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Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:40 pm Moonrise: 4:32 pm; 91.8% illuminated Sunrise (Saturday): 7:29 am High tides: 6:48 pm / 7:22 am (Saturday) Low tides: 1:05 pm / 1:21 am (Saturday)

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Weather Today: Mostly sunny, winds E 6 mph, high 86/low 74; 65% humidity Tonight: Partly cloudy, winds E 9 mph, high 81/low 72; 30% chance of rain Tomorrow AM: Partly cloudy, 83/70

Crew seminars When: 9 am-4 pm Where: Bahia Mar, 2d floor YachtInfo seminars. Registration required; tickets $25; $35 with captains briefing, reception. usyachtinfo.com

Marina update When: 10:30-11:30 am Where: Bahia Mar, face dock 606 Marina Pez Vela in Costa Rica hosts a reception and project update. RSVP

Captains briefing When: 4:30-6 pm Location: Bahia Mar, 2d floor YachtInfo captains briefing with officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USCG, American Pilots Association, and U.S. State Department. Registration required; tickets $35. www.usyachtinfo.com

DYT cocktail party When: 5-7 pm Where: Yacht Builders’ tent, #783 Theme: Sportfishing in the Bahamas

Redline party When: 7 pm Where: Bimini Boatyard Find Bimini Boatyard just west of the 17th Street bridge, in The Quay

The 50th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show might be smaller PHOTO/DORIE COX in numbers of boats, but she’s got the biggest boats ever.

Crew call ‘busy’ summer ‘quiet’ Staff Report After not seeing each other for months, the first question on many crew members’ lips is how was your summer?

Well, that depended on whether the yacht was for sale, whether it took charters, and whether the owner made time to use it.

Toss in the added spice of a still struggling financial sector and owners who are still keeping an eye on expenses, and you’ve got an interesting, albeit confusing, mix of answers.

We repeatedly heard that owners used their boats this summer, some for weeks at a time. The crew we spoke to were happy about that, excited to move and see the owners enjoying their vessels.

More than a handful of crew reported cruising New England this summer instead of going to the Med, but then also reported that it was quiet at marinas up there.

Dorie Cox, Lucy Chabot Reed and Capt. Tom Serio contributed to this report. Read the rest of this story at www.the-triton.com.

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This geocaching thing is a little tricky. You actually have to go out there, GPS in hand, and see if you can find the stuff we’re hinting at. It’s fun.

If you don’t believe us, take a gander at www.geocaching.com, the official global GPS cache hunt site. Almost 1 million people do this, including some yachties you may know.

Here’s the deal. I picked five spots at FLIBS, one for each day of the show. To find them, enter the coordinates into your GPS and take a walk. None will take you long to find.

Instead of log books, we’re asking geocachers to take their picture in front of the cache and e-mail it to us.

Today’s geocache is at 26º06’826, 80º06’477. Hint: If you are not American, info at this booth could get you out of trouble. If you are American, this booth could be your ticket to the

Yesterday’s cache was the plaque that used to mark the fictional home of Travis McGee, the hero of John D. MacDonald’s novels. McGee lived on the Busted Flush at Slip F18 at Bahia Mar. The plaque used to be at the slip but got stolen so now it lives in the dockmaster’s office. It’s a literary landmark. Congrats to Mole Telfer who found it and won a Leatherman from MTN. David Reed is publisher of The Triton.

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Triton Today Ft. Lauderdale is a special edition of The Triton published by Triton Publishing Group.

Publisher David Reed, david@the-triton.com Editorial Lucy Chabot Reed, lucy@the-triton.com Dorie Cox, dorie@the-triton.com Tom Serio Advertising Peg Soffen, peg@the-triton.com Mike Price, mike@the-triton.com Production Patty Weinert, patty@the-triton.com

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The 50th anniversary of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show has some interesting stats. n The first show in 1959 had 13

exhibitors; this year’s show has 1,400. n The show charged no admission for its first 10 years, and no exhibitor fees. n The show has been staged at War Memorial Auditorium, Pier 66, Port Everglades, Dania Jai-Alai and Bahia Mar. n Kaye Pearson and Yachting Promotions took over producing the show in 1976. The show had 103 exhibitors that year. n Artist Guy Harvey has created 18 show program covers, including this year’s 50th anniversary one.

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Captain of new boat busy at show

By Tom Serio Being captain on a new yacht at a boat show is quite a chore. You have tours to give, photos to pose for and interviews to complete. That’s how it was for Capt. Robert Lowden, the man in charge of the new 49m Christensen M/Y Odessa.

Lowden is not only her running captain, but was intimately involved in the build from “when she was dust on the floor.”

“I left my sweat in every corner during the build,” he said.

How do you get to be captain of such a vessel? Well, for Lowden, one way is putting in the time. A captain for 16 years, he started out behind the wheel of the 70-foot Monte Fino M/Y Glove in Seattle and did a stint on a sportfish on Long Island Sound.

He has traveled the U.S. West Coast

from Alaska to Mexico, and spent time in New England.

Lowden also ran a 130-foot Westport named Infinity, which is now M/Y My Colors.

His most fun trip was delivering Odessa from Seattle to Florida. With three experienced captains on board, they made the trip with no problems other than a stopover for weather.

His most nervous trip? Running charters in Alaska.

“I had three Russian diplomats onboard who were telling stories of what went on in Russia and how they disliked Americans,” he said.

Although nothing happened, he said it left an uneasy feeling.

If you pass by M/Y Odessa at the show, look quickly since Capt. Lowden will most likely be running off to give yet another tour.

Capt. Tom Serio is a freelance writer.

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DYT books first boat on new route Dockwise Yacht Transport yesterday signed its first round-trip customer on its new route to the eastern Med. The owners of M/Y Tò-Kalòn, a yearold 101-foot Burger, signed the contract and paid the bill over champagne at DYT’s booth at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

DYT’s new route will begin this summer and travel to Marmaris, Turkey, from several points, including Newport, Port Everglades, Toulon and Southampton.

“We tried the Marmaris route four years ago but there was not much interest, said Gina Last, sales manager with DYT. “Of course, as soon as we took it off the schedule, we got calls from people wanting it. So we decided to try it again.”

Tò-Kalòn’s two-month itinerary so far begins with a cruise along Italy’s coast and islands before heading to Greece in late summer.

While this will be Capt. Pierre Ausset’s first trip to Greece, he is no stranger to DYT. He has entrusted a vessel to the transport company 22

From left, Capt. Pierre Ausset, DYT President Clemens van der Werf, the owners of M/Y Tò-Kalòn, and Gina PHOTO/LUCY REED Last of DYT. times: 20 times with M/Y Octopussy, twice with M/Y Sacagawea.

Now with the boss more than four years, he said yachting is no longer about boat size.

“They were charter clients on Sacagawea,” he said. “If the boat is 20 feet or 200 feet, it doesn’t matter. They are just great owners.”

Read more about DYT’s schedule and Tò-Kalòn‘s itinerary in the rest of the story at www.the-triton.com.

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When every visitor is a VIP The first day of FLIBS is VIP day, and that means everyone is at their show best.

That doesn’t always mean dress whites and epaulets, though, especially with temperatures in the upper 80s.

Some crew reported that they were given permission to dress in polos and shorts and to skip the neckties this time.

Hey, casual works. This is South Florida, after all.

PHOTOS/DORIE COX, CAPT. TOM SERIO

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DOCKMASTER SPOTLIGHT: Bahia Mar Yachting Center

Lowe keeps yachts, show in tune

By Dorie Cox

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Center stage at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is dockmaster Christina Lowe at Bahia Mar Yachting Center.

Now in her fifth year in the position, she shared her thoughts on the show, dredging the ICW, Bahia Mar Park and music. (Yes, music.

She’s got a degree in it.) “I am surprised at how busy the show is this year,� she said. “It just shows you we still have boaters in this economy.�

The queen of the show is the new Feadship M/Y Trident. At 212 feet, the steel hulled yacht draws 11 feet, 2 inches (3.4m), which sort of pushes the

limit when it comes to the Intracoastal Waterway. “We’re still fighting the battle on dredging the Intracoastal,� she said. “It’s our No. 1 priority. Yachts are a big part of Ft. Lauderdale and it would be devastating if we lose them to other locations. We go to lots of meetings.

We have captains write letters. We’re always on it. The big issue here is the sea grass; it’s the most difficult part of the dredging.�

This time last year, Bahia Mar used the show as an international platform to announce redevelopment plans that would include a Waldorf-Astoria hotel, residences, and a public park atop a parking garage.

Find out more about what Bahia Mar Park would mean to the marina, Lowe’s real career ambitions, and the skinny on her musical career in the rest of this story at www.the-triton.com.

OFF THE DOCK: More of the parties that have happened so far

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Several hundred industry leaders celebrated yachting’s best vessels at ISS’s annual awards gala last night. For winners, see story below.

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Builders, yachts honored at ISS gala Five yachts were honored last night at the International Superyacht Society’s 2009 Design Awards.

Winner of the best power yacht larger than 65m is M/Y A, the 390-foot (118m) latest launch from Blohm & Voss. Designer: Philippe Starck; naval architect: Martin Francis.

Winner of the best power yacht 4065m is M/Y Slipstream, the 197-foot (60m) vessel by CMN. Designer: Andrew Winch Designs; naval architect: CMN. Winner of the best power yacht 24-40m is M/Y Allogante, the 131-foot (40m) vessel built by Alloy Yachts.

Designer/naval architect: Dubois Naval Architects.

Winner of the best sailing yacht larger than 40m is S/Y Mondango, the 169-foot (51,7m) vessel built by Alloy Yachts. Designer/naval architect: Dubois Naval Architects.

Winner of the best sailing yacht 24-40m is S/Y Bristolian, the 120foot (36,5m) vessel built by Yachting Developments. Designer/naval architect: Philippe Briand Yacht Design.

Winner of the best interior is M/Y Slipstream, with an interior designed by Andrew Winch Designs.

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OFF THE DOCK: More of the parties that have happened so far

@ KVH KVH launched its new Trac-Vision HD7 yesterday. With it, yachts can receive all three DirecTV satellites at once for hi-definition viewing onboard.

PHOTO/DORIE COX

For more photographs from KVH’s launch party, visit www. the-triton.com.

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