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Test Your MatesFind out how nautical you and

your crew mates are with this quiz.n How many of the roughly 200

nations of the world do not border an ocean or sea? 30, 75, 120 or 165?n Which nation has the most

coastline?n How many compass points

are there?n The St. Lawrence River is a

tributary of which of the Great Lakes?n Name the Great Lakes.

ANSWERS on page 2.

Today, 5 p.m.Deadline to enter Bradford Marine’s raffle of two free haul-outs and bottom paint jobs, one each at the company’s Ft. Lauderdale yard and its Bahamas yard. Stop by the yard’s booth in the Yacht Designers & Builders tent, #624-625, or enter online at www.bradford-marine.com. Sponsored by Interlux Yacht Paint.

Nov. 12, Saturday, 6:30 p.m.4th annual Ft. Yachtie Da International Film Festival, a video contest for yacht crew complete with Academy Awards-style trophy for first place in several categories. Theme: The Great Gatsby. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door. The Triton is a proud sponsor. www.fortyachtieda.com

Today: Scattered storms, high 83; winds S, 7 mph; 76% humidityTonight: Early storms, low 72Tomorrow AM: 30% chance of rain, high 80

Every yacht name has a story

FROM WHENCE IT CAME: If they aren’t honoring a wife, daughter or family, owners may take pride in the source of their success, as with M/Y My Colors. PHOTO/DORIE COX

By Staff Report

The first thing most people learn about a yacht is its name. It tells us something about the yacht, doesn’t it? Whether it is formal or playful, silly or smart.

Usually, though, the name means little to outsiders, but the world to owners, who often pay their homage to another human, especially their family and wives.

“No, we’re not the magazine,” Stew Rachel Axcell said of M/Y Elle.

Elle refers to the owner’s wife, as does Claire and Melinda Ann.

Daughters are big stern stars, too, as with Krishelle, and let’s not forget the power of the family name, as on Namoh.

Toss in a little foreign language and the name is suddenly exotic and mysterious: La Belle Yvette (beautiful Yvette in French), Bella Bri (beautiful Bri in Spanish), Allegria (happiness in Italian), Ohana (family in Hawaiian), Namaste (peace be the journey in Sanskrit), and Sorcha (keeper of the

See NAMES, page 2

Answers to the quiz on page 1:n Just 30 countries are landlocked. n Canada, by far, has the most miles

of coastline: 56,453. The next closest country is Indonesia with 33,987 miles.n 32n Lake Ontario n Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and

Ontario

Test Your MatesTriton Today Ft. Lauderdale

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parent company of The Triton,

Nautical News for Captains and Crews.

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History, literature land on sternNAMES, from page 1

light in Gaelic).Newvida mixes a little English (new)

and a little Spanish (vida) to represent this owner’s new life.

There is a nautical superstition about changing names on a boat. Most yacht owners don’t give it a second thought, but some hold fast to the original name, at least as best they can.

When M/Y Lionheart changed hands, the new owner renamed it Cuor di Leone (a French version of the same name). Carpe Diem became Carpe Diem II when the owner took the name to his new yacht.

And sometimes, an owner can’t have the name he wants. The 136-foot Hargrave M/Y DREAmer landed its moniker because Dream was already taken. The owner added mer (the sea in French).

Also common is the tradition to paying homage to the thing or idea that brought the owner his wealth. M/Y Big Zip was named by the grandson of the person who invented the zipper.

The owner of M/Y My Colors created the Pantone color system in use in most printing and paint systems today. (Even Triton Today uses it. That blue rule around the photographs is Pantone 293C.)

The owner of M/Y Dazzler is in the jewelry business.

Some names make you think one thing, but it’s really something else.

“Aspen Alternative is the owner’s other option,” Chief Stew Caroline Jordan said. The owners decide which place to be, their place in Aspen or, alternatively, on the boat.

History gets its nod on the stern, too. M/Y Trevia is named after the

Fountain of Trevia in Italy, which was the meeting point of gladiators.

And the old stand by, literature. M/Y Dulcinea, a 106-foot Westport, is the true love of Don Quixote, from the novel by Cervantes.

“Dulcinea is ubiquitous, everywhere at the same time,” Mate Julianne Hammond said. “And this boat has been everywhere. It’s been all over the world.”

Sometimes, the words of a name just sound good.

“The owner just heard the phrase and likes the name Sea Loafer,” Capt. Kevin Kramer said of the 112-foot Westport, M/Y Sea Loafers III. “ It’s like a vagabond of the sea.”

The owners of Sea Jewel and Harmony simply liked the way the words rolled off the tongue.

These are the names, as best as crew can tell. Sometimes, though, it’s hard to tell if they are serious.

The owner of M/Y Furling Hedzel, a 74-foot Mochi, chartered a sailboat once and heard the crew talk of furling the headsail. He thought they were saying hedzel, as in a member of the crew, and wondered why they would need to keep furling him.

True or not, it’s funny.And although the owner knows why

the yacht was christened with its name, it doesn’t always filter down to the crew. Bosun Graeme Keane wasn’t told the story of M/Y Unbridled.

“None of us know why it’s named that,” he said.

Dorie Cox, Tom Serio and Lucy Chabot Reed contributed to this report, editorial@the-triton.com.

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SXM offers way around entry visaBy Lucy Chabot Reed

Yacht crew from several common

yachting nations can be exempt from St. Maarten’s visa requirement if they provide other paperwork that proves they are residents of visa-exempt countries.

Citizens of 127 nations – including South Africa and Russia – must have a visa to enter St. Maarten and the Dutch Caribbean.

But, according to a recent decision by the Ministry of Justice, visitors can be exempted if they have one of the following:n a residence permit for the U.S.,

Canada, the Schengen area, the UK, Ireland or Switzerland;n a residence permit for French St.

Martin;

n a residence permit for one of the countries of the Netherlands in the Caribbean (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba); orn a multiple entry visa for the U.S.,

Canada or the Schengen area.Three countries have recently been

added to the list that require visas: Jamaica, Colombia and Guyana.

“We are pretty excited about this new visa exemption as it will make it easier for both crew and guests,” said Kass Johnson of Dockside Management, an agent in St. Maarten. “Local St. Maarten agents will still be able to write the visa waiver letters for those who do not qualify under these exemptions.”

For a complete list of visa-required countries, visit www.smmta.com.

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

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News snippets from around the showWestrec Chicago marina to open in May

Marina operator Westrec Marina is investing $100 million in a marina in Chicago. The new 31st Street Harbor facility is scheduled to open in May, the company announced at a press conference on Thursday.

Located just south of Soldier Field and the company’s Burnham Harbor Marina, 31st Street Harbor will feature 1,000 floating slips for vessels up to 70 feet and face docks for superyachts up to 200 feet. For more, visit www.chicagoharbors.info.

Newport charter show gets new ownerIn June, on his first day working with

Newport Harbor Corp., Tom Delotto walked around opening day of the Newport Charter Yacht Show looking for people and exhibitors.

“I’ve been going to boat shows for 30 years working for manufacturers and I remember walking around thinking they canceled it and no one told me.”

He’s planning to change that.NHC has acquired the 30-year-old

show, which kicks off the summer charter season, and Delotto has plans to bring it back to life by expanding the shore-based side of the show with seminars and forums, adding locations

for vessels and hosting charity events.“I want to create a compelling reason

for owners and captains to come to the show,” he said.

The show is scheduled for June 18-22 at Newport Yachting Center, just before the America’s Cup World Series race (June 23-July 1). For details, see www.newportexhibition.com.

Ethereal owners honored with PerseusYacht owners Bill and Shannon

Joy were awarded the 2011 Perseus Award last night for their efforts and contribution toward marine wildlife conservation.

Shannon Joy is on the board of WildAid, a San Francisco charity that works to stop the trade in endangered animal parts. She also is director of the Joy Family Foundation, whose focus is on the protection of marine ecosystems, and Marine Mammal Conservation through the Arts. Bill Joy is co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

Their commitment to the environment drove the design of their 58m ketch S/Y Ethereal, built by Royal Huisman. They were honored at the Sights and Sounds of the Pacific Corridor event, hosted by the yacht agency Pacific Bound Yachts.

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

Where are you taking the yacht tomorrow?

We always ask this question at the end of a boat show, mostly because we hate to see this awesome congregation of yachts disperse.

Luckily, they aren’t going far.More than 45 percent are heading

to a South Florida shipyard, most of them to sit until the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of November. And most of these “yards” have a large marina component.

An almost equal number of boat show yachts are heading to a South Florida marina where they will sit to await word of a sale or the holidays. Only one yacht was heading to its homeport marina to charter.

The remainder, a slight percentage, are heading to the dock behind the owner’s South Florida home.

A third of respondents said their lay-over in Ft. Lauderdale would be brief; after a few weeks, they would head off for some winter cruising to the Bahamas, Belize and beyond.

But also interesting to note is that none were leaving South Florida right away. Hope to see you at Triton networking on Wednesday.

– Staff Report

Stew Holly FisherM/Y Temptation123-foot Palmer Johnson

“We’re going right to LMC [Lauderdale Marine Center] to sit. Hopefully it will sell. We’ve had real interest.”

Capt. Snowy McGeorgeM/Y Grazianna91-foot Palmer Johnson

“We’re going to LMC for our regular yard work. Then, at the end of January, the boss uses it.”

Stew Rachel AxcellM/Y Elle151-foot Tacoma

“Rybovich is its home. But we stayed in Bahia Mar this spring and summer.”

Deckhand/Dive instructor Russ ColosimoM/Y Dreamer136-foot Hargrave

“Directly to Marina Bay, where it lives. It is privately owned, so we stay until our next trip.”

Bosun Graeme KeaneM/Y Unbridled59m Trinity

“We’re going to Dania Cut for a little bit, for general fixing. Standard stuff.”

Mate Ian MacKenzieM/Y Thirteen157-foot Christensen

“We go straight to the yard at LMC. We’re just docking there. Then we spend Christmas in the Caribbean.”

1st Officer Eric HeimanM/Y Claire150-foot Trinity

“To the Boca Raton Resort and Club, that’s where the boat lives full-time.”

First Mate Chris BeanM/Y La Belle Yvette85-foot Kuipers

“I like it in Palm Harbor; it’s easy to show the boat and close to Clematis Street.”

Chief Stew Debbie Leenderts M/Y Namaste130-foot Westport

“The yacht’s going to Bimini Boatyard and waiting for sale.”

2nd Mate Kipp CaulkinsM/Y Status Quo150-foot Richmond

“It’s going back to one of the owners’ house. That’s where it lives full-time.”

South Florida marina – 41.7%

South Florida shipyard – 45.8%

South Florida home – 12.5%

Carrie FreemanM/Y Miss Michelle130-foot Westport

“We’re staying in Ft. Lauderdale behind the owner’s house. We’ll head to the Bahamas if the yacht is not sold.”

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AROUND THE SHOW: Some events around the show

Alan Murphy Jr and his mom, Penny – third and fourth generation owners of Pioneer Linens – kick off the company’s 100th anniversary celebration. The company was founded in 1912 in Lake Worth, Fla., and later moved to its current home in West Plam Beach.

PHOTO/DAVID REED

@ Pioneer Linens

Capt. Dave Gunn of M/Y Perspicaz, second from left, won an iPad in the IGY raffle on Sunday. Captains and crew joined the marina management company for networking at its booth.

PHOTO/TOM SERIO

@ IGY

Megayacht crew love Triton Today, just ask the crew of Ohana. (Honest, we did not stage this photo.)

PHOTO/CHARLIE PETOSA

@ dockside