TT FLIBS 2012 Sunday

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o o o Test Your Mates Find out how nautical you and your crew mates are with this quiz. n The oceans provide what percent of the Earth’s living space?

50, 71, 80 or 99 percent? n How many oceans are there on Earth?

ANSWERS on page 3

Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:41 pm; Sunrise: 7:28 am (Monday) Moonrise: 5:58 pm; 97% illuminated High tides: 8:23 pm / 8:55 am (Monday) Low tides: 2:38 pm / 2:52 am (Monday)

Weather Today: Clear, high 82; Breezy. Winds WNW 15 to 20 mph.; 72% humidity Tonight: 10 percent chance of rain, low 59 Monday AM: Partly cloudy, then clear; high 79

Upcoming Events Today, 10am-4pm Annual Perfect Setting Tabletop Challenge, a showcase of the interior department’s skills. Awards at 6:30pm.

Today, 2:30pm Aerial flyover for 53rd FLIBS.

Today, 5-8pm FLIBS-tober Den Fest at the Captains Den. Open to captains and crew.

Today, 6:30-9:30pm Northrop & Johnson’s annual yacht hop to benefit Kids in Distress. Live music, silent auction. Tickets are $250.

Today, 7pm Fireworks show from the roof of Bahia Mar to celebrate FLIBS.

Tomorrow, 10am-5pm YachtInfo Industry Seminars at Bahia Mar, second floor. Sessions cover topics including changes to STCW, what to do when the yacht is arrested, and America’s Cup 34. www.usyachtinfo.com

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Capt. Len Beck, left, has built a family on M/Y Battered Bull, which is on display on the face dock at Hall of Fame marina.

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Captain’s career takes the prize

By Lucy Chabot Reed After a career of learning from those around him and being the kind of captain others learn from, Capt. Len Beck of M/Y Battered Bull was honored with the 2012 Distinguished Crew Award on Thursday night.

“Anything I have done right is a reflection of all the people that I have been affected by, all the good captains, effective crew and intelligent owners, the ones who take the time to offer guidance,” Beck said yesterday, taking a break from a busy day of showing the 171-foot Feadship.

“All that rubs off. That, and keeping your ears open and your eyes open.”

Beck has been a captain more than 25 years. He’s spent a majority

of that time working with the owners of Battered Bull. He credits his relationship with the owner for the success he’s had in command.

“Without a doubt, the most important thing is the captain-owner relationship,” he said. “If it’s good and honest, that allows the success of the boat to blossom.”

And from that close relationship also blooms a familial feeling among crew.

“He’s really loyal to the people he works with and well respected by the people who he’s taken under his wing,” said Zoe Nicolas, chief stew on Battered Bull for the past 18 months.

She’s been in yachting 12 years and said the feeling on the yacht is different

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Captain’s focus is ‘up the food chain’ HONORED, from page 1 than on any other she’s worked. “He doesn’t take just anybody onboard,� she said. “It’s like family, and his overriding feeling is with the owner.

There’s no drama. “He’s very enthusiastic about every part of the yacht,� she said. “You want to do the best you can for the owners because of the way he is. I’m very lucky to be on this boat.�

That attention to the owner’s experience has paid off for Beck and the crew he’s worked with. “I keep looking up the food chain and reminding the crew, that’s what it’s all about,� Beck said. “We make sure they enjoy their time onboard and make sure they feel their investment in it and in us is worth it.�

In recent years, the Distinguished Crew Award has gone to the entire crew of a vessel for a specific act of heroism or rescue. Honoring an individual captain for a career of work has only been done once before, Capt. Phil Walsh, the former longtime captain of M/Y Turmoil.

Being honored at a formal gala reminded Beck of the international yachting community he is a part of, and it was both humbling and a little

Test Your Mates Answers to the quiz on page 1: n 99 percent. n Though the ocean is divided into seven parts, there’s only one ocean, all interconnected.

We messed up the answers to yesterday’s quiz. These are correct: n The turning circle of a vessel is the path followed by the center of gravity. n Ginger has been clinically proven to be twice as effective as Dramamine in fighting motion sickness.

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embarrassing, he said. “You get on a boat and you are so focused on the needs of the owner and guests, and we’re all so busy all the time and spread so thin, and then we come together at a boat show like this and get to go to an event like that. It’s special. “I feel incredibly fortunate to be part of such a unique profession and exposed to people who are so dynamic and creative and intelligent and energetic,� he said. “If people think I fit into that, I’m honored.�

Other leaders honored Thursday night include Dean du Toit, founder of National Marine Suppliers, who was named Business Person of the Year.

Other winners: Marcel Onkenhout of Oceanco for Excellence in Innovation; The Chicago Park District and Westrec Marinas with the Fabien Cousteau Blue Award; and Terence Disdale of Terence Disdale Designs honored with the Leadership Award.

The awards are organized and hosted by the International Superyacht Society. They were announced during the group’s annual Design & Leadership Award gala. Design award winners include: For Best Power, larger than 65m, M/Y Musashi, the 288-foot (87.8m) Feadship, designed by Sinot Yacht Design and Feadship. Musashi also took the award for best interior.

For Best Power, 40-65m, M/Y Galileo G, a 183-foot (55m) Picchiotti designed

by Philippe Briand and Vitruvius Yachts.

For Best Power, 24-40m, M/Y O’Pati, a 129-foot (39m) yacht built by Golden Yachts and designed by Giorgio Vafiadis.

For Best Sail, larger than 40m, S/Y Vertigo, a 220-foot (67m) Alloy also designed by Briand.

For Best Sail, 24-40m, S/Y Antares III, a 98-foot (30m) yacht built by Yachting Developments and designed

by Dixon Yacht Design.

The Best Refit of the year was on the S/Y Endeavour, a 130-foot (39m) sloop refit by Yachting Developments with design by Chas Nicholson.

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

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 3: Feels like the first day With sunny skies and lots of people on the docks, captains and crew were busy showing their yachts Saturday and finally getting into that boatshow groove. Shoe baskets were full and the smiles were turned on.

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CHECKING THE TIDE: What have you dropped overboard?

Every crew member we spoke to lost something overboard. Top of the list were sunglasses and personal items such as cell phones and hats.

They also lost equipment (think VHFs and Leathermans), but about Equipment – 22.7%

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Capt. Craig Cannon M/Y Scott Free 120-foot Northcoast “Just sunglasses, and a lot of them. It’s time they made a floating thing that deploys, so when the glasses get to so many feet, poof, they come back up.�

Bosun Chris Fagan M/Y Harbour Island 180-foot Newcastle “I lost a set of keys.

We tacked, and I watched them slide right across and over. I only made that mistake once. “ Deckhand Spencer Morrison M/Y Sunrise 173-foot Oceanco “We lost a piece of the plexiglass. The captain was very angry, especially since he’s my father.�

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Mervyn Twilley M/Y Shalimar 118-foot Benetti “I’ve lost my phone.

It was in the pocket of my board shorts when I thought I’d jump in for a quick swim. Yeah.�

half as often, and those slippery cleaning tools such as chamois cloths and Shurhold poles. We’ll blame the lost cushions on the wind.

There were also odd things lost overboard, like the steaks that slid off the grill when someone forgot to secure it down, and the odd denture that guests involuntarily barfed over the side. Not going back for those.

We’re protecting the identity of one captain who admitted to “losing� an old treadmill overboard. Let’s hope it’s become a reef. – Lucy Chabot Reed and Tom Serio Chief Eng. Craig Longstaff M/Y Ingot 153-foot Burger “A seat cover blew off at the dock, out of our reach. A woman across the way saved it, so we gave her a bottle of wine.�

Chief Stew Julianne Hammond With Westport “Oh yes, I lost myself.

I knelt down to untie a fender and‌ Mind you, I had rigged it doing 18 knots. This was at the dock. I just fell in. My dignity suffered.�

Mate Travis Ahlf M/Y Miss Michelle 130-foot Westport “Our old engineer fell overboard four times. We have rails and he still went over.

He was a slippery guy.�

Eng. Shaun Brown M/Y Ellix Too 155-foot ISA “Sunglasses, three pairs. And I’m an engineer so I shouldn’t be out there. That’s my luck.�

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