Dorie Cox
Dorie Cox, who served as the former editor of The Triton, continues to contribute stories for our readers.Author Archives
Crew gather for UMC barbecue
Fort Lauderdale weather was perfect for a barbecue party for captains and crew at Universal Marine Center on Feb. 1. The new 106-foot Numarine M/Y Calliope pulled in to dock…
From the Bridge: Captains navigate complex equation for crew wages
From the Bridge: by Dorie Cox Yacht captains are familiar with the rates for maintenance, repairs, dockage, insurance and other yacht bills. Budgets are a large part of what they…
Saltee Rags model mobile, fluid, just like yacht crew
By Dorie Cox Yacht crew work and bunk wherever the yacht travels. Underway, they communicate through social media and mobile platforms. They have a sense of movement and immediacy. Chef…
Crew’s own records vital in getting paid after yacht arrest
By Dorie Cox When a yacht gets seized – arrested – for financial reasons, the subsequent jockeying for restitution often leaves yacht crew pay low on the list. Such was…
Miami19: Miami Yacht Show’s move to downtown brings optimism
By Dorie Cox For most of the past 30 years, yachts tied to docks built along a narrow strip of waterway in Miami Beach for a brokerage show. There were…
La Polonia stew broke her neck in fall, coroner reports
UPDATE: Jan. 24 A coroner report cites a “serious traumatic injury and fracture of the spine” as the cause of death for British Chief Stew Rebecca Boyle, according to a…
M/Y Voyager departs Fort Lauderdale
Story and photos by Dorie Cox and Tom Serio The nearly 300-foot M/Y Voyager, which had been hidden under shrink-wrap and scaffolding at Dania Cut Super Yacht Repair for almost three years, came…
Seahaven Superyacht Marina to open February in Dania Beach
By Dorie Cox Harbormaster Marieke van Peer put her expertise in marina management to work for Seahaven Superyacht Marina’s February opening in Dania Beach, Florida. With 2,400 linear feet of…
Triton Spotter in British Columbia, Canada
Sonja Mejlholm, a native of British Columbia, Canada, has five years of experience crewing on yachts. The January edition of The Triton featured one of her adventures in “Walking off…
