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7 Rules of the Road Expect to be boarded in Europe Ship Risk Factor helps determine when a yacht is targeted for Port State Control inspection.
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THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN The show must go on for the crew of M/Y Joy during the 30th annual MYBA Charter Show in Barcelona in late April. See more starting on Page 10.
Write to Be Heard Slip off those ‘golden handcuffs’ Think you will never again make this much money if you leave yachting? Then you won’t. 39
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Working toward Down with salaries, experience; smooth sailing up with regulations, connection with crew visas From the Bridge By Dorie Cox Yachts and their crew spend tens of millions of dollars on refits, maintenance and repairs, as well as provisions, accommodations and services in the United States. And those dollars are finally getting federal officials to listen when government procedures hinder a yacht’s ability to enter the United States. When yacht crew are denied B-1/B-2 visas or denied entry at the border, industry professionals – from managers and agents to the crew themselves – get frustrated, said Debora Radtke, owner of
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Dorie Cox
The yacht industry has changed. And it continues to transform. To spot some of the trends, we gathered a diverse group of yacht captains at this month’s Triton From the Bridge discussion, including a captain with 20 years of working with the same yacht owner, a captain preparing for a new command and several freelance captains considering their next positions. “The biggest trend that I’ve seen is a massive change in education, certification and licensing,” one
captain said. “Before, it was, ‘You’re a captain? Come on down, we’re going to the Bahamas, jump on.’” “It’s not just retrieve the tender, jump on, and off they go,” another captain said. “Now, it’s an actual operation and a procedure. It has become more of a commercial type of industry.” This sometimes seems to value regulations over experience,ww a captain said. “There are so many overqualified candidates, they have every certification and spend so much time in school,” a captain said. “But they do not actually have time on the job.”
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Steady crowds kept yacht crew hopping at the Palma show. 13
Obituaries Industry remembers crew Friends and colleagues remember several crew in yachting – two captains, an engineer and a chef.
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