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Captains had heroes growing up, seek more Heroes helped shape the yacht captains who attended this month’s Triton luncheon, and in return, they aim to be role models.

But overall, they agreed there are fewer heroes for the generation of captains who follow them.

“We grew up with a keen sense of right and wrong,” a captain said.

“We had role models like From the Bridge the Lone Ranger. The bad Dorie Cox guys always got what was coming to them and the good guys always did right.

“Now, we’re just not so sure,” he said. “It’s not so clear.”

Individual comments of attendees of the Triton captains luncheon are not attributed to any one person in particular to encourage frank and open discussion. The attending captains are identified in a photograph on page A16.

Hero is a big word, one of the captains said.

“But it’s basically when you do the right thing,” he said.

“By definition, a hero is the guy who swims toward the sinking ship instead of away from it,” another captain said. “It’s someone who does things like defend someone just because they need defending.”

A hero can also be someone who gives others a chance, hires them, teaches them or helps them, the captains said. The group was hesitant to call themselves heroes, though most admitted they had done those things for other people.

“If you save them from working at McDonald’s, I can see how someone may see you’re sort of like a hero,” a captain said.

They didn’t realize it at the time, but several captains said their hero turned out to be yacht owners and captains from early in their career, men who taught them lessons that continue to guide them today.

“I was 20 and he took me under his wing,” a captain said of his former boss. “I wasn’t the nicest guy in the world and … he kept me out of trouble. He turned me into a yachtsman.”

Another captain remembered the man he considers a hero, the captain who hired him as a mate.

“He taught me how to fix things,” the

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EXCELLENT EXPO

November 2011

Divers offshore rescued by passing yacht

By Dorie Cox Capt. Elie Trichet of M/Y No Compromise brought two stranded scuba divers to safety last month off the coast of Miami.

The 82-foot Sunseeker was running from Ocean Reef Yacht Club in Key Largo to Sunset Harbour Yacht Club in Miami’s South Beach on Oct. 2 when a guest onboard said she saw people in the water.

The yacht was on a regular trip that Sunday afternoon with five guests aboard. The sun was lowering, they traveled about 25 knots and the ocean was getting choppy.

“The guest, the grandmother, was just sitting looking out at the waves,” 34 year-old Trichet said. “There was nothing near. We were 3 miles offshore.

“As soon as she said it I saw the people in the water and turned the boat around.”

It was about 6:40 p.m. when Trichet started toward the two divers hanging onto a buoy.

“My first reaction was that they were refugees, Cubans,” Trichet said. “My mind was going through many things, wondering how come they’re out here?

Were they on a little boat and it broke anchor?”

He navigated closer, but had to

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TRITON SURVEY

In your current job, do you have responsibilities that outsiders might see as having nothing to do with yachting?

No – 35.5% Yes – 64.5%

The Triton Expo was a huge success at The Sails marina in midOctober. See more photos on page A12.

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Nothing bad could happen in the laundry room, PHOTO/DORIE COX right? See story C7.

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LATITUDE ADJUSTMENT

It’s deja-vu for captains as yachts begin moving, hiring I’ve got a bunch of deja-vu moments from captains in the yachting industry this month.

I bumped into Capt. David Clarke at the Monaco Yacht Show and learned that he’s just stepped back into yachting after an 18 month sabbatical to spend time with his wife and Latitude their two young Adjustment daughters.

Lucy Chabot Reed Before his youngest daughter was born, the three Clarkes spent three months traveling through China and New Zealand then settled in David’s home town of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

“We consider the two years before a child goes to school as the most important time to build a solid relationship with them and to guide and encourage them in the right way prior to the outside influences they get from school,” Clarke wrote. (To which I say, Amen.)

“We both feel fortunate to have had a 20-year career in such a great industry, and now to have two little girls is such a blessing.”

One of the coolest parts of the Clarke story is that their eldest daughter, Kiera, spent the first three years of her life on a yacht.

When they left yachting after more than half a million miles at sea, Clarke said he was ready to be home with his family. But the economy being what it is, those plans changed and in August, he rejoined M/Y Laurel as executive captain and manager.

Laurel, the 240-foot (73m) Delta, may very well be the largest yacht ever in the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Clarke is also active in the cause to have the yachting sea time of Australian mariners recognized back home and spoke on the topic at the recent Sanctuary Cove Boat Show.

Capt. Ian Walsh is back on the 170-foot M/Y Southern Breeze. Of course, she’s not called that anymore, she’s Stargazer, but that’s how the oldtimers think of her.

Walsh came to Florida in 1976 to join the yacht as bosun and spent many a season varnishing her caprails and passageway ceilings.

Thirty-five years later, he’s her port captain overseeing a refit. He was surprised and touched and a whole other assortment of emotions at being asked to work on her again. And he’s up to the challenge of returning her to

her once honored condition.

By the way, in 2014, the yacht will be 50 years old.

Though the yacht in this next encounter is different, the face is familiar. Capt. Mark Howard, most recently of the 142-foot Feadship M/Y Kingfisher, handed the yacht over to the only captain he’s ever worked for, Capt. Scott Campbell.

Campbell was “semi-retired,” as he called it, but still doing deliveries on M/Y Azzurra.

Howard has moved on to the 198foot (60m) Lurssen M/Y Lime Light, formerly Linda Lou. I bumped into Capt. Chris Young in Monaco, too, touring the new Feadship M/Y Helix with his boss who is looking for new yacht.

(There were several captains shopping for new builds for the boss in Monaco. It was nice to see them, even if they were too busy to chat.)

Young is captain of the newest Delta, the 150-foot M/Y Katya, and was crossing the ocean when last we spoke. He’ll be in the Fort Lauderdale show, too, giving Delta a nice presence.

Capt. Axel Koch dropped us a quick e-mail, simply dripping with joy.

Don’t believe me? Judge for yourself: “Just a quick note to let you know that I am happily aboard the prettiest boat on the sea, S/Y Sycara IV. The owners are fantastic and I hope that I finish my career with them.”

Told ya.

After more than six years aboard, Capt. Douglas Meier has handed over the 115-foot Hargrave M/Y Missy B II to her new owners and assumed command of the 101-foot Hargrave M/Y Seafarer, which he plans to charter in New England and the Florida/Bahamas areas.

Jimmy Floyd over at Bradford Marine is always a good source for finding where some of yachting’s veteran crew are these days. Here’s the latest, from the e-newsletter he produces every few weeks.

Capt. Franklin Taylor and his wife, Debbie, are opening a new shipyard near Auckland, and together have a new entertainment company called Alpine Entertainment.

Capt. Mike Whiteside and his wife, Susie, have opened Black Dog Salvage.

Have you made an adjustment in your latitude recently? Let us know. Send news of your promotion, change of yachts or career, or personal accomplishments to Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.

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Fresh, local fruits and veggies available all over the Caribbean

By Carol Bareuther They might be expensive. They might be hit-or-miss in availability.

They definitely won’t be all in one place.

Yet, as Judith Michailiuk, a former freelance charter chef who has worked on sail and power yachts from 50- to 170-feet knows, locally grown fruits and vegetables are much fresher and tastier.

“I went all the way across the Atlantic with some red and green leaf lettuces and mesculin that I got from a farmer in Antigua and they were still fresh when we reached Gibraltar,” said Michailiuk, who splits her time between Canada and the Caribbean where she runs a yacht provisioning business called Loose Ends during the winter in Antigua.

There is increasing interest from megayacht chefs for locally grown produce, said Claire Budhlall Spronk of Spronks’ Mega Yacht Services at Camper & Nicholson’s Port Louis Marina in Grenada.

“There will always be those who want to offer only what the guests might be used to in Europe and North America, but more chefs want to offer dishes that reflect the region, and that means local produce,” she said.

Sourcing local produce can be more challenging than one call to a supplier or one stop at a supermarket. Some farmers walk the docks at Caribbean marinas such as IGY’s Rodney Bay Marina in St. Lucia, but this is more of an exception than the rule.

Therefore, a yacht chef ’s best bet is to visit the local market where there’s an opportunity to create relationships with farmers or a provisioner who specializes in locally-grown products.

Every Caribbean island has a fresh foods market. In Puerto Rico, the Mercado Agricola Natural Viejo San Juan is located in the San Juan Museum on Norzagaray Street in Old San Juan.

It’s close to the megayacht docks at

Club Nautico de San Juan, open every Saturday, and boasts vendors selling fresh, organic produce.

On the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Thomas, the Rastafarian farmers of We Grow Food sell their organic produce the first and third Sunday of each month at IGY’s Yacht Haven Grande.

“The yacht chefs are usually looking for fruits,” farmer Benita Martin said.

“They are surprised to see we also grow broccoli, cauliflower and greens. I am always so amazed how important it is to the chef and their boss to have organic, locally grown produce.”

The Castries Market in St. Lucia is about half an hour by car from IGY’s Rodney Bay Marina. Saturday is the big day.

But “during the week, there are vendors on the roadsides who sell all day long,” said Portia Mogul, the marina’s marketing, sales and event coordinator. “There are also some farmers who grow high-end greens and provision directly to our marina tenants.”

Antigua’s open-air market is located in St. John’s, a 30-minute drive from the many marinas. Yet closer to the yachts, Sarah Sebastian, manager of the Antigua Yacht Charter Show and a broker for Nicholson Yachts, recommends Bailey’s Supermarket.

Bequia-based Iris Mösing, charter chef on the 75-foot ketch S/Y Shaitan of Tortola, takes the ferry to the Kingston market in St. Vincent when she wants to stock up on local produce.

In addition to the Kingston market, Narendra Sethia, base manager for Barefoot Yacht Charters in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, said “There are also individuals we can contact who grow their own produce and will deliver to the yachts.”

Carol Bareuther is a freelance writer in St. Thomas. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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Fire destroys 125-foot tri-deck yacht in Langkawi shipyard A 125-foot (38m) tri-deck Christensen was destroyed in a fire last month in a shipyard in Langkawi, according to a news report on Berita Harian Online. No one was injured.

M/Y Sunchaser, formerly Fiftyone, caught fire about 8 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Boustead Yachts Langkawi (BYL) where it was undergoing a $5 million refit.

Langkawi is an archipelago of islands off the western coast of the ThailandMalaysia border.

More than 50 firefighters were on scene 10 hours, the media outlet reported. No other vessels were damaged. The fire is believed to have started “at the back of the ship near the engine room,” the story reported.

Watertight door closes on crew

The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry has issued a notice to the industry after a crew member on one of its yachts got their leg trapped in a watertight door.

The crew member was not hurt, but the incident shows the importance of being familiar with watertight door operations.

According to the statement, a large yacht (larger than 1,000 tons) had a UPS failure to the controls for the watertight doors onboard. As a result of this loss of power to the door controls, the watertight doors reverted to their “fail safe” condition of “closed”.

A crew member was close to one of the watertight doors and, on hearing the local alarm for “door closing”, went to investigate.

Seeing that the watertight door was closing, the crew member attempted to stop the closure by placing their leg in the path of the closing door. Realizing that the door was continuing to close, the crew member called for assistance and was released from the door by another crew member using the local door controls.

The crew member was released without injury, but other crew have not been so lucky. In the past, the registry stated, accidents associated with watertight doors have led to “many serious injuries and deaths.”

The watertight door in this incident was fully electric, the statement said. If it had been hydraulically operated, it is unlikely that the crew member would have escaped without serious injury.

“Under no circumstances should any person attempt to pass through a watertight door that is in motion (closing or opening), or when the local alarm is activated,” the registry stated.

“If it moves – you don’t.”

Pirates set cargo ship on fire

Pirates have set the cargo ship M/V Pacific Express ablaze after they were unable to hijack it, according to

a statement from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) which tracks piracy attempts and attacks.

Armed pirates aboard two skiffs about 300 nm east of Mombasa, Kenya, attempted to seize the vessel. Crew members escaped to the citadel, an onboard safe room where they can control power, and called for help.

Unable to start the ship, the pirates set it on fire then fled when they saw the NATO piracy flagship, the Andrea Doria, approaching.

The ship’s 26 crew were evacuated and taken to Mombasa.

New address for e-NOA

The National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC) in the United States has established a new e-mail address for submission of electronic Notices of Arrival/Departure (eNOA/D).

The new email address is enoad@ nvmc.uscg.mil.

Submissions should be formatted as conforming Extensible Markup Language (XML) attachments, should use current eNOA/D schema, and must satisfy relevant regulations.

Electronic-NOA/D submissions should be sent to one e-mail address only to reduce the likelihood of delays in processing, according to an NVMC statement.

St. Lucia eases entry

St. Lucia’s government has approved a series of new policies that facilitate clearing in and out of the country, ease taxation and offer other benefits to encourage cruising in its waters, according to a government statement.

Some of the changes, proposed by new Yachting Director Cuthbert Didier, include:  Yachtsmen will be permitted to stay in St. Lucia waters for six months;  Yachts with owners temporarily on island will be allowed to remain in the state free of duties and taxes for up to three years, after which they will become payable on current value;  100 percent waiver of import duty and tax on yachts imported into St. Lucia;  100 percent waiver on income tax from operations for the first five years for local charter companies with a minimum of one captain and three crew in a fleet of three or more vessels;  100 percent waiver of import duty and consumption tax on boat safety equipment and watercraft activity equipment;  100 percent waiver of import duty and consumption tax on all equipment and materials imported or purchased locally for use in the establishment of infrastructure to service yachts over

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Former stew Denise Dobbs connects yachting with yoga

By Dorie Cox Denise Dobbs found yoga through yachting. Now she returns yoga back to yachting with Hands Om Crew Healing House in Ft. Lauderdale.

A former yacht stew who is a massage therapist and breathwork coach, Dobbs offers a crew house, courses and more for crew from a modern, quiet condominium near what crew call yachtie central, just off Southeast 17th Street near Port Everglades.

“Yoga, it is a life-long journey,” Dobbs said from the white, spacious main room of Hands Om. “It’s the science of life, the spaces between the moments.

I teach how to enjoy those moments more.”

Dobbs said her purpose for teaching yoga is to create more of a community for yacht crew. She wants the Healing House crew house to be a sacred space where people can meet and support each other on the journey she calls life.

Dobbs is peaceful and reflective, like the crew house she started several years ago. But her life has not always been tranquil.

In the late 1990s she was a waitress

in Boca Raton, Fla., immersed in the nightime lifestyle and mentally to a low point, she said. Her positive transformation began when she was introduced to yachting as a guest of a customer. She day worked and began dating a first mate.

If life is a journey, Dobbs said yachting gave her the first steps out of what she calls darkness.

“Yachting saved my life,” she said. “It got me out of restaurants and bars.”

Dobbs is a slight, smiling, 37-yearold who often seems to be reflecting.

Suffering with the death of her mother and her own chronic back pain, Dobbs struggled toward health and positive outlook.

Her contemplation after discovering yachting led her to take classes at the Art Institute in Ft. Lauderdale in 2000.

After that, she returned to yachting to be with her boyfriend aboard S/Y Kaori, a 126-foot Palmer Johnson. The pair enjoyed a two-and-a-half year relationship.

Her journey continued to get more positive as she moved home to Deerfield Beach, Fla., to be with her father and

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‘You need your feet planted on the ground to work on a yacht’ YOGA, from page A8 to work as a stew/cook on a 115-foot Benetti for a season.

“It was good to be able to come home each day,” Dobbs said.

Next, she reunited with a friend who needed a break from yachting and together they backpacked around Europe until she landed a job as chief stew on M/Y Arms Reach in 2004. She spent a year travelling the U.S. West Coast and Panama as her life continued to brighten.

“The [Arms Reach] owner was very intuitive,” Dobbs said. “Even though I hadn’t said I wanted to go to school, he knew I did. He sent me to massage school.”

Dobbs studied yoga, massage therapy and breathwork. Breathwork traces complex personal issues to the origins of the subconscious mind and helps find solutions and resolutions, Dobbs said.

Her chronic back pain started to wane.

“Part of me wanted to get away from yachts but part of me wanted to share,” Dobbs said. “And I didn’t want to lose what I had with yachts.”

Through her contacts she placed 10 massage therapists with jobs on yachts and realized the next step on her journey. She began to specialize in these connections.

“Yoga people generally get labeled as more airy, more ... out there, mentally,” she said. “In a private home, it doesn’t matter, just coming in for an hour then leaving. But it is very different on yachts.

You need your feet planted on the ground to work on a yacht.”

Because of her experience as a crew member, she easily recognizes therapists who can survive onboard.

The crew she worked with began to ask where they could stay, so that helped her onto the next step in her journey: securing an office and thinking for the first time about opening a crew house.

“This way I could get to know the crew to place them better,” she said.

Now she and co-founder Graham Alexander, who were recently married, guide crew through Hands Om with crew quarters, classes and events.

“This is a good place to keep motivation high,” 3rd officer Kylie Norman of M/Y Sea Pearl said. “I think crew should know it isn’t a typical yachtie crew house. There is a curfew during the week, no TV and no smoking, and no alcohol unless it is an event.”

Dobbs and Alexander live in the house, too, sharing the kitchen, living areas and rooftop courtyard.

“With crew houses you have different experiences, it depends on which house,” Stew Soo Bae said of her stays at Hands Om. “I think Graham and Denise set the tone. They are respectful with the shared space.”

Former stew and cook Tara Findlay works with Dobbs as a massage therapist and yoga instructor, and she works on yachts and in marinas to share a common philosophy embodied at Hands Om. “When people know their bodies and feel comfortable in their own skin, they can move and breathe better in the world, and in doing so, we put our best selves forward,” Findlay said. “I love the space Denise has created for crew.”

To learn more, visit HandsOmCrew. com.

Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

Denise Dobbs shares her lifestyle with yacht crew at Hands Om Crew PHOTO/DORIE COX Healing House in Ft. Lauderdale.

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Erie Canal to open temporarily; Derecktor closes Conn. yard NEWS BRIEFS, from page A6 period of five years;  Waiver of the visa requirements for Russian and Australian nationals so they no longer require visas to enter St. Lucia; and  Formation of a Yachting Committee, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Tourism.

Erie Canal to open for two weeks

The Erie Canal will reopen to commercial and recreational traffic for a two-week navigation period that begins Thanksgiving Day, according to a statement released by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office.

The canal is projected to re-open on Nov. 24 and close on Dec. 8 to allow transient marine traffic to reach their destinations.

Parts of the canal, which connects the Hudson River in eastern New York to Lake Erie, has been closed since major flooding overwhelmed locks between Fort Plain and Schenectady.

Steel uprights that hold dam gates in place were twisted and displaced, and lock and power houses were swept away in the flooding. Machinery used to operate the locks and dams were flooded and, at three locations, flood waters carved new channels for the Mohawk River around the lock and dam structures.

In addition to lock and dam repairs, the canal will also be dredged where fill deposited during the flooding has blocked the river.

As of Sept. 26, the Erie Canal remains closed between Locks 8 in Schenectady and Lock 17 in Little Falls, the statement said. The canal is open from Lock 2 in Waterford through Lock 7 in Niskayuna. All areas west of Lock 17 in Little Falls are operating.

Gov. Cuomo has requested that Canada extend the season for the Chambly Canal which connects Canada to Lake Champlain. Normally the Chambly Canal season would end Oct. 10.

For more information, visit www. canals.ny.gov.

New phone number for SXM

St. Maarten has adopted a new country code for phone calls as part of the North American Numbering Plan.

Beginning this month, St. Maarten phone numbers will switch to 1-721 as their prefix, according to a goverment statement. The existing 00-599 prefix will continue to work for the next 12 months, but eventually will be phased out.

Country code 00-599 will remain in effect for Curacao, Sint Eustatius, Saba, and Bonaire.

Other Caribbean countries adopting the 1 country code include Anguilla,

Antigua, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Kits & Nevis, St. Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago.

Local dialing remains the same, with seven-digit dialing. International dialing from St. Maarten will change by Sept. 30, 2012.

Derecktor closes yard

Derecktor Shipyards in Connecticut closed in October, laying off workers and notifying Bridgeport city officials of its plans to reorganize, according to a story in the Hartford Courant.

Derecktor is about halfway through its 25-year lease with the port authority, the newspaper reported. According to city officials, the shipbuilder is behind $100,000 in paying rent and other expenses to the authority.

Part of its troubles may stem from a $12 million lawsuit filed against it by the owner of the 281-foot (85m) M/Y Cakewalk, launched last year, according to the newspaper.

Union objects to license changes

The International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, a union of seafarers in the United States, has filed comments objecting to what it considers “the lowering of standards and the deskilling of officers’ positions on large ocean-going ships.” The comments are in response to the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposed changes in requirements for the issuance of credentials under the new Manila Amendments to the international STCW Code.

“Assessments could be signed off on by any mariner with a license higher than the mariner being assessed, a situation that could clearly raise the risk of fraudulent assessments, undermining the integrity of the licensing system,” the MM&P said in its weekly newsletter to members.

The USCG Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) met at USCG Headquarters in early October to consider the USCG proposal. The proposed regulations and comments to the docket can be viewed at www.regulations.gov by searching for Docket No. USCG-2004-17914.

Club starts for water sport fans

Nautical Ventures, a South Florida-based retailer of water sports equipment, has launched Nautical Adventures Club, a social club designed to bring together people interested in water-oriented activities.

Plans for the club include lessons and seminars, guided tours, and overnight trips.

For more information, call +1 954-926-5250 or visit www.

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bout 500 yacht captains, crew and business people mingled at the Triton Expo in mid-October, sharing their expertise and making new contacts. Thirty vendors met one-on-one with crew, to explain their services and offer new products. Held on the grounds of The Sails marina, it was a lovely evening of yachting. PHOTOS/TOM SERIO

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Show tries to cut use of plastic

By Carol Bareuther The Caribbean Yacht Brokers Association (CYBA) will launch its Green Initiative in partnership with the Virgin Islands Charteryacht League at the St. Thomas Fall Charter Yacht Show set for Nov. 4-6 at IGY’s Yacht Haven Grande.

The organizations will provide each of the attending brokers a re-usable aluminum water bottle and encourage yacht crew to re-fill them with yachtmade water.

The idea is to cut down on plastic water bottles on charter and started two years ago when the Charter Yacht Society (CYS) of the BVI ran a “green” boat show, said Trish Cronan, chairman of CYBA’s Going Green Committee.

“Since that show, many of the CYS yachts have been offering yacht-made water as an option to their guests rather than bottled water,” she said. “As CYBA brokers, we felt that we could support the efforts of these yachts by educating our clients beforehand as well as encouraging all yachts to implement a plan to reduce plastic water bottle waste.”

S/Y Irie, an Irwin 75, in the Virgin Islands Charteryacht League (VICL) fleet, already does.

“We give the guests two bottles of water when they first come aboard and

suggest that they re-fill them through the week with our boat’s water,” said Capt. Robert Bredeck. “We figure we use two cases less of plastic bottles each week. That’s 720 plastic bottles in an average 15-week charter season, and we’re just one charter yacht.”

The U.S. and British Virgin Islands have no facilities for recycling plastics.

Sherry Yates, the owner of Coloradobased Yates Yachts and long-time CYBA member, has also found a positive response from her clients.

“I have tested the waters with several of my clients,” Yates says. “Some say they cannot live without bottled water and that’s their choice. Others think it’s great that the yachts are limiting plastic waste and look forward to what each boat is offering.”

CYBA members will acknowledge the yachts that sign on to the Green Initiative, which calls for yachts to offer yacht-made water to their guests and a revision of specification sheets to include information about how the yacht handles drinking water and plastic bottles.

For some ideas on how to liven up yacht-made water, visit www.the-triton. com and search for “flavored water”.

Carol Bareuther is a freelance writer in St. Thomas. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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Capt. Elie Trichet in Miami.

FROM THE FRONT: Rescue

PHOTO FROM CAPT. ELIE TRICHET

Divers thought that they were 5 or 6 miles from the shoreline RESCUE, from page A1 maintain distance because they were hanging onto a small lobster trap buoy, about half the size of a basketball, Trichet said.

“We directed them to the stern,” Trichet said. “They were fine but unsure, in a sort of shock. They had been in the water for quite a while.”

The strongest of the guests helped the men onto the swim platform and they verified that neither was injured.

Then the captain called the U.S. Coast Guard.

“I thought the Coast Guard would have said, ‘Oh yeah, we know about them,” Trichet said. “But no one had called in. That really shocked me.”

The men were Paul Kline from Texas and Fernando García Puerta from Spain, according to a report in the Miami Herald. They had been diving with RJ Diving Ventures of Miami Beach that afternoon and had been left behind about two hours before.

An employee at RJ Diving, who asked not to be named, said while the incident is under investigation RJ Diving is in full cooperation.

“We are relieved everyone is OK and we have taken steps to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,” the employee said by phone.

Lt. Patrick Montgomery of U.S. Coast Guard Sector 7 also would not comment on the incident, saying it is under review. No conclusions as to fault had been made as of press time.

Dive accidents in the sector, which encompasses all of the southeastern United States, have held fairly steady since 2009 with 66 that year and 62, so far, in 2011.

A dive accident is classified as an event in which the USCG or another agency assists in any dive situation ranging from injury to death.

Days after the incident, García Puerta brought champagne and flowers to thank Trichet and the family for saving his life.

“I asked him ‘What went into your mind? Did you think about swimming?’” Trichet said.

From where they were, the divers

could barely see the Miami skyline.

García Puerta told Trichet they were not sure if they could swim that far.

To them, it seemed like 5 or 6 miles to shore.

Though they were only about 3 miles from shore, Trichet said the current flows north in that area, and tide was going out.

“I’m not sure, but I think it would have been a fight to swim,” Trichet said.

Originally from French Guadeloupe, Trichet has been a captain on both private and charter boats for 11 years and grew up around the water. He lives in California and said this incident brought up memories of the time he flipped a Hobie cat one late afternoon with his girlfriend onboard.

She was lost for an hour as the seas picked up. He had to steer upwind to look for his girlfriend, who was not wearing a life vest.

“I thought I saw her, but it turned out to be a buoy,” he said, his voice somber at the memory. When he found her, he pulled her aboard.

“It was the hardest time of my life,” he said. “I think I understood what they felt.”

When they returned to shore hours late, he was disheartened to learn that no one was worried about them.

“They thought I knew what I was doing,” he laughed.

As a dive instructor himself, Trichet said he plans to work with the USCG and the Divers Alert Network (DAN), an association of recreational divers, to see how boaters can prevent accidents like this in the future.

“Usually when you get back to shore, you count the tanks,” he said, unable to understand how the divers were stranded. “And what about their belongings?”

Diving should be fun, he said. For those divers who go with a large dive boat, always dive in pairs and volunteer to look out for another pair of divers.

Don’t rely on the boat’s captain or dive instructor to keep track of you.

Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

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‘He kept me out of trouble. He turned me into a yachtsman’ BRIDGE, from page A1 captain said of his boss. “The big part was realizing even though you don’t have parts, you can still fix it and you don’t have to call other people.

“Most importantly, I learned how to think,” he said. “Because of him, I am not afraid to jump in.”

The captains talked about how family members used to be society’s inspirations, but as our cultures have changed, parents and grandparents are less available to teach what is considered proper behavior.

“My grandpa was an old salt,” a captain said of his hero. “He came from a time of wooden ships and iron men. He said now it’s iron ships and wooden men.”

This captain learned how to behave by watching his grandfather.

“Even today I think, what would [grandfather] do? And then I wonder, should I do it?” he said. “But I’m still not my grandfather.”

Several captains wanted to share the reasons these people earned their respect, but the luncheon didn’t allow for so many tales.

“Our heroes are our mentors,” a captain said. “There’s not enough time to tell you about my boss. It would take hours.”

Doing right can be uncomfortable, but you still have to do it, a captain said. He told of an incident when the yacht he was driving hit an underwater obstruction and he called the owner.

The captain told the boss he took full responsibility for the incident.

“It was a hard pill to take,” he said.

“The crew asked me, ‘Why did you call him, why didn’t you tell him an excuse, why didn’t you wait to call?’”

The captain said the call was the correct response.

“The first officer saw my actions,”

Attendees of The Triton’s November Bridge luncheon were, from left, Tim Smith (freelance), Mark Howard of M/Y Lime Light, Scott Campbell of M/Y Kingfisher, Mike Ryan of M/Y Carcharias, Scott Cudek (freelance) and Lee Rosbach of M/Y Sovereign.

PHOTO/DORIE COX he said, “and maybe saw it as a good example. I hope for their sake they notice. I am working to show I’m trying to do my best.”

“Just because the majority doesn’t see what’s right, like bullying, you still have to stand up for what is,” another captain said. “It can be unpopular.”

There may be a price for making the right choices, a captain said.

“You can lose your job while someone who doesn’t do the right thing gets to keep theirs,” he said.

“The hard part is that you can’t really combat it by just being a good person,” another captain said.

Although TV played a part in the captains’ lives, today’s media plays a larger part in shaping characters than ever before, a captain said.

One captain cited “Father Knows Best,” a television show from the 1950s, as the type of show his generation grew up with. The series featured Robert Young as a wise and loving dad who taught right from wrong.

“He had good characteristics and was man enough to admit when he made mistakes,” the captain said.

On the other hand was Archie Bunker of “All in The Family” to show people how not to act, he said.

“When you see that type of stuff on a regular basis, it has an affect on how you turn out,” he said. “Who sits together for dinner any more? Who gets to talk about that stuff? Who gets taught good from bad?”

Generally, people should do the right thing no matter who they are.

But in the yachting industry, several captains said crew should especially be responsible in their jobs.

“It’s unbelievable what you see,” he said. People get comfortable slacking off, not doing anything, looking for others to do something, he said. It’s easy to get into the rhythm of doing the wrong thing.

“It’s a there-are-no-cops-here-soit-doesn’t-matter mentality,” another captain said.

Several at the table said captains themselves are especially visible. One of the captains said he saw it as his responsibility to show, by his actions, what he expects of others.

“It all trickles down, good or bad,” a captain said.

“You just do it,” another captain said. “You do the right thing whether you’re watched or not.”

“With crew you have to just do it, show them what is right,” a third captain said. “Same with outside workers and contractors.”

The captains discussed what lies ahead for younger generations.

“We need heroes,” a captain said.

“One way to help that is through education. Is it considered being a hero if you teach someone? Maybe.”

A captain said he grew up fixing things if he saw they were wrong or broken, but he said it’s hard to teach someone how to look and act if they haven’t learned how to do it.

But, he added, that you can teach someone if you have the time and care enough.

He pointed to a captain who had previously talked of his hero and said, “Like him, his mentor took him in and gave him time and interest. Mainly, that individual has to want to learn.”

Several captains jumped in with comments on what is different with how people currently learn.

“There is a big difference between what is common knowledge today because of the different ways people are getting their information,” a captain said. “We’re not always sure what they’re exposed to.”

“Don’t you think it’s the way people perceive education, that it’s not as important?” a captain said. “You can learn many ways with the Internet, but there is less teacher interaction.”

Another said it’s how you teach younger people, and that it should be face to face.

“That works. And that’s lost,” he said.

One captain brought up a recent Triton survey on yachting traditions [“Traditions still part of fabric of yachting, July 2011, page C1].

“You know what is supposed to happen and how to do the right thing with tradition,” he said. “The structure of tradition, the hierarchy, is broken.”

“I think the definitions are clear,” another captain said. “I think people don’t want to see them.”

The group was in agreement that, although the position is hard to fill, everyone needs someone to look up to.

“I’ve always tried to be a hero because I have always had heroes,” a captain said. “We need an app for heroes.”

Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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IYC veterans leave, start own management, brokerage firms Lord starts Fairport

Four long-term employees of International Yacht Collection have left the brokerage to form their own yacht management company.

Graeme Lord, IYC’s former director of yacht management, opened Fairport on Oct. 1 with an office near Bimini Boatyard on Southeast 17th Street.

The company provides yachts shore support, including management, ISM administration and shipyard support.

Lord, who served as an engineer on several large yachts including M/Y Southerly and M/Y Taipan, worked at IYC for eight years.

Darla Skaf, Whitney Diedericks and Angus MacKenzie have joined him.

The firm, which had eight yachts under management at press time, is named after the sailing vessel Fairport that Lord’s great-grandfather was captain of beginning in 1898. His grandmother and her siblings were raised aboard.

For more info, visit fairportsupport. com or call +1 954-990-6482/3 – Lucy Reed

Brokerage open Palm Beach firm

Several veteran IYC brokers launched Worth Avenue Yachts based in Palm Beach this fall.

Brokers Brian Tansey, Michael Mahan and Simon Gibson have created a team-based approach to yacht sales, allowing team members to share information to better serve the client’s needs. Other members of the brokerage team include Jim Eden, Noell Vawter and industry veterans Joyce Browning, who runs day-to-day brokerage operations, and Lauren Cotton, formerly with Rybovich.

Worth Avenue Yachts offers sales, charter and new construction services.

For more information, visit worthavenueyachts.com or call +1 561833-4462.

Beers starts new A/C business

Richard Beers, whose father built and ran Rich Beers Marine for 25 years until it sold in 2005, has returned to his roots and opened Beers Group, a marine air conditioning and refrigeration company in Fort Lauderdale.

“I started in August and I’m keeping it small and focusing on customer service,” the younger Beers said. “I’m not hiring a bunch of people. I want to do the work myself.”

Beers went with the family business when it sold to Northern Lights. The elder Beers retired. In addition to service and manufacturing experience in the family business, Beers learned engineering and design work with Northern Lights, he said.

“It’s very tough” to start a new

company, he said. “But I missed working in the local community and working on local boats. I like being hands-on with projects.”

Beers Group will specialize in chilled water systems and commercial refrigeration. For more information, email beersgroup@gmail.com.

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Yacht Chandlers opens at YHG

Yacht Chandlers has begun offering its services at Yacht Haven Grande in St. Thomas and at the Yacht Club at Isle de Sol in St. Maarten in a partnership with IGY Marinas.

Yacht Chandlers has become affiliated with the IGY Anchor Club, a customer loyalty program, allowing its members earn points in both programs.

Yacht Chandlers also will take over the bar/restaurant at Isle de Sol.

Yacht Path relocates

Yacht Path Marine Group, a yacht transportation company, has relocated its headquarters to Ft. Lauderdale’s Marina Mile, 2860 W. State Road 84, Suite 118. The main phone number is +1 (954) 703-6729. For more details, visit www.yachtpath.com.

MTN hires Lengel

Patty Lengel, formerly with Derecktor Shipyards in Dania Beach, has joined MTN Satellite Communications as executive sales manager in the yacht sales division, focusing on business development and maintaining existing relationships.

Most recently, Lengel spent six years as the service sales representative for Derecktor Shipyards. She also served as a crew member aboard both sailing and motor yachts, earning a U.S. Coast Guard license and circumnavigating the globe during her seven-year tenure at sea.

The company also hired Kerry Pettitt as director of sales for EMEA and Asia in the yacht services division.

In addition to business development, he will oversee the sales team and customer account managers.

Blake starts new charter firm

Former stew and chef Dhardra Blake has launched LuxuryDayCharters.com, a charter company specializing in day charters on yachts in South Florida.

Blake has a background in sales and marketing for such companies as ESPN and CNN/SI, and came to the yachting industry in 2001 for “just a year to ride out the recession.”

She spent the past year offering day charters for a Miami-based company before staring her own company.

Blake also volunteers as events adviser for YachtAid Global, the yacht industry’s humanitarian charity.

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Owner of the 171’ Battered Bull was ‘generous, genuine’ to crew

By Lucy Chabot Reed Donald Flynn, owner of the 171-foot (52m) Feadship M/Y Battered Bull, died on Oct. 9 in his sleep at his home in Florida. He was 72.

Chairman of LKQ Corp., the country’s largest supplier of used auto parts, Mr. Flynn was remembered as a generous and passionate yacht owner.

“He was a self-made guy,” said Capt.

Len Beck, captain of Battered Bull since 2000, though he worked onboard for a few years soon after its launch in 1995.

“He was a real provider, for his family, for everyone who worked for him. He was always concerned about everyone’s quality of life.”

Several crew have been with the yacht for a dozen years or more, mostly because of the Flynns’ generosity and concern for their crew, including security/dive instructor Steve Bradshaw and Chef Dereck Millington.

“He took a lot of value in the people employed by him,” Beck said. “He was really generous, a genuine character.”

Mr. Flynn began his professional life with the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson before he was recruited by Wayne Huizenga to join him at Waste Management, where he remained for 15 years. The two men also worked together to build, take public, and sell the Blockbuster video rental chain.

Over his career, he’d invested in hundreds if not thousands of businesses, including Lauderdale Diver in Ft. Lauderdale, which Beck partly owns with his wife, Chrissy, former chief stew of the Battered Bull.

“One day after diving, we’re sitting on the aft deck and he says, come on up to the house,” Beck recalled.

So they did, and Mr. Flynn suggested they buy half the dive shop, and suggested Chrissy run it. So they did.

“It was his idea,” Beck said of their involvement in Lauderdale Diver.

“He was like that. He grabs people he knows, likes and trusts, and says ‘why don’t you do this.’ Then he makes it happen for them.”

The Flynns, married 46 years, traveled the globe on Battered Bull. And he was an avid diver.

“Mr. Flynn was never afraid to venture into uncharted areas,” Beck said. “He loved the history of Europe but he thrived on Asia and the South Pacific. His passion was to go diving.”

When they were planning itineraries, when a new place came up, he would always ask “How’s the diving?”

“If we couldn’t answer fast enough, it was no longer a potential destination,” Beck said.

Mr. Flynn made sure the yacht carried enough dive gear for every single person aboard – crew included – to go diving if they wanted.

Mr. Flynn died in his sleep on Oct. 9 PHOTO FROM CHRISSY BECK at home.

“He’d tell us not to wash the boat, that that could wait, that we should all go diving,” Beck recalled. “Mrs. Flynn would always tell us, ‘you can wash the boat anytime, but when are you ever going to be here again?’”

Day trips in places like St. Petersburg, Russia, included the crew, even if it meant doubling the size of the party and transportation.

“Mrs. Flynn would never say we need a tour for 8-10 guests; it was always for everyone, including the 12 or 13 crew,” Beck said. “They were very aggressive about that. They didn’t want the crew not to see things.”

Battered Bull traveled hundreds of thousands of miles with the Flynns.

“It wouldn’t be unusual for us to be in French Polynesia in winter, over to Greece in summer, then back to French Polynesia the following winter,” Beck said. “We really put some miles on the boat. He had such a sense of adventure.”

While she was sad at his passing, Chrissy Beck was proud, too, to have worked with Mr. Flynn.

“He would want us to carry on,” she said. “We can only be grateful to have worked with such a terrific owner.”

Battered Bull was Mr. Flynn’s third yacht in a long yachting career, but it was the pinnacle, Beck said. And it’s a legacy to who and what Mr. Flynn was.

“He wanted the top quality yacht and that was a Feadship,” Beck said.

“It was the realization of his yachting career.”

Mr. Flynn is survived by his wife, Beverly, sons Kevin and Brian, his brother Robert, and five grandchildren, according to an obituary in the Chicago Tribune.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this article are welcome at lucy@the-triton.com.

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3D technology great in hands of professional Regarding Mike Avery’s column [Sound Waves: “The human eye is not prepared for 3D technology,” page B4, October issue], I have been producing 3D in many forms for 35 years, holograms, video, even view masters.

I appreciate his comments about trying 3D out first, however I must argue with the broad brushstrokes he applied with the “problems” some people encounter.

The accommodation issues he refers to are quite natural, as we are constantly converging our eyes at one point or another in the real world and never are seeing everything at the same time in 3D. Surely, after 100 years or more of cinema and photography, we have grown accustomed to having everything in focus at the same time in a theater or on TV. Frankly, that is the unnatural experience, and the other way around.

As for the fatigue, Merely much of the issues owning a people 3D camera encounter does not are the fault of the make one a stereographer. shooters and That takes editors, not the some medium. In experience. actuality, some of the best experiences in 3D are quite static shots where the viewer can really take the time to peruse the scene in 3D before an edit juts them into another scene, only to have to re-accommodate.

I wouldn’t go blaming the medium or format for faults originating from the production values.

Unfortunately, as the so-called playing field has been leveled by a low entry price for the equipment, many perfectly competent videographers and directors think that merely owning a 3D camera makes them stereographers.

That takes some experience.

Mark Diamond Diamond Images Miami

Foreign crew living, working in U.S. should pay taxes Regarding the story about taxes [“AvMar begins withholding U.S. taxes from foreign crew,” page A1, October issue], I have to comment to the captain quoted in your story.

Living in the United States for eight or more months a year, with investments (property, I’m sure) and not paying a nickel of taxes anywhere?

I think it is time to face the facts; he is living and working in the USA, and because of a loophole, yacht crew do not need a green card to do it.

Crew should pay the tax and stop complaining. We are not talking about someone under the radar fixing a roof for a couple hundred dollars. These salaries go into six figures and if crew are in the USA for an extended amount of time, paying tax on their income is the cost of doing business here.

This is right up there with the “can’t hire U.S. crew while in the U.S. because of the insurance policy.”

Just so I get this straight: The captain in your story wants to run a big, multimillion-dollar yacht for an American owner.

He doesn’t want to pay any taxes on his salary; He wants to be based in South Florida, and; He doesn’t want any American crew working on the boat.

Give me a break.

Some people reading this might think I am against foreign crew. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

Editor Lucy Chabot Reed, lucy@the-triton.com Associate Editor Dorie Cox, dorie@the-triton.com

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What I am against is anyone in this industry who bends or ignores the rules to suit themselves. This does not help our image as professional yacht crew; it hurts it.

One more thing. As the tax law becomes more clear, foreign yachts based in the U.S. might want to reconsider the “no U.S. crew” thing.

The U.S. just may turn out to be their next labor pool.

Capt. Douglas R. Meier M/Y Seafarer

Wi-fi story ‘really great’

Capt. Karen Anderson’s story “Wi-fi can keep crew connected, sea to shop” is really great [page B1, October issue].

For people who rely on wi-fi for work and play but can’t afford G3 networking, this story was chock full of good information. The security part was accurate and easy to follow. Maybe you could have a follow-up story ... maybe twice a year as the wi-fi scene changes.

Roger Clery, professor emeritus Roosevelt University Chicago

Careful with biodegradable claims

I’m glad to see people trying to clean up this huge plastic waste problem we all have nowadays. [“Yachtie producing biodegradable water bottles to curb waste,” page A11, October issue.]

I just wanted to point out that with bioplastics, while their manufacturers Contributors Christine Abbott, Carol Bareuther, Capt. James Barrett, Capt. Mark A. Cline, Capt. Jake DesVergers, Rob Gannon, Beth Greenwald, Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, Chief Stew Alene Keenan, Capt. Michael Knecht, Keith Murray, Steve Pica, Rossmare Intl., James Schot, Tom Serio

offer claims of biodegradability, this has been green washed quite a lot.

Many bioplastics, including PLA, will only biodegrade under certain conditions, such as in a commercial compost facility that has oxygen, higher temperatures of about 60 Dg C and high humidity. Without those, the PLA will last like any other plastic.

Plus, the bioplastic needs bacteria to degrade. A PLA bottle in the ocean only has oxygen (if it is floating); the other conditions are not present.

Read the bioplastic manufacturer’s information carefully and ask under what conditions does it need to really biodegrade? They often won’t list the conditions it does not breakdown in, but you need to ask specifically about your environment. For example if you collect bioplastic bottles off a beach and dispose of them in a landfill, they are unlikely to break down. There’s no oxygen and it’s too cold (in most locations), so they will last there for hundreds of years.

Getting rid of plastic from the ocean and plastic lying on our beaches is a tough problem. There are a few additives I am just starting to see that claim they have a true biodegradable solution for this.

But without being in a biological active environment, I cannot understand how they will work either.

Dr. Ross Headifen Plastic Waste Solutions plasticwastesolutions.com Vol. 8, No.8

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Bugs do more than bite you

Capture action on the water

Find one where you are

Yacht crew monkey around

Mosquitoes can carry diseases

Learn how to control camera

Trade, boat and more shows

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Flags decide how many crew is too few

Embrace your PWC

Chief Stew Sky DuToit replaces spark plugs as part of routine maintenance on the two-stroke Yahama WaveRunner aboard M/Y At Last in the Bahamas recently.

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Hints for a successful relationship with your personal watercraft

By Dorie Cox Owners and guests love what they generically call Jet Skis. Captains, engineers and deckhands usually don’t.

Nonetheless, personal watercraft (PWC) are practically mandatory equipment onboard many megayachts.

“They’re like liver and onions,” freelance Capt. Warren Koehler said.

“Either you love them or hate them.

They bring a strong reaction.”

Local Knowledge Navigate Ft. Lauderdale’s New River with tow boat Capt.

Michael Knecht and come away with all the local knowledge you need to see your yacht safely to its boatyard or marina slip. The ride begins on page B9 and comes complete with a map.

Following are a few hints for a more harmonious relationship with these “sea mosquitoes” from the people who know them inside and out: repairmen, captains and crew.

The most popular PWCs are SeaDoo by Bombardier, AquaTrax by Honda, Jet Ski by Kawasaki, and WaveRunner by Yamaha. The Personal Watercraft Industry Association describes them as vessels with an inboard motor powering a water jet

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pump. They are a recreational craft designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on top, rather than in, the vessel.

They are relatively small compared with tenders and other boats, fast, fairly simple to use, and designed with propulsion systems that do not have external propellers so they are safer.

All of this adds to their popularity

See PWC, page B15

The number of people on board a yacht is a topic that has been discussed across the globe, from the highest halls of the International Maritime Organization to the most obscure seaside taverns.

It seems that everyone that makes their living on the water has an opinion on this Rules of the Road subject. How many is enough? How Jake DesVergers many crew is too many? Is that just running crew? What about maintenance?

Depending on your perspective, the answers can change.

The requirements for minimum safe manning originate in various regulations, including the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), Seafarer’s Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code, IMO resolutions, several International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) guidelines, World Health Organization (WHO) circulars, and numerous national laws.

As you can see, there are multiple interests involved in the manning of a yacht. The underlying principle in all of these rules is to establish the minimum number of people on board to safely operate the yacht. In this process, the assigning authority for minimum safe manning is the flag administration, also known as the flag state. This is the country in which the yacht is registered and the flag of which flies on the stern. The statutory applicability of minimum safe manning affects all seagoing vessels, except warships and recreational vessels not engaged in trade (i.e., private yachts).

In the yachting world, each flag administration defines its own policy

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Mosquito bites do more than bug you; they can make you ill Besides being pests, mosquitoes can carry and transmit numerous diseases. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports that mosquitoes kill more than one million people a year through the transmission of malaria. This, coupled with the large number of people sickened and killed by other mosquitoSea Sick related diseases Keith Murray such as dengue fever, yellow fever and West Nile virus, and you have a nasty, potentially dangerous little insect.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness, and sometimes a potentially lethal complication called dengue hemorrhagic fever. The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. It is estimated that 2.5 billion people – two fifths of the world’s population – are potentially at risk from dengue. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are 50 million dengue infections worldwide each year.

As of August, more than 890,000 cases of dengue have been reported to the Pan American Health Organization in 2011, including 10,840 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and/or dengue shock syndrome. Several countries are reporting high incidence rates, including Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, the Bahamas, and Aruba.

During 2009 and 2010, there were about 50 cases of dengue fever brought into the United States by vacationers bitten in areas prone to this disease, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

During this same time, 25 cases originated in Key West.

This year, however, two cases of dengue were contracted in Miami. In a 2009 study, it was estimated that about 5 percent of the population of Key West, Fla., was infected with dengue.

Currently there is no specific treatment for dengue fever and there is no vaccine to protect against it.

With dengue, most people start to get sick anywhere from three to 14 days after being bitten by a mosquito carrying dengue. Individuals may experience high fever, headache, pain behind their eyes, bone pain, sore muscles and joints, a rash with spots, and nausea and vomiting. Often, dengue is mistaken for the flu.

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria may experience fever, chills and flu-like symptoms. Without medical attention a person with malaria may

develop severe complications and die.

According to the CDC, in 2008 there were about 300 million cases of malaria worldwide.

Malaria is the fifth-leading cause of death from infectious diseases worldwide (after respiratory infections, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases, and tuberculosis), according to the CDC. Treatment of malaria depends on many factors including the severity of the disease, the type of malaria contracted, and where malaria was contracted.

The West Nile virus (WNV, also known as West Nile fever) is another potentially serious illness caused by mosquitoes. Experts believe WNV is established as a seasonal epidemic in North America that flares up in the summer and continues into the fall.

As with malaria, West Nile fever often has flu-like symptoms. More severe forms of West Nile virus, which can be life threatening, may be called West Nile encephalitis or West Nile meningitis, depending on what part of the body is affected.

So why is it that some people appear to get bitten more than others?

Believe it or not, mosquitoes are picky eaters and choose whose blood they wish to suck. It is estimated that 1 in 10 people are highly attractive to mosquitoes. If you are one of the unlucky ones, consider using mosquito repellents.

In my research, I found DEET to be an effective mosquito repellent.

DEET, which has been used since 1957, is available in different strengths, however 25 percent should be adequate. A single application should offer five hours of protection.

Another option is to spray your clothing with the chemical insecticide permethrin. One treatment will last up to six washings or six weeks before clothing has to be treated again.

The combination of permethrin on clothing and DEET on your skin is the best way to repel mosquitoes.

To avoid chemical-laden repellents, one common product is Avon’s SkinSo-Soft, though it appears to be less effective than DEET. Alternatively, you can cover up with long pants and long sleeves at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most prevalent. It’s best to avoid being outdoors at these times, but that’s not always practical for hard-working yacht crew.

Keith Murray is a former Florida firefighter EMT and owner of The CPR School, which provides onboard CPR, AED first aid safety training for yacht captains and crew (www.TheCPRSchool. com). Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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Exhaust cleaning and pollution control guide unveiled to industry Canada-based Marine Exhaust Solutions (MES), developer of exhaust gas cleaning systems, has created a partnership with Nantong Ocean Ship Equipment Co. Ltd. (NOSE) to develop and demonstrate the MES EcoSilencer marine seawater scrubbing system for ships at a test facility in China.

Once tested, the companies plan to market the product across Europe, North America and the rest of Asia.

MES developed the first exhaust cleaning system specifically designed for sulphur reduction on marine diesel engines. Over the past 12 years,

IBEX honors 11 products for innovation Eleven products were honored with Innovation Awards at the annual International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) in October IBEX Innovation Awards were presented to the following companies in these categories: Deck Equipment & Hardware winner Nautilus Marine Group for the Windlass V500.

Electrical Systems winner Charles Industries for the Intelligent Marine Charger.

Furnishing & Interior Parts winner Thetford Curve for the Porta Potti.

Inboard Engines winner Indmar for the 5.7L Assault 345 Inboard Mechanical Systems winner Attwood for the Universal Sprayless Connector.

OEM Electronics winner Raymarine for the e7D Multifunction Display.

Outboard Engines category had two winners: Honda Marine for the BF 250 Outboard Engine, and Mercury for the 150 FourStroke Outboard.

Propulsion Parts, Propellers winner Powertech Propellers for the Power Stop Propeller.

Safety Equipment winner Protomet Corp. for the Panoramic Mirror System.

Environmental winner US Marine Products for the EFOY Fuel Cell.

The awards, organized by the National Marine Manufacturers Association and judged by Boating Writers International, recognize products that best meet the following criteria: innovative distinction from other products currently being manufactured; benefit to the marine industry and/or consumer; practicality; cost-effectiveness; and availability to the consumer.

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the company has been occupied with the research, development and commercialization of its proprietary technology, known as the MES EcoSilencer.

For more information, visit www. ecosilencer.ca.

Centek offers pollution guide

Georgia-based Centek Industries, a manufacturer of marine wet exhaust systems, introduced the Genset Pollution Control Guide at the 2011 International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) in October.

The guide is designed to help boat builders and service yards integrate the company’s Gen-Kleen filter system with a generator wet exhaust system to remove hydrocarbon pollution (sheen, soot, unspent gasoline and diesel fuel) from the exhaust cooling water before it is discharged, according to a company statement.

Available for marine gensets from 5 kw and up, a Gen-Kleen system separates raw cooling water from exhaust gases. The dry exhaust gases are vented to the atmosphere; the raw cooling water is scrubbed by a filtration

system.

The filters are impregnated with a patented formula that binds and captures hydrocarbons while allowing clean water to pass through.

More than 100 Gen-Kleen systems have been installed on boats and yachts worldwide, the company said. Centek has also designed and built more than 14,000 custom exhaust systems and offers fiberglass exhaust components that are Lloyd’s Register Type approved, ABS type approved and meet or exceed

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For more information, visit www. centekindustries.com.

Palladium iPad app debuts at FLIBS Ft. Lauderdale-based Palladium Technologies’ SiMON2 system is part of the new implementation on the CL 70 series yacht from Cheoy Lee Shipyards of China. This vessel is scheduled to debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

The SiMON2, a wi-fi alarm, monitoring and alarm application for the new Apple iPad technology, features not only the well-known SiMON monitoring functions but automation on LED lighting as well as control over the bridge’s Smart Glass windshield, horn, wipers, cleats, and winches. In-wall docking stations for iPads also view the security features of the fixed and PTZ cameras on board.

Hydrex approved for repairs

Belgium-based Hydrex Underwater Technology has received full class acceptance from several classification societies to perform underwater stern tube seal repairs, according to a company statement.

Hydrex carries out repairs and replacements on all types of seals underwater. Using Hydrex flexible mobile mini drydocks, response to emergencies is available around the world.

For more information, visit www. hydrex.be

New site controls tracking systems

Fort Lauderdale-based Global Ocean Security Technologies (GOST, formerly Paradox Marine) has launched a new, fourth generation GOST Nav-Tracker Web site that allows users to monitor GPS tracking, security and monitoring systems from anywhere in the world.

GOST’s technology allows users to remotely control a relay on board their vessel to turn on/off any AC/DC function from the Web site, remotely over satellite, by the click of a mouse.

Geo-fence options include alerts generated when a vessel travels outside a defined route or when a vessel enters or exits a pre-defined geo-fence.

For more information, visit www. gostglobal.com.

Furuno releases new autopilot

Furuno has introduced its NavPilot 700 Autopilot series, which includes the “Safe Helm” and “Power Assist” modes.

Safe Helm mode temporarily disables the NavPilot steering control when manual operator helm changes are sensed. The original course is

restored automatically or manually after the maneuver is completed.

These new modes provide an interface to the vessel’s hydraulic hand steering system, delivering steering control from any manual helm on the vessel. The optional FPS8 Power Steering Module and appropriate software are required to activate the Safe Helm feature.

For more information, visit www. furunousa.com.

Furrion launches transfer switch

Connecticut-based Furrion introduced a new Automatic Transfer Switch, which automatically switches between shore power and a boat generator or inverter, at IBEX. Furrion’s automatic switches provide a mechanical interlocking system to prevent two power sources being connected together, thus avoiding a short circuit, overvoltage, generator or inverter failure.

For more information, visit www. furrion.com.

Interlux debuts new antifouling

New Jersey-based Interlux introduced Micron CSC HS, a reduced solvent emissions product, at IBEX in October.

Micron CSC HS (High Solids) is designed to control the release of copper for better longevity and a reduced impact on the environment.

The VOC compliant formulation reduces solvent emissions into the air.

For more information, visit www. yachtpaint.com.

New ENC company launched

Norway-based e-navigation company Navtor has signed a distribution agreement with PRMAR for the supply of official electronic charts (ENC) for the global professional maritime market.

The ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) is expected to be the central navigation console aboard ships once the IMO mandate comes into force in July 2012.

For more information, visit www. navtor.no

New panel saves space

Tennessee-based battery management system manufacturer Wells Marine Technology has launched a space-saving flat panel model of its Total Automatic Battery Management System (T.A.B.S.) that can be configured for any single, twin or triple engine application and can also be custom-designed to builder model specifications.

For more information, visit www. wellsmarinetech.com.

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YPI signs with Kingship for expedition vessel Yachting Partners International (YPI) and Chinese shipbuilder, Kingship Marine, signed a deal at the Monaco Yacht Show to build their first project together, the 246-foot (75m) expedition yacht Arctic Whale.

The long-range cruiser is designed

by French designer Eva Cadio to sleep 12 in six cabins. Arctic Whale will be built with an ice-class hull and MCA LY2 compliant.

It is expected to be delivered in 2014 and will run with a crew of 22. For more information, visit www.ypigroup.com Northrop & Johnson has recently sold M/Y Sweet Pea, the 165-foot Feadship, by Ann Avery in conjunction with Yacht Zoo; and S/Y Klosters, the 152-foot Perini Navi by Kevin Merrigan.

The firm has added the 131-foot (40m) Feadship M/Y Seagull of Cayman to its central agency listings for sale.

Camper & Nicholsons has sold the 142-foot (43m) Palmer Johnson M/Y Pure Bliss and its central, the 107-foot (33m) FX from Sanlorenzo.

They also added the following to their central listings for sale: the 138foot (42m) Baglietto M/Y Oxygen, the 107-foot (33m) Ferretti M/Y Navetta, the 93-foot (28m) Mangusta M/Y Geni.

In related news, the company has appointed Eric de Saintdo as executive chairman and CEO; Michael Payne to oversee the brokerage division; and D.J. Kiernan as director of charter marketing, worldwide.

Fraser Yachts has recently sold the 119-foot (36m) M/Y Nomade, built by Tansu.

The firm’s new central agency listings for sale include the 197-foot (60m) Feadship M/Y Paraffin for 44.75 million euros; the 120-foot (36m) Benetti M/Y Kai for $13.4 million; the

115-foot (35m) M/Y Surprise built by McMullen & Wing for 9 million euros; the 112-foot (34m) M/Y Steadfast built

by Barattucci for $3.95 million; the 99foot (30m) Benetti M/Y Avagliani for 6.3 million euros; and the 85-foot (26m) Azimut M/Y Stella Mia for $1.8 million.

New to the firm’s new central listings for charter is the 144-foot (44m) M/Y Blade, former H2ome.

Holland-based Jongert Shipyard brought in two orders for new motor yachts during the Monaco Yacht Show, a 44m motoryacht and a 43m motoryacht, according to a company statement. The 44m yacht, designed

by Dubois Naval Architecture, is for a customer in Ukraine. Both yachts will be delivered in 2013.

In related news, Jongert International has opened an office in Antibes, managed by Niels Lensen.

Wisconsin-based Burger Boat Company has become the first yacht builder to join the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Wood Forever program, which encourages yacht builders to only use timber from sustainably managed forests.

In doing so, Burger will work with the program to analyze its wood supply chain and develop a sustainable wood purchasing policy to help fight deforestation, the company said in a statement.

Moran Yacht & Ship has added to its central agency listings for sale the 191-foot (58m) Trinity M/Y Unbridled and the 164-foot (50m) Westport M/Y Harmony.

Harmony, launched last year, accommodates 12 guests in six staterooms. It is listed at $36.75 million.

Unbridled is listed for $46 million, and has also joined the charter fleet.

Kevin Ralph, formerly of Regency Yacht Sales, has joined Skywater Group and launched Skywater Yachts, its new brokerage division. Ralph has more than 25 years in yacht sales.

Antibes-based Primo Yacht has joined Ocean Independence, adding an established charter fleet to OCI’s group.

Primo’s Judith Amselli can now offer in-house yacht management and sales brokerage services as well as additional charter support around the world.

The Antibes operations of OCI will be centralized into one main office.

Charter broker Daisy Ortiz Lenit has joined Bradford Marine’s charter division. Lenit has been in the industry for 10 years and previously worked with Camper & Nicholsons and International Yacht Collection.

Poland-based Sunreef Yachts has expanded its Ft. Lauderdale office to include sales and brokerage as well as charters.

Sales operations will be led by Martha Lukasik, president of Sunreef Yachts Charter and recently named Sunreef sales director for the Americas.

Sunreef Yachts builds luxury power and sail catamarans as well as yachts larger than 60 feet.

Merle Wood & Associates has added the following to its central agency listings for sale: the 177-foot Baglietto M/Y Burkut, the 167-foot M/Y Alibi in a joint with Fraser, and the 160-foot Christensen M/Y VF-15.

Veteran broker Ron Morgenstein has joined International Yacht Collection. Morgenstein has more than 20 years as a broker in Ft. Lauderdale

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Today’s fuel prices Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of October 15.

Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 840/895 Savannah, Ga. 815/NA Newport, R.I. 810/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 980/NA St. Maarten 1,070/NA Antigua 1,150/NA Valparaiso 840/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 950/NA Cape Verde 890/NA Azores 780/NA Canary Islands 995/1,175 Mediterranean Gibraltar 865/NA Barcelona, Spain 905/1,595 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,820 Antibes, France 915/1,875 San Remo, Italy 995/1,875 Naples, Italy 1,080/2,155 Venice, Italy 1,075/1,870 Corfu, Greece 1,050/1,835 Piraeus, Greece 945/1,820 Istanbul, Turkey 935/NA Malta 755/1,410 Tunis, Tunisia 860/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 865/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 965/NA Sydney, Australia 970/NA Fiji 970/NA *When available according to local customs.

One year ago Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of Oct. 15.

Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 670/715 Savannah, Ga. 625/NA Newport, R.I. 660/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 785/NA St. Maarten 890/NA Antigua 910/NA Valparaiso 900/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 780/NA Cape Verde 740/NA Azores 735/NA Canary Islands 750/910 Mediterranean Gibraltar 685/NA Barcelona, Spain 790/1,450 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,530 Antibes, France 760/1,630 San Remo, Italy 875/1,745 Naples, Italy 800/1,690 Venice, Italy 835/1,625 Corfu, Greece 820/1,905 Piraeus, Greece 755/1,710 Istanbul, Turkey 730/NA Malta 770/1,710 Tunis, Tunisia 650/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 655/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 690/NA Sydney, Australia 710/NA Fiji 760/NA *When available according to local customs.

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San Diego’s Knight & Carver sold to hybrid technology firm Knight & Carver Maritime, a shipyard in Southern California, has been acquired by Arc Lite Power, a marine hybrid technology firm based in San Diego, the companies announced today.

The $30 million investment will expand the combined companies to serve the emerging “green marine” market. Knight & Carver, open since 1971, will continue servicing yachts and will operate the world’s first global hybrid superyacht conversion and certification center, according to a company statement.

An interim operating agreement will allow combined operations to begin immediately.

“We have reached the point where ‘going green’ isn’t simply a fad,” said Sampson A. Brown, Knight & Carver’s chairman of the board. “It’s now a

certifiably smarter, more efficient and more cost-effective way to operate a vessel.”

Arc Lite Power and its affiliated company, EnergyTech Marine, have created hybrid marine propulsion with the Power Core system, which replaces standard marine diesel engines, generator sets and lead-acid battery banks. The firm’s technology won last year’s Environmental Innovation Product of the Year at IBEX. EnergyTech Marine designed and built the world’s first full-hybrid superyacht known as the 83 HD-X. The 83-foot vessel launched at Knight & Carver several years ago.

Spain’s Port Tarraco sold, expanded Port Tarraco, a deep water marina in northeastern Spain, has restructured its berths to accommodate 64 yachts

up to 160m.

Port Tarraco was recently purchased

by Qatari Diar Marina Tarragona (QDMT) from International Marina Tarragona, a Spanish marina operator.

QDMT is a joint venture between parent company Qatari Diar and Marina Barcelona 92 (MB’92), a Barcelona-based operator of marinas.

Port Tarraco is now operated by MB’92, and Mourjan Marinas IGY will manage the branding, sales and marketing.

“The superyacht industry has shown a significant recovery over the past 12 months,” said Marc Colls, general manager of Port Tarraco. “The superyacht service sector needs to prepare for this, and that means being able to accommodate larger yachts of various sizes at any one time and providing the necessary facilities.

“The Mediterranean has the highest concentration of marinas in the world, but it doesn’t have the capacity to accommodate larger yachts,” he said.

“Our aim is to position Port Tarraco as one of the superyacht destinations in the Mediterranean.”

From the nearby MB’92 shipyard facilities, Port Tarraco can offer superyacht repair, refit and maintenance services in the marina or at the shipyard (46 nautical miles away).

Trinity to build two OSVs

Trinity Offshore has signed a $110 million deal with Harvey Gulf International Marine to build two dual fuel, natural gas-powered offshore vessels under U.S. flag, according to press reports.

“These vessels will meet the highest emissions standards that exist today and even higher standards that haven’t been created yet,” said Harvey Gulf CEO Shane J. Guidry in announced the deal on Oct. 7.

“We recognize the strong stance on environmental protection by the administration in the wake of the oil spill and are doing our part to respond to it and provide our customers support for their environmental commitments,” he said. “We hope the government will recognize these achievements and put people back to work in the Gulf of Mexico.”

The first vessel is expected in about two years, with the second following soon after.

The vessels, both 302 feet in length, will be built in Trinity’s Mississippi yard, the same place its sister company, Trinity Yachts, builds luxury yachts.

Harvey Gulf retains an option to order a third vessel.

“This project is a significant step for our re-entry into the Deepwater Support Vessel sector and will employ 300 workers at its peak during the next 30 months,” said John Dane III, Trinity president and CEO.

LA marina adds slips

Los Angeles’ Cabrillo Way Marina was recently renovated to include more slips and larger slips.

Bellingham Marine rebuilt the marina, growing it from 520 to 700 slips, including 10 slips for vessels up

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San Francisco shipyard to add 36 feet to expedition yacht MARINAS, from page B6 to 130 feet, 21 slips for yachts up to 80 feet, and 12 for yachts up to 70 feet. The remainder are for yachts 60 feet and smaller.

The old wooden docks have been replaced with concrete floating docks that offer single slip berths and power pedestals. Sewer pumpout hydrants rest below the docks accessed by a hatch.

The first phase of the renovation is open and has been filled with existing slip holders.

The second, and final, phase has also been completed but the slips aren’t expected to open to the public until the first quarter of 2012.

The water side is 39 acres, with 41 acres of shoreside amenities planned.

Yard to add 36 feet to yacht

Bay Ship & Yacht (BSY) in Northern California has been awarded the contract to lengthen the expedition yacht SuRi by adding a 36-foot midbody hull and superstructure plug.

The new overall length will be 208 feet.

Additional enhancements will include a complete main engine and generator renewal package and a new underwater viewing room that will allow guests to view the ocean from SuRi’s interior.

SuRi is an American-built hull that was converted in Seattle in 2008. BSY, in collaboration with naval architects Kirilloff and Associates of Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Jeffrey Botwin of Herringbone Design of Los Angeles, won the contract for this work by competing against shipyards in New Zealand and Australia.

The refit will use 99 percent American-made products and subcontractors. All work will be overseen by the Fort Lauderdale and San Francisco offices of Bureau Veritas, the yacht’s classification society.

For SuRi, a larger, longer and heavier boat will offer more horsepower, quieter running and less environmental impact. In the passenger area, the sun deck will be extended aft by 24 feet to allow for the owner’s new al fresco dining area.

The bridge and helo deck have received the full length of the mid body of 36 feet. All of the added length

occurs aft of the existing lounge, and a glass-enclosed guest lounge has been added to the main lounge. The new guest lounge can either be closed off in glass – fully climate-controlled and part of the existing expansive lounge – or, by closing the existing lounge aft doors, all of the glass panels can be opened.

Two additional, full beam guest cabins will be installed on the mezzanine level. Existing cabins are also being expanded and reconfigured.

The main deck also received the full added length of 36 feet in the hangar, allowing for the carriage of more toys and tenders than SuRi’s current capacity.

On the hold deck, two rooms offer guests a meeting area on the starboard side that can be used for exercise or as a children’s playroom. On the port side is a media room. Also in this space are two large viewing windows open to the ocean bottom, lit by high-intensity lights.

Bay Ship & Yacht on San Francisco Bay maintains and repairs both steel and aluminum ferries and yachts. The yard has a 3,000-ton floating dry-dock and a Syncrolift for docking vessels up to 215 feet and 1,200 tons.

PDP gets new management

Suntex Management has taken over the management of Yacht Club Port De Plaisance in St. Maarten.

In a letter dated July 4, marina tenants were notified that the previous managers, Princess Group, would no longer be in charge as of July 31.

Several phone calls and e-mails to the new managers did not yield much more information.

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Technology tends to cut manpower, but not workload RULES, from page B1 for minimum safe manning. Each individual commercial yacht or, where allowed, those private yachts conducting limited charters will be issued a document outlining the minimum number of crew required on board. This column will address the policies for the most common flags currently seen on yachts.

United States of America

For yachts registered under the U.S. flag, the U.S. Coast Guard assigns the minimum safe manning criteria for inspected vessels. Any yacht subject to inspection under 46 US Code will have the minimum complement of officers and crew necessary for the safe operation of the vessel outlined on the Certificate of Inspection (COI).

Red Ensign

While each individual flag of registry under the Red Ensign (UK, BVI, Cayman Islands, etc.) has the authority to assign the minimum manning levels, overall guidance is provided in Section 26 of the Large Commercial Yacht Code (LY2).

Based upon yacht type (motor or sail), length, tonnage, and area of operation, the flag will issue the yacht a Minimum Safe Manning Document. For example, under the Cayman Islands flag, for pleasure yachts engaged in trade, the MSMD will be issued in accordance with LY2, as an internationally acceptable equivalence to SOLAS. The issue of an MSMD is mandatory for all pleasure yachts engaged in trade over 500 GT, however it is Cayman Islands policy to provide an MSMD for all pleasure yachts of 24m and larger certified in accordance with LY2 Code

Marshall Islands

For yachts registered under the

Marshall Islands flag, there are two classifications of yachts that are issued a Minimum Safe Manning Certificate (MSMC). These are commercial yachts and private charter yachts.

While the manning levels for each classification are nearly identical, the minimum qualifications for individual crew do fluctuate. For all commercial and private charter yachts of 24m load line length or more and/or of 80 gross tons or more must possess an MSMC issued by the maritime administrator.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

In this flag’s recent revision of its Safety Code of Practice for Pleasure Yachts Engaged in Trade, it amended its safe manning policy. A Minimum Safe Manning Document was originally required only for commercial yachts above 500 GT. For yachts less than this size, it was the owner’s discretion to determine the number of crew on board.

With the new code released Oct. 1, the MSMD requirement was lowered to all commercial yachts of 24m or more

Malta

The Maltese Administration will issue a Minimum Safe Manning Certificate (MSMC) for commercial yachts of more than 24m in length following receipt and review of the application for a safe manning document. The application may be supplied with the owner’s proposed manning levels and copies of related certification. When determining minimum manning levels, Malta takes a similar approach to other registries. It will consider the following factors when assigning the minimum manning: l Gross tonnage; l Main propulsion machinery power installed on board; l Length and nature of voyages with passengers on board;

l Frequency of port calls; l Nature of areas of operation,

including the environmental conditions and time of year; l Size, age, type of yacht, type of rig (in case of sailing yachts), equipment, automation and layout; l Type of construction and type of equipment on board; l STCW requirements; and l Yacht’s operational requirements.

While the above explanations are the current policies of these flags, it is important to note that there is a considerable regulation still pending ratification that will drastically affect minimum safe manning scales.

This is the Maritime Labour Code (MLC). Because existing regulations primarily focus on watch standers, the MLC will now require flag administrations to consider all seafarers on board. This will include the interior staff, their working and rest hours.

It will be interesting to see how the various flag states interpret the new manning requirements and make them applicable to their respective fleets.

History shows that as technology advances, physical manpower decreases.

Yet somehow, the amount of actual work always seems to increase, only to be shared by even fewer people.

Capt. Jake DesVergers is chief surveyor for International Yacht Bureau (IYB), which provides flag-state inspection services to yachts on behalf of several administrations. A deck officer graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, he previously sailed as master on merchant ships, acted as designated person for a shipping company, and served as regional manager for a classification society.

Contact him at +1 954-596-2728 or www. yachtbureau.org. Comments are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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Safely navigate the twists and turns of Ft. Lauderdale’s New River Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in The Triton in November 2006. Since that time, we’ve had numerous requests to reprint it, but have held off. It’s fairly odd for a newspaper to reprint an old story.

Re-reading it, however, we realize what a good job Capt. Michael Knecht did with this story, and what a valuable resource it is to yacht captains and crew in Ft. Lauderdale.

So here it is again, in the four-page center spread so you can pull it out and keep it handy for future reference.

By Capt. Michael Knecht Navigating Ft. Lauderdale’s New River can be a challenge for even the most experienced captain. The New River is filled with confusing markers, twists and turns, currents and very tight quarters.

Join me as I travel up the New River. (As we go, we will monitor VHF Channel 16 and VHF Channel 9. Most of the river traffic and all of the bridges monitor Channel 9.)

As we start up the river from the south, take note that there are two sets of markers in this area: the New River markers and the ICW markers.

If someone gets them confused, their yacht can wind up aground on the Triangle.

This is the first of many securité calls that we will make during our journey. We will make all securité calls (pronounced si-kyoor-i-TAY) on channels 9 and 16.

The passage between markers 5 and 6 at the mouth of the river can be tight for large yachts and is not a good place to meet another vessel.

Here’s what I say when I’m approaching that area (adapt it to meet your situation): “Securité, securité, securité.

TowboatU.S. New River inbound the mouth of the New River at markers 5 and 6 with a motor yacht in tow.

Any concerned traffic please contact TowBoatU.S. New River on VHF Channel 9.”

As we continue along the river, one of the first good waiting areas approaches between markers 7 and 8.

(No. 1 on the map.)

We can comfortably wait here to pass a vessel coming out of Tarpon Bend. This is also one of the locations I like to use when meeting a yacht to tow up the river.

First tricky spot

Our next securité call is as we approach markers 9 and 10. Here we will announce our approach to Tarpon Bend.

This is the first tricky spot. It is a blind S-turn and we cannot see oncoming traffic. There are a number of shallow spots approaching the bend and on the inside of the bend that

concern me as well.

At this point it is important that we not get out of shape as we navigate Tarpon Bend.

Don’t be surprised to come around the turn and meet another yacht at the most difficult part. It has happened many times.

I find that signaling with a horn is a good practice as I negotiate the many blind turns on the river to let oncoming traffic know I’m coming. Remember, not everyone listens to their VHF radio.

Now that we are through Tarpon Bend, there is about a quarter mile of mostly straight navigation.

If someone had responded to our securité call, I would have suggested that this is a good area for down-bound traffic to wait as we negotiated Tarpon Bend. (No. 2 on the map.)

At the end of this quarter mile, we

see that the river has a short bend. At this bend sits the building called the Girl’s School. This five-story, dormitorystyle building sits on the north side of the river.

I like to make a securité call in the straightaway so I can wait on my side of the Girl’s School should I need to pass something large.

Approaching the bridges

Now we are on our way to the tunnel where U.S. 1 passes under the New River. Here the river takes a bend to the southwest. We will make a securité call as we approach.

While it is a wide spot and passable, we need to make sure that if the current is running we allow room for the yacht with the current on its stern to swing as it comes around the turn.

Now the river takes a turn back to

the west as we approach downtown Ft. Lauderdale.

We move with care as we come around this corner just before the Third Avenue bridge. It can be tight when you have boats docked on both sides of the river.

If I need to pass someone at Third Avenue, I choose to do it on the upriver side.

The next bridge is Andrews Avenue.

The area between Third Avenue and Andrews Avenue can be a good place to pass. (No. 3 on the map.)

The next bridge we see is the FEC Railroad bridge. This is the only bridge on the river that does not have a bridge tender. It is computer controlled and goes down automatically when a train

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Monitor Ch. 9 to hear of bridge openings; sharing one is good NEW RIVER, from page B9 is coming.

If it goes down, all we can do is station keep and wait.

Once we are through the FEC Railroad bridge, the river makes a sharp turn to the south at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. As we approach this bend, we will make a securité call.

The area between the performing arts center and the FEC Railroad bridge can be tight and is usually not a good place to pass.

The short straightaway on the south side of the bend can be a good place to meet another large vessel. (No. 4 on the map.)

Now we are at the Seventh Avenue bridge, the last of the downtown bridges.

Working with bridge tenders

Let’s pause here for a note about working with the bridge tenders. The tenders monitor Channel 9. I listen for other traffic calling the bridges as I approach.

Sometimes it is possible to coordinate a shared opening with the

other vessel. This saves the bridge an opening and has saved me from waiting because I got there just after the bridge closed.

Remember, too, that the New River bridges have two lockdown periods: 0730-0830 and 1630-1730. Commercial vessels have one advantage in this situation: The bridges will open for towboats on demand, even during lockdown, so there is no waiting if you are under tow.

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Navigating Ft. Lauderdale’s New River The red, circled numbers indicate good places to pass or wait for traffic and correspond to locations discussed in the story that begins on page B9.

Taking the South Fork

About a quarter of a mile past the Seventh Avenue bridge is the fork in the river. The south fork leads to Little Florida and the bulk of the city’s marinas and boat yards.

The stretch between Seventh Avenue and the fork is a good place for us to wait for any traffic coming out of Little Florida. (No. 5 on the map.)

We will make a securité call before we commit to Little Florida, a sharp S-turn that can be difficult, especially when there is a strong current.

There is a short straightaway just upriver from the turn. If anyone

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The farther up river you go, the more tricky and tight it gets NEW RIVER, from page B10 responds to our securité call, they will probably wait there for us to pass. (No. 6 on the map.)

The next areas we will approach are Ducksville and the Wiggles or Narrows. We will make a securité call at Ducksville and be prepared to wait there for any down-bound traffic coming through the Wiggles.

The Wiggles is a quarter-mile stretch that can be tight for a large vessel and leaves little room for maneuvering, let alone passing. And

it is very unforgiving if a boat has a mechanical problem.

We will listen as we approach the area for any down-bound vessels that may call the Davie Boulevard bridge, but not answer our securité call.

Safely coming out of the Wiggles, we are in a wide area before we reach Davie Boulevard.

We can stay here to pass a downbound yacht waiting to enter the Wiggles or if we meet a down-bound yacht coming through the Davie Boulevard bridge. (No. 7 on the map.)

It may be wide, but we need to stay

alert in this area. When the current is strong and the wind is blowing, it is easy to get shoved around a bit.

We are past Davie Boulevard and in the long straightaway (about a third of a mile) that ends with a 90-degree turn.

This is another place where we will make a securité call before we commit to the turn.

There is plenty of room on both sides of the turn for vessels to pass (No. 8 on the map) but no room in the turn for two vessels of any size to pass.

After the turn we are back in a stretch of the river that is filled with

yards and marinas.

Toughest spot on the river

Farther along, we find ourselves in a quarter-mile straightaway that leads into a long curve that passes under the I-95 overpass. (No. 9 on the map.)

We will make a securité call in this straightaway before committing to the curve. We can wait here for any yachts that are already committed to the CSX Railway bridge or coming out from under I-95.

Now we are approaching one of the toughest spots on the river, the CSX Railway bridge. This is a problematic spot in perfect conditions. When the current is running and/or the wind is strong, it can be particularly dangerous.

The CSX Railway bridge has a bridge tender. I like to call them while still in a comfortable place to find out if I am going to have to wait for a train.

We will make a securité call and keep our eyes open for traffic that is not monitoring the VHF. It will be a difficult situation if we meet another vessel, even a small one, after we have committed to passing through the railway bridge.

There is plenty of room on the upriver side of the bridge to have outbound traffic wait. (No. 10 on the map.)

We made it

We successfully maneuvered the most difficult parts of the river. For the next half mile the river takes relatively gentle turns until it comes to a 90degree turn to the west, just before the Secret Woods Nature Center. We will make a securité call in the straightaway before we commit to this turn.

As we pass Secret Woods on the south side we approach more marinas and boatyards. Here, coming off the river to the south and heading under State Road 84, is a waterway to the Dania Cut-off Canal.

The river continues west, past more boatyards on the south side and homes on the north.

The New River continues west for miles, but this is as far as we will go on this journey.

It’s a beautiful, scenic waterway but can be quite adventuresome for those who are unfamiliar with it. Along with the challenges of nature is the constant concern of other boaters.

Without proper planning, forethought and the ability to react quickly to a chance meeting in a blind corner, a scratch or worse is possible.

Capt. Michael Knecht is river supervisor for yachts at TowBoatUS New River. Contact him at 1-954-292-0948.

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Even salty air that gets inside can begin process of corrosion PWC, from page B1 on yachts, especially for charters.

But they are one more thing for yacht crew to deal with.

“Maintenance is the biggest part, preventative maintenance,” Capt.

Koehler said. “Most important is flushing the system each time you use it. You have to keep it clean to prevent corrosion and electrolysis.”

Mike Shaw is service adviser at Broward Motorsports in Ft. Lauderdale.

He frequently repairs PWC for yachts and said corrosion is absolutely the main problem.

“The crew know to do maintenance but they don’t always do it,” he said.

“They keep me in business. I’ve pulled so many engines apart and it looks like barnacles growing in there.”

He urges using a saltwater treatment applied with an attachment that connects between the water hose and engine during regular flushing. This helps dissolve saltwater residue.

Crew fight corrosion on all cables, also. Shaw suggests using anti-corrosion sprays for the whole engine.

“Spray everything, every time after rinsing,” Shaw said.

Capt. Jay Kimmal of M/Y Summerwind learned a lesson with one of the three PWC he has onboard.

“It’s just more than a year old and the engine is rusted, the inside cylinders and walls,” he said.

Kimmel said he does all the maintenance suggested in the owner’s manual, especially rinsing the engine with fresh water and spraying the contacts with silicone.

“The tech said the salty air just gets in when the engine cools,” he said. “Now that’s something it doesn’t say in the owner’s manual.”

A technician in St. Maartin told him to start and run the engines every couple of weeks, whether used or not.

“You need to move the air out and heat them up,” he said. He has also replaced the injectors because he said they’re made of plastic.

Not all guests want to use the PWC on every trip, which can make maintenance more important. If they are expected to not be used, there are several theories on storage.

“Even if they are idle, you still have to do monthly maintenance,” Capt.

Koehler said. “Letting the crew use them is a good way to check them and do maintenance.”

Draining the fluids

If they sit for more than a couple of weeks, Shaw suggests crew drain fluids.

“Either run dry or drain the fuel,” he said. “The ethanol settles out.”

For seasonal storage, service adviser Juan Smith of Jet Ski of Miami suggests leaving the tanks full.

“I like to service them before putting them into storage,” he said. “The oils

have the right additives, you want to have new oil to move the additives through the system.”

Smith’s theory is that if you store them dry, then everything is dry when you try to start it back up, which can damage the engine. He uses 2+4 fuel conditioner which he said is good for four years.

And he suggests leaving the battery charged with a charger.

Depending on where they are stored, Shaw recommends spraying all metal parts, all the cables (reverse and steering cables) and covering the machines.

“They definitely can corrode,” Shaw said. “No water craft is water tight.

Leave plugs out when you store them.”

Smith uses Yamalube oil and Boeshield T-9 for corrosion inhibition.

“These things are breathing heavy, humid air,” he said. “That moisture is in the system and needs a humidity defense. The internal metal is only protected by the oil.”

Smith tells yacht crew to really read the manual and use the manufacturer’s recommendations.

If crew prefer to service their own PWCs, that’s fine, but he urged them to call with questions and take the machines in for manufacturer’s service every 75-100 hours of use or at least once a year.

“The engineers are savvy and know what they’re doing,” Smith said. “There are just different subsystems with these.

And sometimes yachts just don’t have all the special tools onboard.”

Capt. Herb Magney of M/Y At Last maintains relationships with repair facilities in Florida and Nassau, Bahamas.

“Both of which help us with remote problem resolution and they are there for routine changing of major parts,” he said.

The two-stroke machines on M/Y At Last have been modified for saltwater with enhanced spark plug cables, absorbed glass mat batteries and lots of extra lubing of cables, Magney said.

The crew also take care to prevent fuel problems.

“We double filter our gasoline for sediments and water before using it, because we had fuel-related problems before,” Magney said. “And that last bit of air has salt in it.”

To an extent, yachts have to carry spares because they are travelling, said Jet Ski’s Smith. He recommends standard oil, filters, plugs and corrosion inhibitor, and a battery charger to keep one battery charged at all times. Some captains said they keep spare cables, starters and carburetors onboard.

“And you have to carry gas, not diesel,” Kimmal said.

Now, let someone ride it

Even once the science of maintaining PWCs is mastered, they can still be a headache when you factor in the human

element, the driver.

“The nightmare is with guests,” Capt.

Koehler said. “It’s guests that don’t have a clue. You have to teach them.”

Many people are unaccustomed to navigating watercraft, a vessel with no brakes.

“They don’t know you have to have propulsion to steer, to maneuver,” he said. “If you leave off the throttle then you can’t steer.

“They don’t know they could use reverse,” Koehler said. “If they knew that much, they wouldn’t be in harm’s way, anyway.”

Koehler makes sure to put up fenders to protect the yacht.

“Since they don’t know to throttle, they just run into things, like the dive platform,” he said.

Several servicemen said many repair issues stem from such preventable incidents.

“The problems with these [PWCs] is usually user-error,” Shaw said. “And there is no way to control the guests.”

Another problem comes with shallow water that can introduce sand into the cooling system and that can be expensive to repair, he said.

“You see them beach the Jet Ski and then start from there,” Shaw said. “But every single one of these requires a minimum of three feet of water.”

He recommends starting in deep

water and possibly push the machines up and down to try to get the sand out first before you start the motor.

Guests think of the PWC like they would a rental and often aren’t paying attention to issues.

“One of our yachts just got two new machines because the charter guest ran it through the alarm and the engine overheated,” Smith said. “That trashed the engine.”

“The operator can turn off alarms, but some of the newer models have a default that keeps the speed slow during an alarm,” Magney said.

Magney attempts to cut down on incidents with a two-page checklist the crew walks the riders through. Then the guest has to sign it, he said.

Even with constant maintenance, PWCs are not all that bad.

“My boss really likes them and the kids really, really like them,” Kimmal said.

And, quietly, Capt. Koehler admitted that although they are a bother in many respects, he doesn’t completely want them off his boats.

“They are fun,” he said. “I do like them.”

Dorie Cox is a staff reporter and associate editor with The Triton.

Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

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Shutter and aperture still work in tandem Welcome aboard photo enthusiasts.

Back to my review of the basics, begun in the last column, inspired by an avid photographer asking if advancing a career in the field required the purchase of an expensive DSLR camera; the premise of the article being the level of skill far outweighs the caliber of your Photo Exposé equipment.

James Schot I got as far as going through the ISO setting. Now let’s explore the interplay between the shutter speed and aperture.

The shutter speed setting controls movement and action. Setting a fast shutter, such as 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 on up will work to stop (freeze) action. A slow shutter such as 1/8, 1/4 and longer will allow for a flow of action.

Setting a large aperture, such as f/2.8 or f/4 will give shallow depth of field, while f/5.6, f/8 on up will give great depth of field, meaning the range in which objects near and far stay in focus.

The thing to keep in mind is they work in unison, when you change one (to achieve some creative end) you have

A photo I took with my new Canon SX230HS with an incredible 14X 28392mm zoom. to do the opposite to the other to get the right exposure, and that is obtained by the metering.

For example, you are taking a portrait that benefits from a shallow depth of field by focusing attention on the subject. You take a meter reading with your camera and it (arbitrarily) shows f/8 at 1/30 shutter speed will make a good exposure.

But f/4 will give a more desired shallow depth of field, so you calculate: f/8 to f/5.6 to f/4 is two stops down, meaning you have to take the shutter from 1/30 to 1/60 to 1/125, or two stops up. Yes, f/4 at 1/125 will give the same, correct exposure as f/8 at 1/30.

Taking super photographs involves a thought process based on applying your knowledge of photography. The more you have developed your skills, the better you can expect the photo outcome to be. Better equipment will improve some technical aspects, such as edge sharpness and color saturation.

To me, that is far less important than the impact of a great photograph.

On to some breaking news: I bought a new toy … a pocket camera. I recently took a trip to Brazil. It was a personal trip, and I didn’t want to take my big, heavy, expensive camera with me. But I cannot go anywhere without a camera.

I really enjoy the operation of my pocket Leica D-LUX3. It has the qualities I look for: rugged metal construction, great image quality, the ability to take RAW as well as JPG images, and excellent optics.

Although offering a must-have -- a true 28mm wide angle -- the optics do have one drawback: a limited 3X zoom range. Even though I consider this a minor drawback, for this trip I wanted a pocket camera with a longer zoom range.

Zoom ranges for pocket cameras had been limited to 3X and slightly

longer due to their small size. My Leica is, at 28mm, wide open. With its 3X capability, it can zoom through to 2X or 56mm and out to 3X or 112mm.

Keep in mind this is an optical zoom range. This is important. If you hear “digital zoom gives you an added 10X capability” that will be true, but the quality will be terrible, so it is a useless/ worthless spec. Be sure any zoom range you are considering in the purchase of a camera is “optical.”

One day before my trip I was at the book store reading a photography magazine when I came across a review of the Ricoh CX5 pocket camera. It has some interesting features like the Golf Swing continuous mode, meaning it is so fast you can use it to photograph and analyze your golf swing.

What really got me thinking was its 10.7X 28-300mm optical zoom. It’s amazing how technology has advanced to make this possible.

I decided to go to my usual research source dpreview.com to see what other manufacturers had made strides in this area. I’ve mentioned before there are a large variety of great cameras made by various manufacturers, but I have been a longtime Canon user so I ended up purchasing the Canon SX230HS with an incredible 14X 28-392mm zoom capability.

There are things I like about the Canon and some things I still like better with my Leica. I’ll get into my likes and dislikes in the next column. It does take an excellent photo and here is one shot I took with this camera.

Enjoy while I take permission to come ashore.

James Schot has been a professional photographer for more than 35 years and has a studio/gallery in Ft. Lauderdale. Send questions to james@ bestschot.com.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Boat shows, conferences abound around the globe Nov. 2 The Triton’s monthly

networking event (the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) with Winterfest at the Riverside Hotel Ft. Lauderdale. Join us for casual networking. at www.the-triton.com.

Nov. 2-4 ABYC Standards Certification course, Ft. Lauderdale. Key ABYC standards on compliance issues relevant to engineers, installers, compliance inspectors and surveyors.

Followed by a 100 question exam for standards certification. +1 410-9904460, www.abycinc.org.

Nov. 3 The Triton From the Bridge

captains lunch, noon, Ft. Lauderdale.

A roundtable discussion of the issues of the day. For yacht captains only.

Request a seat from Editor Lucy Reed at lucy@the-triton.com or call +1 954525-0029. Space is limited.

Nov. 5-13 50th annual Barcelona

International Boat Show, Gran Via and Port Vell Exhibition Center. www.salonnautico.com.

Nov. 6 Daylight saving time ends. Set clocks back one hour.

Nov. 6 SunTrust Sunday Jazz Brunch

(first Sunday of every month) at Riverwalk, Ft. Lauderdale. Free from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. www.fortlauderdale.gov

Nov. 6-11 Intermediate Marina

Management course by the International Marina Institute, Tampa, Fla. The first step toward becoming a Certified Marina Manager (CMM) or Certified Marina Operator (CMO). Topics include marina law, contracts, risks and liabilities, fireand emergency-response planning, and fuel-system management. www.

MarinaAssociation.org, +1-401–247– 0314

Nov 9 Propeller selection and sizing webinar with Dave Gerr. www.abycinc.org

Nov. 10-11 2nd annual Vero Beach Rotary Nautical Flea Market at Riverside Park, Vero Beach, Fla. Fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Vero Beach with proceeds donated to local youth services. www. verorotarynauticalfleamarket.com

Nov. 10-12 24th annual ShowBoats

International magazine’s Yacht Rendezvous, West Palm Beach, Fla. Held at Rybovich to benefit Boys & Girls Club of Broward County. Doobie Brothers to perform. +1 954-537-1010, www.yachtrendezvous.com

EVENT OF MONTH Nov. 7-11 Tortola, BVI 30th annual BVI Charter Show Hosted by the Charter Yacht Society. Show kicks off with a crew social on Nov. 7 from 7:30-9 p.m. at Virgin Queen Restaurant. www.bvicrewedyachts.com

Nov. 11-13 Annual convention

and general meeting of the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA), Melbourne, Fla. www.ssca.org, +1 954-771-5660

Nov. 11-13 Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing! in

Islamorada, Fla. Registration of $145 for weekend seminar includes welcome reception, seminars, hands-on training and use of equipment, lunch, goody bag, and more. +1 954-475-9068, www.ladiesletsgofishing.com

Nov. 12 4th annual Ft. Yachtie Da

International Film Festival, Cinema Paradiso, Ft. Lauderdale. A video contest for yacht crew complete with Academy Awards-style trophy for first place and prizes in six categories.

Categories are comedy, action, documentary, infomercial, yachtie lifestyle and best overall. This year’s theme is The Great Gatsby featuring the Roaring 20s, flappers and fedoras. www.fortyachtieda.com

Nov. 12 Errol Flynn Benefit Ball, Errol

Flynn Marina and Shipyard, Portland, Jamaica. Annual ball to benefit the Portland Homeless Rehabilitation Centre and Shelter. +1 876-715-6044 or +1 876-993-3209, www.errolflynnmarina.com

Nov. 13-20 28th annual Miami Book

Fair International, the largest in the country with more than 350 authors and a half million visitors. Is part of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College. The street fair is Nov. 18-20 on the streets surrounding the college. +1 305-237-3258 www.miamibookfair.com

Nov. 14-16 Global Superyacht

Forum, Amsterdam. New-technology sessions, panel debates on core topics, and one-on-one interviews. www. superyachtevents.com

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Trade shows, flea markets and boat shows worldwide in Nov. CALENDAR from page B17

Nov. 15-17 METS, the largest trade

exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry, organized by Amsterdam RAI in association with the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA). www.metstrade.com

MAKING PLANS Summer 2012 Olympic Games, London Marinas and wharf dockage is already filling up around London in preparation of the 2012 Summer Games.

For more information, visit www.royaldocks2012.org

Nov. 15-16 21st International HISWA

Symposium on Yacht Design and Yacht Construction, Amsterdam. Organized

by HISWA Association, Delft University of Technology and Amsterdam RAI. www.hiswasymposium.com

Nov. 16 The Triton’s monthly

networking event (ocassionally held the third Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) at Marina Bay Marina in Ft. Lauderdale (I-95 and State Road 84).

Join us for casual networking. www.the-triton.com.

Nov 19-20 Broward County Marine

Flea Market, Ft. Lauderdale. Marine industry and private individuals will sell overstocked, new and used marine equipment. War Memorial Auditorium, 800 N.E. Eighth St. +1 954-205-7813, www.flnauticalfleamarket.com

Nov. 23-24 2nd annual conference

and exhibition of ECDIS Revolution, Kensington Forum Hotel, London.

Conference is for parties involved with the development and use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems. www.ecdisrevolution.org

Nov. 30-Dec. 2 International

WorkBoat Show, New Orleans. 900 exhibitors targeting the people and businesses who work on the coastal, inland and offshore waters. www. workboatshow.com

Dec

Holiday Boat Parade Finder. A Web site that lists lighted boat parades by state or date, and includes links and contact information.

BoatUS.com/Events

Dec. 1-2 Superyacht Marketing

Forum, London. To focus on all aspects of strategic marketing, includes a workshop with a mix of case studies, papers and networking. www. superyachtevents.com

Dec. 1-4 St. Petersburg Power and

Sailboat Show, St. Petersburg, Fla. The U.S. Gulf Coast’s largest boat show, in water and on land. www.showmanagement.com

Dec. 2-4 Captain and Crew Golf Tournament, La Paz, Mexico. www.captcrewcostabaja.com

Dec. 3-11 Salon Nautique

International de Paris, Porte de Versailles. 1,200 exhibitors and 1,400 boats on display, including 600 motor, 500 sail and 300 assorted small craft. www.salonnautiqueparis.com

Dec. 4-10

50th annual Antigua Charter Yacht Show. Held at Nelson’s Dockyard Marina in English Harbour, Falmouth Harbour Marina and Antigua Yacht Club Marina. www. antiguayachtshow.com.

Dec. 6-8 Basic Marine Electrical

course, Portland, Maine. Designed for the marine professional with minimal or no electrical experience. Topics include basic theory, alternators, battery charger, bonding. AC/DC standards and troubleshooting practices. +1 410-990-4460, www.abycinc.org

Dec. 7 The Triton’s monthly networking

event (the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) in Ft. Lauderdale.

Join us for casual networking. Details to follow at www.the-triton.com.

Dec. 8 The Triton‘s From the Bridge

captains lunch, Ft. Lauderdale, noon.

For captains only. RSVP to Associate Editor Dorie Cox at dorie@the-triton. com or +1 954-525-0029. Space is limited.

Dec. 10 Winterfest Boat Parade, Ft.

Lauderdale. The 40th annual boat parade begins up the New River, travels down to the ICW then north to Commercial Boulevard. Entries still available; private boats $35. www.winterfestparade.com

Jan. 7-8 24th annual Las Olas Art

Festival-Part I, Ft. Lauderdale. More than 300 regional and national artists exhibit on Las Olas Boulevard. Free.

(Part II held the first weekend in March.) www.ArtFestival.com

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SPOTTED: Savannah, Ga.

Triton Spotters

The crew of S/Y Blue Too, a 112-foot (34m) vessel built by Alloy Yachts, are in Savannah overseeing a refit at Thunderbolt Marine shipyard.

They sent such a cute Triton Spotter that we had to print them both so we could show their faces, too.

The wise little monkeys are, from left to right, Eng. Gavin McIntosh, Deckhand Toby Matthews, and Mate Mieke Hermans. Capt. James Barrett joins them below behind the sign to the right.

Those sailors sure do enjoy their lives, don’t they? Even in the shipyard.

PHOTOs from CAPT. JAMES BARRETT

Where have you taken your Triton recently?

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Eeew, germs are everywhere

Chef’s charity ride in India

With MPT in Lauderdale

With Winterfest and Marina Bay

They hide in galleys, laundry and heads

3,500 miles on a rebuilt motorcycle

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TRITON SURVEY: NON-YACHTING-RELATED DUTIES

Three years later, crew still pick up extra chores

By Lucy Chabot Reed We thought it would be interesting to revisit a survey we conducted at the height of yachting’s previous boom.

In the fall of 2008, we asked yacht crew about the kinds of work they do that seemingly has nothing to do with yachts.

At the time, we were educated to learn that most crew perform nonyachting-relating duties, and surprised to learn that most fully expect to.

Though much has changed in yachting in the intervening three years, not much has changed when it comes to non-yachting-related duties.

In your current job, do you have responsibilities that outsiders might see as having nothing to do with yachting?

In 2008, a bit fewer than 60 percent had these responsibilities. Now, a bit more than 60 percent do.

“Over the years I have become an extension of the owner’s personal and professional activities,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet with the owner more than seven years.

“Knowing the customers and family that share time on the yacht, it only became fitting to do that on land as well as the sea.”

“I have a great situation where the boat sits for more than half the year and I get paid the same as someone that travels a lot more,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 15 years. “I have no problem with doing a few odd jobs for the boss.

“He pays me very well and occasionally he asks for a favor and I

Taking care of the yacht owner’s personal life, including walking and caring for the family pet, is all part of the job of working on a yacht.

PHOTO/DORIE COX do it,” this captain said. “Maybe I drive him to the airport, pick his kid up at school, fix a door at his house, etc.

After eight years on the same boat, I welcome any job that doesn’t mean staring at the same old projects.”

We tried to crunch this number by gender, curious to see if these duties fell to women more than men, but more than 80 percent of our respondents were men, so we fear it’s a bit irrelevant. Still, here it is: Half of

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women said they are asked to do nonyachting tasks; three quarters of men are asked to do them.

“We do [peripheral duties] in rare occasions, and we don’t mind,” said the captain on a yacht 120-140 feet with the owner about five years. “If it was a regular obligation, the situation would be different. On the other side of the fence, the owner on several

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Pasta, pasta, and more pasta. That’s all I heard.

The crew preference sheet listed pasta by each person’s name. What they wanted was energy to last them until they were off duty or until dinner.

What crew often don’t realize is that if they eat large quantities of pasta, they will actually get hungry faster, Culinary Waves especially if they eat Mary Beth simple pasta with Lawton Johnson a cream or tomato sauce.

There are other ways to keep the guys on deck healthy and full of energy without dealing with the ups (and eventual downs) of wacked out blood sugar. Carbohydrates do that to you, especially if they are the main ingredient served without something to counter the blood sugar highs brought on by the carbs.

Right after lunch, crew on deck have all kinds of energy, but by 3 or 4 p.m., they slow down again, feeling sluggish, lacking energy and wanting a nap.

Simply put, pasta alone is not the answer to feed a guy who works in the hot sun.

There is nothing more disappointing to a chef than to have the deck crew stand in our galleys, looking for a snack because the previous meal we prepared didn’t give them what they needed to last the afternoon.

We may take the easy way out and say “we gave them what they wanted,” but it didn’t work.

So exactly how do we sustain them until dinner rolls around?

The solution is not found in pasta.

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NETWORKING LAST MONTH: Maritime Professional Training

ore than 300 yacht captains, crew and industry professionals joined The Triton to network with Maritime Professional Training (MPT) on the first Wednesday in October in Ft. Lauderdale. Crew were meeting and greeting as they ramped up for the season with a live band, beverages and great tacos from Nacho PHOTOS/DORIE COX Bizness.

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Deck the halls (or hulls) with Triton networking and Winterfest The Winterfest Boat Parade, Fort Lauderdale’s holiday spectacular of lights, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Dec. 10.

And its organizers are hosting another Triton networking event in November.

Four years ago, it moved its starting point from Port Everglades to the New River to enable more people to enjoy the parade from shore. Much anticipated staging problems didn’t arise and the parade continues to start up the New River.

This year, the parade includes a classic yacht division, a tender division and a broker division.

The Belle of the Parade is expected to be the 170-foot Lady Windridge, decorated with a 40th anniversary theme.

The entry fee for a private yacht is $35. Captains are treated to a Captain’s Meeting event at the Seminole Hard Rock before the parade and a thankyou dinner in February.

Even if you can’t attend the event, join us from 6-8 on Nov. 2 for our firstWednesday-of-the-month networking with the organizers of Winterfest. We’re meeting at the Riverside Hotel, the renovated historical hotel on Las Olas Boulevard (620 E. Las Olas Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, 33301). Come find us by the pool.

Until then, learn more about how to participate in the parade from Executive Director Lisa Scott-Founds.

Q. We talked six months ago about the parade. Have you had much interest from the yachting community since then?

A. Winterfest has five entries committed for the parade from the yacht broker community. We are still accepting applications for entries that can compete in a variety of divisions: charter, charity, classic yacht, brokers, sailboats, barges and privately owned boats.

Q. Why aren’t more yachts involved?

A. Many yacht owners do not realize it is only $35 to enter the parade and decorating has become very inexpensive with retail stores selling many pre-fab decorations created in LED lights. The parade is also the perfect event to promote a business or highlight a charity while hosting a unique holiday party.

Q. It seems like many of the large yachts in the parade are host boats for charities. Tell us about some of those.

A. A few years ago, Winterfest began encouraging all boaters to place a sign on their entry promoting the charity of their choice. The event has always worked with charities within the

parade as well as hosting them at the Grandstand Viewing Area and during our Family Fun Days.

In 2010, more than 35 charities were involved in the celebration with many of our larger entries showcasing signs for charities such as Habitat for Humanity and Kids in Distress.

Q. How can a yacht captain or owner offer their vessel for a charity’s parade entry?

A. Winterfest would be happy to connect a yacht captain or owner with a list of charities willing to help decorate their vessel for the opportunity to have their charity’s banner and message highlighted in the parade.

Q. Isn’t this a good marketing opportunity to promote a yacht for sale?

A. Absolutely. One of my favorite memories is receiving a phone call from a parade entry who had a “for sale” sign on his boat. Someone saw the yacht in our television show in Boston, called the owner and purchased it. The owner was ecstatic since he had had the yacht advertised for months. Entering the parade was the most inexpensive and indirect promotion he had done.

Bob Saxon, president of International Yacht Collection, is on the Winterfest advisory board, so we asked him a few questions, too.

Q. This is the first time large marine companies such as West Marine are sponsoring the parade.

What do you make of that? Why haven’t we – the megayacht industry – been more supportive of this event?

A. I don’t feel it’s been a matter of the industry not being supportive.

It’s just that it’s not been viewed as a yachting event in the traditional sense.

It’s a problem with perception.

Additionally, the typical boat participating in the parade would demonstrate large groups of people on board and, as we all know, there are certain restrictions that are in place as to the number of guests one can have aboard a pleasure yacht that is not commercial but acting in what might be viewed as a commercial use.

This perception may not be reality, but the perception exists.

Q. Should a yacht or a brokerage company be in the parade? What do they get out of it?

If you ask a broker about exposure for one of his or her centrals for sale within a venue that effectively shows the yacht to millions of viewers, I think it’s a no-brainer.

Find out more about Winterfest in a previous question-and-answer feature in the May issue. Visit www.the-triton.com and search for “winterfest.”

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NETWORKING THIS MONTH: Marina Bay Marina

Marina Bay Resort and Marina hosts networking with Triton Join The Triton at Marina Bay Marina for networking on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 6-8 p.m. Marina Bay is located on the New River in Ft. Lauderdale just west of I-95 and just west of Lauderdale Marine Center.

All yacht captains, crew and industry pros are welcome to join us.

Until then, get to know a little more about Marina Bay from Dockmaster John Workman and General Manager Connie Schoen.

Q. What should captains and crew know about Marina Bay Marina?

The deepwater marina at Marina Bay Resort has 168 slips on floating docks for yachts up Workman to 150 feet.

In the 1970s and ‘80s, Marina Bay was frequented by the rich and famous with Alfred Bloomingdale and Bill McComas heading a private club. The club roster had about 6,000 names and included Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Burt Reynolds, Paul Newman, Kenny Rogers and Evil Knievel. The resort featured 40 floating houseboat hotel rooms, including the ones that were seen on the TV series Flipper.

A lot of people don’t know that the marina was a quarry first. This basin was where the rock came from for the building of I-95. That’s the reason our marina is so deep, more than 40 feet.

Q. What happened to the houseboats?

Many were privately owned and sold. Some are still in the Florida Keys and a couple went to Miami. Hurricane Wilma took out the rest.

Q. What do yachts need to know about navigating to Marina Bay? We’re located 4.2 miles up the New River, west of the I-95 Bridge. As we said, the water in the marina is deep, about 40 feet in many areas.

The docks are 10-foot-wide floating

docks and the east side of the marina has six rows of floating finger docks.

The slips are 24 feet wide with a row of side-to dockage. The west side of the marina has two rows of finger docks (also with slips that are 24 feet wide) and 18 side-to floating docks up to 168 feet long. Power in the marina is 50 amp and 100 amp, 3-phase service.

A gated community surrounds the marina so access to the docks is well controlled and there is 24-hour security.

Q. What amenities are offered?

All guest, captain and crews are welcome to use all the amenities. The 10,000 square foot clubhouse has a pool, hot tub, fitness center, Internet room, movie theater, lounge with Barnie’s coffee, Vita exercise course, tennis court, racquetball court, billiard room, wi-fi and the daily newspaper.

There is also the Rendezvous Bar and Grill which has indoor and an outdoor seating and a patio bar. We’re also pet friendly.

Q. What’s special about the marina?

The amenities are great; you have it all here. We are in the middle of the best boat yards in the area, which makes it a great place to stage the boat before and after having work done. Again, the amenities make it an exceptional location.

Q. How are the slips managed?

The marina has several options including transient, one month, threeplus months and annual rates. We do allow live aboard and pets. Contact Marina Bay at +1 954-240-0605 for the dock master or the marina office at +1 954-791-7600 for slip reservations.

For more details, visit www.marina bay-fl.com. To arrive by land, it is on the northwest corner of I-95 and State Road 84. Take State Road west of I-95, turn at the first right at the base of the overpass and head to the clubhouse near the end.

If you get to Rendezvous Bar and Grill, you’ve gone one driveway too far.

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C November 2011 IN THE GALLEY: Culinary Waves

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Empty stomach can control cognitive processes WAVES, from page C1 Our best bet in feeding men a meal that will get them through the afternoon is vegetables and protein. Think complete protein meal. Think lentils. Think beans. Think whole grain rice. Think protein.

And yes, add a small amount of carbohydrates. This will keep your crew mates’ blood sugar and energy at a stable level.

A great protein I use a lot that stabilizes blood sugar is lentils. They are super in soups, stews, with lean meats or alone with vegetables.

Men are difficult sometimes – OK, a lot of the time – when food is either not ready or isn’t what they had planned. They are not easy to feed, and when they are not fed, they can get off balance. A man’s empty stomach can control their cognitive thinking process, resulting in emotional imbalances, temper tantrums, anger and impatience, even physical and verbal abuse. They become mean. (Some women are like that, too, by the way.)

I know a captain who is downright cranky when he doesn’t eat breakfast. A deckhand I know to be painfully shy is anything but if he hasn’t eaten.

If chefs run into cranky crew, take into account their dietary needs first.

Consider adding more fiber into their diets, and reduce the fat.

Some ways to do this: 1. Add fiber, such as flax oil, that is not combined with other oils. (Some are, so look at the label. Some flax oil has fish oil in it, which will leave a fishy taste when you burp.) If you have instant oatmeal for breakfast, try instead rolled or steel cut oats, and then throw in some flax oil or flax seed, or nuts upon serving. Throw flax seed into soups and stews, even into bread you make.

2. Toss the white flour and use organic oat flour instead. It gives a rustic look and feel to breads, pies and cookies, and the taste is super.

Buy whole grain breads, cereals and snacks. If you have to have that nacho platter, use whole grain chips and add beans, cheese and avocados.

3. Serve up a big salad, and it doesn’t have to be all leafy greens either. Most men just don’t do salads like we women do. Think ancient grains such as spelt, bulgar, quinoa, kamut and amaranth, which are loaded with protein and fiber.

Pair quinoa with wild rice and whole grain brown rice, then throw in some toasted seeds such as pumpkin or sunflower, walnuts, pecans, and a simple protein such as chunks of chicken or turkey. Toss with some cut up vegetables.

4. Pair whole wheat pasta with vegetables and meat. A large plate of fresh steamed or roasted vegetables, 3-5 oz of protein and small serving of a whole grain pasta can stave-the-crave.

Mary Beth’s minestrone soup

By Mary Beth Lawton Johnson

This soup is an energy powerhouse without the carb-loading that can PHOTO/Mary Beth Lawton Johnson throw sugar levels out of whack.

Here’s a soup that’s hearty for anytime.

This soup will fill up hard-working crew. It’s packed with vegetables, good-for-you greens such as red kale, beans to curb the crave for carbs, tomatoes with lutenin for the eyes, and a little pasta for all those die-hard pasta fans.

Go ahead and enjoy. High-energy food isn’t just for fall and winter, and it’s not just pasta anymore.

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon butter 1 onion, diced small 1 garlic clove, minced 2 carrots, peeled, chopped 2 celery sticks, chopped 3 small fresh tomatoes,diced, seeds and all 1 large bunch red kale, trimmed of stalks, washed, chopped 1 medium zucchini, diced 1 cup merlot

5. For those pasta stubborn crew, prepare a high protein shake as a midafternoon pick-me-up.

6. Include more leafy greens such as kale and spinach into meals.

It’s part of our jobs as chefs to keep the crew not only happily fed, but productively fed. Watch out for behavioral changes as a cue to tweak

4 cups beef stock 1/2 cup water Fresh rosemary, basil and thyme to taste Onion powder and garlic powder to taste Salt and pepper to taste 2 bay leaves 2 15-oz cans diced tomatoes, low sodium 1 can red beans 2 cups small pasta such as ditalini Saute the onion, garlic and vegetables in the olive oil and butter.

Deglaze pan with merlot, add the beef broth and water, seasonings, beans, kale and whatever else you want to add. I used heirloom tomatoes for this recipe.

Cook the pasta separately. Otherwise the pasta will absorb the stock.

To serve, put a scoop of pasta in a bowl and top with hot soup.

the food we give them. Meals higher in protein and lower in carbs will keep the deck humming all day long.

Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine and has worked on yachts for 20 years. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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INTERIOR: Stew Cues

In addition to sorting laundry items by color, fabric type and care specifications, don’t forget to sort items by germ category. To avoid crosscontamination, always wash galley towels separately from stew towels.

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A primer for the germs in the yacht’s laundry, bath and galley Recently, a friend who works on a sportfish was infected by the potentially deadly staph infection, MRSA. He is OK now, but it made me think about how up close and personal we all are, the kind of germs we are regularly exposed to, and how seriously ill we can get in a short period of time.

It is startling Stew Cues to learn how little Alene Keenan some of us know about the basics of good hygiene. Those of us who have worked in restaurants or hotels know the standards that must be upheld, but many in the yachting industry do not.

Here is a basic germ primer for three common onboard areas.

1. Laundry room. One of the cardinal rules of laundry is the proper sorting of items by color, fabric type and care specifications. Another important consideration is to sort by germ category.

To avoid cross-contamination, always wash galley towels separately from stew towels. (And please, please, please rinse food debris from galley towels before giving them to us to launder.) Galley towels often harbor grease, and bacteria will cling to it.

Not only will that make an unsightly mess on our clean dishes and glasses, it is unsanitary. Wash galley and stew towels separately and in hot water.

Guests and crew receive laundry bags for uniforms and personal clothing, and when they are brought in for stews to wash, it is tempting to overload the machine to save time, but don’t. Water must circulate freely to remove and flush away germs and bacteria as well as dirt.

Wash bathroom towels, sweaty workout gear, and underwear in hot water, separate from uniforms and other clothing.

Temperature is important, too.

Washing in cold or lukewarm water

removes about 80 percent of bacteria.

This is important because germs can be spread through the entire load and can remain on the walls of the washer. To be safe, wash high-risk items on hot, and dry them completely.

Once a month, disinfect the washers by running a load on hot with bleach, which is toxic to bacteria. Be sure to use the proper dilutions of bleach. More is not necessarily better, and it wears out the rubber parts of the machine.

2. Bathroom. The best way to prevent germs from invading your body is to wash your hands often, for 15-20 seconds each time. Soap and water don’t actually kill germs; they lift them off and flush them away. As for antibacterial soaps, studies show they are no better than regular soaps at reducing bacteria and, in fact, have been shown to promote bacterial resistance.

Clean and disinfect the faucets and taps daily as they are the most likely places to harbor supergerms such as MRSA. Hand towels should be changed as often as possible, at least every three days.

Every time you flush the toilet, some of the dirty water sprays into the air.

Close the lid before flushing to prevent this kind of contamination. (Closing the lid before flushing can also end one of the most common conflicts that men encounter: putting the seat down. Perhaps this could save our relationships as well as our health.)

3. Galley and crew mess.

Bathrooms have a bad reputation for hosting threatening germs, but kitchens are where most of the germs in a living area are located. No matter how often you clean, scrub, and wipe down food preparation areas, germs are always present, and they can lead to colds, flu, skin lesions and food poisoning.

Studies have shown that sinks, towels, sponges and cutting boards carry the most germs. Sponges, in particular, are full of spaces for germs to gather. To cut down on See STEW CUES, page C8

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C November 2011 NUTRITION: Take It In

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Add green, yellow and orange vegetables to autumn menus Pumpkin is a favorite fall vegetable.

In the Caribbean, it’s not the bright orange jack-o‘-lantern-type pumpkin that’s favored, but instead the West Indian pumpkin or calabaza.

Calabazas are large and melon shaped, with a slightly flattened top and bottom.

The skin is greenish with white or yellow spots and Take It In the inner flesh Carol Bareuther ranges yellow to orange in color.

The calabaza’s flesh is firm and crisp, somewhat sweet tasting and the core is filled with seeds.

Because of their size, calabazas are usually soft cut, wrapped in plastic

and priced by the pound. A quarter cut of calabaza can weigh between 1 to 2 pounds, which is enough for three to five servings. It’s best to buy a larger piece than seems necessary, because once the skin is carved off and seeds and pulp scooped out, the leftover flesh becomes a lot smaller.

Make sure to buy a piece of calabaza that is firm to the touch. Soft-fleshed pieces are overripe or have been on the shelf too long and will end-up being mushy when cooked.

Calabaza, like all winter-type squashes, are rich sources of vitamin A (as beta-carotene), potassium, iron and fiber, while having virtually no fat, no cholesterol, no sodium and only 30 to 45 calories per cup.

According to a study conducted at the University of California at Davis, which compared the nutrient content

for 25 vegetables, winter squash was the most nutrient-packed, outdistancing even cabbage, carrots, potatoes and spinach.

Another plus is that while the protein content of the calabaza’s flesh is an incomplete type, roasting and eating the edible seeds along with the flesh makes a protein source equivalent to meat, poultry or fish.

Calabaza can be eaten either as a vegetable or as a dessert. Flavor cut wedges with spices, brown sugar and butter. Place on a baking sheet and cook for 35 to 40 minutes at 375 degrees F or until soft. Or boil calabaza until soft, remove the skin and mash the pulp with the same flavorings.

Calabaza blends nicely with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice or cloves.

Mash or puree calabaza as a base for a creamy soup or ingredient in bread.

Or add chunks to salty meat, chicken or fish, and fresh seasonings to make hearty soup. Stir-fry bite-size pieces with onion, garlic, curry powder, chopped hot pepper and cloves.

For dessert, combine mashed calabaza with crushed pineapple and chopped pecans, then serve warm with cream on the side.

You can also toast calabaza seeds with a little salt, seasoned salt or barbecue seasonings. Just place the seeds in a single layer on a cookie sheet and roast in the oven at 175 to 200 degrees F for 15-20 minutes. Prepared this way, the seeds or pepitas make a delicious, protein-packed snack.

Carol Bareuther is a registered dietitian and a regular contributor to The Triton.

Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

Wipes catch germs, but don’t kill them STEW CUES, from page C7 contaminants, always use separate sponges for dishes and counters, and run them through the dishwasher frequently to kill germs. Microwaving them on high for one minute will also work.

Disinfectant wipes or paper towels are a good option for countertops, since the contaminants go right into the trash each time. Take care when using wipes, because they are good at removing bacteria, but not killing it. Using it on a second surface just spreads germs around.

Cutting boards and counters have to be used and cleaned carefully to avoid cross-contamination. It is a good idea to use one cutting board for raw meats and poultry, and a different one for produce.

All this talk about germs makes me want to pull out the hand sanitizer.

Luckily, that’s pretty easy these days.

Alcohol-based sanitizing gel kills 99 percent of germs on contact, making them a sure winner. For maximum effectiveness, apply to the palm of one hand and rub hands together, covering all surfaces, until they are dry.

If only keeping yachts germ-free were so easy.

Alene Keenan has been a megayacht stewardess for 20 years. She offers interior crew training classes, workshops, seminars, and onboard training through her company, Yacht Stew Solutions (www. yachtstewsolutions.com). Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@ the-triton.com.

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CREW NEWS

Yacht chef takes old motorbike to roads of India for charity

By Dorie Cox Chef Kenneth Maginnity is planning a solo motorcycle ride 3,500 miles across India in May. It’s the most opposite thing to yachting that he could dream up for a good cause.

Working in the galley of M/Y Endless Summer, the 37-year-old Australian made time to talk by phone in October before preparing the evening meal onboard. It’s apparent from his humor and enthusiasm that he’s excited for his adventure, but even more so for the donations and awareness highlighting the reason behind the trip, a micro-finance company called www. endpoverty.org.

“One reason I want to do this is that it is so far removed from what I do on a regular basis,” Maginnity said. “It’s the change that I’m seeking.”

But the other reason, he said, is to make a difference in a world where he has seen both ends of the spectrum of wealth and destitution during trips aboard yachts.

“There are lots of things to donate to and this one really makes a difference,” he said. “This one is personal to me.”

He chose the group endpoverty. org because it doesn’t just give away

money. He explained how, for example, a woman who sews six garments will be given a sewing machine so she can make 20 garments to sell. She pays the loan back to the group while also making more money by sewing more garments.

“It helps people help themselves.”

Maginnity expects to be on his 1965 rebuilt Enfield motorcycle for three to four months as he navigates from Delhi through Kashmir, Rajasthan, back to Delhi, over the Ganges River, up to Kathmandu and finish in Kolkata.

He has turned down offers of fuel money and donations to cover his costs for the trip.

“I’m funding 100 percent of the ride,” he said. “I calculate the total cost of this trip could support 30 families in India for a year. How could I look one person in the eye if my trip was funded by others?”

Learn more about the motorcycle, the itinerary or how to pledge at his Web site, India on an Enfield, www. indiaonanenfield.org.

Dorie Cox is a staff reporter and associate editor with The Triton.

Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

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C10 November 2011 TRITON SURVEY: Non-yachting duties

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I think it is a reciprocal relationship.”

Beyond the current job, we were curious about outside duties throughout a yacht crew member’s career, so we asked Have you ever been asked to perform periphery tasks in jobs on previous yachts?

Once again, the percentage of crew who said yes is basically the same as it was three years ago, about 80 percent.

“In my experience, all requests have been within reason and certainly legal,” said the captain on a yacht of 160-180 feet with the owner about five years. “Periphery tasks are acceptable and often help the efficiency and enjoyment of service in relation to the owner/guests time on board.”

“We are in a personal business,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet. “I consider it an honor to be of service if I can.”

“I was on a yacht for 4½ years that was docked behind the owner’s house,” said a deckhand on a yacht 120-140 feet. “When in a situation like that, you are going to be asked to help with other things. I had the

time so it was no big deal.”

Another bit of data that held true from 2008 to 2011 was that the larger a vessel got, the less likely crew were asked to perform these periphery duties. On vessels less than 140 feet, 70 percent of crew report being given periphery duties. On vessels larger than 140 feet, that drops to 39 percent.

Learning that periphery duties often closely align with yachting duties (e.g., keeping the owner happy), we asked What kinds of non-yachting duties do you do (or have you done)?

Despite the dip in the financial markets and the subsequent changes to the yachting industry, the types of duties yacht crew are asked to perform haven’t changed much.

They commonly include running shorebased errands such as picking up the owner’s personal dry cleaning (57 percent of respondents), driving the owner about town (46 percent), and managing or doing house renovation projects (40 percent).

“It’s a slippery slope, especially on smaller, more personal yachts,” said the captain on a yacht less than 80 feet with the

owner less than 10 years. “The tasks often overlap, as in while shopping for the boat, ‘why don’t you pick up some (fill in the blank)?’”

Other tasks that many might see as not related to yachting include caring for the the house or house sitting in the owner’s absence (38 percent), walking and caring for pets (33 percent), arranging personal details such as setting doctor’s appointments (32 percent), fixing or installing home audio-video equipment (30 percent), fixing the owner’s personal car (26 percent), fixing the owner’s home computers (25 percent), working cocktail parties at home (tending bar, serving, etc.)

(25 percent), and caring for children or grandchildren (21 percent).

“I was amazed to see the list of extra jobs as something non-yachting,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet in the industry more than 25 years. “We do anything it takes to make life easy for the owner.

“One owner told me, ‘your job is to make me efficient’,” this captain said. “Sometimes that is training his staff to help on the boat, sometimes it’s taking family to the airport,

sometimes it’s going to fix the generator his ranch, and anything else he needs. Th we go back to the boat and carry on with our duties.

“I never thought of any of that as non yachting. I just thought it was all part of adventure.”

A large number of respondents answered “other” to this question and included a bunch of tasks we didn’t even think of including, such as removing marine growth from pilings.

“Charter aircraft, limos, interview candidates for captain’s positions on associates’ vessels, manage surveys for associates’ vessel purchases, screen brok write specifications for new builds, new build system design, set up companies to purchase electronics wholesale, intervie yards for new builds and write reports o findings,” said the captain of a yacht 120 140 feet in the industry more than 10 yea “The list is endless.”

Rarely, however – then and now – are yacht crew asked to perform or arrange anything illegal, such as hiring prostitut (4 percent) “I have been asked but never did

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Should periphery duties be accepted as part of the job of working on a yacht?

This question was a little less lopsided this year than it was in 2008. Back them, 70 percent of respondents agreed that nonyachting duties could and should be asked of them.

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It seems silly now that we asked this next question, but in the interest of keeping the 2008 survey and this one as similar as possible, we again asked Are you compensated in any way (in salary, bonus or time) for those duties?

Once again, little has changed since we asked this question three years ago. About 70 percent of yacht crew said they are not compensated for the extracurricular duties they perform, both then and now.

“Not paid extra for all the over-andabove tasks, but it sure is appreciated and recognized at the holidays and in other ways,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet with the owner more than 10 years. “It makes life interesting. We get to play with expensive toys.”

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‘We all ... are in the personal service business’ SURVEY, from page C11 of a yacht of 160-180 feet. “When these events arise, owners and guests should gently be told that this is an unusual request, but we’ll do it anyway to give them good service. It could be a run away train if left unchecked.”

“Looking after large, crewed yachts is a full-time job,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet in the industry more than 30 years. “As the captain, I try to manage all the duties, but mowing the owner’s lawn, taking his wife to the dance or walking his dog is not one of them. I may assign a crew member to do a non-related job if they are free.”

“It is important to stay in the owner’s good graces, within limits,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet with the owner less than three years. “Like a family member or close friend, I am always willing to go the extra mile when necessary, as long as a particular nonyacht-related duty does not become a permanent part of the job. It’s all about mutual respect. Most owners I know do not take advantage of my willingness to assist them beyond the yacht.”

“Recognize that we all, including captains, are in the personal service business,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet in the industry more than 30 years. “If you can’t or won’t accommodate the boss or his family for occasional (legal) non-yacht tasks, then perhaps you need to re-think the relationship and/or your chosen line of work.”

“In these times of high unemployment, I do periphery jobs to remain in good standing with the owner,” said the captain of another yacht 80-100 feet in the industry more than 30 years. “If I don’t do them, someone else will. My boss is constantly reminding me ‘of all the crew that should consider themselves lucky to be employed.’ I can read between the lines.”

“Most people get into yachting for the varied lifestyle,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet in the industry less than 10 years. “My wife occasionally becomes hostess on the boss’ private jet, and I recruit for and manage his personal estate where he lives, which often happens to be thousands of miles from the yacht.

“We also are possibly the busiest small yacht on the planet, especially with regard to itinerary and sea miles, but love the fact we can work on more skills every day than a single yacht department would ever allow in a lifetime,” this captain said. “We don’t live 9 to 5 jobs, but like I stated, that is the reason we got into yachts in the first place.

“Oh, and when it is time to leave the yachting life, you can’t tell me we will not be better prepared for the landbased transition,” he said. “Relish the experience. Most people don’t get it.”

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The majority of yacht crew find comfort in the break of doing non-yachting tasks, such as arranging travel plans for the boss and his family.

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thing that we didn’t ask three years ago.

With the change in the economy, we were curious if yacht owners -- or even former yacht owners -- kept their crew on the payroll as best they could, so we asked Have you or a fellow yachtie been reassigned to the owner’s personal or professional business?

About a third said yes.

A captain with more than 25 years in the industry offered an in-depth response to this query, including his impression that crew on smaller vessels (90-130 feet) work harder and get paid less than those on larger yachts.

“Owners of these smaller yachts more and more ask crew to do extraneous things not related to yachting or expand their job description due to layoff of crew,” he said.

“The stew … has been asked many times for her assistance at the owner’s home for everything from stew and cooking duties for parties to medical assistance for an owner. She’s been asked to organize stored things at the home and shop for things for the home with the owner’s wife. She even slept on an office floor on a blow-up bed to be there to accommodate them for a party at their home.

“Now that the yacht will not be used much anymore due to owner health problems, the stew has been asked to join them at their homes as cook, stew and part-time nurse. She told them that she was hired for the stew position on the yacht and not for their home and she prefers to work on a yacht.

(The owner is also underpaying her considerably.) She will probably quit before she goes to work full time with them at their home.

“If you care to keep your job these days, you better do what they ask,” he concluded. “There will be someone waiting in the wings to take your job from you.”

The more things change, the more they stay the same. One respondent offered this as proof: “Many years ago an ad appeared in the Miami Herald’s classified section: Captain wanted for 53-foot Hatteras

Are you compensated (salary, bonus or time) for those duties?

Yes – 22.2%

No – 77.8%

Have you or a fellow yachtie been reassigned to owner’s business?

Yes – 33.7%

No – 66.3%

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motor yacht. Chauffeur’s license necessary. Knowledge of gardening helpful.”

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Lawrence Hollyfield is an associate editor. Comments on this survey are welcome at lucy@the-triton. com. We conduct our monthly surveys online. All captains and crew members are welcome to participate. If you haven’t been invited to take our surveys and would like to be, register for our e-mails online at www.the-triton.com.

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YACHT CAREERS: Crew Coach

A healthy ego will serve you well; beware a dominating one This yachting business, it’s an ego business. When you work in this world, you see it all around you. The incredible wealth, the yachts, even some yacht names just scream ego.

Many captains and crew have had to deal with owners with huge egos that dominate their personalities.

However, Crew Coach owners are not Rob Gannon the only ones running on ego.

You also see it in captains and crew.

So what is this thing, the ego, anyway? Well, a basic dictionary definition looks like this: Ego. 1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves. 2.

In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior. 3(a). An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit. 3(b).

Appropriate pride in oneself; selfesteem.

Definition No. 1 shows how ego can cause separateness from others.

Definition No. 2 tells us that, as you study ego, you see it can control thoughts and behaviors. Now we see the force we’re dealing with.

Definition No. 3(a), however, is what comes to mind in most people who haven’t really looked into this.

Look at the difference between definitions 3(a) and 3(b). Here is where the whole thing turns. It looks like a fine line between a healthy ego that serves you well and an out-of-control ego that’s taken over the ship and dominates thoughts and actions.

One must be careful here. If you feed

the healthy ego too much of the wrong fuel, it can morph into a dominate ego, and now you have a crazed dictator in your head who’s hard to overthrow.

The earlier you understand the workings of the ego, the better off you’ll be. If you’re still new to the yachting industry, hopefully you have your ego in check, operating with a healthy selfesteem and proper amount of humility.

If so, you will do just fine in this field, or any other for that matter.

So, how do you avoid the ego taking control? Or how do you diminish it if it’s already in control?

Bring awareness to it and the way it controls your thoughts and reactions.

Dr. Deepak Chopra states this concept quite clearly: “If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue.

Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.”

Bliss may seem a little out of reach for many of us right now, but some more inner peace can certainly be had.

Looking around the yachting world you may see all the toys and possessions Mr. Big Ego has acquired and think that a big ego is the only way to get there.

Not so. There are scores of men and women who have achieved tremendous success with determination, imagination, courage and purpose. And sure, they likely have a healthy dose of ego along for the ride.

Rob Gannon is a 25-year licensed captain and certified life and wellness coach (yachtcrewcoach.com).

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Stretch, bend and balance on your break, no equipment needed Do these exercises right onboard, no equipment needed. Perform them one after the other, rest two minutes, and complete the set again. If time allows, aim for three sets.

knees bent at 90 degrees.

Slide forward and move your buttocks off the bench, leaving your hands in place. Bend at the elbows and lower your hips until your upper arms are parallel to the floor. Push your hips back up into starting position, using your arms, not your legs. 15-20 repetitions.

Standing abduction

Stand with your right side facing the railing. Hold onto the rail for support if needed.

Stand on your right Keep It Up leg and lift your left Beth Greenwald leg away from your body. Lift your leg as high as you can, without twisting your body and hips, hold for 2 seconds and lower. Do not let your foot touch the deck. 15-20 repetitions and switch legs.

Lying abdominal crunch

Seated triceps dip

Sit on the bench, resting your palms on the bench so your fingers hang over the edge. Your legs should be close together, feet flat on the floor, and

Lie on your back with your feet facing the railing. Prop your feet on the railing so your legs are bent at 90 degrees. Place your hands behind your head. Exhale and lift your head, neck and shoulders off the deck by tightening the abdominal muscles.

Do not tuck your chin into your chest or pull on your neck. Slowly, inhale and lower to starting position. 10-15 repetitions or until fatigued.

Balance and reach

Use a coiled line on the boat for this exercise. If that is not available, place an object on the floor about 2-3 feet in front of you. Stand on your right foot and raise your right arm directly overhead. Slowly bend your right knee, lowering your hips to the floor, keeping your chest up. Simultaneously lower your right hand toward the object.

Touch the object, hold this position for two seconds and extend the knee to stand up tall in starting position with right arm raised directly overhead. 1215 repetitions and switch legs.

Standing adduction

Stand with your right side facing the railing. Hold onto the rail for support if needed. Stand on your right leg and cross the left leg slightly in front of the right. Lift your left leg toward and slightly in front of the right, using the muscles of the inner thigh. When you have lifted as high as you can, hold for 2 seconds and lower. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let your foot touch the deck. 15-20 repetitions and switch legs.

Beth Greenwald is a certified personal trainer. She conducts both private and small group training sessions in Ft. Lauderdale. Contact her at +1 716-9089836 or bethgreenwald@hotmail.com.

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PERSONAL FINANCE: Yachting Capital

Market drops and rises, but continue with long-term goals With today’s market fluctuations, it is more important than ever to adhere to a long-term strategy. This strategy must be based on personal goals, circumstances, and risk tolerance.

If investors understand this basic investment advice, they will be in a better position to ride out re-occurring Yachting Capital market volatility.

Mark A. Cline This article focuses on investors who, for whatever reason, need a big deduction on this year’s income taxes.

The biggest obstacle for many to overcome is the desire to do something hasty about falling investments just because it might feel better than doing nothing at all. Many investors sell when the market is low because of fear it will go lower, while others keep their investment after it has a medium or substantial growth hoping it will just go higher.

For those who plan their longterm objectives with an adviser, these objectives are managed considering market volatility.

With the constant change of government leaders, it can be difficult to keep up with tax rules and the impact they can have on our investments. There are changes in capital gains tax, dividend taxes and estate tax.

Currently, there are proposed changes to the tax law that eliminate itemized deductions for the interest paid on a home. In mapping out their financial future, investors will need to keep these variables in mind as well when choosing investment options.

Don’t forget that tax strategy and investment strategy go hand in hand.

Those investors looking for dividends – but maybe the less-taxable kind – may want to look into dividends from natural gas. These dividends usually are modest.

The safest way to invest in natural gas would be in Limited Partnerships (LPs). Be aware there may be qualifications to participate in these types of investments.

The benefit is that investors participate as part owners and can take advantage of a portion of the tax benefits passed on to owners. Investors usually need to be listed as a general partner to do so but many of these investments will move investors to a limited partner status after the tax benefits are lost.

Let’s dissect a typical natural gas partnership. In this example, the

partnership consists of raising $20 million to drill 25 wells in a proven area. This approach mitigates the risk by diversifying into 25 different wells.

If all the wells are all drilled and expensed in the first year, then your total investment would have been an expense with little tangible capital left on the books. In other words, there is no asset except the natural gas, which has not yet been pulled out of the ground. All the drilling equipment is leased from drilling companies, including labor, etc. This is called Intangible Drilling Cost or IDC. In extreme circumstances, the gas company participates with its capital in the LP but does not normally need the IDCs and passes those on to the general partners for their tax benefit. With this approach, the general partner investor could actually see a 100 percent tax write off on their investment the first year. The plan would then be to receive royalties from the wells in future years.

Some Natural Gas LPs also have the gas company participating. In this example, the gas company markets and sells the gas to the end consumer (prisons, schools, and other large-end users). They are sold future prices, which can be higher than the present price. These consumers are on strict budgets and cannot go over because of gas market price fluctuations.

Investors familiar with annuities and annuity payments may recognize that a natural gas LP can be similar to an annuity. A lump sum of money is invested and a monthly income stream is expected for a period of time until the funds are exhausted.

There are two benefits to this approach. First, investors get a huge tax break in the year they invest.

Second, they participate as a partner and benefit from the depletion and depreciation expenses all while receiving monthly royalty checks.

The big question I always ask is: Do you think taxes will stay the same, go up, or go down in the future?

With that in mind, choose investments wisely, not only for now but for the future. Consider, too, the type of investment and how taxes are paid on it, now and in the future.

Information in this column is not intended to be specific advice for anyone.

You should use the information to help you work with a professional regarding your specific financial goals.

Capt. Mark A. Cline is a chartered senior financial planner. He is a partner in Capital Marine Alliance in Ft. Lauderdale. Reach him through www. capitalmarinealliance.net.

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