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www.The-Triton.com | February 2019
High hopes for Miami Yacht Show’s move downtown By Dorie Cox For most of the past 30 years, yachts tied to docks built along a narrow strip of waterway in Miami Beach for a brokerage show. There were few upland vendor displays. This year, all of that changes as Miami Yacht Show (MYS) is set to spread across 60 acres with 67,000 square feet of exhibition space at a new location in downtown Miami. An air-conditioned tent and more densely docked boats will give the
show a feel more like other boat shows, including those in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. The new, currently vacant property solves several previous challenges from when the show ran north and south in the Indian Creek Waterway off Collins Avenue, according to Andrew Doole. He was recently promoted to president of U.S. Boat Shows with Informa Global Exhibitions, co-owner of MYS with International Yacht Brokers Association (IYBA), and has seen decades of
changes during his 35-year career with Show Management, which was bought by Informa in 2017. “We look forward to the chance to expand and to do this differently,” Doole said. “We were limited on the creek.” MYS also contracted with Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center to the north for both new and brokerage boats. The existing docks will be expanded with
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Captains navigate complex equation for wages From the Bridge Dorie Cox
Yacht captains are familiar with the rates for maintenance, repairs, dockage, insurance and other yacht bills. Budgets are a large part of what they manage on a regular basis. One part of that equa-
tion is not so clear: yacht crew salaries. To understand more, we asked a group of captains how they feel about crew salaries during this month’s captains From the Bridge lunch. They feel stressed. Whereas an engine part has a set price, a crew salary is derived from a more complicated formula. The struggle to find appropriate rates revolves around owner impressions,
market impact, crew expectations, and variations between crew members themselves. “I’ve had crew ask for as much as $450 a day down to $250,” a captain said. “I say we’re offering $150, so if you’re interested in the job, that’s what it’s paying.” One captain broke down how such a See BRIDGE, Page 36
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