Triton Today Monday Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

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o o o Test Your Mates n What does ARPA stand for? n The running lights of a boat tell you what three things about the vessel? n The Papa flag, the white square in a blue field, signifies what to the mariner?

ANSWERS on page 3

Sun & Moon Sunset: 5:38 pm; Sunrise: 6:31 am (Tuesday) Moonrise: 3:26 pm; 90% illuminated Low tides: 11:54 pm / 12:23 pm (Tuesday) High tides: 5:24 pm / 6:01 am (Tuesday)

Weather Today: Partly cloudy, high 79, ENE at 15-25 mph, rain 10%, humidity 59% Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 72, E 15 mph, Tomorrow AM: Cloudy, ENE 19 mph, high 79

Upcoming Events Today Final day to vote for movies entered in the Fort Yachtie-da Film Festival.

Buy tickets for the Nov. 15 event at www.fortyachtida.com.

Nov. 5, 5-7 pm After Boat Show Decompression at The Keg on 6th, 3218 SE 6th Ave, Ft. Lauderdale.

Nov. 8 Crew4Yachts 7th annual Captain and Crew Appreciation Party, The Sails Marina, Ft. Lauderdale. RSVP at Crew4Yachts.net.

Nov.19, 6-8pm The Triton networks with Smart Move in Ft. Lauderdale.

Future networking Join The Triton with networking on the first Wednesday of each month (and occasional third Wednesday).

Visit www.the-triton.com for details and click “Get Our Weekly Emails.”

RADIOACTIVE: The crew of the new 147-foot (45m) M/Y Atomic. Accented in red, gray and black, the yacht launched this summer and makes its world debut at the show. See more crew photos, pages 4-5.

PHOTO/TOM SERIO

Contracts, deals are on the horizon

By Lucy Chabot Reed Fall has arrived in South Florida, with perfectly unhumid sunny days and a boat show full of people and optimism. It’s as if Mother Nature wants us all to do well.

Captains, crew and brokers spoke yesterday of their good fortune, of the dozens of qualified showings they were involved in, and of the handfuls of second lookers. And they admitted they expect signed contracts before the horns sound at 5 p.m. today, marking the end of the show.

“We’ve got three people really interested,” said one captain on a yacht larger than 150 feet. “Now it’s just a matter of price.”

Most agreed that prices are still the sticking point. While buyers are certainly at the show – one captain/ broker said he’s seen many owners walking around – they’re looking for deals. Advertised prices on many large yachts have dropped, and what remains is often negotiable for the right buyer.

“It’s about the deal at this point,” one broker said. “And that depends on how motivated the seller is. There’s a boat and a deal here for everybody.”

At least one yacht has figured it out, if the two short blasts heard about midday around Pier 66 is to be believed.

We couldn’t locate the lucky seller, but we have faith.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today; lucy@the-triton.com.

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Trauma at sea can’t keep this crew down

By Lucy Chabot Reed While the boat show is filled with new, green crew finding their way in yachting, one would guess there are none who have traveled as far or endured as much trauma as Amelia Silverwood.

After two years in a cubicle in Silicon Valley, Silverwood moved herself to Ft. Lauderdale in October to find a job as a deck/stew on a yacht.

Now 23 and college educated, she says she looked back on her pre-teen years cruising with her family and missed the travel.

But one winter’s night during those travels, as her family’s 55-foot catamaran lay smashed on a reef, Silverwood’s father lay fighting for his life.

“The metal cables snapped and the mast fell, the spreader hit my dad’s leg below the calf,” Silverwood said, who was 14 at the time. “He was pinned under the mast for like 40 minutes, holding his breath each time a wave came.”

Finally, her older brother and mother get the spreader off but it’s not until mid-afternoon the next day that medical help arrives.

“He lost three-quarters of his blood; it’s a miracle he’s alive,” she said.

Despite going through all that, Silverwood is ready to go back to sea, making more memories, seeing more places, and meeting more people.

“Obviously, we had something really bad happen to us, but something really bad can happen no matter where you go, no matter what you do,” she said.

“When you’re sailing, you’re experiencing the real world. … You have one life; I want to experience as much of the world as I can.”

Test Your Mates Answers to the quiz on page 1: n Automatic Radar Plotting Aids n The direction the vessel is travelling, the size and what the vessel is doing. n I am about to sail.

Despite surviving a sailing incident as a teen, Amelia Silverwood wants to go back to see and is seeking a deck/stew job. She’s tending bar for National Marine Suppliers during the show. PHOTO/LUCY REED

And so she’s starting with yachting, moving to Ft. Lauderdale and attending as many networking events as she can.

She admits, though, that it’s hard to tell her story in a quick greeting.

“I’ve been dayworking, but I want to be on a boat full time,” she said.

“I thought I wanted to be on a big sailboat, but it doesn’t really matter.

“I want a good captain and good crew who will become my friends. I just want my first experience to be a good one.”

Silverwood’s mother wrote a book about the ordeal titled “Black Wave,” or meet Silverwood in person at the National Marine Suppliers booth where she’s tending bar during the show. (NMS also is pulling the winner of its raffle for the Quadski today at 5 p.m.)

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today, lucy@the-triton.com.

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 4: ‘I got nothing but love for you’ Docks were busy well into the weekend of this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show as terrific weather and great deals kept crowds engaged. Crew kept busy, too, cleaning, giving tours, chatting with guests, and even flipping on a trampoline.Whatever gets us to ‘Monday morning’ (you sure look fine).

PHOTOS/TOM SERIO, LUCY REED

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REGIME CHANGE: The boat

show always brings people together.

These three captains represent 10 years of command of the 180foot Feadship M/Y Huntress. From left, Jeff Guymon, Paul Knox and Mark Howard.

PHOTO/PAUL KNOX

Captain, friend import floating sunnies Two yachties and friends have gone into business together importing floating sunglasses from Australia into the United States.

Capt. Marvin Wilson, below, of the new 147-foot (45m) M/Y Atomic and David Reed, publisher of The Triton, have created Barz USA and made their

U.S. debut at the show this week.

Made with air pockets to keep them afloat in fresh and saltwater, the glasses all are polarized and often have bifocals, which can be polarized or not. Some styles also take prescription lenses. “It’s pretty cool that two friends who have known each other for years can work together and bring something like this to the yachting industry,� Capt.

Wilson said.

The owner outfitted Atomic’s crew with the glasses, which were customized with the yacht’s logo. To see more, visit the BarzUSA booth (#1058) just west of the engine tent, or visit www.barzusa.com. – Lucy Chabot Reed

Why did you leave your last yacht job?

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Impact Crew in the UK is compiling data about crew turnover through a survey it launched at the Monaco show in September. The goal of the survey is to discover the primary factors behind crew turnover and the real reasons why crew would leave a position of employment on board. “With a greater depth of understanding of the push and pull factors, we will be able to provide some compelling data that could help drive changes in the yachting industry to

reduce turnover on board and improve the work experience of crew,� said Karen Passman, founder and managing director of Impact Crew.

Impact Crew was launched in 2007 and specializes in leadership and team development in the superyacht industry.

The survey will remain open for a few months to get as much response as possible. All yacht crew are invited to participate: www.surveymonkey.com/s/ ImpactCrew.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today, lucy@the-triton.com.

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PUZZLED: Test your brain with numbers and words Easier suduko.

More difficult suduko

Across 1 Butts 5 Proof goof 9 Junkyard dogs 13 Italian explorer 14 Surf’s sound 15 Out of control 16 White house?

17 Long Island Sound inlet 19 River to the North Sea 20 ___ von

Bismarck 22 Rock 23 Exotic vacation spot 25 Middling 27 Urban haze 29 Largest inland body of water in the world 35 Ocean motion 36 Lustrous 37 Pertinent 38 Cuckoo bird 39 Ritzy

40 Sign of sumer 41 ___ Anne de Beaupré 42 Bond player 43 “Nana” star Anna 44 Flying speedboats?

47 They, in Trieste 48 Panache 49 Cry of pain 51 Anticipate 54 Frock 56 Draft choice 59 Banana boat, maybe 62 Spoken for 64 First family’s home 65 Maui dance 66 Think tank nuggets 67 Narrow inlets 68 Vociferate 69 “___ of the Flies” Down 1 Latest thing 2 Type of seaman 3 Bossy remark?

4 Simple seat 5 Track event 6 Toy that does tricks 7 ___ de deux 8 Table scrap 9 Big box 10 Eardrum part

11 Horse color 12 Hebrides island 13 El ___ (Spanish hero) 18 Op-ed piece 21 Personal quirk 24 Bio stat 25 Gemstone 26 Sty sound 27 Secret supply 28 Candy flavor 30 Ready to faint 31 Puppeteer Lewis 32 Tsunami, for one 33 Foil relatives 34 Makereparations 39 Davenport 42 Very, to Verdi 43 Dry, as wine 45 Rules 46 Boar’s mate 50 Sammy Kaye’s “___ Tomorrow” 51 Maple genus 52 Dry riverbed 53 Bailiwick 54 Fish part 55 Milky white gem 57 Toxic element 58 Naval rank (Abbr.)

60 Reserved 61 Cry’s partner 63 Commotion For puzzle answers, e-mail us at editorial@ the-triton.com.