When the Yacht & Brokerage Show wraps up tonight, megayacht crews will be preparing for stints both short and long in South Florida marinas and shipyards, mostly while they await word of a sale.

These are anything but normal times, so it should come as no surprise that this year's Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach this past week has been anything but normal. Perhaps fewer people, decidedly fewer boats, curiously different accents and certainly colder than desired, the show still delivered what captains and brokers called serious buyers.

With retractable wings, a float plane by Glasair Aviation fits on the sundeck of the 92-foot series of megayachts by Tricon Marine. (The builder's 100-foot model will be able to handle a helicopter.) The yacht's davit isn't big enough to move the plane, so an external crane is required.

• If you are propelling a boat by pulling on the anchor chain with anchor attached, you are doing what?
• What masthead light pattern does a dredge show?
• A tug boat with a tow astern will show how many mast lights?

With a sprinkling of networking events, parties and booths to explore during the boats shows this week in Miami, we were curious to know "Are crew able to get off the boat to attend them?"

Captains, crew and industry professionals were moving as fast as the approaching rainstorm during last night's Speed Networking event hosted by Crew Unlimited at Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach.

The 21st Winter Olympic Games begin today in Vancouver, so we asked crew, "Who are you rooting for?" Most of the crew we spoke to at the Yacht & Brokerage show were rooting for their home team, and with so many Americans working the show, the Red, White and Blue was the run-away favorite.

Q. The Papa flag means which: I am stopped, Keep clear, I am dragging anchor, I am about to sail?

Q. A boat in your danger zone, from dead ahead to two points abaft the starboard beam, is usually which: Give way vessel, privileged vessel, burdened vessel?

• Show Management and Yachts International Magazine are hosting a Yachts Rock party tonight
• Bradford Marine is having a raffle for a free bottom job. Boats must be 60-140 feet, and the paint is by Interlux. 
• Marina Pez Vela in Quepos, Costa Rica, announced that it is on schedule to open its 100 slip
• ACR Electronics launched its new AquaLink View 406 GPS personal locator beacon at the show yesterday
• West Marine awarded its first $10,000 prize for Green Product of the Year to the MercMonito

It was the day before the Yacht & Brokerage Show and like most pre-opening days, the docks and yachts were strewn with power cables, remnants of carpet, and rolls and rolls of tape. Every day during the show, the Triton team will be on the docks asking a Question of the Day. Today, that question is: How many boat shows have you been in this past year?

Just how nautical are your crew mates? Find out with this little nautical trivia quiz.

• The running lights of a boat tell you what three things about the vessel?
• How many compass points are there?
• What are the abbreviations for fixed and flashing lights?
• A dog watch lasts for how many hours?

Yachty Scooter Rental is offering transportation to the Yacht and Brokerage Show in Miami beginning Thursday (Feb. 11). Yacht crew can ride the bus to Miami three times each day. On weekdays (Thursday, Friday and Saturday), the bus departs from Crew Unlimited in Ft. Lauderdale (2067 S. Federal Hwy.) at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.