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Sushi Competition Champion Crowned, Crew Appreciation Party and Mental Health in Yachting During FLIBS 2023. As the 2023 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show comes to a close, Triton recaps a few of the many events captains and crew were invited to attend. By Kevin Maher
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Oasis Lounge’s Sushi Showdown
The Oasis Lounge’s Bahia Mar location was the setting of the 2023 Sushi Showdown. Chef Danny Davies hosted the competition on Thursday, October 26 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Superyacht chefs from around the show were invited to participate in the sushi showdown, including Chef Christian Russo, winner of Triton’s 2023 Fuse Yacht Chef Competition. Participating chefs were given 20 minutes to create their sushi dishes. Every chef was
given the same ingredients to work with, which included sushi rice, wasabi, pickled ginger, tobiko, nori sheets, avocado, Ebi shrimp, tuna saku, salmon saku, and more. The chefs were given the option to choose however many ingredients they wanted when creating their sushi dishes, as long as no additional ingredients were used. Once the 20 minutes were finished, the dishes were tasted by a panel of judges that included Below Deck Med Chef Dave White, Mega Yacht Chef Brennan Dates, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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and Beverly Grant, founder of crew placement firm Crew Solutions. Dishes were judged on technique, creativity, presentation, taste, and texture. After careful deliberation from the panel of judges, Chef Denise Melton was crowned the winner of the 2023 Oasis Lounge Sushi Showdown. Melton has participated in previous chef competitions, helping her hone her skills. Melton has worked on yachts since she was 17, and while originally becoming a captain, she followed her passion of food and made it into a career. Global Marine Travel’s Oasis Lounge was the scene of the 2023 Sushi Showdown, but it also hosted The Superyacht Tablescaping Competition, two floral arranging competitions, and a Rugby World Cup final watch party. The Oasis Lounge was open every day of FLIBS for superyacht captains and crew, offering food, drinks, and great times. flygmt.com Captains and Crew Party by The Bottom Line Podcast
The Captains and Crew Party, hosted by Capt. Douglas Meier’s Bottom Line podcast, was on Thursday, October 26 from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at The Wharf in Fort Lauderdale. The party was hosted as a captains and crew appreciation party. More than 1,800 people attended the party throughout the night and were treated to free drinks, networking, and different raffle prizes. The party’s sponsors each submitted a gift to be raffled off to lucky winners within the crowd, and Meier and the Bottom Line gave away an iPad as the grand prize. The party also collected donations to benefit the Bahamas National Trust. The Bottom Line podcast is hosted by Capt. Douglas Meier. It combines weekly yacht news with his brand of humor and fun. bottomlineyachtnews.com
Capt. Kelly J. Gordon’s Yachtie Mental Health Panel
Capt. Kelly J. Gordon hosted a seminar on how yacht captains and crew can combat bullying, different kinds of harassment, and drug and alcohol abuse in yachting on Thursday, October 26, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Gordon’s seminar was hosted at the Broward County Convention Center during FLIBS. Gordon is an accomplished motor yacht captain, but when she’s not working on the ocean she loves to help captains and crew in the yachting industry navigate through potential problems they might find themselves in. Gordon has hosted similar panels in the past, most recently during the 2023 Monaco Yacht Show. Gordon touched on age, gender, and size discrimination during Thursday’s seminar. Retelling a past experience where she experienced discrimination due to her gender, Gordon explained that someone she knew that works for a management company told her one of their colleagues passed on Gordon’s CV just because she was a female captain. “He looked at your picture, saw that you were a woman, looked no more, and slid it across his desk,” Gordon recalls being told. She also used other experiences that she has observed happen to other crew members to discuss the many issues currently impacting the industry. Although she admits these different issues have negative effects on crew’s mental health, she iterates that the solution to these problems is for everyone to speak up and change as much as they can. “Yachting needs a facelift, and really what we’re looking for is a cultural shift,” Gordon said. “It’s coming from speaking out about it, it’s coming from bringing awareness to it, it’s coming from encouraging you guys to open your mouths to speak up to advocate for yourself.” Capt. Kelly J. Gordon’s full-length seminar can be found on her YouTube channel! youtube.com/@captain_kellyjgordon PHOTO BY RYAN FLANERY, ELEVEN SEVENTEEN MEDIA & CO.
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EDITOR’S LETTER
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By Erik Petersen
There’s always something bittersweet about a FLIBS Sunday. The crowd’s still big, as it is for every other day. But the packing up starts. The going home is near. FLIBS will be back, as it has been for 64 years, but it’ll be awhile. It’s like the last few hours of Christmas Day for a kid. You’re still surrounded by all the great toys, but you know it’s another year until this happens again. This was not my first FLIBS, but it was my first FLIBS as the editor of Triton. I’ve been a working journalist in Fort Lauderdale since I returned to my hometown nearly a decade ago, so I have been quite familiar with both our international boat show and with the industry that calls this city home. But this year, I’ve seen FLIBS through a different lens. This year, I’d like to think I saw FLIBS through the eyes of captains and crew. If this FLIBS is your first time reading Triton, and if you work on a yacht, know that ours is a publication made for you. Our daily FLIBS publication is just a small part of what we do - most of our work can be found at the-triton-com or in our glossy bi-monthly magazine. We’re here to tell your stories, to explore the issues that matter to you and to keep you up to date on what’s happening in the industry. I hope that as you leave FLIBS, you’ll keep in touch with us. First, it’s stunning how much talent there is in this industry. I’d recommend reading my colleague Kevin Maher’s story on the various crew-focused events that happened throughout FLIBS. Some
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of the events were purely social - I felt a bit too old to attend the crew mixer at the Wharf but from what I heard, everybody did themselves proud at the bar. Other events, however, focused on yacht crew skills. Kevin detailed competition in everything from flower arranging to the culinary arts and man, it sounded impressive. I attended Thursday’s sushimaking competition in the Oasis Lounge. I’ve got to say, as a man who has been known to eat room-temperature fish like a humpback whale off the California coast, that the sushi being created at this event looked as excellent as any I’ve seen at one of my favorite sushi restaurants. If the people doing this work are super-talented, the yachts you get to work on are also getting better and better. I was able to write about one, Sunreef Yachts, an industry leader in the field of electric and solar-powered yachts, work that earned them the first ever Innovation & Sustainability Award from the Marine Research Hub. I have limited space here so if I’m only going to mention one yachting company, it seems fair to make it one that won an award at FLIBS. But walking the docks, it wasn’t exactly hard to find creativity and innovation around every corner. And now, we pack up. If you’re crew, there’s a good chance you’ll spend the next few months in warm waters not far from here. Maybe sometime before summer in the Med, we’ll see you in Fort Lauderdale again. If not, you’ll know where to find us next year.
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The Official Hospitality Lounge for Superyacht Captains & Crew Lounge Hours 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Daily Lunch available for dine-in or pick-up 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Bahia Mar/Swimming Hall of Fame Oasis Fully Catered Buffet 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Superyacht Village Oasis
The 2023 Oasis Lounge is made possible by the following supporting sponsors: Canteen Spirits Derecktor Dania Dianthus Miami Engineered Yacht SoluIons GMT – Global Marine Travel Informa ExhibiIons JV ConnecIvity MHG Insurance Resolve MariIme Academy Shipyard Supply USA The Agency Bahamas Yacht Management Triton News Network Tropic Ocean Airways V.Scope Weather RouIng Inc. Yacht Chandlers Yacht Entertainment SoluIons
Co-organizers GMT and Yacht Chandlers are gearing up for another Oasis Lounge at the 2023 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show — offering superyacht captains and crew everything from gourmet food to a fully stocked bar, live music, Wi-Fi, streaming of live sports such as the rugby world cup, an exciting floral competition, and a selection of fantastic sponsor giveaways and promotions. The first Oasis location is moving from the Bahia Mar floating barge on the main docks to an on-land air-conditioned tent at the Swimming Hall of Fame near the VIP/valet entrance. We are happy to accommodate all superyacht crew for lunch with an array of delicious sandwiches and salads on offer for dine-in or pick-up. A detailed map location will be featured on Oasis' Facebook page.
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The second Oasis location at FLIBS’ Superyacht Village is in the same location with a lux indoor/outdoor atmosphere fit for relaxing and connecting with old and new friends. There will be comfortable dining tables to enjoy a catered lunch buffet off the boat and head back refreshed and ready to welcome on more guests. Previous sponsors of The Oasis Lounge provided visitors expertise on everything from crew placement and training, to weather forecasting and insurance.
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