Yacht fires light up crew training, awareness
By Dorie Cox November saw motoryachts Lohengrin, a 161-foot Trinity, and M/Y Reflection, a 107-foot Christensen, go up in flames in a shipyard in Fort …
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Longtime Derecktor parts manager Richard ‘Dickie’ Doolin dies
By Dorie Cox Richard Doolin, known as Dickie, the former parts manager at Derecktor Dania, died on Jan. 29. He had been a familiar face at the yard during his …
Crew at work during Lauderdale Marine Center’s Broker Day
Story and photos by Dorie Cox Yacht crew and brokers were on hand to show nearly 80 visitors onboard yachts for sale during the Broker Day Open House at …
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 …
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 …
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 …
