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Sun & Moon WeatherTest Your Mates Sunset: 6:15 pm; Sunrise (Sunday): 6:53 am

Moonrise: 10:50 amHigh tides: 1:56 pm; 2:38 am (Sunday)Low tides: 8:41 pm; 9:07 am

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Test your trivia skills with these nautical questions.

n What is backwind?

n What is gimballed?

n What is the rhyming recipe for rum punch?

ANSWERS on page 2

Power issues turn on generators

WIPE ON, WIPE OFF: Crew spent the morning yesterday trying to dry off after a rainy night. Find out what the rain did, page 3, and see more chamois shots, pages 6-7.

PHOTO/TOM SERIO

Today: Partly cloudy, slight chance of rain, winds NW 10-15 mph, high 81.Tonight: Breezy with winds NW 20-25, low 46Sunday AM: Clear, breezy, high 64

Daily Happy hour with National Marine Suppliers at Ramp 14: Slip 401.

Daily

Italian wine and olive oil tasting at the Overmarine Group/Mangusta barge everyday beginning at 5 p.m. Ramp 24.

Through SundayLearn the Great Loop trip and how to avoid system failures with free semi-nars at TrawlerPort between ramps 3-4. Seminars every hour on the hour, 11 am-3 pm. See ad in the front of the show program.

Sunday a.m.Pioneer Linens hosts cupcakes and mimosas at Ramp 14: Yacht Pavilion 77-78 in the morning.

See POWER, page 3

By Lucy Chabot Reed

At least a dozen large yachts have been struggling with inconsistent electrical power while docked in the Yacht & Brokerage Show this week.

Problems have ranged from too few amps to too many hertz, to brownouts and blackouts. A few yachts have had electrical components destroyed from voltage spikes and surges, according to captains in the show.

None of the captains, crew or brokers interviewed about the power problems wanted to be named for fear of angering Show Management, which produces the show and provides power to the yachts.

But several yachts between ramps 17 and 18 have been dealing with the issues since they moved in a week ago,

having as many as five brownouts a day. At least two were on generators at midday yesterday to preserve their equipment.

On docks around ramp 11, a handful of yachts were having similar problems and had turned on their generators until the problem gets resolved.

“We have power, but too much; another boat had too little and had to turn the A/C off to turn the lights on,” said a mate, whose yacht was on generator power. “It’s always something.”

“We need 100 amps, and we got two 50-amp cords with a Y-box to plug into,” an engineer said, adding that the breakers in the transformer pedestal

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Answers to the quiz on page 1:

n Backwind is wind that changes direction counterclockwise.

n Gimballed describes something that stays level onboard even when in motion.

n The fun rum punch recipe is “one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak.”

The four ingredients are lime, sugar, rum and some type of fruit juice such as apple or orange.

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were hot to the touch. “We just lost power.”

One broker said Show Management has upgraded some generators and transformer pedestals, and expected that the problems were related to that.

“It’s been horrible the whole show,” he said of the power. “But electricity is always a problem at boat shows.”

Show Management officials authorized to comment to the media were unavailable yesterday so it was unclear what was causing the problems.

According to Mike Prado, director of sales for Atlas Marine Supply in Ft. Lauderdale, a couple things could be causing the power fluctuations. The generators, which Show Management rents for the show, could have dirty filters or other signs of poor maintenance, or the diesel fuel that feeds them is bad or lacking.

With the transformers, the cables carrying electricity from the shoreside generators might not be strong enough to handle the distance, causing a voltage drop, or the transformers simply aren’t big enough to handle the load.

“There’s always a problem at all shows where power is inadequate at peak times,” Prado said, noting that

issues seem to have lessened at the Ft. Lauderdale show recently. “We run into it every year.”

Several captains acknowledged that power problems are nothing new, but something’s different this year.

“We get blackouts at other shows, but this is completely off the charts,” a captain said.

According to several yacht captains and crew, electrical crew have been trying to fix the problems since last weekend, but have not been successful.

“Although they are pleasant and responsive, the issue has not been resolved and it’s causing damage to our boat,” one captain said. “Their response has been inadequate.”

The power fluctuations have caused one yacht to lose its radar and another to lose a component in its Headhunter system.

By yesterday morning, more than a few yachts had chosen to unplug from shorepower altogether and use their own generators full-time, creating noise and exhaust on the docks around them.

And those captains acknowledged that it’s not ideal when trying to sell a yacht.

Lucy Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com

Power problems ‘off the charts’POWER, from page 1

GIVE WAY: The tent over the MTU engine display collected water in the heavy rains Thursday night and collapsed. Crews took it down yesterday morning. No one was hurt. PHOTO/TOM SERIO

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

Capt. Barry CrossM/Y Relentless110-foot Kingship

“I have one, but it’s not visible. I will still hire crew with tattoos, but it depends what it is. Crew now get them so young; you ultimately regret it.”

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Chef Claire HerrickM/Y Cortina114-foot Newcastle

No tattoos. “It makes it easier to find work if you don’t have any.”

Temp. Stew Lucia Del PreteM/Y Miss Lisa92-foot Citadel

New to yachting, she has several visible from her time in the music entertainment industry. “It’s been difficult to find work because of them. If I could have foreseen my future in yachting, these would never have been here.”

Deckhand Nick MattioliM/Y Cassiopeia105-foot HJB

“Yes, for my mom who passed away. That’s why I got it there, so you couldn’t see it. I would have liked for it to be more visible, but then I couldn’t get a job.”

As tattoos have become more popular among younger people, the trend hasn’t escaped the yachting industry. But it’s become standard to

ask in a job interview or even offer on a CV if the applicant has visible tattoos.

While it seems that this is all the rage, I was curious to know just how prevalent tattoos are among crew, and if they did indeed present a problem when it came to landing a job in yachting.

So I asked Do you have tattoos? Of course, I had to follow that immediately with Are they visible?

I was surprised to learn that most of the crew I spoke to yesterday do not have tattoos, even the veterans, even the engineers. The crew with visible tattoos were all women.

– Data compiled by Lucy Chabot Reed

Yes, visible – 12.5 %

Not yet – 25.0%

Never – 43.8%

Yes, not visible– 18.8 %

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Stew Jennifer GoldmanM/Y Cortina114-foot Newcastle

Has visible tattoos that sometimes are a problem. “It depends on the owner and the boat.”

Eng. Sam WheatonM/Y Chosen One120-foot InterMarine

“I’m not interested in tattoos. As soon as you have a tattoo, you get labeled. The industry we’re in, labeling is a big part of it.”

Mate William WillardM/Y Waterford110-foot Hatteras

“No, I’ve always wanted one but now that I’m in yachting, I won’t do it.”

MateKevin GreensteinM/Y Miss Lisa92-foot Citadel

“Absolutely not. I’m Jewish; that’s the main reason. And they just don’t fit in yachting.“

Stew Nina SommerfeldM/Y Bina79-foot Dyna

Her tattoos are not visible. She got them before joining yachting three years ago. “It’s never been an issue.”

Eng. Matt HickeyM/Y Longo Mai115-foot Cantieri di Pisa

“I don’t have any tattoos but I’m going to get one because I have to take my wedding ring off for work. I want one there.”

Chef Jessica KirchnerM/Y Longo Mai115-foot Cantieri di Pisa

“I can’t think of something I want on my body forever. I may someday, but I will never put it someplace visible.”

Deckhand Oscar RorvikM/Y Endless Summer124-foot Lloyds Ships

“I’m still young. I haven’t gotten around to it. Obviously, you can’t have them visible.”

Mate Bruce KennedyM/Y Endless Summer124-foot Lloyds Ships

“I would like one someday. But I have so many ideas, my mind always changes.”

Eng. Terry KennedyM/Y Cassiopeia105-foot HJB

“I have an appreciation of them, but they are too permanent for me.”

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DOING THE CREW THING, DAY 3: Wipe on, wipe off

After a rainy dawn, crew got a late start getting their yachts in show shape. But they wore smiles, nonetheless. By lunchtime, however, the

rains returned and would stay, giving those chamois cloths a chance to rest. PHOTOS/TOM SERIO, LUCY REED

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