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o o o Test Your Mates Quiz your crew mates on their nautical knowledge: n What is a WIG vessel? n What is float-free launching? ANSWERS on page 3
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Sunset: 5:37 pm; Sunrise: 6:31 am (Monday) Moonrise: 6:32 am (Monday); 0% illuminated Low tides: 1:34 pm / 1:50 am (Monday) High tides: 7:44 pm / 8:23 am (Monday)
Today: Partly cloudy, windy, 10% chance of rain, high 80; winds N, 24 mph; 62% humidity Tonight: Partly cloudy, windy, low 73 Tomorrow AM: Partly cloudy, 20% rain chance
Upcoming Events Today, 9-11 a.m. USSA Pavilion hosts a special showing of Crew Unlimited’s Fort Yachtie Da Film Festival.
Today, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. PYA and ICT on interior training and GUEST. Brunch at Bimini Boatyard. RSVP to +1 954-779-7764.
Today, 3-6 p.m. Marine Industries Association of South Florida’s Party In Paradise to benefit the MICF. At the Aqualounge.
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Today, 7-11 p.m. Camper & Nicholsons’ captain & crew appreciation party. Bahia Mar Face Dock 9.
Tomorrow, 5 p.m. Fraser Yachts Crew Network hosts an end-of-show event for the captains and crew on its yachts.
UP, UP AND AWAY: The crew and captain pose in the Bell helicopter on display aboard the 190-foot Trinity M/Y Mi Sueno yesterday. PHOTO/TOM SERIO
Show owners plan industry growth By Lucy Chabot Reed In an effort to keep Fort Lauderdale known as the Yachting Capital of the World, the owners of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show have commissioned a market research company to find out just who boats and why, and what the industry can do to attract more of them. The first phase of the research was released this week as the show began. The key finding was that although participation in boating across the U.S. is high, boat ownership is relatively low. There are myriad reasons for that, and the complexities of deciphering what those statistics mean will be key to making a plan to grow boating, said Nate Fristoe, director of RRC
Associates, a market research and consulting firm in Colorado that specializes in recreation and travel. Boat show owners Marine Industries Association of South Florida hired RRC to help it quantify the growth potential of the industry over the next 10-15 years. While this level of research didn’t make distinctions based on sizes of vessels, the data offered some insights for the megayacht sector. The good news is that boating participation is relatively high, about 31 percent of the U.S. population, which makes it more than twice as high as any other sport. (Golf, for example, is about 8.1 percent; tennis is about 9 percent.) Participation has consistently grown See GROWTH, page 3
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Over the past six months, a group of yacht captains have met and talked with industry players to see if there’s an interest and a need for an association for professional yacht captains. At its first open meeting last week, they presented a speaker on ethics (see that story in the Thursday Triton Today) and their vision for what such a group might look like and do. Capt. Michael Schueler of M/Y Ronin hopes the group will focus on management training, which will resolve issues that cause owners to leave the industry such as crew turnover and inadequate communication. The captains have talked to officials at Nova Southeastern University about captain-specific management training and have been well received, he said. “I hope you realize that if you are 30 years old and a captain, you have things to learn in your management style, and that if you are 60 years old, you have things to learn in your management style,” Schueler told the group of about a dozen captains. “In the end, all that matters is the safe and legal happiness of the owner. If they are not happy, they are gone.” Capt. Chris Lewis of M/Y Ellix II also wanted to focus on management training and supported a code of ethics. He also believed a captains group would make it easier to tackle some challenging issues, such as maximum number of passengers and operating under mandated safe working hours.
Capt. Wendy Umla said she hoped the group would attract professionals to give owners a pool of candidates for open posts who have a commitment to moral and ethical behavior. “If we don’t get together and make this industry better, we’re going to lose the good owners,” she said. Capt. Ian Bone is passionate about educational and business opportunities for captains after they leave yachts. The skills captains learn can be translated into shore-based leadership or management positions, but many don’t know how to access those opportunities outside the industry. One captain in attendance warned the organizers to be clear that the group would not be a union. Bone and the others assured him it would not be. “We’re just normal guys who have an interest to better ourselves and better the industry,” Bone said. “It will be a typical, membership-driven association. “Look, if we don’t take some sort of leadership role, we’re going to be left behind,” he said. “It’s time. The industry is mature enough for an organization like this to take place.” The attendees were supportive and lingered after the meeting to discuss the groups evolution. “It’s going to falter a bit, but it will go forward,” one captain said. “You just have to start it and work through the bad period.” For more information or to get involved, e-mail Bone at ianbyca1@ gmail.com. Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today, lucy@the-triton.com.
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OFF THE DOCK: Last night’s National Marine party
@ National Yachts and yachts of pink was seen last night at National Marine Supplier’s 9th annual customer appreciation party to raise money for breast cancer. PHOTOS/LUCY REED, DAVID REED
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Younger boaters must be introduced GROWTH, from page 1 since 1990, but ownership has declined. The data is further complicated by the reality that although there have been declining unit sales, prices have increased. The idea with the research is to develop a framework for translating participation into engagement and then translating engagement into ownership. The boating population is aging, so one strategy must be to engage younger boaters. One of the things the research discovered is that powerboaters were introduced by parents or grandparents when they were 10 or younger. Sailors were first introduced after age 18, mostly by friends.
Test Your Mates Answers to the quiz on page 1: n A Wing in Ground Craft, capable of operating completely above the surface of the water. n When a liferaft is automatically released and is ready for use.
Overall about 20 percent of Florida boaters indicate they have introduced 35 or more people to the sport over the course of their lives. But 8 percent indicated they have not ever introduced a single person to boating. “Leveraging the influence of existing boaters will be an important strategy moving forward,� Fristoe said. This is the first phase of the research, accumulating and synthesizing data. The next phase is to review the key findings with industry stakeholders and get feedback. Then the company will refine the research and finally develop an action plan to grow the industry. Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today, lucy@the-triton.com.
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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 3: Fun onboard Yacht crew working the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show take their jobs seriously. Still, it didn’t take much prodding to get some of them to take a short break for light-hearted photos in the middle of a hot Saturday afternoon. PHOTOS/TOM SERIO, LUCY REED
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CHECKING THE TIDE: Have you ever worked a new build? Have you ever worked on a new build? With all the press over new yachts lately, we were curious to learn if yacht crew at the show had ever worked on a yacht as it was being built. Some of the crew we talked to had joined a yacht fresh off its launch but only one had actually worked on the build. I think that’s because most of the crew we talked to were the ones on the dock, often more junior crew. For the most part, they hadn’t
worked on a build, but nearly everyone said they would like to have that experience at some point in their yachting career. – Lucy Chabot Reed
Chief Stew Iwona Kraskowska M/Y Impulsive 126-foot Norship “No, but I’ve been on a new boat. It’s a great experience in a shipyard because you can learn and organize from the beginning.”
Dive Instructor David Alvarez M/Y Blind Date 161-foot Trinity “No, but it would be awesome. I like that part of boats. I’d rather be in the water, but it would be interesting for sure.”
Deckhand Marten Van Suylekom M/Y Paraffin 198-foot Feadship “No, but I’d like to. It would be a new experience and I’m a keen learner so it’s always good to do new things.“ Chief Stew Jennifer Utyro M/Y D’Natalin 151-foot Delta “No, but I would love to be a part of that kind of project. To get behind the scenes instead of serving guests.” Deckhand Sean Crutchley M/Y Deja Vu 165-foot Feadship “No, but I would. I’m in this industry to learn.”
Deckhand Calvin Barnard M/Y Katya 151-foot Delta “Never. It would be fun, I reckon. Something different. Am I going to learn a new skill? I’ve painted enough engines.”
Capt. Christian Gain M/Y Siete 115-foot Benetti “Yes. It was fantastic. I want to do it again. It’s exciting, like being there when the baby is born.”
2d Stew Sian Cameron M/Y Checkmate 145-foot Benetti “No, but I joined it right after. It’s beautiful but there’s a bit of pressure to keep it beautiful.” Stew Celine Colella New 40m Westport “No, but I would, absolutely. I love shipyards. The work starts at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 5:30 p.m. After work, you can go to the gym or do what you like.”
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