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Dorothea is at it again World traveling stews call on their yachting kin for school supplies and treats for less fortunate children.
The crew of M/Y Li-Lien transit the Corinth Canal in August. From left: Eng. Jeff Bernard, Chef Rob Thackaberry, First Mate Mike Lehmkuhl, the owner, 2d Stew Ana Bin, Chief Stew Beate Husak, and Capt. Scott Lockwood.
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Bit of Portugal in SE Asia
Crew battle germs as course gains attention By Dorie Cox Stew Jayne Thomas’s job onboard a 150-foot-plus yacht now takes more time, but she said it’s worth it. Just one crew rushing back to work with unwashed hands from the bathroom, a trace of insect feces on food from the market or a kitchen towel used to clean the floor can spread bacteria. Thomas recently learned about these ways foodborne illnesses can be spread during a food safety course required by MSN 1846 under the Maritime Labour
Convention (MLC), 2006. “Most stews are neat freaks already, but the whole course was fascinating,” Thomas said. “I thought it didn’t pertain to me because I don’t cook onboard, but when I learned how things are transmitted, it does.” After a trip to the grocery store, Thomas transfers food into plastic bags and bins straight from the car to leave potentially bug-laden cardboard off the boat. She wipes each item as it goes into the cabinet, and checks expiration dates. She has different color tea towels
for the galley, crew mess and under the sink. And she changes them frequently. “We antibac the rails and walls two to three times a day,” Thomas said. “Those are areas that everyone touches. Now I wash my hands even more often.” The Food Service, Safety and Hygiene course helps crew understand the risks and transmission associated with foodborne illnesses, said Carmen Foy of Crew Food Safety Training in Ft. Lauderdale. The course covers
See GERMS, page 45
Yacht captains’ biggest safety concern? Humans From the Bridge Lucy Chabot Reed
When we think of safety on yachts, we think of fighting fires and manoverboard drills. We worry about running into things and sinking. When I asked captains assembled for our monthly From the Bridge captains luncheon in August what
their biggest safety concern was, none of those grave situations were first off their lips. Instead, these captains’ main safety issue was the health and wellbeing of everyone onboard. “I’ve had some elderly people on the boat, people with diabetes, health issues, allergies, so for me, it’s just having the right equipment so you can stabilize the person,” one captain said. “Mine would be a critical injury or health issue, and access to getting them
out of there,” said another. “If someone has a heart attack, yeah, I can pop them out of it with the AED, but there’s a whole lot of stuff that needs to be done quickly to keep them alive.” “You have to start with oxygen,” a third captain said. “Just straight oxygen is amazing stuff.” As always, individual comments are not attributed to any one person
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Friendly locals, lots of languages, mountains and waterfalls greet crew in Timor-Leste.
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Triton Survey How happy are you with the amount you are paid? Not at all 4.7% Somewhat 14%
Extremely 33.3%
Mostly 48%
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What’s Inside Write to Be Heard 4,39 Opinion 4 Letters to the Editor
Events The crew of M/Y Li-Lien, the 122-foot (37m) Heesen, are all ready for an owner’s trip in early August at Grand Harbour Marina in Vittoriosa, Malta. From left are 2d Stew Ana Bin, Chief Stew Beate Husak, Eng. Jeff Bernard, Chef Rob Thackaberry, First Mate Mike Lehmkuhl, and Capt. PHOTO/CAPT. SCOTT LOCKWOOD Scott Lockwood.
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Letters to the Editor
Lauderdale needs Uber; bring it back Editor’s note: A South Florida yacht owner shared a this letter, which he sent to Broward County Mayor Tim Ryan: Unless you have personally experienced the “service” of the local cab companies, you cannot fully appreciate the true value of Uber and the damage you will cause by banning them in Broward. I have used Uber to reach various doctor’s appointments this year. Uber shows up in minutes, when they say they will, and whisks me to my destination. Forget that they are half the price of Yellow Cab; the fact that they show up is their true value. However, where Uber is most valuable is in the lives it saves. Yes, Uber is a life-saving service. As just one example of the postUber apocalypse you have caused, last week, in the middle of a weekday, I called Yellow Cab to get a ride to the doctor’s office. “You are No. 17 in line. Please hold,” said the recording. After holding for almost 10 minutes, I was told a cab would arrive, which it did, 20 minutes after the promised time. But minor inconveniences aside, you have to know that the increase in drunk drivers on the road due to a county without Uber is life threatening. Tonight, try getting a cab at about midnight because you have had one too many cocktails to drive. When the 22call queue on hold frustrates you, what will you do? Yes, you will rationalize that four drinks is not too many and go ahead and drive. Illegally. I have used taxis now five times since Uber left Broward on July 31, and it is noticeably worse than before as they are busier and now very cocky. Certainly, Uber should conform to rational rules and regulations, but your goal should be to make it as easy for Uber to operate in Broward as humanly possible. This is a civic safety duty. Every life lost to a DUI in the future without UBER in Broward will weigh on your conscience for decades to come. Don’t subject yourself to that risk, nor others’ lives. Please fix it. Name withheld upon request A South Florida yacht owner
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hile visiting the Bitter End Yacht Club in January, Chief Stew Lisa Godlewski heard that Steve Jobs’ yacht, the 260-foot Feadship M/Y Venus, was anchored in a neighboring bay. She headed over to North Sound in the dinghy and snapped these shots on her iPad, appropriately enough. Crew see yachting like no one else can. Consider this page your canvas to share your views of yachting. Send photos to editorial@ the-triton.com.
Yachting needs Uber; no conflict with sales tip Uber valuable to yachting
I’m sure many crew have heard of the loss of Uber in South Florida’s Broward County. The ride-sharing company has been great for myself and our crew, and I find that we all really appreciate both the quality of service and the competitive pricing. Unfortunately, elected officials in Broward don’t agree and have chosen to selectively interpret current laws regarding taxi businesses in such a way that it prevents Uber’s business model from operating here. I have written to the mayor of Ft. Lauderdale and County Commissioners to express my regret at the loss of this great service. I’m hoping that, with the help of The Triton, we can rally other crews to lobby for change that will bring Uber back to Fort Lauderdale. Collectively we can represent a strong voice. Let’s lend our support for this innovative and valuable new company. Capt. Dave Johnson
Spiff conflict begins at home
Regarding the recent owner’s column about brokers and bonuses [“Spiff for a sale should come from the owner, not a broker,” page A3, August issue], one could make the case that being a broker is a conflict of interest. Many are willing to show and sell a boat knowing it’s not a good vessel. The
conflict is if they don’t push and steer a client to a sale, they don’t get paid. I’m not so sure crew, preparing and showing the vessel and getting a spiff from the broker, is any more a conflict than what the broker is actually doing. JK via the-triton.com
Make it easy for me to hire you
Regarding your survey about forms of crew self expression [“Captains trend toward conservative looks,” page C1, June issue], we are in the service business. We deliver beyond expectations without drawing attention to ourselves. To crew, I say, make it easy for me to hire you. If the choice is between equal candidates, the one without visible decoration wins. Who I hire reflects on me. Maturity and decorum are a big part of how we get the job done. As one captain commented “context is relevant”. A butterfly on an ankle is less likely to cause a stir than forearm ink during dinner service. I often tell crew: Imagine a captain who needs to replace crew. He has 10 resumes for each position. Half will get discarded for simple mistakes or biases. Make it easy for your resume to get to the second round. Capt. Ned Stone relief, M/V Svengali
This stew gets it
Regarding Alene Keenan’s recent column about working with the chef [“Stew is a key part to chef ’s perfect meal,” page C1, August issue], I can honestly say she is absolutely correct and totally understands what it takes to work alongside chefs on yachts. It is a team effort for everyone on board to deliver great service. Excellent article, Alene. Thank you. Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson
Deferring life only lasts so long
Regarding your story about choosing a job [From the Bridge, “Captains choose job for best fit, not just owner or salary,” page A1, August issue], not being a captain, my take would be different. I have been a yacht chef for 10 years. I have lots of great and unforgettable experiences, however I was always deferring my private life to “play” on other people’s $25 million toys. This eventually gets stale, and so does the sacrifice, and so does the joy, and then it does become just about the money. Well, there is a life after yachting, and that will probably require a downsize in expenditure. But, to get your life back, priceless. Mursbox via the-triton.com
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Dorothea crew to return to South Pacific with yachting’s good will By Lucy Chabot Reed
“It started with the boss,” Stew Jamey Harrison said. “He’s always The stews of M/Y Dorothea III helped schools and people less still get excited when they talk about fortunate than himself. For me, it handing out paper and pencils to started on watch with the captain, children across the Pacific Rim. talking about the life we live, traveling During one visit, the crew were so the world. We have this great into it that one of the guys gave the opportunity to give back.” sunglasses off his face, the T-shirt off Capt. John Crupi is behind them his back and the shoes off his feet. the whole way, even asking them They remember rushing back to throughout the summer what they were the boat, looking around for other planning and how they were going to things to give away, do it. They’ve placed getting breathless as boxes in marinas and Drop donations off they retell the story shipyards around and the excitement Ft. Lauderdale to for M/Y Dorothea at rushes back. make it easier for Derecktor Shipyard, It’s one of those crew to drop things or check your marina off. Or anyone feelings you just don’t forget. office for a collection with donations So when the 147can contact them box. foot Cheoy Lee leaves directly. South Florida this The most popular fall on another cruise around the South items are school supplies and clothes. Pacific, they want to carry more items “And hard candy,” Harrison said. “I for the children and families they will know it sounds bad and we don’t want meet as they cruise to remote places. to hurt their little teeth, but for them, And they are asking other yachties to that’s the ultimate. share in the thrill. “It’s Christmas for them,” Stew Jess
Thomson said. Another grateful gift is water. While the crew doesn’t want to carry bottled water, they would like to deliver water pitchers or some other sort of container, then make the water onboard. The yacht’s recent refit at Derecktor Shipyard has resulted in one whole tender bay being empty, and they envision large plastic tubs teeming with school supplies, sports equipment, clothes and more. “We can take quite a lot,” Harrison said. They will collect items until the end of September, and expect to leave South Florida in October. Their wish list includes writing and craft paper, pens and pencils, sharpeners and rulers, stickers and erasers, balls and sports toys such as Frisbees, sunglasses and clean clothes. “It was so rewarding for us,” Harrison said. “The kids are overwhelmingly excited, dancing around, shouting for others to join them. … And everyone on the boat wants to do this. It rewards us more.
Stew Jess Thomson, above, with children in a village in the hills of La Chunga, Panama. PHOTO/JESS THOMSON We are so blessed. We all realize how lucky we are in life. How can we share that?” Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments are welcome at lucy@ the-triton.com.
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Photo Gallery Mate Jose Saldago and Capt. John Weld prep M/Y Barnstar, an 83-foot Ocean Alexander, in Sag Harbor for her late summer cruise to New England. PHOTO/TOM SERIO
Deck/Stew Sterna Stockhoff and Chief Stew Heather Furlani of M/Y Plan B snapped this selfie at Waterboat Marina in Boston on the night of the blue moon, July 31. PHOTO/STERNA STOCKHOFF
Aboard M/Y Bayou, a 120-foot 1979 Breaux’s Bay Craft, Capt. Keith Hogberg was doing his part to keep this private yacht ship shape in Sag Harbor before he headed to Miami in August. PHOTO/TOM SERIO
The owner of the 80-foot (24m) Cheoy Lee M/Y T-Zero took his crew on a shopping spree for the Fourth of July so they would fit right in in Nantucket. Here they are in their holiday best, from left: First Mate Seth Laws (aka Gilligan), owner Doug Lebda, Mr. Lebda’s fiancee Megan Grueling, Stew/ Chef Dana Glover, friends Greg DePalma and Erin Wehlage, and Capt. Steve De Klerk. PHOTO/FIRST MATE SETH LAWS
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Chart purveyors head to Cuba on navigation fact-finding mission By Lucy Chabot Reed As more yacht captains research possible trips to Cuba, Bluewater Books & Charts has provided the only charts it can – those created by a private German company using its own survey data, or those acquired from Cuba’s hydrographic office, many of which were produced 20 or 30 years ago. The Ft. Lauderdale-based chart service has made up for the out-dated government charts with as many landbased maps, travel books and cruising guides it can, but at the end of the day, the real, government charts are just old. So Bluewater owners Vivien Godfrey and John Mann are making a three-day research trip to the island nation in early September to meet with officials in the Cuban hydrographic office as well as several marinas to see if there isn’t more information available. “We want to find out have they done any surveys, what’s available, has anything been updated?” Godfrey said. “Do they have tide tables, coast pilots, light lists? “We particularly want to know
about snorkeling and visiting reefs on the south coast of Cuba where it can be quite shallow,” she said. “The Cubans have concerns as more yachts visit about anchoring, so we want to know what are the regulations and restrictions for entering those areas? Will they require permits?” Godfrey acknowledges that they aren’t sure what they will find. The jackpot would be current, governmentproduced charts and data, as well as locally produced cruising guides. But she’ll take whatever she can get. “The regulations don’t say you must have the best chart, just that you have to have one appropriate for your voyage,” Godfrey said. “Having something older is better than having nothing at all, but we want the updated stuff. … I think they have it, it’s just not out there yet.” The only Cuban-produced charts Bluewater sells were acquired in the mid 1990s, and even though they were stocked for years after that, they haven’t been updated. About eight or nine years ago, even those charts were no longer available, Mann said.
Bluewater Books and Charts owners Vivien Godfrey and John Mann, right, are taking a research trip to Cuba in search of updated charts. Chart sales associate Alejandro Cepero, who grew up in Cuba, will help navigate and PHOTO/LUCY REED translate during the trip. The U.S. reopened its embassy in Havana on Aug. 14, and while the official U.S. embargo hasn’t ended, January’s easing of travel restrictions has made it easier for Americans to travel to Cuba without special licenses. Godfrey said it took two months for the U.S. Treasury Department to confirm that their visit fit in the guidelines of research. The in-person
visit is necessary, she said. “We can’t meet the breadth of people with the knowledge we need over the phone,” Godfrey said. “This is a preliminary trip to get the lay of the land and make personal connections that we hope will open some doors.” Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments: lucy@the-triton.com.
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The majority of yacht crew that took a Triton survey rated Uber very PHOTO/LUCY REED important to their work life and their social life.
South Florida county to rewrite Uber laws; yacht crew respond By Lucy Chabot Reed Broward County commissioners agreed in Mid-August to rewrite a new local law regulating ride-sharing companies to make it easier for companies like Uber to operate in the South Florida county. Uber suspended operations on July 31 after what it called “unnecessary regulatory barriers” that the county passed in April, including background checks with fingerprints and additional licenses for each of its drivers. The new law would remove the need for fingerprinting as well as the extra licensing rules that taxi and limo drivers in the county must follow. It is expected to be ready for a vote at the commission’s regular meeting Sept. 1. The new law also requires ridesharing companies to pay a fee for every port and airport pickup, same as taxi and limo services do, and for Uber to pay a $3 fee retroactively for all the rides it picked up at the airport since operating in Broward from August 2014 to July. That comes to about a half a million dollars, airport officials said. A request for comment from Uber executives was not returned. According to a story in the Sun-Sentinel, Uber’s public policy director for the Southeast United States, Trevor Theunissen, said he was “optimistic’’ Uber would return to serving Broward County in September. In the days before the county decided to redraft the law, 125 yachties took a Triton poll to tell us what they thought about Uber.
Almost all those who took our three-question poll have used Uber, including 82 percent in Ft. Lauderdale. The majority rated it very important to their work life (73.3 percent) and their social life (84 percent). “I’ve used Uber in Florida, the UK and Europe,” one respondent said. “It has been a reliable and cost-effective service, especially in Florida. Local taxi service is expensive, uncomfortable, dirty and more often than not, dangerous. It is 25 percent cheaper for me to hire a limousine to travel from my home to Miami airport (a trip I make reasonably often) than to take a Yellow Cab. Uber was considerably cheaper than the limo.” “I pick up new boats from West Palm Beach to Miami a few times a month and Uber is the best value,” said another. “Great service,” said a third. “Now when traveling with the boat and need to run and get something, you can Uber instead of renting a car.” “It’s stupid that Broward has dropped Uber,” another said. “Our crew always use Uber, whether it be work related or personal. You are always guaranteed a safe ride home. With these yellow cab drivers I genuinely feel for my safety.” Read a few more comments on our Write to Be Heard, page 3. And to take our Uber poll, visit www.surveymonkey. com/r/Uber_in_yachting. Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments are welcome at lucy@ the-triton.com.
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News Briefs NJ wants tax break for small boats
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has conditionally vetoed a bill that would have capped sales tax on boat sails at $20,000, or applicable only on the first $286,000 of the purchase price. Under the veto, Gov. Christie wants buyers of less expensive boats to get a tax break, too, and said he would support a bill that applies a 3.5 percent sales tax until the $20,000 cap is reached. The state’s sales tax is 7 percent. The bill – existing or rewritten – would apply to purchases and repair. The governor also proposed shortening the grace period for the use tax exemption from 90 days to 30 days. News reports from New Jersey indicate several key senators support the changes. It was unclear when the rewritten bill would be back on the governor’s desk.
Underwater volcano grumbles
The underwater Caribbean volcano Kick ‘em Jenny recorded some seismic activity in late July, but did not erupt. The Seismic Research Center (SRC) of the University of the West Indies issued an Orange Alert on July 23, meaning there was a “highly elevated level of seismic and/or fumarolic activity or other unusual activity. Eruption may begin with less than 24 hours notice.” The volcano is 5 miles (8km) north of Grenada, about 5 miles (8km) west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Its summit is about 600 feet (200m) below the surface of the ocean. The threat was of a tsunami hitting neighboring islands. With a significant eruption, waves would reach Grenada within minutes. St. Vincent within 10 minutes, Martinique and Tobago within about 30 minutes, and Barbados within about 40 minutes. But the volcano never erupted. On Aug. 3, the SRC released the alert after six days of no further seismic activity.
M/Y Octopus recovers WWII bell
A research team aboard the 414foot (126m) Lurssen M/Y Octopus has recovered the bell of Britain’s flagship battleship HMS Hood, which was sunk in the North Atlantic during World War II by the German battleship Bismarck. Octopus’ owner, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, announced on Twitter in early August that his research team recovered the artifact at the bottom of the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland on Aug. 7. The yacht is equipped with a
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remotely operated submarine. The bell was first discovered in July 2001, when it was found lying on the seabed in 9,000 feet of water, away from the battlecruiser’s hull. In 2012, Allen led an expedition to recover it, but was hampered by weather. After about a year of restoration, the bell is expected to be displayed at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, UK. The Bismarck sunk “The Mighty Hood” in 1941, killing 1,415 officers and sailors and leaving just three survivors. It was the largest loss of life of any British warship. Her sinking sparked a huge Royal Navy pursuit of the Bismarck, which ended with her destruction three days later. Ted Briggs was one of the survivors and said before he died that he had often hoped the ship’s bell could be salvaged as a memorial to those killed. Seven years after his death, Octopus has recovered the bell, leaving behind a Royal Navy flag to pay respect to those who died. In March, researchers on the Octopus discovered the remains of the massive Japanese battleship Musashi that was sunk off the Philippines during WWII fighting in the Pacific.
Painting seized from yacht
French customs officials seized a Pablo Picasso painting hanging in the 65m S/Y Adix in the Corsican port of Calvi in late July. Although the three-masted schooner is British flagged, its owner is the 79year-old Spanish banking billionaire Jaime Botin. When he requested the painting be transferred to London for auction in 2012, he was denied. He appealed and in May 2015, a Spanish court confirmed that the painting was a national treasure that “could under no circumstances be taken out of Spain”, according to a story in The Telegraph. Picasso painted “Head of a Young Woman” in 1906 and it is estimated to be worth more than $25 million. He
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News Briefs was from the Spanish city of Malaga. French authorities were tipped off that the painting was about to be flown by private jet to London, so they boarded the yacht and seized it, they said in a statement. The painting was then taken to Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum where it will remain until its legal status is resolved.
Hurricane season below normal
The NOAA Climate Prediction Center updated its 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook on Aug. 6 and now calls for a 90 percent chance of a below-normal hurricane season, the highest confidence level given by NOAA since hurricane outlooks began in 1998. When the outlook was first released in May, there was a 70 percent chance of a below-normal season. The updated outlook also lowers the expected storm activity: a 70 percent chance of 6-10 named storms (down from 6-11 announced in May), of which 1-4 will become hurricanes (down from 3-6), and 0-1 will become major hurricanes (down from 0-2). These ranges – which include the three named storms to date (Ana, Bill, and Claudette) – are below the seasonal averages of 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes. Forecasters attribute the calmer season to three factors: El Niño has strengthened; atmospheric conditions associated with a significant El Niño, such as strong vertical wind shear and enhanced sinking motion across the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, are predicted to continue through the remaining hurricane season; and tropical Atlantic sea-surface temperatures are predicted to remain cooler than the rest of the tropics. Two tropical storms already have struck the United States this year. Ana made landfall in South Carolina in May, and Bill made landfall in Texas in June. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
Bridge down on North Carolina ICW Attention mariners heading south along the U.S. East Coast’s Intracoastal Waterway this fall: Beginning Aug. 17, the Surf City swing bridge in North Carolina will be closed to navigation from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for two openings each day at 8:30 a.m. and noon. The bridge fender system on the bridge at mile 260.7 is being reconstructed. In the closed position,
it has a vertical clearance of 13 feet above mean high water. Construction is expected to be completed Oct. 23.
Drought shrinks canal draft
Drought conditions that have lowered Gatun Lake water levels have resulted in reduced draft for transit of the Panama Canal. The 39-foot (11.89m) draft won’t affect yachts, but might impact the number of vessels transiting the canal during the repositioning season. This is the first time that the Panama Canal has imposed draft restrictions this far into the rainy season due to the ‘El Niño’ weather pattern. The restriction begins Sept. 8.
New Suez Canal opens
Egypt has opened a New Suez Canal parallel to and deeper than the existing canal. The 72km of new channel and bypasses will allow for two-way traffic along part of the route, as well as for larger vessels to transit. The southbound route is now projected to take 11 hours, down from 18 hours on the original canal. The $8.2 billion project took less than a year to construct. It’s opening on Aug. 6 was declared a national holiday. According to a story by the BBC, the original canal handles 7 percent of global ocean trade. The waterway connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, providing the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe.
U.S. to study hydrogen fuel
The U.S.’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) will provide $500,000 to support a feasibility study for the design, construction, and operation of a high-speed passenger ferry powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology and a hydrogen refueling station. The fuel cell would provide power for propulsion and auxiliary electrical systems, while the hydrogen refueling station – which would be the largest in the world – would service the ferry, electric cars, buses and fleet vehicles, powered by fuel cells. “This study is just one more way in which MARAD is working to find new and efficient technologies for use in the maritime industry that offer clean-fuel options to cut emissions,” said MARAD Administrator Paul Jaenichen. “The U.S. maritime industry can play an important role in reducing the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and creating a more sustainable future for us all.”
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Owner happy with crew who listen, work hard, deliver Owner’s View Peter Herm
I am not a pro at cruising the Med (yet), but I must say we did have fun in the Balearics this summer, despite the crowds. The crew on my new boat is fantastic. As I have written in the past, I believe it is critical for owners and crew to communicate clearly what the goals and expectations are for both; being happy on a boat and in a job is a two-way street. This approach may be paying off. I realize we are still in the honeymoon phase, but I have high
hopes for this partnership. The captain and I started our communication with lengthy e-mails long before I ever stepped aboard covering a wide range of topics from cuisine (everything rare off the grill, lots of fruits and salads, and ice on the beer) and tender care (I really want it clean) to avoidance of crowds and the need to add more engineering spares to avoid potential trip interruptions. We continued communicating face to face during our cruise, covering my desired cruising speed, A/C temperature (frigid), accounting expectations, and how the sheets did not need to be changed daily. One of my most important business
partners was the first to use the boat I also appreciated their non-stop this summer. I admit to being a little work ethic. I only wish my office team nervous as I had not yet experienced could spend a week with your crew to this crew in action see what 12-14 myself, only in the hour days look pre-sale festivities like without As a bonus, the crew of survey, etc. complaint. The had experience in the Last week, I had engineer even a chance to debrief became a sort of cruising area, where I my guest on his nanny with the had none. trip. Although not kids, showing a heavy charterer, them around he is not a yachting the engine room novice. His comments made me proud: endless times. They were all efficient, “For my birthday on board, they friendly and there when you needed made my favorite cake …seven layers them and not when you did not. It was and perfect. How they knew what I almost eerie.” liked, I don’t know, but I was impressed. My experience with them was similar. They were efficient, fast and on top of things that matter to me (cold beer and spotless deck gutters are my pet peeves). As a bonus, the crew had experience in the cruising area, where I had none. My directive was to be on the hook only and as far away from crowds as possible. The captain managed to squeeze into spots without the mobs and even briefly found an empty beach or two, even on Mallorca. (The nude beaches on Menorca were not what I had hoped for either.) It seemed like everything “worked” on the trip, and if it didn’t, I never heard about it. Sure, I created a long punch list of items to be improved in the near future to fit our needs (like a bigger tender and better grill), but they were virtually all boat items, not crew items. And this is a good sign. The captain didn’t choke too hard on my “9.5 knots is fast enough” lecture and the crew may have even enjoyed slowing down a little. I did have to negotiate on new thermostats for the main engines with the engineer as he was concerned about low enginerunning temps at my desired speeds. But their reception to my suggestions was cordial and not combative. They even commented that we seemed to be attracting a lot more porpoises at the bow when running at my “walking” speed. We will see if it sticks on the next cruise in France/Italy later this summer. I am excited about this crew. Nice people on a nice boat. High tide only and bow west. Peter Herm is the pen name for a veteran yacht owner who is an entrepreneur based on the East Coast of the U.S. Contact him through www.thetriton.com/author/peter-herm.
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Captains take advantage of flexible dates and diverse charters to fill gaps in their work schedules with peer-to-peer boat rental companies. PHOTO PROVIDED BY BOATBOUND
Sign me up: Captains add parttime work with rental share jobs By Dorie Cox Charter guests are at the helm as the 49-foot S/Y Galen Diana navigates toward Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Capt. Rodney Mayer keeps an eye on the course. Mayer, a charter captain who makes his living running his sailboat as well as other boats, is on a trip with a new option for part-time employment. Capt. Mayer joined Boatbound as a captain for hire. The peer-to-peer boat rental company is free to members and matches people who would like to get out on the water with boats and licensed captains. “It’s a great opportunity being part of the captains fleet and it’s good exposure,” Mayer said by phone from his charter. “It offers flexibility and the chance to brush up on my skills.” Capt. Alexander Tracy works with another peer-to-peer boat rental company, Sailo. “Any time the boat is on the hard for work or if your owner lays it up for the season, Sailo is an easy chance to get some business on the side while doing what you love anyway,” he said by email from New Zealand. “Also, it’s a blast to run a smaller center console around after operating some of the bigger yachts ... feels like you can take it anywhere.” There are many peer-to-peer boat rental companies but not all include a list of captains like Boatbound and Sailo do. As business expands both
companies are adding more licensed navigators, including megayacht captains who would like a change of pace in their off time. The business model has been compared to other industry share programs such as Airbnb and Uber for its ability to link boats (owners), boat renters and captains. The program is driven by peer reviews with both the owner and renter rating trips. Connor Vliet is program coordinator and customer experience specialist with Boatbound in San Francisco. Launched in 2013, it also has an office in Miami. Vliet works with captains who have signed up online. Once approved, they are added to a regional list and Boatbound connects them with boat owners in their area. “We are looking for captains with a variety of backgrounds,” he said. “We have some recently graduated from a licensing program and we’re reaching out to captain’s schools. This is a way mariners can get more sea time. For captains, this is an option while in between trips.” Magda Marcu is co-founder and head of operations of Sailo. The company launched last September in New York and has an office in Miami. “A lot of people don’t understand how this works for captains,” Marcu said. “Simply, captains can go online, call, e-mail, go to a live chat or create
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Simple online process connects captains to options, flexibility HIRE, from page 13
Capt. Lance works with boat owner Andrea to enjoy her yacht in Miami this PHOTO PROVIDED BY SAILO spring.
their captain profile online. They can post photos, experience, expertise, and add things like sailing lessons.” Captains, owners, and renters access both companies by the Internet. When someone chooses a boat and location online, they get a list of captains in that area, Marcu said. Then the captain decides price and availability. “The owner can or not be involved,” she said. “If the boat owner wants a certain captain, he can recommend one, but the renter is still the one to make the final choice.
“Usually captains are recommended by someone in the program,” she said. “It is very much like a community and most of the captains know each other.” Peer-to-peer boat rental companies differ from commercial rental companies in that commercial usually own and maintain a fleet with designated staff and crew. Boatbound has a diverse list of boats for hire. Its 16-foot fishing boats and runabouts are not required to have a captain, but larger launches, trawlers and oceangoing boats require a licensed master. Rules in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) affect how rental companies work in the United States. Bareboat charter operation is defined as an agreement where the charterer has use of the vessel for a period of time and is considered the owner. With Boatbound, captains are paid in person by the charterers as independent contractors. Sailco uses an online payment platform similar to Amazon, Marcu said. “The payment is online and secure and we don’t handle that part,” Marcu said. “The captain can deny the charter if he doesn’t want it for some reason.” Captains with Boatbound and Sailo like that they are in charge of which boat and dates they work. “Sailo works really well for me, because these are people ready to sail,” said Capt. Todd Amelung, who is signed up with Sailo in Miami. “It’s my prerogative to say no if I’m booked. When I get a notice, I just confirm with renters and check their peer reviews.” “As a captain working freelance it’s often hard to find short-term work to fill your days,” Capt. Tracy said. “I can set my calendar on Sailo and the work comes to me. Connecting with owners who don’t use their boats often leads to side jobs and a good relationships.” In response to people who say boat rentals increase the number of bad boaters on the water, Boatbound’s Vliet said it’s just the opposite. Boat rentals include insurance liability protection and support from BoatUS. “It increases the access to a network to keep the waters safe,” Vliet said because owners and captains have final say on rental details. “You would not lend your boat to an idiot.” Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.
Leadership
September 2015 The-Triton.com
Like reading a chart, listening is a skill you can learn, master Taking the Helm Paul Ferdais
Leadership and communication go hand in hand. To be considered an effective communicator, leaders need to make sure they’re clearly understood by other people. There are several tricks of the trade of good communicators to make sure their message is clear and understood, and their expectations are met. First, ask the audience to paraphrase back in their own words what you just said. Then ask what steps they’ll go through to proceed. Finally, ask what they’ll do when difficulties arise. Good leaders do this until they master the skill of being understood. Beyond seeking clarity, great leaders are good listeners. The less we speak, the more we hear, which translates into more information at a leader’s disposal. When a leader engages others in detailed back-and-forth conversation, they demonstrate their focus on the other person, not themselves. Let’s face it, as a leader, it can be easy to issue orders. The biggest challenge is simply listening to what others have to say. As much as we may not want to accept it, people in general, including leaders, are often focused on themselves. This self-centeredness comes across when we ignore what others say, when we don’t let others get a word in, or we focus on what we’ll say next while others talk. This isn’t to suggest leaders should just let the people ramble on. Leaders still need to guide the conversation to get the information they require. However, instead of barking orders, use the following strategy to gather information needed to solve problems. Step 1. Behave in ways that make sure people know you’re listening. Nod your head, make occasional sounds of understanding such as “Uh-huh” and “Hmm.” Everything about you, from your posture to your voice volume, must give the impression that you hear and understand. Step 2. Give feedback during the conversation. Paraphrase back some of the actual words the other person used. This sends a clear signal that you’re listening and that you consider what the other person said as important. Step 3. Clarify and ask questions.
Use open-ended questions to ask for more detailed information. Those kinds of questions begin with words such as what, who, where, when, and how. “Who are you talking about? What do you mean when you say that? Where did it happen? When did it happen? How did it happen?” The benefit of asking these type of questions is that you can dig deeper and gather more information about what’s been discussed. Questions allow for clarification of details so that you can understand the specifics of a problem, rather than coping with and reacting to vague generalizations. You can also patiently and supportively demonstrate that you care what they say. Asking open-ended questions can slow a situation down long enough to see where it’s heading, and you can find out any hidden agendas and reveal exaggerations without being adversarial. Generally, it’s better to get more clarification than less, even when you think you understand what people say. Step 4. After listening to the other person and asking clarification questions, summarize back to them what you’ve heard. “So then, if I understand you correctly, this is the issue and it involves these people and this is how it happened. Is that right?” When you do this, at least two things happen: If you’ve missed something, they can fill in the details, and you’ve demonstrated yet again that you’re making an effort to fully understand. Step 5. Confirm you have heard everything. Having listened carefully, you’ve arrived at a crucial juncture. Rather than assume anything, be certain that the problem or challenge has been fully voiced. Ask, “Is there anything else?” Step 6. Discuss a solution. If applicable, include the person at arriving at a solution. Doing so builds trust and confidence in you as a leader. Listening is a skill, like reading a chart. It takes practice to become effective. Follow these steps as a strategy and your communication will improve. As a skillful listener you’ll be considered a good communicator, excellent conversationalist, and a caring leader. Paul Ferdais is founder/CEO of The Marine Leadership Group. Contact: www.marineleadershipgroup.com.
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Timor-Leste: Language no barrier in diverse country Island people live on and with crocodile history in Indonesia
Today, the war and strife seem far behind, and the capital of Dili is a bustling Asian town with blaring car horns, motor scooters and “microlets” that can transport you for 25 U.S. cents to the fresh market, museums and a mall.
By Sue Hacking Long ago, a small boy helped a dying crocodile return to the sea where it could thrive. In thanks, the crocodile took the boy on its back and together they explored the world. When the crocodile was old, he turned himself into a long, mountainous island. Thus Timor was created, and the boy’s descendants are the people of East Timor. Crocodiles are still revered in this young country (now known as Timor-Leste) of 1.2 million people that occupies the eastern end of the large (half Indonesian) island of Timor. Ruled by the Portuguese until 1975, the country was then annexed by Indonesia and a long and bloody struggle for independence continued until 2002 when Timor-Leste became fully independent. Today, the war and strife seem far behind, and the capital of Dili is a bustling Asian town with blaring car horns, motor scooters and “microlets” that can transport you for 25 U.S. cents to the fresh market, museums and a mall. Our landfall in Timor-Leste, however, was less accommodating. About 100nm east of Dili, as we closed with the rugged mountainous coast, S/V Ocelot suddenly lost both the wind and her two engines. After Jon got one engine revived, we sought an anchorage for the night, and found a patch of sand offshore of a stand of coconut palms and thatch huts. At dusk, we were hailed from the beach and soon boarded by military men who had commandeered an outrigger to get to us. Jon asked them to remove their big military boots but the M16 weapons came up with them. Apparently, we had anchored in a restricted military zone. The men were friendly but strict: we were not to move our boat until they got the OK from their superiors in Dili. That’s the first time in 20 years of cruising we’ve been
FROM PEAK TO SEA: Mountains and palms on the isolated north coast of Timor-Leste. Sue and Jon Hacking (top right) PHOTOS FROM SUE HACKING looking so happy after climbing to the base of the Timor-Leste waterfall. under military detainment. After two days (with the help of US & NZ embassies), we were given permission to day-sail to Dili as a concession to our inability to make long distances against the current in the light winds. As a result we saw lots of Timor-Leste that few sailors see. The lush and craggy mountains dominated
the skyline above the dry coastal hills. Small villages of thatch huts dotted the landscape. We found tenuous anchorages right up against the coast on small shelves of sand. The sea is too deep to anchor until it’s almost too shallow to anchor. At river mouths we saw trickles of last year’s wet season meeting the sea, and
there were often fishermen standing in the shallows casting nets or herding water buffalo. And offshore, twice, we saw the jagged spines and lumpy heads of large saltwater crocodiles patrolling the beach. Because the Timorese believe that crocodiles only attack bad people, very few attacks are reported. We chose
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Mountains and palms frame isolated north coast of Timor-Leste (left). The Cristo Rei statue rises from the hilltop to the east of Dili Harbor (left center). In the village of Maliana, an old man visits the local market (bottom left). Ruins from the 1600s housed Portuguese prison where inmates were left to drown at high tide (below). PHOTOS FROM SUE HACKING not to swim in muddy water or near mangroves where these sacred reptiles are free to roam without fear of being hunted. The natural harbor of the capital of Dili lies within the outstretched arms of a Christ statue, much like that in Rio. Two small reefs help break the swell that rolls in from the northeast. A shallow-water container port currently occupies the western end of the harbor, but is being relocated farther west, opening a large area in the future for yachts to anchor. Except for the few racing yachts that arrive each July on the Darwinto-Dili Rally, Timor-Leste is not yet well known in the sailing world. We did share the anchorage, however, with Obsession, a 35m sloop from Russia that was en route to Bali. In addition to a few emergency-only anchorages along the coast east of Dili, which is steep and reef protected, there is an anchorage on Timor-Leste’s one large satellite island, Atauro, just north of Dili. We had hoped to check out the world-class diving and snorkeling but the strong winds from the east make it an untenable anchorage. Eighty miles west of the international border lies “The Enclave”, an isolated piece of Timor-Leste surrounded by Indonesia, which is the site of the first Portuguese settlers back in the 1500s. To get relief from the sea level heat, we rented a four-wheel drive Land Cruiser for three days to explore several Dutch and Portuguese forts, soak in hot springs at 6,000-foot elevation, visit
remote villages, and hike to the base of themselves of the free wi-fi, and young Motu Bandeira, a stunning 1,000-foot men hawk oranges and passion fruit waterfall. It was challenging driving, that swing from well-balanced shoulder where we often made no more than sticks. The Dili cathedral proclaims the 15 mph on roads that are rife with country’s Catholic Portuguese heritage, potholes, landslides and deep ruts. but at 05:40 each morning, the one city Inexpensive, mosque sends crowded buses out its call to Because the Timorese criss-cross the prayer. believe that crocodiles only country, but We enjoyed these are not attack bad people, very few six weeks in for the faint of this strangely attacks are reported. heart or those European/Asian in a hurry. country where Motorbikes can a mixture of be rented for $20 a day but traveling to languages kept us alert: A greeting in the “districts” (anywhere outside Dili) is Portuguese might be responded to in not advisable due to the poor roads. Indonesian, Tetum or English. Shops On the park benches along the carry items from Asia, Indonesia and Dili waterfront, young lovers whisper See TIMOR-LESTE, page 42 and snuggle while teenagers avail
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Take time to understand each other to help great team dynamic flow Crew Coach Capt. Rob Gannon
Speaking to a coaching client recently, we started talking about the challenges of working aboard yachts. We ended up pretty much agreeing that the biggest challenge usually is not the physical skills of a certain position, it’s dealing with all the personalities and situations. Not just the personalities of others, but understanding our own selves as well. Let’s start with understanding others. Although many of us look and dress similarly, there is a wider variety of people in yachting today than ever before. It’s more international, probably more age differences, and different backgrounds working together as well. A couple decades ago it sure seemed like most captains and crew grew up around boats and the water. These days, it seems more folks come in from previous careers or service industries, some with no boating background whatsoever. That’s necessarily a bad thing, just an observation.
With all that comes different views of the world, social customs and habits. It seems like more than ever it would behoove us to try to understand what makes each other tick. Everybody has a story. Do you know the true story of that person you work with? Not some CV story but the real deal, where they’re really coming from? Some may not want to share and you never want to pry, but having some real conversations about each other’s lives can be invaluable for connecting while living and working together. When we’re part of a team, we want things to flow. We want to get on the same page and work on the common cause. Being able to trust and empathize goes a long way. I have been on a lot of teams in my life, both in sports and working on boats, and I can tell you firsthand there’s nothing like comradery and good chemistry in a team environment. You never forget those people and the way it felt. Not every team will capture it, when it’s just a bunch of individuals doing their individual thing it can fall flat. I also realize that some groups will never really get it together. It can get
complicated and downright ugly but it gets simpler when you communicate with caring and respect. The big piece in understanding others comes from understanding yourself. If you have that strong inner compass, that stable and reliable true self that lives from the insideout, you have the foundation to build relationships and an overall contented life. Others may not act the way you would like or say the things you would want but you can always be OK because on the inside you know you are fine. You know that all you can control is you and your reactions. Don’t let that inner wise and peaceful place ever be hijacked by another. Don’t give anyone that power with your thoughts because that peace and wisdom can never be taken. It is ours and we all possess it. Realize it’s not this owner or this captain or this chief stew that is your problem. It’s your reaction to them. You have control over your reaction, and not over others. It’s not always easy. It will take some time and practice but if you can raise your awareness in this area, well, it’s just about one of the best things we can
do for ourselves. Another thing I often recommend to clients is if you haven’t educated yourself a bit on human behavior, you may want to give it a go. I don’t like to recommend particular books but there is a treasure trove of wisdom in the psychological, spiritual and scientific fields. There is some outstanding recent information and some wisdom of the ages out there and, interesting enough, they connect in many areas. Check it out; it might just change your life. This yachting industry can be a grind or it can be grand. You can barely survive or you can thrive. You’re on the right course if you take some time to understand others and yourself. Give others a break, understand everybody has struggles and a story and that you are developing, growing and becoming. Don’t be afraid to look inside yourself because that’s where the gold is. Enjoy the voyage. Capt. Rob Gannon is a 30-year licensed captain and certified life and wellness coach. Contact him through www. yachtcrewcoach.com.
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U.S. cruising license requires bareboat charters Rules of the Road Capt. Jake DesVergers
During the past month, several yachts have advised our office of difficulty in obtaining and/or renewing their cruising license with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Upon further investigation and various meetings, it was noted that there was a new effort in place for all foreign-flagged yachts visiting the United States. In summary, CBP has discovered that many yachts applying for a cruising license are also conducting charters. A quick Internet search of a particular yacht confirms these suspicions. Combining their Internet search with personal interview, CBP officials may consider the yacht to be engaged in trade and in noncompliance with the license. In paragraph 2 on the cruising license, it states, “The license is granted subject to the condition that the yacht named herein shall not engage in trade or violate the laws of the United States in any respect.” Title 46, United States Code Appendix, section 883 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), often called the Jones Act, provides, in part, that no merchandise shall be transported between points in the United States embraced within the coastwise laws either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation, in any vessel other than a vessel built in and documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States (i.e., a coastwisequalified vessel). Furthermore, section 289 of the code prohibits the transportation of passengers between points in the United States embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly or by way of a foreign port, in a non coastwisequalified vessel. It is important to note that for purposes of section 289, a “passenger” is defined as “... any person carried on a vessel who is not connected with the operation of such vessel, her navigation,
ownership or business.” This is especially important for yachts. Refreshing our memories with the above general guidance, let’s put it into specific wording for yachts. CBP has consistently held that when a yacht is chartered under a bona-fide bareboat charter, the bareboat charterer is treated as the owner of the yacht for the period of the charter. Because the owners are not considered “passengers” for purposes of the coastwise laws, the charterer is not prohibited from using the yacht during the charter. In contrast, a yacht chartered under a charter arrangement other than a bareboat charter (e.g., a time or voyage charter) and used in coastwise transportation would be subject to penalties under the coastwise laws. A yacht chartered under a bareboat charter would also be subject to penalties if the bareboat charterer used it in the coastwise trade (e.g., to transport passengers, other than bona fide guests, between coastwise points or entirely within territorial waters). When CBP reviews a charter arrangement to determine whether it is a bareboat or some other type, the agency has generally expressed one of the following determinations. The nature of a particular charter arrangement is a question of fact to be determined from the circumstances of each case. Under a bareboat charter, also referred to as a demise charter, the owner relinquishes complete management and control of the yacht to the charterer. In comparison, if the owner retains any degree of management or control, however minor, the charter is considered a time or voyage charter. As such, the yacht is deemed to be engaged in trade. The key issue in the above situations is whether management and control have been completely surrendered by the owner to the charterer. This clear action is required to demonstrate that for the period of the charter, the charterer is in effect the owner. Although a charter agreement at its face value may appear to be a bareboat
charter, the manner in which its details are conducted and the intention of the respective parties to relinquish or to assume complete management and control are also factors to be considered. The largest issue identified by those yachts that were refused a cruising license dealt with the hiring of crew. If a yacht is under a true bareboat charter, it is the charterer’s responsibility to provide the crew. Many of the yachts that were interviewed by CBP stated that the yacht’s owner retained control over the crew. This is a disqualifying factor for the bareboat charter test. As such, the yachts were considered as commercial vessels, engaged in trade, and not eligible for the cruising license. While these recent instances appear to be low in number and localized to specific ports, it is highly recommended that all captains and charter brokers review the requirements for a proper bareboat charter. These can be located in Title 46 of the U.S. Code. Capt. Jake DesVergers is chief surveyor for International Yacht Bureau (IYB). Contact him at www.yachtbureau.org.
Today’s fuel prices
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Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of Aug. 15.
Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of Aug. 15, 2014.
Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 466/509 Savannah, Ga. 466/NA Newport, R.I. 622/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 799/NA St. Maarten 748/NA Antigua 720/NA Valparaiso 719/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 741/NA Cape Verde 551/NA Azores 608/1,346 Canary Islands 664/1,030 Mediterranean Gibraltar 459/NA Barcelona, Spain 619/1,408 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/864 Antibes, France 531/1,352 San Remo, Italy 666/1,621 Naples, Italy 644/1,610 Venice, Italy 753/1,630 Corfu, Greece 428/951 Piraeus, Greece 437/955 Istanbul, Turkey 482/NA Malta 608/1,041 Tunis, Tunisia 743/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 743/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 540/NA Sydney, Australia 550/NA Fiji 545/NA
Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 828/810 Savannah, Ga. 830/NA Newport, R.I. 840/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 1,103/NA St. Maarten 1,100/NA Antigua 975/NA Valparaiso 683/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 986/NA Cape Verde 832/NA Azores 902/1,650 Canary Islands 835/1,236 Mediterranean Gibraltar 899/NA Barcelona, Spain 875/1,850 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1030 Antibes, France 848/1,737 San Remo, Italy 1,002/2,218 Naples, Italy 1,002/2,244 Venice, Italy 1,049/2,123 Corfu, Greece 1,019/2,077 Piraeus, Greece 1,006/1,850 Istanbul, Turkey 947/NA Malta 915/1,717 Tunis, Tunisia 897/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 895/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 849/NA Sydney, Australia 836/NA Fiji 853/NA
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Diesel, from sperm whale to compression-ignition engine Diesel Digest Capt. Jeff Werner
Rhode Island was a thriving British colony in the mid-1700s, and the hub of its wealth was the city of Newport. It was one of the five largest shipping ports in colonial North America. In 1761, Jacob Rodriguez Rivera formed the United Company of Spermaceti Chandlers to help regulate an industry he founded in Newport: the manufacturing of sperm whale oil candles. This oil, extracted from the head of a sperm whale, was highly valued for oil lamps and candles because it burned brighter and cleaner than any other oil, and it didn’t have the odor that whale oil had. Processing sperm whale oil became a leading industry, which Newport kept as a near monopoly until the American Revolution. Today, Brent crude, a major commodities market benchmark for oil, is being sold at $50 a barrel. In 1823, a barrel of sperm oil sold for $200 (adjusted for today’s dollar) and by 1855 it had risen to more than $1,400 a barrel. Clearly, cheaper alternatives for lighting oil lamps needed to be found. In 1859, when Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial oil well in Titusville, Penn., he was searching for petroleum. When refined, crude oil produced kerosene, an inexpensive alternative to sperm whale oil. It was John D. Rockefeller who had the vision of kerosene illuminating homes when he bought his first refinery in 1863. Rockefeller made his vision a reality, as kerosene became the most valuable product distilled from petroleum, and he made enormous profits. The refining process also produced other products from crude oil, such as gasoline, benzene, lubricating oils and waxes. Some of these byproducts were not given a name because no one knew what to do with them. One was called “distillate”, and for every barrel of oil refined, almost one-quarter of a barrel of distillate was produced. Even Rockefeller couldn’t figure out a use. Distillate, the unwanted waste from the crude , languished for decades. Enter Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, an engineer, who was interested in designing an engine that was more efficient than the steam engines powering ships and locomotives and
the gasoline engines of the newly invented automobile. In 1893, Diesel published the treatise “Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Engine to Replace the Steam Engine and Combustion Engines Known Today”. His engine used a cylinder to compress air, and as the air was squeezed into a smaller volume, it heated up. Fuel was then sprayed into this hot air and it burned spontaneously. His design was called a compression-ignition engine, and for the next four years Diesel tinkered with his engine and the best fuel to run it. He tried fuel made from coal dust and peanut oil in his quest for the highest power per gallon. Finally, when he displayed his completed engine at the Munich Exhibition of 1898, it was fueled by that orphan byproduct called distillate. It has been called diesel fuel ever since, and the compression-ignition engine is now commonly known as a diesel. By 1912, more than 70,000 diesel engines were in use, powering factories and generators. Ships and locomotives were just being introduced to that power, and soon submarines. Rudolf Diesel became a millionaire from licensing his patents around the world. On Sept. 29, 1913, Diesel boarded a mail ship in Antwerp for a crossing to London to attend a meeting the following day. After dinner, he retired to his cabin and was never seen again. Ten days later, a body was discovered floating in the North Sea so badly decomposed it could only be identified by the clothes and the items in its pockets. It was Rudolf Diesel. By that time, his wife had already opened a bag Diesel had given her before he left. In it were 200,000 German marks in cash and statements for accounts that were almost empty. They were facing bankruptcy due to his investments, his death was ruled a suicide. Many people also speculated he was murdered by coal barons, oil interests or perhaps German agents who wanted to stop the sale of diesel engines for use in British submarines. Whatever the cause of Diesel’s demise, his legacy is something to ponder while you pass the time as diesel fuel is being bunkered aboard your yacht. Capt. Jeff Werner has been in yachting for almost 25 years. Contact him through MyDieselDoctor.com.
Technology
September 2015 The-Triton.com
Technology Briefs E3 launches new router
Mallorca-based e3 Systems, a multibroadband communications provider for megayachts, has launched e3.Unite, which uses a range of routers that combine from three to 18 3G, 3G+, 4G LTE connections, and even local wifi into one connection. It is designed to provide close to 100 percent connectivity.
“When in range of land connections, connectivity is provided at a fraction of the cost to satellite communications, which is why we have developed this managed cellular solution, said Roger Horner, e3 group managing director. By adding a variety of connections as the yacht moves, the signal will increase or decrease, depending on the number of antennas in view on the coast line. E3.Unite Performance, the entry level service, includes a standard cellular modem with a three SIM configuration with up to a 50Mbps data connection. For a more advanced and larger bandwidth, e3 Performance Max offers up to 18 SIMS with a bandwidth of 100Mbps or more. For more information,visit e3s.com.
Sea Hawk offers training videos
Florida-based Sea Hawk Paints has introduced a series of Hawk Epoxy training videos to detail proven techniques for protecting and enhancing the longevity of vessels. The first five videos focus on using Hawk Epoxy to perform boat repairs, including measuring and mixing, sealing a fiberglass hull, patching holes, hardware replacement adhesion, and fairing hull imperfections. The series can be accessed at www. SeaHawkPaints.com/videos.
MerCruiser launches V8 sterndrives Wisconsin-based Mercury MerCruiser has launched 6.2-liter V-8 300hp and 350hp sterndrive engines to deliver increased power and torque. The engines are built specifically for marine use rather than adapting and marinizing an automotive engine and so do not have automotive restrictions and unnecessary technologies.
A long runner scrolled intake manifold optimizes air flow for higher torque, which translates into greater acceleration and boat performance. High displacement produces a strong power-to-weight ratio, which lets the operator plane quickly and stay on plane at lower speeds. The 6.2L V-8 also offers Adaptive Speed Control (ASC), which maintains a set rpm point regardless of load or condition changes. The 6.2L is available with optional freshwater cooling, which uses a heat exchanger and coolant fluid to maintain engine temperature. For more, visit mercurymarine.com.
Mercury launches prop hub system
Wisconsin-based Mercury Marine, manufacturer of marine propulsion and technology, has introduced FloTorq SSR HD, a propeller hub system designed to improve shift noise and vibration on high-horsepower outboards that use a 1.25-inch shaft. Soft Shift Rubber (SSR) adds a bonded rubber sleeve to one end of the hub, absorbing shock and vibration. As soon as the propeller is under load, the stainless steel end of the hub engages the core of the propeller, creating a solid hub that can transfer the power generated by four-stroke outboards. For more, visit mercurymarine.com.
Chafe-Pro custom for Samson Rope
North Carolina-based Flord, a manufacturer of removable chafeabrasion protection, has created a custom product for Samson Rope. Chafe-Pro FS is designed specifically for Samson to have a free-sliding fit. It can be installed either before the lines are deployed or after. A hook-andloop closure allows the Chafe-Pro FS sleeve to be positioned wherever lines may be subject to abrasion. And there are attachment points at both ends for tag lines to keep the sleeve in position. Chafe-Pro protects the lines of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and numerous shipping & towing companies around the world. For more information, visit www.ChafePro.com.
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Marinas / Shipyards Thunderbolt guard dies
Robert Lee Jones, the smiling face at the guard house that greeted visitors to Thunderbolt Marine each morning, died from injuries he suffered in a car crash in late July. He was 60 years old. Mr. Jones worked as security at Savannah’s yacht Jones yards since the
late 1980s. He served in the U.S. Army from 1979 to 1985 and was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife of 34 years, Leona B. SimmonsJones, two sons, a stepson and three stepdaughters, three brothers and six sisters, and seven grandchildren.
New marina in southern Italy
Stabia Main Port marina has opened in Castellammare di Stabia in Italy. Located in the city center, the marina is a few minutes from the archeological
sites of Pompeii and Stabiae and offers access to Sorrento, Capri, Ischia, the Bay of Naples and the protected marine area of Punta Campanella.
“Since the inauguration in June we have been overwhelmed at the positive response from the superyacht industry,” said Umberto Graziuso, president of the marina. “M/Y Cloud 9, M/Y Ester III and the new Feadship M/Y Symphony are just a few of the yachts that have selected Stabia Main Port in the last month.” Stabia Main Port is the part of an existing, historical marina that is dedicated to vessels over 30m, including those over 100m. The dedicated quay of 250m can accommodate 18 superyachts both stern-to and alongside up to 120m. The city of Castellammare di Stabia, founded in the 8th century as Stabiae, has 28 natural water sources and an antique thermal spa. It is the only location in the area that can accommodate yachts up to 120m, also alongside. It offers shore power (250 amp/380 v), high speed wi-fi, water and 24-hour security. The marina opened in June. For more information, visit www. stabiamainport.com.
STP Palma shifts to digital radio
STP Shipyard Palma has begun using a digital radio system, which it claims makes it the first shipyard to do so. New legislation requires shipyards and yachts to migrate to DMR (Digital Mobile Radio), which provides full coverage. With a personalized, specially coded software, it has a system that has a visual interface and is installed on different devices. The software allows to assign tasks to any worker, who can also answer and mark these tasks as done via the supplied device. This system allows users to track forklifts and cranes, as well as improve safety through emergency channels and panic buttons. This change has been prompted by the recent enlargement of the shipyard area, where full coverage was not reached and where interference was high in bad weather. “The new digital radio system offers numerous advantages, the most important is clarity in communication and the possibility that each sector has its own channel,” said shipyard manager Joan Rosselló. “In addition, users can receive calls or text messages,” Rosselló said. “Each radio has an emergency button that if necessary it is possible to transmit all the channels at once by general emergency channel.”
Training
September 2015 The-Triton.com
OK to get OOW in four years, if time spent on navigation On Course Capt. Brian Luke Within the megayacht community, there is active debate about young crew members ascending the ladder to a captain’s position with alacrity. Basically, a deckhand spends a couple of years as a “chamois technician” and then trains for the 200-ton Yachtmaster rating, after which she or he immediately spends the next two to three years fulfilling the Officer of the Watch (OOW) training and sea time requirements. Some think this is too fast. Considering that a young cadet in any of the U.S. maritime academies comes away from graduation with a 3rd Mate Unlimited ticket after four years of study and a minimal amount of sea time, I think not. It is my position that three to four years for a crew member in the yachting industry to earn the OOW (< 3000gt) credential is just about right. This should be the career crew member’s goal and expectation. Yachts, unlike most commercial ships, generally have no formal onboard training program. There are exceptions, but there is great variability as to whether deck crew will receive substantive wheelhouse experience. Though some of the onus is on the captain and chief mate, ultimately it is up to the crew to push for training. Unfortunately, when most crew members show up for the Yachtmaster course, they are usually ill-prepared because they have spent an inordinate amount of time cleaning the vessel and virtually no time assisting the chief mate with navigational tasks such as passage planning and tide calculations. Therefore, many crew members arrive at a training center and must attempt to learn such principles as navigation, weather, tides and currents in one week. In theory, crew should already be familiar with most of this and should only be refining previously developed knowledge. Most training centers will send pre-study material to the crew when booked into their Yachtmaster course. My experience has been, mostly due to the yacht’s heavy workload, that the vast majority will not study the material prior to arrival.
We know that the general crew member expectation is to take the twoweek course and pass a challenging final practical exam onboard a 40- to 45-foot twin-screw vessel. We also find that the crew member expects to learn everything needed during the course. There is far too much material to master in such a short time and this expectation is therefore ill-founded, only leading to a poor outcome and subsequent disappointment. The training center’s hope, if not expectation, is that the candidate has been exposed to tides, weather and navigation prior to the course. The requisite sea miles for the rating are set as a minimum distance and this distance comes with the expectation that crew will have been involved in at least some passage planning, which includes navigation, weather, tidal changes, etc. When the student arrives without any real knowledge of how to plot a course or figure secondary port calculations, then she or he will be at a distinct disadvantage. The unlikely chance of passing the course and exam become self-evident at the onset and it only goes downhill from there. Any crew member’s expectation should be to pass any and all courses, including Yachtmaster, on the first attempt. Crew should also have the expectation of receiving a certain amount of training from their senior crew. If that training isn’t offered, then they need to ask for it. Maybe crew can linger in the wheelhouse when not on duty, look through charts, ask questions. Offer to help plot the next part of the voyage, and have a superior officer correct the plan. It is important to figure out a way to be familiar with the material before beginning Yachtmaster courses. Once signed up, make sure the training center provides guidance and materials for success. Any way you look at it, crew are responsible for their own career. Practice and study all facets of navigation before you sign up for the Yachtmaster course to keep your career on course. Capt. Brian Luke is chief operations officer for International Crew Training in Ft. Lauderdale. Contact him through www.yachtmaster.com.
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Giving back gives crew a sense of community Stew Cues Alene Keenan
One of the things I love most about being land-based now after 20 years at sea is the opportunity to get involved in my community. When I worked on yachts, I reached a stage where I was tired of finding ways to amuse myself and wanted to find a bigger identity outside of yachting to share common interests. One boat I worked on stayed in various ports for such long periods of time that we felt like locals. We were able to interact in local charity events frequently, and it felt great. People were usually fascinated with the yacht and happy that we would help out around town. These days I am surprised by the number of new stews I meet who express a desire to be affiliated with some particular group. Being physically separated from terra firma for long periods of time makes new crew feel emotionally isolated from society, and they don’t know where to turn.
There are lots of groups associated with yachting and many people new to yachting are curious about what benefits they provide and how to get involved. The problem, though, is that it is almost impossible to attend meetings on a regular basis, given yachting’s unpredictable schedule. As a result, young crew never really feel like they belong, which was the point in the beginning. Sometimes there are individual fundraisers, seminars or events to participate in, and crew can check the web sites of groups such as the International Superyacht Society (www.superyachtsociety.org) or the Marine Industry Cares Foundation (www.marineindustrycares.org) to see if events coincide with the yacht’s itinerary. When they don’t, crew can always make a difference when they hit the shore by cleaning beaches, helping with building schools or homes, or participating in Spin-a-thons or other local projects. Nowadays there are different types of communities to be involved in. Besides geographic communities, there are tons of virtual groups that are united by a certain belief or goal that crew would enjoy. These virtual communities provides unlimited opportunities for people to connect via media as well as face to face. Any involvement in community organizations helps young yachting professionals learn the impact of helping others via community service. There are many groups listed online, but crew must do their homework and investigate them before getting involved. Here is a partial listing: l Young Professionals in Yachting, a non-profit formed to promote ethical business practice and educate and facilitate success for young professionals within the yachting business community. l The Professional Yachting Association (PYA) is a non-profit organization that provides guidance for crew working and living onboard yachts. It provides ongoing support and information regarding training and certification, practical information about career development, and regulatory compliance, and works as an advocate with policy makers to increase awareness of the yachting profession. www.pya.org l The Boys & Girls Club of America is noteworthy for working with local youth shoreside to provide programs
and services that instill a sense of competence, usefulness and belonging. This is a great group to be involved with. It has a lot of support from the yachting community and crew can help many places they are docked. There are often organized events that welcome crew to participate. l Volunteermatch.org is a Web site that provides volunteer information and listings in different communities. Visit the site to see the calendar and information for all kinds of activities in the United States. l Oceana, founded in 2001, is the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation. l Oceanswatch works with developing countries to provide environmental education in places such as Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. l EcoCrew is a registered charity that works with the superyacht community to redistribute unwanted items to communities in need and raise awareness. l Goodnet.org lists global opportunities and organizations. l International SeaKeepers Society was founded by yacht owners and environmental advocates for ocean research, conservation and policy decisions regarding sea research and education to protect the world’s oceans. l YachtAid Global, a non-profit started by a yacht captain who uses the travel of yachts to distribute goods and provide service to coastal communities across the globe. Being involved with a charity organization creates a sense of citizenship and stewardship, no matter where we are. It helps develop leadership, communication, and organizational skills by working within a larger community. We spend our yachting careers in a very exclusive lifestyle, and it is easy to lose touch with those less fortunate. It is powerful to learn how to use one’s unique knowledge and experience as a resource to enrich the lives of those less fortunate. Small opportunities to help others surround us every day. In the words of Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” Alene Keenan has been a yacht stew for more than 20 years. She is the author of “The Yacht Guru’s Bible: The Service Manual for Every Yacht”, available on amazon.com and http://createspace. com/5377000. Contact her at info@ yachtstewguru.com.
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Business Briefs PYP acquires Hydrasud in La Ciotat
Performance Yacht Painting (PYP) has acquired Hydrasud activities at the shipyard in La Ciotat in the South of France. Founded more than 10 years ago within the La Ciotat shipyards, Hydrasud was one of the first subcontractors to establish its business in the area following the reconversion of the Normed shipyard. The new site features a sand blasting shed as well as an atmospherically controlled paint shed. This acquisition complements PYP’s existing business at the yard.
EMC completes acquisition of MTN
Miami-based EMC has acquired MTN (Maritime Telecommunications Network). The combined global company retains the name EMC and is now headquartered at MTN’s Miramar, Fla., offices. The EMC global mobility platform combines satellite and terrestrial broadband, creating seamless and reliable connectivity and access to live worldwide TV, on-demand video content, Internet, voice, cellular and 3G
services, globally. With the acquisition, EMC adds the cruise, ferry and yacht markets to its targeted sectors, and will merge its government, oil and gas, and commercial shipping business units, according to a news release. The new entity provides remote connectivity to about 8,000 on-land sites and 1,600 vessels. EMC operates in 140 countries and runs 52 worldwide field support centers. For more details, visit www. emc-corp.net or www.mtnsat.com.
Fleet Miami partners with ISS
Fleet Miami has partnered with the International SeaKeepers Society to take charter guests on research expeditions. The pilot charter was scheduled to begin Aug. 15 aboard Fleet Miami’s 154-foot M/Y Usher. For the discounted weekly rate of $175,000 (plus APA), guests would be joined by marine research scientists and participate in ocean research in the Bahamas. The researchers would stay aboard another boat in Fleet Miami fleet, M/Y Shredder, a 54-foot East Bay.
The first SeaKeepers Learning Expedition was expected to be an immersive shark educational and research experience. Over four days, participants would enjoy interactive presentations to learn about sharks and their plight, how to identify species of sharks common to Bahamian waters, and learn about research projects going on at the Save Our Seas Shark Research Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute. Participants would also enjoy several reef snorkeling trips where they would be tasked with photographing and recording the species, sex and size estimates of sharks they encounter.
The Crew Coach course accredited
France-based The Crew Coach has been awarded formal accreditation for its superyacht-specific online leadership training for senior. Crew who complete the full online training including all modules and coursework can now apply for an internationally recognized Continuous Professional Development certificate from the UK’s Institute of Leadership
& Management (ILM), giving this investment in their personal development value in the professional world beyond yachting. In addition to this, all learners receive free access to the ILM student resource library during their program, giving them a wealth of further invaluable resources and information. The Crew Coach Leadership Advantage program curriculum builds on the core principles in the HELM leadership training. Founded in 2009 by Alison Rentoul, The Crew Coach has also recently ended a three-year exclusive partnership with Camper & Nicholsons International and is again available to work with any yachts and crew.
Yatco launches charter system
Florida-based Yatco, a yachting industry search engine, has launched its Charter Pro System, connecting the world’s charter companies. The system features high-resolution media, two-way API functionality, customized brochures, advanced reporting and market intelligence.
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First rule of cooking with wine: Make sure you like to drink it Culinary Waves Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson
The whole idea of cooking a really great dish is to build a flavor profile, one that the guests onboard will love. Chefs know how to create layer upon layer of flavors in foods using ingredients and techniques such as basting, injecting, and marinades. But what about adding wine to the mix? Is it possible to create a great flavor profile from one simple bottle? Yes it is, but it is also possible to destroy that wonderful flavor profile in one shot. Wine can elevate a dish to new levels, but it can also do the opposite. It is based on the choice of wine for that particular dish, whether it is a great pairing for the food and how you use it. I have had flops with meals because I just reached for the wine we had on hand to deglaze a pan or to make a sauce. And I am not even talking about cooking wine found in grocery stores, which is made of cheap wine and food coloring. No, I have used good wine, expensive wine in cooking and still flopped, because it wasn’t the right kind. The best way to pick a wine to cook with is to the tried-and-true drink theory: Would you drink and enjoy this wine with this meal? Select a wine that will compliment the ingredients in your dish and even enhance them. Older wines, for example, should be paired with simple dishes because they tend to be more delicate in taste and balance. A truly simple course lets an older wine’s flavor and delicate balance come through. And, believe it or not, pinot noir pairs beautifully with salmon, chicken and lamb. This varietal red is one of the best out there and it is hardly ever blended like the cabernet sauvignon is. When selecting a wine to cook with, remember these basics: Dry red wines are best used for wine reduction sauces, such as in beef bourguignon. Dry whites are best suited for deglazing a pan, in cream sauces, and in soups. Oxidized wines and dry nutty wines taste such as Madeira, sherry, Marsala or vermouth are meant to accentuate the dish, not overpower it, so don’t get
carried away when adding sherry to shrimp bisque. Sweet oxidized wines include tawny port, cream sherry and others. I like to reduce these and use over ice creams like a syrup. Sweet fortified red wine is really port. Vintage ports are perfect to cook with because they offer a sweet finish once reduced and a thick syrupy consistency. I love to poach pears and reduce a true vintage port to a thick syrup and serve them together. Sweet white wines such as Sauternes is also perfect for poaching pears, fruit and pairing with seafood. There’s more to cooking with wine then deglazing a pan, though. 1. Use it as an alternative liquid in cooking or a terrific marinade for meat. I have a great marinade for flank steak and the best part about it is that what gives the steak its flavor is not the soy sauce or ginger but the wine. Be sure to marinate meat at room temperature. Wine helps to tenderize the meat. Wine is not just for meat, either. Marinate veggies, too, before you saute them. Heat the wine first, though, to create moisture. 2. Wine, added at the last minute, gives a great flavor to a dish such as flambe or dessert sauce. 3. Use wine instead of water to create moisture in a dish. Heat the wine before you add the food, though. This prepares the pan as well. 4. Use wine with butter to create a broth for basting a chicken or turkey. This is what I do to my Thanksgiving turkey each year. Too many people reach for the California chardonnay in making a sauce for chicken or seafood. I suggest skipping the ho-hum chardonnay with its heavy, oaky taste and go with a light sauvignon blanc. It creates a smooth finish in a sauce for poultry, seafood and salads. We haven’t even discussed using wine in desserts such as over ice cream, but that’s a whole other column. Do some research and experiment with wine in your cooking. It doesn’t just have to be a glass to be enjoyed. Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine and has worked on yachts for more than 25 years. Contact her through www.the-triton.com/author/ chefmarybethlawtonjohnson.
Health
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Air bubbles, gut bacteria can be managed to curb intestinal gas Take It In Carol Bareuther
Barn burner. Cut the cheese. Thunder from down under. These are just a few of the 150 phrases to describe intestinal gas, according to Dan DiSorbo and Ben Applebaum, authors of “The Fart Tootorial: Farting Fundamentals, Master Blaster Techniques, and the Complete Toot Taxonomy”, published by Chronicle Books in 2013. These masters of the gas we pass certainly wrote a book that’s guaranteed to churn out a few chuckles. However, intestinal gas – the belly pain, potential frequency after eating certain foods and most of all fragrance – isn’t so funny when you’re working in close quarters on a yacht. The two major causes of intestinal gas are swallowing air and gut bacteria that produce these vapors during digestion. We swallow air in any number of ways: eating too fast or talking while eating, gulping beverages
through a straw, drinking carbonated drinks, sucking on hard candies and chewing gum. On the digestion front, gas forms when the naturally occurring bacteria in our digestive tract feast on food present in the large intestine or colon after a meal. Bacteria especially like carbohydrates such as sugars, starches and dietary fiber that don’t get fully digested. These microscopic organisms feed on these materials and in turn produce gasses such as hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen sulfide. The only way to curb this is a change in diet. So which foods put too much wind in your sails? Some of the most common are vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce and onions. Fruits such as apples, peaches and pears as well as dried cooked beans are other culprits likely to cause a bit of colon bowlin’. Not everyone’s bodies react to these foods in the same way. Since fruits and vegetables, especially so-called gassy cruciferous vegetables, are
highly nutritious, don’t eliminate them automatically from your diet. Instead, when you notice a problem with gas, keep of record of what you ate in the 4 to 6 hours before. This can give clues as the true foods you’ll need to cut down on or eat only at certain times. Dried cooked beans are so famous for causing flatulence they’ve earned their own rhyme: “Beans, beans are good for the heart. The more you eat, the more you ... “. A 2011 study by researchers at Arizona State University showed that some beans have more power in this respect than others. Namely, pinto beans and baked beans were gassier than black-eyed peas. In general, it is the starches called oligosaccharides that intestinal bacteria really feast on that makes beans as well as dried peas and lentils more guilty of gas. The good news for bean lovers is that there is a way to cook beans without encouraging those starches. To do this, mix 1/8th teaspoon of baking soda into enough water to soak a pound of beans. Soak beans at room temperature for at least 8 to 10 hours
or overnight. The natural fermentation process that happens during soaking also helps to reduce the carbs. Finally, slow cook beans in a crock pot over several hours. This method will assure less gas. Drain and rinse the liquid off canned beans before cooking. Milk and dairy products can create gas in those of us who are lactose intolerant. Lactose is the natural sugar found in dairy foods. Drinking lactosefree milk such as Lact-Aid can stop this problem in its tracks. Finally, foods that contain sugar alcohols can be a problem. Sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol are all found in sugar-free foods. This fact became abundantly clear to a friend who thought sucking on hard sugarless candies would help to calm her noisy digestive tract. These sweets produced a profoundly opposite effect. You could say she had a bad case of the bottom burps. Carol Bareuther is a registered dietitian and freelance health and nutrition writer. Contact her through www.thetriton.com/author/carol-bareuther.
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Mustard-glazed Chicken Crew’s Mess Capt. John Wampler
Yacht owners often ask me where I come up with my recipes. Some are picked up on my travels around the world, and some are more domestic in nature. I often choose my menu plan by looking for deals in the supermarket circulars stuffed in my mailbox. This week, I found a grocer who had chicken drumsticks on sale for 49 cents a pound. You can spend upwards to a $1.29 a pound for skinless drumsticks or you can pull the skin off and save half the price. (Grasping skin with a paper towel will make this slippery chore simple.) In this simple, six-ingredient recipe – made with items already in the pantry – you have a flavorful and inexpensive dish.
Ingredients: 4 scallions 1/2 cup cane sugar 1/2 cup whole-grain mustard 2 Tbsp soy sauce 4 tsp apple cider vinegar 8 skinless chicken drumsticks Directions: Mince the scallion whites and slice the green tops; keep the whites and greens in separate ramekins. In a 12-inch skillet, combine the scallion whites, sugar, mustard, soy sauce, vinegar and half a cup water over a medium-high heat. Simmer mixture until bubbles start to break the surface. Add chicken, reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer slowly for 20 minutes, flipping chicken halfway through, until chicken registers 180 degrees F. Remove chicken and raise the heat to medium-high. Reduce the mixture
to form a glaze, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir in the scallion greens. Add the chicken to toss and cover with glaze. Plate and serve with your favorite side dish.
Enjoy. – JW Capt. John Wampler has worked on yachts for more than 25 years. Contact him through www.yachtaide.com.
Cranberry-braised Beef Short Ribs Top Shelf Chef Mark Godbeer
I am not sure what is more rewarding, eating this dish or creating it. By braising the meat with cranberries, the natural sweetness of the short rib is enhanced and even seems to ascend to a harmonious balance of what would seem a wellcalculated blend of ingredients. However, after making this dish repeatedly and with so few ingredients for the flavor yield, I always feel humbled by how the beef seems to enhance itself to such a level with an absolute minimum of manipulation. Feeds 12 Ingredients: 1/2 stick butter 12 beef short ribs (on the bone) 1 red onion, chopped 2 cups cranberries 1 Tbsp dried thyme 1 tsp cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper 3 cups beef stock Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place a heavybottomed and high-sided oven tray on burners set to medium. Add the butter and allow to brown (cook for 3-5 minutes). Place the ribs in the pan and brown all the sides. Set the burner to high, remove the ribs and add the onion. Sauté for 3 minutes, getting a good color on them. Add cranberries, thyme and cayenne, and cook for a few more minutes. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and slowly pour in the beef stock. Stir, scraping the bottom of the pan to mix any sediment off the bottom into the stock.
Switch off the burners and add the ribs, bone side down. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and place in the oven for three hours. After 3 hours, reduce the oven temperature to 250 degrees F and cook for three more hours. After this second three-hour stint, switch off the oven and leave the pan inside for one more hour. Carefully remove the foil and place the ribs on a baking tray. Pour the braising liquid into a blender and blend for 30 seconds.
Pour the mixture into a heavybottomed pot set to simmer and cook to reduce for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, place the ribs in the oven at 300 degrees F to crisp the outside and give them another level of texture. Place the ribs on a plate and pour the gravy over it. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice and enjoy. Mark Godbeer has been a yacht chef for more than 10 years. Contact him through chefmarkgodbeer.com.
Health
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Have a fun Atlantic crossing without packing on the pounds The Yachtie Glow Angela Orecchio
So, you’re crossing the Atlantic Ocean by boat for 18-21 days? To many people, that sounds insane. To yachties, that’s just another September. Yet even to the most seasoned yachtie, an Atlantic crossing is a long voyage. Here are some ideas for you to make any ocean crossing a happy, fun and active one. 1. Move. Keeping up with a simple fitness routine will not only keep you looking good it will also keep you feeling good. Bring a jump rope, small weights and yoga mat on deck and do any combination of routines. For example, skip rope for 2 minutes, do 50 sumo squats, do 20 reps with some hand weights, 20 lunges on each leg, 20 push-ups, then skip rope for 2 minutes again. Then try a variation of ab workouts such as a wall sit and some yoga stretches. 2. Laugh. Don’t underestimate the power of laughter on crossings. There isn’t any other time where you will affect each other more drastically than when you’re on a long passage together. Everyone is cooped up and tired, and everyone needs some uplifting. Be the person who is positive and happy, even when you don’t feel like it. The passage will be more enjoyable for everyone. Even if you don’t tell jokes, find a way to be a ray of sunshine on a potentially gloomy day. How? Consciously make an effort to smile and have light, uplifting conversations. If you drone on about how seasick you feel or how much
you can’t wait to be on land, you will bring others down. Instead, enjoy the moment as much as you can. If you are sick, don’t bring others down with you. 3. Learn. Download something to listen to or find something to spend two weeks learning. Is it time to finally learn some French after all these years working Med seasons? How about a podcast or even a good audio book? Movies are a great way to pass time, but you will feel a whole lot better engaging your brain to learn something new. 4. Play. Find some simple games everyone can join in on for a laugh. Some great board games include Cranium, Pictionary, Dirty Words, Monopoly and Risk. And poker is great for larger crews. 5. Eat well. Just because you’re at sea doesn’t mean you have to give up your healthy eating habits. Freeze bananas for smoothies and stock up on healthy snacks such as nuts, seeds and fruit. This will not only help you with cravings, it will also stop you from plummeting into low blood sugar depression. When you keep your blood sugar balanced, you can take on almost anything you encounter on board. Have a challenge with someone else on board to stay healthy and fit on the crossing. Make the challenge focused around not losing (because there will be a penalty for everyone) versus winning so that everyone has a reason big enough not to give up. Angela Orecchio is a chief stew and certified health coach. This column was edited from her blog, Savvy Stewardess, The Smart Girl’s Guide to Yachting. Contact her through www. savvystewardess.com.
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Compensation happiness
When it comes to salary, happiness comes with time By Lucy Chabot Reed Every autumn, yachting industry publications take a look at captain and crew salaries, as if the size of the vessel or perhaps years of experience is all one needs to determine what a job or a person is worth. We’re not prying into the dollars and cents of what captains and crew earn. That is private and personal, and likely has more to do with an individual’s negotiation skills than anything else. Instead, we were interested in whether yacht captains and crew are happy with the compensation they receive for the job they are asked to do. Do they consider it fair for what they bring to the job and for what they are asked to give up? Most do. One hundred and fifty yacht captains and crew took our survey this month, three-quarters of them
captains. For the most part they are happy with what they earn and with the amount of work they are asked to do in exchange for it. And that didn’t change much no matter how we sliced the results, filtering them by vessel length, tenure, and a dozen other criteria. “I am well-paid in a great program,” said the captain of a private yacht 200-220 feet in yachting more than 25 years.”Sometimes, I still can’t believe that I get paid to go to the places we travel and see the sights that we encounter.” We asked only two questions in our survey this month. First, How happy are you with the amount you are paid (both money and benefits)? A third of our respondents said they are extremely happy, that their salary and benefits are exactly what they want with their current program. “Great program and great owners,”
Not at all 7.3% Somewhat 6% Mostly 42%
Extremely 44.7%
How happy are you with the amount you work?
said the captain of a yacht 160-180 feet in yachting more than 30 years. About 48 percent more said they are mostly happy, that most parts of their compensation package are great, even if one or two parts could be better. So taken together, more than 81 percent of captains and crew are happy with what they are paid to work on yachts. “I am content with the compensation I receive,” said the captain/engineer of a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 25 years. “Loyalty and dedication has paid off with this particular owner. It’s the life I chose.” Fourteen percent said they are somewhat happy, that one or two parts of their compensation package are great, but more parts are lacking. And just 4.7 percent said they are not at all happy, that they are not paid what they feel either they or the job are worth. We also asked How happy are you with the amount you work? The numbers were a little stronger into the “extreme” category with almost 45 percent of our respondents saying they are extremely happy, that their current job is what they signed up for and perfect for them at the moment. “I chose the boats I wanted to work on that I needed to balance my life with my family,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet in yachting more than 20 years. “Some sacrifices were made, but it works best for me, and I love it.”
Forty-two percent more said they are mostly happy, their only complaint being that they would prefer to work a little less (or a little more, considering their particular circumstance). “My only discontent is strictly a function of the circumstances of my age,” said the chef on a charter/private yacht 120-140 feet in his early 40s. “I’d rather not be traveling and away from home so extensively. That said, I am very satisfied in that my compensation is very fair and appropriate and is structured for long-term employment. After more than 10 years with the same family and captain, they are quick to work with me in any reasonable requests for time off and accommodate nearly all that is possible to support the other areas of my life being fully lived.” So taken together, more than 86 percent of captains and crew are happy with the amount they work on yachts. “I don’t get enough time with the family at home, but it is the choice we have made, and a choice we are satisfied with,” said the captain of a yacht 160-180 feet in yachting more than 25 years. “ ‘Life is about choices,’ as a wise chief mate once told me.” The remaining 13 percent are pretty evenly split between being somewhat happy (fine for the moment, but not in a position they plan to work in long term, 6 percent) and not at all happy (their current level of work not at all what they want out of yachting, 7.3 percent).
Happiness with amount paid: captains of yachts 160’+
Happiness with amount of work: captains of yachts 160’+
Not at all 4.5%
Somewhat 9.1%
Somewhat 4.5% Mostly 31.8%
Extremely 59.1%
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Triton Survey Those results look pretty good, considering how often we hear captains and crew vent about their schedules. So we sliced and diced these results in a bunch of ways to see just who are the happiest yacht crew out there. We started with captains of yachts larger than 160 feet, which were about 15 percent of our total respondents. Their level of happiness with their salary is higher than our group as a whole, with nearly 91 percent extremely or mostly happy with what they are paid to work on yachts. Interestingly, though, the number extremely happy is almost double the number of the group as a whole (59 percent versus 33 percent). “Great owners are the most important thing; I see owners as part of the compensation package,” said the captain of a yacht 160-180 feet in yachting more than 15 years. “With loyalty will come reward. That has been a contributing factor to my compensation over the years of conscientious service. The salary was not the greatest, the benefits were the minimum, but as time has passed, I am now very happy with my contract, and the relationship with my employer has become one that I could never build again at this stage of my career. Look after your owners and they will look after you.” Captains on large yachts also are slightly happier than our overall group in terms of the amount they work, with 91 percent (compared to 86 percent) being extremely or mostly happy.
Captains on yachts smaller than 120 feet are the least likely to be happy with what they are paid, with just 74.3 percent extremely and mostly happy compared with 90.9 percent of large yacht captains and 81.3 percent of all respondents. While more small yacht captains are mostly happy with what they are paid compared with large yacht captains (45.5 percent vs. 31.8 percent), only half as many are extremely happy (about 29 percent vs. 59 percent). They are also slightly less happy when it comes to the amount of work they do; 86.4 percent happy vs. 90 percent happy among large yacht captains. “I am compensated a fair wage and benefits for the service that I provide,” said the captain/engineer of a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 25 years. “I am loyal to the owner; he is loyal to me. I am completely content with my compensation and workload. The owner is kind, thoughtful, and respectful to me, and I consider this to be part of my compensation as well.” The captains in the middle, however, are the happiest of all. Almost 97 percent of captains on yachts 120160 feet are extremely (24.1 percent) or mostly (72.4 percent) happy with what they are paid. More than 93 percent are extremely (37.9 percent) or mostly (55.2 percent) happy with the amount of work they are asked to do, too. “Yes, I am quite content,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet in yachting more than 35 years. “Excellent yacht, facilities and wonderful owners. We’re always ‘stand-by-to-stand-by’, which is not a problem at all. The owners have a high standard, but are
Happiness with amount paid: captains of yachts <120’
Happiness with amount of Happiness with amount of Happiness with amount paid: work: captains of yachts <120’ work: captains, yachts 120-160’ in yachting <10 years
Mid-size yacht captains happiest
Not at all 7.6%
Not at all 4.5% Somewhat 21.2%
Mostly 45.5%
Extremely 28.8%
extremely courteous at all times.” None said they are not at all happy in either question. We were curious if longevity or tenure in yachting had anything to do with compensation happiness, so we looked at all our respondents by length of time in their current post as well as time in yachting and discovered that the longer they are in yachting, the happier captains and crew become with their compensation. Among captains and crew in yachting more than 20 years, the numbers are similar to the group as a whole, with 86 percent either extremely (38.2 percent) or mostly (48.7 percent) happy with what they are paid. “Paid-off house and over six figures in IRAs, all thanks to yachting,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet in yachting more than 35 years. Less than 12 percent are somewhat happy and only 1.3 percent are not at
all happy. Among those in yachting less than 10 years, the happiness factor dropped to 75 percent (30 percent extremely and 45 percent mostly), while the somewhat group grew to 15 percent and the not at all group leaped to 10 percent. “I know I could earn more working in the Gulf for less time,” said the deckhand on a yacht 140-160 feet in yachting less than five years. The same trend showed up when we looked at their happiness in terms of workload. The longer captains and crew have been in yachting, the happier they are with the level of work required of them. Those in yachting more than 20 years are extremely (51.3 percent) or mostly (40.8 percent) happy with the work they are asked to do, but those in yachting less than 10 years are less happy, with 45 percent extremely and 30 percent mostly. The difference
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Somewhat 3.4% Extremely 24.1% Mostly 72.4%
Somewhat 6.1% Mostly 36.4%
Mostly 55.2%
Extremely 38.2% Mostly 48.7%
Somewhat 6.9%
Extremely 50%
Somewhat 11.8%
Extremely 37.9%
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showed up in the somewhat category, where 20 percent of less-tenured crew fell versus just 2.6 percent of veteran crew. In terms of tenure, we compared captains and crew in their current positions for a short time against those in their posts longer and discovered that the longer crew stayed in their jobs, the happier they got. Captains and crew in their current positions six years or more gave us one of the largest groups of extremely happy yachties in our survey at 59 percent. Add to that the 30.8 percent who are mostly happy and 89.8 percent of this tenured group is happy with their compensation. “It took a while and I had to pay my dues, but I am now in a perfect situation,” said the captain of a yacht less than 80 feet in yachting more than 25 years. That left 7.7 percent who are somewhat happy and 2.6 percent who are not at all happy. The compensation happiness of yachties in their positions less than two years dropped to 76.6 percent who are extremely (18.8 percent) or mostly
(57.8 percent) happy. “A healthy and happy boat can compensate for less pay,” said the chef/stew on a yacht 100-120 feet in her position 1-2 years. That left 17.2 percent somewhat happy – more than double their longer-tenured counterparts – and 6.3 percent not at all happy with their compensation – almost triple those in their jobs longer. When we looked at workload, almost all those in their jobs longer (97.4 percent) are extremely (64.1 percent) or mostly (33.3 percent) happy with the work they are asked to do, far surpassing their shorter-tenured brethren. None indicated they are somewhat happy, and just 2.6 percent are not at all happy. By comparison, just 81.2 percent of those in their jobs less than two years are extremely (35.9 percent) or mostly (45.3 percent) happy, 9.4 percent somewhat happy, and 9.4 percent not happy at all.
Happiness with amount of work: in yachting >20 years
Happiness with amount paid: in job >6 years
Beyond tenure, we were curious how
happy (29.4 percent vs. 36.6 percent of older crew) and much more likely to say they are not at all happy with their compensation (8.8 percent vs. 1.2 percent of older crew). “Too much work, not enough reward,” said the first officer of a yacht larger than 220 feet in his late 30s. He said he is not at all happy for both compensation and workload. “As an older crew member, it is easier to appreciate a job for the perks and lifestyle,” said the purser on a yacht 160-180 feet in yachting more than 15 years. “It is more difficult to convince younger crew that running yourself ragged is not always worth a few extra bucks.” Although she considers herself older, this purser is in her late 30s and is mostly happy with her compensation and workload. In terms of their workload, captains and crew over 50 are significantly happier with their workload, 95.1 percent are extremely (43.0 percent) or mostly (51.2 percent) happy, while only about 76.5 percent of captains and crew younger than 50 are so happy. Younger crew were more unhappy with their workload than their elders,
Happiness with amount of work: in job >6 years
Happiness with amount paid: crew >50 years old
Not at all 2.6%
Not at all 5.3%
Extremely 51.3%
Happiness with amount of work: in yachting <10 years Not at all 5%
Extremely 59%
Mostly 30.8%
Mostly 33.3%
Happiness with amount paid: in job <2 years
Extremely 36.6%
Extremely 64.1%
Extremely 18.8%
Happiness with amount of work: in job <2 years Not at all 9.4% Somewhat 9.4%
Extremely 45% Mostly 30%
Somewhat 14.6%
Mostly 47.6%
Not at all 6.3% Somewhat 17.2%
Somewhat 20%
Not at all 1.2%
Not at all 2.6%
Somewhat 7.7%
Somewhat 2.6%
Mostly 40.8%
Life changes
age played into the mix of happiness, so we compared those over 50 with those under 50. It didn’t surprise us to learn that those over 50 are happier – or at least less unhappy – than younger crew. Those captains and crew over 50 are extremely (36.6 percent) or mostly (47.6 percent) happy with their compensation, even if their comments didn’t reveal that level of contentment. “I wish I had more time off (away from the boat) for family,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet in yachting more than 20 years. In his early 50s, he said he was extremely happy with his compensation and workload. “Once 20 percent of salary is removed for pension/retirement and health insurance costs are deducted, due to the lack of family life and the loss of personal space, the salary doesn’t compensate as well as it used to,” said the engineer of a yacht 180-200 feet in yachting more than 15 years. Also in his early 50s, this engineer said he is mostly happy with his compensation and workload. Captains and crew younger than 50 are less likely to be extremely
Mostly 57.8%
Mostly 45.3%
Happiness with amount paid: crew <50 years old Not at all 8.8%
Extremely 35.9%
Somewhat 13.2%
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too, with 13.2 percent somewhat happy (while no older crew opted for this choice) and 10.3 percent not at all happy (compared with half that for older crew). We wondered, too, if the cruising grounds contributed to crew’s happiness level as it pertains to compensation, so we looked at those respondents who have a local or regional cruising schedule (where the yachts stay in one part of the planet) and compared them to those who do more seasonal and global cruising. In general, crew on local boats are happier. While more global cruising crews are extremely happy with their compensation (34.5 percent vs. 32.3 percent), more local cruising crew are mostly happy (50.8 percent vs. 45.2 percent), giving them a slight leg up in the compensation happiness department. “I have taken a position closer to home on a smaller vessel that has a great owner and program,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet in yachting more than 20 years. “I can’t be happier. The pay scale was reduced
by 25 percent, but I see family most evenings now.” There were also far fewer local cruising crews in the “not at all” happy category, just 1.5 percent compared to global cruising crews’ 7.1 percent. In terms of workload, local cruising crews win out again, being slightly happier at 89.2 percent than their global cruising cousins at 84.5 percent. And again, less than half as many locally cruising crew noted they are not at all happy with their workload than global cruising crew. “Overtime pay for those rare 23hour workdays would be nice, but I’m paid fair for my current position on the boat,” said the engineer/mate of a yacht 80-100 feet in yachting more than 10 years. It was clear to see the correlation between pay and workload among those who work on local boats. Those captains and crew tended to be mostly happy with their compensation (50.8 percent) but extremely happy with their workload (52.3 percent). Interestingly, when we asked an open-ended question about how our respondents felt about their
compensation, the single most common answer had less to do with traditional compensation such as salary and benefits and more to do with how they are treated. And they didn’t put a dollar figure to that. “As a couple, my wife and I make $175,000 combined, but have four months off a year and they don’t kill us,” said the captain/engineer of a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 15 years. “We love them for that.” “It’s all about the owner and the relationship you have with them,” said the captain of a yacht less than 80 feet in yachting more than 30 years. “Good owners mean happy crew. Happy crew make for happy owners.” “I have a good job working for a courteous owner who treats most people in his life fairly,” said the captain/engineer of a yacht 80-100 feet in yachting more than 20 years. “My boss appreciates my hard work and my commitment to save money and take on projects myself,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet in yachting more than 10 years. Those captains and crew who are less than happy know why, and usually
Happiness with amount of work: crew >50 years old
Happiness with amount paid: crew on local boats
Happiness with amount of work: crew on local boats
Not at all 1.5%
Not at all 4.9%
Somewhat 15.4% Extremely 32.3%
Extremely 43.9% Mostly 51.2%
Happiness with amount paid: crew on global boats Not at all 7.1% Somewhat 13.1%
Not at all 10.3%
Mostly 30.9%
Mostly 36.9%
Mostly 50.8%
Happiness with amount of work: crew <50 years old
Somewhat 13.2%
Not at Somewhat all 4.6% 6.2%
Extremely 45.6% Mostly 45.2%
Happiness with amount of work: crew on global boats Not at all Somewhat 9.5% 6%
Extremely 34.5%
Extremely 39.3% Mostly 45.2%
it’s the workload, not the salary, that puts them there. “The older I get, the less I want to be living in a hole on some boat eight to nine months a year, regardless of how nice it is,” said the captain of a yacht less than 80 feet now in his late 50s. “Every day, the boat gets a little smaller. Those of us on smaller boats end up doing several jobs. We have to or it will not get done. Yes, for the most part, I have been content. It is the nature of the job. Working for the right people goes a long way.” “The work hours versus compensation deal is very much swings and roundabouts: horribly overworked at times and blissfully under-employed at others,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet in yachting more than 30 years. “That said, I’m well paid, get a large villa and a good car, as much leave as I am able to take plus business-class travel with my wife (and even the dog) whenever I can get away. I just wish they’d bought a bigger boat so I could delegate more.” On the flip side, the ability to squeeze real life into work definitely helps some crew feel happier. “I have the freedom to enjoy life so long as the vessel is ready for use when required,” said the captain of a yacht less than 80 feet in yachting more than 20 years.
The unhappy ones
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We were curious who was unhappy so we looked at those 4.7 percent of captains and crew who said they are not at all happy with what they are paid. All of them work on deck or in the engine room, and half have secondary positions that compliment their lead role, such as captain-engineer or matedeck. None are interior crew. Their vessels range in size, with half on yachts below 120 feet and the other half on yachts larger than 180 feet and larger than 220 feet. Most are in the mid range of their careers, between five and 25 years. Almost all have been in their current jobs just a year or two. It’s worth noting that most are on vessels that cruise a lot and far from home. None are locally based. It was interesting to note, too, that a quarter of those who are unhappy with their pay are extremely happy with the amount they work. “I have been with this owner a number of years,” said the captain/ engineer of a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 25 years. “I weathered the economic downturn and was thankful I had a job and an owner who was committed to the care of his
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yacht. I’m disappointed because things have turned around and we now have a larger vessel, and it’s apparent I’m going to have to approach him about a salary increase.” When we looked at the 7.3 percent who are unhappy with the amount they work, we discovered similar results. Most are on deck and half have a secondary deck role. One is a chef. About two-thirds are on smaller vessels, and most are in their current jobs just a few years. Their cruising habits are a little less global, slightly more seasonal. When we looked at how these captains and crew who are unhappy with their workload considered their salary, we discovered that just over a quarter are extremely or mostly happy. About half are only somewhat happy in that department, too. And the remaining quarter are not at all happy. “I think the reason I am not happy is because 18-hour days, week after week, have just taken its toll on me,” said the chef on a yacht 140-160 feet in yachting more than 10 years. While this chef rates his happiness with his salary as extreme, the workload affects his overall yachting happiness, making him chose “not at all” when it comes
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to workload happiness. “My passion to create has been replaced with the need to please.” “Sometimes, it’s 24/7 for weeks at a time,” said the captain/engineer of a yacht 80-100 feet in yachting more than 25 years. “It wasn’t a problem at 25, but at 57 it’s killing me.” “I recently had a discussion with the boss about this,” said the captain/ engineer of a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 25 years. While he is mostly satisfied with his salary, he is not at all happy with the amount he works. “We run light crew and are in high demand, making time off difficult. I am naturally committed, but dissatisfied with demands imposed and necessary. Basically, I need more free time to be happy and enjoy life. I’ve indicated for years it’s less about money than doing what I love, and the scales have tipped. The boss can’t put a dollar value on free time. Compensation is a value for yacht owners, but quality of life and morale suffer.” And we can’t ignore the fact that happiness isn’t only rated by compensation and workload. “Money is only one issue,” said the captain/engineer on a yacht 100-120 feet in yachting more than 25 years. “In
my job role, the owner gives us lots of freedom. We choose what charters to take, where to station the boat between charters, where and when to haul, our own schedule, and all our own crew. This gives us a feeling of security in the job and thus we are happily willing to accept a lesser wage.” “The concept of basing salary off of the owner’s schedule is an idea worth considering,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet in yachting more than 10 years. “Yachting publications love to ask what everyone is making but no one asks how busy or unbusy their boat is, and that makes the whole question pretty irrelevant to me. I am on a very busy private boat and it’s hard on the crew when the owners are on the boat for four months straight. If we developed a payment method with incentives based on the owner’s usage, then the crew would know this going into the season and could actually be encouraged by heavy guest usage. Yes, this would cost the owner more money initially but it would be less costly than the price of replacing crew every six months with agency fees, uniforms, flights, training, working mistakes caused by unfamiliarity, etc.” “At my age, personal time has
become more important and money somewhat less,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet in yachting more than 20 years. “At this point, I would trade more time off for less money. I wish owners understood that.” “After more than 30 years, I look back and wonder where my life went,” said the captain/engineer on a yacht 100-120 feet who still is mostly happy with compensation and workload. “All I remember is working. The biggest problem with this job is the more you give and work, the more is requested and expected.” “My gig now pays well but has been based in Florida for 18 months and I live in the Carolinas,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet in yachting more than 15 years. “I am a family man now. Pay is not really the concern; it’s making sure when I come home my kids still call me Dad.” Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this survey are welcome at lucy@the-triton.com. We conduct monthly surveys electronically. All captains and crew members are welcome to participate. If you haven’t received an e-mail to take our surveys, e-mail lucy@the-triton.com to be added.
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Captains, crew share more thoughts about salary, happiness, workload Happy where I am. Everybody always wants more but they should look at what they have and what is out there. l
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I’m on rotation so I have a good workload: Full-on when onboard and then time to relax when off. The engineer is worth a lot more than the troubleshooting and faultfinding abilities he displays. The MCA expects more than technical knowhow of an engineer. There are statutory obligations, classification requirements, an understanding of the marine industry and tolerance of the hotel industry, as well as a good technical understanding of multiple disciplines such as IT, AV and Internet at sea and networking, hydraulics, mechanics, electrics, electronics, diesel, outboards, plumbing, and HVAC, to name a few. Combine all these specialties in one person and that person would be worth specialist salaries of, yes, all of those specialists
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Yachting has changed considerably over the past five-plus years. The number of non-yachties coming to Ft. Lauderdale just to get out of their country has really put a damper on daywork wages and wages all around. These kids don’t care and just want travel money to stay in the U.S. This used to be an industry of pride and caring; now it is just cutthroat. added up. Some yacht engineers do not have formal technical training outside of the MCA modules. These guys may perhaps not display the best troubleshooting and problemsolving skills as the engineers who do have formal apprenticeships, but they definitely should have all the knowledge required to run a yacht as an engineer with respect to the law. This alone is a money saver to any vessel. Let’s not ask how much the Y1 engineer is worth because that cost will grossly outweigh the salaries paid. As there are not many engineers out there, it should be obvious that the job is not an easy one, otherwise everybody would be doing it. An engineer on a yacht larger than 220 feet in yachting more than 15 years
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Watch for rabies, infection, scarring when an animal bites the-counter painkillers, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen to reduce Sea Sick the pain and inflammation. Keith Murray Victims and caregivers should seek immediate medical attention: 1. If the animal does not have They say a dog is manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend, current vaccination. but not always. Sometimes dogs bite. 2. If you do not know who owns the A dog may bite for many reasons and animal. it may not have been intentional, but it 3. If the injury is on the face or can be serious. genitals. Dogs bite about 4.5 million 4. If the bite is large, deep or appears Americans every year, half of them to be infected. children between ages 5 and 9. One 5. If the person who was bit has a out of every five of those bites causes health condition an injury that such as diabetes, requires medical liver disease, attention, If left untreated, rabies cancer or a according to is almost always fatal. compromised the Centers for immune system. Disease Control. However, if treated If a dog The first thing quickly after the bite becomes we need to resolve bite, success is highly infected, seek is if the dog has probable. medical advice rabies. Rabies is immediately. caused by a virus Animal bites that infects the may cause blood poisoning (sepsis), an brain and ultimately leads to death. infection of the inner lining of the heart Rabies is transmitted through the (endocarditis) or an infection of the saliva from an infected mammal to outer layers of the brain (meningitis). another mammal. Signs of an infection include increased If left untreated, rabies is almost always fatal. However, if treated quickly pain around the bite area, redness and swelling around after the bite the bite, fluid or success is highly pus leaking from probable. Once the bite, swollen the symptoms of lymph glands, rabies start, the or fever and/or disease is nearly chills. universally fatal. Sometimes, When in doubt, doctors may seek immediate use stitches to medical attention close a dog bite for post exposure wound; however, prophylaxis. this may cause No cases of problems. While rabies infection stitches may reduce scarring, they can have been reported in the U.S. from also increase the risk of infection. Deep fully vaccinated domestic dogs or cats. wounds, especially to the face, may First aid for dog bites is pretty require plastic surgery. straightforward. After being bitten, a doctor may 1. Clean the wound immediately. advise a victim to take antibiotics Run it under warm water for a few for 7 to 14 days to prevent or treat an minutes to ensure it is thoroughly infection. The doctor will also ensure cleaned. Then wash the bite carefully that the tetanus vaccine is up to date. with soap and water. 2. Place a clean towel or gauze pad Trained as an emergency medical over the injury to stop the bleeding. technician, Keith Murray now owns The 3. Try to keep the injured area CPR School, which provides onboard elevated above the heart. CPR, AED and first-aid training as well 4. Apply antibiotic ointment to the as AED sales and service. Contact him injury every day to prevent infection. through www.TheCPRSchool.com. 5. Provide pain relief with over-
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When you have no choice but to be in sun, take steps to protect By Dora Salazar For most people, nothing looks better than a sunny day. All of a sudden, the world seems to be more beautiful and outdoor activities start to flash though their minds. Scientists have found that about 15 minutes of sun exposure a day can have positive benefits in our body. But to a yachtie, being exposed to the sun for much longer periods of time is the everyday routine. Working at open sea or at marinas means that direct contact with the sun is not a choice but a fact. Yacht crew tend to endure longer hours of direct contact with UV rays, and continuous sun exposure can have detrimental effects later in life. In time, the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light severely damages the skin by breaking down collagen and elastin tissues that are the support structure of the skin, causing it to sag and lose resilience. It also prompts uneven pigmentation, distended blood vessels, and precancerous and cancerous lesions due to the negative effects that it has on the immune system. As a consequence the skin becomes more sensitive and the natural healing process becomes challenged. The best way to defend the skin from the sun is protection. Here are five tips to have a safer time in the sun. 1. Wear sunscreen with an SPF 30 or higher. Physical sunscreens containing zinc oxide or titanium dioxide are preferred by most dermatologists because they become active upon application and create a shield that reflects the UV rays. In comparison, chemical sunscreens are UV neutralizers; the UV rays are absorbed and then neutralized. They tend to degrade more easily and require 20 minutes after application before they are effective. Some formulas contain a blend of mineral and chemical ingredients. It’s important to note that SPF numbers relate to the protection time, not to the level of protection. For example, SPF 30 will provide about 10 hours of protection while an SPF 50 will provide 16. No matter what brand, sunscreen should be reapplied at least every two hours to prevent sunburn. 2. Drink water. It is essential to hydrate more regularly when exposed to the sun to maintain the balance of body fluids and to keep the skin healthy. One of the skin’s functions is to work as a protective barrier to prevent
fluid loss, so replenishing its water temperature cool. content is crucial 5. Wear to maintaining sunglasses. Longhydration levels. term exposure The best way to 3. Wear a hat. to UV rays can defend the skin from Look for a hat with damage the eye’s the sun is protection. a wide enough internal structures. brim that can Ophthalmologists cover around the recommend face. That will offer extra protection. choosing sunglasses that are labeled 4. Wear breathable clothing. as blocking 99-100 percent of UV rays. Cotton, linen and bamboo fabrics are Some manufacturers’ labels say “UV great options to help keep the body’s absorption up to 400nm.”
Become aware of sun exposure and develop a practical regimen that can be followed regularly. Look for skincare products that provide high antioxidant ingredients and hydration. Prevention not only will keep the skin looking younger but will hinder irreversible damage. Dora Salazar is the owner and aesthetic director of Techno-Facials in Ft. Lauderdale. Contact her through www. techno-facials.com.
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From the Bridge Lack of safety culture among younger crew tops concern list BRIDGE, from page 1 in particular so as to encourage frank and open discussion. The attending captains are identified in a photograph on page 41. These captains shared stories of injuries that either they or someone onboard suffered, remarking how dangerous boats can be. “I’ve been so fortunate over the 35 years I’ve been in this business, the only injury I’ve had is a gal in socks who fell down the steps and shattered her ankle,” one captain said. “People don’t think about injuries when they design boats,” said another captain who had a tall and large guest who had a grand mal seizure below deck. He was rigid and it was a struggle to get him up the steps to safety. “The only boat I’ve ever seen that was OK for any kind of medical
emergency was Sis W,” a captain said, referring to the 126-foot (38m) Burger that was built for an owner in a wheelchair. “There are so many ways to get injured on a boat, my God,” another said. One captain pointed out the seriousness of dealing with the mental illness of a crew member who neglected to inform him she was bipolar. She became seasick and was unable to keep her medication down. Her resulting paranoia became a threat to herself and other crew. “People don’t tell you,” he said. “How do you deal with it if they conceal it, when people are bipolar or diabetic and epileptic? That scares me, especially when you find out in the middle of the ocean.” “And what about guests?” another captain said. “You never know what
they’re bringing onboard, what conditions they have.” Several captains noted that they mention as part of their safety briefing that any guests with health concerns must write them down in a letter that is then sealed in an envelope and placed in the yacht’s safe. It is only opened if there is an emergency, and will be returned at the end of the trip. After a pause, one captain recalled his scariest safety story. “Can I add fire to that list” of biggest safety concerns? this captain said. “I’ve never been more frightened in my life than when we had a fire. We were 30 miles offshore and had a fire. It took us several hours to put the fire out.” The fire started in the galley as they were microwaving some soup. The microwave was over an electrical socket, and the soup spilled over in the microwave, running down the wall and
into the socket. “For me, it’s not guests that are the biggest safety concern, it’s knowing those 14 people who work on the yacht can get out of their cabins in an emergency,” one captain said. “I mean, we’re 60 days with the boss, 330 days with just the crew. That’s when sh*t goes wrong.” This brought up stories of crew accidents, recent stories of crew falling off harnesses, crew drowning, crew hitting their heads. “Everybody gets complacent,” one captain said about an incident that occurred after the ISM checklist wasn’t followed. “For me, I focus on crew. They live there, they have nowhere else to go.” “All it takes is one person to cut corners,” another said, recounting his knowledge of a crew member who was working overboard, hanging from a fender hook, who fell and died.
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Attendees of The Triton’s September From the Bridge luncheon were, from left, Ric Lenardson, Richard Stalford, Carl Moughan of M/Y Eagle II, Caleb Semtner of M/Y Brio, Michael Sharratt of M/Y Impetus, Patrick McLister (looking), Rusty Allen of Avid Ltd. and Natita fleet, and Lee Rosbach PHOTO/LUCY REED (freelance). “Someone took a shortcut. There was no oversight. And now that captain is going to get it in the neck, and he wasn’t even there when it happened.” Another captain pointed out that a deck crew member who had been issued boat shoes but didn’t wear them stretched over the side to hang a hose on a piling, slipped and fell overboard, hitting his head on the dock. “I would venture to say that everyone here has had an injury on a boat,” one captain said. No one disagreed. “Every once in a while, something has to happen to remind you had bad things can be,” another captain said. “We’re talking about occupational health and safety. Workplace safety. “You get kids on board and they consider it home where they happen to do a bit of work,” this captain continued. “No. You are an employee, and this is your place of work where you also happen to live.” He then told the story of how he averted a potential catastrophe when he stopped a deckhand preparing to microwave varnish. Another told the story of a deckhand who walked by the wing station soon after pulling up to a dock. The lid was up as the engines were still running. The deckhand pushed the throttles forward to put the cover down and put the yacht in gear. The yacht pulled a cleat out of the dock that hit a young girl in the head. “Is it gung-ho or laziness or what?” another captain wondered. “It’s a lack of a safety culture,” the first captain replied. “This boat is a place of work and you can get killed.” With all the rules and regulations surrounding safety, I asked the captains – many of them veterans – if they felt yachting was safer now than it was 20
years ago. “The first thing we have to teach is that this is your place of work,” another said. “I would rather hire not the stew who just spent $10,000 taking interior courses but the stew who worked at McDonalds. That stew understands about the workplace and bosses, their working hours and time off.” Young people entering the industry, unlike kids 20 years ago, tend to have fewer boating skills, and that safety culture isn’t something that can be learned in a classroom, they said. “They come into the industry and say ‘what do I have to do to work on a boat? I have to get my STCW’,” one captain said. “No. What you need is to learn how to work safely on a boat. But they get their STCW and they think they are ready.” “Instead of trying to absorb information and experience, they just rush to get their tickets and be the captain,” another said. One captain wrapped up the sermon by reiterating that age-old mantra when working on boats: One hand for yourself and one hand for the ship. Originating from the days of tall ships and sailing rigs, crew had to hold on while they worked, or they might fall to their deaths. The concept of safety needs to be as prevalent as it ever was, the captains said. And while most crew don’t have to hold on anymore, they can’t forget that half of their job is to be safe. Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments are welcome at lucy@ the-triton.com. Captains who make their living running someone else’s yacht are welcome to join in the conversation. E-mail us for an invitation to our monthly From the Bridge luncheon.
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TIMOR-LESTE, from page 17 Australia. Dining out choices include local â&#x20AC;?warungsâ&#x20AC;? with Indonesian fare, Portuguese cafes on the waterfront, and a few surprises such as Thai and Turkish restaurants. As there are no street signs, we needed to communicate often with the Timorese to figure out where we were. No matter what language we used, we are greeted with smiles and warmth. Sue Hacking is a writer based on her catamaran. She has been sailing the world with her husband and children since December 2001. They have spent the past eight years cruising Indonesia and Southeast Asia. To read more, visit hackingfamily.com. Comments are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.
Subsistence farming and fishing villages dot the north coast (above). Young girls take a break from selling banana chips on the esplanade in Dili (right). High in the Timor-Leste hills the author stops for PHOTOS FROM SUE HACKING directions to the hot springs from friendly locals (next page).
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Details help optimize trip to Timor-Leste When to go: The rainy season lasts from November to April and may bring swells from the northwest. The dry season, May through October, means clearer water for diving, but the strong southeast trade winds result in a surprisingly rolly anchorage on many days, even on the northern coast. Officialdom: Clearance into Timor-Leste is simple. A visit to the harbormaster inside the port is the first stop, where clearance from the last port must be relinquished. A visa on arrival costs US$30 for 30 days and is obtained at the immigration office in the port. Before departure, allow several hours for the port clearance papers to be processed, which include a new harbor fee based on your yachtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s LOA. Provisions: Dili is home to hundreds of ex-pat NGO and
embassy workers whose presence guarantees imported items in the four main supermarkets. Beer is less expensive than in Indonesia, and spirits and wine are readily available, though pricey. The shipping company, Yisen (+670 7781 4710), can be found at the port. Ask Zhou Qilou, the general manager, for help with water and fuel. The Minister of Tourism is particularly interested in promoting yachting, and if plans go well, there may soon be a yacht pier and marina in Dili. Customs: For boats heading into Indonesia from Timor-Leste, the Indonesian Embassy can process social/tourist visas within three working days. All yachts entering Indonesia must have a cruising permit (called a CAIT), which can take four weeks to process through Jakarta but can be transmitted by e-mail.
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Cross-contamination prevelant, preventable with safety training GERMS, from page 1 contamination, personal hygiene, storage temperatures, safe cooking temperatures, among other topics. Many crew are unclear if they need the course, but captains and crew are asking a lot of questions, said Liam Dobbin, managing director of Wilsonhalligan Large Yacht Recruitment in the UK. “This is a hot topic and we’ve had to do a lot of reading around this,” he said. Kathryn Bosman works with Dobbin as interior recruitment consultant and places the types of crew who need this training. “It has been touched on, but so far it’s not like the STCW,” Bosman said. “It hasn’t gotten to the point that yachts say, ‘our crew must have it’.” But many crew do need it. Crew on MLC-compliant yachts who handle food are required to adhere to the Food Safety annex of MSN 1846 The requirement has two parts. The first annex requires food-handlers to have a course and be tested in person for food safety. Annex II requires ships cooks to be certified. Annex I applies to crew who handle food, including serving, clearing meals, stocking food, unwrapping, plating and even packing lunches. “If you touch a plate that serves food, then you need to have the Food Safety and Hygiene certificate,” said Brian Luke, chief operations officer of International Crew Training (ICT) in Ft. Lauderdale. “Marine notices only apply to UK vessels. Other red flags follow closely but don’t have to follow directly. “However, MLC applies to every vessel with very few exceptions,” he said. “Within MLC is the requirement that anyone handling food is required to have a Food Safety and Hygiene certificate. Clearly, stews handle food daily.” Joey Meen is director of training and certification with the Professional Yachting Association (PYA) and said although required, the course is a growing topic of conversation. “Most UK maritime colleges offer the food safety courses,” Meen said by e-mail. “It has, in fact, been a requirement all along. The yachting sector has not paid much attention to it. Food safety is a requirement for all crew handling food, including loading stores. It is being enforced in Europe.”
Ann Aylesworth, admissions and corporate accounts manager at Maritime Professional Training (MPT) in Ft. Lauderdale, said that many flagged boats are enforcing the rule. “This can affect all crew,” Aylesworth said. “On bigger boats where jobs are more compartmentalized, maybe not all crew. But on the smaller boats, it very well could affect more crew.” An engineer brought a great perspective to one of Foy’s classes, she said, when he reminded his fellow crew of the proper maintenance of temperatures in refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, dryers and washing machines, all vital to killing bacteria. The course has made a difference for veteran Chief Stew Michelle “True” Trueblood. “I look at my responsibility differently after seeing that 70 percent of food poisoning cases happen during preparation,” she said recently after taking the course. “One small thing can make you sick, but one small thing can prevent sickness.” Sharing and enforcing what she learned in the course with everyone onboard is a challenge, she said, so she brings it up gently over coffee or lunch. “I thought it would be better to bring up some of the safety topics in casual conversation so it didn’t seem like I was preaching at the crew,” she said. “Everyone needs to take this class, including captains, because they are the ones that can implement this. What’s fours hours of class for a lifetime of good safety habits?” “With the boys, I gave the shock tactic,” Thomas said of teaching her crew. “One of the easiest ways to transport bacteria is just between servers. It doesn’t even have to grow on food. Fecal-to-oral cross-contamination is the biggest reason for foodborne illness in service.” One deck crew, who preferred not to be named to protect the reputation of his former yacht, can vouch for that. He suffered E. coli while onboard years ago and was so sick he vomited blood during an Atlantic crossing. “Our chef didn’t wash his hands and he didn’t properly wrap and store foods,” the deckhand said by phone. “I started getting real sick. I learned basic hygiene gets overlooked at times.” Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments: dorie@the-triton.com.
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Boats / Brokers Yachts recently sold
A 57m full displacement new build from Benetti, with Imperial. Luca Dini will design the interior. FB271 is scheduled for delivery in 2018. M/Y Lady Lau, a 213-foot (65m) Codecasa launched in 2010, by Merle Wood & Associates. A 181-foot (55m) motoryacht built by Nishii in 2008, listed for $10 million with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Ocean Sapphire (below), a 135-
foot (41m) Rodriguez Cantieri Navali launched in 2010, listed for just under 4.2 million euros by BGYB and Floating Life. M/Y Arianna, the 164-foot (50m) Delta launched in 2012, by Fraser Yachts. M/Y Book-Ends, a 130-foot (40m) Westport launched in 2013, within 100 days of listing with Moran Yacht & Ship. M/Y Centium, (right) a 130-foot (39.6m) yacht built by Astillero Mcies Oassive in 2006, sold by Kurt Bosshardt of Merle Wood & Associates and Bill Thiem of Globe Regal Yachting M/Y Matsu, a 120-foot (36.5m) yacht built by ISA in 2007, sold by Camper
390,000 euros with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Libro Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oro, an 80-foot Azimut built in 2003, by Philip Bell of Northrop & Johnson.
Yachts recently launched
& Nicholsons broker James Rayner (seller). M/Y White Queen, 86-foot (26.5m) Canados, by Merle Wood & Associates and G-Yachts. M/Y Canea, the 82-foot (25m) Overmarine built in 1998, listed for
Washington-based Westport Shipyard has launched hull No. 54 in its popular 112-foot series to a repeat client, making this the third launch for 2015. The 112 is a raised pilothouse motor yacht that accommodates eight guests. The shipyard also builds yacht of 125 feet, 130 feet and 164 feet in three shipyards in Washington state.
Yachts new to market for sale
M/Y Sherakhan, 231 feet (70m), for nearly 26 million euros with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Imagine, the 215-foot (65m) Amels built in 2011, for nearly 70 million euros with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Skyfall, the 190-foot (58m) Trinity launched in 2010, listed for $35 million with Mark Elliott of IYC and Peter Thompson of Worth Avenue Yachts. M/Y Lady Nag Nag, the 173-foot (52m) Amels built in 2008, for 28 million euros with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Double Trouble, a 164-foot (50m) Proteksan launched in 1994, listed for nearly 15 million euros with Merle Wood & Associates. M/Y Kanaloa, the 158-foot (48m) CRN, with Northrop & Johnson brokers Jonathan Browne and Ed Dickinson, listed for 6.5 million euros. The yacht is undergoing a 24-month refit at Composite Works in La Ciotat, France, including a full hull restoration, restored teak decks, revamped technical spaces, including zero hour engines, and a full repaint. She also will receive refitted crew quarters and a new AV system. Set for completion in August. S/Y Arabella, 157-foot (47.5m) tri-masted staysail schooner, sleeps 40, with Camper & Nicholsons International. A new 152 feet (46m) yacht built by Sarp Yacht, due for completion in time for the Monaco show in September, for 22.5 million euros with Northrop & Johnson. M/Y Just Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a 151-foot (46m) Delta launched in 2011, listed for $29 million with Merle Wood & Associates. S/Y Victoria, a 143-foot (43m) Perini Navi built in 2004, for nearly 10 million euros with Fraser Yachts.
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Boats / Brokers M/Y Polly, a 135-foot (41m) yacht built by Alloy in 2007, listed for $13.9 million with Mark Elliott of IYC. M/Y Serque, a 133-foot (40.5m) yacht built by Custom-Splendor in 2009, listed for $8.5 million with Merle Wood & Associates. M/Y Parvati, a 130-foot (40m) CRN, listed with Gaston Lees-Buckley at Camper & Nicholsons. M/Y Dumb Luck, a 127-foot (39m) Crescent launched in 2001, listed for $6.9 million with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Andiamo (below), a 120-foot (36.6m) Benetti classic, listed by Camper & Nicholsons.
S/Y La Forza del Destino, a 77foot Swan, listed for $1.5 million with Bernard Gallay Yacht Brokerage. M/Y Calliope, a 76-foot Lazzara launched in 2011, listed for $3.2 million with Wes Sanford at Northrop & Johnson. M/Y Spirit, a 72-foot (22m) Hatteras from 2008 listed for under $3 million with Mark Elliott of IYC. M/V North, a 72-foot (22m) trawler built by Darling Shipyard in 2000, listed for $795,000 with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Linmar, a 1932 New York Launch, for $935,000 with Fraser Yachts.
New to the charter fleet
M/Y Annaeva, a 183-foot (56m) Benetti launched in 2007, in the Western Med starting at 250,000 euros a week, through Fraser Yachts.
Berths for sale
S/Y Onelilo, a 118-foot (36m) sloop launched by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1988 (ex-Extra Beat), listed with Camper & Nicholsons. M/Y Foam, a 116-foot (35.6m) yacht built by Admiral Tecnomar in 2014, listed for 8.5 million euros with Fraser Yachts. A 105-foot (32m) Sunseeker from 2002, listed for $3.25 million with Mark Elliott of IYC. M/Y Stella di Mare, a 96-foot (29.5m) explorer vessel built by Cantiere delle Marche in 2013, listed for 7.25 million euros with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Flamingo Daze, the 92-foot (28m) Sea Force IX sportfishing vessel launched in 2010, listed for nearly $7 million with Moran Yacht & Ship. M/Y Thomas Crosby V, 90 feet (27m), built in 1967, for $1.5 million with Fraser Yachts. S/Y Aspiration, an 86-foot (26m) Nautor’s Swan sloop launched in 1988, listed for $1.5 million with Simon J. Turner and Bert van Muylwijk of Northrop & Johnson. M/Y Blue Symphonie, the 83-foot (25m) Moonen built in 1995, for 1.2 million euros with Fraser Yachts. M/Y Miss Ginny, an 83-foot (25m) Marlow launched in 2009, listed for less than $3 million with Mark Elliott of IYC. M/Y Grateful Two, an 80-foot (24m) Hatteras, listed with Walter Sea at Camper & Nicholsons.
35m slip in Marina de Varazze on Italy’s Ligurian coast with lease valid until 2052, listed for 1 million euros with Fraser Yachts.
Brokers on the Move
Burgess joins N&J: Paul Burgess has joined the Ft. Lauderdale office of Northrop & Johnson as a sales broker. Most recently, he was the sales and marketing director for Sunseeker Yachts, where he worked for 20 years. Burgess also has worked in the industry while based in Asia, representing new and pre-owned sales and managing projects for several builders. Fraser expands, hires two: Fraser Yachts has opened offices in Phuket, Thailand, and Kuala Trengganu, West Malaysia. These offices will deal with enquiries from across Asia and operate under the guidance of the Singapore office and Julian Chang, director of Fraser Yachts Asia. The brokerage firm has hired Thai national Kit Chotithamaporn to run the Phuket office. He has represented Horizon Yachts in Southeast Asia for the past 10 years. Diederik Brinkman will run the West Malaysia office. While born in the Netherlands, he has lived in Malaysia for years. He previously spent 35 years in the hospitality industry in positions ranging from Chef-de-Cuisine to hotel general manager.
Vitruvius announces 80m project
London-based Vitruvius Yachts plans to build an 80m yacht, the largest to date. Designed by Philippe Briand, it will be built by Turquoise Yachts. The profile has a streamlined design, and a sensation of transparency in the superstructure through substantial use of glass. The owner’s deck is below the sundeck, and the yacht will carry 12 guests in six suites, plus 21 crew. It will have a gym with adjoining spa and sauna, Turkish bath and plunge pool, as well as an infinity swimming pool, two Jacuzzis and nearly 400 square meters of deck space. A full-beam, open beach club will be aft. The Vitruvius Yachts philosophy focuses on custom motor yachts that are efficient, long-range, and capable of independent global cruising. Drawing on the pedigree of Briand’s sailing yachts, of which more than 12,000 have been built, Vitruvius Yachts uses the Briand Optimized Stretched hull design to take naval architecture of luxury motor yachts to the next level, based on the ethos of “ideal proportion” seen in Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. The increased efficiency of the vessel reduces the operational costs of fuel consumption, extends its cruising range and minimizes its environmental emissions. Vitruvius has delivered three yachts: the 50m M/Y Exuma, the 55m M/Y Galileo G and the 73m M/Y Grace E, all built in collaboration with Picchiotti (Perini Navi Group). The current range ability for the Vitruvius Yachts platform is 45m to more than 100m.
New All Ocean design
All Ocean Yacht has released the design of its new 133-foot (40.5m) explorer vessel Ocean Rover.
vessel that is highly seaworthy with low maintenance and operating costs. It will incorporate solar cells and shaft generators with the Tesla battery power supply system to reduce generator sizes. Extensive use of glass allows guests to interact with the environment. The owner’s deck is behind the wheelhouse, providing views from all areas of the suite and private aft deck. Below is the tender deck that can accommodate several boats and toys as well as a helicopter landing pad. The yacht is designed to accommodate additional crew often required on exploration voyages, including guides, pilots, nannies, instructors and others.
Briand designs new racing yacht
London-based Philippe Briand Naval Architecture and Yacht Design has designed a new racing sailboat for the WallyCento racing class.
The concept design for the P100 has a lower freeboard and slightly narrower beam than is commonly seen in the class. An intermediate light displacement boat, it will weigh two tons less than the upper limit dictated by class rules, and is expected to be 20 seconds faster over a mile than reference yacht S/Y Magic Carpet. This reduced weight is provided in part by a novel “roller coaster wave” form for the teak decking, which is dictated by the class rules to maintain the high quality look of the fleet. The weight efficiency carries through to the interior with molded carbon fiber furniture.
VanDutch opens in South Florida
Pat Bray of Bray Design and John DeCaro of All Ocean Yachts worked with Capt. Winston Clarke (formerly of M/Y Bigfish), Michael Kirschstein of Kirschstein Design, and David Darwent of D2 Project Management to create a
VanDutch has opened a Factory Direct Center in North Miami Beach. The center will carry branded merchandise, in addition to offering 24/7 customer support and financial services. The center is at 14800 Biscayne Blvd., North Miami Beach (33181), 305-947-1000. The builder also recently announced that its new model, VanDutch 75, will be available in mid-2016.
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Upcoming Events EVENT OF MONTH Sept. 23-26 25th Monaco Yacht Show Monaco This year’s show to add extra berths and reorganized exhibition area for 115 yachts from 25-100m (including 40 new launches), 500 exhibits and 34,000 visitors. www. monacoyachtshow.com
Sept. 1-6 Hiswa In-Water Boat Show, NDSM-shipyard, Amsterdam. www.hiswatewater.nl
Sept. 2 The Triton’s monthly
networking event (from 6-8 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month) with Longbow Marine in Ft. Lauderdale. See details in our question-and-answer feature on page 52. www.the-triton.com.
Sept. 4-6 MYBA Pop-Up Superyacht
Show, Montenegro. Show is open to all MYBA-registered yachts over 20m, charter agents and brokers. www.mybapopupshow.com
Experience, concerts and boat rides. www.southamptonboatshow.com
Sept. 15-17 International
BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky. Sminars, workshops, waterfront demonstrations and networking for boatbuilders, dealers, suppliers, buyers, designers, repairers, surveyors and boatyard/marine operators. www.ibexshow.com
Sept. 16 The Triton’s monthly
networking event (the occasional third Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) with Yacht Flowers in Ft. Lauderdale. Join us for casual networking, no RSVP required. See details in our question-and-answer feature on page 53. www.the-triton.com
Sept. 17-20 44th annual Newport
International Boat Show and Newport Brokerage Show, Newport. One of the oldest and largest in-water boat shows in the United States. www.newportboatshow.com
Sept. 18-20 DEMA Convention,
Shipbuilding, machinery and marine technology international trade fair. smm-hamburg.de/en/home
Orlando, Fla. The Domestic Estate Managers Association hosts workshops, speakers, networking, best practices, advice and panel discussions. www.demaconvention.com
Sept. 8-13 Cannes International
Sept. 19 International Coastal
Sept. 6-9 SMM, Hamburg, Germany.
Boat Show (Festival De La Plaisance), Cannes. The first gathering of the Med season with 580 boats, 150 world premieres and 450 exhibitors on display at Vieux Port, Port Pierre Canto and Espace Riviera. www.salonnautiquecannes.com
Sept. 9-11 Seatrade Europe, Hamburg,
Cleanup. Thousands of volunteers around the world pick up ocean trash. www.oceanconservancy.org
Sept. 19-27 Interboot Watersports
Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, Germany. www.interboot.de
Germany. www.seatrade-europe.com
MAKING PLANS
Sept. 11-13 Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!
Oct. 14 Triton Expo, Lauderdale Marine Center, Ft. Lauderdale
Saltwater Seminar, Bimini, Bahamas. The Women’s Fishing University series encourages women to enter the sports of fishing and boating by providing a fun, non-intimidating atmosphere.1-888-321-LLGF (5543), www.ladiesletsgofishing.com.
Sept. 11-20 PSP Southampton Boat
Show, Southampton, UK. This year to include a Ferris wheel, the tall ship Earl of Pembroke, Global Sailing Challenge
The Triton’s popular Expo is open to yacht crew and industry -- both working and looking -- to help them develop the contacts that can make their careers better. There will be vendors, food and beverages. 5-8 p.m. Stay tuned to www.the-triton.com for details.
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Upcoming Events Sept. 20 Bart’s Bash, worldwide. In
memory of Andrew “Bart” Simpson, an America’s Cup sailor killed while training in 2013. Last year’s event included 30,700 people in more than 50 countries. The event raised more than £360,000 for the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation. Bart’s Bash was named officially the largest sailing race in the world by Guinness World Records. andrewsimpsonfoundation.co.uk
Sept. 22 AYSS MonacoNet, Monaco.
Networking for members of AYSS, captains and industry professionals the day before the Monaco Yacht Show. Register at info@ayss.org.
Sept. 24 Monaco Yacht Show, see box, page 48.
Sept. 24 World Maritime Day.
International Maritime Organization (IMO) day dedicated to shipping safety, maritime security, the marine environment and the IMO’s work. www. imo.org
Sept. 24-27 Auckland On Water Boat
Show, Auckland, New Zealand. 17th year for the show, formerly known as the Auckland International Boat Show. www.auckland-boatshow.com
The event is the last Wednesday of every month at Waxy O’Connor’s from 5-7 p.m. and is open to all crew and industry professionals. RSVP: Register-iri.com.
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Marine Maintenance
Sept. 30-Oct. 5 55th annual
World Expo, Antwerp, Belgium. An international exhibition of maintenance and repair technologies, tools, services and systems for yachts to commercial vessels. www. marinemaintenanceworldexpo.com
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 International Marine
Electronics Conference and Expo, Baltimore. Presented by National Marine Electronics Association. www. NMEA.org
Sept. 29-Oct. 4 TrawlerFest,
Chesapeake Bay. More than 20 seminars and a boat show to celebrate the cruising-under-power lifestyle. trawlerfest.com
Sept. 30 The Marshall Islands Registry (IRI) crew networking, Ft. Lauderdale.
Salon Nautico, Genoa, Italy. www. genoaboatshow.com
Oct. 2-4 Seven Seas Cruising
Association Gam, Annapolis. This organization for cruisers holds regular informative and social gatherings around the world. www.ssca.org.
Oct. 4 Cogs 4 Cancer Tribute
Ride, Barcelona. Yachting industry professionals bicycle ride to aid cancer research and to remember the people that the superyacht world has lost to this disease. Several rides and events begin Oct. 4. cogs4cancer.org
Oct. 6-11 34th annual Istanbul
International Boat Show, Turkey. www.boatshow.com.tr
Oct. 7 The Triton’s monthly networking event (the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) with Maritime Professional Training, Ft. Lauderdale. Join us for casual networking, no RSVP required. www.the-triton.com
Oct. 7-10 Ibiza Rendezvous, Spain.
Racing, open to all sailing yachts 20m and larger, modern, cruising or classic. ibizarendezvous.com
Oct. 8-12 Annapolis Sailboat
Brokerage Show and United States Sailboat Show, Annapolis. www.usboat.com
Oct. 14-18 35th annual Athens
International Boat Show, Greece. www.athensboatshow.gr
Oct. 14-18 Barcelona International Boat Show, Port Vell, Spain. www.salonnautico.com
Oct. 16-18 America’s Cup World Series, Bermuda. www.americascup.com
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Upcoming Events Oct. 17 Seven Seas Cruising
Association Gam, St. Petersburg, Fla. www.ssca.org.
Oct. 21 The Triton’s monthly
networking event (the occasional third Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) with Ward’s Marine Electric, Ft. Lauderdale. www.the-triton.com
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show events Oct. 24 National Marine Suppliers’
annual Yacht Bikers Poker Run, Ft. Lauderdale. Annual charity event. www. nationalmarine.com
Nov. 4 No Triton networking due to
the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
Nov. 4 International Superyacht
Society (ISS) 25th Gala celebrating Yacht Design and Leadership. Event includes announcement of ISS Leadership Award and Awards of Distinction, Distinguished Crew Award, Excellence in Innovation, Business (Person) of the Year and ISS Fabien Cousteau Blue Award. www.superyachtsociety.org
Nov. 5 The International SeaKeepers
Society Bal de La Mer, Ft. Lauderdale. Includes SeaKeeper Award to Fabien Cousteau, update on Discovery fleet missions, dinner and more. www.seakeepers.org
Nov. 5-9 56th annual Fort Lauderdale
International Boat Show. World’s largest in-water boat show with six locations with 3 million square feet of display from megayachts to accessories. This year includes SeaFair, a 228-foot custom yacht, the AIM Pavilion, and VIP lounges. Themed areas include the Performance Village, the Sportfish Village, CruiserPort, the Superyacht Builders Association (SYBAss) Pavilion and Yacht Builders tent connected by shuttles and water transportation. Locations are Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel and Yachting Center, Hall of Fame Marina, Las Olas Municipal Marina, Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina, Pier 66 Marina, Sails Marina, and the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center.
Preview day is Thursday, Oct. 30 ($38 online, $40 at the show); and general admission tickets are $22 online, $24 at the show. Download MyBoatShow for details. Call +1 954-764-7642, +1 800940-7642, www.showmanagement.com.
Nov. 6 U.S. Superyacht Association annual meeting, Ft. Lauderdale. www.ussuperyacht.com
Nov. 6 The Billfish Foundation’s Annual Gala and Fund Raising Dinner, Ft. Lauderdale. Cocktails, silent auction, dinner, live auction, music and dancing. Proceeds to benefit TBF’s educational, research and conservation programs. billfish.org
Nov. 7 annual National Marine
Suppliers’ Customer Appreciation Party, Riverfront, Ft. Lauderdale. This year’s theme: The Breast Slumber Party Ever. Supports breast cancer awareness and prevention. Invitation required. www.nationalmarine.com, info@ nationalmarine.com
Nov. 9 Captains conversation with
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, hosted by the Marine Industries Association of South Florida Invitation only.
End of FLIBS events Nov. 9-12 34th annual BVI Charter
Yacht Show hosted by Charter Yacht Society of the BVI, Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola. www.bvicrewedyachts.com
Nov. 13-15 Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!
Saltwater Seminar, Florida Keys. The Women’s Fishing University series encourages women to enter the sports of fishing and boating.1-888-321-LLGF (5543), www.ladiesletsgofishing.com.
Nov. 16-18 Global Superyacht Forum,
Amsterdam. Attendees include captains, yacht managers, owner repre sentatives,shipyards, designers, lawyers and more in the superyacht industry. www.globalsuperyachtforum.com
Nov. 18 The Triton’s monthly
networking event (the occasional third Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m.) with Yachty Rentals, Ft. Lauderdale. Stay tuned to www.thetriton.com.
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Network with The Triton and Longbow Marine at its new shop Captains, crew and industry professionals are invited to join The Triton for our regular first-Wednesdayof-the-month networking on Sept. 2 from 6-8 p.m., this month with Longbow Marine Worldwide Yacht Chandlery in Ft. Lauderdale. The yacht chandlery will show off its Addrison new, expanded location at 1305 S.W. First Ave. in Ft. Lauderdale (33315). Until then, learn more from owner and engineering specialist Simon
Addrison. Q. Just what is Longbow Marine? Longbow is a full-service chandlery. We offer product and support worldwide at competitive prices. Q. There are other chandlery businesses in town. Why should captains and crew choose yours? First and foremost, we value our relationships. Customers and vendors alike, without either you have nothing. We make crew, from junior deckhand to captain and engineer, look good. We’re a good option, a refreshingly good option, because we stay on top of everything and we answer questions when asked. Q. Tell us about your location. We’ve moved off 17th Street and
we’re now behind the popular Tap 42 Craft Beer and Restaurant. We’re one block north of it and west of Andrews Avenue. It’s a great landmark for the yachting industry. We were lucky to stumble upon this place because it’s easy to find and our overhead didn’t increase. This move has been the perfect opportunity. We keep slowly growing, a healthy growth. Q. What is your background? This all started when I was in diving school in Greece in 1989. On a trip going to Greece from England, I stopped in Antibes and I ended up getting daywork in an engine room. Then I got a job on the biggest, baddest Lurssen at the time. I think it was 34m, which was huge then. I worked with the
engineer and then got a crew position. I worked from the bilge up and I have a head for the mechanical. I am the all-round, troubleshooting guy. Q. What do you want captains to know about Longbow? I’ve been sourcing parts since 2002. You can’t learn that overnight. Even with the Internet, it’s not easy. Parts change, they get updated, the part numbers change. It’s no good if you send a part to South America and the crew goes to fit it in and it’s two millimeters out. We are very detailed oriented. The devil’s in the details. There’s no point shipping out the wrong product. Q. What do you specialize in? We can meet a yacht’s needs, whatever they are, engineering, deck, safety, interior, you name it. Q. Who will yacht crew work with? We have a great team. Geoff Orr has been in the chandlery industry since 1999 and specializes in deck and engineering. It is hard to be organized during a refit, so he offers operational and refit support. He’ll touch base with the yachts in the yards, find out what they need and remind them that we’re here to help. Crew hand over the samples and he’ll solve the problem. Phillip Robinson spent four years at the University of Florida in mechanical engineering. His real talent is in electronics and electrical systems. We had a boat that was looking at the possibility of replacing a complete electronic monitoring system that was no longer supported. Phillip identified one component, we found a replacement and it was plug-and-play. The yacht avoided a reconfiguration that would have cost tens of thousands of dollars. Jodi Addrison is the person that can source parts, do the shipping and the accounting. She’s the biggest allarounder amongst us. She’s been in this industry from high school starting at Lewis Marine and moving to the specialized chandlery business in the late 1990s. And Isvy does our bookkeeping, social media and handles the phones. Mark your calendar to network on Wed., Sept. 2, from 6-8 p.m. at Longbow’s new location, 1305 SW 1 Ave., Ft. Lauderdale (33315). For more information about Longbow Marine Worldwide Yacht Chandlery, visit www. longbowmarine.com or contact the company at +1 954-616-5737.
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Help your career grow at Triton networking with Yacht Flowers Join The Triton and network with Yacht Flowers on the third Wednesday of the month (Sept. 16) in Ft. Lauderdale. Everyone in yachting is welcome to join us from 6-8 p.m. at Yacht Flowers’ store on Southeast 17th Street. Until then, learn a little more about the flower business from owner Eileen Cheng. Cheng Q. Tell us about Yacht Flowers. The company was formed 14 years ago by Hillary Frischhertz. We purchased the business and have continued to grow over the past several years. We are a full-service florist that specializes in the yacht industry. We also have educational classes for those interested in basic and advanced education in floral upkeep and design. We also do weddings and everyday designs as needed. Q. What sets you apart from the competition? Yacht Flowers stands out with our knowledge, experience and education. Delia and I both passed the American Institute Floral Designers’ certification. This certification compares with a master’s degree in the normal school world, but for the floral industry. This designation is known as the “best of the best” in floral circles. We also keep track of the newest information and share that in our floral education classes. With hands-on classes, we teach crew the valuable knowledge to take back onboard. Q. Why did you get into this business? I like to share my passion and create something people don’t ordinarily see. Q. What arrangements work best on yachts, considering transporting them, movement at sea, heat, etc.? It is best to use low designs that are compact. Tropical flowers also work well for yachts. Q. What is trending this year? The current trend is more organic with lots of woody material like sticks, moss and dried materials. And most of the yachts have a lot of influence from Europe. Q. What other things do you add to flower arrangements? Arrangement designs are based on the yacht’s desires, which are usually
based on the boat’s theme. Vases are usually glass or ceramic but they can be stainless and even wood, again depending on the boat’s atmosphere. The vases generally stay in place with little pads or grids placed under them. Q. As flowers die and the arrangement changes, do you have advice for crew to keep an arrangement looking good? Yes, come and take a class from us to learn how to restructure the flowers. This class will teach you how to pull out flowers in an arrangement and not change the theme. To help preserve an arrangement, check the water often, and keep it away from heat/air vents and direct sunlight. Also make sure your florist has a good source for their product as we do at Yacht Flowers. Q. What are your favorite flowers to work with? Orchids. Q. And your least favorite? None. I love them all. Q. What do you wish crew knew about flowers? To understand more about the names of the flowers and their simple care requirements. Q. Does anyone use artificial flowers these days? Yes, some people use artificial flowers, but not that many. If they do, it is usually during crossings and when the fresh flowers die. Q. Can crew order from a book or online, or do you prefer to talk with crew to decide what to create? Both. Crew can book online from our Web site (www.yachtflowers.com) or they can call +1 954-541-3576. It is best to place a phone call after placing an online order just to ensure there are no questions unanswered. Q. Tell us about your location in The Triton building. Our location on 17th Street is much closer to the yachts so it’s even easier for us to serve the industry. Classes are more convenient for crew and walk-in service is available. My staff and I meet a lot more crew in person rather than just on the phone. Networking will be held at Yacht Flowers at 1043 S.E. 17th St. in Ft. Lauderdale (33316). The shop is in The Triton office building. For more information, visit www.YachtFlowers.com or call +1 954541-3576. Please visit pages 48-50 for other marine industry events as well as visit www.The-Triton.com.
Captains, crew and industry professionals network with Yacht Flowers last TRITON FILE PHOTO summer.
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Belize, Florida, New York
Capt. Joei Randazzo and her 17year-old cat Denver having their morning coffee while at Tomoka State Park on the ICW north of Daytona, Fla. Capt. Randazzo and Denver have traveled more than half a million miles together.
Capt. John Wampler on his 201st delivery from South Florida to New York City, this time in early May aboard a 60-foot Sea Ray.
Capt. Herb Magney and ship agent-in-training Ramon Turcios Jr. of ICB&L take a break from off-loading oilfield equipment near Placentia in southern Belize to catch up on yachting news.