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Sun & Moon Sunset: 7:34 pm; Sunrise (Sun.): 7:17 am Moonrise: 2:06 am; 56% illuminated High tides: 2:42 pm; (Sun.) 3:32 am Low tides: 9:16 pm; (Sun.) 9:53 am
Weather Today: Mostly sunny, winds WSW 7 mph, high 87, 10% chance of rain Tonight: Mostly clear, low of 67 Tomorrow AM: Mostly sunny, high 89
Find out how nautical you and your crew are with this trivia quiz. n What is the hull mark indicating the legal limit a ship may be loaded for specific waters and temperatures? n In U.S. waters, where do kayaks and canoes fit into the navigation rules? n Why do you never want to have to fly the Juliet signal flag? n Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ANSWERS on page 2.
Things to See / Do Today, 8 a.m. -1 p.m. West Palm Beach GreenMarket on the Waterfront Commons. Shop for fresh, local fruits, vegetables, plants, freshcut flowers and artisan foods. 561-822-1515.
Wednesday, 3-6 p.m. Ward’s Marine Electric hosts an open house at its renovated Palm Beach location, 999 W. 17th St., No. 3, in Riviera Beach. For more information call + 954-523-2815 ext. 100.
April 6, 4:30-8 p.m. The Triton Expo, exhibitors, vendors, music and food. Have your resume critiqued by veteran captains; see a crew uniform fashion show. Free, at Lauderdale Marine Center, 2001 S.W. 20th St. in Ft. Lauderdale. No RSVP necessary. www.the-triton.com
IT WORKS: Some names remain a mystery.
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The story behind the name By Lucy Chabot Reed What’s in a name? Shakespeare’s Juliet pointed out that a rose smells like a rose, no matter what we call it. But a yacht’s name is personal. The first thing owners do when they buy a yacht is change the name, despite the superstitions against it. Here’s a look at some of the names in the Palm Beach International Boat Show and what they mean. Or, what we think they mean. Not all our sources are 100 percent reliable. M/Y Gotta Go just may have the funniest story behind the name. The owner has owned a series of yachts named Lady Kathryn. When Lady Kathryn IV sold, the owner
received a large Christensen in trade. When he renamed it Gotta Go, it sold within a couple weeks. Now, with Lady Kathryn V ready to launch this summer, he needed to sell Lady Kathryn III. So before the Fort Lauderdale show in October, he stenciled in Gotta Go again. Unfortunately for the owner, this 145-foot NQEA is still for sale here in Palm Beach. And she’s still gotta go. Our vote for the funniest name goes to Sailbad the Sinner VI, an 84foot Northcoast. Nobody on the docks – brokers and crew alike – could say what the name meant for sure, but it appears that the owner may not be the
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Ingot is just what it seems; ZaZu isn’t NAMES, from page 1
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world’s most accomplished sailor, and may have a vice or two. And yes, this is his sixth vessel named the same thing. You’d think someone would know. Some names are just what they seem. The owner of M/Y Ingot, a 106-foot Burger, is one of the largest metal recyclers in the world. When metals are melted, poured and cast into a bar or other convenience shape such as a small disk, the result is an ingot. Some yachts are not what you think.
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www.MPTusa.com M/Y ZaZu, a 95-foot De Vries Lentsch, is not named for the majordomo to the Lion King, but for the famed silent movie actress ZaSu Pitts, and is complete with an Art Deco-style interior. M/Y Zoom Zoom Zoom does not belong to a Mazda dealer. Apparently, the engines are huge and she goes really fast. The owner of
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Shear Fantasea does not have a hair salon. Shear is a part of the family name; Fantasea is just a playful, nautical word. Cool-Aid “is not what you think,” a crew member told us. The 72-foot fishing yacht is owned by two couples. “The dudes are cool and the women aid their cool.” After much coyness on the part of some crew members aboard M/Y XIII, we discovered that the name happens to be the boss’s birthday date, and his lucky number. Foreign words are common on the transom of yachts, but not all of us understand. Quisisana is Italian slang for “Here, you get healthy.” Allegria means happiness in Italian. Gioia means joy in Italian. Some names just have good stories behind them. M/Y Blind Date, a 161-foot Trinity, is named to commemorate how the owners met. They’ve been married for years now with grown kids and still are very much in love. The Blind Date crew have Live Laugh Love printed on the backs of their uniforms, the motto of the owners. With M/Y Remember When, the story goes that the owner, who once owned Nice N Easy, was sitting around with friends who were reminiscing about all the
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Answers to the quiz on page 1: n A Plimsoll mark or line. n Neither the international nor inland rules address them, except in regard to “vessels under oars”. Because they display the same lights, they usually are classified under sailing vessels. n It means “I am on fire and have dangerous cargo; keep clear.” n Sponge Bob Square Pants
Triton Today Palm Beach is published by Triton Publishing Group. Publisher: David Reed Editorial: Lucy Chabot Reed, Dorie Cox, Tom Serio Advertising: Mike Price, Becky Gunter, Production: Patty Weinert Vol. 1, No. 3. Copyright 2011, all rights reserved.
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Story gives sense to some names NAMES, from page 2 great trips and times they had on that yacht. “Remember when we did this? Remember when we went there?” So the owner named this yacht Remember When so he’d never forget. Reportedly, the owners of M/Y Unforgettable chartered the 100-foot Inace three times and then bought the boat. When they were thinking of a name the owner’s wife sang the Nat King Cole “Unforgettable” and the kids all hated it. That’s it, she said. That’s the name of the boat. Naming the new 136-foot Hargrave M/Y DREAmer was a family project. The owner likes the name Dream (the name of his previous yacht) but wanted something more. He thought of Dream of the Sea, but wanted something shorter. Capt. Sharon Buttemer, explained that the family came up with the name around the dinner table and finally settled on DREAmer and wrote it that way to emphasize mer, the French word for sea. Many yachts smush family names together to create unique and
sometimes hard-to-pronounce names. M/Y Kingfisher is a mixture of the owner’s last name and the owner’s wife’s maiden name. The 142-foot Feadship is also the original Cakewalk, megayachtically speaking. M/Y Ar-De, a 100-foot Burger, is the phonetic spelling of the initials of the former owner, R.D. The new owner, his daughter, liked it and kept the name. M/Y Besilu is a combination of names of the owner’s kids. M/Y Bossy Boots II is owned by a woman who has had that nickname since she was 6, presumably without the II. And, of course, lots of yachts are named for the owners’ wife, including Claire, Bella Bri and Lady Jan, the 96foot Hargrave. “First they had Lady Jan, then Lady Jan and now their third boat, Lady Jan.” Perhaps it doesn’t matter what we call them, as long as they sell. Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today. Reporters Dorie Cox and Tom Serion contributed to this report. Comments are welcome at editorial@ the-triton.com.
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CHECKING THE TIDE: Triton Today’s Question of the Day:
What is your favorite yachting destination?
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From the more traditional route of the U.S. East Coast, to the Bahamas, down through the Caribbean and across to the Mediterranean, yacht crew have seen a lot of the world. Nearly half of the crew in our survey today still list those areas as some of their favorite yachting destinations. Almost a quarter prefer destinations a bit further afield than the normal spots, such as Alaska and Central America. And then some, perhaps the lucky ones, name their favorite places as those a bit further afar, such as Greenland and Antarctica. Still, there are some who know there’s no place like home ... port. – Data compiled by Dorie Cox
Capt. Ricky Dobkins M/Y Gioia 76’ Horizon “St. Barts. It has the best food, beauty and a little bit of partying. It’s great in the summer in low season.�
Capt. Jay Brown M/Y Shearwater 64’ Nordhaven “Chicago, my home town. There are more boat slips there than anywhere in the country.�
First Mate Philip Du Toit M/Y Remember When 162’ Christensen “Turkey and the anchorages near Gocek. Croatia, Sicily and the Aeolian Islands.�
Cook/Stew Celine Colella M/Y Gioia 76’ Horizon “Bitter End, Virgin Gorda. It’s not accessible by car and you can hike in the hills. It’s remote. And Hope Town.�
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Stew Jaime Sanders M/Y Temptation 123’ Palmer Johnson “The Abacos, Guana Cay. Nippers Bar is the best. It’s on a beautiful beach.�
First Mate Ashleigh Moolman M/Y Zoom Zoom Zoom 161’ Trinity “San Tropez for the beautiful women. Passerelle watch is a pleasure.�
Stew Elise Ciappara M/Y Blind Date 161’ Trinity “Bonifacio has the most amazing view when you’re sailing in, where the cliffs are eaten away under the city. “
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Capt. Joe Nolan M/Y Unforgettable 100’ Inace “The Northern beaches in Australia. And Corona Island, a little island in the Bahamas that you can take the tender to, next to Norman.�
First Mate Paul Crierie M/Y Bella Bri 151’ Northern Marine “Greenland and Antarctica. And Svalbard in the northern part of Norway.�
Second Stew Esther Arbour M/Y Thirteen 157’ Christensen “I love Spain; Barcelona has amazing art and cuisine. I love big cities.�
Mate/Stew/Cook Summer Williams M/Y Tally-Ho 81’ Burger “I love the Grenadines, especially Tobago Cay.�
Chef Eduardo Garcia M/Y Blind Date 161’ Trinity “I’ve been all over the world but I love the Pacific coast of Mexico. The food, the surf, the culture, everything.�
Eng. Thomas Albanese M/Y Ingot 106’ Burger “Costa Rica. Especially for fishing. Beautiful scenery, sailfish. What more could you ask for?�
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Stew Alisha Bright M/Y Unforgettable 100’ Inace “Definitely Long Island in the Bahamas. There are natural caves, a blue hole, cliffs and it’s very private. Untouched beaches.�
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Capt. Steve Pattee M/Y Tally-Ho 81’ Burger “New York City, the 79th Street Pier. You can just walk to Central Park.�
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DOING THE CREW THING: Selling boats
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achts and crew were a bit busier yesterday as attendance picked up. Shoe baskets were full and microfiber clothes were everywhere. Photos/Tom Serio, Dorie Cox, Lucy Reed
WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE: The engineer and captain of M/Y My Max, a 113-foot Codecasa, gave firefighters from West Palm Beach a tour of the engine room and answered their questions about fighting fires on yachts.
THE NEVERENDING STORY: Keeping up with water spots on the 161-foot Zoom Zoom Zoom takes the whole deck team.
SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK: Some of the deck and engine crew of M/Y Zoom Zoom Zoom mingle with, well, beautiful women.
WELCOME ABOARD: Smiles greet visitors to M/Y Sea Jewel.
MAKING CONNECTIONS: Captains, brokers and clients mingle in the shade of the show.
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CHANGING IT UP: Friday was baby blue day on M/Y Life’s Finest II.
A NEW OUTLOOK: No more boring crew shots on Bella Bri.
KEEPING IT FRESH: Friday was purple day aboard M/Y Blind Date.
REBIRTH: The Castaway crew in their lovely springtime green.
NOT-SO-RISKY BUSINESS: Escorting guests around the boat brought nothing but smiles aboard the show’s largest vessel, the 170-foot Benetti, Quantum of Solace.
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• Up to 40 exhibitors providing goods and services • An outdoor trade show targeting the people who work on and in yachts • A resume clinic staffed by veteran captains • A crew uniform fashion show • Music, food, drinks and more
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