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Networking is July 17 in Ft. Lauderdale See C3.
C2 Intense and majestic A yacht travels the locks and waters of the St. Lawrence. B1
TRITON SURVEY: Real estate
Do you own property?
July 2013
Gifts, favors, approvals Ethics are a part of each person’s responsibility.
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Organisms cause diseases Bacteria are in our air, water and the food we eat. C1
Visions from afar Crew share scenes from onboard around world.
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IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU
Yes, my home – 37% No– 7% Several, including my home– 46%
Several, but not my home– 6% Yes, not my home – 4%
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Standards lacking in command changes Any yachtie will tell you that no two jobs are the same. Every yacht, every owner, every crew is different, and it’s tough to follow the same rules from one boat to the next. So how a captain steps onto a new command depends on myriad factors. Is the boss the same, or is it a new From the Bridge relationship? Is Lucy Chabot Reed the yacht new, or previously owned? Are the crew new, or already in place? And as the departing captain, is the new captain willing to listen? Each handover situation is equally unique. At this month’s From the Bridge captains luncheon, we discussed the procedures at play when a yacht changes captains. The captains in attendance agreed that unless you are on a large yacht over 500 tons, there aren’t any industry standards about it.
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The energetic crew of the 140-foot M/Y Capricorn was ready for the summer to begin as the weather finally warmed up for the Newport Charter Yacht Show in mid-June. For more photos, and results for this year’s PHOTO/LUCY CHABOT REED chef competition, see pages A8-9.
Suicides devastate close-knit crews By Lucy Chabot Reed A male crew member of the 164-foot (50m) Feadship M/Y Iroquois appears to have taken his own life onboard while the yacht was docked in Boston in early June. Even though little information about the incident has been reported, including the man’s identity, the yachting industry across the world were saddened by the news. For Capt. Eric, who was in command of the 153-foot M/Y Cherosa in 2009 when deckhand Deb Flanagan killed herself onboard, he knows what the crew left behind must be feeling. “The first emotion we all felt was a tremendous amount of guilt,” said Capt. Eric, who asked that his last name not be used. He’s now running a 50m private yacht. “Because you’re
so close, you feel you know everything Talking about it about them. We were shocked. What Losing a member of the family – could we have done? Why didn’t we see whether it’s a best-friend, sister, a lover the signs?” or an obnoxious But the more little brother he read about – is devastating. “Because you’re so suicide, the Death brings close, you feel you know more he learned up myriad and that it’s not his everything about them. often unrelated fault, that some emotions in a We were shocked. What people who close-knit group, could we have done? Why really want to experts say. So take their life didn’t we see the signs?” depending how tend to keep it close fellow crew inside. are, each will “Aside from the devastation of deal with the loss in their own way. losing someone, you put the blame on The most important thing to do is yourself,” he said. “And as captain, for talk about it, agreed several crew who me, I think it was worse. I’m charged have been through similar situations. with taking care of these people. They “You really have to talk about it,” all become like family.” said Chief Stew Alene Keenan, who See SUICIDES, page A13