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o o o Today’s Events
Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:39 pm Moonrise: 5:05 pm; 96.6% illuminated Sunrise (Sunday): 6:30 am High tides: 7:27 pm / 7:03 am (Sunday) Low tides: 1:48 pm / 1 am (Sunday)
S at u rd ay • O c t. 31, 2009
Weather Today: Partly cloudy, winds ENE 5 mph, high 85/low 70; 67% humidity Tonight: Partly cloudy, winds E 6 mph, high 77/low 70 Tomorrow AM: Partly cloudy; 65% humidity
USSA general meeting When: Today, 8-10 am Where: Bahia Mar, 2nd floor U.S. Superyacht Association annual general meeting and breakfast. Open to all businesses and yachting pros. www.ussuperyacht.org
Networking When: Today, 4-7 pm Where: USSA Village, 300 Tent Nine businesses make up the USSA Village and welcome all captains, crew and show visitors for casual networking.
Halloween party When: 7-11 pm Location: Bimini Boatyard Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill invites everyone to a Halloween party and costume contest, sponsored by Rybovich. No RSVP needed. Find Bimini Boatyard just west of the 17th Street bridge in The Quay. For more Halloween parties, see story on page 3.
Shadow Marine party When: 8 pm-midnight Where: Aboard M/V Allure at The Sails Marina, just south of Pier 66 Buccaneer’s Bash in cocktail or Halloween costume attire. RSVP and invitation required.
The stews on M/Y Lady Zelda enticed every sense in their display during PHOTO/DORIE COX yesterday’s Tabletop Challenge. See story, page 4.
CBP official commits to helping By Lucy Chabot Reed U.S. Customs and Border Protection gets it. Or, at least one official does. At the YachtInfo captains briefing yesterday, the high-ranking CBP official was surprised to learn that yacht crew have difficulties with entry officers. And he vowed to do something about it. “I will start working Monday morning to resolve this issue,” Paul Minton, program manager in the office of field operations with CBP in Washington, DC, told captains.
The captains in the audience applauded. The epiphany came after Minton asked to see, by a show of hands, who had experienced a crew member being turned away at the border for having the wrong visa. Most hands went up. “I’m going to take this up to Washington and see if I can solve this problem,” he said. For more on this session, including an exchange with the head of the American Pilots Association, read the rest of this story at www.the-triton.com.
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