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Sun & Moon Sunset: 19:23 Moonrise: 19:53; 97.4% illuminated Sunrise tomorrow: 07:22
Saturday • Sept. 25, 2010
Weather Today: Mostly cloudy, high 17C Tonight: More showers, low 13C Tomorrow: More sun than clouds, high 17C
1. Why is the toilet on a boat called a head? (Find today’s answers online.) 2. How many of the roughly 200 nations of the world do not border an ocean or sea? 30, 75, 120, 165? Yesterday’s answers; 1. Port is the left side of a ship; starboard the right. In Old England, the starboard was the steering paddle or rudder, and ships were always steered from the right side on the back of the vessel. The word port means the opening in the left side of the ship from which cargo was unloaded.
Things to See/Do Visual effects When: Anytime Where: Van Berge Henegouwen, Darse Nord, QD61 The wow-factor at the show, this Dutch company had the watery pool table at the Fraser event Thursday night. Cool light-based effects for horizontal and vertical surfaces.
Seeing farther When: Anytime Where: Far Sounder, Darse Sud, QS93 The sonar company has a new model that triples the detection range and integrates with ECDIS.
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A MOMENT OF THANKS: H.S.H. Prince Albert II, center, accepts the 2010 SeaKeepers Award yesterday at the Port Palace Hotel above the show. Joining him are SeaKeepers board members and the new owners of Oceanco, far right. PHOTO/DAVID REED
SeaKeepers honors Prince Albert II By Lucy Chabot Reed In a quiet ceremony overlooking the 20th annual Monaco Yacht Show, punctuated by the blaring of the Queen Mary 2’s horns, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco received the 2010 SeaKeepers Award for his work bringing awareness to the protection of the world’s oceans. “I’m touched and honored by this award,” he said when the horns quieted. “With your help, let’s try to keep caring about our seas and our oceans. It’s vitally important for each and every one of us.” The International SeaKeepers Society was started 13 years ago by a group of American yacht owners who wanted to
do something about the deteriorating condition of the oceans. The first mission was to create and install monitoring systems aboard their yachts. Now the society has expanded to actively engage in scientific issues around the globe, including the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. “You can have a canoe and be a sea keeper,” said Michael Moore, chairman of the board of the society. “We want to get more people involved, more people in Europe, more crew around the world. It’s for all of us.” Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments are welcome at lucy@ the-triton.com.
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