Triton Today Miami 2014 Thursday

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o o o Test Your Mates Testing, testing. A nautical quiz for you and your crew mates. n A dog watch lasts for how many hours? n How many compass points are there? n What are the abbreviations for fixed and flashing lights? n The running lights of a boat tell you what three things about the vessel? n What is a rogue knot?

ANSWERS on page 2

Sun & Moon Sunset: 6:12 pm; Sunrise (Friday): 6:56 am Moonrise: 5:19 pm; 95% illuminated Low tides: 3:10 pm; 3:24 am (Friday) High tides: 9:01 pm; 9:27 am (Friday)

Weather Today: Thunderstorms early, partly cloudy, W 20-30 mph, high 74, 80% chance of rain.

Tonight: Clear skies, NW 15-20 mph, low 53 Tomorrow AM: Sunny, N 5-10 mph, high 71

Things to Do Today USSA Dock Hop, 5-7 p.m., Ramp 14.

Join U.S. Superyacht Association member companies for networking at the show.

Saturday, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.

51st annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival. In Coconut Grove in Miami with 360 artists in mixed media, painting, photography, digital art, printmaking, watercolor, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry and more. $10 per day. For details cgaf.com, +1 305-447-0401, for GPS use 2700 South Bayshore Drive.

Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.

21st annual Kite Day at Haulover Park.

Look in the air to the north to see a 100-foot squid flying with other kites during the annual event at Haulover Park, 10800 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach. www.skywardkites.com

WHEN THE GOING GETS HOT: Yacht crew got busy in the sun and wind yesterday preparing for opening day of the 26th annual Yacht & Brokerage Show.

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North route into show works, too

By Lucy Chabot Reed Most large yachts made it safely into the Yacht & Brokerage Show over the past week, maneuvering the skinny water near the Julia Tuttle Causeway with towboats and counsel.

But at least a few took the longer northern route and arrived just the same, a bit less stressed, they said, and only a few minutes later.

“I found 12-13 feet of water all the way up the ICW,” said Capt. Dave Johnson of M/Y Northlander, a 125-foot Moonen that draws 8.5 feet. “I’m glad I did it. It’s not worth the risk of touching anything to me. We just came out of the

yard. And it didn’t add any significant time to our arrival.”

Yachts were warned about some navigation issues in the deep-water channel that runs parallel to the Julia Tuttle, the east-west route that yachts have taken for decades to get to the waters off Collins Avenue. They call it the southern route, and it was impeded earlier this year when the Army Corps of Engineers erected pilings in the channel to hold a silt curtain between boat traffic and newly planted seagrass to the north.

“Literally, where the pilings were was

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Dogleg challenges through pilings where we would have gone,” said Capt.

Mark Wellnetz of M/Y Miss Michelle, a 130-foot Westport. “They drove the pilings literally right in the middle of where we needed to go.”

One spot in particular caused captains to hire towboats or lean on them for advice maneuvering the channel. At one point, about halfway through the area of pilings, a shallow area of about 4 feet causes yachts to dogleg in an area less than 200 feet long.

“Yeah, it was a little tight, but it was not impossible,” Wellnetz said. “The guys from Steel Towing were sitting there so you could talk to them on the radio and they’d guide you through.

Luckily the wind was light and we were on a slack tide.”

“It was a little tricky, but not too bad,” said Capt. Mitchell Heath of M/Y Harmony, a 164-foot Westport that came in with a convoy of yachts led by a yacht under tow. “The Army Corps really dropped the ball in limiting access. They put the pilings in the deepest part of the channel.”

Another option is to take what captains call the northern route.

Instead of making that sharp right turn just through the Julia Tuttle, continue north on the ICW, through the 79th Street bridge and up to marker 16, then make a right and come back southeast near Normandy Isle before turning into the channel for the show.

That route adds about 10 miles to the trip. Depending on bridges and traffic, it can take two hours more.

“I like it because it’s sand,” said Courtney Day, owner of Cape Ann

Towing, which towed several yachts into the show, including Northlander.

“If you’re going to hit something, it’s no big deal. ... You can make it both ways, but there’s a little more room for error coming the north way.”

Though the northern route is longer, the southern route was slower than normal this year because of the pinched channel.

M/Y Vango, a 164-foot Westport that draws about 8 feet fully fueled, was in front of M/Y Northlander on the Causeway bridge opening and planned to take the northern route, but got a call at the last moment asking if the yacht could arrive at the show sooner.

So Capt. David Hagerman made that sharp right turn to take what he thought would be the shorter, faster route.

“It was two hours to get in here,” Hagerman said. “Boats my size shouldn’t go that way. I had to stop to nothing, pivot and maneuver in and around that dogleg. I was pretty much idle.”

He made it to his spot in the show about 15 minutes before Northlander showed up.

“I’d rather take the nice, easy, nonstressful way,” said Hagerman, who noted he’ll take that way going back to Ft. Lauderdale next week. “I’m looking forward to dropping the hook in 10 feet of water, and having a sandwich and a Coke on deck waiting for the bridge.”

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Answers to the quiz on page 1: n Dogwatch is two hours. n There are 32 compass points. n F. (fixed) and Fl. (flashing). n The direction the vessel is travelling, the size and what the vessel is doing n A seaman’s name for a reef knot tied upside down.

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

Triton Today Miami is published

by Triton Publishing Group, parent company of The Triton.

Publisher: David Reed Editorial: Lucy Chabot Reed, Dorie Cox Advertising: Mike Price Production: Patty Weinert Vol. 6, No. 1.

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 1: Prep

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acht crew wielded brushes, chamois mops or some kind of tool to get their yachts in show shape for today’s opening of the 26th annual Yacht and Brokerage Show.

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CHECKING THE TIDE: Triton Today’s Question of the Day:

Coffee or tea?

We’ve all heard about the studies that say caffeine is bad for us, but we just can’t help ourselves. Coffee and tea are too much a part of our culture – onboard and off – to resist.

The majority of the crew we talked to yesterday noted that yes, they imbibe in the mood-altering beverages, some because they need to, but most because they like them.

It’s worth noting that only one said he drank his tea decaffeinated.

By the way, the latest studies about coffee say it makes us live longer by reducing risks of heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease, diabetes and infection. (It’s true; you can look it up.)

— Data compiled by Lucy Chabot Reed Deckhand Di Callahan M/Y Amarula Sun 130’ Westport Definitely coffee, extra caffeinated.

Everybody onboard drinks coffee. We’re espresso monsters.

Deckhand Cameron Cresswell M/Y Katrion 122’ Feadship Herbal tea, no caffeine. I find that tea is like a detox. It flushes the system, you know?

Bosun Lloyd Aickin M/Y Arianna 164’ Delta Coffee, caffeinated.

I don’t need it to get up, but I like it in the morning. I’m from New Zealand. We like coffee.

First Mate Andy Hughes M/Y Endless Summer 126’ Lloyd’s Ship Coffee, with caffeine.

What’s the point otherwise?

Eric Bishop, dayworker M/Y Endless Summer 126’ Lloyd’s Ship I don’t drink either.

I don’t like caffeine. It takes me a while to wake up in the morning, but caffeine just makes me feel worse.

First Mate Nick Sheard M/Y Zeepaard 123’ JFA France Coffee, for sure. The stronger the better, but I try to avoid energy drinks.

Mate Denzil Baynes M/Y Primadonna 112’ Westport I’m a tea drinker, and I always go for the caffeine. I need just a little kick in the morning; that and a banana.

Chief Stew Katie Hearn M/Y Arianna 164’ Delta Iced tea, sweet tea (caffeinated, of course). I drink it in the afternoon. I drink coffee in the morning like everyone does.

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Name that yacht

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an you tell which yachts these are from a small portion of their name?

All are in the Yacht & Brokerage Show. Post your guesses on The Triton page at facebook.com/tritonnews.

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