The Triton Today PBIS Day 1

CH PA L M B E A Th u r s d ay • M a rc h 22, 2012

o o o Test Your Mates

Sun & Moon Sunset: 7:33 pm; Sunrise (Friday): 7:20 am Moonrise (Friday): 7:38 am; 0% illuminated High tides: 9:09 am; 9:32 pm Low tides: 3:24 pm; 3:45 am (Friday)

Weather Today: Partly cloudy, winds ESE 15 mph, high 80, 20% chance of rain, 64% humidity Tonight: Mostly clear, a few clouds, low 71 Tomorrow AM: Mostly sunny, high 81

Test your mates with a few megayacht quiz questions. n What is MCA? n What is LY2? n What is Marpol short for and what is it officially? Who must adhere to it? Bonus points for the six annexes it covers.

ANSWERS on page 2.

Things to See / Do Daily Tour Theodore Tugboat In the middle of Ramp 1

Today, 5-7 p.m.

USSA Cocktail Party USSA Pavilion, booths 916-921

Tomorrow morning M/Y Diamonds Are Forever, 200-foot Benetti, is expected to pull into Palm Harbor.

Tomorrow, 5-7 p.m.

USSA Cocktail Party USSA Pavilion, booths 916 - 921

Tomorrow, 6-10 p.m.

Rybovich Boatyard Ball Rybovich Marina, 4200 N. Flagler Dr. Pick up wristband, at booth 926.

DRILLS WORK: Most of the rescue crew from M/Y Battered Bull (docked at the north end of the show), from left: Deckhand Hayden Compton, Second Stew Marilen Tolentino, Second Eng. Guy Dowling, Chief Stew Zoe Nicolas, Stew Tammy Freeman, and Capt.

Jeff Ridgway. Chief Mate Ryan Wilson was in class during this photo. PHOTO/LUCY REED

Crew rescues man in ships collision

By Lucy Reed Toward the end of his pre-dawn watch on March 10, Chief Mate Ryan Wilson saw a cluster of lights a few miles ahead that got his attention.

Two ships were close together, but they likely would pass safely. Wouldn’t they?

“We saw both targets on the radar well ahead of time and we kept watching, expecting Wilson

them to pass one behind the other,” Wilson said of he and watch partner Second Eng. Guy Dowling of the 172foot Battered Bull. “Before you knew it, we heard the Mayday call on the radio.”

The two 500-foot cargo ships had collided.

Wilson confirmed their position – about 25 miles north of Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic – and alerted Capt. Jeff Ridgway, who then headed toward the accident just as the sky was beginning to lighten to a calm and clear

See RESCUE, page 2

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M/Y Battered Bull was on scene moments after two cargo ships collided 25 miles north of the Dominican Republic in early March.

PHOTO/CAPT. JEFF RIDGWAY

As only responders, drills paid off RESCUE, from page 1 morning. They contacted the U.S. Coast Guard on the single side-band, and by the time the yacht arrived on scene, the captain of the M/V Seagate had initiated an abandon ship.

As they approached, the Battered Bull crew could see a man in the water drifting behind one of the ships, holding onto a lighted life ring, Ridgway said. He had fallen in, apparently while trying to launch a life boat.

Battered Bull swung around, lowered a cargo net and helped the man aboard.

He turned out to be the ship’s chief mate.

“Within five minutes of him going in the water, we had him onboard,” Ridgway said.

The damage to the Seagate was severe, but the ship did not sink. All 21 crew were accounted for.

None of the yacht crew had ever been involved in an incident like that, including Ridgway, who has worked on yachts more than 30 years.

“The first 10 minutes were hectic, but it was fairly straightforward,” he said.

“The man overboard was conscious so that made it easier. I think our biggest contribution was that we gave Seagate peace of mind that help was on the way.

No one else responded to the distress calls.

“It just shows the importance of doing drills,” said Ridgway, whose crew trains with the cargo net in the MOB drill, which they had just done the day before. “Having the crew know how to put the cargo net on the rail and where the first-aid gear is makes a difference.”

Lucy Reed is editor of The Triton.

Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

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n Maritime and Coastguard Agency. n The Large Commercial Yacht Code. n It is short for maritime pollution and both commercial and private must comply. Officially named Marpol 73/78, it is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships. The six annexes cover oil, noxious liquid in bulk, harmful substances in packaged form, sewage, garbage and air pollution.

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Publisher: David Reed Editorial: Lucy Chabot Reed, Dorie Cox Advertising: Mike Price Production: Patty Weinert Vol. 2, No. 1.

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