Triton Today Thursday Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2016

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016

Test Your Mates How nautical are your crew mates?

Find out with this little nautical quiz. n “To dress a ship” means what? to hoist her flags; to hoist her sails; to remove her bonnet; to inspect her crew. n What masthead light pattern does a dredge show? Answers, p9

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Today, 1:30-5 pm Get your MAN diesel engine questions answered, RPM Diesel booth #1055 in the Engine Tent.

Today, 3 pm Unlocking the Mysteries of the Great Lakes, a seminar hosted by American Yacht Agents and Burger Boat Company. U.S. Superyacht Association American Pavilion.

Tonight, 6-8 pm U.S. Superyacht Association’s Taste of Ft. Lauderdale networking event.

Sample food from the city’s popular restaurants. USSA American Pavilion.

Tomorrow, 7:30-9:30 am Captain and crew breakfast with the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders, in the IGY Marinas booth, Yacht Builders tent.

Tomorrow, 8:30-9:30 am YachtInfo seminar on the South Pacific, CruiserPort tent, B Dock.

TIGHT SQUEEZE: All hands were on deck as some of the largest yachts ever maneuvered into place at Bahia Mar yesterday getting ready for today’s opening of the 57th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

PHOTO/DORIE COX

ICW channel clear, marinas not

By Dorie Cox The Intracoastal Waterway dredge project that began north of Port Everglades has deepened the channel on the way to most of the marinas in the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which opens today and runs through Nov. 7.

The $20 million project, which began in May, added 5 feet to the ICW, giving it a 15-foot controlling depth as it passes Pier 66 Marina, Fort Lauderdale Hilton, Bahia Mar Yachting Center, Hall of Fame Marina and Las Olas Marina.

But it does just that, passes by, because none of the marinas have

dredged from the ICW to their entrances or inside their marinas.

“It’s a shame when they did the dredging in the intracoastal they couldn’t clear out in the marinas,” said Capt. Mac McDonald, who brought in the 205foot M/Y Lady Lola to this year’s show.

She sits on the bottom at low tide, just as she did last year. Low tide falls every afternoon during the show.

“There are four or five of us [touching bottom],” he said. “It happens every year.

It looks like we’ve run aground, which we have. It makes us look bad. We’re 10 inches out of water.”

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Chef Danielle Perry, shown here with her original art and notecard reprints at the Riverside Hotel on Las Olas Boulevard, created the art on the cover of the program for the 57th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

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Chef’s art graces FLIBS program

By Lucy Chabot Reed Yacht Chef Danielle Perry got the call to submit a piece of her artwork in the competition just before the deadline.

Four days later, she submitted and was chosen to grace the cover of this year’s boat show program.

“When I paint, I paint; I don’t do anything else,” she said recently, a day after hand numbering and signing 200 prints of her winning painting.

It’s taken her a lifetime to get here, but Perry has finally found a balance between her two creative jobs. At first, it was graphic design. Then it was yachting and travel. But when a near-death motorcycle accident in 2008 sat her still in a wheelchair, she focused on her artistic side that she never found time to discover. And a fine artist was born.

“After something like that, you never see your life the same way,” she said.

A friend helped her heal, took her to doctor’s appointments, and bought her an easel. It was during those five months of recovery that she took her talent seriously and taught herself the masters, training her eye to see the world around her, paying attention to her weaknesses and forcing herself to improve.

She started with all the photos she took during her travels and began painting from those. All fine art pieces on her website (danielleperryfineart.

com) were painted since her accident.

Her winning painting, “Take Back Our Reefs”, features the above and underwater worlds that yachting brings together, of boats and humans, reefs and sealife. Subtly centered in her painting is a lionfish, a pretty but voracious fish that is about to be gored by a diver’s spear.

Since 2008, Perry has found a balance of passions by working as a freelance yacht chef. When she’s onboard, it’s full on cooking and working. But the time out at sea gives her perspective and inspiration, she said. And that makes the high-energy stints of painting more refreshing than stressful.

“They both feed off each other,” she said. “They’re both very creative jobs, very passionate and intense. But working on a yacht is stressful and high pressure.

I don’t feel any stress with painting.”

After being at sea, it takes her three or four days to decompress and relax enough to paint. Just this year, she’s begun setting up her easel near cafes and in neighborhoods, plenaire painting that is forcing her to paint the 3D natural world differently than painting from photographs.

See the 30x40 original painting of “Take Back Our Reefs” in the Windward Club, the VIP lounge in the Swimming Hall of Fame. It’s for sale for $4,500.

Lucy Reed is publisher of Triton Today.

Comment at lucy@the-triton.com.

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DOING THE CREW THING: Getting ready Under sunny and breezy skies, yacht crew kept busy yesterday washing, wiping, polishing and cleaning every inch of every yacht in preparation for opening day of the 57th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

PHOTOS/TOM SERIO and DORIE COX

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CHECKING THE TIDE: Triton Today’s Question of the Day

What do you think of Fort Lauderdale?

Dayworker Aysun Aydin M/Y C1 96’ Doggersbank “I love Ft. Lauderdale. It’s my favorite. You can run everything out of here, take a charter to the Bahamas and back, and do it all.”

Mate Cory Brooks M/Y Top Dog 112’ Westship “You can find everything here.

And I like it for running into friends, especially ones you haven’t seen for a while.”

First Mate Cornelis DeNecker “Ft. Lauderdale is fun for crew. My favorite thing is meeting people from different countries, from all over the world.”

Eng. Hein Theron M/Y Party Girl 146’ Christensen “It’s great, a clean city. We have the freedom to come and go. It’s a good place to walk and cycle. There has definitely been growth here.”

Yacht crew come to Ft. Lauderdale from all over the world. The team at Triton Today walked the show yesterday to find out how they feel about the city.

PHOTOS/DORIE COX

Capt. Brad Helton M/Y Bella Lisa 85’ Ocean Alexander “It has ebbed and flowed since 2009.

It seems better now, with more and bigger boats. The support industry is better, and that has challenged others to be more competitive.”

Capt. Simon Alway M/Y Lady Joy 157’ Christensen “Everything is spread out. It’s hard to get around, but it is easier for contractors and maintenance in Ft. Lauderdale. This place is exploding with yachts.”

Th u r s d ay • Nov. 3 , 2016 | 7 Mate John Curtis M/Y My Maggie 112’ Westport “West Palm has decent beaches, and it’s good because it’s by my Mom’s house.

There aren’t as many yacht hangouts, so Ft. Lauderdale is better for meeting up with crew.”

Stew/Deck Grant Kerrigan M/Y One More Toy 155’ Christensen “We came from Newport; that’s more my style.

There’s OK surf in Newport, but it’s still not Australia.”

Deckhand Dylan Causey M/Y Andiamo 105’ Azimut “I just started in yachting in September but we’ve been to the Keys and the Bahamas. I like it so far.”

Capt. John Hanson On yachts from 1964-1992 “I like it because all the services necessary to maintain a yacht are right here, and they know what they’re doing. Plus, I like to come to see old friends.”

Eng. Jeremy Smither M/Y One More Toy 155’ Christensen “It’s been four years but I think nothing’s changed.

I like to come to Ft. Lauderdale to catch up with my mates.”

Capt. Chip Mir M/Y Star 137’ Kingship “Ft. Lauderdale is always here; it’s just always been here.

This is a local boat.

It is an easy place to base or to pit stop.

My favorite place is Pier 66 where we stay.”

Bosun Jimmy Nowak M/Y Andiamo 105’ Azimut “Ft. Lauderdale is a good place for two weeks. It’s good at the right time when there is stuff to do, like now. There is more than enough to do for these two to three months.”

Deckhand Bobby Cornford M/Y Helios 2 51m Palmer Johnson “Seems I end up here at this time of year. I like it, but I prefer West Palm Beach. Ft. Lauderdale is so spread out.”

Deckhand Ryan Walrath M/Y Magic 130’ Northern Marine “I like Lauderdale.

There are more people in yachting here. We were here for the yard, but I like New England; it’s not as hot.”

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Newest yachts debut at FLIBS Builders use the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show as their coming-out party. These yachts make their U.S. debut at the show this week.

l M/Y Suerte, above, a 229-foot (69m) yacht built by Italian builder Tankoa Yachts, makes her U.S. debut with Northrop & Johnson.

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l Triton Submarines will debut its new Triton 1650/3 LP (Low Profile) submersible, which is designed for smaller yacht garages and can take a pilot and two passengers to depths of 1,650 feet (500m). The company will also introduce its new range of cruise submersibles, starting with the sevenpassenger Triton 1000/7. l Hargrave Custom Yachts will have three world premiers – its most ever: the 101-foot M/Y Sunny, the 101-foot M/Y Sassy and the 95-foot M/Y Freedom. l MarineMax, the largest recreational boat retailer in the United States, is launching seven new models this week, including the 40-foot Azimut Verve with triple Mercury Verado outboards; a 112foot Ocean Alexander; and the Galeon 660 Fly. It is also debuting four SearRay models: the Sea Ray L550, Sea Ray Fly 460, Sea Ray Sundancer 460 and Sea Ray Sundancer 350 Coupe. l Delta Carbon Yachts, the U.S. division of Swedish yacht builder Delta Powerboats, will make the U.S. debut of it flagship 88-foot all-carbon sport yacht.

It is hull No. 3 and was delivered in July.

It features joystick-controlled Volvo IPS propulsion and hits a top speed of 38 knots. It carries 10 guests and has crew quarters for three. Delta Carbon Yachts offers all-carbon fiber sport yacht builds at 54 and 88 feet. l Horizon Yachts will offer the U.S. debut of its E75 model, as well as showcase a new E88 skylounge motoryacht. l Nautical Ventures has gathered several brands to debut to the U.S. market this week. Rand Boats of Denmark builds a 15-foot (5m) picnic boat with a hull composite made from recycled plastic bottles and windmill blades, the deck from sustainable softwoods fused with a bio-based liquid to make it durable, and an emission-free, quiet, fast-acting electric motor that produces a top speed of 21 mph. It has up to 16 hours of battery life.

Rib Inflatables of the UK has created a foldable RIB, the F-Rib. Stocked with an electric engine, it is compact, easy to stow, portable and versatile, even with a rigid bottom. They are used in rescue organizations, by firefighters and EMTs, and in military operations. It inflates in less than 5 minutes.

Torqeedo Electric Motors of Germany builds electric outboards, inboards, electric motors and hybrid drive systems ranging from 1 to 80 hp.

Torqeedo drives do not discharge any exhaust or oil into the water. Torqeedo makes its own lithium batteries that store significantly more energy than other batteries, maintain a high current and do not lose their charging capacity.

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Dredging has been under way on the ICW. And dredging into and inside marinas would allow yachts like M/Y TV, a 257-foot Lurssen, better access.

PHOTO/DORIE COX

Dredge permit process is lengthy DREDGE, from page 1 Attempts to reach Bahia Mar management to ask about plans to dredge its marina were unsuccessful.

Although Lady Lola can normally tie up to the face dock at Bahia Mar, his current slip is in a different part of the marina where the water isn’t as deep. But he accepts sitting on the bottom as part of the price to be in the show.

“Whoever wants to be there, this is what’s going to happen,” he said.

Several factors may contribute to the marinas not yet dredging a path to the deepened ICW, including the years-long process of getting required numerous permits from groups such as the Army Corp of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Broward County Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“They did good job; we’re glad they dredged,” said Kevin Quirk, vice president of operations for LXR Luxury Marinas, which operates the marina at Pier 66. “But dredging the ICW is the beginning, not the end. It’s like building

I-95 without exits.”

Quirk speaks from experience. He has seen firsthand the complexity of navigating the permitting process as he oversaw construction when Pier 66 doubled its dock space for yachts larger than 150 feet in 2014.

While property owners are responsible for the dredging inside their marinas, it can take six or seven years of working with local, state and federal agencies to get all the required permits, particularly if the site has seagrass or coral.

City-owned Las Olas Marina had been working to pull permits to dredge, but recently put it on hold while the city chose a company to redevelop the marina, said Jon Luscomb, marine facilities supervisor for the city of Ft. Lauderdale. City commissioners recently selected Dallas-based Suntex Marinas for the project.

The ICW dredge project was originally scheduled for completion in 2017, but now is expected to finish late this month.

Dorie Cox is editor of Triton Today.

Comment at dorie@the-triton.com.

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OFF THE DOCK: Some of the parties that have happened so far

@ NMS About 250 people road in National Marine Suppliers’ annual Poker Run, this time to Clewiston. The event raises money for breast cancer awareness and prevention.

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1/28/17 GALLERY OF AMAZING THINGS DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA

@ PYT Professional Yachtmaster Training USA hosted its annual meet and mingle event before the boat show..

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@MPT Maritime Professional Training officially opened its new 25,000-square-foot classroom and simulator building in Ft. Lauderdale.

It has three full-mission simulators, hands-on technology labs and an entire engineering wing with classroom space and equipment.

PHOTO/LUCY REED More at the-triton.com.

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@MHG MHG Insurance Brokers brought out the red carpet for a Hollywood Glamour theme to its annual boat show party last week in Ft. Lauderdale.

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Watermakers opened its new showroom last week.

The 30-year-old company designs, builds, installs and services its systems from its corporate headquarters on South Andrews Avenue in Ft. Lauderdale.

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@Yacht Chandlers Yacht crew turned out in their groovy best for Yacht Chandlers’ 9th annual Crew Appreciation Party.

There was no shortage of paisley, big hair and wild makeup for the Boogie Nights-themed event.

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