Miami Friday 2015 Triton Today

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Sun & Moon

Weather

Sunset: 6:12 pm; Sunrise (Saturday): 6:57 am Moonrise: 2:47am 32% illuminated Low tides: 11:07pm; 11:43am (Saturday) High tides: 4:27pm; 5:27am (Saturday)

Today: Mainly sunny, 0% chance of rain, winds NNW 5-10 mph, high 75 Tonight: Mostly clear, 0% rain, low 51 Tomorrow AM: Sunny, NNW 5-10, high 72

Can you answer these questions? n How many of the roughly 200 nations of the world do not border an ocean or sea? n Which nation has the most coastline? n Name the Great Lakes of the United States. n Where do U.S. mariners go online to apply for licenses?

ANSWERS on page 2.

In the News Float on Have you noticed the funky buoys around the show? They are actually “drifters” from International SeaKeepers Society, environmental monitoring devices that float along local and global currents transmitted data to NOAA to help identify patterns of marine debris accumulation and assist in hurricane prediction models.

ISS has enlisted Miami artists to decorate nine drifters, and they are hiding in plain sight around the show.

Take a selfie with one to enter into a drawing for a dinner for four at The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Miami and a basic SeaKeepers membership.

E-mail photos to media@seakeepers. org by midnight Sunday.

KEEPIN’ IT COOL: Crew from M/Y Chills, a Pacific Mariner 85, look their best on opening day at the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami yesterday .

PHOTO/TOM SERIO

Revived plans to add more dockage

By Lucy Chabot Reed A new group of investors has taken over the old Summerfield Boat Works property in Ft. Lauderdale and plans to revive the designs of Pier 17, a previous project slated for the space before the financial crash.

Now called Harbour Twenty-Six, the long slice of land on the north bank of the New River across from Lauderdale Marine Center will have 26 covered slips for yachts between 80 and 170 feet. The slips are for sale starting at $1.8 million for the smaller slips and up to $3 million

for the largest.

Each slip will have a two-story, enclosed garage and storage unit as well as parking. For crew, the property will have a pool and grilling area, exercise equipment and 24-hour security.

“Previous builders wanted to make it a destination, but from everyone we’ve talked to, who you really need to cater to is the crew,” said Nathan Cox, a developer on the project.

The property was once Summerfield Boat Works, which operated in the quiet Shady Banks neighborhood dating back See MARINA, page 3

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Builders confident in marina’s future MARINA, from page 1 to the 1930s. Greyhawk Marine Group bought it in 2005 with plans to build covered slips. It was renamed Pier 17, acknowledging its pedigree address on Southwest 17th Street.

Although initial renovations to the property began, it never really got under way and has sat vacant for years.

Ft. Lauderdale boater and resident Marion Uter mentioned the property to some real estate developers he knows in Alabama and they liked the idea.

“We’re primarily single-family home developers in Alabama,” Cox said. “It’s completely random that we’re involved with this, but we’re excited. I think it’s going to be a ton of fun. We’ve met great people since we started working on this project.”

Although they have never built a marina, they were confident in the project and it’s likelihood for success after meeting and talking with residents and other marine business owners.

“There seems to be a demand for it from everyone we’re talking to,” Cox said. “Either we’re on to something good, or everyone in Ft. Lauderdale is in on it.”

Cox’s group closed on the property in November and plans to break ground in late April, assuming South Florida’s cumbersome permitting process gets completed the way they expect. If so, the slips should be open in the spring of 2016.

“We always say what we’re going to do, and we do it right,” Cox said.

The marina itself will be managed

Looking west up the New River in Ft. Lauderdale, Harbour Twenty-Six would be to starboard on the waterway.

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by U.S. Marinas, a company owned by marine consultant Jim Bronstien and two Brazilian investors, prominent marina developer Antonio Labato and Francisco Ruiz.

“The city needs more dock space to accommodate the growth in the industry,” said John Terrill, dockmaster at Lauderdale Marine Center across the New River from the property. “It looks like a high-quality property and they seem serious about what they want to do. There are a lot of yacht owners who would like their yachts covered year round.”

Before the show opened, at least five units had been sold. When Cox heard that, he smiled.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments: lucy@the-triton.com.

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About us

Answers to the quiz on page 1: n About 30 countries are landlocked. n Canada has the most miles of coastline: 56,453. The next closest country is Indonesia with 33,987 miles. n They are Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. n The National Maritime Center under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security (www.uscg.mil/nmc).

Triton Today Miami is published by Triton Publishing Group, parent company of The Triton.

Publisher: David Reed Editorial: Lucy Chabot Reed, Dorie Cox, Tom Serio Advertising: Mike Price Production: Patty Weinert Vol. 7, No. 2.

Copyright 2015, all rights reserved.

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 2: Day on the docks

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achts glittered under sunny skies yesterday as the 27th annual Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach got under way. Crew did their part to share the light with sunny smiles throughout the day.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

From far and wide, captains come home Careers in yachting take a winding trip through yachts, owners, and destinations, so it’s easy to lose track of fellow yachties. Lucky for us, boat shows are a great chance to catch up.

— Lucy Chabot Reed

Capt. Rick Kemper of the 42m Kingship M/Y Star What were you doing before? Was with one owner for 18 years, on M/Y Mostro and, most recently, on M/Y Aurora A. After the owner died, Aurora was sold in 2009 to a man from China, and Kemper stayed with it. He spent the past five years in China and Asia.

How did you end up here? M/Y Star launched in 2012 and he took it for “an endurance sea trial” around China, Thailand and Malaysia before returning to Hong Kong for a refit. He returned to Florida with the yacht in late January to make it available to the Western market.

Any interesting experiences? Helped the owner’s friend build a new 110-foot Horizon in Taiwan and ran it for a couple years around his work on Aurora, and built an innovative 83-foot New Ocean Yacht in China.

Any advice about cruising in China?

It’s very restrictive. There are a lot of great marinas, but foreign yachts cannot get into them without paying a huge tax. And the waters are full of obstructions, fishing boats, nets, tandem trawling. They’re not lit and they’re not on the radio. I’ve ripped the

stabilizers off twice.

How did you get started in yachting? I grew up in South Florida fishing and diving. When I was 17, I started working at marinas, rigging boats, working on outboards. I bought cheap boats and fixed them up. I knew Beverly Grant and started dayworking on her boat, Safe Conduct.

What are you good at? I’m not a briefcase captain. Some guys can work on the computer all day and do paperwork.

I’m more of an engine room and deck guy, hands on. I enjoy working outside. It’s more about the boat and the ocean.

Capt. Charlie Johnson of United Yacht Transport Join us for the 7th annual Spin-A-Thon and help us raise money for children and families in our communities!

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What were you doing before? Running the popular charter yacht M/Y Cocktails. Got my friend, Capt. David Sloate, set up and stepped off about five months ago.

How did you end up here? I got a call to help them out with West Coast sales. It gave me an opportunity to go home to Seattle. It’s fun to take a break and let the enthusiasm come back.

Career highlights: Capt. Johnson has helped three owners complete their new builds with Delta and cruise around the world for a few years each.

How did you get your start in yachting? I started in 1975 as a deckhand on a 96-foot classic motoryacht in Seattle.

I wanted to travel around the world. (He stayed in that first job three years.)

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an you name these yachts from a couple of letters? All of them are in the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach. Post your guesses on The Triton’s page at www.facebook.com/tritonnews.