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o o o Upcoming Events
Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:40 pm Moonrise: 4:01 pm; 85.3% illuminated Sunrise (Friday): 7:28 am High tides: 6:07 pm / 6:39 am (Friday) Low tides: 12:20 pm / 12:41 am (Friday)
Th u r s d ay • O c t. 29, 2009
Weather Today: Partly cloudy, winds ESE 6 mph, high 90/low 79; 87% humidity Tonight: Partly cloudy, winds E 12 mph, high 83/low 74; 73% humidity Tomorrow AM: Partly cloudy, 69% humidity
Networking When: Tonight, 4-7 pm Where: USSA Village, 300 Tent Nine businesses make up the U.S. village and welcome all captains, crew and show visitors for casual networking.
Cocktail party When: Tonight, 5-6:30 pm Where: KVH booth, Electronics Tent KVH and Stratos host the Triple Play Cocktail Party in Booth #1310.
Crew seminars When: Friday, 9 am-4 pm Where: Bahia Mar, 2d floor YachtInfo seminars for new and veteran crew. Registration required; tickets are $25; $35 includes captains briefing and reception. www. usyachtinfo.com
Captains briefing When: Friday, 4:30-6 pm Location: Bahia Mar, 2d floor YachtInfo captains briefing with highranking officials from the American Pilots Association, U.S. Customs and Immigration, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. State Department (which issues visas); Registration required; tickets are $35, includes reception. www.usyachtinfo.com
IT’S A WASH: The prep is done. Time to shine. For more photos of crew and yachts getting ready, see pages 4-5 and online at www.the-triton.com. PHOTO/DORIE COX
Future depends on attitudes By Lucy Chabot Reed In this 50th year of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, there has been much talk of how yachting used to be, how far it has come, and the lessons we learn as the economic slowdown puts the breaks on yachting’s meteoric rise. Perhaps Bob Saxon, former president of Camper & Nicholsons USA, said it best at the Ft. Lauderdale Mariners Club seminar yesterday when he said, “We are in a Potemkin village.” “As rosy of a picture as I have painted, it’s a misleading picture, at best,” he said. “A Potemkin village is like a movie set. It looks good but it may be made of cardboard and 2x4s.” Saxon described some of what is affecting the yachting market now.
First is the diminished wealth of clients. Second is the attitude society exhibits toward wealth. Danielle Masse, director of the yacht division at insurance giant Chartis, shared her thoughts on the trouble in the large yacht sector this year. “This year has forced many of us to focus on the short term – save me money – and neglect the long-term interests of our clients,” she said. “Our job and responsibility is to educate the owners that we have to keep their short- and long-term interests in balance.” Read more of Masse’s thoughts on crew lay-offs, as well as a salvor and underwriter ideas about Lloyd’s Open Form agreements, and how insurers value a yacht, all in the rest of this story on www.the-triton.com.
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