little as 30 minutes and halves of fresh peaches, mangoes can help reduce HCA formation. In addition, lightly oil the grill. This keeps or nectarines taste great on the grill. The sugars in the fruits especially will any black char from sticking to foods. caramelize in the heat. 4. Change your menu. Consider fruits and vegetables. These foods don’t Carol Bareuther is a registered dietitian form HCAs when grilled. Plus, fresh and a regular contributor to The Triton. produce provides many antioxidants Comments on this column are welcome and phytonutrients that can aid in at editorial@the-triton.com. cancer prevention. Zucchini squash,
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Chicken with Asiago Cheese Asiago cheese has a protected designation of origin (like champagne) and is produced in the alpine area of Italy in the town of Asiago, province of Vicenza, in the Veneto region. This aged cheese is grated in soups, pastas and salads or sliced and served in panini. If you cannot find an asiago, a manchego (from sheep’s milk) or parmesan cheese would make a good substitute. Serve this dish with a Caesar salad, baguette and a semi-sweet white wine.
Ingredients: 1 cup asiago cheese 1/2 cup roasted red peppers 2 lemons 4 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp. almonds, slivered 1/2 tsp. dried oregano 1/2 tsp. sea salt 2 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper 1 3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts Preparation: Dice the cheese and peppers. Grate or zest the peel of both lemons. In a bowl, combine the cheese, peppers, lemon zest, EVOO, almonds, oregano, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper. Let stand for 20 minutes for the flavors to blend.
In the meantime, lightly coat chicken in EVOO and then sprinkle with lemon pepper. Over medium heat, grill chicken 5 minutes on each side, or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Slice chicken one inch thick. Top with the cheese mixture, plate and serve. Capt. John Wampler has worked on yachts for more than 25 years. He’s created a repertoire of quick, tasty meals for crew to prepare for themselves to give the chef a break. Contact him through www.yachtaide.com. Comments are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.
Change appearance, garnish, side for guests as well as chef WAVES, from page C1 If you don’t want to risk tweaking the main meal, try offering something new with side dishes or even plate garnish. Or consider just changing the appearance of the dish. (If you can’t do this for the one who loves the dish, consider changing it up for the rest of the party; they might be as tired of it as you are.) I find a lot of creative stimuli in magazines. Often, foodie magazines will take old dishes and reduce the fat and calories, changing them up in subtle ways that could open some doors with the boss. The magazine
Food Arts takes a modernist twist on the same old meals. My favorite is Saveur, which takes a minimalist approach to everyday fare. Not one recipe in that magazine looks bad, even if it is the same thing we eat every day. Whatever you try, make sure it tastes just as good, if not better, than the original. Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine and has worked on yachts for more than 20 years. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@thetriton.com.
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Leek and Potato Soup Island style, with aged gruyere and white truffle toastie Soup is far from my favorite dish to eat, but it is one of my favorite dishes to cook. The ability to take something simple, like potatoes and leeks, and generate depth and versatility with a few run-of-the-mill ingredients is a sincere pleasure. The addition of the corona pairs perfectly with the cream and elevates the smoky flavor of the bacon and earthiness of the truffle. I have served this for lunch and dinners in tropical climates and it was neither too heavy nor too stodgy. Make a double or triple batch and your crew will volunteer to do the dishes.
Ingredients: 8 rashers (back bacon), smoked, chopped 8 leeks, cleaned and sliced 1 tbsp cayenne pepper 1/2 bottle Corona beer 4 large potatoes, peeled and diced 2 cups chicken stock 2 cups cream Salt and pepper Directions: In a heavy-bottomed pot at med-high heat, place chopped bacon and sautÊ till cooked and beginning to crisp, about 10-15 minutes. If it begins to stick, don’t worry. Add leeks and cayenne and cook 7 more minutes. Turn heat to high and cook for 1 minute. Deglaze pot with Corona, stirring to lift sediment from bottom of pot. Add potatoes, stock and cream, turn heat to low and cook for about 20 minutes with lid on, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are cooked well. Remove lid and cook 10 minutes more. Blend soup with hand blender. Season to taste. Ready to serve or refrigerate for later use.
For the toastie: 1 stick butter, softened 6 tbsp white truffle oil 16 slices white bread, crust off 8 slices aged gruyere at room temp. Cracked black pepper In a bowl, mix butter and truffle oil until the oil is completely incorporated. Butter 1 side of each side of bread, place that side down in a non-stick pan on med-high heat. Add gruyere and plenty of cracked black pepper. Top with another slice of bread, buttered side up, and flip when bottom is brown. Cook till other side is brown. Remove from pan and serve immediately with soup. Mark Godbeer, a culinary-trained chef from South Africa, has been professionally cooking for more than 11 years, 9 of which have been on yachts. Comments on this recipe are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.
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Are they mostly for safety/security or privacy?
Where are the cameras located?
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Are camera imag future playback?
Engine room – 91% Safety/security – 94%
Aft deck /passerelle – 88% Access doors – 75% Privacy – 3% Other – 3%
Yes – 57% No – 43%
Other – 32%
No – 56%
Bow – 29% Main salon – 13%
From engine room to access doors, cameras are watching Inevit SURVEY, from page C1 anyone entering/exiting our transom door while under way.” To get a better idea of how cameras are used on yachts, we asked Where are the cameras located? Cameras are used for everything from monitoring the safety and security of travel including towed tenders and docking to monitoring human movement on all decks and observing guest common areas for service. Once again, the bulk of our respondents commonly put them in the engine room (91 percent), aimed on the aft deck and/or passarelle (86 percent), and aimed at access doors (75 percent). Less than a third (29 percent) had them monitoring the bow. “Cameras should be positioned to show all entry points and outside decks and mast as well as the engine spaces,” said the captain of a yacht 200-220 feet. “Also recommend a camera underwater on bow and in stern. The underwater cameras show great marine life and with the stern camera you are able to see the props and rudders
without getting into the water. Last, I would put outboard and in the aft section cameras port and starboard to be used when docking.” Just 12 percent had them in the main salon, presumably for guest service, and less than 5 percent had them in the galley. Two percent of our respondents said there were cameras both in the crew quarters and in staterooms. About a fifth of our respondents offered other locations, including atop the mast, in the bilges, in the tender garage and underwater. “Masthead fore and aft, plus owner’s deck exterior dining area so that the interior crew can monitor the progress and needs of meals,” said the captain of a yacht 180-200 feet. “I would like to link our security camera to my smart phone so when I’m off the boat, I can monitor what is going on,” said the captain of a yacht less than 80 feet. Here’s where our survey stopped being so predictable. Because our initial captain seemed a little surprised that his new command had cameras in the interior, we asked Do you use cameras
to see when guests might require service (perhaps on deck or in the dining area)? About 57 percent do; 43 percent do not. “They’re helpful when the guests sit on the aft deck for dinner,” said the chief stew of a yacht 140-160 feet. “They are obviously not a substitute for good service but cameras can aid as a quick peek to see who’s still eating, when you can clear, etc.” “If you need cameras inside the yacht, then there obviously is a trust issue,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet. “If the crew uses them to know when service is needed then they are not in tune with the guests.” Are camera images recorded for future playback? About 56 percent said they are not; 44 percent said they are. “The ability to discreetly be able to keep an eye on guests at dinner without standing over them could be a bonus, but I would definitely let guests know where all cameras on the boat were,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet. “I would never record guests at any time, except entry and exit
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TRITON SURVEY: Security cameras
Are the images remotely accessible?
Yes – 44%
Do any cameras have alarms or motion alerts?
Yes – 31%
Yes– 36%
No – 64%
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No – 69%
Do you like having cameras onboard?
Yes – 73%
Most of the time – 16% Sometimes – 7% Rarely – 3% No – 2%
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l l l e that there will be cameras in hate being filmed covertly. l l l luable. Safety and security urse, but also useful for ent service to guests. l l l eras are critical for navigating safety. l l l feelings; they’re mostly OK
l l l iant and add to the safety the operation. I’m all for any adget that gives me more the purpose of enhancing the
safety of the owner, his family, guests, and the crew, right down to water temperature and redundant interfacing of systems information. l l l They are necessary for safety and security and an assistance in providing better service for guests, but other than that should not be used. l l l Cameras are to observe boarding areas to monitor access. Once a predator is onboard, they need to be removed, not followed around on camera. Also, not to be judgmental, but interior cameras could prove to be too tempting to crew members and their unwarranted curiosity of intruding on the privacy of guests. l l l They are a tool whose use should be scrutinized. l l l Great for watching anyone but me. l l l I have always been a proponent of cameras
in dining salon and other common areas. I do not have them on my current boat but how nice would it be for the stew to enter the dining salon only when needed versus constantly checking/intruding on the guests. Particularly nice for the guests is a stew who seems to always magically appear when they look like they might need something. Safetywise it is extremely important on the exterior common areas with kids on board. It could easily save a child’s life. l l l Done well, they could be an asset. l l l They have to be a plus, and they are getting better, smaller and more useful as technology improves. l l l They’re good to have but just another “not absolutely necessary” system to monitor, service and repair. l l l When used as tools to improve safety or operation of the yacht without infringing on people’s privacy, they are great.
l l l A must for deck and engine room monitoring. l l l Privacy is paramount. l l l They are a great deterrent for unwanted guests and criminals. Audio listening devices are strictly forbidden anywhere on board. l l l A pan-tilt-zoom camera is very useful for remote engine room or machinery space monitoring. This would be our next upgrade. l l l Cameras have become a fact of life. Everywhere you go, almost, you are recorded constantly. I don’t believe that cameras belong in personal spaces, but on the outside of the yacht, they are a good thing for security. l l l Placement should be for safety issues only, and not intrusion into private places. l l l Good tool if used correctly.
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Security systems help crew jobs, keep guests safe, prevent crime SURVEY, from page C8
eye on the owner and guests. “They vastly improve security, monitor the engine room and from the yacht. A camera in an interior mechanical compartments, and allow space should not be hooked up to a the crew to follow the needs of the recording device.” Are the images (live or recorded) owners and guests,” said the captain of a yacht 180-200 feet. remotely accessible? “Very helpful to see that anyone in Almost two-thirds said they are not; the engine room while under way is more than a third said they are. safe,” said the engineer on a yacht 80“The owners requested to have the 100 feet. “Also used as a rearview mirror cameras on board for security and to see behind under way and while monitoring reasons,” said the captain docking.” of a yacht 80-100 feet. “The owners are “Prompt service located [far away] and awareness of and wanted to see guest movements/ the yacht remotely activities such as in their country. swim platform,” “I don’t said the captain believe in remote of a yacht 120-140 monitoring of feet. onboard cameras,” “They’re this captain said. helpful for seeing “The owner or blind spots when management maneuvering, but company should mostly we use crew only hire crew on radios,” said the who they really A yacht security camera filmed a captain of a yacht trust. Also, it steals rogue wave that hit a motorcyclist 100-120 feet. bandwidth from “They allow the anybody else trying and several cars in March in a FILE PHOTO crew to monitor marina in Italy. to get online.” when the owners/ “I would find guests return down it intrusive, the dock,” said the captain of a yacht disrespectful, paranoid, and rude if they 120-140 feet. “We do not run a gangway were being monitored,” said the captain watch as the owners are rather informal of a yacht 180-200 feet. in that regard.” As technology continues to change, “When at the helm, I can monitor we were curious to know how swiftly camera technology is keeping up, so we other parts of the boat for safety and security without being there,” said the asked Do any of your cameras have captain of a yacht less than 80 feet. alarms or motion alerts? “Also, cameras on the aft deck where Most (69 percent) don’t, but 31 the guests eat are important for the percent do. serving staff so as not to bother guests Do any of your cameras have too much,” said a captain in yachting night vision or thermal sensors? more than 30 years. Slightly more than half (52 percent) “Allows the crew to monitor the do; slightly less (48 percent) don’t. gangway without having to stand and “The night vision was installed at interfere with the owner’s use of aft the owner’s request in case of MOB,” deck,” said the captain of a yacht 140said a captain in yachting more than 160 feet. 25 years. “It is a high-quality camera “I can see the dock and not depend and we have found it useful when on the crew’s idea of distance off for approaching anchorages, etc.” docking,” said the captain of a yacht “I have IP night-vision cameras in 100-120 feet. critical, hard-to-access areas such as “Quick identification of a safety the rudder compartment to monitor hazard or to monitor a developing seal leakage under way,” said a captain situation or simply to help the guest in yachting more than 30 years. service,” said the first officer of a yacht Are the cameras’ images high140-160 feet. definition? “Cameras in the engine room are Slightly more than half (52 percent) very important on all boats in this day are not; slightly less than half (48 and age,” said the captain of a yacht percent) are. 100-120 feet. We got an earful when we asked One captain noted that cameras How do cameras help you do your should not be a substitute for engine job better? Or do they? Most noted room checks. they are used for the reason they were “It’s your nose that needs to go into installed: monitoring a towed tender, the engine room to detect what could keeping an eye on the engine room, docking more safely, and keeping an See SURVEY, page C9
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No substitute but cameras add convenience, permanent record SURVEY, from page C10 be wrong,” said a captain in yachting more than 30 years. And there was the rare respondent who answered the second half of our question asking if cameras help yacht crew do their job better. “They do not,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet that has cameras throughout the vessel, including the galley and main salon. This captain does not like having cameras aboard, and noted that the glare from receiver screens blocks night vision. “The cameras are for security and owners’ viewing,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet. “There is no other need for the cameras for the crew.” In an effort to figure out if we’d forgotten to ask about any camera uses specifically, we asked Outside of safety/security concerns, how else might cameras help yacht crew? The majority of respondents who answered this open-ended question said they used them for service and to show the arrival of guests without having to stand watch on the dock. “Stews can monitor meal progress, delivering less intrusive yet better service,” said the captain of a yacht 180-200 feet. “Captain can better monitor deck activities when guests are on board. And they can give better perspective from center helm when docking.” “It makes it more convenient to view areas without having to go to that area, and it adds privacy for guests in that area,” said a chief stew in yachting more than 20 years. “It provides a permanent record of the last 24 hours for security purposes,” said a captain in yachting more than 25 years. “In picking up moorings when you lose sight of ball under bow,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet. “As a supplement to radar, they help monitor other traffic and dangers to navigation around the vessel that may not be visible from the wheelhouse,” said the captain of a yacht 180-200 feet. “On sailing yachts, we use them to view different aspects of the rigs and sails,” said the first officer of a yacht 180-200 feet. And then we just flat out asked Do you like having cameras onboard? A majority (73 percent) flat out said “yes.” Combining that with the “most of the time” answers, 89 percent of respondents said they approve of cameras onboard. About 7 percent were in the middle, saying they “sometimes” like having cameras on board. Three percent opted for “rarely”, and 2 percent said no, they did not like having them aboard. “They are always unwelcome,” said
the engineer of a yacht 140-160 feet. “There’s no reason to have cameras on board a vessel.” When we asked At what point would cameras be unwelcome?, most drew the line when safety and security morphed into an invasion of privacy. And usually, they meant in the crew areas. “For example, the owner constantly checking on what the crew was doing or any camera in the crew mess or areas that are behind the scenes for the functionality of the yacht for their service,” said a captain in yachting more than 10 years. “Crew need to move freely and have the opportunity to speak and clear their minds without fear of being overheard or recorded for someone else to misinterpret what was said or how it was said or who it was said about.” “Inside the crew area and when the owner can monitor the crew from his office/home,” said the first officer of a yacht 80-100 feet. Often, though, respondents noted that it was less about the location of the cameras but rather how they were used. “When they become a invasion of privacy and no longer a tool,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet. “When they make the guests uncomfortable,” said a captain in yachting more than 30 years. “When they intrude on the owner’s privacy,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet. “Pointing at guests in the hot tub,” said a captain in yachting more than 15 years. “When you have a control freak for an owner and he needs to view the cameras constantly from his iPhone (I previously worked for this guy),” said a captain in yachting more than 15 years. About half as many prefered not to have them in the interior, especially in areas such as a stateroom or head. But just as many noted that cameras would never be unwelcome. “Cameras are not unwelcome on a yacht,” said a captain in yachting more than 25 years. “It is an added feature that helps with the security of the boat. It makes the captain’s job a little easier.” “As long as you’ve got nothing to hide, who cares if there are cameras on board?” said a captain of more than 30 years. Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this survey are welcome at lucy@the-triton.com. We conduct our monthly surveys online. All captains and crew members are welcome to participate. If you haven’t been invited to take our surveys and would like to be, e-mail lucy@the-triton. com to be added.
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Get rid of it: Tricks, tips and things that will reduce debt Through the years, I have consulted with clients in all different levels of dealing with or getting rid of debt. Here are some tips I’ve learned. 1. Don’t get into debt. Use cash for purchases and except for your home and car, don’t take on additional debt. If you are in business for Yachting Capital yourself, credit Mark A. Cline cards are great for tracking deductible expenses. Just make sure to pay off the balance each month. 2. Take stock of your liabilities so you know exactly how much you owe. Put them in a spreadsheet, with monthly payments, interest amounts, balances,
and a running grand total of all your balances. Update it monthly as you pay off debt, and watch the overall amount go down slowly. It’s motivational. 3. Cut up high-interest credit cards. 4. If your debt is severe, speak to a credit counseling service, arrange with creditors to freeze interest and accept a revised monthly payment. Using a credit counselor shows on your credit report and adversely affects your FICO score. It’s not as bad as bankruptcy, but it is coded and lenders can see it. 5. Don’t overpay debt. Leave enough to cover your regular expenses. 6. Eat at home. 7. Plan for upcoming expenses such as annual taxes so you don’t go into debt when they are due. If you can’t, add them into your monthly expenses. 8. Snowball debt. Pay minimums, then attack the highest interest debt with all the extra cash you can
assemble. Then move to the next one. 9. Be on the same page regarding debt as your partner. Competing interests are fatal. 10. Recognize your spending tendencies and place limits on them. 11. Don’t give up. Getting out of debt takes a drastic change in mindset and behavior. You have to want this, or you’ll go on a financial diet, crash and burn and find yourself justifying why you deserve a new iPhone when you have a perfectly good phone and owe $20,000. Anyone can do it, as long as they really want to. 12. Be realistic. If you started accumulating debt three years ago, it will take longer than that to pay it off. 13. Create a budget. Put as much money as you can toward paying down debt, but also set some money aside in an emergency fund. Allow for a little bit of fun. Few of us can live without
social/recreational activities for the time it takes to become debt-free. 14. Eliminate. Take a look at what’s necessary, and compromise. Cable, satellite radio, and lunches out are not necessities. Run your numbers through a debt calculator twice – with these perks and without. You’ll be amazed at the difference those extra dollars make. 15. Stop borrowing money. No more credit cards, car loans, cash advances, home equity lines. If you can’t afford to buy with cash, then you can’t afford it. And by the time you’ve saved enough to buy with cash, you may realize you don’t need the item anyway. 16. Track expenses. In a software program like Quicken, categorize expenses and report out how much you spend in each so you can spot problem areas (eating out, clothes, gas). Target those categories for reduction. 17. Downsize. This may force you to get rid of stuff that you’re probably still in debt for, showing you just how little any of it matters. 18. Find your purpose. Is it your children, to start your own business, work from home, free up money so that you can give? Finding motivation beyond the money drives passion. Take a look at things you value and use them to determine your spending actions. 19. Dedicate extra cash. When you make extra money from overtime or bonuses, pretend it didn’t even happen. Funnel all new money into debt relief. 20. Think time. Calculate how much you make per hour, regardless of whether you are a business owner, salaried or hourly employee. Apply the time factor to any purchase you make. For example, is that 32-inch flat-screen television worth 10, 20 or 30 hours of your time? Once a dollar amount is replaced with a time factor, spending habits can change overnight. 21. Balance transfers. Be careful transferring credit card balances. They attract you with 0 percent but then spike it to 18 or 21 percent. And look out for transfer fees. If you are careful these can really help reduce debt. 22. Seek alternatives. Sometimes we spend a lot because we don’t consider alternatives. Is cooking at home as bad as you think? What about 10-year-old cars? Roommates? Cheaper parts of town? Thrift stores? Libraries? Bicycling? Find your biggest expenditures and ask some questions, do some research. Information in this column is not intended to be specific advice for anyone. You should use the information to help you work with a professional regarding your specific financial goals. Capt. Mark A. Cline is a chartered senior financial planner. Contact him at +1 954-764-2929 or through www. clinefinancial.net. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@thetriton.com.
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