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Denison Yachting nameD exclusive Dealer for aDmiral Yachts’ momentum seriest’s now easier for buyers in South Florida to purchase one of Ad-miral Yachts’ Momentum series of high-quality, explorer-type yachts. Last fall, the flagship brand of The Italian Sea Group named Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Denison Yachting as the exclusive dealer for North, South and Central America.

“Having somebody locally representing the builder that buy-ers can speak to directly adds a level of comfort and conve-nience,” says Denison Broker Glynn Smith. “Our partnership with Admiral extends the yard’s footprint into the Americas and shows confidence that we believe there’s a good market for the yachts here. The fact that Denison has experienced superyacht captains with worldwide cruising history and new construction experience as part of its team also adds a lot of value to the build process and understanding how to get the specifications and build process completed to the highest standards.”

Admiral Yachts Momentum series of 40- to 85-meter yachts, which are available with aluminum or steel hulls, are notable for their wide spaces, high-tech glass covers shielded by adjustable sun blinds, bridge-like terraces, integrated pools, a beach club and spa completely open to the sea, vertical windows in the cab-ins and full-height glass walls. A fundamental element is the ex-traordinary indoor-outdoor continuity that offers a unique pan-oramic view. admiral-yachts.com, www.denisonyachtsales.com

new viP exPerience at miami Yacht showA new climate-controlled floating waterfront lounge nestled among some of the largest yachts on display will offer VIP Experience pass holders a luxurious base of operations and unique services to get the most out of the 30th Miami Yacht Show, set for February 15 to 19, 2018.

“The VIP Experience at the Miami Yacht Show is a valuable re-source,” says Mary Bender, vice president of marketing for In-forma, the show’s producer and co-owner. “For attendees, this special ticket provides a dedicated concierge service to help arrange tours of any boat in the show. This ‘pre-vetting’ process allows VIP Experience guests to easily board a large variety of vessels on display, without the need to be pre-qualified by a yacht brokerage. The climate controlled, private lounge of-fers a comfortable sanctuary at the center of the show offering guests a place to rest and relax with complimentary refresh-ments. For an exhibitor, a VIP Experience pass can be a unique gift for a special client who will be visiting the show, or a neutral place within the show to meet with clients and do business.”

Priced at $150 per day per person, the VIP Experience ticket includes admission to the show. It can be purchased online at MiamiYachtShow.com

metal shark aDDs custom-configurable Pilot boatsThey have over 500 boats in the recreational, passenger, military and law enforcement markets under their build belts.

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features that improve safety and efficiency, and they’re now available for pilot organizations throughout the region,” says Carl Wegener, vice president of commercial sales.

Metal Shark’s Defiant-class pilot boats are custom configured, from the type and location of platforms and rails, to various kinds of propulsion and fendering systems, to address the unique challenges and demands of each pilot group’s operat-ing environment. www.metalsharkboats.com.

west Palm beach fishing club seminar series features fishing Pro’sFlorida fishing pros and professional captains reveal valuable tips on how and where to catch the area’s most sought after inshore and offshore game fish at the West Palm Beach Fish-ing Club’s (WPBFC) annual seminar series. The series, which started on January 24 and ends December 5, features 17 dif-ferent seminars throughout the year.

“We’ve put together another outstanding line-up,” said WPBFC chairman, Pete Schulz, in a release. “These pros cover everything from peacock bass to sailfish. No matter what your experience level is, there’s always something new to learn when it comes to fishing.

The seminars are held the first and fourth Wednesday of most months at the WPBFC’s historic clubhouse, located at 201 Fifth Street, in downtown West Palm Beach. www.westpalm beachfishingclub.org

marine inDustrY training conference set for June 14, 2018 A lack of quality trained marine personnel is becom-ing more prevalent. To tackle this problem, Warner University’s Institute of Marine Technology has an-nounced plans for a national Marine Industry Training Conference, on June 14, 2018 at the Warner Univer-sity campus in Lake Wales, Florida.

“Anyone in any sector of the marine industry who un-derstands the need for career development strategies designed to bring qualified candidates into the marine industry should attend,” invites event organizer and institute administrator, Justin Maley. “All segments of the industry face challenges associated with at-tracting, hiring and retaining employees. By working together and collaborating, we can develop positive strategies and messaging that will benefit all.”

To discuss or provide agenda recommendations re-garding the 2018 Marine Industry Training Confer-ence, contact Maley at [email protected]

Now Metal Shark Boats, the government/commercial entity of Gravois Aluminum Boats, LLC, has its sights set on the pilot boat market with the construction of two such vessels ear-marked for delivery in 2018. More specifically, the company is building 45-foot and 64-foot Defiant Pilot Boats for the U.S. Virgin Islands Port Authority at its Jeanerette, Louisiana, facil-ity and for the Brazos Pilots Association of Freeport, Texas at its nearby Franklin facility, respectively.

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A L L T H E E S S E N T I A L S I N O N E M A R I N AThe Turnberry Isle Marina just completed a renovation which replaced the original concrete fixed docks with a state-of-the-art aluminum

floating dock system featuring Ipe wood decking and 3 phase/480 volt electrical service. The marina includes 68 slips accommodating vessels up to 160 feet, with an average slip length of 90 feet. Located on North Miami’s Intracoastal Waterway,

our facility is only minutes from Turnberry Isle Miami and the cities of Aventura, Sunny Isles, Bal Harbour, Golden Beach, and Miami Beach. We offer personalized dockside service and the premiere marina experience in South Florida.

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The Florida Keys are blessed with an abundance of beautiful scenery so it perhaps is no surprise that many artists make their living capturing the splen-dor of the ocean, its bounty of sea life and the en-

joyment people can have on, in and under the water. Artists say they are captivated by the light that shimmers and reflects off the water as well as the numerous mangroves islands.

Three Keys-based maritime and marine artists are David Har-rison Wright, Pasta Pantaleo and Tim Borski. The latter two live in Islamorada, the so-called Sportfishing Capital of the World, while Wright lives in Key West.

Wright’s work graces many prestigious locations, among them in the “Ships & Their Stories” exhibit at the Custom House Museum curated by the Key West Maritime Historical Soci-ety and Key West Art & Historical Society. Additionally, since he was a child, Wright has created detailed reproductions in miniature of historic vessels and other structures. Wright’s 14-foot-wide replica of historic Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tor-tugas can be seen for free in the old Thompson Fish House in the Historic Key West Seaport.

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After earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin in 1968, the multi-talented artist pursed various passions including joining the U.S. Coast Guard oper-ating passenger-carrying vessels from 1983 to 1996.

According to Florida Keys Council of the Arts Executive Di-rector Liz Young, ““It was like [Wright] was born in a different time and place. He is a true character. He tells a story with such exuberance that you can’t wait to hear his next story. I love being around him.”

Tim Borski has lived for 25 years in Islamorada. He stud-ied art for a couple years at the University of Wisconsin in Stephens Point, where he was born. But, the allure of fish-ing made him pack up one bitter winter and head south, and he never looked back. Soon, he was a caretaker for a homestead at the base of Channel Five Bridge on Craig Key, an historic manmade spit of land created during the Flagler railroad days. Borski’s art became a popular prize for winners of Islamorada fishing tournaments, including the redbone Celebrity Tournament Series which benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For years, art enabled Bor-

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MiaMi, FlfebruarY 15 – 19Miami Yacht Showwww.show management.com

februarY 15 – 19Miami International Boat Showwww.miamiboatshow.com

MoBile, almarch 2 – 4Mobile Boat Showwww.gulfcoastshows.com251-478-SHOW

NapleS, Flmarch 1 – 4Bonita Springs Boat Showwww.swfmia.com

Stuart, Floridamarch 8 – 11TrawlerFest Stuartwww.passagemaker.com/ events/trawlerfest- stuart-fl-2017/

FISHINg TOURNAMENTSdaNia Beach, FlfebruarY 21 – 25Sailfish Challengewww.sailfishchallenge.com

iSlaMorada, FlfebruarY 2 – 3Swamp Guides Ball Fishing Tournament & Auctionwww.fkfga.org(305) 664-5142

februarY 2 – 4Islamorada Women’s Sailfish [email protected]

februarY 6 – 7Poor Girls Sailfish Tournament305-664-2012

februarY 23 – 24Backcountry Fly Championshipwww.BFCtournament.comcaptbackbone@gmail.com305-393-2156

februarY 23 – 25The Islamorada Winter Classic Tournamentwww.islamoradaclassic.cominfo@islamoradaclassic.com305-522-4868

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ski to earn a living while leaving time for his other passion, backcountry fishing.

Named the International Gamefish Association Artist of the Year in 2015 and the Miami Sportfish Artist in 2017, Borski loves all things natural, especially birds, reptiles, butterflies and moths. His “critter” knowledge is as encyclopedic as his fishing prowess, which comes in handy when commissioned to paint a spoonbill, sailfish, bonefish, tarpon, snake or any other creature that swims, slithers or flies.

Pasta Pantaleo has made his home in the Keys for nearly two decades. He saw the sea as an escape from dismal urban life in New York, and in 1970, he was instrumental in convincing his family to migrate to South Florida, the perennial land of sun and fun. By the late seventies, Pantaleo had become a world-class airbrush artist who custom painted vehicles of all kinds for eccentric characters who enjoyed the Miami Vice lifestyle.

In 2001, one of his marine artworks was used as commemora-tive fishing tournament poster and T-shirt design for the Pom-pano Beach Mercury/Sea Vee Saltwater Slam. “reel Life Art” was born as the phone began to ring with requests to learn about the new marine artist who had created it.

In Islamorada, Pasta’s gallery on the Old Highway at mile marker 81.5 has helped enliven the Morada Way Arts District which hosts monthly Third Thursday art walks, which are free and open to the public.

Many more talented artists showcase their talents at those Art Walks and in Keys galleries, so come on down to explore maritime and marine art in the Florida Keys.

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There’s no question that West Palm Beach and the whole of Florida’s Palm Beach County is a magnet for the rich, the famous and their yachts. Case in point, russian tycoon roman Abramovich’s 533-

foot Eclipse docked at the Port of Palm Beach last Novem-ber, albeit in a slip usually reserved for cruise ships. Another good example is the Palm Beach International Boat Show (PBIBS). Held annually in March, the show ranks as one of the top of its kind nationwide with more than $1.2 billion worth of yachts including those 150-feet plus on display. Yet, the Palm Beaches, a collection of 39 cities and towns located from Boca raton to Jupiter and including the coun-ty’s capital city of West Palm, offers something for every mariner. The PBIBS makes this case equally clear since on display are everything from 8-foot inflatables, power boats, fishing boats, center consoles, bow riders, personal water-craft to superyachts.

“The plentiful availability of both public and private dockage to accommodate vessels both big and small is just one reason that makes the Palm Beaches such a great destination to visit by boat,” invites Alyssa Freeman, operations director of the

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Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County, Inc. (MI-APBC), based in North Palm Beach. “Downtown West Palm Beach is accessible by tying up to the City’s public docks. Boaters can enjoy restaurants, many of which are waterfront and accessible by boat, as well as shopping, green markets, events, and more all in one convenient location. The Palm Beaches is a beautiful, less congested part of Florida. What’s more, Palm Beach is ideal because of its close proximity to the Bahamas, Cuba, and the Florida Keys.”

Native Americans first called West Palm home and were in residence when Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon ar-rived at Florida in 1513. Fast forward to 1890, and some 200-people lived here, mostly those farming tropical fruits and vegetables to ship north. It was Henry Flagler, of Stan-dard Oil and railroad fame, who really sparked growth and Palm Beach’s claim to fame as a sought-after tourist desti-nation by extending his Florida East Coast railroad here in 1893 to reach his two spectacular Gilded Age-era hotels: the long-closed royal Poinciana and the Palm Beach Inn, which today is called The Breakers. The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach is a great place to see some of this history.

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poMpaNo Beach, FlfebruarY 21 – 25The Sailfish Challengewww.bluewater movements.com/ salifish_challenge/

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One reason the Palm Beaches are a beacon for boaters as well as rail, air and road visitors is access to water. The County boasts nearly 50 miles each of oceanfront shoreline as well as Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). West Palm is separated from Palm Beach by the Lake Worth Lagoon.

“There is a great mix of marine facilities depending on what amenities boaters are interested in enjoying. For example, some facilities offer on-site amenities like a pool, café, fitness center, transportation, and more. For captains, especially of large yachts, the inlet for easiest navigation would be the Palm Beach/Lake Worth Inlet. For crews, there is an abundant amount of businesses that cater to the marine industries,” says MIAPBC’s Freeman.

Palm Harbor Marina, which over 200 slips for yachts from 50- to 200-feet, is the only marina located in downtown West Palm Beach. The city does have three public docks on the waterfront that are open to the public, free to non-com-mercial boats, and available on a first come first serve basis seven days a week from 5 a.m. to Midnight. Both the marina and public docks are within walking distance of the Clema-

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tis Street area, the historical heart of the city, where today there are several shops, galleries restaurants, nightclubs and open-air concerts. To the north is the Palm Beach Yacht Club & Marina, rybovich’s resort-style 85-slip West Palm Beach Ma-rina, and the Suntex Marina at riviera Beach. Suntex’s riviera Beach location offers mobile marine mechanical services in the Palm Beach area, which is a convenient way to get repairs completed and leave more time to enjoy the area.

There are many marine-related activities year-round in Palm Beach County, with the largest being the Palm Beach International Boat Show in March, according to the MI-APBC’s Freeman. “Palm Beach Paddlefest takes place in February (February 10) and is accessible by boat at Har-bourside Place’s public docks in Jupiter. There are several fishing tournaments and regattas throughout the year as well as a couple of marine flea markets at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Beyond this, there are several great spots to enjoy paddle boarding and kayaking, such as the Loxa-hatchee river in Jupiter and around Peanut Island. Plus, Palm Beach County offers some of the best inshore and offshore diving in the world.”

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It was supposed to be a routine recreational passage from the Bahamas to Maryland. Yet, fate decided other-wise when without warning and in 20 knots of breeze, the mast came crashing down aboard the 36-foot catamaran,

Cata-Tonic. The accident didn’t injure owner Jon rodnon and his two crewmembers, and didn’t put the vessel in immediate danger, but it did knock out communication since the VHF antenna was attached to the top of the mast. Plus, their loca-tion 40 miles offshore the coast of North Carolina, meant no cell phone coverage. The situation soon worsened when the mast, rig and sails cast into the sea from the crash threatened to either drag the vessel into a capsize or hole the hull. That’s when rodon did something he had prepared for, but hoped to never use. That is, he activated the McMurdo Smartfind Plus G5 EPIrB he had rented from the BoatUS Foundation for the trip. Ten minutes later, U.S. Coast Guard watchstanders diverted a cutter to assist. Thirty-five minutes later, the cut-ter’s crew fired a heaving line to the catamaran and ferried over hydraulic bolt cutters that enabled rondon and crew to

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cut themselves free, start engines and safely motor to port for repairs. rondon returned the rented EPIrB to BoatUS with a note: “This unit saved our lives. Thank you. You guys rock!”

“Anyone who lives, works or enjoys spending time on or near water needs to consider the benefits of being able to alert the search and rescue authorities,” says Sean McCrystal, se-nior maritime marketing manager for the McMurdo Group, headquartered in Valbonne, France. “The specific reasons for an EPIrB (Emergency Position Indicating radio Beacon) over smaller more portable PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) devices is time. An EPIrB guarantees a minimum of 48 hours of dis-tress capability compared to the PLB’s 24 hours. This, will give the authorities time to get to you.”

An EPIrB works, when activated, by transmitting a 406 MHz distress signal. The signal provides a unique 15-digit iden-tification number to the Cospas-Sarsat Satellite System. Owning an EPIrB isn’t required by law in the U.S., but hav-

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ing one does require its mandatory registration. This ID number allows ground station operators to verify the call, as well as the name of the ves-sel, owner and owner’s emergency contacts. The station then passes the EPIrB location to rescue forces such as the Coast Guard nearest to the boat-er’s location.

“EPIrBS come in two different categories of brackets,” ex-plains Jessica Hughes, marketing and technical director for Jacksonville, Florida-headquartered revere Survival Inc., which carries the Ocean Signal brand, of which some mod-els are 30 percent smaller than others on the market, making them easy and lighter weight to put in a ditch bag or on a lift raft. “Category 1 comes in bracket that automatically releases once it hits water; it can also be manually deployed. Category 2 is manually released only. Some people carry a Category 2 in a ditch bag and Category 1 in an accessible place onboard. redundancy is always helpful if an emergency arises.”

Currently, the most desirable EPIrB is one that is GPS (Global Positioning System) enabled.

“GPS-enabled EPIrBs enable search and rescue agen-cies to receive both your distress signal and exact GPS coordinates. This means the difference between a 2-nautical mile radius search area compared to one of 100-yards with GPS,” says Ted Sensenbrenner, assistant director for Boating Safety Programs, at the Alexandria, Virginia-headquartered non-profit BoatU.S. Foundation. “Additionally, there’s a speed factor. A standard 406 MHz EPIrP can take up to 90 minutes for your position to be registered with search and rescuers, depending on the position of passing satellites, while its only about 3 to 5 minutes for a GPS-enabled EPIrB.”

The latest development is AIS (Automatic Identification System)-enabled EPIrBS.

“Our AIS EPIrB, which is unique to McMurdo, has four frequencies to not only contact global search and

rescue authorities, but also simultaneously uses the AIS to alerts AIS enabled vessels in the local area that there is a vessel in trouble and where,” says McMurdo’s McCrystal.

The next technological advancement will be EPIrBS with a return Link Transmission function.

“right now, an EPIrB can send a distress signal but no one can signal back that a rescue effort is under-way. An advanced next generation satellite based technology that is revolutionizing the Cospas-Sarsat system is the Medium-altitude Earth Orbit Search and rescue System (MEOSAr). MEOSAr improves the systems current functioning as well

as enabling additional features such as the return link. The next-generation of beacons, which we ex-

pect to have ready by 2019, will be able to confirm to the user a distress signal has been received. research is cur-rently underway as to weather this return notification will be digital or light-based.”

EPIrBS on the market today can cost from the $100s to $1,000s.

“We in the safety world recommend you purchase the best EPIrB you can afford. Alternatively, the BoatU.S. Foundation’s short-term rental program offers GPS-enabled EPIrBS for $65 per week, plus shipping. As we know from Cata-tonic owner, Jon rodnon, and other cases in our rental files, EPIrBS save lives,” says Sensenbrenner.

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bar, unfortunately Porter and his wife have closed shop to en-joy retirement. Hopefully someone takes over as the welcome committee and still offers self-guided walking tours where you will see amazing beauty and interesting history like the graves rumored to be pirates, the late 18th century Bermudan Militia cannon, St John’s Anglican Church built in the 1790s, the coffin in the social club building, and some mysterious rock mounds.

My favorite part of the island history is the old salt industry. Many people don’t realize how valuable salt was up to 100 years ago and this is one of the best examples of salt production I have seen. From the canals to bring in the salty sea water to the shal-low pans used to evaporate the water to the windmills to move the water around. The jewel in the crown though is the White House. This Bermuda style salt plantation house is very typical of what you would find on the island in the heyday. The bottom level was a warehouse for the salt plus the old kitchen. Upstairs you would find the living quarters with some of the furniture dating to the mid 1800’s. This house is still a private residence and I feel lucky the owner was willing to give me a tour.

Last issue we started exploring the Turks & Caicos. We looked at the islands around the Caicos Bank and fin-ished in South Caicos about to sail 20-25 miles across some deep water to the Turks Islands, which got its

name from the Turk head cactus that resembles the little red fez hats Turkish men use to wear.

We are going to start at the south end at the Endymion ship-wreck. The Turks bank extends this far south and is a safe 40 deep, except for the 10-foot-deep rocks the Endymion hit in 1790. It is fantastic diving and snorkeling…..when the weather is calm.

Just a bit to the north is Big Sandy Cay and the name says it all. I anchored in 18 feet of water on the southwest side and had a blast playing on this big sandy cay. It is completely uninhabited and is a great place to make a jump to Dominican republic.

My favorite place in the entire country is next… Salt Cay, and everything seemed to begin or end at Porter’s Island Thyme

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Our final stop will be the capital, Grand Turk Island. Here you can walk along the attractive waterfront and see historic build-ings or dive the wall just offshore. The snorkeling is amazing because just a quarter mile from shore it goes from 20 feet deep to over a mile deep within two or three kicks.

Ashore I recommend two museums. The first is the Salt Mu-seum that gives details of the history and production of salt. The second is the National Museum where they have wonder-ful exhibits on the Lucayan Indians, island history, salvaging, and more. But my interest was the display on the oldest New World shipwreck dated at 1513 a mere 21 years after Chris-topher Columbus’s historic voyage. Also of note is the light-house on the north part of the island.

Visit www.svGuidingLight.com to read more from Captain Shane about the Bahamas, Caribbean, life aboard, world traveling, and more. You might also want to check out his travel video series.

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quickly. This is a well-founded, finely aged rum with a mature taste. The alcohol burn on the nose is never on the palate. I love how the characteristics of the rum change from nose to finish. she saiDThe golden amber color laces the glass like a fine rum. I’m not sure what spice Clint is detecting. My nose is smooth, full of cherry and orange blossoms, though it’s not overly sweet. The liquid coats my palate with not much fanfare. I continue to get the cherry and orange with a hint of vanilla and a touch of caramel. Even with the caramel note the rum is well balanced with the liquid making my palate sing. Unfortunately, that celebra-tion of flavors dissipates quickly on the finish leaving me with simply a warming sensation. comPareD to xoThe Perfección allows you to explore the rum a bit more than the XO does. We each found something different from nose to fin-

ish. The XO on the other hand, is the same start to finish. We both preferred the Perfección and can’t wait to share. 4 out of 5

kANICHé pERFECCIóN – pANAMArum BY ClinT anD Terry BoraM

While standing in the rum aisle contemplating review-ing a spice rum or a flavored rum, Terry saw store em-

ployee, Alex, approaching. Alex gave her a hug and kiss on the cheek and asks, “What do you want to review this month?” Yep, we’ve been in this store a lot. Alex pulls out a bottle of Kaniché Perfección – Panama from under a linen-draped table to offer us a sample. We had reviewed Kaniché XO – Barbados earlier this year so we couldn’t wait to explore the difference between the two countries. Maison Ferrand of Cognac, France is the producer of the Kaniché line of rums which, until recently, had three products distilled in Barbados. Like the Barbados rum, Kani-ché Perfección – Panama is distilled using traditional methods: locally aged in ex-Bourbon casks, then transported to France to be finished in Cognac casks for several months. So after all these years, why pro-duce a rum in Panama? The answer lies in the weather and soil conditions. Panama is situated at the point of the confluence of air from the Pacific Ocean and the heat streaming from the Caribbean. The microclimate of stable temperature and humidity creat-ed there enhances both the sugar cane harvest and the rum aging process. This stability allows for precise aging calcula-tions. Soil also plays a key role. Whereas Barbados soil is high in alkaline levels, Panama is rich in volcanic minerals produc-ing a more aromatic sugar cane. he saiDThe nose is oaky and spicy with a strong alcohol burn. The initial sip is smooth and buttery with a slight floral hint. There are subtle hints of vanilla and cherry providing a soft sweetness. The oak note comes in on the finish with a brief show of molasses but unfortunately dissipates rather

siPPing rum scale

1 – An expensive mixer 2 – A quick celebratory shot 3 – Wouldn’t be embarrassed to share with friends4 – Are my friends worthy of a sip5 – Special moments rum

about clint anD terrY: We have sampled many a dram over our 33 years of marriage and quite often we don’t fully agree. Could be the difference is male/female taste buds. Or, somebody is just wrong.

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