July 2016 The-Triton.com
“Old San Juan Harbor has been underutilized for a long time. We’re catering to vessels 120-foot and up.” – John Spencer Port Caribe San Juan
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More signals clog AIS yacht navigation
DOROTHEA III ON A MISSION FOR FRESH WATER
By Dorie Cox It is 6:20 in the morning as Capt. Claude Strickland unties the 100-foot private yacht he runs to leave Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale. There is only one other vessel underway, a 160footer. The yacht’s GPS, radar and electronic navigation charts are on, but the captain cannot see a clear course on the screen. His charts include an AIS (Automatic Identification System) overlay and the display is clogged with symbols representing more than 20 vessels nearby. The international AIS system is becoming more congested and captains can expect this trend to continue in some heavily traveled areas. Increased requirements, more boaters using it and expansion of AIS uses are a few of the factors that contribute to such congestion. Capt. Strickland does a security check before leaving the dock to see ahead on his course. But on this morning, instead of waterways, his 15-inch monitor shows yachts and commercial vessels at nearby docks. Not one was underway. “I couldn’t zoom too far out,” he said. “The yacht name beside each icon blocked out the course, they
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CAUSE FOR WATER: The M/Y Dorothea III crew is hoping to raise money to purchase and provide 100 clean water filtration systems or more to South Pacific island communities in need. According to Capt. John Crupi, second from right, filters are $50 and provide up to one million gallons of clean, filtered water. Pictured are the crew while anchored in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Front row, Jamey Harrison, Catharine Nolan, Capt. John Crupi and Jenifer Mosley and back row, Josh Heather, Aaron Drake, Mike Torres, Dwayne Sinclair. They have received 23 donations so far, which have the potential to affect 10,000 people. To help make that PHOTO/COURTESY CAPT. JOHN CRUPI number grow, see detail at forwater.co.
Ending relationships on good note a worthy goal From yacht crew put off at the dock to heartbroken owners, yacht captains see their share of yachting relationships end. Here are some lessons learned from breaking up with crew, owners and businesses. Like a marriage ending in divorce, severing relationships can be complex. There are good breakups and bad ones. To share their true stories, the
History preserved at Derecktor Robinhood in Maine.
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individual comments from captains at this month’s The Triton ‘From the Bridge’ luncheon are not attributed to any particular person. The attending captains are identified in an
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accompanying photograph. The introduction points out two points on the spectrum of diversity. One captain worked two years with an owner, traveling 6,000 miles with their children, relatives and friends. The captain was sad to leave, but wanted to work on a charter yacht, so he made up his mind to give 30 days notice. But it See BRIDGE, page 40 Yes 4%
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Yachts ground in Intracoastal Waterway in Ft. Lauderdale.
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