"There's not a lot of shoot 'em up, but [it has] lots of messages and it takes place in backdrops us yachties are familiar with," Chef Kathleen Beales said. "Each chapter is one of life's lessons."

Chef Peter Ziegelmeier from M/Y Rena won the 2010 Best Charter Yacht Chef Competition at the Newport Spring Charter Show.

Mate Kirstie Milne of New Zealand, Chef Wendy Weller of Florida, and Stew Megan Shorrocks of Australia proved to be a tight team, said Capt. Harold Moyer during a recent stop in Ft. Lauderdale. "When they came onboard, the job just got easier," he said. 

Sandra “The Slicing Slovakian” Toporova went head-to-head with Shannon “The Cooking Canuck” Bridgeman in a Clash of the Interior Titans.

Trailing a fleeing fugitive, Capt. Ronald Billiot navigated a boat loaded with gun-wielding Bahamian police through the dark near Harbour Island on July 11 in pursuit of the elusive Barefoot Bandit.

International Yacht Training in Ft. Lauderdale has opened its first eBay auctions, offering four seats in two courses this summer.

There are many rumors flying around out there about proposed changes that may affect 200-, 500- and 1,600-ton licenses. Here are some facts.

Florida Yacht Brokers Association (FYBA) coordinated a marine industry photo shoot in mid-March to graphically illustrate their current campaign of “Boats = Jobs”. Over 130 crew, service, repair, sales and support marine industry employees assembled  at Lauderdale Marine Center’s East Yard in Ft. Lauderdale to be in the photo to show their support for the industry.

After 15 years in megayacht galleys, Chef Bill Fahey is back to what he does best: making pizza. A week before Christmas, Fahey and his partner Charles opened Big Wheel Pizza on Andrews Avenue in Ft. Lauderdale. Before he got into yachting in 1995, he owned four pizzerias, the last one -- Mr. Mills New York Pizza -- was in Bristol, R.I., near Newport.

Capt. Kostas Andreou stands on the helideck of M/Y Allure Shadow with his arms outstretched. Because each movement he makes is a signal to the helicopter pilot, he’s careful not to reach to his belt to switch between his aviation and marine radios. Instead, he’s got a switch wired on his finger.

Crew Unlimited, a crew placement agency based in Ft. Lauderdale, surveyed the stews in their database about all things having to do with the interior and performing stew functions. The following are the top 10 responses for some of the survey questions: