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Wish I’d thought of that The innovator of line cutter inspires those around him. A16

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Drinking with the boss

SHOWTIME IN MONACO

It’s a given; how much is where it depends After all this time interviewing captains and picking their brains every month (more than 100 times now), we’re still surprised at what they say.

This month’s captains lunch was no different.

We posted a question a fellow captain was grappling with to see From the Bridge what other captains Lucy Chabot Reed thought: do you drink with the boss?

There was no hesitation, no qualifications of “it depends” – at least initially. These captains said “yes.”

“I’ve been with the same guy for years,” one captain said. “As soon as we get to the dock, he will hand me a rum.

If I resist and say something like ‘I’ve got work to do, I can’t,’ he’ll start with the wash down so we’re done faster.

“Or he’ll trick me and say ‘here, hold this’ and then walk away,” this captain continued. “After all this time, we kind of have that rapport.”

As always, individual comments are not attributed to any one person in particular so as to encourage frank and open discussion. Attending captains are identified in a photograph on page 15.

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Foreign funds back yachts’ construction in U.S.

By Lucy Chabot Reed Broward Superyachts laid the keels in late August of two vessels that just might become the first of their kind: funded mostly by investors seeking immigration status in the United States.

The yachts – hull No. 1201 M/Y Challenger and hull No. 1202 M/Y Voyager – are being built for WorldSea Yachting, a Belgian company who plans to merge yacht chartering with cruise ship operations and offer individual cabins on yachts for vacations.

Construction of the two Broward yachts is being funded, in part, by the EB-5 visa program, a job creation and foreign investment program created to encourage high net worth individuals from other countries to migrate to the United States and stimulate its economy through business and job growth.

In this scenario with Broward Shipyard, 12 foreign nationals will invest $1 million each to build these two 135-foot (41m) tri-deck motoryachts.

Additional financing for the construction will come from personal

investors, and bank financing.

The individual investors are not building the yachts; they are investing in Broward Superyacht 1201 and 1202, two companies created to build each yacht.

For each $1 million investment, 10 U.S. citizens will be employed and the investor receives a two-year conditional U.S. visa translatable to permanent residency status once the investment proves successful, that is that 10 jobs have been created.

Ultimately, the construction of each vessel must employ 60 people, or 120

people total at Broward Shipyard.

“At the end of the day, you have to be creative, especially when financing from the bank is not coming,” said Larry Behar, a Ft. Lauderdale immigration attorney who wrote the legal documents for the foreign-national investment plan.

The plan falls under the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service program called EB-5. The EB-5 (employment-based fifth preference) Immigrant Investor

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LATITUDE ADJUSTMENT

Dream job, management, new book; crew accomplish goals It’s always nice to hear that some in yachting are able to achieve their goals.

I can’t remember how I first met Capt. Scott Schwaner, but it’s been more than six years now that we first wrote about Schwaner’s evolution from chef to chef/captain to captain. And all that time ago, he expressed his Latitude goal of being in Adjustment command of a Lucy Chabot Reed 150-foot boat.

We’re happy to announce that he’s done it.

Last year, Capt. Schwaner took over the 47m Heesen M/Y 4You, and recently left her to take over the 40m Mangusta M/Y Celcascor.

“I love it,” he said in a recent e-mail “Half the crew, very fast and I come back to the dock every day.”

He’s enjoyed learning how to run jet boats (both the Heesen and Mangusta are jets) and is happy to be in Italy this fall.

Congrats Capt. Schwaner.

And Capt. Mark O’Connell just may have found his last owner.

Capt. O’Connell has taken command of the 52m Benetti M/Y Elysium (the former Midlandia and Quantum of Solace), which was in Italy in late September and headed for the Far East.

When I bumped into him in Monaco, he was proud and happy with this owner, a proper yachtsman who understands what it takes to run and maintain a yacht, and for whom it is a joy to work. Here’s hoping it lasts until retirement.

Congrats go out, too, to Chef Marianne Gardner who published her book, “Menus and Memoirs of a Yacht Chef.” Sprinkled around the recipes are stories of working on yachts in locations all over the world.

It took her more than four years to

compile her recipes and write the book, but along the way, she learned a lot about self-publishing.

Self publishing is a good way to go for a first-time author, she said. But be prepared that the work really begins when the writing is finished.

“You can write the best book in the world, but if you don’t market it, no one’s going to read it,” she said. “Writing the book is just the beginning.”

She’s got at least one more book in her, a compilation of short stories about her travels on yachts and on her own sailboat over the past 20 years.

The book, by the way, has alternatives for some of the more exotic ingredients and offers hints along the way to help the budding cook. It’s not spa cuisine but more “good-natured food,” she said. And all the recipes are paired with wines by the folks at Total Wine. It makes a nice gift for crew to send home so parents will understand a little more of what you do.

Find it on Amazon.

Capt. Gordon Reid, a delivery captain and The Triton’s correspondent in the South Pacific, has invested in Sumba Island, which is about 400 km east of Bali. He and his business partner have bought beach property on the southern part of the island with the best waves and are re-selling it.

He’s also looking at property on Salura Island where he and his partner intend to create a surf and watersports camp and they are looking for owners/ members interested in a share.

People always like to do business with people they know. Absent that, with people they have something in common with. Contact Capt. Reid at captaingord@gmail.com.

Have you made an adjustment in your latitude recently? Let us know.

Send news of your promotion, change of yachts or career, or personal accomplishments to Editor Lucy Chabot Reed at lucy@the-triton.com.

Former crew recovers after being shot kayaking Amazon David Duplessis, former mate on M/Y Lohengrin, is recovering from being shot and robbed in August while kayaking on the Amazon River.

The 24 year-old South African, known as Davey, was hospitalized and received medical care in Lima, Peru, after being shot three times by two men on shore on Aug. 25.

Doctors were evaluating whether schrapnel in Duplessis’ lung, heart, leg, arm, back and neck needed to be removed, according to Facebook posts

by his family.

Duplessis was collecting research data for the Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation Organization. He was traveling from the Peruvian Andean Mountains on his way to the Brazilian Atlantic coastline. He had previously bicycled and hiked on his trip to promote awareness of environments around the world. Updates on his health and more information about his causes can be found on his blog, worldwonderer.co.za.

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The hauling of S/Y L’Avenir in mid-August marked the launch of Kids Sailing into their Future, a program targeting homeless children. From left, Jason Taplin, manager of Marina Bay; program head Allen Reesor; Dave Hole of Marina Mile Yachting Center; Jay Harman, project manager Metrix Research PHOTO/LUCY REED Group; and Randy Knauss, superintendent at MMYC.

Children’s futures to be lifted with donated sailboat, L’Avenir

By Lucy Chabot Reed L’Avenir was lifted this summer, and with her the futures of some South Florida homeless children.

L’Avenir is a 28-foot Columbia sailboat and means future in French.

It will be the starting vessel in what may someday be a fleet of sailboats to help homeless children redirect their futures.

Marina Bay donated the boat and Marine Mile Yachting Center is overseeing her overhaul, all for a new program designed to teach homeless children about sailing and by doing so, teach them a new way of life.

“I started sailing in college and can, to this day, tell you all the things I learned from that and use to operate my life,” said Allen Reesor, the initiative behind the program.

Reesor is now executive director of Metrix Research Group and previously spent six years as head of Broward Outreach Center, a homeless program in South Florida.

Now he wants to help children stuck in that lifestyle with the skills and lessons learned through sailing.

The new program, called Kids Sailing into Their Future, hopes to take up to four kids sailing each weekend for a month, teaching them not only sailing skills but teamwork, problem-

solving, and collaboration. It will focus on kids aged 12-14. Younger than that and kids still look to their parents for direction and decision-making.

“Kids make the same mistakes as their parents,” Reesor said. “Our hope it to connect them with people in the community who live a different way, and to help them break the circle of poverty.”

The program needs volunteers to rehab the sailboat and to teach the kids about sailing on weekends.

Those volunteers, coupled with a psychotherapist, a social services coordinator and a life skills coach, will give kids the tools to make new decisions in their lives.

HOPE South Florida will identify kids for the program. HOPE is the place where homeless families in Broward County turn to for help, including placement in emergency shelters and transitional shelters.

They expect the program to begin in January.

Anyone interested in participating can contact Dave Hole, manager at Marina Bay Yachting Center, at +1 954-583-0053 or info@ marinamileyachtingcenter.com Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments are welcome at lucy@ the-triton.com.

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Couple previously kidnapped in Somalia resume sailing trip The UK’s Daily Mail has reported that Paul and Rachel Chandler, the couple kidnapped off their 38-foot sailboat and held for more than a year

by Somali pirates, have resumed their round-the-world trip.

After restoring the S/Y Lynn Rival, they departed England in early September, saying their family and friends, who raised 625,000 pounds in ransom money, wanted them to get back to the life they loved, which is sailing.

Clipper Race announces campaign

Clipper Round the World Race announces crew recruitment campaign

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has started a new advertising campaign to attract non-seamen to participate as crew on one of the 12 yachts making the journey.

The international crew recruitment campaign urges people to “achieve something remarkable” by swapping the tedium of their daily routine for the excitement of racing across some of the most challenging oceans.

“No experience necessary,” the press release states.

The Clipper Race is the world’s longest ocean race at 40,000 miles.

Anyone 18 or older can apply. Selected crew members are put through three

weeks of pre-race training.

The Clipper Race has invested in 12 brand new 70-foot yachts.

Crew can take on the full 40,000 miles circumnavigation, or one or more of eight legs. The race fleet takes almost a year to visit 15 ports of call on six continents.

For more information, visit www. clipperroundtheworld.com.

Aussie government to relax terms

Superyacht Australia, which has been working to get the government to relax regulations around the chartering of superyachts, said in early September that the Treasury Department is considering its suggestions.

“This is great news,” said CEO MaryAnne Edwards. “Australia needs to remove this impediment to the growth of the superyacht sector and the government must realize that growth in jobs and revenue will be significant as a result of this.”

Superyacht Australia alleges that if the policies were changed, Australia would see a doubling of the number of superyachts within two years and subsequently a doubling of the economic benefit and return for the country.

Superyacht Australia also sees removal of this barrier acting as a green light to more investment in the industry.

The country sees about 100 yachts a year, the group said.

“We need to make it simple for yachts to come and charter in Australia,” Edwards said. “Currently yachts wishing to charter must fully import the vessel and pay any duty and GST applicable. Given the value of a superyacht and the costs of this taxation versus what they would receive in charter revenue, this equation simply does not stack up.

“However, if the regulations were relaxed, more yachts would come here and the government would benefit hugely from the GST payable on charters and purchases. This is a No. 1 priority on our work program.”

AA initiates non-stop flights

American Airlines has started a weekly non-stop flight between Miami and the Honduran island of Roatan.

The service will operate every Saturday beginning Nov. 17 on a Boeing 737 with 16 seats in Business Class and 144 seats in the main cabin.

The flight departs Miami at 1:05 p.m. and departs Roatan for the return at 3:20 p.m., both local times.

Neptune launches Neptune Crew

Neptune Group Yachting (NGY), a full-service luxury yacht charter agency, announced the opening of Neptune Crew, a new division offering professional yacht crew placement

services. Julia Haines-LaPenta has been named director of crew placement for Neptune Crew.

“Over the years, we have received dozens of requests from yacht owners and captains asking us to help them find top-notch crew members who not only have the requisite skills and certifications, but also excel at the all-important hospitality side of yachting,” said DJ Parker, president of Neptune Group Yachting. “With Julia Haines-LaPenta, a highly experienced superyacht chief stew, at the helm, Neptune Crew now lets us offer dedicated crew placement services – in addition to charter marketing, management, consulting and brokerage services – to the owners and captains of yachts in our NGY Charter Fleet as well as other clients.”

Haines-LaPenta began her career in the yachting industry in 2006 as stew on the 151-foot M/Y Zaza (previously M/Y Fortunate Sun). She served on the 170-foot Feadship M/Y Battered Bull and 164-foot Delta M/Y Happy Days. In 2011, Haines-LaPenta joined the 284foot M/Y Cakewalk’s crew of 26.

Neptune Crew is accepting applications from all professional yacht crew, ranging from dayworkers and entry-level deckhands to chief engineers, chief stews and captains.

For more information, contact Julia Haines-LaPenta at Julia@NGYI.com or call 954.524.7978.

Two divers die in Bali

A Japanese tourist and a Danish tourist died this week (Aug. 27-28) in two separate incidents while diving in Bali.

According to a story in the Jakarta Post, both deaths occurred at Nusa Penida. Eight divers went missing and were abandoned at Bali’s notorious dive site Nusa Lembongan in July. Those eight were found safe.

Death certificate is amended

The death certificate of actress Natalie Wood was amended on August 7, to remove the word “accidental”.

The previous death certificate listed her cause of death as “accidental drowning,” and the recent version, changed by the Los Angeles coroner, is by “drowning and other undetermined factors,” according to a story in www. cnn.com.

Investigations into Wood’s 1981 drowning death were reopened in 2010 with what the homicide investigators described as “intriguing” information supplied by tipsters.

Investigators did not comment on statements made at that time by Dennis Davern, the former captain of M/Y Splendour, the yacht owned by Wood and her husband Robert Wagner concerning events on the night of her

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Jersey marina restaurant burns, Trinity Yachts spared in storm NEWS BRIEFS, from page A6 death. Davern included an account that day in a book, “Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour,” co-written with Marti Rulli and published in September 2009.

The case is considered an open and active investigation, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Detective Kevin Lowe.

Trinity Yachts fares well in Isaac

Both Trinity Yachts yards, in New Orleans, Louisiana and Gulfport, Mississippi yards reported faring well following the landfall of Hurricane/ Tropical Storm Isaac.

The New Orleans yard was hit by a Category 1 hurricane while the Gulfport yard was hit by a tropical storm with 9 feet of storm surge, Billy Smith of Trinity Yachts said in a news release.

There was no damage to the Gulfport yard or to any of the yachts and other vessels under construction.

The New Orleans yard had a direct hit but the recently completed floodgates worked.

The 11 foot storm surge did not damage the shipyard which is located

inside of the new levee protection system. About 18 inches of water came over the bulkheads.

“The Trinity built 164-foot (50m) M/Y Mia Elise, which was moored at the New Orleans yard for some maintenance work and modifications, had no problems during the storm,” Smith said in a news release. “The crew, led by Capt. Ron Wood, did a great job preparing the yacht for the approaching storm and she suffered no damage.”

Jersey marina restaurant burns

The restaurant at South Jersey Marina in Cape May, NJ was burned on Aug. 18. The ship store suffered smoke damage. There were no injuries reported and the fire is under investigation, according to The Cape May County Herald.

The local fire department was called about 6 45 p.m. and responded to smoke exiting through the roof when they arrived on the scene.

Town Bank Volunteer Fire Department arrived and called for neighboring fire companies to assist including Town Bank, Villas, Erma, Rio Grande, Green Creek, Stone Harbor, Cape May Court House.

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Companies join forces for new services Companies join forces

Hill Robinson International, Neptune Group Yachting, and Bradford Marine announced Comprehensive Yacht Services for yacht owners, captains and crew.

The alliance between the three yacht service companies will enhance each company’s capabilities for management, chartering, sales, and maintenance requirements.

For further information, contact: Michael Reardon, +1 954-792-6112 or michael@hillrobinson.com; DJ Parker +1 954-524-7978 or djparker@ngyi.com; Paul Engle, +1 954-791-3800 or paul@ bradford-marine.com.

Ocean to manage Maltese Falcon

Ocean Management announced their appointment as the ISM and ISPS manager of the 88m M/Y Maltese Falcon. For more information contact management@ocyachts.com, +41 43 399 22 77.

Globe Wireless names VP of sales

Globe Wireless announced that Alex Van Knotsenborg has been promoted to senior VP of sales. Van Knotsenborg will manage the Globe Wireless international direct sales force and be responsible for increasing Globe’s brand awareness and customer base.

Van Knotsenborg has worked in the maritime industry since 1981 and has been with Globe for 15 years as vicepresident of sales, Europe.

H3O Sports expanding startup

H3O Sports is expanding and seeking vendors to carry its Human Bobber products.

The Bottoms Up is a personal flotation device that can be worn as a vest or like a pair of shorts, and allows users to float above the surface. The Scuttlebutt can be used as an in-water chair, a kayak seat, or worn like shorts.

The Kayak Strap converts into a seat.

For more information contact@ h3osports.com, visit h3osports.com or facebook.com/H3OWaterSports.

Douglas joins Voyager Maritime

Jim Douglas, Jr., formally of Navigator Electronics, has joined the team of Voyager Maritime Alliance Group as director of sales and marketing.

Douglas brings 33 years experience in the marine electronics industry.

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Douglas can be contacted at jim@vmag.cc +1 954.463.5910 or +1 954.553.7500

Australian Parliament passes law

The Australian Federal Parliament passed new laws to regulate the safety of ships and seafarers and ensure shipping will protect Australia’s marine environment.

Navigation Bill 2012 and the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Bill 2012 passed to give effect to Australia’s obligations under various international maritime organization conventions and established the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) as the single national maritime regulator.

V-Kool hires estimator/manager

V-Kool has hired a new estimator/ project manager, Scott Ballou. Ballou has a bachelor’s degree in business management and has been working as a charter captain in the Virgin Islands for the last two years. Ballou will be assisting in sales and day to day operations.

For more information www.v-koolflorida.com

Globe Wireless announces Visa

Globe Wireless announced an exclusive worldwide sales and marketing relationship with CrewCash to offer comprehensive prepaid solutions to the commercial maritime industry.

CrewCash and ShipMoney is a new prepaid Visa card program for captains and crew members and works like any other Visa debit card. ShipMoney is a prepaid Visa purchasing card for captains.

For details visit www.gtplimited.com or www.globewireless.com.

Nautic Crew expands recruitment

Nautic Crew International has expanded the crew placement team with the appointment of Robin Smith, a professional recruiter with extensive recruitment background in the luxury yacht industry. Smith worked on the United States west coast, and especially San Diego in recruitment before moving to Ft. Lauderdale. Smith will be based at the Ft. Lauderdale office.

AYSS accepts Superyacht Support The Association of Yacht Support Services (AYSS) announced the acceptance of Superyacht Support

Limited, Auckland, New Zealand as a full member.

For further information contact Jeanette Tobin, Superyacht Support, 14 Hamer Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, +64 21 243 0233, Jeanette@superyachtsupport.net, www.superyachtsupport.net or www. ayss.org.

NauticAir adds Bristol Clean Air

NauticAir announced that Rodger and Leslye Stone of Bristol Clean Air of Florida have joined Nautic Air as sales representatives in Florida.

For more information visit www. nautic-air.com or call +1 518-378-6546.

Marinalife hosts marinas contest

Marinalife is hosting its third annual Best Marinas contest. Online voting runs through October 31. Marinalife members and boaters can vote for the best transient marina and the marina with the best customer service by visiting marinalife.com/marinacontest.

Boaters can vote at marinalife.com/ marinacontest or www.marinalife.com

Wallem acquires bridge simulator

Wallem Maritime Training Centre Philippines acquired NAUTIS full mission bridge simulator to train ship officers and be compliant with international legislation. Wallem Shipmanagement Hong Kong installed the next generation VSTEP NAUTIS full mission bridge simulator at the Wallem Maritime Training Centre Philippines (WMTCP).

The acquisition coincided with the entry into force of the 2010 Manila Amendments of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW Convention).

For more information about NAUTIS Maritime Simulators, visit: www.nautissim.com and www. vstepsimulation.com.

Pinmar, Rolling Stock form group

The shareholders of Pinmar and Rolling Stock have formed a new multistrategy company, Global Yachting Group.

Global Yachting Group will have international service capability, including real estate interests in refit facilities, yacht finishing, supply (retail and distribution), scaffolding and covering, blasting and surface treatment, concierge and advisory services.

For information contact Remy Millott, remy@pinmar.com, +34 609 350541; Mark Conyers, mark@ rollingstock.es, +34 617 434745; Rupert Savage, rupert@rollingstock.es, +34 619 863219.

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By Lucy Chabot Reed The 22nd annual Monaco Yacht Show was under way as The Triton went to press.

Editor Lucy Chabot Reed and Publisher David Reed were on the ground and filed these reports from the first few days.

LY3 introduced

Capt. Takis Tsakos (center) is surrounded by his excited crew moments after receiving Fraser’s award for Charter Captain of the Year.

The happy crew of M/Y Force Blue, winners of Fraser’s Charter Crew of the Year for vessels larger than 50m. Capt. Fernando Terquini holds the PHOTO/LUCY REED platter, right.

Tsakos named Fraser’s Charter Captain of the Year Capt. Takis Tsakos of the 45.7m M/Y Ionian Princess was honored as Charter Captain of the Year at Fraser’s annual charter awards ceremony in Monaco.

For one charter this summer, the yacht served as a tender to an 85m yacht for 10 days and was supposed to accommodate the staff.

After a few days, though, the principal charter client moved himself and his guests onto the smaller yacht.

“I offer this award to my crew,” said

Capt. Tsakos, who was given a Hublot wrist watch among several gifts. “We do this project together.”

Fraser also honored charter crews on yachts large and small.

Charter Crew of the Year on vessels larger than 50m is the crew of M/Y Force Blue, a 63.3m (207-foot) Royal Denship led by Capt. Fernando Terquini.

Charter Crew of the Year on vessels less than 50m is the crew of M/Y Dragon, a 41m Palmer Johnson led by Capt. Dave Frevert.

The latest update of the Large Yacht Code was presented at the annual Professional Yachting Association event during the show.

In general, the LY3 incorporates the new STCW rules as well as the Maritime Labour Convention that are coming into effect in the next few years. It applies to all UK- and Red Ensign-registered vessels and the crew who sail upon them, though several of the largest yacht registries rely on the large yacht code for their mariner credentials as well.

For seafarers, the changes include: l A shortened refresher course (two and a half days) for all four of the certificates that must now be updated every five years, including STCW, lifeboat, basic firefighting and advanced firefighting. l A new written exam for celestial navigation at the chief mate level. There is no course required, just that the information will be tested in the exam sequence.

Though the STCW changes don’t

go into effect until 2017, the UK has passed legislation to implement the new STCW beginning July 1. So new courses and systems must be in place by then.

Enforcement begins in 2017.

And despite the fact that the 3,000-ton limit on the building of vessels has been lifted in the LY3, it remains intact for qualifications. In order to operate a vessel larger than 3,000 tons or that carries more than 12 passengers, mariners must still obtain an unlimited certificate, Towner said.

New dry dock in Florida

In mid-September, the Rybovich yacht yard in West Palm Beach added a 3,000-ton floating dry dock to its service facilities, giving it the largest hauling capacity in South Florida.

The yard still plans to upgrade its nearby Riviera Beach location with a 4,000-ton syncrolift, but the floating dry dock offers an interim solution until the company can dredge a channel to the yard from the Intracoastal Waterway.

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ws innovations and crowds Some prefer the classics

Six yachts in the Monaco show were 20 years or older. These yachts carry something a bit different, and they usually attract a different kind of owner.

“Some guests prefer an old boat,” said Chief Eng. John Galloway of the 25-yearold M/Y Audacia, a 48.5m (160-foot) Feadship. “We were on a charter with two newer yachts, and the guests liked being here. They said it was more comfortable.”

While much of her equipment has been replaced or reconditioned, there are still traces of the original specs, including pneumatic hand controls on the bridge for the engines.

“You’ve got to be gentle; you can’t just throw her around,” Capt. Robin Visser said.

“At sea, she’s solid as a rock. It gives you a good feeling when you put her into gear, like you’re driving a steam engine.”

Like Audacia, the 45.7m (150-foot) M/Y Lady Allison is a classic Feadship, built in 1991 as Carmac VII. “The advantage to an older boat? The design,” Bosun Matt Ward said. “There’s a full walk-around on two decks. Every guy who works outside and has to clean windows for a living loves that.”

The oldest yacht in the show is the 31-year-old M/Y Mary Jean. Built by Campanella in Italy in 1981, the 49.8m (163-foot) yacht has the classic lines of an old Feadship.

“I joined the yacht in New Zealand a year ago and we came back across the Pacific,” First Officer Danielle DeVere said.

“She handles very well. When they built yachts back then, they built them to last.”

20 years and counting The oldest yachts in the show 1. M/Y Mary Jean, 48.8m Campanella (1981) 2. M/Y Passion, 52.8m Swedeship (1986) 3. M/Y Audacia, 48.5m Feadship (1987) 4. M/Y Inevitable, 49.8m Feadship (1990) 5. M/Y Lady Allison, 45.7m Feadship (1991) 6. M/Y Alter Ego, 34m WGB Werft Berlin (1992)

Photos from the docks and events during the Monaco Yacht Show were taken by Lucy and David Reed.

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A12 October 2012 FROM THE FRONT: Broward

Broward Superyacht laid the keels in late August for two new yachts, construction of which is expected to begin later this fall. Standing between the two keels are, from left, Bruce Moore, owner of Broward; attorney Larry Behar; Philippe Swolfs of WorldSea Yachting; and Philippe Brandligt of Broward Shipyard.

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U.S. flagged with U.S. crew; all part of the EB-5 scenario BROWARD, from page A1 structure was created in 1990, but wasn’t fully explored until after 2001.

It offers no more than 10,000 visas to foreign nationals who invest $1 million in starting their own business or in an existing business looking to expand.

Behar, known in some circles as the godfather of EB-5, said this platform is different than any other he’s created before. He’s established the legal platforms for tourism resorts, shopping

centers, gold mines, land development projects, a hospital and retail hotels across the United States.

This, he said, is the first time the EB5 program has been used to build and operate a yacht.

Behar wrote all the legal documents for it, written in such a way as to be a template for another vessel or another company, he said. He started working on it in February and finished it the day before the keels were laid.

“It’s the first time it’s been used for a yacht, to my knowledge,” he said.

“Now we’re in the fun part, attracting investors.”

Once the financing is secured, the yachts are expected to take about two years each to complete and will be built at the Broward Shipyard property in Dania Beach. With steel for the hull coming from Holland and with project management coming from its Amelsexperienced project director, Broward is calling the yachts “Dutch-built in the United States.” The steel for the keels came from the U.S. “We are confident we can do it, and we are confident we can do it on time and on budget,” said Philippe Brandligt, project and sales director with Broward Shipyard. Brandligt is also a naval architect and worked on Amels new builds before moving to South Florida.

These two yachts, which will have aluminum superstructures, will be classed by Bureau Veritas. They will be U.S. flagged and employ U.S. crew, all part of the EB-5 scenario.

Though construction won’t begin until the financing is secured, the keels were laid now to allow the vessels to be built under existing regulations. Under the ILO, new regulations will go into effect next summer.

“When the keel is laid, you comply with the rules for today,” Brandligt said.

“It’s not unusual for keels to be laid 6-9 months before construction begins.”

Broward hopes to begin construction of the first boat this fall.

WorldSea Yachting hasn’t yet begun its activities of attracting clients to its member-driven club.

“Building these two vessels will take two years, so the problem is when do we start our activities,” said Philippe Swolfs, managing director of WorldSea Yachting. “If we start when they are delivered, it’s too late. If we start now, it’s too early.”

The company was incorporated in Belgium in March and expects activities of signing up members to begin in the first quarter of 2013. Its Web site is expected live this fall, with marketing to begin next summer.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at lucy@the-triton.com.

A14 October 2012 PHOTO GALLERY

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Jamie Hope,second engineer on the 200-foot expedition M/Y Intuition II and Gareth Miller, captain, of the 82foot Sunseeker M/Y Samara, head out from Sag Harbor, N.Y. for a few rounds of golf.

Who’s that behind those Foster Grants? Why, it’s Capt. Robin Todd of the 130-foot Sunseeker M/Y Never Say Never, with First mate Ben Korhonen on the left, and Deckhand Russell Masterman with the fuel hose.

Basking in the long shadows of the day’s end in Montauk, N.Y., the crew of M/Y Copasetic were all smiles for a photo.

The line-up includes Engineer Sven Milenkov, Deckhand Kyle Courtney, Chef Michele Doveton, Stew CiCi Van Der Watt, Capt. Ian Van Der Watt, Deckhand Dylan Day, and Mate Carlos Acosta. This 141-foot Hike Metal Works built yacht will be in PHOTOS/TOM SERIO Florida for the winter.

Stew Leah Silbieus and Capt. Sean Cabrey in Sag Harbor, N.Y. On the 101-foot Sovereign M/Y Waterford, next stop is to Ft. Lauderdale for the winter.

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Jessica Shead, stew on the Hargrave 100 M/Y Kingbaby with Deckhand Dan Fishkin (left) and Mate John Allem, both on the 110-foot Lazzara M/Y Silver C. Both yachts have been cruising the U.S. coast.

Spotted in Montauk, the crew of M/Y Serque, a 134-foot Broward, stop for a photo. From left is Engineer Bob Hogan, Second stew Kelley Mang, Yacht manager Amy Lindner, Capt. Cliff Wetzel, Chief stew Diane Scott and Chef Mitch Terricciano.

This yacht will be in the Bahamas this winter.

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www.the-triton.com FROM THE BRIDGE: Drinking with the boss

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When others are drinking, you get a chance to prove you are responsible BRIDGE, from page A1 with the same owner for years. We got it down to a refined dance. The first night, you politely decline. By the last night, you are sort of obligated.”

“It’s been 50-50 of regularly and never on boats I’ve worked on the past 15 years,” another captain said.

Most captains had stories to tell of an owner who challenged them with this situation at some point in their career.

And they learned – some the hard way – techniques around it.

“You can’t be rude,” one captain said.

“When you are handed a drink, you take it, say thanks and go on your way, then dump it and carry on.”

“When the tequila comes out, you say ‘I’ll get the next round’ and come back with a bottle of water,” another said.

And beware subtle clues from the boss. When he invites the captain in a formal way, calling him “Capt. John Smith,” take that as a hint he’s being nice in front of his guests and graciously decline, one captain suggested.

Or when the owner opens a bottle of bourbon and crushes the bottle cap, beware that he intends to drink it all with you, another said.

“It’s your chance to earn your integrity or destroy it,” a captain said.

“Two or three glasses of wine with dinner is one thing, but you can’t get drunk, even if the owner is. It’s your chance to prove you are responsible.

And the crew see it, too.”

Eventually, we got around to the “it depends” realities of yachting.

“It depends on the boat and the owner,” one captain said. “I’ve worked on dry boats that had it written in the policy manual. But if everything’s safe and secure, sure.

“And if it’s not, you give them the information and tell them the situation,” this captain said. “If I drink with you now, we’re not moving from this anchorage tonight. Then they decide what’s more important. If they decide to stay here, we stay here and drink. I do what I’m told to do.”

“I never tell an owner ‘no’,” another captain said. “I give them options.

Saying ‘no’ is not an option.”

Do you stop at one or two drinks, even when the owner is drinking more?

“Absolutely,” one captain said. “Some of the crew can stay and enjoy; the rest of us will pick up the slack in the morning. And the owner is happy.”

“I worked for one owner who was a big drinker,” another said. “I was his captain/bartender. But if it becomes a dangerous situation, you have to separate yourself from that.”

This captain eventually left that job.

“I work for a new owner,” one captain began as others expressed their regrets.

“But he’s great. he’s real friendly. That’s where it gets blurry. On the last night of

a trip, we’ll drink out, and almost always something disastrous happens.

“But my last owner didn’t drink and I swore I would never work for another owner who doesn’t drink,” this captain said. “It’s too f***ing boring.”

When I asked what happens if a captain doesn’t drink, they all laughed.

Those captains, it seems, have to find a like-minded owner or their tenure will be short-lived.

This set the conversation on a course into the philosophical as we discussed the state of mind of an owner on his yacht. Owners use their yachts to get away from their lives, they said, to decompress and to turn off their “boss” moniker, if only for a little while. A few See BRIDGE, page A17

Attendees of The Triton’s October Bridge luncheon were, from left, Andrew Grego of M/Y Banyan, Herb Magney of M/Y At Last, David Nathan of M/Y Marbella, Kent Kohlberger, Brad Baker, and Ben Schmidt of M/Y Chosen One. Jonathan Parmet also attended but had to leave before the PHOTO/LUCY REED photo was taken.

A16 October 2012 PROFILE: Don Govan

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Innovator’s inspiration spurs on many others

By Dorie Cox Donald T. Govan inspires his staff from the time he arrives at Spurs until he packs up his iPad and heads off to exercise after work. The 80 year-old tried to retire about three decades ago, but instead invented a patented system to prevent line, weed and net entanglement in boat propellers.

His manufacturing facility in Ft. Lauderdale sells about 8,000 of the cutters a year for almost every size boat and ship.

The staff is motivated by the energy and enthusiasm they see in Govan. He works six days a week at his company and he also exercises every day at one of his gyms (at home, in his apartment complex or at L.A. Fitness). He and his wife, Val Golden, are positive and healthy, and it’s infectious, said some of the staff.

“They don’t preach, but they’re inspiring,” Daniel Beal, salesman at Spurs, said.

When Govan hired Beal about five years ago, the 28 year-old had medical problems.

“I was in bad shape,” Beal said, “The doctor prescribed meds and Don said, “You don’t need those, and handed me this,” Beal said, pointing to a worn catalog for vitamin supplements.

Beal said Golden recommended a list of foods and he took the advice to change his diet.

“Now I’ve lost weight, I ride my bike to work,” Beal said. “And I’ve lowered my blood pressure.”

Susan Correa, marketing manager at Spurs for nearly five years has also been influenced.

“He’s an example of health, they eat salad, chicken, fish,” Correa said. “ He’s very disciplined.”

“I’ve lost a total of 55 pounds,” she said. “He’s passionate and makes everybody else passionate.”

Lead machinist Scooter Nauman said Govan is easy to work for and Spurs is a good environment to work in.

“Don lets you make or break yourself,” Nauman said. “There are hundreds of ways to machine a part, but he lets you do the job without breathing down your neck.”

“You want to do what’s expected,” Nauman said. “He makes you want to do it because you watch him.”

Tan and fit, with an infectious smile, Govan said he’s always been active.

Born in 1932, Govan said he had more than 100 jobs growing up in Dearborn, Mich.

“Started with a paper route,” Govan said, “And I built my first bike.”

His father died when he was 2 years old so he was raised by his mother and grandmother.

“I had no one that taught me,” he said. “If we needed to fix something, we just fixed it.”

“I had a 1932 Ford and had to

Don Govan is enthusiastic when discussing his innovation, Spurs, at the PHOTO/DORIE COX facility in Ft. Lauderdale last month. take the carburetor apart, that’s how we learned,” he said. “There is a satisfaction; you see something you made and say, “Wow, I did that, I made that.”

“My dad built his first house when he was 16,” said his son, Craig Govan, 51, a real estate developer in Florida.

Ten years old when his father put him to work at his construction sites, the younger Govan said his dad worked in both residential and commercial construction. And he innovated something new when he built apartments in Clearwater, Fla. with elaborate pool areas and recreation centers.

“Dad maintained ownership of the rec center,” the younger Govan said.

“That was brilliant, he’s an excellent businessman.

“I’ve adapted from his playbook for modern use,” he said.

Govan explains that the idea for Spurs came to him when he retired at 40 years old and bought a yacht.

“I was sitting on my boat thinking this is stupid, I was so bored,” he said recounting what came next.

“Val was on the bow as we navigated through lobster pots in Boothbay, Maine” he said.

“It was a Monday morning, they were pulling boats with bent shafts, engines flipped,” he said of seeing damaged propellers wrapped with trap lines.

That was enough to spur Govan out of his ennui. He envisioned a line caught by a propeller, being moved by rotating cutter blades, around the shaft to a stationary blade which would cut it away.

In 1981 Govan created the company which manufactures his patented technology to mount on boat shafts and ships to prevent entanglement.

“He laid out buoys and lines and ran over them to see how his inventions worked,” J.C. Milton said. Milton was a 25-year veteran boat captain when Govan hired him to do installations in 1991.

Milton said Govan talked his boss into putting Spurs on their sportfish in the early days of the invention.

“It didn’t work out too well,” Milton said. “After it failed it became apparent what happened, the blades need to pass close, but cannot pass a certain point or it will stop.”

“An idea don’t mean it’s gonna work, it’s the little things that don’t come to mind until they fail,” Milton said. “You fix that then continue on until that fails and then you fix that. Don mastered the problems.”

So, after fixing that, Govan got a new patent; one of more than seven he holds today.

Milton worked at Spurs until a few years ago. He began by installing on small inboard type boats. But for inboard/outboard you couldn’t just buy the part and install it, he said, it needed machine work. So Govan continued to expand the business.

“We dropped that line of products and Don took the time he spent there to work on big ships,” Milton said. Now Spurs supplies 540 boatyards in a dozen countries. The parts are installed on more than 600 ships including U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution vessels as well as thousands of pleasure and commercial vessels.

With Spurs on boats around the world, Govan is not slowing down.

He continues to inspire the next generations.

Les Fairchild, a machinist at Spurs for the last six years said he’s grateful to Govan.

“Don hired me, I was desperate and had no clue, but I’ve benefitted a lot,” Fairchild said.

“I like it because I’m still learning.”

“Don has a willingness to teach,” Correa said.

“If you want to do it, he lets you pick his mind,” she said. “He’s my mentor.”

Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

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‘The code of conduct has to be clear’ BRIDGE, from page A15 captains fully recognized their role in that special relationship a man has with his yacht and his crew. And they acknowledged it often includes alcohol.

“These guys are CEOs with thousands of employees who are always sucking up to them,” one captain said.

“His captain and his crew can party with him and we don’t work in his office,” said another.

Is that why owners will ask captain and/or crew to go out for drinks?

“They don’t have their friends with them,” said a third. “And because crew are adventurous, are travellers and have good stories to share. People like to hear these things. They want to engage crew.

“You’re on the payroll and you’re safe to party with.”

“I’ve been given a pile of money to go find girls and bring them back,” a captain said. “They want a wingman.”

When that happens, one captain said he always makes another plan for a couple hours later – a reservation at an exclusive club or restaurant – that will get them off the boat so the crew can clean and the boss can still be popular.

So the crew are permitted to drink with the owner? Again, it depends.

“The owner is the owner, not a guest,” one captain said. “He’s the only one who can invite the crew out.

“If you’ve got half a brain, you can judge the situation,” another said. “If the direction is not clear and someone gets out of line, who’s at fault? The guy at the top. The code of conduct has to be clear.”

“But it can change by the hour,” the first captain said. “They’ve got to have enough smarts because it can change.”

“The whole point is that alcohol impairs judgment,” a third captain said.

“Trust comes over time. I distrust all crew from the start until I see them drunk. You’ve got to assume they’re going to be a bad drunk.”

When evaluating crew and how they’ll handle drinking with the owner, these captains offered a few tips: Beware of bingers. Look at Facebook photos. Ask at the crew house if they were always coming in late or waking up late.

“It all comes down to judgment,” one captain said. “I trust my judgment.

The trick now is to find crew with judgment.”

“It’s a life-long journey,” a captain quipped.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com. If you make your living working as a yacht captain, e-mail us for an invitation to our monthly Bridge luncheon.

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A18 October 2012 WRITE TO BE HEARD

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Washington pilotage rules for foreign vessels clarified

By Dorie Cox Any foreign-flagged vessel in Washington state’s waters is in need of a pilot unless they go through an exemption process. The exemption process applies to foreign-flagged boats under 750 gross tons and 200 feet, according to Peter Schrappen, director of government affairs of Northwest Marine Trade Association.

Senate Bill 6171 raised the threshold of foreign-flagged boats that were eligible for the exemption from 500 gross tons to 750 gross tons, Schrappen said in an e-mail. Each boat must go through the process and get approval from the pilotage commission before they no longer need a pilot.

Unanimously passed in the Washington Senate in February, Senate Bill 6171 reads in part: “Every vessel not exempt under this section that operates in the waters of the Puget Sound pilotage district or Grays Harbor pilotage district is subject to compulsory pilotage...

(1) A United States vessel on a voyage in which it is operating exclusively on its coastwise endorsement, its fishery endorsement..,

and/or its recreational (or pleasure) endorsement, and all United States and Canadian vessels engaged exclusively in the coasting trade on the west coast of the continental United States (including Alaska) and/or British Columbia shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless a pilot licensed under this chapter be actually employed, in which case the pilotage rates provided for in this chapter shall apply. (2) The board may ... grant an exemption,,, to any vessel that the board finds is (a) a small passenger vessel that is not more than five hundred gross tons (international), does not exceed two hundred feet in overall length, and is operated exclusively in the waters of the Puget Sound pilotage district and lower British Columbia, or (b) a yacht that is not more than ((five)) seven hundred fifty gross tons (international) and does not exceed two hundred feet in overall length.

Each applicant for exemption...shall pay a fee,, and shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars.�

For further information visit The Washington Board of Pilotage Commissioners at www.pilotage.wa.gov.

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Yacht captains, crew need support not management I would like to compliment you on the article “Shore–based managers effective? Depends” [page C1] in the September 2012 edition.

Over the years, many publications have attempted this article, but none have really grasped what place shore support, this relative newcomer, has in this industry. I think that your questions were well thought out and that you are on the right track, and I look forward to another insightful follow up article.

Having sat on both sides of the table, I can tell you that there is no book on how to set up and run a yacht management or shore-support company. We are writing it as we go.

Having worked for many years as a yacht manager, I could not agree more with the opinions and concerns of the captains who responded. Captains and crew need support. The captain is the manager with trusted people that he or she can lean on when needed.

The opportunity to start my own yacht support company would not have been possible without the experience I gained working onboard yachts. Being able to transfer that knowledge into a lifelong career ashore is both satisfying and daunting. As is normal in any situation, we might make mistakes; how we recover and learn from them is what sets us apart from our competitors.

At the end of the day, I believe trust is critical. A relationship built on honesty, integrity and solid decisions will earn the trust that will survive any test and pull the owner, captain and shore company into a single cohesive relationship.

Graeme Lord Owner, Fairport Yacht Support

Shore support has a place

The recent survey of opinions on yacht management companies [“Triton survey: Yacht management companies”, page C1, September issue] brought up many interesting points but the strongest was that captains prefer support rather than management.

With so many new rules and regulations flying at us from all directions (IMO, ILO, USCG, EPA, MCA, EU), it has become impossible

for the captain at sea to know which, if and when these will apply to him. What must he do before a Port State Control inspector holds him alongside in the middle of a charter?

He needs professional support to ensure he has the documentation, surveys, qualifications, training, equipment, and records to show his vessel can be termed “seaworthy”.

In our view, as a support-based management company, the captain is the CEO. Brown-nosing owners or pushing for more charter commissions is not a distraction for us.

Our captains are experienced enough and comfortable with their owners to have chosen a company to provide only the needed regulatory ISM and ISPS services together with general operational support.

This approach is totally the opposite of commercial ship management where the captain is very much a “bus-driver” and shore management dictates everything, from departure time to crew menus. His model is increasingly pervading yachting as more commercial ship professionals move into yacht management, especially within the “big-box” yacht organizations.

Our “support” business model has worked well for the past 14 years, and is now proving very effective with the larger yachts.

The mega experienced and quality captains know what they need to run a happy ship and to service the owner; that does not include overbearing shore management, but does include dedicated shore support.

Peter Baker Owner, Megayacht Technical Services International, Ft. Lauderdale

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Disgusted by unprofessionalism, captain not surprised by actions Disgusted, but not surprised

I am disgusted (but not surprised) at the attitude of some of the quoted captains comments [“Vendor relationships changed for yacht captains”, page A1, September issue] that seem to indicate that the reason that kickbacks are no longer taken is because of the clarity afforded by the internet that enables the owners to discover the indiscretions as opposed to the fact that they shouldn’t be accepting kickbacks in the first place.

After 20 plus years in this industry I am still disgusted by the unprofessionalism I have (and continue to) witnessed.

Capt. Chris Hezelgrave

Maintenance first is easier

We take our routine of cleaning as the first step to getting to know the boat. [“The secrecy of germs”, page A1, September issue] It often leads us to maintenance problems and gets us familiar with what is stored on the boats, as well as any mold or other problems.

Every yacht we have worked on, our first priority is to wash the inside of the boat bow to stern. Every drawer, crawl space, bilge and bulkheads are washed and disinfected. In the kitchen, all the stored food is checked, any can food, dry goods whose expiry date is past is removed from the boat.

On one boat, there was a breach

Contributors Carol Bareuther, Capt. Mark A. Cline, Capt. Jake DesVergers, Capt. Rob Gannon, Beth Greenwald, Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, Chief Stew Alene Keenan, Capt. Scott Lockwood, Keith Murray, Steve Pica, Rossmare Intl., Capt. Ian Van Der Watt, Capt. John Wampler

in the fresh water tank and marine growth having a good time. It takes more time to run a boat like we did, but is was healthier.

Dan and Mar Dinsmore Seaworthy Marine Services

What’s the matter with meatloaf?

Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is right that sometimes being TOO creative is a disservice [“Sometimes, it’s all about the food”, page C1, September issue].

I am seeing a fallout from the numerous TV shows which pitch more unique and designer recipes and so often forget some of the basics. There is a reason we have “comfort” food!

When we were working with the staff developing The Yacht Club at Channel Islands Harbor (the newest Yacht Club in Southern California,) we were reminded by a few members that sometimes all they want is a ham sandwich. It has to be great food. But, it has to sometimes be simple.

Simple (or simpler) foods can still spark the food passion, especially when presented right.

There is a time and place for highend cuisine, but, as an example, aboard the Valkyrie we sometimes have very gourmet events, but most of our clients enjoy good grilled cook-outs, meatloaf and chicken most of the time.

Nice article! Skoal!

Capt. Tom Petersen Commodore, The Yacht Club at Channel Islands Harbor Vol. 9, No. 7

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Little red bumps Chicken pox can be very serious in adults.

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Stew’s outlook changes Volunteer projects in Africa highlight extreme poverty. B8

It’s not easy being green But crew have the chance to be recognized.

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Swipe to drive: Yachting’s future is today.

Palladium Technologies of Ft. Lauderdale, introduced their latest innovation, a glass bridge helm called Simon PHOTO/LUCY REED Gold, at the Monaco Yacht Show in September.

By Dorie Cox Last month, the most modern access to a yacht’s systems was with two fingers on an iPad. This month it’s swiping gestures across a completely glass bridge helm.

Advanced technology in yachting is not the future, it is now.

“And the future is... we’ll demand even more,” said Michael Blake, president of Palladium Technologies.

At the Monaco Yacht Show in September, Palladium Technologies of Ft. Lauderdale introduced an innovative yacht bridge with no tactile buttons, switches, dials or gauges. The company created one platform for the helmsman to control separate equipment readings. The glass panels of Simon Gold connect to alarm systems, navigation, lighting, entertainment, security and more.

It incorporates the same technology in use with smart phones including pinching motions to make

things bigger and smaller, touch and drag to pull items from menus, and swipe motions to collapse windows.

“I’ve always wanted a clean, flat glass bridge,” Blake said.

And there’s no going backward, Blake said. This type of technology is now required.

“It was just 12 years ago they said, ‘no computers on yachts’,” Blake said.

“Did this happen over a generation?

No, this happened in five years.”

The introduction of the glass bridge helm is what Palladium calls an industry first. Many yachts first experienced major technological innovation with the advent of electronic cartography. Those yachts are now moving to wireless tablets, mobile computers with touch screen technology. Physically bigger than a smart phone, yet more portable than a laptop computer, tablets are used by crew, owners, and guests.

Most users access the Internet, email, social media, GPS navigation,

video and camera, electronic reading, media players and everything available in downloaded applications.

The top selling tablet is the iPad, which was first introduced in 2010 by Apple.

“Anything that works on the Internet, you can run on an iPad,” said Martin Fierstone, president and CEO of Global Satellite in Ft. Lauderdale. “For yachts, there are obvious uses like navigation, communication and remotely monitoring ship computers or systems.”

To be clear, tablets or glass bridges do not replace yacht systems; instead, they change how the user communicates with existing equipment onboard. Until all yachts have the next iteration of technology, most will still have existing hardwired navigation, radar, engine room and security systems onboard. And

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Boat show calendar Where to be and when to be there for events.

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MLC 2006: One year to go to comply After 12 years of development and 6-1/2 years since being adopted, the International Labour Organization (ILO) received its 30th ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). This historic action by the Republic of the Philippines fulfilled the last condition for the first global labour standard that Rules of the Road spans continents and oceans. It will go into Jake DesVergers effect in a year’s time on August 20, 2013.

“This is great news for the world’s more than 1.2 million seafarers,” ILO Director General Juan Somavia said. “It was a dream of the ILO as early as 1920, and I pay tribute to the international maritime community for having made it a reality.”

The MLC, 2006 was adopted unanimously in 2006 but two requirements had to be met before it could come into force. The 29th and 30th ratifications by Russia and the Philippines fulfilled the requirement that at least 30 ILO member countries ratify the convention. The other requirement – that ratifying countries represent 33 percent of the world’s gross shipping tonnage – was met in 2009.

The 30 countries represent nearly 60 percent of the world’s shipping tonnage.

This means seafarers working on more than 50 percent of the world’s international shipping will be covered by the convention.

“This is a remarkable achievement,” Somavia said. “Not only are these first 30 ratifications drawn from almost every region of the world, but the tonnage level is nearly double the required amount.”

The countries that have ratified the convention are: Liberia, Marshall Islands, Bahamas, Panama, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Canada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Switzerland, Benin, Singapore, Denmark, Antigua and Barbuda, Latvia, Luxembourg, Kiribati, Australia, Netherlands, Tuvalu, St Kitts & Nevis, Togo, Poland, Palau, Sweden,

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B October 2012 ONBOARD EMERGENCIES: Sea Sick

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Common symptoms throw off path to real cause: chicken pox

By Keith Murray A few months ago one of my instructors, EMT-P Rob Demski called to say he needed time off because he had chicken pox.

He wrote this month’s article as a deterrence to scratching.

Chicken pox or varicella zoster virus is a common Sea Sick childhood Keith Murray disease. A number of symptoms can precede chicken pox, often disguising it. These include soreness, sore throat, diarrhea, abdominal pain, pressure in the head or ear among other symptoms which may appear prior to the small blisters.

In my case, the blisters first appeared in a small area on my chest and spread to my scalp, face (they appeared as an outbreak of acne), nostrils, eyelids, ears and rapidly onto my torso and back and even soles of my feet during the next two days.

It was first seen as bronchitis due to an absence of blisters and symptoms of wheezing, persistent and productive cough, sore throat, muscle weakness and malaise feeling.

I was prescribed antibiotics and given a steroid to treat inflammation in my lungs. I became jittery and anxious, unknown whether it was caused by the medication or illness.

I was then treated for a possible allergic reaction and I learned that the medications could have lowered my immune system, potentially allowing my body to be vulnerable to viruses.

Either that or the virus chicken pox was already invading my body and would make itself known in days.

When the physician observed my blisters spreading and the fact that I had never had chicken pox, it became evident that I had chicken pox.

As soon as I was diagnosed with the virus there was a sense of urgency to start Acyclovir, an antiviral medication used to treat adults. It does not kill the virus, but stops it spreading. Infections in the adult years tends to be more severe and can be fatal.

In addition to topical antihistamine creams like caladryl, calamine lotion or oral treatment of Benadryl to combat the itching, oatmeal baths, two times a day, helped tremendously.

Some other options include: · Avoid scratching the sores, in order to prevent scars and infection. It may be helpful to cut nails short. · Wear light clothes, loose clothes to keep from agitating the skin or blisters, keeping them from breaking and

potentially spreading. · Avoid prolonged exposure to heat and humidity. · Apply a moisturizer cream after bathing to soften and cool the skin.

It is important to maintain good hygiene by bathing with warm water daily to avoid further complications involving infections.

Create an awareness that the virus is very contagious and spreads rapidly in more than one way. An individual affected has an ethical responsibility to protect others. Infection can spread from a cough, sneeze droplets by air and by touching the liquid from the blisters if they break. This includes objects an infected individual touches.

Chicken pox is contagious one to two days prior to seeing blisters and is contagious until all blisters are dried up, no longer fluid filled with scabs, which usually takes about a week.

Stay in one area of the house, wash hands thoroughly and frequently.

Limit use of towels, wash clothes, wear rubber gloves or limit handling of food, appliances or anything that could contribute to spreading the virus.

Seek immediate medical attention if these symptoms arise: A rash spreads into one’s eyes, dizziness, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, loss of muscle coordination, excessive vomiting, stiff neck, fever of 100.4 taken orally or 101.4 rectally or higher, if not better with medication, dark urine, yellow skin or eyes, joint pain, redness or swelling.

Even though vaccines are available they are not 100-percent effective.

Fortunately for Rob and his wife, they caught the chicken pox at home and were able to take time off from work. Imagine if one of your crew or guests become sick with the chicken pox while at sea. Seek medical attention immediately. Keep in mind that isolation and relocation are going to be difficult, especially without exposing others. If possible, start with isolation, confine them to quarters, then work on relocation, getting them off the boat to a safe place without infecting others.

Note: The CDC suggests that anyone infected remain isolated in their cabins or quarters until all lesions have crusted over or no new lesions appear within a 24-hour period (usually 4-6 days after rash onset).

Keith Murray, a former firefighter EMT, owns The CPR School, a first-aid training company. He provides onboard training for yacht captains and crew and sells and services AEDs. Contact him at +1-561-762-0500 or keith@ theCPRschool.com. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@thetriton.com.

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Technology company acquisitions, partnerships announced Sealite acquires UK’s Pelangi

Sealite has acquired Pelangi International.

Sealite’s range of navigation aids include LED lanterns, buoy products, monitoring and control systems, leading lights, barge lights, bridge lights, and area lighting systems; and power systems.

For more information, visit www. sealite.com.

Companies join for bridge service

Telemar Yachting and Bluewater Superyacht Bridge Services announced

a one-stop source for bridge services, including shore-based contracts, radio surveys, satellite services, inventory management, electronic chart updates and managed bridge services. All services are designed to meet flag state compliance. Comprehensive Electronic Navigation Solution (CENS) provides chart source service.

Telemar Yachting handles installation, maintenance and repair of large yacht communication and navigation equipment, integrated bridge systems.

For more information

contact jamann@bluewaterweb. com, +1.954.763.6533, or BluewaterBridgeServices.com, or mtheissen@telemar-yachting.com, +1.954.828.0712, or TelemarGroup.com.

FarSounder launches nav sonars

FarSounder announced new 3D forward-looking, obstacle avoidance sonars, FarSounder-500 and FarSounder-1000. The FarSounder500 detects targets out to 500 meters, the FarSounder-1000 to 1000 meters.

System improvements include a redesign of the transducer module

electronics and sonar signal processing.

For details contact FarSounder at www.farsounder.com.

Simrad offers autopilot, panel

Simrad Yachting announced the Simrad IS40 instrument and OP10 autopilot control range. They provide a 4.1-inch screen with an LCD display bonding process to prevent condensation. The full color screen is 800nit screen with a height of 50mm.

“Simrad products are renowned for

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Deficiencies noted by port state control As traveling vessels face Port State Control (PSC) officers to verify compliance with governing conventions, Lloyd’s Register has noted common issues for vessels to focus on to better prepare.

In reference to vessels more than five years old, Lloyd’s Register has noted that to better comply with regulations, attention should be placed on the following areas: l ventilation, fire-dampers, quickclosing devices and their control l lifeboats and launching appliances l emergency fire pump l oil filtering equipment l ventilators and air pipes l fire detection, fire fighting equipment and appliances l weather decks, hatch covers and closing appliances l nautical publications and charts, and ECDIS, if applicable l cleanliness of the engine room l and cleanliness of accommodation/galley.

PSC officers also check deficiencies identified from the vessel’s previous six months’ PSC reports of inspections.

Lloyd’s recommends that vessels avoid any delays in scheduling for officers carrying out inspections onboard.

And PSC officers have begun to focus on issues listed in the upcoming International Labour Organisation (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) which becomes mandatory in August 2013. PSC officers are noting areas of concern for vessels.

Lloyd’s Register noted that deficiencies that do not result in detention may not be included in their findings.

Due to positive results from the compilation of inspections from the past years, Lloyd’s will continue monitoring for another year.

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Caterpillar announces controller

USA Caterpillar announced The Cat Three60 Precision Control, an integrated propulsion and maneuvering system for the yachting market. It combines propulsion and control components into single or multiple joystick stations highlighting slow speed control of conventional shaft and propeller driven yachts.

For more information contact your local Cat Dealer or visit marine.cat. com.

Strainer simplifies flushing

Perko introduced a versatile flushing strainer. It is multi-purpose, to simplify cleaning, maintenance and seasonend winterizing. It also serves as an emergency bilge pump.

Available in 1/2, 3/4, 1 or 1-1/4 inch pipe sizes, the strainer is cast bronze and stabilized with four tie rods.

Suggested retail prices start at $400.

Contact Perko, 16490 Northwest 13th Ave., Miami, FL 33169. +1 305-6217525; Fax: 305-620-9978. sales@perko. com; www.perko.com.

ALGAE-X creates fuel system

ALGAE-X International (AXI) announced the SMART FPS compact fuel polishing system. The system stabilizes fuel, removes water, sludge and contaminants.

“The SMART FPS Compact uses AXI’s ALGAE-X Fuel Conditioner to optimize fuel for peak engine performance, greater reliability and less pollution. Its small footprint of only 10-by-7 inches makes the SMART FPS Compact Fuel Polishing System the ideal solution when space is a commodity, ” said Wout Lisseveld, AXI’s CEO. For more visit www.

AXIFuelConditioning.com.

Hella lights allow customization

Hella Marine offers Tiri and Rakino LED downlights for boats to customize illumination. The square Tiri is 2.36inch on all sides, with a mounting depth of 0.63-inch. The round Rakino has a stainless steel rim of 2.83-inch from edge to edge, or 2.95-inch, UV-resistant white plastic rim, and mounting depth of 0.73-inch.

For information contact Hella Marine at +1 770-631-7500, sales@hella. com or www.hellamarine.com.

Portable cleaning system available AXI announced the TK 240-XT portable fuel tank cleaning and fuel transfer system. TK 240-XT removes sludge and water from smaller diesel tanks. It is light-weight and easy to

handle for trucks, RVs, generators, farm equipment, boats and other dieselpowered engines.

For details visit www.algae-x.net.

Chart companies offer nav options

ChartCo, Jeppesen and KH Charts announced a method of updating official ENCs from Jeppesen via the ChartCo Select service. KH Charts will also provide Jeppesen customers with paper products. The partnership allows the transfer of Jeppesen ENC data and updates to vessels through ChartCo technology for automatically updated ENC data from Jeppesen in SENC or S63 format.

For more visit jeppesen.com.

For more information visit www. kvh.com/V11. To download KVH’s “Connectivity at Sea: A Guide to Advances in Maritime VSAT,” visit www.minivsat.com/vsatguide.

AquaQuad introduces LUX

AquaQuad introduced the LUX watercraft. The craft seats four adults with prices for the AquaQuad LUX with 60 hp Suzuki engine and trailer start at $19,377.

For more information contact AquaQuad at +1 352-216-1902, +1 503380-1692 or usa@aquaquad.com, www. thefreedomtoplay.com.

MTN ,Jetstream partner for HD

Kessler-Ellis Products (KEP) Marine announced KEPM-CAM, a camera and video recording system. Available in two models, the KCAM-RAC and KEPMCAM-RAC-AC computer systems include an Intel i5 and i7 microprocessor and can support up to 16 feeds.

For more information contact +1 800-631-2165 or visit www.kepmarine. com or www.boat-cameras.com.

MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) and Jetstream announced the availability of Jetstream HD, a highdefinition streaming content solution powered by MTN’s VSAT connection.

The service allows MTN’s customers the ability to view high definition content on their televisions and mobile devices at sea. For more information, visit www.mtnsat.com.

In other news, MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) announced that MTN Worldwide TV is available to commercial shipping, ferry, oil and gas and yacht customers. The service utilizes overlapping satellite beams to integrate with a vessel’s Television Receive-Only (TVRO) antenna and onboard video distribution system.

For more information, visit www. mtnsat.com.

NAVTOR globalizes ENC coverage

Black Pete distributes Blackfin

MTU, Navantia open center

MTU Ibérica and Navantia opened a common training center in Cartagena, Spain. Navantia will work with the Tognum Group company, MTU Friedrichshafen as primary partner for its ships’ propulsion systems.

KEP creates camera/video system

NAVTOR announced a distribution agreement with the UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office) for the supply of the Admiralty vector chart service as well as package of Admiralty Digital Publications.

ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) will be the central navigation console aboard ships when IMO compliance begins.

For more visit www.navtor.no.

KVH adds C-band coverage

KVH Industries added global C-band coverage to the mini-VSAT Broadband network and introduced the dualmode, 1-meter TracPhone V11 C/Kuband terminal.

The TracPhone V11 has a smaller antenna and the ability to automatically switch to Ku-band service and Ku-band coverage, to avoid regulations restricting the use of Cband maritime terminals near coastal nations.

In other news KVH Industries introduced an onboard terminal for the TracPhone V7-IP. It features a 3-axis, gyro-stabilized antenna and integrated belowdecks unit an ArcLight spread spectrum modem and IP-enabled antenna control unit.

Black Pete Marine distributes Blackfin products from Regarding The Outdoors including the Blackfin Skeg and Blackfin Blade Saver which are designed to protect lower units and enhance engine performance.

For more information visit www. regardingtheoutdoors.com.

Bristol Yacht receives patent

Exclusive Yacht Sales, the parent company of Bristol Yacht Components, was assigned a U.S. Design Patent for the company’s Bristol Boarding Stairs.

The patent, No. US D664,494 S, was issued on July 31, 2012.

Bristol Boarding Stairs are selfleveling, easy to deploy and stow, and available in 4 to 14-step units.

“We are very pleased with the U.S. Patent Office’s favorable review of our application,” said company president, Todd Schenk. “The unique design of our system contributes to its durability, ease of operation, enhanced safety and performance, with a look that blends modern industrial design with classic yachting elements such as inlaid teakwood and polished stainless steel.”

For more information contact +1 860-883-4904, bristolyachtcomponents. com.

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Today’s fuel prices Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of September 15th.

Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 865/920 Savannah, Ga. 845/NA Newport, R.I. 855/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 1,095/NA St. Maarten 1,200/NA Antigua 1,180/NA Valparaiso 880/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 1,010/NA Cape Verde 955/NA Azores 960/NA Canary Islands 885/1,040 Mediterranean Gibraltar 905/NA Barcelona, Spain 925/1,650 Palma de Mallorca, Spain N/A/1,750 Antibes, France 1,040/2,115 San Remo, Italy 1,050/2,360 Naples, Italy 1,175/2,425 Venice, Italy 1,080/2,135 Corfu, Greece 960/1,995 Piraeus, Greece 930/1,980 Istanbul, Turkey 885/NA Malta 905/1,645 Tunis, Tunisia 885/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 890/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 1,080/NA Sydney, Australia 1,075/NA Fiji 1,135/NA *When available according to local customs.

One year ago Prices for low-sulfur gasoil expressed in US$ per cubic meter (1,000 liters) as of September 15, 2011 Region Duty-free*/duty paid U.S. East Coast Ft. Lauderdale 845/900 Savannah, Ga. 825/NA Newport, R.I. 830/NA Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI 1000/NA St. Maarten 1,100/NA Antigua 1,165/NA Valparaiso 855/NA North Atlantic Bermuda (Ireland Island) 1010/NA Cape Verde 905/NA Azores 1230/NA Canary Islands 1010/1,195 Mediterranean Gibraltar 880/NA Barcelona, Spain 920/1,630 Palma de Mallorca, Spain NA/1,840 Antibes, France 925/1,895 San Remo, Italy 1,120/2,280 Naples, Italy 1,100/2,250 Venice, Italy 1,095/1,895 Corfu, Greece 1,070/1,860 Piraeus, Greece 960/1,840 Istanbul, Turkey 950/NA Malta 995/1,860 Tunis, Tunisia 880/NA Bizerte, Tunisia 885/NA Oceania Auckland, New Zealand 985/NA Sydney, Australia 990/NA Fiji 995/NA *When available according to local customs.

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Sales manager and brokers enhance businesses’ expansions Eel Kant joined Amels as sales manager of the refit department. Kant has more than 30 years experience in the industry. A graduate of Delft Technical University, Kant has boardlevel experience with Feadship Royal van Lent, Oceanco and Jongert.

Kant worked his way up through the shipbuilding industry including eight years in commercial shipping doing planning, prefabrication, fabrication, outfitting and management.

“My technical background and experience in all these areas, as well as in project management, should prove very useful in my new role at Amels,”

Kant said.

“Eel is a very valuable addition to our refit team,” said Rob Luijendijk, managing director of Amels. “With his vast experience across the industry, he will really draw attention to Amels’ capabilities at the top end of the refit market.”

Ewhala is commissioned by a European owner featuring the Sunreef ’s trademark sun deck and JMS boat control system by ZF Marine Electronics Group, which offers joystick maneuvering. Sunreef Yachts has two more 60 Sunreef Power under construction.

Sunreef Yachts launched the 60 Sunreef Power Ewhala, following the launch of Sunreef 82 Houbara at the end of July 2012. The yacht was launched at the shipyard and will exhibit at the Cannes International Boat Show 2012.

Trinity Yachts launched M/Y Lady Sura, a 164-foot (49.9m) tri-deck custom built yacht with aluminum hull and superstructure. Delivery is scheduled for 2012.

Features include a full beam two-level master suite with forward panoramic windows and an interior designed by Patrick Knowles.

Lady Sura will have a top speed of more than 19 knots with a 4,000 nautical mile range. The 7-foot 8-inch draft (2.4m) will enable shallow water accessible.

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hull, a 75-foot expedition yacht built in Istanbul, Turkey. The yacht, designed by naval architect Jon Overing of Overing Yacht Designs, has been sold.

The builder also offers 85-foot models, and both offer a cruising range of more than 4,000 nautical miles with a standard 4,000 gallon tank and have an operating draft under six feet. The triple deck design has four staterooms, separate crew quarters and storage for auxiliary machinery and spare parts.

Dauntless Yachts constructs with infused vinylester resin, equips with 70/30 copper nickel stand pipe sea chests, Monel inverted cone strainers and uses commercial grade 316L stainless steel.

Many systems onboard have redundancy features in the event of failure.

Merle Wood & Associates has sold the 92-foot (28m) Palmer Johnson M/Y Pegasus II. The brokerage has added the following to its new central agency listings for sale: the 183-foot Perini Navi S/Y Zenji (in a joint with Perini Navi USA), the 173-foot Oceanco M/Y Sunrise (in a joint with Burgess) for $21.9 million, and the 115-foot Monte Fino M/Y Miracle (in a joint with Kardinal Marine).

Moran Yacht & Ship has delivered the 223-foot (68m) M/V Garcon, a

support vessel built by Amels. The vessel carries a Bell 365 helicopter, five tenders ranging from 10 to 14 meters, a four-man submarine, a custom diving cabin, as well as jet skis, wave runners and sea bobs.

Camper & Nicholsons added M/Y Illusion, a 46m (151-foot) Benetti, to its sales fleet.

Features include a mosaic pool, a full bar, a 15 square meter swim platform, and the latest communication and water sports equipment. Asking price is 23,750,000 euro.

The company also added M/Y Rochade, a 47.5m (155-foot) Delta Marine to the fleet.

Built in 2011, the tri-deck accommodates up to 10 guests in five cabins. Asking price is $45,800,000.

In other news, CNI announced three new staff, Sacha Williams, James Rayner and Adam Papadakis.

Williams most recently worked at a yacht brokerage where she managed a five member charter marketing department with a fleet of more than 50 yachts. She also has first-hand experience at sea.

“We’re excited to welcome onboard such an experienced director,” said Michael Payne, Camper & Nicholsons’ CCO. “Sacha has an excellent reputation with both crew and clients, and her knowledge of the industry is incredibly impressive. I wish her all the best in this position and look forward to working with her on new and exciting ventures.”

Williams will be based out of the Monaco office.

Rayner most recently worked four years with Simpson Marine in Hong Kong as brand manager, responsible for brands in Asia, including Azimut, Benetti and Beneteau.

Before that he worked in the UK with Opel marine. A sailor since he was eight, he was an RYA Instructor at a UK Maritime Academy and is a qualified skipper.

“With the continual expansion and evolution of our company, it’s an exciting time for James to be joining Camper & Nicholsons,” Payne said.

“And he’s sure to be a positive addition to our team. Knowledge and passion for the job are always important characteristics we look for in our brokers, so with James possessing both qualities in abundance, we believe he will be a fantastic fit with our company.”

Rayner will be based out of the Antibes office.

Papadakis most recently work with Hydor Holdings in Dubai as managing partner. His background includes a masters degree in marine engineering and worked with Greek shipping

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He next spent four years as project manager of new construction division with Burgess in London where he was involved in the construction of Al Mirqab, Mayan Queen, Amevi, Ability, Dilbar, Sunrays, Va Bene, Vava II and Talisman C. Following that he worked with Platinum Yachts in Dubai, overseeing the royal yacht projects and new projects division.

“We are excited to have Adam join us, especially as he brings with him an impressive and diverse CV,” Payne said. “He has a wide range of proven skills; we love forward to seeing him employing them at Camper & Nicholsons.”

Ferretti Group intends to open an assembly plant in China according to Bloomberg News.

Tan Xuguang, chairman and majority-owner Shandong Heavy Industry Group-Weichai Group, told reporters that the facility will customize vessels for the local market.

Bloomberg News reported that Ferretti plans to increase sales in China, Brazil and Russia according to Tan. Shandong Heavy, China’s biggest maker of bulldozers, agreed to buy 75 percent of the yachtmaker from creditors in January for 178 million euros ($222 million).

Ferretti Group, makers of Ferretti, Pershing and Bertram yachts, will continue to manage and will maintain headquarters and production facilities in Italy.

Intec Marine Shipyard is constructing a new facility using new environmental processes and lower energy consumption. The goal is a low-energy construction process using wind energy through wind turbines on the roof and solar energy via solar collectors. The building will be heated by geothermal power and generates energy from biomass.

The company strives for optimal sustainability and uses unique features in its yachts including the propulsion system and the energy generation system. Intec Marine yachts feature VOID Inline Propulsor (for cruising) or a VOID Linear Jet (for fast sailing yachts).

Systems are generators that require periodic maintenance, and are smaller than main engines in diesel-powered systems. The systems usually use one generator to cruise and charge the batteries.

The energy is generated by diesel electrical system, several wind turbines, solar collectors and a hydrogen-based fuel cell. Decks are made of Esthec,

a composite material and the yard antifouling which is less harmful to the environment and the drinking water pump and fuel pump are powered by air pressure.

Vicem Yachts announced that Sarasota Yacht & Ship has been named the official distributor for the Americas, which includes North, South and Central America, as well as Canada and the Caribbean.

Gary Smith, senior partner with Smith Sarasota Yacht & Ship, replaces Dave Mallach.

“We are very excited about the opportunities presented by this appointment and expanding our role with Vicem Yachts”, Gary Smith said.

“The quality, fit, and finish work of a Vicem Yacht is second to none as the yachts are head-turners in every marina.”

“We have come to learn that Vicem offers the newest technologies integrated and combined with oldworld craftsmanship to produce outstanding yachts both in fiberglass and cold molded materials,” Smith said.

Smith is an alumni of Louisiana State University and was one of the first in the state to obtain his Certified Professional Yacht Broker designation.

He is vice-president of the Board of Directors for the Florida Yacht Brokers Association (FYBA), located in Ft. Lauderdale.

Sarasota Yacht and Ship Services has offices in three locations in Sarasota, including Marina Jack.

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By Dorie Cox Last year, Chief Stew Jodi Samuel signed up for a volunteer project in Africa. She asked her 400 Facebook friends to donate money to her cause.

But no one did.

“They thought it was a scam,” Samuel said, as she smiled. “People didn’t think it was me, that I had changed that much.”

The freckle-faced, 38-year-old said she wasn’t the type to volunteer for an altruistic adventure.

“She was quiet and scared,” Deckhand Darrel Waller said of the time he worked with Samuel on M/Y Camille in 2009.

“She was scared to adventure out and try things,” Waller said. “I would say she was lost.”

Not much in Samuel’s early years indicated that she would volunteer

Stew Jodi Samuel volunteered in Africa this year. to paint a women’s prison, construct communal toilets or build a playground in Africa’s largest slum. Samuel grew up in Mt. Laurel, N.J., a suburb

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of Philadelphia. She sailed on her family’s Beneteau and raced off Long Island, N.Y. and the U.S. East Coast.

She and her family were members of

the Manhattan Sailing Club in New York. She worked at Barneys luxury department store in New York City.

She worked at Burgess Yachts and Sparkman & Stephens.

Samuel started working on yachts in 2008 including, Trading Places, Boardwalk, Camille and Dance Smartly.

Substantive changes began for Samuel when she started practicing yoga during the summer of 2010 while working a as deck/stew on a 130-foot Westport based in Norwalk, Conn.

“I started yoga to get off the boat and to help to deal,” Samuel said, of work stresses.

“I didn’t realize how it was affecting me, but the yoga I was doing unknowingly gave me confidence,” Samuel said. “The courage and confidence to deal with stressful situations on yachts, demanding owners, difficult crew.”

After the end of a job as chief stew, she vacationed to South Africa with a friend she met in a crew house.

“That gave me a great orientation to the location, but I experienced elite South Africa,” Samuel said of her first visit to the continent.

When Samuel returned to the United States, she more closely read the flyer in the yoga studio announcing a Seva Safari with Africa Yoga Project.

This time she decided to see the nonelite part of Africa for herself.

“I realized what yoga did for me and how it helped,” she said. “And I wanted to share that.”

Yoga had helped give her courage to take on something new. And seva is Sanskrit for selfless service and safari is Swahili for journey. She started to gather the $5,000 pledge to volunteer for 12 days in Nairobi, Kenya.

M/Y Enchanta allowed her to hold a donation sunset cocktail party to benefit the Africa Yoga Project onboard the 1953 Abeking & Rasmussen classic yawl.

Samuel worked as freelance crew for Capt. Craig Jones and Chef/mate Sara Ventiera on M/Y Current Issue, and they helped her raise funds, also.

“She was very focused on her upcoming trip,” Ventiera said. “Jodi raised money by charging ten dollars for the ring toss in Sampson Cay and made $200 as a bar back.”

“She did all the right things,” Jones said. “We enjoyed hearing of her aspirations.”

In March, Samuel headed to Kenya.

And since that day she has been touched by what she saw there. She hopes the lives of the people she helped have been changed too.

“These people live with nothing, just mud with tin nailed to it,” she said.

“But they are happy and so proud, even walking six flights up with buckets of water for an entire family in one room.”

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Seeing severe poverty changes future for stew AFRICA from page B8 Samuel also worked with a partner group, Shining Hope for Communities, which “combats gender inequality and extreme poverty by linking tuition free schools for girls to accessible social services for all”. Samuel joined in to build the slum’s first and only playground.

“It was wood poles with slides, tires filled with recycled flip-flops to cushion blows and an abacus made of tires.” she said.

Samuel painted tires, mixed cement, sawed wood and cut tires. They also built community toilets.

“It was tough, lifting bricks heavier than me up over piles of sewage in the middle of slum and drunk people,” Samuel said.

Everything is mud, there are few toilets and most are not safe for women to use, she said.

“We also painted a building at the Langata women’s prison where most of the prisoners have HIV/AIDS,” Samuel said. “We did yoga with the prisoners and they liked the way they felt. It was amazing to see how it helped.”

After working in one of the world’s largest slums, the meaning of ‘service’ is different for Samuel.

And she wants to do more.

“After seeing and being a part of such severe poverty in Africa, working as a stew on yachts has been a difficult adjustment back,” Samuel said.

Samuel said she would love to come up with a way for people from the slums to be able to travel.

“Traveling is educational and life changing, but only really available to

An abacus made from old tires. the wealthy,” she said.

“I love that Shining Hope is showing them the pathway out of the slum through education,” Samuel said. “But travel and experiencing other cultures first hand teaches you things you cannot learn in a classroom or from a textbook.”

“I know this may sound far fetched, but I wish I could set up a way for them to travel when they get old enough,”

Samuel said of the children she met in the slums. “When you change perspective, things change.”

Aside from winning a volunteer award for adventurousness and knot skills, Samuel said yachting helped her deal with long hours, cooperating with the same people and hard work. And yachting gives her the ability to have cash and a vacation, so she will stay with it. But now, she is using her money to help others and to save for her next adventure.

Samuel is considering a degree in psychology, and wants to be a psychologist in South Africa. She’s not positive where she’s headed, but she can tell her direction is positive.

Recently, she worked on a charter and the captain gave her a $1,000 tip from the guests. She told him she was going to donate half of it back to Kibera, the slum she worked in.

“He looked at me and said, “Are you kidding me?,” Samuel said. “I wish I could have taken a photo of his expression.”

It’s not just Samuel and the people of Kibera that have been affected by her adventures. Samuel’s co-workers have taken notice of the changes.

“She really came out of her shell,” Waller said.

“If you knew her before, you would

Samuel, at right, shows the group’s work on the playground built by volunteers in the slums of Africa early this year. PHOTOS FROM JODI SAMUEL be amazed, she surprised the heck out of me,” he said. “She’s a hundredpercent different now.”

Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at dorie@the-triton.com.

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“M/Y Robusto has two captains, one an old dog like me; he would go on the wing and sniff for shore and use a sextant,” Blake said.

“The other said, ‘I want everything to drive from here,’” Blake said, pantomiming a helm. “I understand both, and what’s right is what’s right for each person.”

A supreme example of these trends in technology is M/Y Adastra, a 140foot trimaran, which can be run from an iPad. From more than 150 feet

Michael Blake, president of Palladium Technologies, illustrates tablet technology and applications specifically for use in yachting.

PHOTO/DORIE COX away someone can drive, drop anchor, monitor fuel, pumps, temperatures, lights and security systems. The boat can technically be driven by a tablet from shore.

But these technologies take forethought to be as seamless as swiping 3D transparent screens in the air like Tom Cruise’s character in the 2002 movie “Minority Report.”

The primary concern is planning proper installation to ensure a smooth transition, Blake said.

“The backbone is the most vital,” Blake said. The “backbone” on each vessel consists of everything that comes together to make it work.

“It is paramount for reliability, capacity and security,” he said.

In making sure the “backbone” is sound, there are several factors to be aware of, said Jerry Kathalynas, special projects engineer for Ward’s Marine Electric in Ft. Lauderdale.

Captains should consider interference, security and bandwidth since the technology uses wi-fi, cell phone or satellite signals to connect with hard-wired equipment. The same things that interfere with cell phones can disrupt onboard communications.

“Sometimes you just walk through,

your connection drops out and you hit a blind spot,” Kathalynas said.

“A marine radio, radar, microwave oven, these can all affect it,” Kathalynas said. “Even other networks, if they are on the same channel or frequency.”

Kathalynas once was using his laptop onboard a yacht when an engineer began work on the frequency converter.

“If it’s not shielded or grounded it can interfere,” Kathalynas said. “I was 15 feet away when the cover was pulled, and my mouse didn’t work.”

He suggests that setup should use security protocol systems. And captains should monitor networks, control who has access and check that passwords are in place for vital programs.

“With technology, someone is always trying to get in, hack in to disrupt your systems or use,” Kathalynas said.

Application upgrades can cause instability and bandwidth limits are a consideration, he said. If kids are playing games and there are too many devices logged in, it can slow things down, Kathalynas said.

These concerns can all be addressed and limited, Kathalynas said. One example of a solution is redundancy in systems, said Blake.

“In all of our designs there at least two multi-touch screens, which are supported by at least two PLCs (programmable logic controller) and other redundant electronics,” Blake said. “If any one of these should fail, the other can support all of the functionality of the other one so there is no loss of capability.”

“Just be willing to accept and understand how limitations could affect you,” Kathalynas said. “As long as you are aware. And a good design will take it all into consideration.”

Like it or not, technology is advancing at an exponential rate and the acceptance is also exponential, Blake said. Today, crew, guests and owners have cell phones, laptops and tablets; and all of them expect instant connectivity.

“It has evolved into an interconnectedness and people expect it to be immediate,” Blake said. “If captains don’t get on board with this, they will be pushed out or work on smaller boats.

“The owners are younger today and will hire those with technology,” he said. “It will be a forced retirement for some of the captains who don’t adapt.”

Dorie Cox is associate editor of The Triton. Lucy Reed and Bob Howie contributed to this story. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@thetriton.com.

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Marinas in Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi announce growth Amsterdam Marina hosts event

In early September, the new Amsterdam Marina hosted the 2012 HISWA in-water boat show. Located at the former NDSM shipyard in Amsterdam-North, the new marina facilities were ready to accommodate the more than 300 participating yachts.

Amsterdam Marina is the fourth member of De Jachthavengroep (Marina group) joining Regatta Center Medemblik, Marina Stellendam and Marina Schokkerstrand.

When complete, Amsterdam Marina will be able to accommodate 350 yachts with wide, floating pontoons, wooden decks and finger jetties. The main building will host the harbor master’s office and the HISWA head office. A bar/restaurant is in the plans for the property as well as space for yachting industry shops and offices.

Amsterdam Marina is scheduled to be operational as of April 1, 2013.

Additional information is available through info@amsterdammarina.com.

Yas Marina to increase berths

Camper & Nicholsons Marinas confirms intentions to create 32 additional berths at Yas Marina in Abu

Dhabi.

That would increase berths 20percent from current capacity. The new pontoons will be installed before the Formula 1TM Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 4.

“This expansion reflects a nearly four-fold increase in the number of annual contracts over the past fifteen months, and the fact that we have been consistently over-subscribed for the period around the Grand Prix,” said James Beaver, chief operating officer of Camper & Nicholsons Marinas.

Berths for boats from 10 to150m are available for the Formula 1TM period from October 29 to November 5 as well as trackside views. Guest and crew passes and nightly post-race concerts are included.

For details on Yas Marina, visit www.cnmarinas.com/yas. For further information on Camper & Nicholsons Marinas visit www.cnmarinas.com.

In other news, Camper & Nicholsons Marinas offers a yacht berth package including berths from 30m to 100m at Grand Harbour Marina in Malta and Port Louis Marina in Grenada.

Both marinas are regarded as

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‘Green’ crew can be rewarded.

By Carol Bareuther Do you serve guests drinks in reusable classes?

Use biodegradable cleaning products and dish detergents? Or purchase sustainable seafood whenever possible?

If so, your yacht might be one step closer to receiving the Charter Yacht Brokers Association (CYBA) new ‘Save the Blue’ award.

Trish Cronan, president Crew from the charter catamaran, S/Y Secret of Ft. Denaud, FloridaOasis, after a recent beach clean-up in the British based, Ocean Getaways, Virgin Islands. PHOTOS FROM TRISH CRONAN and a founding member of CYBA, explained, “We launched our ‘green’ least five additional ‘green’ criteria from initiative last year at the St. Thomas the 25-item list. Criteria include ways Fall Charter Yacht Show by providing to reduce waste, recycle, reduce the reusable aluminum water bottles to impact on the marine environment and each broker and encouraging crews reduce energy consumption. to refill them with ‘yacht-made’ water.

“This isn’t a competition,” says This year, we’re going one step further Cronan. “It you meet the criteria, you to find out how ‘green’ each yacht is and earn the award.”

Yachts receiving this award are entitled to use CYBA’s ‘Going Green to Save the Blue’ logo, and yachts exhibiting at the BVI Charter Yacht Show, St. Thomas Fall Charter Yacht Show or Antigua Charter Yacht Show will receive a green ribbon to display onboard.

In addition, yacht crews are encouraged to fill out the entire questionnaire, including listing additional ‘green’ activities that might not be among the 25 items listed. A CYBA panel of judges will review all A member on the bow of the questionnaires and award the ‘Most Sailing Yacht’ and ‘Most charter catamaran, S/Y Secret Oasis, Eco-Friendly Eco-Friendly Motor Yacht’ at each of underway to transport the bags of the three Caribbean yachts shows this trash from a recent beach clean-up. fall.

“This initiative isn’t just for the we encourage yacht captains to apply Caribbean,” says Cronan. “We plan for this recognition.” to take it to the Mediterranean next To meet the criteria for the ‘Save the season.”

Blue’ award, a yacht must answer “yes” to the first two items on the ‘Going Carol Bareuther is a freelance writer in Green’ questionnaire (available online St. Thomas. Comments on this story are at www.cyba.net.) welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

These questions are continuing the theme from last year and include reducing plastic water bottle waste, an effort that Cronan estimates saved over one million plastic bottles from the British Virgin Islands’ landfill last year.

And secondly, providing the vessel’s ‘green’ specifications to its clearinghouse or central agent and making sure these entities have posted the information online.

Then, a yacht must check The beach before the crew’s recent clean-up off that they currently meet at in the British Virgin Islands.

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Bradford Marine and Mourjan Marina IGY appoint new staff MARINAS, from page B11 strategic locations.

“Our clients have real confidence and trust in Camper & Nicholsons Marinas as an operator,” said Robert Inwards of Inwards Marine, “Which is a significant motivating factor in their decision to buy a berth. This new berth package is excellent value for money compared to any single berth alternative on the market today and I am sure, will be very appealing to yacht owners.”

Pricing for both the Malta and Grenada berths are between 839,214 and 7,767,857 euros.

This promotional offer is subject to availability and applies for a limited time.

Bradford announces dockmaster

Bradford Marine announced Mike Vitiaci as a new project manager and dockmaster.

Vitiaci crewed on M/Y Highlander and M/Y Enterprise with Paul Engle and crewed on the 202-foot M/Y Virginian. For more contact mike@ bradford-marine.com and +1 954-2756438.

Mourjan makes appointments

Mourjan Marinas IGY appointed Margarete Kalinowski as head of sales and marketing at Port Tarraco near Tarragona, Spain.

Kalinowski’s background includes 13 years in international business and strategy, sales and marketing. She holds three masters degrees from international business schools and will complete her PhD in international business and strategy at the ESADE Business School in Barcelona.

Kalinowski has her YachtMaster qualifications and is fluent in six languages.

Kalinowski’s role at Port Tarraco will include international sales and marketing, strategies for marina berth sales and the marina’s related property, and maintaining and building Port Tarraco’s position in world marina markets.

In other company news Mourjan Marinas IGY appointed Mohamed El Newishy as marina operations manager in Qatar to oversee operations at Lusail Marina and Four Seasons Hotel Doha marina.

El Newishy most recently worked three years at Dubai Marina Yacht Club as marina administration manager.

His new responsibilities will include overseeing berthing agreements, planning and implementing the marina maintenance program, managing operations and marina administration staff and ensuring all policies and regulations.

“Mohamed joins Mourjan Marinas IGY at an exciting time,” said Wayne Shepherd, General Manager Marina Operations Mourjan Marinas IGY. “As

we continue to strengthen our regional presence, Mohamed’s experiences and knowledge of the industry will have a significant impact on our Qatar operations. We are confident that, along with the rest of our team, Mohamed will help steer Mourjan Marinas IGY into its next phase of growth.”

In other company news, Khalil AbuJaber was appointed marina manager at Oman’s Almouj Marina at The Wave, Muscat.

To find out more visit www. mourjanmarinas.com

Gruppo Mirabella appoints CNM

Gruppo Mirabella announced the appointment of Camper & Nicholsons Marinas (CNM) as operator of Marina di Pinetamare located on the Domitia Coast in southern Italy.

Located 45km northwest of Naples, the marina’s construction is expected to start in early 2013 to be completed in 2016.

The 1,200 berth marina will be operated and managed by CNM after they complete design, technical, and sales and marketing elements of the 756,500 square meter site. Marina di Pinetamare will be a full service, luxury marina to include 36 superyacht berths

up to 120m. The marina will also include two refuelling pontoons, a helipad, fully serviced boatyard, undercover dry stack and other services. Services including bars, restaurants, retail areas and ferry services to Ischia, Capri, Sardinia and Sicily are included in plans.

“We are very pleased to have such a widely respected brand and marina operator like Camper & Nicholsons working with us on this project,” said Massimo Casanova, sales director for Marina di Pinetamare and Gruppo Mirabella. “We know Marina di

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Drydocks World talks with Lürssen

Drydocks World announced that it is in negotiation with Lürssen Werft. Talks were held by Khamis Juma Buamim, chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World and senior personnel of Lürssen Werft. Intentions include

joint work on implementation of navy projects, including UAE’s naval fleet and a joint set up at the Dubai Maritime City (DMC) facility.

“We are delighted about the atmosphere and progress of the discussion with Lürssen a world leading player in the yacht and specialized business,” said Khamis Juma Buamim, chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World.

“Our facility in DMC is well placed to become a key destination outside Europe for yacht owners for service and maintenance. This co-operation will

further strengthen and provide definite direction to our aspiration to become the preferred choice for maintenance of yachts.”

BAE constructs pier in San Diego

BAE Systems began construction of a new pier at its ship repair facility in September, according to Maritime Executive. The pier, on the San Diego Bay in California, is scheduled to be complete in 2014 and will increase the shipyard’s capacity to seven ships, from a previous five.

The project will permit the

company to enhance its repair and modernization capabilities to serve the U.S. Navy, government agencies and commercial customers. The new pier will accommodate large U.S. Navy ships, including the newest LCS. Pier-side repairs and modifications for commercial and military ships will be able to include Navy CG-47 and DDG-51 ships with the pier measuring approximately 600 feet and two berths.

The U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships fleet will also be supported.

The cost of BAE Systems’ investment is valued at approximately $15 million for completion.

Old Bahama Bay joins Guy Harvey

Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts announced Old Bahama Bay Resort and Yacht Harbour as the newest member of the Expedition Properties Portfolio by Guy Harvey Outpost.

Old Bahama Bay is the third Outpost Expedition Property in the northern Bahamas since its inception this year.

The announcement was made by Outpost co-founders, Mark Ellert and Bill Shedd, with James Culmer, the manager of Old Bahama Bay Resort and Yacht Harbour.

“Old Bahama Bay is without question one of the most popular out-island marina resorts in the Bahamas, with world class fishing and legendary diving,” said Outpost president, Ellert.

Old Bahama Bay is offering discounted dockage and room rates through October 31, 2012.

Pez Vela to host championship

Marina Pez Vela accepted an invitation from the marine division of Bonnier Corporation to host the 2013 Offshore World Championship. The event will be supported by the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) and will take place at Marina Pez Vela Quepos, Costa Rica on April 14-19, 2013. This event is the finale of the largest international offshore fishing series in the world.

The 13th championship has attracted thousands of anglers competing in 130 qualifying tournaments around the globe.

Marina Pez Vela is proud to be associated with an event that is known internationally as the “Olympics of Fishing” where those winning teams are invited to compete.

For more information www. offshoreworldchampionship.com.

Yard proposed by Portland Yacht

Portland Yacht Services owner Phineas Sprague proposed a maintenance and repair yard to be built for waterfront property in Portland, Maine according to Bangor Daily news.

The 22 acres of mostly undeveloped land would be built out to include berthing, dry dock and brokerage services for yachts and large boats.

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U.S. and U.K. are missing from the list of signatory countries RULES, from page B1 Cyprus, Russian Federation and the Philippines.

Two countries that have played a significant role in developing the MLC, and both having a sizeable registry of yachts, but are missing from the list of signatory countries, are the United Kingdom and the United States. In its context, the United Kingdom also includes its overseas territories (Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, etc.) Where do they stand on ratification of the convention?

Through information released by the ILO, the United States convened a meeting on international legislation to consider a number of conventions.

The U.S. representative to the ILO stated that it was necessary to find ways to resolve concerns of national compliance, and that the process mandated an examination of national laws, regulations and practice with a view to considering ratification or other appropriate action. The United States could not ratify without having in place the necessary regulations. The U.S. Coast Guard has undertaken a comparative analysis of the national legislation.

There is no indication of if or when the convention will be ratified by the United States. This is especially true considering the upcoming presidential election and intended austerity measures.

The U.K. stated the MLC could not be ratified until all national legislation was in place. Tripartite meetings (flag, industry, labour) had been held regularly since 2007 to advise the government, particularly regarding issues such as large yachts and the application of crew accommodation requirements, as well as on use of substantial equivalence.

National legislation already covered many convention provisions, but changes would be needed, in some cases following determination by other government agencies. Many overseas territories have posted online circulars and newsletters on how they will implement MLC compliance until such time that the convention is ratified by the U.K. It involves an inspection scheme that should be as close to their final rules as possible. However, secondary visits may become necessary once the convention is signed into law.

So now that the clock is ticking, what does a yacht do to ensure compliance by the August 2013 deadline?

1. Contact your flag-state and/or classification society. Most flag-states have delegated MLC inspections to the classification societies and they have guidelines to help a yacht prepare.

2. Conduct a gap analysis of existing policies and procedures. These will be part of the safety management system.

3. Areas of concern identified in the gap analysis should be discussed with your inspection agency (flag or class).

4. Submit a formal request for issuance of the Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance (DMLC) part I. This document is issued by your flag-state and will outline the areas applicable to the yacht that must be inspected.

5. Upon issuance of the DMLC Part I, the yacht then prepares DMLC part II. This will answer to the flag how the yacht will comply with the areas identified in the part I document.

6. Upon completion of the DMLC Part II, the inspection process for issuance of the Maritime Labour Convention certificate is arranged. This may include preparatory review of documentation in the office before the onboard inspection.

Noting the complexity of the process and subject areas that may be new to most in the industry, it cannot be stressed enough that action is required sooner than later. Let’s put this in

realistic terms. It is now October 2012.

The boat show season is in full swing.

That will be followed by the run-up to Christmas. January, February, and March are usually a combination of charters, owner’s use, and maintenance work.

April hits us before we know it and the summer plans begin to take shape. Boats heading to the Mediterranean begin their movements. Yachts already in the Med start to awaken from their winter naps. June sees us positioning for the summer season and by July, things are full speed ahead. Illustrating the above typical schedule, one can see that there is very little time to prepare, let alone become certified.

Another extremely important aspect is the availability of inspectors. The ILO dictates that passenger ships and bulk carriers take priority when scheduling the onboard inspections. This may leave

many yachts uncertified by the August 2013 deadline. There are a finite number of approved inspectors. There is an understanding that port state control will recognize this shortage, but there is no guarantee that they will accept it.

Capt. Jake DesVergers is chief surveyor for International Yacht Bureau (IYB), an organization that provides flag-state inspection services to yachts on behalf of several administrations. A deck officer graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, he previously sailed as master on merchant ships, acted as designated person for a shipping company, and served as regional manager for an international classification society. Contact him at +1 954-596-2728 or www.yachtbureau.org.

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Many factors impact the decision forced to rent have to pay much higher to buy or rent a home. As the rental fees than ever before. It is really a housing market changes in different nightmare. communities, this decision becomes Many homeowners who rent homes increasingly that are small and run-down are difficult. demanding much higher rental fees We hear than they have been able to in the past, Realtors say that and guess what? They’re getting them. now is the time Even though now may be a good to buy; mortgage time to buy because interest rates are at rates are low, an all-time low and home values have demand is high come down, many people just can’t and values will qualify for a loan. increase.

Seniors are especially caught in Yachting Capital Yet the this “good time to buy” and lacking Mark A. Cline numbers of the money to put down. Even though people in homes with an upside-down many seniors believe that renting is just mortgage is high, making it impossible throwing their money away, they have for many to even consider selling their had to bite the bullet and pay higher home, let alone buying a new one. rental fees. As I said before, it is really a This is one of the more difficult nightmare. questions to ask in today’s economy.

The final decision must rest on two Many who lost their homes and now factors. First, how much can you afford have to rent face two major hurdles. to pay each month? And second, do And depending on how you lost or you have enough saved to put down 20 may lose your home can make a big percent, and is your credit score and difference. provable income high enough to obtain First, if you went through a a conventional mortgage? foreclosure, coming back will be more If the answer to the second question difficult, credit-wise, than if you work is “no,” you just might have to continue with your bank and renting. do a short sale. With I have had this The benefit to a a foreclosure, you conversation about short sale, if done simply vacate and/or buying versus renting are removed from your with many clients. properly, is that house by the bank. answer is always you can stay in your My In a short sale, you the same: if you are home while trying typically work with an buying, make sure attorney and a Realtor you get a good deal, to sell it. to make sure things that you plan to keep are done in your best the house for at least interest and you eventually sell your four years, and that the property or home to the highest buyer possible. neighborhood is in demand.

The benefit to a short sale, if done If a lot of people cannot qualify for a properly, is that you can stay in your mortgage any longer, it cuts down the home while trying to sell it. If you are demand for homes. This means houses upside-down on your mortgage, you do not move, which will keep prices will end up getting less than you owe, from rising quickly. but if you negotiate effectively, you may If you go the route of buying a home, get the deficiency waived by your bank treat it just like any other investment or at least reduced significantly to a and do your homework. small, no interest note.

Since this is political season in Either way, losing your home will America, I would be remiss not to most likely lower your credit score comment on the politics of buying and could hinder you from getting a home. Members of both political a lease unless you come up with a parties have stated that a flat tax is a hefty security deposit. If you want to better tax code, thus removing many purchase another home, your credit of the so-called tax loopholes. One of score and lack of a 20 percent downthose loopholes is getting a deduction payment could also hinder you from for interest paid on home loans. obtaining a conventional loan.

Information in this column is not If you intend to get another loan intended to be specific advice for someday, the short sale will be looked anyone. You should use the information upon more favorably than a foreclosure. to help you work with a professional Many homeowners who rent out regarding your specific financial their residential real estate today are objectives. charging much higher rates, even more than what it would be if you where to Capt. Mark A. Cline is a chartered buy (it’s called supply and demand). senior financial planner. Comments on Because of such high inflation on the this column are welcome at +1-954-764residential rental market, many that are 2929 or through www.clinefinancial.net.

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Plot your course through Ft. Lauderdale boat show events Oct. 6 Brokerage Open House, Hall of Fame Marina. Free parking and complimentary dockage. Saturday, noon to 4pm. For info. call Scott Salomon at +1 954-764-3975.

Society (ISS) annual membership meeting and breakfast Open to all ISS members, media and interested parties.

Wednesday, 8-10 a.m. www.superyachtsociety.org

Oct. 11 2nd annual Boat Show Night

Oct. 24 ISS Board of Directors meeting

Out, Esplanade Park in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. A free community-wide block party to kick-off the boat show.

Dockage available along the New River.

Thursday, 6-10 p.m.

Oct. 12 8th annual Awlgrip Captains

Golf Invitational, Boca Golf & Country Club. Friday, noon. www.captainsgolfinvitational.com

Oct. 20 National Marine’s annual Yacht Bikers Poker Run route TBA, Saturday, 10 a.m. Register at www.natlmarine. com/yachtbikers

Oct. 20 Yacht Chandlers Wanted:

Cowboys and Aliens party at 3738 S.W. 30th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale 33312, Saturday 7:30-10:30 p.m. RSVP to party@yachtchandlers.com. For details +1 954-761-3463 and www. yachtchandlers.com. Raising funds for Nova Southeastern University Florida shark tagging research program.

Oct. 23 Ft. Lauderdale Mariner’s

at Bahia Mar Beach Resort & Yachting Center, Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.-noon www.superyachtsociety.org

Oct. 25-29 53rd annual Ft. Lauderdale

International Boat Show, Six locations: Bahia Mar Yachting Center, Hall of Fame Marina, Las Olas Marina, Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale Hilton Marina and The Sails Marinas are connected by a network of bus shuttles, water taxis, and riverboats.

Thursday-Monday. Preview day Thursday ($34 online, $36 at the show); general admission ($18 online, $20 at the show) Friday through Sunday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. General admission Monday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Two-day ticket $36 online, $38 at show. www.showmanagement.com

Oct. 25 22nd annual ISS Awards Gala

at the Marriott Harbor Beach, Ocean Terrace room, Thursday, 7 p.m.midnight. www.superyachtsociety.org

Club annual golf tournament at Ft. Lauderdale Country Club, Tuesday, 7:15 a.m.-noon. 7:30 a.m. – Breakfast/ Putting Contest Start 8:30 a.m. Register at www.ftlmc.org or contact Stephanie at +1 954-556-8867.

Oct. 27, Saturday, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Oct. 24 Ft. Lauderdale Mariners

Oct. 29, Monday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Club Marine Seminarat Hyatt Pier 66 Network and idea exchange event for insurance agents, brokers and underwriters, marine surveyors, admiralty attorneys and marine industry professionals. Wednesday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m,www.ftlmc.org

Oct. 24 International Superyacht

National Marine Supplier’s 8th annual customer appreciation party at Dania Jai-Alai. Theme this year is “Yachtoberfest”; invitations sent by email. 954-764-0975 YachtInfo Industry Seminars, Captains Briefing and Cocktail Party at Bahia Mar Sessions cover topics including changes to STCW, what to do when the yacht is arrested, an update on the America’s Cup 34: The Superyacht Program, and an ecothemed session. Speakers have not yet been named. www.usyachtinfo.com

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Shows in Annapolis, Genoa, Athens, Hamburg EVENT OF MONTH Oct. 10 The Triton Expo Lauderdale Marine Center (LMC), Ft. Lauderdale

The Triton will host its popular Expo for the people who earn their livings working on yachts for the occasional third Wednesday event.

See C6 for details No RSVP required, but stay tuned to www.the-triton.com for more details. 5-8 p.m.

For Ft. Lauderdale boat show events calendar see page A17.

Oct. 2-4 Louisville, Kentucky. The

International Builders Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) with OEM and aftermarket parts. www.ibexshow.com

Oct. 3 The Triton’s monthly networking event on the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by Maritime Professional Training (MPT).

No RSVP necessary; just bring business cards and get ready to meet new people. www.the-triton.com

Oct. 4-7 America’s Cup World Series, San Francisco. This AC World Series event will take place during San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week. www. americascup.com

Oct. 4-8 42nd annual U.S. Sailboat

Show, Annapolis City Dock and Harbor, Annapolis, Md. The Sailboat Show is followed by the United States Powerboat Show, Oct. 11-13. www. usboat.com

Oct. 5 The Triton Bridge luncheon,

noon, Ft. Lauderdale. A roundtable

discussion of the issues of the day.

Yacht captains only. RSVP to Associate Editor Dorie Cox at dorie@the-triton. com or 954-525-0029. Space is limited.

Oct. 6-7 annual Columbus Day Regatta from Miami’s Biscayne Bay to the Florida Keys. www. columbusdayregatta.net

Oct. 6-14 Genoa International Boat

Show, Genoa, Italy. Up to a million visitors join 18 events, 4,000 exhibitors, sport events and concerts. www. genoaboatshow.com

Oct. 12 Awlgrip 8th annual Captains

Golf Invitational, Boca Golf and Country Club, Boca Raton, Fla. Captain’s license required, golf skills optional. For more visit captainsgolfinvitational.com and wes. sanford@northropandjohnson.com.

Oct. 13 Sailorman 13th annual

Backyard Bash in Ft. Lauderdale. Sale and no reserve auction, bids start at one dollar. www.sailorman.com

Oct. 13–21 34th annual Athens

International Boat Show, Greece. www. athensboatshow.gr

Oct. 13-15 Waves Jamaica, Portland, Jamaica. National Hero’s Weekend of events, concerts, festival and becah party. For details +1 876-316-1057, scottandersonm@yahoo.com.

Oct. 15-May 15 The commercial and recreational harvest season for stone crab claws in Florida. MyFWC.com.

Oct. 17-18 World Maritime Day

Parallel Event, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Theme is “IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic” and events will focus

on safety of life at sea. www.gop.bh/ maritimeday.asp

Oct. 19-Nov. 11 27th annual Ft.

Lauderdale International Film Festival. www.fliff.com

Oct. 19 Gilda’s Club annual

casino night, Ft. Lauderdale.

Gilda’s Club South Florida is a free cancer support community. www. gildasclubsouthflorida.org.

Oct. 20-25 6th National Conference Program, Tampa, Fla. Program to include all aspects of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. www. estuaries.org

Oct. 20-27 49th Port Antonio

International Marlin Tournament, Port Antonio, Jamaica. A qualifying event for the IGFA Offshore World Championship. www. igfaoffshorechampionship.com

Oct. 27-Nov. 4 Hanseboot

International Boat Show, Hamburg, Germany. hanseboot.de

MAKING PLANS Dec. 2-8 13th annual Antigua Charter Yacht Show, Antigua

13th annual Antigua Charter Yacht Show, Antigua.

Including Concours de Chef with this year’s theme “The Healthy Dinner Challenge”, plus a table setting contest for the steward/stewardess. Registration for competitions opens Nov. 1, the first 10 registrants in each of the three categories will gain entry. antiguayachtshow.com

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SPOTTED: Maine; Spain

Triton Spotters

The crew of M/V Copasetic before their lobster bake last month at Wotton’s Wharf in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Prior to the feast, are pictured Mate Carlos Acosta (in shorts), Chuck Chaney (in the hat) dockmaster of Wotton’s Wharf and Engineer Sven Milenkov (in coveralls). Putting The Triton to double use, Capt. Ian Van Der Watt said in an e-mail, that is the latest Triton under the lobsters.

PHOTO FROM CAPT. IAN VAN DER WATT

“Finally got the crew together for a photo with The Triton,” Capt. Scott Lockwood said in an e-mail. “We’ve been all over France, to Italy, Monaco, the Balearic Islands, and are now in Barcelona, Spain.”

M/Y Li-Liën was at Marina Port Vell in Barcelona in September. The crew are pictured, from left to right: Capt. Scott Lockwood, Chef Dan Wright, Chief Stew Catherine Wright, Stew/Deck Ersilia Cacace, Engineer Erik Del Carlo and First Officer Shaun Wild.

PHOTO FROM CAPT. SCOTT LOCKWOOD

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Are you holding a copy in your hand, do you download from the internet or are you reading on the go?

Show us your Triton.

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Prep the boat to show Top tips, inside and out, to shine in a crowd.

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Crew weigh in on technology onboard including Blackberry, iPad, laptops and more. And they share their COPYRIGHT LUMAXART; IMAGE FROM BIGSTOCKPHOTO.COM preferences. Mac or PC.

On sea and on land, yachties prefer PCs Not too long ago, yacht captains and crew would get on a boat, set sail, and put all their land-based duties on hold.

Now, of course, we are all so connected with cell phones, e-mail, and the Internet that shore-based worries don’t disappear at sea.

One megayacht captain recently wrote in asking how his yachting brethren manage it all. Are they Windows or Mac? Is their chart table cluttered with cell phone chargers and laptops?

So we asked. And of course, in addition to asking about brand loyalty, we broadened our survey this month to ask captains and crew about all sorts of technology onboard. And here’s what we learned.

In your personal life, are you

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By Lucy Chabot Reed

Organic or not Is it worth the effort and money to buy?

Mac or PC? Slightly more than half our respondents (who were predominantly captains) noted that they use Windows-based PCs in their personal lives. Less than half as many (22.4 percent) prefered Macs.

Interestingly, a full quarter of respondents noted that they use both systems in their personal lives.

So when it comes to their professional lives, On the yacht, is it Mac or PC? Yachts, it seem, run even more strongly on PCs (61.9 percent), with just 11.9 percent running on Macs.

“Mac/Apple missed the boat, but I love my iPhones and iPads,” said a captain in yachting more than 30 years who uses both systems personally but PCs on the yacht.

Again, though, about a quarter use both onboard.

“Why is my $800 iPad, with an $80 app, more accurate, faster and easier to use than the $100,000 of electronics on my bridge?” said a captain in yachting more than 15 years who is a devoted Mac user, on and off the yacht. “I love it. I can plan trips from an airport or monitor weather from anywhere. And take all this from boat to boat. The iPad, combined with a waterproof case can go on the yacht, tender, dinghy, paddle board – or anything that floats for that matter and give me full functionality as found on my bridge. Go Apple.”

What sort of electronic devices do you use to help run your vessel?

As far as phones go, captains have gotten away from Blackberrys (just a handful of respondents still use them) and now rely more on cell phones and

See SURVEY, page C10

Finding the perfect fit isn’t easy.

It takes time for a yacht chef to understand a new owner’s preferences.

There has to be time for adjustment for both parties.

Here is a general list of guidelines I have encountered over my 22 years as a professional chef onboard yachts that might help you so that you don’t make the Culinary Waves same mistakes I Mary Beth have made.

1. As the newly Lawton Johnson hired chef, be sure to sit down with the principal of the yacht and ask pertinent questions if you want to succeed. You as the chef need to speak with the owners yourself. You need to ask if they have any dietary needs, if they are allergic to any type of food or like their food prepared a certain way.

Unfortunately, the entire industry has, over the years, relied too heavily on preference sheets, which do not always reflect accuracy in people’s likes and dislikes. You must take into consideration where the owner grew up, any language barrier and preparation of the food. It is quite different in England and Europe, and this might be a problem if you don’t speak their language or understand the type of food they like.

If you can’t sit down with the principals or it is not allowed, then understand that you might fail because in order to truly understand what they want, like or do not like, something written might not convey it as explicitly as listening to them can.

This is a plan against failure: talk to them and listen.

I can’t tell you how many times I was given a preference sheet only to find out the employer liked her salmon fixed an entirely different way, such as medium rare, I was told by the chief stew or the preference sheet otherwise.

See WAVES, page C7

C October 2012 NETWORKING THIS MONTH: MPT Maritime Professional Training

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Get some class, network with Maritime Professional Training Join us for networking with Maritime Professional Training (MPT) on Oct. 3 from 6-8 p.m. at 1915 S. Andrews Ave. in Ft. Lauderdale. There will be music and food, and the chance to meet instructors and staff. The occasional third Wednesday networking will be the Triton Expo (see page C6 for Beavers details.)

Until then, get to know a little more about MPT from Amy Beavers, vice president of student administration.

Q. What is most important for students to know about MPT? MPT has been training yachting professionals and enthusiasts of all nationalities, as well as commercial mariners, since 1983, nearly 30 years.

We have developed a reputation for having knowledgeable, honest, career counselors, and caring, successoriented faculty members. We’re known for courses designed to be cost and time efficient to exceed expectations.

Q. Should students take classes before they break into yachting or after they have given it a try?

BOTH. There are basic classes everyone should have before trying to get a job on a yacht and then there are specialized courses to take throughout their career.

Trying to get a job with no classes would be like going to a hospital without a nursing degree. Saying, “I will work for a while and if I like it I will go back to school” isn’t a good way to get hired. Also, there would not be much you were qualified to do.

If someone is new to the industry they should figure on one to three weeks of training to get into their position. One week each of STCW Basic Safety, superyacht crew style introduction course and specialized training for the deck, interior or engineering departments so they know: 1) safety and survival 2) what working on a yacht is all about, and finally 3) they have some job related training in the department they will be working in.

This is actually a much smaller investment of time and training than most shore-based jobs with similar entry level salary ranges. It also makes crew stand out from the thousands of other resumes.

Q. How can students understand which courses are important for them to take?

MPT offers free career counseling to evaluate each student’s background to help them determine where to start, which classes would benefit them and

help with their career goals.

Q. Tell us about your accreditation from The Nautical Institute as a Dynamic Positioning (DP) training facility.

MPT recently completed a brand new classroom and practical lab for DP operator training. The NI sets the standards internationally for DP regulations and courses. MPT joins a handful of schools globally, and fewer within the United States, that have received this prestigious accreditation.

MPT is actually the only privately owned school on the U.S. east coast that provides this training.

Q. Talk about your visual projection systems of the bridge at the S.M.A.R.T. (Simulation for Maritime Assessment, Research and Training) campus in Ft. Lauderdale?

The main bridge at the MPT SMART campus went through a massive visual upgrade with new software and hardware enhancements. The system is designed to render a 3-D image so lifelike, you better bring your shades.

The new system brings a level of realism to simulation, that combined with the accurate modeling of the vessels and environment help our students experience the training, not just complete it.

Q. What class is most popular?

Most popular in terms of numbers of students would be STCW Basic Safety Training, but our favorites are: advanced medical classes, advanced fire-fighting, dynamic positioning, shiphandling on the simulator, yachtmaster practical training on the MPT boats and engine courses.

Q. How did the people at the front desk get so smart?

We work very hard to train our staff on a continual basis. We are engaged in regulatory meetings and read everything we can and share it with the staff and faculty to help our students meet their career goals.

Q. Do you have a mascot?

We have been trying to come up with a mascot. Maybe we could have a contest and someone in the yachting industry could help pick our mascot?

Q. Who is your most famous student?

Oh, we never kiss and tell.......

Q. Do you use social media?

MPT has a Facebook page and we welcome input from our students and staff. We answer 200 e-mails a day from interested students who have questions on just about anything in the industry.

But, call us old school, we still love the personal touch with our students.

MPT is located north of State Road 84 on South Andrews Avenue. For more information, visit www.mptusa.com or call +1 954-525-1014.

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NETWORKING LAST MONTH: Ward’s Marine Electric

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lice in Ward’s Land was the theme for September networking with The Triton and Ward’s Marine Electric in Ft. Lauderdale.

Nearly 300 captains, crew and industry professionals followed the white rabbit through the facility’s departments. Food, beverages and entertainment were highlighted with a magician and a contortionist.

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C October 2012 NETWORKING LAST MONTH: Neptune Group/Yacht Flowers

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rew were right at home at The Triton’s September networking with Neptune Group and Yacht Flowers. The event was held at at two crew houses in Ft. Lauderdale and about 200 yacht crew and industry professionals gathered for pizza PHOTOS/TOM SERIO and beverages.

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THE CREW’S MESS: Beef Roast

THE CREW’S MESS – BY CAPT. JOHN WAMPLER

A rich roast recipe to satisfy every level of crew hunger This month’s Crew’s Mess recipe can be created quickly and then slowcooked for six hours. The recipe yields a roast to satisfy even the hungriest of crew. Preparation time: 00:15; Start to finish time: 06:30

Beef roast with onions and potatoes

Steaming, hearty roast with vegetables is an easy dish to prepare.

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1 large sweet onion, cut in half then into thin slices 1 top sirloin roast (3.5 pounds) with strings or netting removed 3 baking potatoes, cut into 2 inch cubes 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 ¾ cups beef broth 1 package onion soup mix ¼ cup all-purpose flour Preparation: Spray a 5-6 quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place onion in bottom of cooker. Place beef on top of onion. Place potatoes and garlic around beef. In small mixing bowl, mix 1 ¼ cups of the broth and the dry soup mix and then pour over meat. Refrigerate the remaining broth.

Cover and cook on low heat setting for 6 hours, or until a meat thermometer indicates 170 degrees internal temperature.

Don’t pick at it!

Remove beef and vegetables from cooker

to platter; cover to keep warm.

In a small bowl, mix remaining ½ cup broth from refrigerator with the flour. Gradually, add this mixture to the mixture in the slow cooker.

Increase heat to high, cover and cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until gravy thickens.

Serve gravy over beef and vegetables.

Serves 6.

Capt. John Wampler has worked on yachts big and small for more than 25 years.

He’s created a repertoire of quick, tasty meals for crew to prepare for themselves to give the chef a break. Contact him through www.yachtaide.com. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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C October 2012 NETWORKING: Triton Expo

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Autumn season in swing at Triton Expo in Ft. Lauderdale October is a month of activities in Ft. Lauderdale including Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show.

With yachts in town, old friends will be on the docks, but the upcoming Triton Expo will help enhance careers, facilitate jobs and educate.

The Triton’s upcoming Expo is on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Lauderdale Marine Center in Ft. Lauderdale.

Thirty exhibitors will be in attendance to display their innovations, information and products in the west lot of LMC from 5-8 p.m.

Captains and crew have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the top providers of goods and services yacht crew need.

Crew will find personal ways to get ahead including schools and professional connections with yacht services, including provisioners.

The Triton Expo is free and open to everyone in the marine industry.

Yacht crew who are both working and looking for jobs can find the people to help them develop the contacts that

The Triton Expo is Oct. 10 this year at FILE PHOTO LMC in Ft. Lauderdale. can make their careers better.

There will be great food and beverages from Slackers Bar and Grill and a donation bar to benefit Marine Industry Cares Foundation.

There will be ample parking at the biannual event. Stay tuned to www.the-triton.com and facebook at tritonnews for last minute details.

Join us on Oct. 10 from 5-8 p.m. at Lauderdale Marine Center, 2001 SW 20th St., in Ft. Lauderdale.

Roasted Balsamic Beets

By Mary Beth Lawton Johnson

This simple yet elegant recipe presents fall at its best.

1 beet, yellow or red, per person Aged balsamic glaze Salt and pepper to taste Beet tops micro greens Roast beet in an oven at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes or until tender.

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Let cool.

Peel the beet and slice into logs.

Drizzle balsamic glaze over the beet and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Top with a sprinkling of micro greens.

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IN THE GALLEY: Culinary Waves

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Interview the owners just as hard as they interview you WAVES, from page C1 In those situations, I was not allowed to speak with the guests and owner, so who failed whom? We failed each other in communication.

Don’t rely on the chief stew to ask them or have it come from a fax or email from his personal assistant. They might not understand what you are asking.

As a rule of thumb, as a new chef, don’t go by any preference sheets not prepared by you.

They might give you some idea of what the principal wants but you don’t know who filled them out. Was it filled out by the actual principals, the chief stew or a secretary for the employer?

Is it in-depth or does it just skim brief topics?

It might have been filled out by an assistant to the principal who guessed.

I have seen this happen. Whose interpretation was it?

2. If you notice something not right in a new galley where you are working and you know it should not be that way, say something, write it down.

Write down what works and what doesn’t.

3. Interview the owners just as hard as they interview you. It is your life as well on the line, on a yacht that travels out in the ocean, to foreign countries.

Don’t settle.

As a new owner, if you like high-end presentation and small canapes passed during cocktail hour, then don’t hire a comfort-food type of chef. They won’t understand and will waste your time and money If you are a chef who does extremely creative cuisine and you interview on a yacht with a beer budget, this is not the yacht for you.

If you are a chef and thrive on creativeness and pride yourself on gorgeous plate presentations then don’t go to work on a yacht that has you cooking all day long, day in and day out for months on end.

Find the yacht that fits what you cook and owners should do the same, find a chef who cooks what they want.

As a chef, you will burn out fast and go searching for that next yacht.

4. Don’t set precedents. If you make the principal desserts for lunch, he will come to expect it every day. Ask first.

Don’t set the bar so high that you can’t attain it day in and day out.

5. As a new chef, understand that there will be special needs for the crew.

Don’t overlook their dietary needs but do put the owner’s first, especially if you are cooking for both.

For new yacht owners, understand that you must feed your crew well.

Sandwiches every day are not acceptable. Eating on schedule is a must for crew who are to perform at their very best. Don’t skimp.

6. Chefs, leave the egos and drama

If you are a chef and thrive on creativeness and pride yourself on gorgeous plate presentations then don’t go to work on a yacht that has you cooking all day long, day in and day out for months on end. behind. Owners, don’t allow it.

A yacht chef should not yell or throw tantrums either. A yacht is a professional environment that should remain professional.

And owners, don’t yell at your chef.

And don’t micromanage them

either, or anyone on your crew.

You hired a captain to do a job; then let him.

You hired a chief stew to do a job and you hired a chef to do a job; let them, too. Don’t tell them how to plate food unless you have phobias of food

touching each other, then express your preferences.

Remember, word travels fast in an industry that is small for both the owner and the chef/crew.

Don’t let it be known that you are a chef who is not flexible or a yacht owner who is not worth working for.

Mary Beth Lawton Johnson is a certified executive pastry chef and Chef de Cuisine and has worked on yachts for more than 20 years. Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@ the-triton.com.

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Make your boat stand out in a crowd during this year’s shows Congratulations, you have a job on a yacht that is going to be in the boat show. Now you need to know how to set up for the big event.

Whether the boat is for sale or charter, you are competing with all of the other vessels in the same size range for attention. Your goal is to make this particular boat Stew Cues stand out from Alene Keenan all of the rest, and show clients that you and your team can make their yachting dreams come true.

It is important to have a strategy for drawing people in to explore. You accomplish this in part by “staging” the boat, much like designers would decorate and set up properties to make them more appealing. It is kind of like creating a set for a movie scene or a magazine photo shoot.

Every yacht has a distinctive design and style concept. It may be modern or traditional, ornate or minimalist.

Particular layouts, materials, finishes, inlays, fixtures and artwork features come together to create a welcoming environment with a certain elegance and sophistication. Each feature provides a benefit, and together they add up to increase the perceived value of the yacht.

Features and benefits are important aspects to play up in “selling” the boat, and you need to know what they are.

The captain, management company, and brokers involved will be able to tell you what the “selling points” are.

If you have a brochure of the boat, you will find photos of how the yacht was professionally staged for the photo shoot, and you can get some ideas for the focus areas.

When staging the boat, think about the destinations of the upcoming season. The object is to set things up so that when people come to view the

boat, they can imagine how it would feel to be enjoying each area. Stage them to look as if someone just stepped away from that spot for a moment and will be right back to enjoy it.

Use elements that will relate to the region that the boat will be in. For example, if the boat is chartering in the southern Caribbean, use design elements, books, magazines, and travel guides as props that highlight the destinations you will be visiting.

Flowers can complement the destination as well as the décor, and are used extensively throughout most yachts. Make certain that the same type and style of arrangements are used throughout, whether they are tropical or European flowers, modern or traditional arrangements.

Here are some features and benefits of various areas that you will commonly find on yachts: 1. The galley is said to be the heart of any yacht. Showcase a modern galley with state-of-the-art equipment, commercial-grade appliances, ample refrigeration and storage space, and plenty of dry storage and pantry space by creating exhibits within each work area to illustrate the versatility of the space. You might display an assortment of cookbooks on the counter, next to fresh fruits and vegetables arranged in pretty bowls to give a hint of tempting meals to come. Baking fresh cookies just before guests come aboard lends an inviting fragrance to the air.

2. The yachting experience is all about delivering service, much of which revolves around food and drink. Meeting and exceeding the expectations of owners and guests for preparing and serving meals, along with all-out exceptional hospitality is the name of the game.

Accentuate stew service areas -wet bars, pantries, appliances, dumb waiters, and any other features that allow crew to provide prompt, efficient, discrete service.

See STEW CUES, page C9

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Tailor your yacht’s display to attract desired show clientele STEW CUES, from page C8 3. Each area should be spotless, well-organized and set up for use decoratively to embellish functionality.

If there is an awesome coffee machine, set up a pretty tray with cups, saucers, creamer and sugar to show how you would serve beverages to guests. Add a small vase of flowers or a single, perfect blossom to dress it up.

If there is a wet bar, set it up as you would to prepare cocktails for guests, and set up some drinks to show how creatively you would garnish them.

4. Most likely there are a variety of meal service areas, ranging from gracious formal dining areas to casual spots for alfresco dining. Create spaces with distinctive moods where guests could enjoy delicious meals prepared by the chef.

The collection of china, silverware, glassware, service ware, and table decorations onboard allows you to create one-of-a-kind dining experiences while showcasing the skills and abilities of both chef and stews.

It looks great to set up each area in a different style to demonstrate the range of your napkin-folding and tablesetting skills. Each dining area could have floral arrangements and other table design elements to carry out a dinner theme or menu style.

5. The size of the yacht will determine how much common space there is for guests to hang out, and undoubtedly there will be some areas finished to show off unique style, decorative and design elements of the yacht.

The main salon will have seating areas and entertainment components that provide space for comfort, privacy, or conversation. Modern communication systems provide the opportunity for guests to keep in touch, while at the same time, “getting away from it all”. This is one place where a good eye for detail comes in handy.

Make sure that all pillows, cushions, comfy blankets, and works of art are perfectly arranged and the entire room looks symmetrical. All surfaces should be immaculate, and books, candles, plants, flowers and artwork should be in perfect balance to the surroundings.

6. If there is a bridge deck level skylounge with big screen television, bar and game areas, play up the comfortable TV and video viewing areas for guests, along with the space for games and fun. Set up displays of games, books, movies, music and any entertainment items you have available.

If there is a game table, set up a chess game or other board game. Fresh flower arrangements throughout these areas and in day heads are a nice touch.

Again, make sure that everything looks balanced and symmetrical.

7. On the bridge deck aft and on the sundeck, if there is one, set up sunning areas with towels, baskets of sun products, and an array of magazines and reading material neatly arranged.

Set out towels and refreshments next to the Jacuzzi, it there is one; a champagne bucket and 2 glasses of bubbly are particularly inviting here.

Create a display of tropical beverages at the outdoor bar.

Give guests the option of open or shaded dining and relaxation areas, and provide an area where visitors have the opportunity to sit out on deck and relax, simply enjoying the view and the ocean breezes. The trick here is to demonstrate that they may enjoy the pleasures of the outdoors in comfort here while maintaining an exceptional level of privacy.

8. Show off the ample space in guest cabins. Point out the different room configurations, entertainment systems and communication access areas.

Adjust the lighting to spotlight floral arrangements, artwork, and sumptuous bed linens.

In each bathroom, make sure that all towels are folded perfectly, and set up a basket of toiletries and a small floral arrangement.

Set up the master stateroom and any VIP cabin features to create the feeling of a private retreat away from the rest of the boat that transcends luxury and surrounds guests in tranquility.

This is where the owner or charter host and important guests will go to get away from it all. These cabins may have special features such as private office space, king-sized beds, special shower and tub configurations, private dressing areas, and twin sinks and facilities. Be sure to accentuate these elements and point out their benefits.

These little touches have a big impact on emphasizing features and benefits that make a yacht stand out among the hundreds on display.

Your best shot at being a star in the show lies in your ability to create a vision of the dream lifestyle that is made possible here and only here. You want to be seen as the most desirable destination afloat.

Yachting is business, and whether or not yours is a successful one depends on the value demonstrated to owners and potential clients. Show them that in your case, dreams really do come true.

Alene Keenan has been a megayacht stewardess for 20 years. She offers interior crew training classes, workshops, seminars, and onboard training through her company, Yacht Stew Solutions (www. yachtstewsolutions.com). Comments on this column are welcome at editorial@ the-triton.com.

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C10 October 2012 TRITON SURVEY: Technology

How integrated are your bridge systems to technology?

A bit – 4.7%

Do you have remote access to your onboard systems?

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Other than charts, do you have digital versions of key paperwork?

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Yes, all of them – 4.7% Not at all – 11.8% Totally – 24.7% Yes, some of them – 38.8%

Some – 27.1%

No – 56.5%

Not much – 15.3%

None – 9.4%

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Some – 49.4%

All of it – 25.9%

Mostly – 31.8%

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Personal laptops, tablets are catching up with desktop c SURVEY, from page C1 smart phones. One captain still carries a beeper.

And while there are still a lot of boatissued desktop computers in the captain’s office (about 60 percent), more captains use their personal laptops (66 percent) and personal tablets such as an iPad are catching up (nearly 45 percent).

In fact, one of the most interesting things we learned in this survey is that the majority of the technological devices used in the course of operating a yacht were not supplied by the yacht. In every category of technology except “desktop computer”, the device is most often provided by the captain.

And we forgot to ask about GPSes, which a number of captains were kind enough to point out. “Stand-alone GPS receiver for laptops,” said a captain in yachting more than 30 years. “My Casio Commando phone also has the Navionics and a built-in stand-alone GPS.” Not surprisingly, since most respondents use PCs, most also work on a Windowsbased system (72.9 percent). Just 20 percent

work on Apple. But there are other options out there.

“I use MacENC on the Mac (a navigation app), Rose Point on the PC (also navigation software), and Navionics in the phone,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet.

“Apple for A/V; Windows for all else,” said the captain of a yacht larger than 220 feet. “This, I think, is the commercial norm. Most crew favor Apple for personal use, about two to one. Not me though. I think Apple is a cult. Did you ever see that faraway look on Apple users?”

“It’s both,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet. “I would prefer to have all Mac, but there are still too many industry programs that are Windows based.”

“Navigation software and ship’s monitoring is on PC; ship’s computer work is done on the Mac, iPad and my iPhone,” said the captain of a yacht 140-160 feet.

“Personal is Apple; navigation computers are Windows,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet. “I would change that to Apple as soon as the developers make a product for Mac.” We were curious to learn just how important technology is to the running of

today’s megayachts so we asked a series of questions about it.

First, How integrated are your bridge systems to technology?

The largest group – almost a third – replied “mostly”. When added together with the 24.7 percent who chose “totally integrated”, we learned that about 56.5 percent of respondents interact intensely with technology.

“Bridge electronics should be integrated to a point,” said the captain of a yacht larger than 220 feet. “Each captain likely has a different definition of what that point should be. For me, the OOW must be doing enough manually to have a good feel for the present route and conditions.”

And about 27 percent of respondents said “some” of their bridge systems are integrated to technology.

We crunched these numbers a little closer to see if captains in yachting longer (and therefore likely older) were as techsavvy as their younger kin. Turns out they are. In fact, they were a smidge more techie than respondents as a whole.

If 56.5 percent of all respondents were “mostly” or “totally” integrated, 57 percent

of respondents in yachting more tha years were likewise.

Do you have remote access to y onboard systems?

Despite how prevalent technolog on yachts, most captains (56.5 perce reported not having remote access. than a third do, at least to some sys Just 4.7 percent of respondents have remote access to all their onboard s Other than charts, do you have versions of the paperwork needed your vessel?

The largest group – nearly half of respondents – have digital versions of the paperwork but not all of it.

The next largest group – slightly than a quarter – have all their paper digitized.

We looked at these numbers a lit more closely, too, but this time by v size. Our hunch was that the bigger yacht, the more digital it would be.

We were right.

While only 25.9 percent of all yac all of their paperwork digitized, am yachts of 180 feet and larger, that gr jumped to 37.5 percent.

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Do you still have the paper versions of these records?

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And for yachts smaller than 100 feet, only 13.8 percent reported having all their paperwork digitized.

So, naturally, we wanted to know What sorts of documents do you have digitally?

The most common type of documents for yachts to have digitally was policy and procedure documents, followed closely by personnel records, equipment manuals and safety management plans. Things like log books were about half as likely to be on the computer.

We forgot to ask about charts and nautical publications, which more than a handful of respondents pointed out they have onboard digitally. We suspect that most of our respondents likely have those but can’t say for sure since we didn’t ask.

Other digital documents include synchronized calendars of the yacht’s schedules (including maintenance), the yacht’s accounts, parts lists and their replacement numbers, vendor contact lists, invoices, and documents for crew including recommendation letters and travel letters.

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Right now, both my systems/ alarms computer is dead. And the video card on the nav computer is dead. I have three $3,000 screens, all useless. I’m running on Garmin back-up and iPad nav app. Both are working perfectly. I’d run on three

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Can’t live without it. Regulatory workload would require extra personnel without technology. Next stop: bar code scanning for inventory control of everything. Thanks be that USCG/MCA etc. doesn’t issue licenses to computers, yet. l

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When I first started going to sea, we used a sextant, paper feed fathometer, and a df. Radar was not yet required on ships, and all steering was done by a helmsman.

When we were close to land, we used a pelorus and used shore lights and marks for running fixes and pilotage. The 2nd mate spent his life correcting paper charts through notice to mariners. We had charts for departure and arrival and all charts in between. Our pilot books were our best friend in foreign lands,

and many times we would use a lead line when traversing shallow areas.

Things have changed a little since then. Now we have digital chart plotters that chart our position within a few meters, AIS, ARPA, anticollision, satellite communication systems, weather routing, and myriad other fancy toys. My last trip, I sailed from Seattle to Chile. I took two paper charts and a pilot book.

Everything else was electronics and electronic backups. We had three different chart systems on three different computers, two radars, three steering stations, all with integrated auto pilots and secondary backups.

One evening, we had a power down and I found myself the only one who could steer a straight line by compass. What happened to our sailing skills? What happened to our basics? I worry that technology has made us weaker, less capable sailors.

Back in the day men could sail for weeks at a time, steering four-hour

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Only 6.1 percent report that they are completely paperless SURVEY, from page C11 Perhaps the most revealing question was Do you still have the paper versions of these records?

Nearly all our respondents – 89 percent – still have the paper versions and retain them on the yacht. An additional 4.9 percent retain paper versions of important documents but they are off the vessel.

“Love it, but we still have the paper should the techno go south,” said a captain in yachting more than 30 years.

Only 6.1 percent are completely paperless. We thought that might mean they were larger, perhaps managed vessels, but we were wrong. When we looked at this small slice of paperless yachts, they were one each in nearly every size range of yacht, including less than 80 feet and larger than 220 feet.

We also looked at this question by tenure of our respondents to see if newer captains retained less paper or if veteran captains retained more. They didn’t. The percentages were about the same when looked at by length of time in the industry.

While some of the digitizing and paper back-ups can be dictated by the yacht owner or manager, we wondered what the captain thought, so we asked How important is it to you to retain

In your personal life, are you Mac or PC?

Mac – 11.9%

Mac – 22.4% Both – 25.9%

On the yacht, is it Mac or PC?

PC – 51.8%

the paper back-ups?

The largest group at 44.6 percent said the paper back-ups were vital to them.

The next largest group, at almost 35 percent, said it was important.

About 15.7 percent said they were not really important, but nice to have.

“Paper back-ups are not required as long as you can print it if needed,” said the captain of a yacht less than 80 feet in the industry more than 10 years.

“But if you do not have the ability to print, it is quite important.”

Only 4.8 percent said paper backups were not important at all. Again, this sliver was all over the chart on

Both – 26.2% PC – 61.9%

vessel size, from less than 80 feet to 140-160 feet. All of the respondents from the largest vessels (over 200 feet) also varied on the value they place on paper back-ups, falling fairly evenly among “not really important”, “important but not critical” and “vital”. None thought they were “not important at all.”

When we looked at this question by longevity, we noticed that the longer our respondent had been in the industry, the more likely he/she was to see the paper back-ups as vital.

Overall, 44.6 percent said paper back-ups were vital. Among our respondents in the industry more than

20 years, 53.8 percent of them agreed paper back-ups were vital.

We were curious to know Who is responsible for maintaining the technology onboard?

Not everyone answered this question, but among those who did, 69 percent indicated it was the captain.

“It’s me, unfortunately,” said the captain of a yacht 120-140 feet.

The next largest group – 15.6 percent – was either the chief engineer, a technical officer, or another engineer who doubles as a technical officer.

If it wasn’t the captain or someone in the engine room, then it was just as likely to be a senior officer (6 percent) or someone in the owner’s company (6 percent).

Just 3 percent of respondents spread this responsibility among all crew, depending on the hardware or software.

“We all do our part for each area of the vessel as is required,” said the captain of a yacht 80-100 feet.

Is technology onboard a blessing or a bane?

Most respondents – 61.5 percent – agreed that technology was a blessing, at least most of the time.

“Technology is a blessing,” said the

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Education works for tech, too, not just engines and plumbing SURVEY, from page C12 captain of a yacht 160-180 feet in the industry more than 10 years. “Life is much easier even if we do have paper duplicates.”

But most of the remaining respondents said it was both.

“It was a blessing, until the GPS malfunctioned and the autopilot was doing circles,” said the captain of a yacht 100-120 feet. “Fortunately, no one was injured. I now enter the desired course manually into the autopilot.”

“For the most part a blessing, but when it goes south it happens fast and you can feel totally useless,” said the captain of a yacht smaller than 80 feet.

“Some excellent, some overly complex and not at all user-friendly or efficient,” said the captain of a yacht 200-220 feet. “Like iPads to adjust

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In my opinion, technology is moving the individual backward when it comes to boat handling. We are equipped with a DP (dynamic positioning) system on board. You push a button and you will not move 1.5 meters either port or starboard, even in rough seas.

This system works the bow and stern thrusters, swing down thruster, and obviously main propulsion all at the same time (if needed).

It is a very reliable system, but when it failed last month, the “brain” of the ship went brain dead, as did the captains. I feel the same way toward GPS units, both on vessels and in cars. If you can’t get directions right on a street that doesn’t move … . We are already over our heads in technology. l

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One glitch can bring down a surprising amount of “things” that are relied upon. An inordinate amount of time and money is spent upgrading and maintaining this inevitable trend. If all else fails, make sure that you have a compass, a depth sounder and a paper chart.

‘Too much reliance on high-tech items with little thought to practicality or the possibility that it may fail at a critical time. Simplicity is very desirable in a bridge system and we are moving away from that very quickly in the industry.’ blinds, lighting and audio visual stuff.

Too much reliance on high-tech items with little thought to practicality or the possibility that it may fail at a critical time. Simplicity is very desirable in a bridge system and we are moving away from that very quickly in the industry.”

“It causes a tremendous amount of work troubleshooting problems with the systems; it also saves time,” said a captain in yachting more than 25 years.

“Therefore, it is a double-edged sword.

“The problem is most of us are

not techno gurus and could benefit with education in these areas just like engines, mechanics, plumbing, etc., that we are all used to,” this captain said. “It seems there is no longer time to actually hold a wrench in your hand because we are dealing with computerrelated issues and technology.

“The more things a boat has on it, the more things there are to break.

Boats have way more things on them today then ever. Yet we are supposed to be able to run them with less crew.

That would be great if all the things worked all the time. Equipment used to last; computers seem to need constant attention and replacing.

“We all love what they do for us but I remember a time when people enjoyed their boat and not the satellite TV, cell phone and Internet,” this captain said.

“And be prepared to look for another job if they are not working.”

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Lawrence Hollyfield is an associate editor. Comments on this survey are welcome at lucy@the-triton. com.

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Weigh pesticides, nutrition, flavor, cost for organic produce Demand for organic foods is on the and grown on land that hasn’t been rise. According to a survey of more than used to grow crops treated by synthetic 200 registered dietitians by New York pesticides for three years. This means City-based Pollock Communications, less chance of getting residues of 94-percent harmful pesticides on organic foods. In predicted addition, many organic farmers grow consumers would by non-chemical methods like using eat more produce, natural predators. This is called IPM or especially that integrated pest management. which is seasonal The jury is still out on whether and local, in the or not organically-grown fruits year ahead. In and vegetables are more nutritious addition, 72than their conventionally-grown percent forecast counterparts. A survey conducted in Take It In greater consumer 2009 by the London School of Hygiene Carol Bareuther demand for local, and Tropical Medicine looked at 55 fresh, sustainable and organic foods in scientific studies conducted over the the next year. So, what makes organic past 50 years and found that there were so special? Why do people buy? Should no significant nutritional differences you put organic food on your fork? between organic and conventional Organic refers to the way a food, fruits, vegetables, meats and milk. and other However, agricultural organic product, like proponents cite fiber for clothes, numerous other are grown and studies that processed. show organic According to fresh produce the Greenfield, may offer Massachusettsmore nutrients based such as iron, Organic Trade magnesium, Association phosphorus, (OTA), “Organic vitamin A and food production vitamin C. is based on Taste is hard Flavor, health benefits, cost and nutrition to quantify; a system of can be considered when deciding to buy it’s a personal farming that maintains and PHOTO/DEAN BARNES issue. Some say organic produce. replenishes soil people perceive fertility without the use of toxic and organic as tasting better due to persistent pesticides and fertilizers.” attributing this food a ‘health halo’ This means organically-grown foods in their minds. However, the Organic are minimally processed and don’t have Center in Boulder, Colorado, offers an synthetic preservatives or artificial entire research report online that looks flavorings or colorings. at scientifically conducted sensory Healthfulness is the number one evaluations on produce items such as reason people buy organic. According tomatoes and apples. The organic truly to the 2011 Global Online Environment does come out the taste winner in this and Sustainability survey, which report. The two main reasons are first, asked over 27,000 respondents in 55 the higher levels of antioxidants and countries, 76-percent felt that organic lower yields. foods were overall more healthful than When shopping for organic produce, those grown by conventional methods. be sure the fruits and vegetable are In addition, 53-percent ate organic in signed or labeled that they are indeed an effort to avoid pesticides and other organically grown. Organic is a legal chemicals, 51-percent thought organic definition in the U.S. and other was more nutritious, 49-percent bought countries unlike words like natural organic because they thought this that have no concrete meaning. Also, farming method was better for the for best price and flavor, choose fresh environment and 45-percent believed produce that is in season. Select organic food tasted better. a variety to get an equal variety of Are these perceptions true? nutrients – deep oranges, deep greens, Organic foods, including produce, and all the colors in between. Do wash aren’t pesticide-free. Organic farmers fruits and vegetables before eating. This are, under the law, allowed to use a removes dirt and bacteria. You can also number of different sprays on their peel fruits, although you’ll lose some crops. The difference is that pesticides nutrients and fiber in the peel. used in organic production must come from natural rather than synthetic Carol Bareuther is a freelance writer in sources, be sprayed by equipment that St. Thomas. Comments on this story are wasn’t also used by synthetic pesticides welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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It’s easy to drown and lose your true self in information overload First, I do not have a rotary phone, It should come as no surprise then my internet connection isn’t dial-up that when you need to decide some and I’m not still listening to cassette things for yourself, you may not even tapes (although, I may still have some). know who “yourself ” is anymore. I have I am moving seen perfectly intelligent, competent, forward with lovely people; stuck, overwhelmed and the information overloaded. They can barely stay afloat and technology in a sea of useless information. age, but in my Sensory overload is a powerful thing way. I use what and we do it to ourselves. We cause a is necessary and paralysis from over-analysis. The good helpful for what news is it can be undone. But, you need I do. to open the levee and let some of this That being stuff go.

Crew Coach said; I try to Like this quote from historian, Rob Gannon beware of the professor and writer, Daniel Boorstin, tsunami of “technology is so much fun but we can useless information that is flooding our drown in our technology. The fog of lives. information can drive out knowledge”.

Two good reasons for developing What can happen in this fog is that our this awareness are 1) being able to connection to who we really are and maintain a clarity in thinking and what we truly want goes wandering. decision making and 2) help in staying Your radar gets shut down. connected to your true self.

So, who or what is this true self I hear from coaching clients, and I am talking about? It is the part of read in blogs you down a little and forums, deeper, the part about decision unaffected by There is a big and indecision the noise and difference between on issues in the distractions. The yachting world. true self is beyond information and Discussions like, the chatter, the knowledge. All this “should I stay or opinions and the information, my friend, should I go?”, judgments of is not making you wiser, “what should I others. It’s below do about this the surface and more insightful or more captain,” or “how lots of folks don’t compassionate. do I handle this want to or have crew member’s forgotten how to behavior?” Others dive. It is a place of are thinking about what to do after clarity and calm. We all possess it, and working on a yacht. in this “information age” it is the most The list is extensive and two of the powerful and valuable gift to remember best tools for dealing with a host of we have been given. issues are clarity and staying connected When facing decisions, be they to your true self. I have worked with career, personal or relationship; being people through this process and have true to thyself is still the key. It will seen enough proof of positive results to move you past many a hurdle. But, you confirm this. must know who thyself is.

So, what does this have to do with All this is not reluctance or railing information overload? Well, what I against technology, rather a reminder. can state is in my study, research and We get so busy, we get so caught up, working with clients, a distracted mind and yes, so distracted, that we need struggles and many times these days, it reminders. I find myself there as well. is distracted by information overload.

What I also find in coaching and Too much Internet, Twitter, Facebook, writing is that I’m often offering up YouTube, texting, it’s simply too much. reminders. Plenty of people know this It’s like your life is one big game of stuff I write about, but it gets lost.

Trivial Pursuit.

So, I like to remind. I also hear from There is a big difference between people who are just getting introduced information and knowledge. All this to some of these concepts and are open information, my friend, is not making and interested. And that’s great. you wiser, more insightful or more I encourage exploration for the compassionate. On the contrary, it can mind. But here is just one more stifle all those valuable character traits reminder; explore for knowledge not and it happens in a constant stream of just information. other people’s opinions, judgments and negativity.

Rob Gannon is a 25-year licensed Add a barrage of advertising and captain and certified life and wellness slick marketing and our minds are coach (yachtcrewcoach.com). suddenly binging on a diet of junk food Comments on this column are welcome for the mind. at editorial@the-triton.com.

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No time, no energy and no interest? This is the workout for you.

Full work days, countless tasks and little downtime are not an excuse to overlook health and fitness.

Cleaning, repairing, tending to guests, entertaining, laundry and cooking; combined with little sleep, hot weather, stress and other physical and environmental factors on a boat can leave you feeling tired and Keep It Up low on energy.

Beth Greenwald When faced with these busier seasons, crew need to focus on keeping their bodies healthy and fit so they can continue performing at their optimum level.

In addition to trying to get enough sleep or fitting in a nap when possible, crew also need to keep themselves well nourished and hydrated; this means water, not caffeine. It is important to fit in exercise which will help to increase your energy without having to reach for another cup of coffee or Red Bull.

The following energy boosting workout/stretch can be accomplished in 8-10 minutes, with no equipment and barely uses any space.

So, whether you are in the crew quarters, engine room or have a few minutes on the deck to yourself, try to fit this in.

Warm up

Jog in place- 30-45 sec High knees- 30-45 sec Butt Kicks- 30-45 sec

Alternating forward lunges- 30-45 sec Imaginary jump rope 1 minute No rope needed- just pretend.

relaxed which will emphasize the stretch even more.

Shoulder stretch

Reach your right arm across your chest with your upper arm close to your collarbone. Place your left hand on your right elbow, and pull your right arm closer to your body to stretch the shoulder. Repeat on the other side.

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Seated hamstrings stretch

Sit on the ground; keep your right leg extended in front of you. Bend your left leg, bringing the bottom of your foot in to touch the inside of your right leg. Interlock your fingers and reach toward the toes of your extended right leg and hold the stretch. Repeat on the other side.

1 minute Start in a push-up position but keep hands directly under shoulders. Bend your knee and jump up, bringing your right thigh under your right side of your torso, left leg is straight behind. As fast as you can jump your right leg back into starting position while you bring your left knee in toward your torso and keep repeating quickly, making sure to keep your butt down.

Chest stretch

Standing up straight. Clasp your hands behind your back with your palms facing up. This should bring your chest forward. Squeeze your shoulder blades together, keeping your shoulders

Lying piriformis stretch

Lie on your back and cross your right leg over your left knee as if you were sitting in a chair. Grab under your left knee, let your foot come off of the ground. With both hands and pull your knee toward your chest until you feel a stretch in your right hamstring as well as in your buttocks.

Squat jumps

1 minute When you get into the squat position this time, really power up, jump as explosively as you can, throwing your hands up overhead.

Lower yourself back into squat position and repeat.

Push-ups

1 minute Position yourself chest-down on the floor, palms directly under the elbows and slightly wider than shoulder width, feet together and extended behind you.

Holding your body and head steady and keeping your abdominal muscles tight, bend elbows until they reach a 90-degree angle to lower yourself to the floor, then straighten your arms until your body is hovering over the floor.

Don’t forget to sneak these in where and when you can.

Beth Greenwald received her masters degree in exercise physiology from Florida Atlantic University and is a certified personal trainer. She conducts both private and small group training sessions in the Ft. Lauderdale area.

Contact her at +1 716-908-9836 or bethgreenwald315@gmail.com.

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