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o o o Test Your Mates Test your mates with these nautical quiz questions. n Which flag means “I am maneuvering with difficulty; keep clear of me”? n What does the Victor flag signify? The Whiskey flag? n The Golf flag means what? And when seen flying on a fishing vessel? n What does AMSA stand for? ANSWERS on page 2.
Sun & Moon Sunset: 7:34 pm; Sunrise (Sunday): 7:18 am Moonrise (Sun.): 8:50 am; 1% illuminated High tides: 10:45 pm; (Sunday) 10:52 am Low tides: 4:36 pm; (Sunday) 4:57 am
Weather Today: Partly cloudy, winds S 13 mph, high 83, 20% chance of rain, 64% humidity Tonight: Thunderstorms early, low 69 Tomorrow AM: Scattered thunderstorms, 84
Things to See / Do Tomorrow, 9-11 a.m. 100th year celebration of Pioneer Linens. Cupcake and mimosa party, USSA Pavilion, booths 916-921
Tomorrow, 8 p.m.-? Last Blast Crew Party, hosted by Zeidel’s yacht uniforms. Visit booth 512 for a VIP blue crew wristband.
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Tour Theodore Tugboat Located in the middle of ramp 1. Palm Beach Segway Tours Tour West Palm Beach and Palm Beach. Details at +1 561-283-8818, www.palmbeachsegwaytours.com. Historic Trolley Tours Travel from the 1920s to the present. For details call +1 561-833-8873, www.westpalmbeachdda.com/tours.
A RICH HISTORY: Broker Joe Bartram of Bartram & Brakenhoff has the listing on the oldest boat in the show, the 1939 Mathis-Trumpy M/Y Innisfail. Former owner of three Trumpys, he said he just loves this one. PHOTO/LUCY REED
Yacht is a chronicle of time By Lucy Chabot Reed While all eyes were on M/Y Diamonds are Forever, the new 200foot Benetti that pulled into the show yesterday morning, some crew were busy keeping old boats looking sharp. Capt. Bob Belschner and Chef Carole Cloonan were busy wiping Eisenglas and giving tours on the 1939 MathisTrumpy M/Y Innisfail, the oldest boat in the Palm Beach show. Alone in her decade among the show’s collection of boats, Innisfail has a long history of, well, being a part of history. She’s hosted presidents (plural, as in Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy) and served her country
during World War II. Her current owner, who has never owned a yacht this big, bought her because of her history. “It takes a pretty unique individual to own a boat like this,” said broker Joe Bartram, who has spent the past two days on his feet giving tours and talking history. “The current owner wanted a piece of history that he could touch and feel and take it back to what it originally was.” In the five years that he’s owned it, the owner has ordered the restoration of much of the yacht, including her original vertical pilothouse windows,
See INNISFAIL, page 2
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