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August 24, 2010

A taste of the pure life

Freelance stew Franki Black took some of her yachting wages and volunteered for six months teaching English in Costa Rica.

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August 9, 2010

Navigating the Strait of Messina, enjoying Italy's west coast

On our way from Athens to Toulon on the 26m motor yacht Aisling a few summers ago, we had decided to brave all the perils of the Strait.

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July 19, 2010

Local will show you the way at Mitchell Park Marina on Long Island

Jeff Goubeaud has lived near this part of New York all of his life.

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July 13, 2010

Former yacht chef drives his bus for fellow yachties

South African Rai de Sousa runs De Yachty Bus around South Florida.

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July 13, 2010

Yacht chef and purser open take-out, catering business

Years of experience on M/Y Cakewalk and Polar Star gave Chef Dirk de Cuyper and Purser Allison Morgan the tools for success.

June 29, 2010

Herreshoff museum awakens passion for yachts

An afternoon of history reminds Capt. John Campbell about the roots of yachting.

June 15, 2010

Wotton's Wharf's history spans minesweepers to megayachts

 

Chuck Chaney is both dockmaster of Wotten's Wharf and maintenance superintendant and crane operator of Boothbay Region Boatyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 

 

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May 17, 2010

Longevity is trademark for West Palm Beach dockmaster

John Smundin of Palm Harbor Marina loves his work. 

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May 4, 2010

Aeolian Islands: Erupting and attractive

The small but active volcanic islands off Sicily are worth a visit.

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April 19, 2010

Dockmaster in Virginia will steer you right

Dockmaster John Robey gets very animated when he talks about what he can see from his windowed office at Ocean Marine Yacht Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. “I mean, we have three U.S. Inter-continental ballistic missile cruisers across the way. We get nuclear aircraft, cargo ships, navy vessels, you name it, in this port,” said Robey.

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March 29, 2010

Montenegro emerges

Montenegro is on the eastern shores of the Adriatic, between Croatia to the northwest and Albania to the southeast. Its inland neighbours are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo, so it found itself very much in the middle of the Balkan war of the 1990s.

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March 15, 2010

Victoria, BC, is more than gardens and tea

No matter the far corner of the world in which I may be traveling, when I say I live in Victoria, British Columbia, fellow travelers invariably smile knowingly, "Ah yes, Butchart Gardens and afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel. Victoria is so British!"

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March 8, 2010

Dockmaster in La Amada, Cancun

La Amada Resort and Marina has been open in Cancun, Mexico, for nearly a year, and dockmaster Miguel A. Perez has been on board since the beginning. The European-style luxury resort hosts yachts up to 172 feet. Guests can enjoy the residences on property, La Amada Hotel or stay on their yachts with privileges at the spa, restaurants and amenities..

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March 8, 2010

Dockmaster Rawls on new adventure

Politics aren't Clyde Rawls' cup of tea. Customer service is his passion and the area he hopes to employ his skills in the near future. Rawls, who in the spring of 2008 was appointed general manager of Camper & Nicholsons' Port Louis in Grenada, left his position at the end of the year.

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March 1, 2010

Megayachts welcome in Tahiti

If looking at a world map, Tahiti and her islands – officially called French Polynesia – are a long way away from the usual superyacht destinations like the Mediterranean and the Carribean.

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February 8, 2010

Navas is dockmaster at new Puerto Rico marina, Palmas del Mar

Gerry Navas is the dockmaster at Yacht Club Palmas del Mar Marina on the eastern side of Puerto Rico about 40 minutes from San Juan.

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January 18, 2010

Elba: Mostly Italian, thoroughly European

The island of Elba is Italian, and has been so for much of the past three or four thousand years, but it is inextricably linked with French history. It was, of course, the place where Napoleon was banished for his first period of exile.

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January 11, 2010

Tiny island keeps dockmaster close to – if not on – the water

Sander Vellinga can’t get far from the water. The dockmaster of Renaissance Marina in Aruba lives on the island, which is 20 miles long and five miles wide.

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December 14, 2009

Little land, but a captivating nation

The Equatorial Indian Ocean spreads endlessly blue before us, hiding Addu Atoll just over the horizon. With landfall just hours away, we stared ahead, searching for a sign of land. Finally, we made out a few buildings, coconut palms and the white crest of waves breaking on the fringing reef.

October 27, 2009

Liguria is king of the coast if you’re talking Northwest Italy

If you talk to people about the northwest of Italy, most folk will think you mean Tuscany, or Toscana as the Italians would have it. They have heard of Tuscany mainly because of Florence, with its plethora of churches and arty things, and Pisa, with its ubiquitous tower, yet few seem to have heard of Liguria, which lies to the north and west of Tuscany.

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October 26, 2009

It takes two to juggle megayacht dockage in 9 feet of draft

Marina manager Brad St. Coeur’s job is a puzzle. Each day he and dockmaster Mike Voelker draw little yachts on the marina map at Sunrise Harbor Marina in Ft. Lauderdale. “The only way to do this is to hand-write it,” St. Coeur said. About 2,500 linear feet of dockage is divided among four docks at this Westrec marina on the Intracoastal Waterway a few miles north of Port Everglades. The docks range from 100-420 feet and with dockage on both sides, the configurations seem limitless.

October 1, 2009

Dockmaster career started with summer job

Because David Rogers likes to go fast in a good, strong breeze, he took a sailing course in college. And because it was where the classes were held, he hung out at Charleston City Marina. So when it became time for a summer job, he simply asked the people he knew, and he was hired. Now he’s harbormaster of the marina in charge of 40 acres of water, 425 slips and the 1,530-foot MegaDock fueling station.

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October 1, 2009

The color and culture of Japan
I first went to Japan in 2001 to deal with a 37m yacht being bought from a Japanese owner. We organized a freighter to ship it to the United States, but we would have more than two months before it left Kobe. “How often are you going to have a yacht in Japan?” I said. “Let’s go cruising.” I joined the yacht in Japan; however yachts generally approach from two directions. From the north, the first port of call is Hakkodate on the northern island of Honshu or an extra day and a half down to Yokohama and Tokyo.
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September 30, 2009

Pizzeria entrepreneur steps off yachts and back into his future

Standing in his new pizza restaurant on Southeast 17th Street in Ft. Lauderdale, former Mate Fabio Cracco is home again – sort of.

September 27, 2009

The color and culture of Japan
I first went to Japan in 2001 to deal with a 37m yacht being bought from a Japanese owner. We organized a freighter to ship it to the United States, but we would have more than two months before it left Kobe.“How often are you going to have a yacht in Japan?” I said. “Let’s go cruising.”