PWC driver hospitalized after being hit by boat in St. Barts
By Dorie Cox A man was seriously injured when the personal watercraft he was driving was hit by a boat in St. Barts on Dec. 30. Musician, writer and composer …
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Triton networks with Culinary Convenience
More than 250 yacht captains, crew and industry professionals gathered for our first Triton Networking of 2020 at Culinary Convenience, a one-stop chef and …
Former Palmer Johnson head dies
Palmer Johnson’s Martin Kelsey III, known in the yachting industry as Mike Kelsey Jr., died on Jan. 4 of cancer. He was 57. Mr. Kelsey began work with …
From the Bridge: Yacht destination dreams go unfulfilled
Most of the time, captains take the yacht where the owner says: on standard holiday trips, charters and a couple of boat shows. But where would captains visit …
Court awards yacht chef $1 million after illness
By Dorie Cox A yacht chef sued the owner of the yacht after his request to recover about $4,000 for emergency hernia surgery in Cuba was denied. Instead, a …
Surveyor, former yacht engineer Mark Webb dies
By Dorie Cox An engineer and a yacht surveyor, Mark Webb died after complications from triple by-pass heart surgery in Fort Lauderdale. He was 62. For more …
Special delivery: Laurel crew transport no-longer-salty dogs
By Dorie Cox; Photos by Purser Stephanie Hodges and Second Stew Shani Davies Cleaned up and rested, 10 dogs from the Bahamas Humane Society in Nassau were …
Veteran captain Achim Fischer dies in car accident
By Dorie Cox Capt. Achim Fischer died in Antibes on Nov. 26 as a result of a car accident. He was 72. A veteran captain of 30 years, Capt. Fischer worked on a …
FLIBS19: Yacht Chandlers party raises $19k for SOS Foundation
By Dorie Cox Fort Lauderdale-based Yacht Chandlers raised $19,000 for charity during the company’s annual boat show party in November. Yacht captains, …
Through fire and flood, yacht crew of Archimedes train to go it alone
By Dorie Cox Up to their armpits in water and covered in soot, the crew of M/Y Archimedes immersed themselves in cold weather and damage control training …
