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Upcoming Events

Test Your MatesFind out how nautical you and

your crew mates are with this quiz.n Does 100 percent humidity

mean it is raining?n What are the chart

abbreviations for fixed and flashing lights?

ANSWERS on page 2.

Tonight, 7 pm-midnightNational Marine Supplier’s 7th Bizarre-B-Q at National’s offices on Southwest 2nd Avenue, behind Lester’s. Theme this year is “Yachtywood.” Invitations required: nationalmarine.com/party2011. Transportation by Da Yachty Bus starting at 6 p.m. from the show and all major marinas and shipyards. Call 954-882-0915 to reserve a seat.

Tomorrow, 5-8 p.m.Island Global Yachting hosts a cocktail reception and will give away a free iPad in a drawing at 6 p.m., followed by cocktails with IGY managers.

Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.Sights and Sounds of the Pacific Corridor, hosted by Pacific Bound Yachts, screening of the IMAX movie “The Ultimate Wave Tahiti” and naming the Perseus award winner. Invitation only for captains and first officers. RSVP: info@pacificboundyachts.com

Today: 70% chance of rain, high 78; 83% humidity; winds from SW at 10 mphTonight: 60% chance rain, low 71Tomorrow AM: Showers and wind, high 78

US market needs marketing helpBy Lucy Chabot Reed

The number of superyachts built in America may be a small percentage of the global fleet, but her support system of subcontractors and vendors makes up more than half the worldwide total.

In statistics released recently by The Superyacht Group, publishers of The Yacht Report, the American supply chain – everything from interior outfitters to chart suppliers – makes up 54 percent of the $5.7 billion in annual sales generated in the world of yachts 30m and larger and is its largest component.

Several U.S. industry trade groups have teamed with The Superyacht

Group to build the American portion of the superyacht market.

Other interesting statistics: The world fleet of superyachts was

1,400 in 1990; In 2010, it was 4,300.Eighteen percent of that fleet was

built in the United States.American builders have 10 percent of

the yachts on order around the world, or 45 of the new builds 450 on order.

But the United States is also still the place from which most of the world’s superyacht owners come. America has about a third – 55,000 – of the world’s ultra high net worth individuals.

At a meeting yesterday, industry

See USA, page 2

WORKING IN SUNSHINE: Chief Stew Coty Strabley, left, and 2d Stew Ashley Kendall of M/Y Mia Elise scored Best in Show for their vessel in the 4th annual Perfect Setting Tabletop Challenge yesterday. See more photos on pages 3-4. PHOTO/DORIE COX

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Answers to the quiz on page 1:n No. Humidity is the amount of

moisture in the air, but it takes more than air saturation for rain.n F. and Fl.

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leaders announced the Come Sea U.S. campaign of standards, advocacy and marketing they plan to initiate.

One of the major topics at this summer’s American Superyacht Forum was the perceived professionalism of American yacht businesses.

“We must agree how we are going to act, and how we are going to conduct business,” said Carlos Viduera, executive director of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida. “When an owner gets bad service and gets fed up and leaves the industry, that hurts all of us.”

So the groups are developing a code of conduct, professional standards, and a system of enforcement.

Perhaps key to the issue of getting large yachts to spend time in the United

States is making it easier. Or at least making it seem easier.

“U.S. regulatory requirements are the same as any other place in the world,” said Corey Ranslam, co-chair of the USSA’s advocacy committee.

A marketing plan is also being developed to encourage captains to bring their vessels to the U.S. to cruise, charter and get work done. Industry can expect to see advertisements and a web site beginning in the spring.

And finally there was a call to the industry to take action.

“Fundamentally, we’re involved because we know the U.S. can be better,” said Martin Redmayne of The Superyacht Group. “I want to help, but more importantly, you have to help yourselves.”

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of Triton Today, lucy@the-triton.com.

Come Sea U.S. plan launchedUSA, from page 1

Marshalls seize booth assetsBy Tom Serio

U.S. Marshalls yesterday seized the booth assets of a builder’s representative stuck in the middle of a dispute between the builder and a yacht owner.

All Ocean Yachts, U.S representatives for Inace Yachts of Brazil, had all items from its booth in the high-profile Yacht Builders and Designers Tent inventoried and removed during a busy Friday afternoon at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

At hand is a dispute between Inace and the owner of the 111-foot M/Y Catalonian Spirit the yard built in 2008.

John DeCaro, president of All Ocean Yachts, said the dispute was over warranty issues, which is valued at nearly $1 million.

“It was to be handled by arbitration, which didn’t happen, and the owner went to court and decided to do this now,” DeCaro said.

Clay Naughton, an attorney with the firm Moore & Company representing the yacht owner, said he hates to do something like this.

“When an international company thumbs their nose at the justice system in the U.S., it can’t be ignored,” he said. “This Brazilian company is not judgment proof.”

Because the yacht is in the United States, a federal judge decided that the owner could go after any assets that Inace has in this country.

Its only presence is through DeCaro’s company.

Tom Serio is a writer for Triton Today, editorial@the-triton.com.

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ON SAFARI: Giraffe footprints led to the Ohana Game Lodge, M/Y Ohana’s entry in the informal category of Perfect Setting Tabletop Challenge yesterday. PHOTO/DORIE COX

Color dominates interior staff eventBy Dorie Cox

From adult romantic formal to

children’s fun and frivolous, Chief Stew Coty Strabley and 2nd Stew Ashley Kendall know how to entertain charter guests on M/Y Mia Elise.

They won the Best in Show award during the Perfect Setting Tabletop Challenge yesterday at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Strabley is no stranger to the annual competition, which showcases the talents of interior staff, having been part of award-winning teams in 2008 and 2010. Sponsored by YachtNext, the event is open to yachts in the show.

Strabley and Kendall won first place in the formal category in which entrants were instructed to “think of a spectacular global destination that inspires you.”

Black candelabras, dark red wine, and dramatic decorations reminiscent of the Victorian gothic era, wooed the judges, industry professionals who visited the 14 yachts in the event.

“Back in that day in France, they were the wealthy,” Strabley said, “They set the highest standards. So being on a yacht we thought it it was a perfect place and time.”

The duo also received second place in the informal category for a colorful kids’ table, complete with handpainted aprons and tablecloth.

“This competition takes the monotony out it,” Kendall said of the

interiors often standard designs. “We aimed for the ‘wow’.”

Taking second place in the formal category was M/Y Mary Alice II. Chief Stew Antonika Chanel began planning a month ago and took to heart the good manner obsession of Alice in Wonderland and the characters who sought to challenge her with rudeness.

Third place in the formal category went to M/Y Laurel with a theme that recollected its trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

Chief Stew David McLennan, 2nd Service Stew Nellie Spence-Church, Service Stewardess Deidre Beeby and Purser Delphine Francois soothed judges with turquoise, gold and glass under a starlit sky.

Framed poetry described their reef theme as though courses of an adventure in the form of a menu. It used phrases such as “finished with exquisite detail,” “nestled in glistening turquoise blue water,” and “enriched with a palette of vibrant colors.”

M/Y Ohana won the informal category, themed on a splash of color, with an African safari theme.

Giraffe footprints lead to the Ohana Game Lodge, where 2d Stew Lindsey Dipierdomenico, Capt. John Drugach and Chief Stew Kristen Engelmann donned safari garb.

Creativity and a small budget had the crew hanging runners as tent canopy

See TABLETOP, page 4

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 3: Setting the perfect table

M/Y Olga

M/Y Mary Alice II

14 interior teams excel at creativity TABLETOP, from page 3

M/Y Tuscan Sun

and making clay salt-and-pepper holders in the shape of tiger footprints.

Third place in the informal category went to M/Y My Colors, with a table that radiated from the sun into the colors of the spectrum.

Second Stew Zoe Limbrick and Chief Stew Agis Variani used the colors of the rainbow in napkins, decorations, down to edible matching sauces running from port to starboard on the aft deck.

The people’s choice awards went to M/Y Mia Elise in the formal category and to M/Y Ohana for the informal.

Other participants in the 4th annual Tabletop Challenge included Stew Heather Benson on M/Y Mustang Sally; Chief Stew Olivia Joseph, 2nd Stew Sarina Pearl, 3rd Stew Cindy Bekkedam of M/Y Newvida; 2nd Stew Hilary Drover, 2nd Stew Lucy Picton, Chief Stew Georgina Lewis of M/Y Kingfisher; Chief Stew Sara Herrera, Mate/Eng. Clem Nanton, Chef Claire Villemure and Capt. Bernard Calot on M/Y Olga; Julia Brindeau, Annie Dwyer, Romy Dwyer of M/Y Harmony; 3rd Stew Ashley Halicki, Chief Stew Sahar Afsar and 2nd Stew Karlin Mann of M/Y Tuscan Sun; Purser/Chief Stew Oanh Keiser, Stew Shannon Colebank, 2nd Stew Julia Engstrom, Stew Jamie Keiser and Stew Kate Sheridan on M/Y Four Aces; 2nd Stew Cindy Kemp, 3rd Stew Dorianne Munro and Chief Stew Selena Williams on M/Y Remember When; and Chief Stew Danielle Wood of M/Y Anjilis.

The event steered attention and conversation to interior efforts and skills, and several said they would use what they learned for trips in the future.

Dorie Cox is associate editor of Triton Today, dorie@the-triton.com. For photos of every entry, visit www.the-triton.com.

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

Have you ever had an emergency at sea?More than 80 percent of the crew

we interviewed yesterday have been involved in an emergency at sea, such as a fire or collision, a heart attack or broken bone, or even bad weather.

These emergencies did not occur on their current vessels. We asked this question in the context of a career.

The most common emergency was a fire, electrical, mechanical or other. One fire nearly started when a bag of cushions propped against a deck light began to smolder. The watch crew discovered it in time.

In fact, all the fires were stopped before they got serious, and that caused some crew to consider them not real emergencies.

Since our survey was designed to look at situations that might call into action the skills crew learn in drills, the fact that it was mitigated by quick response did not make it any less of an emergency to us. We added

these to the “yes” column.The next most common type of

emergency was coming to the aid of someone else.

There were myriad other types of emergencies, including a sinking when the engine of a 62-footer fell out after the hull delaminated.

Of the crew who had not faced an emergency at sea, half had been in the industry less than a year.

One crew member, however, has seen nothing worse than one guest’s bloody nose in nine years on yachts.

– Lucy Chabot Reed

Chief Stew Debora PassowM/Y Carpe Diem II150-foot Trinity

“It didn’t get to the emergency because the crew acted pretty quickly.”

2d Mate Daniel DucrotM/Y Laurel240-foot Delta

“There’s been a fire on every other boat I’ve ever worked on. We do drills all the time, so we’re prepared.”

Capt. Ron and Chief Stew Coty WoodsM/Y Mia Elise164-foot Trinity

“I’ve been in the industry 25 years,” Capt. Woods said. “Emergencies at sea happen. You’ve got to be prepared. Fire’s the big thing you’ve got to be worried about. But if you plan for it and do the proper drills, you can turn something major into something minor.”

Yes – 81.8%

No – 18.2%

Capt. Ray ShoreM/Y Excellence III188-foot Abeking & Rasmussen

After 36 years on yachts, he can’t recall any emergencies, other than a few rescues. “We drill man-overboard every month.”

Chief Stew Lisa FargnoliM/Y Allegria151-foot Hakvoort

“Keep your cool, no matter if it’s blood, fire, whatever. Go back to your training. You can have your panic attack when it’s all over.”

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“A guest almost drowned after swimming too far from the yacht. I went out to him and brought him back.”

Capt. Andrew LawM/Y Touch120-foot custom

Had his own emergency while working on yachts. He was run over by a speedboat in St. Lucia, the fin under the prop slicing open his hip.

Deckhand Nick DukeM/Y Loretta Anne IV131-foot Alloy

Responded when Bosun William Black went missing after the Monaco show last year. He learned to keep on his toes at all times.

Deckhand Sam WaterfallM/Y Helix45m Feadship

He’s experienced one fire, but it was resolved in a few minutes.

Bosun Tommy EriksenM/Y Mia Elise164-foot Trinity

He’s experienced a fire started by a heating element. “We put it out within five minutes. That’s not really an emergency.”

Deck/stew Roxanne MacdougallS/Y P2125-foot Perini Navi

“We did almost have a fire once. A gas grill on the stern. We shut off the main valve, and ran to the meeting point.”

AFTER HOURS: A few of the parties last night

Scores of brokers, guests and crew celebrated at the Fraser Yachts exhibit last night..

PHOTO/TOM SERIO

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@ Fraser

Hundreds braved the rain to party with the Bramen Brothers of Lurssen last night.

PHOTO/MIKE PRICE

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