June 2016 The-Triton.com
“They ripped the top of their Igloo cooler off and used it as a paddle to get back into 100-foot depth.” – Capt. Douglas Meier See page 24
/tritonnews | www.The-Triton.com | June 2016 FT. LAUDERDALE: DEEPENING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
Emergency towing procedures should be vessel-specific Rules of the Road Capt. Jake DesVergers
Captains and crew will be sharing the Intracoastal Waterway in Ft. Lauderdale with Cashman Dredging as a PHOTO/SUZETTE COOK $17 million deepening project increases the depth from 10 to 15 feet.
Year of dredging the ICW underway By Suzette Cook Superyacht crew, dinghy drivers, paddleboarders, water taxi operators, residents and tourists traversing and living along the 2-mile stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway in Ft. Lauderdale have been taking photographs, waving and keeping track of the 165-foot Liebherr dredger that crawls like a crab. Since May 2 it has been at work between the 17th Street Causeway and Las Olas bridges, but the rhyme and reason of where the dredge backhoe Captain A.J. Fournier will hunker down next still has folks guessing.
One yacht captain at the Lauderdale Yacht Club, who was observing the operation, lowered his binoculars and said he tried to calculate where the rig would pop up next but couldn’t figure out a pattern. Mark Crosley, executive director of the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND), said that while they are a month into the project that will increase the depth of the waterway to 15 feet, the entire dredge will take about a year to complete. The initial stage is a chance for the staff and crew operating the excavator to get acquainted with
See DREDGE, page 32
Security issues diverse; prevention is the best course From a personal bodyguard for a yacht owner to a photo-seeker trespassing on board, yacht captains deal with an array of security issues. The level of complexity varies by yacht size and type, classification, travel location, flag state and more. “It’s a very big subject,” a captain said. “It depends...is it the guy in the row boat in St. Maarten that came onboard the yacht? Is it the charter guests getting mugged, a stew getting
From the Bridge Dorie Cox
raped or a vessel getting a painting stolen?” Security is often a topic in international news, so we invited captains to The Triton monthly From the Bridge luncheon to discuss how it affects the yachting industry.
Individual comments are not attributed to any particular person in order to encourage frank and open discussion. The attending captains are identified in an accompanying photograph. The conversation began with security incidents that have made the news over the years. They talked about the death of Australian yacht captain,
See BRIDGE, page 44
Several years ago, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) introduced an amendment to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regarding emergency towing arrangements. The original legislation required tankers of 20,000 tons deadweight and greater to be fitted with emergency towing arrangements at each end of the ship. MSC.256 (84) revised SOLAS Chapter II-1/3-4 by expanding the requirement for documented procedures to all ships of 500 gross tons and greater. In short, ships and yachts “shall be provided with vessel-specific emergency towing procedures. Such procedures shall be carried aboard the yacht for use in emergency situations and shall be based on existing arrangements and equipment available on board the yacht.” For regulatory purposes, commercial yachts are considered cargo ships. The deadline for compliance with the emergency towing procedures began a phase-in period on Jan. 1, 2010. Since that date, all passenger ships in operation and new passenger and cargo ships delivered after that date must have emergency towing procedures in place. For cargo ships built before Jan. 1, 2010,
See TOWING, page 22
Triton Survey When hiring, do you look for a college degree?
See page 28
No 70%
Yes 30%