May 2016 The-Triton.com
“I even go so far as requesting that the crew sleep in the master and guest staterooms when we are gone.“
– Yacht owner
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Crew rescue plane crash survivors By Dorie Cox Something in the water in the Atlantic Gulf Stream caught the eye of Capt. J.R. Klassen on M/Y Free Spirit, a 105-foot Northstar, after 10 a.m. on April 15. He was watching a center console boat splash through the waves. “It looked like another boat behind him but it wasn’t splashing,” Capt. Klassen said. “The next second I said, “That’s a plane going down.” I saw the plane hit the water then the right wing caught and it turned facing us.” The yacht was 22.5 miles offshore Florida and heading to Ft. Lauderdale
See RESCUE, page 48
Questions to ask before diesel fill-up By Capt. Jeff Werner Chances are that when a yacht ties up at a fuel dock, the captain asks how much does the diesel cost per gallon, and is there enough fuel to fill the yacht’s fuel tanks. Although these are logical questions to ask, they are the wrong questions to ask…at first. There are five vital questions that should be asked whether fueling up at a marina or bunkering from a fuel barge or truck: When was the last time the marina’s
See DieseL, page 16
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The right to return
A Cuban-born captain’s journey By Suzette Cook
“It’s discrimination,” he said. “It doesn’t matter where you In the open bay at Lauderdale were born.” Marine Center, Attorney “Another country is putting Michael Moore said these words a restriction on a U.S. citizen. to a group of 85 I don’t know why,” captains about Cabrera said. “And the traveling to Cuba: U.S. is trying to open a “If you were born in relationship.” Cuba you cannot go According to his Capt. Juan Cabrera, second from left below, down by vessel, you U.S. Certificate of sailed this boat, above, from Cuba to Mexico. have to go down Naturalization, Cabrera by plane and come was born in Cuba on back by plane.” Dec. 8, 1982 and that This is a law Capt. Juan Cabrera country became his that Cuba-born “Country of former Capt. Juan Carlos nationality” when he Cabrera was not surprised to was granted U.S. citizenship on hear, but it is a law he hopes will be overturned one day. See JOURNEY, page 26
Captains share perceptions about world view of USA To find out how the world sees the United States of America in reference to yachting, we listened to yacht captains who talk to, and work with, a variety of nationalities. They relayed what they hear about U.S. crew, yachts, flags and cruising. The conversation covered perceptions. Not necessarily factual, the topics focused on the way people think about, or understand, the United States. Everyone at the The
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Triton monthly captains’ luncheon was a U.S. citizen. Half of the group were originally from other countries and made the choice to become U.S. citizens.The other half were born in the United States. One captain began with perceptions
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he heard when he left his home country to relocate to America. “I got persecuted for making the choice to move here from Europe,” he said. “People would say, ‘What are you doing? America sucks.’ “ He wondered if they had only been to Ft. Lauderdale. “I said, “What are you basing that on, where have you been? If that’s their
See BRIDGE, page 44
Triton Survey Have you ever witnessed a fire on a yacht?
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No 19.3% Yes 80.7%
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