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Raging fire engulfs, destroys two yachts in Fort Lauderdale

By Dorie Cox

PHOTO FROM FORT LAUDERDALE FIRE RESCUE

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue trucks headed toward smoke and flames on Marina Mile in Fort Lauderdale after calls came in at 4:43 a.m. to find two yachts on fire at Universal Marine Center on Nov. 16. Flames had engulfed M/Y Lohengrin, a 161-foot Trinity, and M/Y Reflection, a 107-foot Christensen, both of which were in-water under membrane enclosure in scaffolding for repairs and refit work in the yard.

By the time daylight had arrived, the See FIRE, Page 28

Fort Lauderdale boat show Crew photo gallery Crew awards  Tabletop competition  USCG/CBP regulations  Reviews of the show  Seminars  Charity challenge  Oasis photo gallery 

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More than 300 captains and crew gathered at the inaugural Adrift Film Festival to watch videos created by their peers.

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Check STCW status, training compliance with flag/country.

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The crew muster for a photo on the aft deck of M/Y Lady Sheridan, a 190-foot Abeking & Rasmussen, during the

60th edition of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show last month. Coverage begins on Page 32.

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Legacy important to captains, if not always to crew From the Bridge Dorie Cox

Among the hundreds of people on the docks at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show last month, a veteran yacht captain heard someone call out his name.

“I've been wanting to see you for 10 years,” a young man said to the captain.

He had worked with the captain as a deckhand and continued with an apology. “I'm sorry about what I did and how I acted when I worked for you.”

The captain recalled the challenges of working with the young man, but said he had persisted to help the deckhand excel.

“He said I kept after him and I said, ‘If you want to grow, I will help you,’ ” the veteran said. The young man, now a captain himself, said, “You had so much influence on me, and now I have 10 guys working for me.”

When The Triton staff decided to discuss yacht captains’ legacies for this

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Captain writes about cancer ordeal Capt. Wendy Umla has published a book about her recent experience battling cancer.

Titled “Healthy People Get Cancer, Too,” Capt.

Umla approaches the serious topic with full honesty and a touch of humor.

She described the book as a compilation of PHOTO/LUCY REED helpful hints for healthy people going through a Capt.

Wendy Umla with major health issue. She kept a journal throughout Bear, who helped her her year-long ordeal that began when she noticed through cancer. a small lump in her groin, then through tests, a diagnosis and six rounds of chemo.

“The purpose of initially writing was to help me understand what I was going through and to document what I was doing,” she said. “I realized as I met other people going through it that they hadn’t done a lot of the things I figured out to make it easier. If I can help one person, it’s worth it.”

Capt. Umla, a fit woman with a previous career in the health and fitness world, noticed that lump and talked to a doctor about it. She was soon diagnosed with stage 2 non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Her cancer has been in remission since October 2018.

“I’m a captain,” she said. “I’m used to dealing with s--- hitting the fan, looking at all the data, sorting through it and making decisions. That’s how I handled this.”

That method is not for everyone, she acknowledged, but for those who want the information, she tried to give it in a straightforward way. Read more at healthycancerbook.com.

“It’s scary, that fear of the unknown,” she said. “I just wanted to take away some of the fear when people are first diagnosed.”

– Lucy Chabot Reed

Bahamas changes entry fee scale

Entry fees for the Bahamas will be changing in 2020, according to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism website.

Currently, all boaters entering the islands are required to pay the following entry fee: l Boats up to 35 feet: $150. l Boats over 35 feet: $300.

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the fees will be: l Boats up to 34 feet: $150 for 3 months; $300 annually. l Boats 35-100 feet: $300 for 3 months; $600 annually. l Boats 100-150 feet: $500 for 3 months; $1,000 annually. l Boats 150-200 feet: $800 for 3 months; $2,000 annually. l Boats over 200 feet: $1,000 for 3 months; $2,000 annually.

The fees will cover a cruising permit and fishing permit, as well as the departure tax for up to three people. Each additional person will be charged a $20 departure tax.

The fee is good for a second re-entry within a 90-day period.

For a stay longer than 12 months, special arrangements must be made with Bahamas Customs and Immigra-

tion. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, with officers on call during holidays and weekends.

Visit bahamas.com for more details.

NOAA seeks input on paper chart end

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking public feedback on its five-year program to end all raster and paper nautical chart production.

Ultimately, production of all NOAA paper nautical charts, raster navigational charts (NOAA RNC), and related products, such as BookletCharts, will cease.

According to NOAA, sales of its electronic navigational charts have increased by 425% since 2008, while sales of paper charts in the same period have dropped by half.

The agency is in the midst of a multi-year program to improve its ENC coverage. Access to paper chart products based on ENC data will continue to be available through the online NOAA Custom Chart application or third-party commercial data providers.

Feedback from chart users and companies that provide products and services based on NOAA raster and

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December 2019 The-Triton.com electronic navigational chart (NOAA ENC) products will help shape the manner and timing in which the sunsetting process will proceed.

Comments are due by midnight, Feb. 1, and can be submitted through NOAA's ASSIST feedback tool at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/​customerservice/​assist, or mailed to: National Ocean Service, NOAA (NCS2), ATTN Sunset of Raster Charts, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 209103282.

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey is the nation's nautical chartmaker. Originally formed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807, the agency updates charts, surveys the coastal seafloor, responds to maritime emergencies, and searches for underwater obstructions that pose a danger to navigation.

For more information, visit nautical charts.noaa.gov.

Donations of yacht goods help orphans

The Chances for Children Foundation, a charity that sponsors orphaned Ugandan children in Kampala, has recently launched the Yacht Goods Donation Program (#C4Cyachtdonations).

The program welcomes donations of gently used towels, sheets, crew uni-

forms and clothing, shoes, medical kits, toiletries and other products – including those recently out of date – that are no longer needed on board yachts.

Gabrielle Crump, the president and founder of C4C, coordinates transportation of donations, so those wishing to contribute should contact her through email at gabrielle@c4c.mc.

Items are sent through a London shipping company, which manages customs clearance and ensures donations are delivered to Uganda at a cost of £4.50 per kilogram.

There are no administration fees, and Crump said Chances for Children will supply a photo of every consignment arriving and it being used onsite along with a thank you message from the children, who range in age from 6 to 18. Fifty-five children rescued from slums, hospitals and churches live at the orphanage.

“So many yachts are obliged to give away things at the end of the season or when they become gently worn, as when people are paying hundreds of thousands of euros a week to stay onboard, they expect everything to look new,” stated Crump, whose husband has been in the yachting industry for more than 20 years. “It seemed so logical to get

these things sent somewhere they can really go to good use.”

For more details, visit www.c4c.mc.

Myanmar eases tourist, yacht access

The Myanmar government has introduced regulations to make it easier for foreign tourists and superyachts to visit the country, according to Asia Pacific Superyachts.

As of Oct. 1, advance arrangement is not required for passport holders of Australia, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.

Visitors from those countries can now enter Myanmar by applying for a $50 visa-on-arrival (VOA) at Yangon, Mandalay, and Nay Pyi Taw international airports. Superyacht agents can

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also apply for a visa on the visitor’s behalf. Visitors from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau were granted visa-free entry last year, and Indian and mainland Chinese nationals were granted VOA entry.

“Phuket, with its excellent marinas and vibrant island life, is used by many as a base for the yachting season (November to April) when planning a voyage on to Myanmar,” stated Gordon Fernandes, of Asia Pacific Superyachts.

“This is also the high season for visiting the Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago in Myanmar with December to March offering the most beautiful and comfortable conditions – warm, sunny weather, steady winds and calm seas. There is less wind and higher temperatures in March and April, however – this also makes for clearer waters and best time for diving and snorkeling among the extraordinary hundreds of uninhabited islands.”

Located in the Andaman Sea off the coast of southern Myanmar, the Mergui Archipelago is home to 800 islands, lagoons, atolls and coral reefs. The archipelago has been off-limits to visitors for decades, but is now accessible to limited sustainable visitors.

Visit asia-pacific-superyachts.com for more information.

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Through fire and flood, the crew of M/Y Archimedes train to go it alone Story and photos by Dorie Cox Up to their armpits in water and covered in soot, the crew of M/Y Archimedes immersed themselves in cold weather and damage control training during live fire and water simulations with Resolve Maritime Academy in Fort Lauderdale on Oct. 30.

As hatch doors closed in on half of the yacht’s 17 crew, water poured in through nearly 10 breaches to the “ship’s hull” as they systematically and quickly hammered in wooden plugs, and attached rubber seals and metal buckets to stop the fast flow into the two-story shipping container.

Meanwhile, real smoke and heat began to fill the shipboard firefighting simulator as the other half of the crew suited up in self-contained breathing apparatus gear and filed into the dark container to practice shipboard firefighting tactics in the training vessel Gray Manatee.

Now underway on an 8,500-mile trip to South America and Antarctica, the crew of the 222foot (68m) Feadship took the training seriously.

Where division into two groups often creates competition, in this case it fostered teamwork.

After the groups switched simulators, everyone immediately shared with each other what they learned and how to improve.

“Teamwork makes the dream work,” said a soaking wet Capt. Christopher Walsh after hammering supports to shore up the sides of the “hull” in the wet trainer.

Clearly, he has used this phrase many times, but his crew agree. He’s been around the world seven times and has earned their respect. And in return, he respects them.

“The crew do not have fear, but more, they think about how they’re going to move forward,” Capt. Walsh said. “It’s dangerous.

We’re out there by ourselves. We need the team to think ahead and to think about planning. It’s rare to get practice like this, we are better prepared now than we were earlier today.”

There has been increased interest in damage control for superyacht class vessels, according to Resolve Maritime Academy Director Chauncey Naylor. In Archimedes’ case, AIG requested the training for the Antarctic region to qualify the

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boat for insurance for the trip.

Many crew have had simulated training, but few have learned about cold conditions.

The entire group had classroom training on topics such as how to maintain water flow through firefighting equipment, how to prevent freezing of free surface water, and what stability and structural failure issues can occur.

“Where we go is not a milk run. We rely on each other,” Capt. Walsh said.

“It helps to better build confidence, to be up to the task if an emergency arises.

Between us, we have hundreds of years of experience, but we haven’t seen everything.”

Pondering emergencies at sea is scary, Capt. Walsh said.

“The illusion is that on these multimillion-dollar boats you’re invulnerable,” Capt. Walsh said. “But it’s a big ocean. There is no 911. Water is supposed to be on the other side of the boat.

There’s nothing like water pouring in to give you a dose of reality.”

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

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UNIVERSAL MARINE CENTER AND RONNIE’S CUSTOM CARPET CLEANING

ust days after the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, more than 200 yacht captains, crew and business professionals gathered for Triton Networking in Fort Lauderdale. Many longtime friends and new acquaintances enjoyed Brazilian barbecue with beverages under the tiki hut at Universal Marine Center with Ronnie’s Custom Carpet Cleaning on the first Wednesday in November.

Photos by Tom Serio

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ore than 200 captains, crew and industry joined us for Triton Networking on the third Wednesday in November, this time with Italian yacht builder Baglietto. Our guests enjoyed a tour of the production offices and mingled under cool, clear South Florida skies. Our hosts raffled off high performance shirts and The Triton handed crew our coveted long-sleeve Ts. Make plans to just us next time. Visit www. the-triton.com and click on Next Triton Event.

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STCW is international baseline in seafarer certification, training Rules of the Road Capt. Jake DesVergers

It is a term that we constantly hear and read: STCW. Everyone from the greenest deckie to the saltiest captain is affected by this maritime regulation, but what exactly is this acronym and why is it so important?

The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978, as amended, sets certification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships.

It was the first attempt to establish basic requirements of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers on an international level. Previously, these standards and procedures were established by individual governments and varied widely, even though shipping is the most international of all industries.

It is important to emphasize that the code is a minimum standard that countries are obliged to meet or exceed for certification – not qualification. It does not provide a guarantee of quality or the highest of standards. Also, the convention does not deal with manning levels.

In 1993, the IMO embarked on a comprehensive revision of STCW to establish the highest practicable standards of competence to address the problem of human error as the major cause of maritime casualties.

Full implementation was required by Feb. 1, 2002. Mariners already holding licenses had the option to renew those licenses in accordance with the old rules of the 1978 Convention during the period ending on Feb. 1, 2002. Mariners entering training programs after Aug. 1, 1998, were required to meet the competency standards of the new 1995 Amendments.

The 1995 Amendments required that seafarers be provided with “familiarization training” and “basic safety training” that includes basic fire fighting, elementary first aid, personal survival techniques, and personal safety and social responsibility. This training is intended to ensure that seafarers are aware of the hazards of working on a vessel and can respond appropriately in an emergency.

It also provided the minimum amount of experience and training needed for holders of licenses, allocated based upon the tonnage and/or kilowatts of a vessel.

In June 2010, the STCW was again

amended during a Diplomatic Conference in Manila, the Philippines. These “Manila Amendments” entered into force on Jan. 1, 2017, and affected several topics, including:  Improved measures to prevent fraudulent practices associated with certificates of competency.  Improved methods for the evaluation process for issuance of certificates.  Updated standards related to medical fitness standards for seafarers.  Creation of new certifications for senior unlicensed seafarers: able seafarer deck and able seafarer engine.  New training and certification requirements for electro-technical officers;  New requirements related to training in new and emerging technologies, such as electronic charts and information systems (ECDIS);  New requirements for marine environment awareness training / MARPOL compliance.  New requirements for training in leadership and teamwork.  New requirements for security training.  Introduction of modern training methodology, including distance learning and web-based learning.  New training guidance for personnel serving on board ships operating in polar waters.  New training guidance for personnel operating Dynamic Positioning Systems.

The specific regulations affecting one’s license and/or certification will be dependent upon the issuing agency. For example, those having obtained qualifications through the United Kingdom’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will be required to meet the requirements outlined by this agency.

The MCA is responsible for implementing the requirements of the STCW for the United Kingdom and its Red Ensign.

The same is true of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) for the U.S. flag, Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) for its seafarers, and so on.

Despite similar requirements between countries, it cannot be assumed that a particular training course will be reciprocated and accepted. Before enrolling in a class, make sure that it is approved by your country’s certifying agency.

Capt. Jake DesVergers is chief surveyor for International Yacht Bureau (yachtbureau.org). Comment at editor@ the-triton.com.

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Lighting advancements enable easy transition to LED system Engineer’s Angle JD Anson

Years ago, yacht designers and builders had a wide range of lighting choices, bulbs of every shape and size – but always incandescent. This is where our affinity for warm white began; it is what people were used to. Incremental advancements were achieved with halogen and then xenon-based bulbs, making more and whiter light –but still incandescent. These bulbs are notoriously inefficient, with 90% of their energy consumption wasted as invisible heat. Not only do they waste energy directly, but they also use extra energy by creating an additional load on the air-conditioning system.

A short, unsuccessful period of compact fluorescent bulbs has now given way to much more advanced LED bulbs. These light-emitting diode lights are available in nearly any conceivable shape and size. They also come in a wide range of colors and color temperatures.

Simultaneously with the giant leaps in lighting have come giant leaps in lighting control. Where three- and four-way switches were once as exotic as it got, computer-based systems quickly became the norm on yachts. Lutron, Crestron and LiteTouch were among the favorites.

The former are still going strong, but the latter has been discontinued.

LiteTouch systems are now reaching the end of their life expectancy, requiring constant care just to keep the lights on. I know of engineers who constantly scour eBay looking for modules and have a bin on board full of old spares, and I have heard of several prospective sales falling through when the buyer steps on board and sees LiteTouch keypads on the walls.

Even the best systems will become outdated. Many boats try to swap LEDs into the halogen fixtures, usually with poor results. The reason is simple: LED lights are not incandescent. They require different technology to stay lit and flicker-free, especially when dimming.

Incandescent bulbs dim by lowering and raising voltage. Basically, the more voltage applied, the hotter the filament glows, thus making more light. LEDs are really electronic components that happen to emit light. At full power, most existing systems will run them fine. But dimming is another matter. LEDs most frequently dim by pulses of power being applied for very short durations, so they

don’t attain full brightness. The longer the pulses, the brighter the light.

Word is, class societies are considering outlawing lighting voltage transformers, the primary way line voltage is reduced for incandescent bulbs. This is because several fires having been blamed on these transformers. This means there may soon be a rush to convert to new lighting if surveyors deem vessels to be out of compliance. Now is the time to begin research for upgrading.

While upgraded Lutron and Crestron are good choices for existing systems of the same brands, when it comes to LiteTouch things are different. Because LiteTouch used three-wire keypads, available replacement lighting systems will require rewiring because of their need for four wires to each keypad.

An alternative is a system from Loxone. They created a mesh wireless system that includes wireless wall touchpads and motion sensors to control the lighting and automation. Though they will work with nearly any light, they have also developed their own fully addressable RGBW downlights that can be reconfigured simply by programming and are connected through a single cable. Through clever programming, white light color temperature can vary throughout the day to match outside natural light. Bright white can be on during the day and warm white at night for relaxing and unwinding. Using motion sensors, they can light the way to the head or galley with a few judicious lights in a dim blue.

Simpler lighting can be engineered using off-the-shelf dimmers coupled with power supplies and the proper LED bulbs to mimic the less sophisticated local lighting controls consisting of push buttons in each area. Existing light fixtures can be adapted to LED, making the upgrade more economical. These have been installed with great success on board many boats who desire the advantages of LED without the costs of a fully automated system.

Transitioning to LED is quite worthwhile, but needs forethought before purchasing hundreds of bulbs that may be useless on board.

JD Anson has over 20 years of experience as a chief engineer on megayachts. He is project manager at Fine Line Marine Electric (finelinemarineelectric.com) in Fort Lauderdale. Comment at editor@ the-triton.com.

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Yachts traveling near Mexico should have a plan for piracy

the Yucatan Pass.

When planning to travel in or near Mexico, there are some precautions Corey D. Ranslem to consider. First, it is illegal to carry weapons into Mexican territorial seas.

Even if you declare the weapons upon Piracy off the Gulf Coast of Mexico entry, you could be arrested. It’s possible has been prevalent for several years. to petition the Mexican Embassy for a Pirates in this region are typically permit to carry firearms and ammuniorganized gangs that specifically target tion, but that process is long, typically the Mexican offshore oil rigs owned not easy and usually not successful. The

by Pemex, the state-run oil company.

Mexican navy and other law enforcePirates typically try to steal petroleum ment agencies follow very strict policies products, along with equipment and personal belongings they can readily sell when it comes to weapons on board vessels without a permit. on the black market. Some security and Second, consider using some type of energy experts believe that the losses maritime intelligence service that can resulting from these activities are close provide real-time information on the to $1 billion annually. dynamic and ever-changing security There have been sporadic reports of situations around the world. Many proattempted piracy against pleasure vessels and commercial ships, but those incidents viders can give you strategic information, but very few can accurately deliver are typically isolated incidents. The conreal-time information. centration of the worst piracy has been in Finally, there should be a security the region off Ciudad del Carman, located plan in place that deals with piracy, in the southeastern Bay of Campeche. along with other security issues, and Pirates have been changing tactics in this how the crew should handle region over the past year. these situations.

The Mexican navy and The worst If the decision is made to security experts report that piracy has bring weapons or even armed pirates carry out an aversecurity teams on board to been in the age of 16 attacks per month protect the vessel, be sure to against ships and offshore region off understand any requirements oil platforms. The latest atCiudad del of the flag state and insurance tack was on Nov. 11. Local Carman. company, and the regulations media reports that seven of the other countries the to eight armed pirates in yacht will transit through on the voyage. two go-fast vessels attacked an ItalianAs we’ve discussed in previous articles, flagged offshore supply vessel off the coast of Ciudad del Carmen. The Italian there are some flag states that don’t allow weapons, and several countries where ship had 35 crew members on board. weapons are banned or must be declared.

Two crew members were wounded Most flag states have put forward when they tried to fight the pirates. guidance on carrying weapons and Their injuries were not life-threatening. armed security teams. The common The pirates looted the ship, took what flags within the large-yacht community they could carry of value, then left. typically allow weapons and security Large yachts have not yet been teams, but these regulations do change targeted in this region or other parts of from time to time.

Mexico, but that could change as the Make sure to check with the insurance pirates continue to increase the number company as well. Even though the flag of attempted attacks. Regional instastate may allow the weapons, there might bility in Central and South American be restrictions within the vessel insurance governments could also exacerbate the policy, and sometimes insurance compotential for piracy in various parts of panies require an additional policy for the larger region. weapons or security teams.

The Mexican pirates typically disguise themselves as fishermen or even Corey Ranslem, CEO at International as Mexican navy officials. This makes it much harder to detect a potential attack. Maritime Security Associates (www. imsa.global), has more than 24 years of The Mexican government has promised combined Coast Guard and maritime to increase surveillance patrols in this region of the Gulf, as several large yachts industry experience. Comment at editor@the-triton.com. transit just west of this region through

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Weather instruments crucial in plotting safe, timely course at sea Sea Science Jordanna Sheermohamed

In a land-loving lifestyle, an increasing dependency on the incessant beeps and boops of technologically driven weather forecasts is a given. Text alerts of incoming rain and other weather notifications from hyper-local forecasting services using information likely crowdsourced from everyday citizen scientists now afford most people “instant gratification” weather updates.

Once land is left behind, however, the ability to maintain the frequency of pings significantly drops, even when satellite service is in place. It becomes important to remember the basic foundations of the scientific method: observation and data collection.

Basic weather parameters can be measured with just a few tools, all considered useful to a seafaring adventure. Temperatures, pressure, wind and humidity values are some of the most important parts of weather data that are necessary to monitor on board.

Thermometers are usually the primary weather instrument, as temperatures and their trend measurements can indicate what to expect next, weatherwise. This can be relative to both air and ocean temperatures, which can often indicate where small scale-to-regional currents may be located.

Downward, upward or insignificant pressure trends, measured by a barometer, help to indicate whether conditions are expected to further deteriorate, improve or remain unchanged, respectively. A barometer is probably the most important weather instrument to have on board, as its measurements provide more details about the atmosphere than any other instrument.

General local conditions, as well as regional seasonal patterns, can help to anchor a forecast’s baseline. Pressure and winds are inversely related, meaning as one goes up the other goes down; consider how the lower the pressure of a hurricane, the stronger the winds.

Therefore, pressure measurements are a vital way of remaining safe during extended journeys in open waters, including the ability to plan ahead for safe

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A barometer is probably the most important weather instrument to have on board. harbors en route.

Winds are the weather parameter that directly impacts both a yacht’s speed and quality of ride. Wind magnitude, which indicates both speed and direction, will determine local sea state conditions, as well as surface currents. In fact, the Beaufort Scale is a secondary, derived tool for wind that allows for the estimation of wind speed by the observed appearance of the water surface. From these crude

estimations to mast-mounted anemometers, gauging the wind is a primary concern out on the water.

Humidity value, as it relates to dew and moisture in and around yachting exteriors, can be another important parameter, as this helps crew to prepare accordingly. Low-level wind speeds will also affect humidity values, aiding in both the relocation and mixing of air masses.

Combining data from one or two tools can further increase the ability to make an even more accurate forecast.

After all, weather is ultimately all things temperature- and moisture-related.

Where the heat and moisture go, the “action” follows.

Safety aside, both transit and leisure time are directly related to weather conditions on a yacht. The ability to plan ahead accordingly is critical in creating the ultimate experience for yacht guests, as well as crew.

Jordanna Sheermohamed is president and lead meteorologist of Weather Forecast Solutions, a weather-forecasting firm (WeatherForecastSolutions.com).

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One-on-one coaching more effective than ‘training’ programs Taking the Helm Capt. Paul Ferdais

This might sound odd, but as I see it, the training programs that have sprung up in the leadership/management/personal development industries are for the most part a waste of time and money.

It’s common for the trainers to come in, give out notebooks, have activities, show videos, have discussions, and then end the day with a thank you. This is all great as an activity day for the participants, but in no way does this lead to long-term, lasting personal growth.

Indeed, it’s impossible to measure the outcome of this type of activity in any way. Sure, we all may feel good at the end of the program, but how about three days later, or three months later?

Has the training session led to change in the workplace?

Let’s face it – the reason we take a course or class is to change something we do so we can be more successful. If nothing changes in the workplace or team setting after a training session,

on a daily basis? what was the point?

Another important point to consider For real change to occur, the leaderis whether the trainer has some form ship trainer needs to first spend a few of follow-up. At the end of a two-day days evaluating where participants are session – or even a weeklong class – at before any training begins. When an instructor comes in to work with a team, the trainer typically says thanks, hope it was worthwhile, then walks out the that instructor needs to have a sense of door, ready to do it all over again with what the team actually needs and not another group the next presume their material will be day. There usually isn’t any effective for everyone.

Behavior follow-up a week, month or Be aware that the main change six months later to see how person seeking the training things are going. is rarely the one who can achappens in What’s more effective curately pinpoint what exactly baby steps. than these sort of training needs to be worked on. For Little by programs is long-term, oneexample, a captain might little, things on-one coaching that inhire someone to help a team will change. cludes input from the people develop their skills, and the who work directly with the captain might think they need one being coached. This to work on their time manarrangement is the only way to change agement skills. Meanwhile, the other behavior in any long-lasting way. teammates might say communication is If you want to change your behavior, the No. 1 thing needing work. keep these steps in mind: To protect our ego, we all build walls and defenses to keep us from being  Work with someone in a one-onseen as the bad guy or someone who is one setting. Anyone who will help you deficient to any great extent. Aren’t we is there to reinforce ideas. It’s up to you all excellent drivers? If we’re all excellent to put in the effort to behave differently. drivers, why are there so many accidents It’s you who wants to have different out-

comes, so do what you need to do.  Get input from your direct reports. It’s the people who are on the receiving end of your actions who know how you really behave. Seek out their input when looking at what to become better at.

This takes a willingness on the part of co-workers to point out actions in a non-hurtful way. A lot of trust between the teammates is required for this to work.  Work with the coach over several months. In this way the coach can help reinforce areas to work on over time, since behavior change happens in baby steps. Little by little, things will change.  Get feedback from co-workers. As the months go by, make sure to check in with teammates to see if they notice a change. They’ll know if there’s change.  Keep at it. Behavior change is a lifelong pursuit. Take it day by day.

Capt. Paul Ferdais, skipper of a motor yacht, has a master’s degree in leadership and previously ran a leadership training company for yacht crew. Comment at ww.the-triton.com

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Negative self-talk can keep us stranded on a sandbar of despair Crew Coach Capt. Rob Gannon

Editor’s note: This column originally was published in the October 2015 issue.

Last month I offered some tips for moving forward after getting let go at work. Then an interesting thing happened. Just after writing that column, before it was even published, I received a phone call from a former shipmate inquiring about getting some coaching.

The timing was unreal and, of course, fascinating – this guy, I’ll call him “John,” had been fired.

John and I worked together for about six months on a private sailing yacht I captained back in the 1990s. He was my engineer/deckhand. We have seen each other over the years, and he knew I was a coach. He needed to talk.

Not only was he fired from a goodpaying position, but his girlfriend dumped him a few days later and he was given two-weeks notice to move out of the house he rented. Wow, the trifecta – job, woman, home – gone in a matter of days.

John was in shock, and that’s understandable, but I heard early in our conversation how he was beating himself up over this turn of events: “Boy, I really screwed up this time.” “I can’t believe this, I’ve ruined my life.” “Man, I’m such an idiot.”

A harsh inner critic kept pounding away, sinking him further into the muck. Last month I suggested being accountable and owning the situation as a healthy way to move forward, but this was not that. This kind of negative talk and energy fogs up the whole situation and makes it impossible to see anything on the horizon.

When we are hurt and disappointed, it’s hard enough to see clearly. Beating ourselves up just brings us down further; it brings us down to wallowing.

Living in wallow town is not a place we want to stay. That is when we are stuck and feeling miserable. We are depressed and can’t see the light shining anywhere.

I told John it would be best if we didn’t enter into a coaching relationship. For one, I don’t attempt to coach people I’ve known as friends. I believe it’s important to come into that relationship with a clean slate, with no history.

I also explained that until John worked through this phase of beating himself up, he was not ready for coaching. Working with a coach is about

moving forward; John had some heavy emotional anchors that needed to be worked through.

I suggested that perhaps working with a therapist or counselor first would be beneficial, and then if he still wanted a life coach, I could recommend some.

Like a lot of guys, he balked at working with a mental health professional. We agreed he would try to work this out on his own for a bit, but if he couldn’t get any traction he would consider help.

It’s a tough place to be in when our whole surface identity unravels. Confusion erupts, and possibly some depression. There is pain, anger and an ego to deal with, but there are also new possibilities. I know it is tough to hear and see while your head is spinning, but

it’s true. I have experienced this in my own life and have certainly seen it with others over the years.

New opportunities will present themselves, but we must be open to seeing and receiving them. It’s tough to see them when we are down and beating ourselves up.

Another danger in the negative selftalk is that the more we engage in it, the closer it gets to becoming a habit – a disempowering habit. This can negatively affect us in all sorts of areas of our lives.

Whenever we attract something positive into our lives, it comes from positive thoughts. That’s the powerful creative force we can all summon.

It doesn’t come from wallowing in negativity, ever. It comes from think-

ing of possibilities, thinking clearly. An effective way to move toward that clarity is to start asking what questions instead of why questions. What did I learn here?

What is my next step? These questions lead toward wisdom.

Conversely, these questions – Why me? Why is this happening? – keep us spinning our wheels.

So watch that negative self-talk. It can strand you on a sandbar of despair.

Know that the tide will turn to float your boat once again. It feels good to sail on.

Enjoy the voyage.

Capt. Rob Gannon is a 30-year licensed captain and certified life and wellness coach (yachtcrewcoach.com). Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Side hustles can be tough to manage when you work on yachts Crew Compass Lauren Loudon

Working on yachts is about as full-on as you get when it comes to a full-time job. Living at work means that even when we are technically off the clock, we are still listening out for alarms, keeping an eye on dock lines, watching weather patterns, cleaning up behind ourselves (and maybe even others) or working overtime on various projects.

We may have weekend watch that requires us staying on board or have a boat show to prepare for. We may spend evenings planning menus or themed nights, or wake up early to passage plan, or be woken in the night to repair something that went wrong.

We spend long periods of time at sea or on charter or at anchor, which means that even when we are on our breaks or finished for the day, we cannot simply go for a walk or take a step away from work.

Not only does this often give us little opportunity to unwind our minds from our work lives, it also leaves little time

for personal projects or anything outside of our immediate job.

I have previously written a column about making time for ourselves on board, be it for a little exercise, a hobby or simply some head space. Now I am looking more into the challenge of dealing with actual work outside of yachting. I’m talking about a side hustle, and one that has no conflict of interest.

Recently I have started to think of the future and what might come beyond yachting for me, or even just open doors for myself that will give me opportunities on the side. Having selected my projects and decided what I’d like to focus my time on, the next step is trying to find the time to do so.

Often the only time we are truly able to switch off and unwind from work is when we step on a plane and get away from our workplace. But for me, the

situation is becoming a little different.

Having recently finished a very busy season in the Med, I snuck in a “holiday” back to my hometown to work on these projects and start putting plans in place. This means that I hopped straight from a seemingly nonstop and never-ending summer to getting stuck in varying degrees of DIY at my house in typical autumnal English weather, darting between meetings and constantly carrying a notebook and pen to jot down the ideas that are forever ticking through my mind.

Managing my personal projects while on board is somewhat impossible – not only because of the high demand of the job, but also the time differences, physical distance and inability to be available at all times. So when the time comes that I am available to focus on land-based ventures, my heart is poured entirely

into them – in the same way that it is when I am putting together meals on board.

Finding a balance for this is a challenge. Stepping back onto the yacht, and therefore away from my dedicated work on land, is always hard, and stepping away from the sea to shift focus is also not an easy feat.

One of the main difficulties with this is that when I do eventually get some downtime to head off on a trip away from the boat, I find myself with my head down, grinding away at my other projects and personal business – therefore, never actually taking the real break and time off that is often needed after long charters, busy seasons and hectic shipyard periods.

When time away from the yacht is becoming more akin to a work holiday, and time at work is becoming more of a chance to unwind in the salty air, I think something is to be said!

Lauren Loudon has worked as a yacht chef for more than four years. She hails from Lancashire, England. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Here’s the drill when somebody on board gets sick with the flu Sea Sick Keith Murray

Flu season in the U.S. generally occurs between October and May, and typically peaks between December and February.

Flu, or influenza, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by viruses.

Generally, when a flu-infected person coughs or sneezes, the virus becomes airborne. This live virus can then be inhaled by anyone in the area. You can also get the flu if you’ve touched a contaminated surface like a telephone or a door knob, then touch your nose or mouth.

Flu symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, and sometimes diarrhea or vomiting. It is important to note that not everyone with influenza will have a fever, which is a temperature of 100 F (37.8 C) or greater.

If a passenger or crew member has influenza-like illness (ILI) before leaving port they should be advised against traveling for at least 24 hours after the fever ends – without the use of fever-reducing

medications. Passengers and crew with ILI who are already on board when symptoms begin should be medically evaluated and remain isolated in their cabins until at least 24 hours after their fever naturally ends.

When someone on board is sick, it is very important that all passengers and crew be reminded to wash their hands often with soap and water or with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing your hands for the length of time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice, or about 20 seconds.

Clean all surfaces on board, especially doorknobs, handrails, bathroom faucets, refrigerator handles, TV remote controls, computer keyboards, and toilets (including the seat and toilet handle).

Cold and flu viruses can survive on these surfaces anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

Individuals suspected of having the flu should be separated from other passengers and crew as much as possible, and should wear a face mask to prevent the airborne spread of the virus.

If the sick individual shares a cabin with

someone else, the healthy person should be moved to another cabin. To prevent the spread of the virus on board, spend as little time as possible with the sick person and limit the number of people who visit the ill person. When possible, assign one person to deliver meals, medication and all other deliveries, and be sure the person delivering care wears a disposable mask and gloves.

Crew members and guests should be instructed in proper use, storage, and disposal of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as face masks, N95 respirators and disposable gloves.

When sending a passenger or crew member with ILI to a medical facility, notify the facility in advance. Also, use care in transporting the sick person so as not to infect others along the way.

The CDC recommends flu vaccine as the first and most important step in preventing flu, but there is a second line of defense. Antiviral drugs are prescription medicines that fight against the flu in your body. Four FDA-approved antiviral medications are recommended for the 20192020 flu season: oseltamivir (available in generic versions and under the trade name

Tamiflu), zanamivir (Relenza), peramivir (Rapivab), and baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza). Check with your physician to see if these drugs should be kept on board your vessel if you will be away from medical care for more than a day or two.

Most people who get sick from the flu will recover in 3-14 days, however some may become seriously ill. Complications such as ear and sinus infections can happen. More serious complications can include pneumonia; inflammation of the heart, brain or muscle tissues; and multiorgan failure, such as respiratory and kidney failure. In the 2018-2019 flu season, the CDC estimated that 42.9 million people in the U.S. got sick, 647,000 people were hospitalized, and 61,200 died.

So, think about getting vaccinated against the flu, consult with a doctor about stocking antiviral drugs on board, and seek qualified medical attention early when someone is sick.

EMT Keith Murray provides onboard CPR, AED and first-aid training as well as AED sales and service. His company can be found at TheCPRSchool.com.

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Unwanted weight gain need not be an annual holiday tradition Take It In Carol Bareuther

No matter where in the world you’re originally from or currently visiting, December is a month full of holiday festivities. One shared element of all of these celebrations is food.

Each country has its own traditional favorites. Some are sweet, others are savory. However, it’s eating too much – especially of rich dishes – that is often blamed for unwanted holiday weight gain. The good news is that we really don’t pile on the pounds as much as we fear and not all festive dishes are full of undesirable nutrients such as calories.

Most folks fear they’ll put on 5, 10 or even more pounds during the six-week period from late November (U.S. Thanksgiving) through the end of December. In reality, and according to a 2017 literature review published in the Journal of Obesity, weight gain is really only 1 to 2 pounds.

However, these are the pounds the researchers say are not likely to be lost

throughout the year.

This annual holiday gain year after year can lead to obesity and all the chronic ills that come with this state of too much body weight. One way to curb holiday weight gain is to focus on eating healthfully.

Eating healthful foods doesn’t necessarily mean sacrificing traditional holiday dishes. Here are a couple of examples.

Celebrate the Russian and Polish way with beetroot soup, or borscht. Hot or cold, it’s often served as a starter on Christmas Eve. Not only is this soup low in calories – about 100 calories per cup if it contains beef, or 50 if it’s veggiebased only – it’s also rich in vitamin A, potassium and dietary fiber owing to its main ingredient. What’s more, other ingredients such as carrots, onions and cabbage provide additional nutrients while keeping calories low.

Hot or cold, borscht is typically served as a meal started on Christmas Eve. This offers additional benefits. In 2007, nutrition researchers at Penn State University in the U.S. found that participants who ate a first-course soup before an entrée reduced calorie intake by 20

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percent compared with those who didn’t eat soup first.

Tuck into a North American native.

It’s hard to find roast turkey at Thanksgiving or Christmas that’s not served up with a side of cranberry sauce. Cranberries, like other berries, are a rich source of disease-preventing, plant-based nutrients. In fact, studies have shown that these tart red Skittle-sized berries contain nearly two dozen phytonutrients. The downside is that it takes a lot of sweetener to overcome this berry’s natural tartness. Traditional cranberry sauces are made with sugar and thus provide about 100 calories per 1/4-cup serving. It’s now trendy to make cran-

berry relish, or fresh cranberries paired in a food processor with one or two oranges. This recipe reduces calories by more than half.

If you’re in the Caribbean for Christmas, expect a heaping helping of rice and peas. The rice is customarily white rather than brown, but seasonings like onion, pepper and garlic, as well as the pigeon peas themselves, offer a healthy dose of soluble fiber. It’s this kind of fiber that can keep cholesterol from being absorbed and causing heart disease.

Soluble fiber, according to 2018 research published in the journal Nutrients, can also help reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Additionally, half a cup of rice and peas offers just 150 calories. In the Southern Caribbean, this side dish is made with coconut milk, which makes the calorie and fat content higher.

So, no matter where in the world you’re celebrating this December, be sure to deck your plate with healthful choices – make it a new tradition!

Carol Bareuther is a registered dietitian and freelance health and nutrition writer. Comment: editor@the-triton.com.

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On a well-run yacht, the name of the game is ‘mise en place’ Stew Cues Alene Keenan

Being a judge at the TopNotch Tabletop competition for the 2019 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show was a real honor. Being up close and personal with so many professional stews is exciting, inspirational and always amazing. It was tough to choose the winners; everyone did a great job.

Many of the Tip of the Day hints that stews shared during the competition were about being well-organized and prepared for any situation. Every yacht was mise en place personified. “Mise en place” is a French cooking term which means “everything in its place.” When you watch a cooking show on television or your favorite chef in the galley, you see how carefully things are set up before they begin. Ingredients are premeasured, knives and tools are assembled, and each dish is carefully orchestrated. It is a fundamental foundation of a professional kitchen to help meal preparation go smoothly.

On yachts, every step in each department must be as efficient as possible.

Mise en place means that whether on charter, with owners aboard or during downtime, each task in service, housekeeping, and laundry is broken down and organized into effective systems.

Stews must expect the unexpected, anticipate guests’ needs and plan ahead to prevent chaos from unfolding. There are plenty of surprise situations that can come up, and the less drama on board, the better. One of the stews in the competition advised us that if the owner is coming on Monday, have the boat ready on Friday. That’s a great tip for staying one step ahead of the game in case they arrive early. Your reward just might be extra time to relax and prepare mentally.

There are many pieces to organize in service. Each step requires working with the chef (or being the chef), and coordinating with guests around menus, mealtimes, service location, and even the wind and weather. Breakfast lends itself well to mise en place. Guests have different preferences for how they like the day to begin, and service is set up the same or nearly the same every day.

Buffet service is popular so early risers can help themselves to beverages and lighter fare. Many yachts will offer hot breakfast later after all the guests are up.

Lunch is commonly a lighter meal or even enjoyed off the boat, depending on the types of activities that guests engage in. Dinner is usually the most formal and requires the most attention to detail in terms of setting up and service. Mise en place does not just apply to the chef for mealtimes, but to the stews as well in getting all the dishes, cutlery, glasses and service pieces ready ahead of time.

Housekeeping on a yacht is considerably different from keeping things tidy at home. Having a system in place is the key to efficiency. Furnishings and décor are usually luxurious and expensive, and require more time, attention and care. A standard schedule for housekeeping has many moving pieces. First and foremost is scheduling tasks during times when rooms are vacant or when the guests are not on board. Proper tools and supplies should be organized close to work areas to save time. Housekeeping relies on proper teamwork with galley and laundry departments. If you’re a solo stew or part of a smaller team, organization is even more important.

And last, but not least, is laundry.

Even unpacking guest suitcases requires mise en place. Using a system to determine where to put lingerie and swimwear, workout clothes, casual shorts and T-shirts, and more formal items as they are unpacked saves time for everyone. If items always go back in the same place when they are returned from the laundry, it prevents mix-ups and confusion for guests. Guest clothing is often delicate and expensive. It requires extra time and attention to detail. Having a functional system for moving laundry through is important. A logbook to record who drops items off, what cabin they are from, what items are washed, dried, ironed, and when they are returned saves a lot of headaches.

Mise en place is not just for cooking.

Every well-organized department on a yacht creates better teamwork, prepares crew for the unexpected, and helps keep morale high. A close-knit team is more likely to support each other, stay positive, and make all that hard work fun.

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

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What’s Christmas without platefuls of holiday cookies on board?

Culinary Waves Mary Beth Lawton Johnson

They only come once a year – the wonderful, glorious holidays when you can create memorable desserts. For some yachts, it’s a traditional white coconut cake or pumpkin pie. For others, it’s a smorgasbord of celebration, with each crew member contributing their own favorite holiday desserts.

Whether you are baking for charter guests or for your own private employer, or even having a crew bake-off get-together on board, don’t forget the Christmas cookies! The guests and crew will reach for cookies faster than they

will for a slice of pie or cake.

I like to bake several different cookies for the holidays, such as pecan sandies (a favorite of mine since childhood) and frosted, decorated sugar cookies in the shapes of Santas and snowmen. If you are going to be serving Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner or lunch on board, the meal will not be complete unless you offer a plate cookies. Just leave them out on the counter and watch them disappear.

Here’s a great tip for a Christmas gift: Go to an antique or secondhand store and purchase small plates and cookie cutters. Mix and match them, add cookies on top, and wrap it all up in cellophane with a bow. You might just encourage someone to start their own

holiday tradition of making cookies.

If you are a super busy chef and think you don’t have time to make cookies, keep in mind that people remember the homemade efforts you put into your meals – so make those cookies anyway.

Here is a fail-proof recipe I have used over the holidays. Don’t forget the icing bags and tips. Maybe even gift those along with the cookies. Remember its a time for giving, not receiving. A plate of holiday cookies will bring joy to someone who might not have family nearby.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine, and has worked on yachts for more than 25 years. Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

HOLIDAY SUGAR COOKIES Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla (or cinnamon or almond flavoring) 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar, then add the vanilla (or other flavoring) and eggs, beating them into the butter mixture.

In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Sift the flour mixture slowly into the butter mixture.

Form into a ball and chill for 3 hours or overnight. When ready to use, roll out the dough and use cookie cutters to cut into various shapes.

Brush the cookies with milk and bake at 350 F for 10-15 minutes.

Once completely cooled, decorate with frosting and colored sugar (optional).

Frosting ingredients

1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar 3 tablespoons butter, softened 1 tablespoon vanilla, or flavoring of choice 1 tablespoon milk Food coloring and/or colored sugar

Method Beat sugar, butter, vanilla (or other flavoring) and milk until creamy, adding more milk if needed to make it spreadable.

Add 3 drops of food coloring of choice.

If you are doing several different colors for one cookie, make up separate batches of frosting.

Set aside the colored sugar to sprinkle last.

Spread frosting on cooled cookies.

Don’t forget a piping bag and tips for each color!

To make a Santa Claus cookie, for example, you would use red food coloring for his clothing, black for his belt and eyes, and white for his beard and fur trim.

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After the holidays, the tasty turkey lives on with easy pie recipe Crew’s Mess Capt. John Wampler

It seemed like only a few months ago I was making Holiday Ham Balls and Christmas cookies. As we get older, we are left with the memories of those who have passed on before us. My mother was an exceptional cook and around the holidays we enjoyed many delectable dishes. Oft times these were made using leftovers from Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.

There is nothing quite as inviting as homemade turkey pot pie. This dish is a simple yet creative means of stretching a holiday meal into the next week.

Ingredients:

1 box ready-made pie crust (two crusts), room temperature 1/3 cup butter 1/3 cup chopped onion 4 cups shredded leftover turkey, white/dark meat 1/3 cup all-purpose flour

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1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 3/4 cups chicken stock 1/2 cup milk 29 oz. can mixed vegetables, drained

Preparation: Pre-heat oven to 425 F. Lightly spray a glass pie pan with nonstick cooking spray. Unroll one

of the pie crusts, press into pan.

In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. SautĂŠ onion until tender.

Stir in flour, salt and pepper and stir until well-incorporated.

Slowly add chicken stock and milk, stirring until filling begins to boil and thicken.

Stir in leftover turkey and vegetables, then add mixture to the pie pan.

Place second pie crust over filling and flute around the edges. Cut four slices into crust for venting.

Bake on center rack for 20 minutes.

Check pie, rotate and bake for 10 minutes more or until crust is golden brown. Remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Happy holidays.

Capt. John Wampler (www.yachtaide. com) has worked on yachts for more than 30 years. Comment at editor@ the-triton.com.

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Blue-collar ‘bug’ town inspires a fishy tale from Down Under Top Shelf Chef Tim MacDonald

It’s late afternoon in Gladstone, Queensland. Crocodiles swim within meters of the local children, separated only by “hazard nets,” and the sun begins to set. The children are throwing rocks at seagulls, and behind them a haphazard barbecue takes place on the foreshore. It’s a low-country boil kind of gathering, and Sean Brocks’ cackle would not be out of place here.

Our yacht, on a South Pacific odyssey to Hawaii, has made a brief stop on the way to The Great Barrier Reef and Cairns. Picture an industrial town dwarfed by 300-meter-plus coal stacks, and cargo vessels filling up after the black gold is extracted from the earth. It’s a town straight out of the first act of “The Deer Hunter.”

Characters a plenty – salt of the earth characters straight out of Springsteen’s “The River” – surround me. Coal miners, Bick Benedict cattle ranchers, and yacht crew. An unusual mix. Fried chicken and waffles. Honest, reliable and trustworthy folk rarely seen in this day and age. A throwback to the ’50s, yes, but in my book, it’s a safe existence worth preserving.

This is not the town where a man wears €300 Versace velvet slippers or swings a black leather “man-purse” down the main street. Here, RM Williams dress boots, hi-vis coveralls and steel cap boots are the norm.

All the usual suspects appear at the barbecue, but a local delicacy that is not the norm to us in Lauderdale is also present: the “bug.” There is no simpler way to eat them than to boil them, split them, add salt, lemon and pepper, and enjoy.

The next day, a 5-liter Holden V8 Ute speeds by me as The Angels’ “No Secrets” bellows from the speakers, and great towering smoke stacks spew waste into the air as the early morning trawlers set out. Other trawlers moored in waiting line the port. The W-DEE is in hibernation and awaiting “another life,” but in her heyday she hauled up delicacies from the depths.

Known simply as “bugs,” one abundant crustaceus catch is a cross between a shrimp and a small lobster. The meat is sweet, soft and a perfect pairing with lemon, salt and good mayo. The Queensland mud crab, not in season, will have to wait, but Blue Tail King Prawns caught just

BUG TAILS Ingredients

10 “bug” tails Murray River salt Fresh cracked pepper Meyer lemon

Preparation Boil the “bugs” in salted water for 10 minutes, drain, cool and split, removing the innards.

Squeeze fresh lemon over the bugs, and season with salt and fresh pepper.

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two months earlier are snapped up for a song at the local fish and chip shop-cumfish market. The 10-pound box bares the trawler name, the grade, and the rarely seen recent catch date.

In an industrial fishing town, what you see is what you get. It’s another bookmark in my life as a motor yacht food heater, and the first of many new encounters to report on this South Pacific crossing.

Tim MacDonald (timothymacdonald. weebly.com) has more than 20 years experience as a chef. His recipes are designed for the owner and guests.

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KVH sells 10,000th VSAT system

Rhode Island-based KVH Industries has shipped its 10,000th VSAT communications system. Its history in the maritime satellite communications industry began in 2007, when KVH introduced the TracPhone V7, a 60cm VSAT terminal, and the mini-VSAT Broadband service.

Today, KVH provides high-speed connectivity, voice service, IoT capabilities, and content to commercial vessels and leisure yachts. KVH Media Group provides news, sports, and entertainment content with such brands as MOVIElink, TVlink, NEWSlink and SPORTSlink.

Founded in 1982, the company has research, development and manufacturing operations in Illinois and more than a dozen offices around the globe.

TecnoRib brings tenders to Australia

TecnoRib, the official licensee of Pirelli brand inflatable boats, has signed a partnership agreement with Barbagallo Marine for distribution of its RIBs and jet tenders in Australia.

The agreement follows similar partnerships recently set up in Europe (Spain, UK and Montenegro), Asia (Thailand) and Central America (Santo Domingo, Haiti and Puerto Rico).

Barbagallo Marine is part of Barbagallo Group, a luxury car dealer established in 1967. Thirty years later, the company set up Barbagallo Marine, which represents Sunseeker in the Australian and New Zealand markets and, since 2019, Sanlorenzo yachts.

Barbagallo Marine will handle the distribution of the entire TecnoRib range and an outboard version of the new Pirelli 1250, with a deck layout specially designed without aft sunbeds for the Australian market, according to a company statement. The new model will be available in outboard and inboardoutboard versions.

For details, visit tecnorib.it.

Zeidel opens in Fort Lauderdale

Zeidel & Co. opened a new retail showroom on Nov. 19 inside Bluewater Books & Charts in Fort Lauderdale. The company, with a flagship showroom in West Palm Beach, specializes in crew uniforms and personalized goods for yachts of all sizes.

The original shop was opened by Solomon Zeidel in Port Washington, N.Y., in 1909, and although uniform designs

BUSINESS BRIEFS have changed since then, Zeidel’s mission of attention to detail and customer service remain the same, according to a company statement.

“Quality and customer service have always been the mainstay of the Zeidel brand, and we are looking forward to introducing ourselves to captains and crew in this centrally located Fort Lauderdale address,” stated Montana Pritchard, owner of Zeidel & Co. The Fort Lauderdale shop, at 3233 S.W. Second Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with Saturday hours by appointment.

For more information, visit zeidel. com.

N&J adds partnership manager

Northrop & Johnson has hired Rebecca Stella as key account manager, strategic partnerships.

Stella, a native of Miami with a communications degree from Florida International University, has experience in luxury marketing, events Stella and public relations.

Prior to Northrop & Johnson, she managed marketing for real estate developers, including Swire

News 23 Properties, Related Companies, Related Group and PMG. In her current position, Stella will manage Northrop & Johnson’s alliances with strategic partners, including NetJets, Northern Trust, Corcoran, Chai Rum, Zeelander and Viasat, according to a company press release. She will be based in the Fort Lauderdale office.

TowBoatU.S. 30 years in Lauderdale

TowBoatU.S. Fort Lauderdale, founded in 1989 by Larry Acheson, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Acheson, who became involved in

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Captains tour Bluewater Books and Charts compound

Bluewater Books and Charts hosts Sip and See with yacht captains, crew and industry pros. On a rainy Fort Lauderdale night about 100 people enjoyed beverages and snacks with live music and several on-site vendor displays.

• Custom upholstery done by hand • Silks, leather, ultra-suede, etc.

• Headliners, exterior cushions • Furniture, padded walls Fire retardant treatment to mgn 453

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“From the very beginning I loved the challenge of towing boats in tight quarters and learning how to perform salvages,” Acheson stated in a company press release. “I have never minded the long hours or unpredictability of the business because the work fascinated me so much.”

The company has grown substantially from its early days, when Acheson plied his 26-foot Privateer towboat, along with a few lift bags and a couple of pumps, and trailered the boat home to his apartment in Oakland Park at the end of each day. Today, there are 13 boats and almost 40 full-time employees responding from multiple South Florida

ports – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They specialize in marine towing and salvage, as well as providing commercial launch services and work boat charter services.

Visit towboatusftlauderdale.com for more information.

BGI products now in Morehead City, N.C.

Bluewater Supply in Morehead City, North Carolina, is now a distributor of Blue Guard Innovations products, including a patented range of solid-state smart switches, sensors, monitoring systems and control panels that prevent the accidental discharge overboard of oil or fuel spilled in the bilge and engine compartments.

For more information on BGI products, visit bluebgi.com. To contact Bluewater Supply in Morehead City, call +1 252-638-3553.

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Getzner unveils vibration isolation

The Austrian company Getzner Werkstoffe recently presented a hightech, polyurethane material for shipbuilding that reduces wear, noise and damage at METSTRADE, a marine equipment trade exhibition in Amsterdam.

For years, Getzner has produced an elastic polyurethane product named Sylomer, used in the bearing of ships’ floors. The new product, Sylomer Marine, was developed specifically for maritime use in the bearing of sensitive areas – such as cabins, wheelhouses or power distribution units, and direct sources of disturbance such as engines, generators and entertainment devices – to better dampen vibrations and oscillations.

Five different material types for various payloads are available in the Sylomer Marine product range. The entire product range has been certified to IMO Res. and MSC. 307 (88) FTP Code 2 and 5 fire protection standards and is globally approved for use as “Primary Decks Covering” in line with SOLAS regulations. It is maintenance free; resistant to saltwater, oils and greases; and free from environmentally harmful substances, according to the company.

For more information, visit www. getzner.com/en

Intellian produces terminal for Iridian

Global satellite communications company Iridium Communications has partnered with Intellian to manufacture maritime terminals for its specialty broadband service Iridium Certus.

Intellian’s C700 terminal is designed to provide the fastest L-band broadband service in the industry, according to a press release from Iridium. It will reportedly deliver up to 352kbps transmission and 704kbps reception speeds through the Iridium Certus platform. Its 12-element patch technology ensures seamless connectivity, even in adverse weather or environments, according to the company.

Wouter Deknopper, Iridium’s vice president and general manager of

TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS the maritime division, stated that the company expects the C700 terminal to become commercially available in the first half of 2020.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Iridium completed a $3 billion upgrade of its network in February, launching 75 new satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), with 66 in the operational constellation and nine serving as on-orbit spares. As an L-band network, Iridium states that it can provide safety services, including those for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), expected in early 2020.

For details, visit iridium.com.

New product assists in docking

FLIR Systems has announced an addition to Raymarine’s intelligent docking technology: the Raymarine DockSense Alert.

News 25 Similar to the driver-assist capabilities of today’s modern automobiles, DockSense Alert detects, displays, and alerts the captain to obstacles around the boat using FLIR machine vision camera technology and video analytics.

Live video feeds from each DockSense camera make it possible to see into blind spots using a Raymarine Axiom display, and DockSense intelligent object recognition helps prevent scrapes, crashes, and close calls, according to a company press release.

The system – which also provides

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According to the company, DockSense Alert systems will be available to Raymarine boat building partners in the fourth quarter of 2019. DockSense Alert systems require a Raymarine Axiom display to operate and are available in one-, three- and five-camera packages.

For details, visit raymarine.com/ docksense.

3D-printed boat to show at conference

This year’s Maine Built Boats Global Outreach Conference will feature the team behind 3DIRIGO, reportedly the world’s largest 3D-printed boat, according to a press release from Maine Built Boats, the nonprofit organization that

TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS hosts the annual conference.

James Anderson from the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center will open the conference by discussing the recent success of 3DIRIGO, a 25-foot, 5,000-pound center-console boat built in 72 hours.

Anderson will also discuss potential uses for the Center’s 3D printer — the world’s largest — with regard to parts and tooling for boatbuilders.

Registration is now open for the daylong conference on Dec. 5 at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine.

To see a full schedule of events and seminar descriptions, or to register, visit maineboatbuildersconference.com.

KVH launches VSAT streaming service

Rhode Island-based KVH Industries has announced the November launch of KVH Elite, billed as a premium, unlim-

ited VSAT streaming service delivering HD-quality, dedicated bandwidth to yachts in selected geographic regions.

The initial launch of the new streaming service in November will cover a region from Florida through the Caribbean, including the islands of the eastern Caribbean. Service in the Mediterranean is expected to follow in 2020.

According to a company press release, KVH Elite enables users on board to use their favorite apps for streaming HD movie and TV content, music and more with no overages or data limits.

The streaming service does not require any hardware changes to the antenna system or its belowdecks control unit.

Yachts currently using the TracPhone V7-HTS or the TracPhone V11-HTS are KVH Elite-ready for activation.

KVH Elite is available as a weekly or monthly airtime plan, and seamless

The-Triton.com December 2019 access to the service will be managed by KVH Superyacht Group, according to the company. Yachts can use selected high-speed and unlimited-use data plans and the benefits of KVH’s global HTS service when not in the KVH Elite streaming regions.

For more information, visit kvh.com/ unlimitedstreaming.

Delta ‘T’ debuts axial replacement fans

Replacing European axial fans, with their unique sizing and electronics, typically means inordinate paperwork, potential restrictions, massive lead times and paying duty on top of shipping.

Delta “T” Systems’ new Euro Style Axial Replacement Fan addresses those problems, while providing superior performance and build quality, according to a company press release.

The fan is available in custom diameters from 12 inches to 31 inches (315mm–800mm), matching original metric fan sizes and flange bolt patterns for easy installation.

Delta “T” Systems engineers and manufactures complete marine machinery space ventilation systems for refit, refit and OEM applications. Their products have been installed on more than 18,000 commercial, recreational and military vessels worldwide.

Visit deltasystems.com for more information.

MarQuip releases IMO Tier III system

MarQuip has created a custom solution for smaller yachts to meet the challenges of the IMO Tier III requirements that will come into force from 2021.

MarQuip’s system has been designed to fit into the smallest of engine rooms, and according to the company.

The IMO Tier III regulations regarding nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions have already taken effect for all large vessels with an engine output of 130 kW or more, and which had their keellaying on or after Jan. 1, 2016.

The regulations specify that NOx emissions must be, at most, around 70% lower than the maximum under the Tier II regulations.

From 2021 these same regulations will come into force for all yachts more than 78 feet (24m), no matter their volume. Simply tuning the engine will not be sufficient to reduce emissions in most cases, and smaller yachts create a particular challenge as smaller boats are subject to constraints of size and space.

Where large yachts have used aftertreatment units that are heavy and bulky, the smaller engine rooms on yachts under 500GT require an alternate solution.

Visit marquip.nl for more details.

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Yacht-opoly game melds memories and yachting life Story and photos by Dorie Cox Chief Stew Paulina Costa is careful with her money, but fairly risk-tolerant.

She likes to buy houses and hotels for each of her properties – in the game Monopoly, that is.

“Not too much out, but not too much in the bank,” Costa said from on board M/Y Pepper XIII, a 125-foot Westport, during opening day of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in October. She uses the same strategy when the crew plays Yacht-opoly.

The new board game is the idea of former First Officer Tony Ryan Stout, pictured right, and his team at YachtNeeds, a crew connection app company. He produced the yachtthemed version of the popular game using his experience and connections on yachts including M/Y Ecureuil, an 82-foot (25m) Princess; M/Y DB9, a 197-foot (60m) Palmer Johnson, and M/Y Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, a 197-foot (60m) Trinity.

Longtime players of the original game may remember the tiny battleship, boot, cannon, thimble, and top hat metal playing pieces. As a kid, Stout always chose the car. The yacht version features a vacuum cleaner, an anchor, a captain’s cap, a fire extinguisher, a monkey’s fist First Mate Jorge Sanchez and Chief Stew Paulina Costa of M/Y Pepper XII received a copy of YachtNeed’s Yacht-opoly board game during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

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and a lobster.

“There it is, a metal part for each department. But we probably should have added a wrench,” Stout said at the company’s booth in the show.

On the bills are photos of Lürssen motor yachts Oasis, Aurora, Areti, Lady Lara, Radiant, Dilbar, and Azzam. When the roll of the dice moves a player, they now land on marinas and businesses from around the Mediterranean, the South Pacific, the Caribbean and the United States.

The board’s first square begins with “You pick up a new charter, collect $200 as you pass. Start your engines.”

The rules are spelled out in yachtie terms, such as: “Select a crew member who you actually trust to be a banker,” “The last sailor left in the game wins,” and “The richest sailor wins.”

Stout said the “Chance” cards are the most fun, and many of the ideas were submitted by yacht crew. The cards include such scenarios as: “The boss's son raids the galley after a night out with his friend. He finds the stew’s sweet cupboard and smashes down a peanut slab. Unfortunately, he has a severe nut allergy. Administer an adrenalin (epinephrine) injection straight away, update existing medical kits on board.

Pay $100.”

And one of the YachtNeeds team’s favorites: “Owner’s wife falls off the passerelle while posing with her chihuahua... And instantly demands he buy a new and improved one.”

Instead of buying houses and upgrading to hotels, crew playing Yacht-opoly buy small yachts and trade up to megayachts, each stage costing more.

The boxed game launched in midOctober on social media and copies were hand-delivered to yachts and crew in the Med and during the Fort Lauderdale show. The entire project is paid for

by the featured advertisers, Stout said.

Back on board M/Y Pepper XIII, Costa said she buys properties on each side of the game board and owns a variety of properties for better coverage so opponents pay rent. Her Monopoly strategies reflect how she handles reallife finances.

“I like to switch it up and stay diversified,” she said. “I like to keep it balanced. Don't put your eggs all in one basket. That is what I do now.”

First Mate Jorge Sanchez said his entire family used to play the original game, but that was years ago. As a kid, he picked the car; now his favorite playing piece is the anchor. His game board theories also translate to his life.

“I like investing a lot,” Sanchez said.

“I do try to do that today.”

When the rules are followed, it can be a long game, Costa said. So the short version of Yacht-opoly is a good idea for yacht crew, especially during the busy yachting season. Costa and her crewmates were happy to receive the game on opening day of the show and now battle to claim the title of most successful Yacht-opoly yacht owner.

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

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Two-alarm blaze is city’s largest loss ever FIRE, from Page 1 blaze had consumed both vessels and left remnants of construction scaffolding in the record-setting incident, according to Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.

“This is the largest value, in Fort Lauderdale history, lost in one incident,” Gollan said. “We’ve had houses, buildings – but this combined value is the most.”

Estimates range from $20 million to $24 million for the two vessels, depending on different values placed on stages of the refits, he said.

The event unfolded quickly in the morning darkness as fire trucks raced toward the scene. Unsure of the exact location of the fire, trucks stopped at the adjacent marina to the east and crews cut through a fence for access.

“We got multiple calls and one call came from Cable Marine,” Gollan said.

“So when the trucks pulled up, they

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Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue fire trucks and boats fight a two-yacht fire for more than five hours at Universal Marine Center in Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 16.

wanted to get to the fire however they could, so they took the fence out.”

Docked near the water entrance of the marina, furthest from the road near the New River, the smaller yacht was next to the seawall, with the larger yacht

side-to. Lohengrin’s aluminium hull and superstructure, along with Reflection‘s composite construction, quickly became a two-alarm fire, according to Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey A. Lucas of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.

“The first pictures showed the whole thing on fire,” Lucas said during a break from fire fighting about five hours after the first call. “The aluminum burned at about 1,100 degrees and melted, creating an umbrella that's not allowing us

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Aerial view of motoryachts Lohengrin, left, and Reflection after two-alarm blaze.

to penetrate to put out the fire. We’ll continue to fight.”

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue joined the effort, and fire boats from both departments used foam and water to fight the fire.

“The scaffolding is leaning and we cannot put people under there to fight this,” Lucas said. “There is no reason to risk life, the vessels are damaged.”

During the morning and part of the afternoon, wind from the west-northwest pushed smoke toward the east, where it was seen from nearby I-95 near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and I-595. By 10 a.m., about 60 firefighters and three fire boats had worked to prevent the fire from spreading to other yachts in the marina, had refueled the fire trucks, and were using water from the canal.

“We do what we call ‘drafting.’ We put a hose in the canal and we drafted out of the river,” Golland said. “We had all the water we could use or needed.”

Several marinas along Marina Mile (State Road 84) have private hydrant systems on their properties, he said. All are regularly inspected, and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officers had recently done the annual check at Universal Marine Center.

“It’s just a smaller type of system that leads off State Road 84, not quite as big as other pipes, but we regulate the pipe size with the city,” Gollan said. “If this had been a normal fire, say an engine fire or a yacht, anything short of two large yachts, it would not have been a problem. In this case, the size was just a challenge. Like any marina, it’s just a little tight, but that did not delay the crew.”

Two days later, Gollan was at the marina with firefighters to make sure the yachts were completely extinguished.

“The fire boats did amazing and we’re knocking out the hot spots now,” Gollan reported at 10 a.m. on Nov. 18.

Remnants of scaffolding remained

and both yacht hulls were underwater on the marina’s harbor bottom.

“It is environmentally contained, there is no fuel product in water and the fuel tanks are intact,” Gollan said. “Now Sea Tow will take over salvage operations. They will offload the fuel and go from there to float and remove them from the marina facility.”

Previously, the largest yachting industry fire in Fort Lauderdale was the Broward Marine fire of 1996. In the early hours of Sept. 5 that year, the former site of Broward Marine on the New River, which is part of where Lauderdale Marine Center’s east yard is now, was effectively destroyed by a fire. More than 100 firefighters fought that fire, and yet five yachts under construction and buildings dating back to the 1930s were consumed by flames. At the time, damages were estimated at $15 million.

Even adjusted for today’s numbers, this fire will be the largest loss based solely on the value of the boats alone, not including cleaning or marina damage, Gollan said.

Universal Marine Center CEO Laurent Bensoussan and marina manager Bernard Calot are grateful no one was injured. Both yachts’ paint jobs were almost finished, as well as teak and interior work, according to Calot. M/Y Reflection was getting ready to leave in 10-12 days and M/Y Lohengrin was scheduled to depart in about three weeks.

“For now, no comment,” Calot wrote in a text to The Triton. “The case is under investigation with many fire, police, lawyers and surveyors. We’re not allowed to give any info for now.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation, however the fire department believes the fire started on Lohengrin and then spread to Reflection.

Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton.

Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

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Inaugural Adrift Film Festival turns the spotlight on crew artistic ability Photos and story by Dorie Cox Outdoors, under the stars near the beach in Fort Lauderdale, about 300 yacht captains and crew watched short films created by their peers during the inaugural Adrift Film Festival on Oct. 23. Four winning films were chosen from among 140 videos submissions from 70 yacht crew.

Denzil Baynes said he always has a pen and paper ready to jot down a plot or a script idea, but the theme for his award-winning film actually appeared before him.

Named best long film, “Aurora Saves” documents the crew of the M/Y Aurora’s unexpected encounter with an entangled dolphin and two sea turtles while underway toward Mexico and California.

“It is important to make people aware of how quickly something can go awry at sea and of what a crew can pull off by utilizing their safety drills and how important they are when the captain says ‘Friday afternoon drills’ and eyes roll,” Baynes wrote in an email to The Triton. He was hired as first mate on Aurora and filled in as captain when Capt. Jake Roush took family leave. He has since left Aurora and taken command of an 80-foot Hatteras.

The saga’s theme is simple: “The long lines, fishing nets and sea snares capturing the wrong species and causing unnecessary devastation to these beautiful creatures.”

“My film is important to me because it tells a story starting off with preparation of going to sea,” he explained. “All crew know the importance of

safety, and it’s vital that everyone pulls together to check off the lists as a team to take care of one another. The second part that made my film important was to create awareness.”

Baynes credits his crew for success in freeing the entangled animals.

“I learned that no matter what happens, you can rely on your crew in a foreign situation,” he said. “Capt. Jake Roush didn’t think twice to investigate; Neill Burger didn’t think twice about

donning safety gear with Dave Hernandez and jumping into the water; Kathleen, my wife, and Luna Swart for grabbing the cameras, as well as setting up safety gear and clearing obstructions.”

The hardest part about making this film? “Without a doubt, it’s finding the right soundtrack,” he wrote.

Bosun Holly Robertson won the wildcard category with “Bandol Wine Tasting.” She has worked on the 45m M/Y Golden Eagle, the 53m Amels M/Y

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Deniki and the 34m Feadship M/Y Kamino, and has learned to value crew relationships. She said her film is important to her in reminding herself and her crew of one of their favorite days off over the summer.

“We had previous crew meet current crew and we bumped into old friends and made new friends,” she wrote in an email. “The whole day was filled with more laughter than I can remember … When time has passed, people have

moved on to new jobs and countless exciting days off have followed, you can always return to that very day and feel the happiness that day brought.”

The hardest part of making her film?

“The hardest part for me is definitely being patient enough to edit the clips without getting too excited and rushing it.”

Zakk Arion won most creative film with a rap video about life as a crew member. “Lil Yachter – Epaulets (The Yachtie Song)” blazes through dock-

walking, challenges of sharing and afterhour diversions, then ends with a solo guitar riff.

Zakk originally made the film for another competition last year. He was unsure how it would be received by the yachting community, but after being online for a couple of hours, he had about 500 likes and the numbers continued to rise.

“I crapped myself slightly thinking maybe I’d never get another job after everyone had seen it,” he wrote in an email. “But on the contrary, it was really well received and everyone seemed to get the joke and find a few lyrics they found relatable. In fact, I’ve actually gotten jobs through the video.”

He enlisted the help of many crew and said it was a lot of fun to make.

“We did get a lot of judgemental people, but that’s life. We carried on regardless and it turned out to be so worth it.”

Shani Davies, second stew on M/Y Laurel, and crewmate Dylan Ross won best short film about the rescue of more than 50 dogs in the Bahamas with “Dorian Relief,” a film about the crew’s charity work after Hurricane Dorian.

Submissions were open to all content creators working on board, employed

News 31 or between yachting jobs, according to founders Shelton Dupreez of Luxury Yacht Films and Randi Barry of Nautic Nomad. The screening was held outdoors at Park and Ocean in Fort Lauderdale’s Hugh Taylor Birch State Park.

A total of $2,112.44 was donated from entry fees to YachtAid Global’s Operation Topaz to benefit the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.

Best long film finalists: Scott Crouch, Henro Devos, Luke Hammond, Dean Harrison, Shaun O’Callaghan, Nick Sleeman, Kyle Vollaers and Harry Gillmore.

Most creative film finalists: Bo Green, Shani Davies, Henro Devos, Leah Hayes, Shaun O’Callaghan, Matthew Oosthuizen, Dylan Ross and Kyle Vollares.

Best short film finalists: Dylan Barry, Byron Dobson, Stuart Heath Carlton Smith, Leo Mancusi-Ungaro, Harry Morris, Kyle Vollaers, Konner Webb and Sam Yates.

Wildcard finalists: Dylan Ross, Harry Tiger Doyle and Samuel Chia.

To view all videos, visit the Adrift Film Festival at www.adriftfilmfestival. com.

Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton.

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he 60th edition of the Fort Lauderdae International Boat Show featured more than 1,000 boats in water this year with more debuts than any other show in the United States. Yacht crew were spotted on the job and off-duty from Las Olas Marina through Hall of Fame Marina and Bahia Mar Marina to both north and south docks at Pier Sixty-Six Marina.

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Captains, crew on yachts Loon, Calliope, Excellence win at show

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ISS board member Norma Trease, left, congratulates Capt. Paul Clarke and Chief Stew Maxine Robert for the yacht’s honor.

Bahamas relief efforts shine spotlight on Distinguished Crew

By Dorie Cox and Lucy Chabot Reed Two days after Hurricane Dorian’ s 185 mph winds and relentless rains hit the northern Bahamas, Capt. Paul Clarke and the crew of M/Y Loon arrived in the Abacos to help.

The 155-foot Christensen, loaded with a 28-person disaster aid team and donated relief supplies, was the first yacht into the region. Each department on board went straight to work.

The captain and deck crew took soundings of the waters and reopened the harbor. They went ashore to document damaged buildings and broken docks. They ferried doctors, paramedics and medical supplies to the islands – up to 300 miles in the tender each day.

The engineering crew restored power to the generator so the airport could reopen, made water and ice, and offloaded fuel. And using the boat’s satellite con-

nection, they enabled displaced Bahamians to contact loved ones. Then, as other relief began to arrive with aid, the bosun monitored marine radio as temporary harbormaster.

Wednesday night, Capt. Clarke and the 10-member crew of M/Y Loon were honored with the Distinguished Crew Award at the 29th annual International Design & Leadership Awards gala.

“We didn’t do it for an award,” said Capt. Clarke, accepting the award on behalf of his crew. “We did it to do our part. We spent seven weeks in the Abacos this summer, and when the storm came, we said – pardon my language – holy s---.”

In the days prior to the storm, yachting-based charity YachtAid Global put out a message looking for volunteers. Within an hour, Capt. Clarke had made contact and began making plans.

A charter had canceled, so the yacht was quiet. That was three days before the storm hit.

“My biggest message today is that we can all do it,” Clarke told the assembled guests of the ISS gala. “Honestly, I burned a bit of fuel. There was no damage to the yacht, no damage to the tender. There should have been 20 of us there, not one.

“Our insurance company had no problem with it; our owner had no problem with it,” Capt. Clarke said of the voyage into the area. “So the next time this happens – and there will be another storm, in the Bahamas or the Caribbean – let’s get there.”

Others honored with ISS awards: Leadership Award: Yacht designer John Munford of John Munford Designs in Southampton, England.

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Business Person of the Year: Joe Farrell, founder of Fort Lauderdalebased Resolve Marine Group.

Artisan Award: Marco Moeller of Abeking & Rasmussen.

Fabien Cousteau Blue Award: 4Ocean.

Several yachts and designers were also awarded, including the 85m M/Y O’Ptasia, built by Golden Yachts, for best power yacht over 65m; the 63m M/Y Utopia IV, built by Rossinavi, for best power yacht, 40-65m; the 38m M/Y Vista Blue, built by Custom Line, for best power yacht, 24-40m; the 56m S/Y Aquarius, built by Royal Huisman, for best sailing yacht over 40m; and the 31m S/Y Seatius, built by Southern Wind Shipyard, for best sailing yacht, 24-40m. Aquarius also won for best interior design. Best refit was given to the 39m Vitters S/Y G2, which was refit at Pendennis.

M/Y Calliope captain wins top Fraser honor Story and photo by Lucy Chabot Reed Capt. Adam Connolly of M/Y Calliope, a 150-foot RMK, was named Fraser’s Yacht Management Captain of the Year for 2019 during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

In announcing the award, Fraser Global Marketing Manager Lisa Peck described Capt.

Connolly as soft spoken, results driven, and a great motivator.

The award was presented during the annual Fraser Dockside Soirée on Nov. 3. Capt. Connolly’s crew was in San Diego with the yacht and could not be there to celebrate with him. The yacht is about a sixth of the way into a global trip, he said.

Capt. Connolly was chosen on precision and punctuality in accounting and cost control, management of the crew and the safety culture on board, respect of the planned maintenance on board, and the happiness of the owner and guests, Peck said, and is chosen by the fleet’s managers.

“Our industry is made up of yachts, owners, companies, and crew,” said Fraser CEO Raphael Sauleau. “Without crew, there would be no yachting industry.” Capt. Connolly was awarded a Divers Chronometre Ulysse Nardin watch as part of his prize package.

Hundreds taste treats at yacht chef challenge

By Dorie Cox Guests to the second edition of the Sunset Soiree & Yacht Chef Competition were treated to taste sensations from four yacht industry chefs during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Chef Danny Davies, pictured above left, of M/Y Excellence, a 150-foot Richmond, was honored as Best Yacht Chef in the boat show. He and Sous Chef Ratu Dawai, above right, created a winning dessert. Private yacht chef Alex Forsythe, freelance yacht chef Jarle Saupstad, and longtime yacht chef Andrew Siebert, who was assisted by Haley Bradley, each created hundreds of favorite dishes for the guests to sample.

Davies’ experience on yachts includes M/Y Coral Ocean, a 239-foot (73m) Lurssen, M/Y Gladiator, a 147-foot (47m) Feadship, M/Y Lady Joy, a 157foot (48m) Christensen, and M/Y Al Lusail, a 404-foot (123m). Forsythe has worked in the yacht industry for more than 20 years and has held a captain’s license for 15.

Saupstad has worked on yachts with Corona Del Mar Yacht Service in Corona Del Mar, California and as a freelance chef with Sierra Yachting Company in Florida and the Bahamas as a chef and stew. Siebert works on a private yacht that stays in Pier Sixty-Six Marina but was not on display during the boat show.

Hosted by local NBC-6 Miami reporter Kelly Blanco and the Miami Heat’s DJ Dale, the event filled the new SuperYacht Village at Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina and spilled over to the docks where The Wheeland Brothers band and a DJ performed.

Held in partnership with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina and the Superyacht Builders Association (SYBAss), the event raised donations for two Bahamian relief organizations: Mission of Hope and ONE Bahamas.

Dorie Cox is editor and Lucy Chabot Reed is publisher of The Triton.

Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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M/Y Excellence wins interior challenge Story and photos by Dorie Cox A Friday under sunny, 80-degree skies, was transformed into a “magical night” on board 14 yachts during an interior staff competition at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

The annual Top Notch Tabletop Challenge highlights their best work in seven categories: interior table setting, outdoor table setting, most artistic napkin fold, creative centerpiece, stylish menu design, best beverage presentation, and tip of the day.

The interior crew of M/Y Excellence, a 150foot Richmond, went all out with entries in every category. The judges awarded Chief Stew Bintu Omagbemi, 2nd Stew Zia Pypers and 3rd Stew Jennifer Walker with excellent marks in each one.

They included elaborate hand-cut, folded menus and a tower of basil martinis flanked by carved pumpkins.

On the upper-deck of M/Y MAG III, a 145-foot Benetti, the sky was filled with dangling wooden crates overflowing with flowers. The autumnthemed live flowers that won the crew the Best Chic Outdoors award were the work of Chief Stew Nico Van Der Westhuizen and 2nd stews Chenelle Godfrey and Kerry Langschmidt.

A silver genie lantern atop a centerpiece of rich purple, blue and red flowers was central to the winning interior table setting on board M/Y Andiamo. The 150-foot Palmer Johnson’s crew – Chef Nadine Imfeld, Chief Stew Lucia Turner and 2nd Stew Ana Sanchez – won the Best Luxe Interior with their themed beverages and cookies alongside the table setting.

Other competitors in the event included: M/Y Rhino, a 154-foot Admiral, with Chief Stew Renee Reavley; M/Y Horizons II, a 145-foot NQEA, with Chief Stew Sharyline Bansi and 3rd Stew Janke Spongenberg; and M/Y Libert-y, a 90-foot Offshore with Chief Stew Alicia Cossentino.

A panel of former crew and interior experts judged the competition on creativity, aesthetics and overall design impact, and awards were given during a ceremony in the late afternoon during the show.

The next edition of the competition will be at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in March.

To see more photos, visit www. the-triton.com and www.TopNotchTabletop.com.

Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton.

Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

Best Overall Design M/Y Excellence

2nd Stylish Outdoors

3rd Stylish Outdoors

M/Y Hospitality

M/Y Claire

Category winners Most Artistic Napkin Fold M/Y Qing, a 151-foot Cheoy Lee, with Stew/ Masseuse Erin Wilks and 3rd Stew Alyssa Blake.

Top Creative Centerpiece M/Y MAG III Best Beverage Presentation M/Y Coy Koi, an 83-foot Kuipers Doggersbank, with Chief Stew Kylie Pool and Stew/Deckhand Krystine Barnard.

Stylish Menu Design M/Y Sotavento, a 164-foot Benetti with Chief Stew Mariel Correa, 2nd Stew Brooke Smith, and 3rd Stew Kate Freeman.

Tip of the Day “Use Riedel glass polishing cloths to wipe not only glass, but also fingerprints, windows, plates. We use them onboard for many surfaces. They are the best.”

M/Y Sovereign, a 180-foot Newcastle, with Chief Stew Petronela Sivakova, 2nd Stew Danielle Hadlington, Stew Victoria Rowley, and Stew Mimi Trung.

M/Y Qing

M/Y Rhino

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2019 Top Notch Tabletop Challenge winners Best Overall Design M/Y Excellence, a 150-foot Richmond with Chief Stew Bintu Omagbemi, 2nd Stew Zia Pypers, and 3rd Stew Jennifer Walker.

Best Stylish Outdoors M/Y MAG III, a 145-foot Benetti, with Chief Stew Nico Van Der Westhuizen, 2nd stews Chenelle Godfrey and Kerry Langschmidt.

2nd Stylish Outdoors M/Y Hospitality, a 164-foot Westport, with Chief Stew Madison MacLeod, 2nd Stew Summer Meili, and Deckhand/Stew Colleen Meehan.

3rd Stylish Outdoors M/Y Claire, a 150-foot Trinity, with Chief Stew Kelly Olejniczak, 2nd Stew Lymne Dahl, and 3rd Stew Lexi Wilson.

Best Luxe Interior M/Y Andiamo, a 150-foot Palmer Johnson, with Chef Nadine Imfeld, Chief Stew Lucia Turner, and 2nd Stew Ana Sanchez.

2nd Best Luxe Interior M/Y My Maggie, a 112-foot Westport, with Chief Stew Monica Bolet.

3rd Best Luxe Interior M/Y Three Sons, a 130-foot Westport, with Chief Stew Morgan Brawley and Stew Jessie Sahaydak.

Best Stylish Outdoors M/Y MAG III

Best Luxe Interior

2nd Best Luxe Interior

M/Y Andiamo

M/Y My Maggie

M/Y Sovereign

M/Y Horizons II

3rd Best Luxe Interior M/Y Three Sons

M/Y Sotavento

M/Y Coy Koi

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Coast Guard officers answered mariners’ questions during a captain and crew lunch held during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

USCG, CBP aim to solve issues before violations

By Dorie Cox Surrounded by millions of dollars worth of yachts for sale, officers from several U.S. governmentl agencies explained how to maintain compliance of those yachts after they are sold.

Four officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and three officers with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) were on board the M/V Grand Floridian to answer questions during a captain and crew lunch. The Marine Industries Association of South Florida has organized this event during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show for the past five years.

An increase in the number of vessels without a valid Non-Tank Vessel Response Plan and/or a valid Certificate of Financial Responsibility caused the USCG to issue a Marine Safety and Information Bulletin (MSIB) in May. At issue is the fact that approval of proper documentation takes time after a yacht sells. New plans must be approved at least 60 days before the vessel is intended to operate in U.S. waters, while revised or amended plans require at least 30 days.

“Mariners need to plan for these timelines,” said Lt. Cmdr. Chris Briggs, chief of inspections with the USCG. “It’s first in and first out.”

At this point, failure to show a plan to mitigate and respond to an oil spill when submitting an Advanced Notice of Arrival (ANOA) can lead to denial of entry into the U.S. And failure to comply can result in a civil penalty of $47,353 against the owner or operator, according to the bulletin. Additionally,

he reminded mariners to submit an initial ANOA for both safety and security.

Afterward, changes can be made to the plan.

“It can’t be changed if you never made the first notice,” Briggs said.

On a positive note, the officers stressed that each department’s goal is to help yacht captains, crew and businesses succeed, and to make the process easier. For example, CBP is investing in facial recognition technology, said Michael Silva, public affairs officer.

“You’ll be able to travel from reservation to destination just with the face,” he said. A mariner’s I-94 status is available, and can be printed, from the CBP website at www.cbp.gov.

Passenger and crew processing has not changed with CBP, and the agency continues to make the Reporting Offsite Arrival - Mobile (ROAM) app easier to use, said Paul Shoupe, chief of Port Everglades Seaport.

From the audience, several mariners pointed out that phone calls are still required in different districts and recommended coastwise vessel movement be added to the app.

CBP has noticed a 50% decrease in denials for cruising licenses, according to John Ortiz, Port Everglades trade operations supervisor. He said that the decrease is “in part due to informed mariners and that we work with the community.”

“We don’t get check marks to deny,” Ortiz said. “We try to approve them.”

It is helpful to remember that it is a supervisor and a chief, not the officer on duty, who make the final decisions, he said.

Illegal bareboat charters are another concern, according to Cmdr. Jose Perez, sector Miami chief of prevention. No changes to the laws are expected, but he said mariners must follow the intent of the law.

“People have died, we are cracking down,” Cmdr. Perez said.

Since the USCG is responsible for a large area of water, it is in the department’s interest to facilitate travel in U.S. waters.

“With coverage 12 miles out, that’s a long range,” Cmdr. Perez said. “We don’t want violations, mariners to remain out, or to deny entry. We prefer prevention.”

Erik Watson, with the USCG waterways division, said the department is monitoring the railroad bridge over the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale to smooth both marine and train traffic.

“We are actively working for a happy medium,” Watson said.

In an effort to prevent violations, such as illegal bareboat charters, the agency hosts community outreach events each month, he said.

Officers said they are listening and hope to go back to their departments to help find solutions to several issues.

“We’re taking notes,” Cmdr. Perez said.

To help officers resolve some of the issues presented in the session, Silva recommended that mariners officially register their concerns through comments and correspondence.

Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton.

Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

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Good visitor traffic on the docks at Fort Lauderdale boat show

By Dorie Cox and Lucy Chabot Reed This year’s 60th anniversary of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show brought a lot of traffic on board yachts that were on display for sale and/ or charter, according to several veteran captains. The docks were packed with 1,500 boats, more than 120 of those larger than 100 feet in length.

Capt. Andrew Grego and his crew were busy, he said, and saw “really wellqualified people.”

“It was a really good show; many people were serious about buying boats,” he said after the five-day show that began Oct. 30.”

“Right now we’re talking with a few prospective buyers and charterers,” said Capt. Grego of M/Y Clarity, the 160foot Bilgin he has run for three years.

“We had a couple of people circling ours,” he said. “We’ll know which way we’re going when the penny drops.”

Capt. Grego and the crew will adapt depending on whether the yacht sells or books charters.

“If it charters, the owner is happy to add the revenue to offset costs,” Capt.

Grego said. “If it sells, it presents other opportunities. Perhaps we stay with the owner and he buys another boat, or the new owner needs crew or it sells, and that’s a chance for a completely new opportunity.”

Hargrave’s new 186-foot yacht kept Capt. Jake Oberholzer and his crew busy on M/Y Baba's.

“We were pretty full all day,” Capt.

Oberholzer said. “At any given moment, we had 20 people on the boat. It was a new boat and word got around.”

Hargrave’s corporate booth, in a new location in the center of the show at Bahia Mar, reported good traffic thanks to M/Y Baba’s, according to CEO Mike Joyce. And the company expanded its reach at the show by working closely with Galati Yacht Sales and Denison.

“They have access to a lot of brands below Hargrave size and have clients moving up, so it’s a natural fit,” Joyce said.

M/Y Sovereign is a 180-foot Newcastle that launched at the show in 2011.

Since then, Capt. Stephen Burke has worked at about six shows. He felt like traffic was down on last year’s numbers, but there were “certainly qualified and numerous people,” he said.

He still considers the show a success and credits his crew’s hard work.

“We came off 11 weeks charter, our record, and had less time to prepare ... but we have a good crew that pulled it together,” Capt. Burke said. Plus, they hosted a cocktail event with 90 guests and competed in the Top Notch Tabletop Challenge as well as the Sunset Soiree & Yacht Chef Competition.

It had been two years since Capt.

Thomas White’s last show. This year’s was much like previous years and M/Y Excellence, a 150-foot Richmond, had “lots of people in and out,” including over 300 guests for the yacht hop.

“The show was great, very busy,” he wrote in an email. “We were in for charter but, as with all things, if the right number comes up they would sell.”

M/Y Cynthia, a 182-foot Feadship, recently joined the charter fleet and Capt. Tim Silva said there was good traffic onboard during the show, especially from brokers eager to see the fleet’s new addition, he said.

Capt. Chris Day missed the past two shows, but worked four years in a row before that. This year he worked on M/Y Dr. No, a 75-foot Ferretti.

“Next to me was another Ferretti for a million more,” Capt. Day said. “There were a number of tire kickers.”

Many visitors toured the adjacent boat, then returned to see Dr. No again.

On the business side, Northrop and Johnson has several yachts under contract, according to company president Kevin E. Merrigan.

“Now for sea trials, surveys, due diligence,” he said. “It always takes 30 to 60 days after a show to learn the truth.”

The newest feature of the Fort Lauderdale show, the SuperYacht Village at Pier Sixty-Six Marina South, was well received by the world’s builders. Italian builder Benetti noted that, as a whole, its team was satisfied with the quality of attendees to the area, which was the goal.

Feadship America’s Ted McCumber also enjoyed the new site. Although Feadship did not have a new launch to exhibit, its position near the docks made for good traffic and visibility.

“As a first year, it was excellent,” McCumber said, noting he preferred the space better than the dock SYBAss members shared off Bahia Mar the past few years. “It made it quite a destination. I was happy with it.”

Dorie Cox is editor and Lucy Chabot Reed is publisher of The Triton.

Comment at editor@the-triton.com.

40 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Today’s fuel prices Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of Nov. 15.

Region

Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 572/617 Savannah, Ga. 652/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 945/NA St. Maarten 847/NA Antigua 775/NA Valparaiso 670/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 667/NA Cape Verde 585/NA Azores 642/1,340 Canary Islands NA/873 Mediterranean Gibraltar 568/NA Barcelona, Spain 779/1,241 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,263 Antibes, France 1,351/1,626 Loano, Italy 786/1,683 San Remo, Italy 770/1,672 Naples, Italy 765/1,584 Venice, Italy 996/1,758 Corfu, Greece 724/1,474 Piraeus, Greece 669/1,439 Istanbul, Turkey 730/1,210 Malta 768/1,406 Tunis, Tunisia 635/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 638/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 743/NA Sydney, Australia 971/NA Fiji 660/NA Algiers, Algeria 541/NA Bejaia, Algeria 541/NA Saranda, Albania 575/NA

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

Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 636/686 Savannah, Ga. 754/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 1,085/NA St. Maarten 900/NA Antigua 785/NA Valparaiso 819/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 692/NA Cape Verde 649/NA Azores 723/1,466 Canary Islands NA/962 Mediterranean Gibraltar 685/NA Barcelona, Spain 691/1,323 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,321 Antibes, France 1,452/1,696 Loano, Italy 844/1,744 San Remo, Italy 807/1,688 Naples, Italy 885/1736 Venice, Italy 808/2,113 Corfu, Greece 746/1,618 Piraeus, Greece 701/1,578 Istanbul, Turkey 833/NA Malta 949/1,415 Tunis, Tunisia 656/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 665/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 645/NA Sydney, Australia 1044/NA Fiji 805/NA Algiers, Algeria 625/NA Saranda, Albania 670/NA

*When available according to local customs.

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Data drives industry conversation, yacht sales

By Lucy Chabot Reed As the global yachting fleet continues to claw back from its fall of a decade ago, Superyacht Times (SYT) has gathered and produced interesting data about yachts, sales and construction.

The publication hosted three seminars during the Fort Lauderdale show, sharing its research into the construction and sales records of new and used yachts over the years. The data is produced in-house and was presented by Ralph Dazert, SYT’s head of intelligence.

The first seminar was a simple look at the state of the industry. The total fleet of yachts over 30m has grown six times since 1985: doubling from 1985-2000 (from less than 1,000 yachts to nearly 2,000), and doubling again from 20002010 (to nearly 4,000). This year, SYT expects the numbers to pass 5,000.

The order book since 2008 has dropped in half, but has begun creeping back up in the past two years, with 199 new yachts sold last year. It appears as though 2019 will beat that as it has recorded 102 sales for the first three quarters thus far.

As of Jan. 1, 2019, there were 483 new yachts over 30m under construction, the highest number since 2011, midway down the recessionary slide when there were 559. About 30% of them remain for sale, same as last year.

Last year saw the fewest number of builders completing yachts of 30m and more, just 66 compared to 114 in 2009.

Italy has the most number of yachts under construction – 47% of the global total – with Holland (14%) and Turkey (10%) accounting for a quarter. The U.S.

is building 3% of the global total.

When viewed in terms of gross tonnage, however, Germany was the leader, with 29% of the total, followed by Italy at 24% and Holland at 23%.

When reviewing used yachts, SYT was able to discern there were about 1,800 active yachts in the world; its data looks at 1,700 of them. About a quarter of the motoryacht fleet is for sale, which is slightly up from 2018, which was up from 2017. Americans are still the largest ownership nationality, owning 24% of yachts. Russians make up the second largest group at 10%.

Merijn de Waard, founder of SYT, gathered a panel of sales directors to discuss the state of the industry, and asked how they saw the market.

“The market is pretty flat,” said Michael Breman, president of SYBAss and sales director with Lurssen. “We’re trying to expand our customer base and enhance the positive aspect of yachting to appeal to a broader community.”

“Owners don’t want to wait a very long time,” said Till Von Krause, sales director with Abeking & Rasmussen.

“The refit market has become active because owners don’t want to wait three years from contract to delivery. Our aim is to get that to 25 months. We are working on this, and we will achieve it in a few years time.”

De Waard: Do you see used yachts competing with new builds?

“Every boat on the water is a competitor to a new build,” Lurssen’s Breman said. “It comes down to how many summers do you have left? If you can find a suitable boat on the market, you will not build new.”

Clients – especially younger clients, they all agreed – are looking for “greener” yachts.

“They have been for 20 years, but now, the demands for reduced power and clean exhaust have increased dramatically,” von Krause said.

“We need to listen to the younger generation because we need more people to get into yachting,” Breman said. “If that means we need to redesign, that’s what we need to do.”

A seminar titled “What Makes Yachts Sell” gathered about double the audience in the SuperYacht Village. Again, Dazert opened with some statistics.

Sales of used yachts over 30m (202) have just about doubled sales of new yachts (102) for the first three quarters of 2019, a larger proportion than in either 2017 or 2018.

Motoryachts tend to be on the market for about 20 months before a sale; sailing yachts a little more. That’s slightly less than in either 2017 or 2018.

The age of the used yachts that sell is going up, about 9 years old for motor yachts and 13.5 years for sailing yachts, which is slightly older in both categories than either of the previous two years.

In an effort to see if boat shows are effective, SYT looked at yachts larger than 30m for sale at FLIBS and their status one year later. Its data showed that 36% of boats sold within a year of exhibiting in a show, a little better than the market average of 33%. The asking prices of those sold yachts were also higher than the market as a whole.

Yachts of 40-50m took longest to sell, 970 days; newest yachts sold fastest, yachts up to 10 years old the longest.

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“It’s a matter of price if you want to sell fast,” said Michel Chryssicopoulos, managing partner at IYC. “It has to be a realistic selling price. That’s the key thing to get right from the beginning.”

“It has to be properly marketed, the crew are in line with the sale, the yacht is in show condition, and the seller has to be really motivated,” said Crispin Baynes, senior sales broker with Burgess. “You put it in the right location, and then it’s about price.”

“Price is not always the motivating factor on its own,” said Mark Duncan, director of business development for Fraser. “We have to get the unique selling points. If we could make a hologram of the owner talking about his boat and send it out, we’d sell it way quicker.”

“There’s some science to it, but there’s also an art to it,” Burgess’ Baynes said. “It’s emotional. You’ve got to have a seller who is significantly motivated and who is ready to meet the market. If the yacht is fully exposed and it’s still on the market after two years, you’re not doing something right.”

De Waard: Do boat shows matter?

“They are a necessary part of the marketing mix,” Burgess’ Baynes said.

“And things happen at boat shows. Actual transactions are questionable, but a lot of good stuff comes out of it.”

They discussed the importance of the charter market not only in opening the yachting world to potential buyers, but also giving owners a way to offset some operating expenses.

They agreed that about a quarter of the people who charter yachts eventually will own one.

“A hundred percent of owners were probably charterers at one time,” Baynes said. “It’s something we think about all the time.”

The final of SYT’s seminars asked two owners their perspective of yachting.

Carl Allen is the owner of the 164-foot Westport M/Y Gigi and the 55m Damen M/V Axis support vessel.

Brian O’Sullivan owns the 40m Horizon M/Y Komokwa, and it also its captain. He spent five years traveled all over the world with the yacht.

De Waard’s first question for them: How are you keeping crew happy?

“That’s the hardest part of yachting,” Allen said. “We treat our crew like family. I figure if people are cooking for you and cleaning your underwear, you’d better be nice to them.”

“The most challenging thing is crew,” O’Sullivan agreed. “I’ve had one crew with me since I bought the boat in June 2012, and others who last three days. I

try to make them part of the family, too.

Without a doubt, crew is the hardest part of owning a boat.”

De Waard: Advice to a new buyer?

“Owning a yacht is one of the most rewarding things you’ll do, but it’s tremendously expensive,” O’Sullivan said.

“Just be ready for the costs. And dealing with crew.”

The most impassioned part came from Allen, who has a new perspective of yachting after Hurricane Dorian.

“As yachters, we get a bad name, that all we do is burn fuel,” he said. “I’d like to push back on that a little bit. After the hurricane, we were some of the first ones there. We’re good people; we’re there when you need us.”

Lucy Chabot Reed is publisher of The Triton. Comment: lucy@the-triton.com.

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SYT’s Merijn de Waard, left, discusses what makes a yacht sell with, from left, Fraser's Mark Duncan, IYC's Michel Chryssicopoulos and Burgess' Crispin Baynes.

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Spirit of giving touches dozens, raises thousands at NMS event

By Lucy Chabot Reed It started innocently enough: organize a dinner, raffle off a Seabob, raise a few thousand dollars for the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.

But by the time it was over – in about 15 minutes – yacht captains, crew and industry raised nearly $40,000.

“It was incredible what took place,” said Dean Dutoit, owner of National Marine Suppliers and host of the event held during the Fort Lauderdale boat show. “I didn’t even know what to do.

We went from zero to $39,000 in 15 minutes. The generosity of this industry continues to amaze me.”

NMS staff walked around the room selling $100 raffle tickets for a chance

to win a top-of-the-line Seabob F5SR. Capt. Chris Walsh of M/Y Archimedes was in for five tickets, and he challenged Ted McCumber, commercial director for Feadship America, to do the same.

“I said, let’s make it seven,” McCumber recalled afterward. Capt. Walsh did, as did two other captains in their group.

Then someone – not these captains – won, and offered the Seabob back to be auctioned. In the giving mood, Capt.

McCumber said he helped bid the price up to $13,000 before it stalled.

So McCumber went to the stage and said he would match it if Seabob would donate a second machine, worth about $17,500.

“In this situation, what are you going to do?” said Claus Gruner, CEO of

Cayago Americas, which manufactures the Seabob. “Everybody is in this mood of giving. It grew up to $13,000, and now there are two willing to donate.

You simply have to do it.”

So now the room raised $26,000.

“No, I didn’t need a Seabob, but I thought someone needed money so it was a nice thing to do,” McCumber said.

His machine will likely find its way onto a Feadship in the future, he said.

But the magic didn’t stop there. As McCumber was making his pitch for a second machine, Nicky Mingledorff, communications director with M/V Pacific Hope, was texting her husband.

“We were raising money for breast cancer, it was this wonderful environment where people were trying to

donate more, give more, all friends,” she recalled. “The auction gets up to $13,000, and another person is willing to match it. I was standing there, and Ken [Capt. Ken Bracewell] was standing next to me and I said to him, you know what, I think I can do this. I texted my husband: Are you OK with me making this donation?”

Mingledorff was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 23. It is now in remission.

“These donations, these organizations truly, truly helped me,” she said. “They paid thousands for treatments for me to recover and prepare for my future life. And I love Dean and Mary [Dutoit, owners of NMS]. They have helped us so much with Pacific Hope.”

Then she got a text back from her husband: “Yup, let’s do it.”

So she stood up and matched the latest bid of $13,000 with a personal donation – not in exchange for a Seabob, just because.

“I really didn’t do much,” she said afterward. “I was just the third person who said something. We have the means, so I was happy to do anything to give back. … What really happened was the whole room came together. Can you imagine? It wasn’t that big a group of people. I just love these people.”

Combined with the raffle tickets sold, the total raised that evening was in excess of $40,000. Over the years, NMS has raised more than $330,000 for the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation through its annual poker run rides, FLIBS party and now dinner.

But 2019’s event was special.

“It was the most exciting 15 minutes of my life,” Dutoit said. “The place went nuts. It was the best thing I’ve ever been a part of.”

Lucy Chabot Reed is publisher of The Triton. Comment: lucy@the-triton.com.

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Nicky Mingledorff, right, celebrates the evening with National Marine Suppliers owner Dean Dutoit, center.

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he Oasis Lounge kept yacht crew fed and provided a place for respite from the busy Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Open each day with catered lunch, the lounge was in the SuperYacht Village at Pier SixtySix Marina South.

Photos by Lucy Reed

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Attendees of The Triton’s From the Bridge discussion for this issue are: Capt. Guy O’Connor, freelance; Capt.

Christopher Walsh of M/Y Archimedes; Capt. William Curran of M/Y Hat Trick; Capt. Jacques Falardeau; and Capt.

Nigel Woods.

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

Individual comments are not attributed to encourage candid discussion; attending captains are identified in the accompanying photograph.

PHOTO/DORIE COX

Most captains take pride in mentoring their crew BRIDGE, from Page 1 month’s Triton From the Bridge lunch, we did not expect to hear such a clear and timely example. Each month for more than 15 years, The Triton meets with a different group of captains to discuss a yacht issue, and last month we met on the third deck of the M/V Grand Floridian, surrounded by a clear view of hundreds of boats on display.

This captain continues to foster the growth of his crew, noting that three of his former deckhands are now captains.

Others weighed in with similar tales.

“I try to pass on what I know and I’ve watched my crew go from deck to engineer to captain,” another of the attendees said. “A lot of them moved up – kids who were deckhands are now running boats bigger than me.”

“I just saw one of mine running a 105-footer,” another captain said, as he looked out the window at nearby yachts.

“This deckhand’s now done well. I like to keep in touch with as many as I can.”

Proud of the advancements of a talented engineer that he had trained, one of the captains said he had helped the engineer get a better job on another boat, then got to see that the subsequent captain was grateful for the skilled crew.

“Later, when I saw that boat’s captain, I said, ‘How's my engineer?’ He said, ‘No, he’s my engineer now,’ ” the captain said.

One of the group recalled how he tried and tried to work with a crew member, but eventually had to fire him.

“But he still calls me,” the captain said.

To that, the first captain said with a laugh, “Of course, there have been a few I wanted to throw over the side. But it is important to promote kids.”

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines legacy as “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.”

So who built and shared legacies for this group? Several captains credit family members.

“I had a handful of captains in my family,” a captain said. “I used to listen wide-eyed to stories.” That group included his father, who taught him by example.

“He locked me in the cabin and said, ‘Can you feel the movement? Figure out where we are by the current and the wind’,” the captain said. “My dad could do all of that.”

One of the captains at the table said a boss from an early job showed how to be a good leader. That boss would sit back with his pipe, so calm in a dangerous situation, the captain said.

“He said, ‘Sonny, I can teach you one thing,’ ” the captain said. “Take it slow and easy and you'll still have a job. Take it hard and fast and you better have your bag packed.”

Another captain said his life was also changed by an early mentor.

“He was cool, and he showed me that learning was cool,” the captain said.

“His mentoring was his coolness of having skills. Today, I pass that on. It's cool to be able to do things that others can't do.”

One lunch attendee said that decades ago, while fresh on a new job, his boss handed him the wheel when he did not feel ready.

“He said, ‘You take the boat back,’ ” the captain recalled. “He insisted on me keeping my sea time. He’s been a good mentor and always pushed me.”

Those lessons learned are still being used today — and still being handed down. But it is not always the great captains that leave a legacy, a captain said.

“I remember working for a maniac captain. I found him with his feet on the dashboard, holding a beer, asleep,” the captain said. “That taught me about the guy I don't want to be – the antimentor.”

People can’t fully control their legacy, or what others may take away from lessons shared, but we asked the captains to consider what they think other people might be learning from them. We chose a couple of angles to try to gauge this and started with yacht crew.

Decades of experience has taught most of this group how to be captains as they “worked their way up through

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December 2019 The-Triton.com the hawsepipe” and those are the lessons they still teach.

“The crew make fun of me taking noon sites with the sextant,” one of the captains said. That was until he asked the crew to consider how to navigate with no GPS, electronic charts, computers or electricity.

“Now think, what if you have nothing?” the captain asked them.

Similarly, it was not until the yacht lost power that the crew understood some of their captain’s work requests, another captain said.

“I teach crew to log each hour,” he said, recalling one day when the work paid off. “We lost all electric and had to do dead reckoning.”

Each of the captains had examples of skills they have shared and have seen the crew absorb the information to use and share themselves. A crew member who had scratched the yacht was told to fix it. He got quotes for paint jobs but never considered how to do it himself.

“So I did it and had three crew hanging on me to learn,” the captain said.

“I firmly believe in tradition, that crew need to understand, to have a sense of what it takes to maintain a boat, what it takes to build a boat. I look for this and give them that sense.”

This captain leads by example, as his father did, and helps crew learn to have pride in their work.

“It's important to stick around and see how will this hold up next year,” he said.

Another captain agreed that crew can learn from captains not to cut corners.

“You have to do your best work all the time or you and the team – and the owner – will pay the consequences.”

“You need passion and want to learn to excel, this is a meritocracy,” the first captain said.

Such legacy continues as the captain said he sees those traits in his crew and how they teach each other. “They have taken it far in every category.”

Another place to look for a legacy is with yacht owners. The actions and input of several captains have helped change the way owners use their yachts.

“I taught him how to enjoy the boat and to have fun,” one of the captains said. “Remember, owners don't need yachts.”

And often captains leave a mark on how the vessel is maintained or run.

“Like policies and procedures and changes on the boat, he [the yacht owner] knows it comes from me,” a captain said. “It takes years to develop procedures and policy, and they have evolved over the years.”

“It's a total package, the captain and the boat,” a captain said. “But when it

boat with a bad one. comes down to it, it is always about the “The reputation followed the boat people.”

Several captains recalled an old char- and they didn't pay the bill,” the capter boat from years ago that was popular tain said. He talked with the owner and explained how impordespite the vessel’s tant it is to right past shortcomings.

‘I firmly believe in wrongs. The bill was “There was a crappy paid and the captain’s boat that did 38 weeks tradition, that crew helped a year charter, but evneed to understand, to suggestion repair the yacht’s repueryone knew that was have a sense of what tation. the best charter boat A final gauge of a around,” one of the it takes to maintain a person’s legacy can captains said. “It was boat, what it takes to come in the form of the people.” build a boat.’ an obituary or memoThis led the conrial after death. This versation to how the topic made the capvendors, businesses, tains uncomfortable, and they avoided marinas and yards that work with these it with jokes. But we persisted and captains are another way to measure several captains said that it is hard to a legacy. A yacht’s reputation in the industry can be helpful or harmful. One know what each of us sees as another’s legacy. “There are a couple of people captain talked about being hired on a

who I would like to write my obituary, the ones who know me best,” a captain finally responded.

“No one knows the whole story or even enough of it,” another captain said.

As we closed the conversation to return to the boat show, the captains thought about their legacies – how they try to be first up in the morning and last down at night, how they try to instill lessons and skills, and how they try to lead by example.

This Halloween season, one of the captains said, his crew placed a skeleton on the bridge station in the captain’s chair.

“See?” one crew member said. “He’s still working.”

Dorie Cox is editor of The Triton.

Comments on this story are welcome at editor@the-triton.com.

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Yachts sold

Heesen’s YN 20067 Project Sparta, a 220-foot (67m) steel FDHF due for delivery in 2023 and first presented at the Monaco Yacht Show in 2018 as Project Avanti, sold to an experienced charterer.

M/Y Waku, a 208.3-foot (63.5m) Benetti launched in 2016, sold at auction with IYC broker Frank Grzeszczak Jr. representing the buyer.

M/Y Adamas II, originally Azzam, a 200-foot (61m) Dauphin built in 1987, sold by Camper & Nicholsons broker Adam-Michael Papadakis, who represented the seller, and Flagship Yachts broker Dimitri Kalasatis, who brought the buyer. Asking price was €9.95 million.

M/Y Mim, a 144-foot (44m) Burger launched in 2006, sold by IYC broker Mark Elliott, with the buyer introduced

by Ocean Independence broker Jeremy Comport and Superyacht Sales & Charter broker Neil Emmott. Asking price was $14.9 million.

M/Y Protect 136, above, a 91-foot (27.86m) Technema 87 launched in 1999, sold by IYC in an in-house deal.

M/Y Salt Dancer, a 125-foot (38m) Royal Huisman launched in 1985, sold in-house by Denison brokers Justin Nystedt and Kit Denison. Asking price was $895,000.

S/Y Wild Salmon, a 78.7-foot (24m) cutter-rigged Locwind 80 sloop launched by Dufour/Loewind in 1997, sold by BGYB. Asking price was €450,000.

M/Y Lady Di, a 78-foot (23.75m) Ferretti 780 launched in 2009, sold by IYC in an in-house deal.

New in the sales fleet

M/Y Aspen Alternative, above, a 164foot (50m) Trinity launched in 2010, now jointly listed with IYC broker Mark Elliott and Superyacht Sales & Charter for $17.9 million.

M/Y Claire, formerly Seahawk, a 150foot (46m) Trinity launched in 2003, listed with Merle Wood & Associates broker John Cohen for $13.45 million.

News in the charter fleet

M/Y Happy Life, below, a 139-foot (42.5m) Alfamarine launched in 2003, listed with Camper & Nicholsons for $4.2 million.

M/Y Royal Falcon One, a 135-foot (41m) catamaran built by Singaporebased Royal Falcon Fleet in 2019, listed with Camper & Nicholsons.

M/Y Gitana, a 132-foot (40m) Benetti launched in 2017, co-listed with Merle Wood & Associates broker John Cohen for $14.95 million.

M/Y Angelus, above, a 131-foot (40m) Sunseeker launched in 2019, jointly listed with IYC broker Marat Urusov and Denison broker Alex G. Clarke for $22.88 million.

M/Y Ruscello, a 126-foot Sanlorenzo launched in 2016, listed with IYC broker Frank Grzeszczak Jr. for $12.9 million.

M/Y Gypsea, previously Kipany, a 116-foot (35.4m) Intermarine tri-deck launched in 1998, listed with Denison broker Kurt Bosshardt for $3.95 million.

M/Y Moni, a 107-foot (32.6m) Vicem built in 2013, listed with IYC broker Mark Elliott for $4.675 million.

M/Y Andreika, a 106-foot (32m) Alpha delivered in 2017, listed with Merle Wood & Associates broker John Cohen for $6.95 million.

M/Y Eminence, a 257-foot (78.4m) Abeking & Rasmussen launched in 2008, available for winter charter in the Caribbean and summer charter in the Med through Worth Avenue Yachts broker Jenny Mullen.

M/Y Lazy Z, a 170-foot (51.8m) Oceanco launched in 1997, listed with Merle Wood & Associates for $15.4 million.

N&J expands crew placement staff

Christine Hodgson and Sarah Bester have recently joined Northrop & Johnson as crew service associates.

Hodgson began her yachting career as a stew and spent 18 years as a chef on private and charter Hodgson yachts before becoming a crew placement coordinator.

She most recently owned KGCH Yacht Recruitment in Fort Lauderdale.

Bester worked in the fitness industry and as the marketing director for a nonBester profit social service agency before she began working on yachts as a stew and personal trainer. She moved ashore in 2017 and began working in crew placement.

Ex-captain joins CNI as broker in Phuket

M/Y Lady Gray, above, a 100-foot (30.5m) Broward launched in 1995, listed with IYC brokers John Weller and Michael Rafferty for $1.45 million.

M/Y Rutli E, a 100-foot (30.5m) Benetti launched in 2006, listed with Denison broker Will Noftsinger for $3.95 million.

M/Y True, an 87-foot (26.5m) Ferretti launched in 2013, listed with IYC broker Mark Elliott for $3.9 million.

M/Y Happy Daze, an 83-foot (25.5m) Moonen launched in 1998, listed with IYC broker Bernie Challis for €950,000.

S/Y Weddel, an 80-foot (24.5m) Bruce Farr-designed Grand Mistal Maxi One sloop built by Decision in 1996, listed with BGYB for €200,000.

Sebastien Bernard has joined Camper & Nicholsons Asia as a sales broker based in Phuket, Thailand. Originally from Brittany, France, Bernard’s experience includes 11 years as a yacht captain and several years in business development and project management. He has been based in Phuket for the past seven years working as a senior yachting consultant and managing director with Raffle Yachts Asia, according to a company press Bernard release.

Bernard began sailing at the age of 6 and was a sailing instructor by 17. He has managed yachts, crews, projects, business units and yachting companies for several brands, including Nautor’s Swan, Alloy Yachts, Jongert, Azimut Yachts, Sunseeker and Sunreef.

Besides his job at Camper & Nichol-

The-Triton.com December 2019 sons, Bernard works for the nonprofit association Seakeepers and is a representative for the submarine brand U-boat Worx.

CNI welcomes back charter brokers

Tandy Demarchelier and Marta Iglesias, both former employees of Camper & Nicholsons, are returning to the company as retail charter brokers.

Demarchelier first joined the company in 1994 as an assistant in the crew recruitment department in Cannes. She later joined the Antibes office as a charter broker and continued in this role for 20 years. She left in 2014, when she moved to Costa Rica.

Prior to working for Camper & Nicholsons, Demarchelier spent several years working as yacht crew. She attended the University of Chicago and Florida International University after working at an international yacht brokerage in Fort Lauderdale from the age of 15. She will be based in Costa Rica.

Iglesias first began working for the company in 1988. In 1991, she cofounded the brokerage company Koch Newton & Partners and was responsible for growing its European charter division. In 2006, the partners sold to Merrill-Stevens, and Iglesias’ responsibilities expanded to include all aspects of the company’s worldwide charter activities, including retail and wholesale operations, until that company was sold.

She is a long-standing MYBA member and has acted as charter consultant for the association – including the MYBA Charter Show – since 2017. She is fluent in English, Spanish and German. She will be based in the Palma office as of December.

Merle Wood opens production office

Yacht brokerage firm Merle Wood & Associates has opened a production and custom division office at Bahia Mar Yachting Center. The expansion will create several new yacht brokerage jobs for existing brokers as well as new brokers and support staff, according to a company press release.

The 2,000-square-foot office will focus on the production sector for the market, such as Azimut, Ferretti, Sunseeker and Hatteras yachts. Meanwhile, the office on Las Olas Boulevard will continue to serve as the company’s global headquarters.

The Bahia Mar office can be reached at +1-954-525-5112. Interested brokers and support staff should reach out to the company via email at jobs@merlewood. com, or by phone at +1-954-525-5111.

For more information, visit merlewood.com.

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Suntex buys Bahia Mar Yachting Center

Suntex recently took over operations at Bahia Mar Yachting Center, also known as Bahia Mar Marina. The sale was announced in early October. The Bahia Mar hotel and upland property will continue to be owned, managed and operated by Jimmy and Kenny Tate of Tate Capital.

The change takes place as the facility is at the center of set-up for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which runs Oct. 30- Nov. 3.

Jorge Rodriguez and Jeff Stukel have been named interim general managers of the marina, Andy Schell has been named dockmaster, and Stephanie Fot is the marina administrator.

Suntex is also owner of Miami Beach Marina in Miami Beach and Liberty Landing in New Jersey. The city of Fort Lauderdale selected Suntex to redevelop the municipal docks at Las Olas Marina just north of Bahia Mar. Suntex recently sold its majority stake in the Loggerhead Marina portfolio, allowing it to focus on wholly owned marinas and diversify geographically, according to a company statement.

Bahia Mar Yachting Center has 250 slips for yachts up to 300 feet, including 3,000 feet of side-to dockage. The property offers high-speed fueling, in-slip pump-out, a marine store, a dive shop and a marine maintenance provider.

Suntex owns marinas along the U.S. east coast in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey, in the central U.S. in Tennessee, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, and in California.

For more, visit www.suntex.com.

– Dorie Cox

Marina manager has new job after storm

Megan Mills, formerly the marina manager at Treasure Cay Marina in the Abacos, is now the marina supervisor at Romora Bay Resort and Marina.

Marc Tonis, right, is Romora’s assistant general manager.

“It’s a blessing,” Mills said of the job offer she received from Romora managing partner Joe Dargavage two days after Hurricane Dorian ran over Treasure Cay and Abaco Island.

MARINAS / SHIPYARDS St. Lucia marina expects record numbers

Marigot Bay Marina on St. Lucia expects more visiting yachts this season than in previous years, according to marina manager Troy Blanchard. The marina saw record numbers of yachts in 2017, when the impacts of hurricanes Irma and Maria drove many super yachts farther south. Many of those yachts returned the next season, according to Blanchard, who reported that 220 yachts per month visited the marina between December 2018 and March 2019. Those yachts varied in size from small sailing yachts to the largest yacht the marina has accommodated to date: the 241-foot (74m) charter yacht M/Y Naia.

“We have always been popular with yacht captains and owners, but now we are on the radar of the large charter companies,” Blanchard said in a company statement.

Blanchard attributes the growth to convenient direct flights from the U.S. and U.K., five-star services, a recent upgrade, continued outreach to key yacht charter companies, and the natural safety of the mountain-rimmed harbor, which is considered one of the most secure anchoring spots in the Caribbean.

The marina can accommodate yachts up to 280 feet (85m) with a draft of up to 20 feet (6m). For more information, visit marigotbayresort.com/marina/ marina-information.

Bradford outlines renovation project

Bradford Marine, acquired on Jan. 1

by Fort Lauderdale Yacht Harbor, recently released details of the first phase of a renovation project aimed at updating dockage, repair and maintenance, and brokerage sales.

“We are excited to get started on this

multi-phase renovation project to revitalize this iconic facility, and continue to build on its esteemed legacy,” stated John Kelly, CEO of Fort Lauderdale Yacht Harbor.

According to a company press release, Phase 1 of the project will include: l Repainting/polishing exteriors l Landscaping l New paving l Added parking l Added signage for ease of traffic l Improved security features l Gated entrance, security guards l On-site, 24/7 security personnel l Upgraded dockside electric service l New high-speed broadband service l Crew fitness center Bradford Marine, established in 1966, is a full-service marina and shipyard in Fort Lauderdale that accommodates yachts up to 180 feet (55m). For more, visit Bradford-Marine.com.

Superyacht Northwest gears up

Three international sporting events scheduled in the Pacific Rim – the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the 2021 America’s Cup in New Zealand, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing – are expected to bring an increase in yachting activity to the Pacific Northwest, according to Superyacht Northwest, an association of businesses providing yacht services and support in the region.

“The maritime industry across the Pacific Northwest is gearing up for what will be an exceptionally busy couple of years for superyachts in our region,” stated George Harris, president of the Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA), a founding member of Superyacht Northwest.

In preparation for the events, Super yacht Northwest members are complet-

News 47 ing infrastructure upgrades to accommodate the increased traffic, according to a statement from the association. l Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle is replacing its superyacht moorage with state-of-the-art superyacht docks and power centers. l For haul-outs, the Port of Port Angeles has completed construction of a $2 million wash-down facility that can handle vessels up to 165 feet in length. l On the north shore of Lake Union, recently completed docks at Emerald Landing are capable of mooring and providing luxury support for super yachts of 80-360 feet. Many of the Seattle-based services are freshwater-based.

For more information, visit synw.org.

Trafalgar allows subcontractors

As part of a corporate rebranding, Trafalgar Shipyard – of The Trafalgar Group, formerly known as Trafalgar Wharf Group, in the U.K. – has a new business model that allows owners to bring in their own refit teams.

“Owners want to get the best price and quality from subcontractors. The best way to do that is competitive tendering,” stated Jonny Boys, managing director at The Trafalgar Group. “There are not many shipyards where you can bring in your own independent teams.”

The shipyard offers a secure, 24-hour working facility with onsite workshops, mess rooms and office space for rent. It can handle vessels up to 197 feet (60m) with beams up to 46 feet (14m) and draft up to 14.7 feet (4.5m).

“Once a yacht is in dock, you can’t just move it if things aren’t going well,” Boys said. “But when you hire the shipyard only, it’s easy to make changes if a contractor isn’t performing.” For more, visit thetrafalgargroup.co.uk.

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ADMIRAL YACHT CANVAS

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Q. It’s hard to grow a business for For Triton Networking on the first 30 years. How did you do it?

Wednesday in December, join us to By never saying no. If I couldn’t do tour the new offices and showroom of it, I’d find someone who could. I didn’t Admiral Yacht Canvas and Upholstery.

After more than 30 years growing a can- want to lose the client. That, and being honest and not being afraid to say I vas and mostly outdoor soft goods can’t do something. company, Admiral is adding an Q. How did you start? interior division.

Next My grandfather was a Make plans to join us Triton Event tailor on Savile Row in Lonon Dec. 4 from 6-8 p.m. at don. He moved to Miami 3101 S.W. Second Ave. in Dec. 4 in 1974 and opened a tailor Fort Lauderdale (33315).

6-8 pm shop. My family moved over Until then, learn more about from the Bahamas in 1976 and the company from its foundtogether, my dad, his dad and er, Warren Cooper. my uncles opened several more tailor Q. Tell us about Admiral Canvas. shops around South Florida.

We design, manufacture and inSo, of course, I swore I’d never sew. stall custom enclosures, canvas covers, But when a friend was going to work biminis, cushions, runners and more. I with Blue Lagoon Marine’s canvas shop, started in 1986 as a one-man band and I joined him. After about 18 months, grew to have several locations but then consolidated to Fort Lauderdale in 1999. I realized I really loved it and wanted more control over the end product. I In January, we are moving into our eventually started my own business as new location at 3101 S.W. Second Ave. We are excited that this expanded space Admiral Canvas in a 10×30 warehouse in Lantana. will allow us to service our clients even I had been working with Dick Basbetter. The Admiral Design Center will sett, then of Bassett Boat Co. (and later have a showroom president of MarineMax). In this busiand lounge area just ness, it’s all about relationships. When for clients to sit and the Bassett people moved up, we went look over swatches. with them. What we try to do above all We plan to add else is have the boat ready when clients computer cutting need it. We take deadlines seriously. to our services in Q. What tips do you have for crew the new year, which in charge of taking care of the canvas? will enable us to Keep it clean and air it out. And don’t streamline and per- Cooper use bleach. Bleach will ruin the thread fect our patterning and cause the seams to give out. and manufacturing.

Don’t ever put runners in the dryer; Q. That’s a lot more than canvas.

We grew with the industry. As the in- let them air dry. And it’s better to lay dustry evolved, we began doing EZ2CY, them on deck and scrub them with a brush than to put them in the washer. the hard acrylic enclosures that have Know what you have and how to become standard for most high-quality take care of it. With enclosures, do you sportfishing boats. We actually helped have isinglass (a soft, rollable vinyl) or the company develop their product in EZ2CY (a rigid acrylic) or Makrolon the 1980s when they were starting out. (a rigid polycarbonate)? Only use the While we don’t manufacture the right cleaning material. Using the wrong acrylic, we manufacture the enclosures product will ruin it.

— everything from designing them, Regular maintenance for covers is the doing the templates, cutting and sewing same as for anything else onboard; have them together, and the installation. We a schedule. also design and manufacture the stainQ. What one thing will ruin the less steel frames for our covers. look of onboard canvas the fastest?

Originally, Admiral didn’t do Sun is not the enemy. Leaving dirt cushions. As my clients started makon it and having inexperienced people ing requests, I saw a need to do custom cushions in-house. For the last 20 years, clean it using the wrong products is what does the most damage. we have had a full upholstery department. Our team of skilled craftsman Join us for Triton Networking on Dec. 4 do amazing work on both interior and from 6-8 p.m. at Admiral Yacht Canvas exterior cushions. and Upholstery’s new location, 3101 And due to high demand for our interior soft goods, this year saw the ad- S.W. Second Ave. in Fort Lauderdale (33315). No need to RSVP; just bring dition of Admiral Interiors, which specializes in custom wall liners, surrounds, business cards and a smile so you can meet some new people. For more, visit headliners, Roman shades, helm chairs, admiralcanvas.com. banquettes and sofas.

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MARITIME MARINE

equipment and sea trials.

Triton Networking continues on the Q. What’s your background? second Wednesday in December with I formed Maritime Marine in 1982 Maritime Marine, shore power and as a general marine service company switchboard specialists. and worked as a one-man band from a All Triton readers are welcome to join us for an island-themed event, com- small warehouse off Miami Road in Fort Lauderdale. At that time, I was the fixer plete with tropical food and dancers on and installer of everything on a vessel, Dec. 11 from 6-8 p.m. Until then, learn including engines, generators, air more about Maritime Marine conditioners and fabricating from founder Malcolm Parton. built-in refrigerator/freezers Q. Tell us about MariNext for sailboats. time Marine.

Triton Event Many of these trades We are a full service were self-taught after having marine electrical company Dec.11 lived in the Bahamas for 14 specializing in switchboard 6-8 pm years at Pipe Cay and Staniel installations, automation, Cay. In the 1960s and 70s, shore power converters, deliving in the islands, there was no signing and repair of other types one to call, so I had to figure it out and of electrical systems. We are one of the fix it myself. largest authorized Atlas dealers in the Q. How has the industry changed world for shore power converters and since those early days, power-wise? switchboards. We have dockside shore Since the 1980s, the entire marine power converter rentals up to 250 KVA. industry has changed. Now, the larger We also specialize in electrical and coryachts travel to the Mediterranean for rosion surveys. the summer and then the Caribbean Q. With several high-profile fires for the winter. Because they are at the this year, have those electrical surveys mercy of different power sources, they have become more important? require shore power converters.

We have done a lot more electrical Then, so as not to interrupt the surveys in this past year. It may be beguest’s favorite TV show nor to disrupt cause more boats are selling or because the ship’s electronics, there became a of the notable fires we’ve had. Buyers and captains are seeking this added level demand for “seamless” transfer between power sources. Thus, the automated of safety. switchboard evolved with Atlas Marine Skipping an elecbecoming a leader in this field. trical survey on the As the industry grew, I narrowed my purchase of a used business model to mostly switchboards, yacht is not a good converters and other electrical systems. I idea, since most was fortunate to hire a brilliant technifires are electrical cian, Frank Hernandez 19 years ago. in nature. We have He has transformed us into a high-tech been the consultpower management systems company. ing surveyors for Parton Q. You have a lot of long-term emnew builds this past ployees, don’t you? year, particularly in Italy. I expect that Most of our technicians are longside of the business to keep growing.

Q. Wait, a survey on a new build? If term employees. I want my employees to be part of a happy, challenging the wiring is ever correct, it’s on a new environment. I do not hesitate to fund build, isn’t it? any type of continuing education and You would think so, but there can be encourage my employees to invest in many errors with the installation. Once themselves and learn as much as posthe wiring is covered with cabinetry or sible about the industry. paneling, it is an unseen threat.

Q. What are the biggest problem Q. So how does it work? you see when called onboard?

Initially, we review the schematics We often find that boat cable has and equipment being installed and offer been used instead of class cable by subrecommendations. Over the course of contractors unaware of the difference. the build, we make three visits to the It should be the responsibility of the yard. The first stage is to visit the vesengineer to monitor that these rules are sel during the wiring “rough in” and being followed. critique the installation. The next visit will occur when most of the equipment Join us on the second Wednesday in Deis installed and connected. This is critical because once the walls go up, further cember to network with industry veterans at Maritime Marine, 3120 S. Andrews examination becomes difficult and Ave. (33316), from 6-8 p.m. No RSVP costly. The final visit is for a comprenecessary; just bring some business cards. hensive inspection of all aspects of the You never know who you’ll meet. build including testing operation of the

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50 Events

CALENDAR PICK OF THE MONTH Dec. 4-9 58th annual Antigua Charter Yacht Show One of the industry’s largest charter shows, showcasing more than 90 yachts at three marinas: Nelson's Dockyard Marina in English Harbour, and Falmouth Harbour Marina and Antigua Yacht Club Marina in Falmouth Harbour.

Other events include Concours de Chef and stew competitions, CYBA Hall of Fame presentation, seminars and yacht viewings, cocktail parties and yacht hops. antiguayachtshow.com

Dec. 4 Triton Networking, 6-8 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month at rotating locations in Fort Lauderdale.

This time with Admiral Canvas and Upholstery. Captains, crew and industry professionals are welcome to join us for casual networking, no RSVP required.

Read more on page 48 or visit www. the-triton.com and click on Next Triton Event.

Dec. 4-6 International Workboat Show, New Orleans. www.workboatshow.com

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Dec. 5 The Triton From the Bridge captains luncheon. See box.

Dec. 5-8 42nd annual St. Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show, St. Petersburg, Fla. www.stpeteboatshow.com Dec. 5-8 18th annual Art Basel Miami Beach. The international art event hosts shows for modern and contemporary works of more than 4,000 artists. www.artbasel.com Dec. 6 23rd annual PYA Christmas Ball, Nice. Professional Yachting Association's annual holiday event for more than 200 captains, crew and yachting professionals. www.pya.org Dec. 7-15 Nautic Paris Boat Show, France. For all sectors of the watersports industry, including sail, power, board sports, equipment, rentals and fishing. www.salonnautiqueparis.com/en Dec. 10 International Marine Surveying Fest, a 24-hour seminar with speakers every hour. This year, this day focuses on yachts and small craft. (A commercial shipping day is Dec. 12.) www.iims.org.uk

Dec. 5, noon The Triton’s From the Bridge captains lunch Fort Lauderdale A roundtable lunchtime conversation on issues of the day. Yacht captains only. Request an invite from Editor Dorie Cox at dorie@the-triton.com or 954-525-0029. Space is limited. invite from Editor Dorie Cox at dorie@ the-triton.com or 954-525-0029.

Jan. 9-19 Florida Keys Uncorked Food and Wine Festival, Key Largo and Islamorada. floridakeysuncorked.com Jan. 14-16 International Marina and

Boatyard Conference, Fort Lauderdale. www.marinaassociation.org/imbc

Dec. 10 Marine Industry Holiday Party, 5:30-8:30 p.m., hosted by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, 221 SW 3rd Ave. [33312]. Open to members and guests of MIASF, U.S. Superyacht Association, International Yacht Brokers Association and Young Professionals in Yachting. miasf.org

Jan. 15 Triton Networking (the third Wednesday of most months from 6-8 p.m.), this time with chef supply and equipment store Culinary Convenience in Fort Lauderdale. www.the-triton.com

Dec. 11 Triton Networking, 6-8 p.m.,

www.boat-duesseldorf.com

this month on the second Wednesday to steer clear of the upcoming holidays.

Join us at Maritime Marine, a switchboard automation manufacturer. All are welcome; no RSVP required. Read more on page 49 or visit www.the-triton.com.

Dec. 14 Winterfest Boat Parade, Fort

Lauderdale. The 48th annual parade travels east on the New River and north on the Intracoastal Waterway to Lake Santa Barbara in Pompano Beach. Starts in downtown Fort Lauderdale at 6:30 p.m. winterfestparade.com

Jan. 18-26 Boot Dusseldorf, Germany.

Jan. 21 European Superyacht Forum held during Boot Dusseldorf to discuss topics related to building, design, law and trends. quaynote.com Jan. 22-25 45th annual Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race, Fla. This 160-mile ocean race has traditionally run before Key West race week, which no longer runs. www.keywestrace.org

MAKING PLANS

Jan. 1 No Triton Networking on this first Wednesday of the month. Join us on Jan. 15. www.the-triton.com

Jan. 14-17 Caribbean CrewFest Yacht Haven Grande, St. Thomas

Jan. 9 The Triton From the Bridge captains luncheon, Fort Lauderdale. A roundtable discussion of the issues of the day. Yacht captains only. Request an

Professional development classes for crew, organized by Acrew. www. acrew.com

Triton expert advice needed on manning

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CREW EYE

Regarding your Rules of the Road column “Flag state the authority on crew numbers, minimum manning,” [October 2015], I need Capt. Jake DesVergers’ help in defining the minimum safe manning requirements for a Malta-flagged private yacht (non-commercial 30m 199GT). All I can find online relates to commercial vessels.

The yacht is based in Nice and will not leave until March. There is one permanent member of crew onboard, STCW qualified and with AEC qualifications. All alarms can also be received on mobile devices. There is no captain over the winter but the manager visits once a month for five days (staying on board). He can fly to Nice at a moment’s notice if the weather forecast is bad.

Capt. Gary Traylor via the-triton.com Capt. DesVergers’ reply: The best way to obtain a definitive answer is to approach the flag administration of Malta. The Merchant Shipping Directorate will review your yacht’s details and determine the correct manning level, as applicable. Contact info can be found at www.transport.gov.mt.

PHOTO/CAPT. GRANT MAUGHAN

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hief Engr. Paul Simpson, right, teaches Stew/Deck Assistant Queenie Alara how to service a generator on M/Y Big Blue in Rybovich Superyacht Marina in West Palm Beach recently.

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

Lohengrin fire raises prevention issues; Bahamas fees wrong Fire reminds us about safety

We left the yard less than 24 hours before the fire started [“Yachts Lohengrin and Reflection burn at Universal Marine Center in Fort Lauderdale”, first posted Nov. 16 at the-triton.com, updates on Page 1].

UMC is a well-run yard but accidents can still happen. It’s a reminder to all of us to review fire safety and prevention procedures during our yard period.

Capt. Dave and Diane Johnson via Facebook/TritonNews

Dispose of rags properly

One common refit fire source is spontaneous combustion from a crumbled up rag with solvent or paint.

All rags need to be disposed of properly; not tossed haphazardly in a 5-gallon plastic bucket but in an oily waste disposal can.

There’s no telling yet what caused this. Please publish the cause.

Capt. Tedd Greenwald via Facebook/TritonNews Frans Loots: Please explain the correct method of rag disposal.

Parker Bankston: Steel, spring loaded lid and bucket for all rags with solvents, paint, etc., kept outside the job site and/or tent.

Paper charts should stay

Regarding your post “NOAA seeks public input on end of paper charts” [print version is on page 4], I must say that mariners should never give up on the paper chart. What happens when you lose power or signal? How do you do a dead reckoning on a laptop?

Guy Grant via the-triton.com

Bahamas going the wrong way

The Bahamian government is making it too costly for tourists to spend their vacations in their country [“Bahamas changes entry fee scale”, page 4]. With 45% import duty, all purchases, hotel costs, etc., plus the 7% VAT recently implemented, and now a substantial hike on boat entry fees, instead of incentivizing more tourism to bring more tourism income to help repair the damaging effects of hurricane Dorian, all these charges might cut it down.

Hector Sosa via the-triton.com

Chefs need support

Lauren Loudon’s recent Crew Compass column “Social media offers community for chefs” [Sept. 19]

was great.

I was like her when I first started out, trying to do all things for everyone. That’s why I’ve set up a website called Galley Souschef to do exactly what she is talking about: bringing yacht chefs together. There is a Facebook group, too, where you can ask anything and get some really helpful people replying.

Hopefully, we can all help each other out.

Selina Stansfield via the-triton.com

Missing Capt. Wattula

I met Josh [Capt. Joshua Wattula] years ago while he was a deckhand. He was one of the most empathetic, fun and kind people I’ve ever come across.

I only recently looked him up because I’m finally back on the East Coast, and I find his obituary. [“Friends remember Capt. Joshua Wattula of M/Y ForaPlay”, June 28].

I am absolutely heartbroken for his loved ones and his family, whom I know he loved so much. I’m extending all condolences to Josh’s family, friends, and the yachting community. He was such a light that will be missed.

Becca via the-triton.com

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The Triton and its daily version, Triton Today, were spotted in the hands of captains and crew during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show last month. These crew aboard motoryachts Silver Cloud, Kimberlie, Hat Trick and Qing enjoyed the daily read.

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

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