Triton Today Thursday Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 2014

o o o Test Your Mates How nautical are your crew? n L (Lima) flag means what?

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Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:40 pm; Sunrise: 7:29 am (Friday) Moonrise: 1:28 pm; 48% illuminated Low tides: 8:50 pm / 9:18 am (Friday) High tides: 2:23 pm / 2:47 am (Friday)

Weather Today: Sunny, high 82, NNE at 5-10 mph, rain 0% chance, 63% humidity Tonight: Clear, low 70, SSW at 6 mph, rain 0% Tomorrow AM: Sunny, W at 9 mph, high 84

n What is float-free launching? n What is SOLAS? ANSWERS on page 3.

Upcoming Events Today, 9 am-6 pm Connecting You to Your Future, hosted by e3 Systems, Bahia Mar.

Today, 10 am-4 pm Marine Industry Job Fair, Broward County Convention Center. 400 jobs available onboard and on shore.

Tonight, 6:30-9 pm Concours du Chefs and cocktail party.

USSA Pavilion, Yachting tent.

Tonight, 8-9 pm Fireworks to open show.

Tomorrow, 2-6 pm YachtInfo FLIBS, Bahia Mar 2nd floor.

Topics: Business Outlook – Is it all about capacity?, Worlds Got Talent - Can we build a toolkit to use with schools. Flat Panel Satellite Arrays: Great for Designers, but what is the Operational Impact.

Tomorrow, 5-7 p.m.

Sevenstar/DYT Go Dutch party, Yacht Builders Tent.

And more... www.the-triton.com/?p=10881

MY SPIDEY SENSE SAYS: Coiled lines mark the final touch for crew as they prepared for the 55th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show yesterday. See more photos, pages 4-5.

PHOTO/TOM SERIO

New crew lounge is a real oasis

By Lucy Chabot Reed Several industry businesses have created an oasis for yacht crew across the water.

Open at 8 a.m. for breakfast with lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Oasis closes at 6 p.m. Sponsors have handed out white rubber wristbands that grant admission to The Oasis, and more are available upon signup at the tender dock in front of Hall of Fame (floating dock No. 31), opposite the house.

Upstairs will include spa services and a quiet room for meetings or interviews.

Downstairs includes a dining area, and a lounge area, as well as a covered patio by the pool.

One of the sponsors has set up a satellite dome to provide free wi-fi and on-demand programs, enabling The Oasis to show the New Zealand vs.

United States rugby match at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

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

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Keeping crew is key to a happy ship

By Lucy Chabot Reed Crew retention is on everyone’s radar as the yachting industry shifts out of its recession doldrums, and captains are paying attention.

More than two dozen captains attended a seminar of the Yacht Captains Association last night in which a group of panelists shared ideas on how to keep good crew.

“Depending on the owner you work for, you have to think outside the box in terms not of what you pay but of crew benefits,” said Capt. Michael Schueler, a panelist and co-founder of the YCA. “There are a lot of interesting things you can do to get crew to stay longer.”

Some of those things include giving crew time for courses and reimbursing them once they had stayed a year, figuring out how to give a great crew member a couple extra days off, and letting crew invite family on voyages when their cabin mate has time off.

“When your crew asks for a favor and you do it, you build incredible loyalty,” he said. “I’m saving my owner a truckload of money if my crew stays five years.”

He pointed out the added level of safety a long-term crew creates as well.

The panel also talked about leadership skills, and encouraged captains to take the leadership part of their jobs as seriously as navigation.

“When I delegate more, it gives me more time and there are less problems on the boat,” Schueler said. “It lets me see the forest instead of staying focused on one tree for too long. When I look at the forest, I can see there’s a little problem starting over here and I can address it before it gets this big.”

Test Your Mates Answers to the quiz on page 1: n “You should stop your vessel instantly”. n When a liferaft is automatically released from a sinking ship and is ready for use. n International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea.

PEOPLE PART: Captains Wendy Umla and Rafael Cervantes network at the YCA meeting last night.

PHOTO/LUCY REED

Poor management and onboard politics are the main reasons that crew leave jobs on yachts, said Ami Ira, a panelist and owner of the placement agency Crew Unlimited. According to a recent CU crew retention report, it wasn’t money that would have made them stay, but rather time off and a more professional work environment.

That starts with standing orders “to give crew clear-cut rules to abide by,” she said. And to hire the right people initially, captains and yachts need a clear job description, a proper interview, and a scorecard.

“Have a list of desired attributes, negative attributes, the skills and legal bits required, and your personal preferences,” Ira said. “Score them all, and anyone who scores less than 70, don’t call them back.”

That scorecard is imperative to hiring the right person, said Dennis Lucas, a panelist and professor of executive education at Nova Southeastern University.

“People quit people,” he said, “they don’t quit jobs.”

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

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 1: Getting ready Yacht crew brought out the shine the day before the opening of the 55th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. PHOTOS/TOM SERIO

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

@ Poker Run Bikers from the marine industry hit the highways mid-month for camaraderie and breast cancer awareness month with National Marine Suppliers.

PHOTO/JESS GEFFEN

See more photos at www.the-triton.com.

@ Office Hop A costume party with MHG Insurance Brokers, Marshall Islands Registries, Resolve Maritime and Ocean Independence kicked off show events last week.

PHOTO/LUCY REED

See more photos at www.the-triton.com.

@ Wine class Crew Unlimited hosted a sparkling wine class and tasting event with Eten Wine last week.

PHOTO/LUCY REED

See more photos at www.the-triton.com.

@ Zombie Ball Oh horrors! Yacht Chandlers’ annual party was a ball, a Zombie Ball, at Seminole Hard Rock on Friday night.

PHOTO/ MITCHELL ZACHS

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Name that yacht

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an you identify these yachts? All are at the show. Post guesses on The Triton page at facebook.com/tritonnews.

PHOTOS/TOM SERIO

WHEN YOUR WORK DAY IS DONE: Relax your legs and stretch your mind

Across 1 Sari-clad royal 5 Bivalve 9 Cheek 13 Business V.I.P. 14 Maui dance 15 Fill with joy 17 Abandoned ships 19 Kind of flu 20 Brain section 21 Adjust, as laces 23 Caustic chemical 24 Door sign

26 Animal shelter 28 Ocean phenomenon 30 Pirate’s limb?

32 Uneven hairdo 33 Sweat source 36 Runs 38 Dawn goddess 39 Tariff on ships from other countries 41 Cuckoo bird 42 Stun gun 44 Mountain pool 45 Jetty

46 Bodega patron 48 To the left, at sea 50 Trait carrier 51 Tropical nut 53 Gibbon, for one 55 Expression 57 Vivacity 60 Cried like a crow 62 Yachting competitions 65 Miss America topper 66 Monogram part (Abbr.)

67 Roman statesman 68 Twosome 69 Order to a broker 70 Smooch Down 1 Lobsterlike 2 Figure skating jump 3 Adopted son ofClaudius 4 Shipping hazard 5 Vital force of Chinese medicine 6 Ill-gotten gains 7 Modify 8 Schooner part 9 Osprey, e.g.

10 The Unsers of Indy 11 Yachting need, at

times 12 Gallows reprieve 16 Compass pt.

18 Siberian river 22 ___-de-France 25 Proof goof 27 U.N. workers’ grp.

28 Sand bar 29 Hallway on a ship 30 Nectar source 31 Civet relative 32 Band performance 34 Savvy about 35 Genetic letters 37 Word said with a salute 39 Port of Spain locale 40 Picnic pest 43 Riviera season 45 Game fish of northern seas 47 Aussie outlaw Kelly 49 Equal 51 American pioneer 52 Internet messages 53 Make a scene?

54 Compensated 56 Nile wader 58 Super berry 59 Trawling equipment 61 Historic period 63 Summation (Abbr.)

64 Plea at sea Answers in tomorrow’s Triton Today