Owner’s View: The benefits of patience
Owner’s View: by Melvyn Miller Far too many years ago, I was lying to a mooring in Scituate, Massachusetts, on a modest sloop. Not yet knowing the full …
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Owner’s View: The perfect bosun worth the cost
Owner’s View: by Melvyn Miller Although few yachts carry sufficient deck crew to justify a mate who supervises multiple bosuns who each supervise multiple …
Owner’s View: The essence of command
Owner’s View: by Melvyn Miller The hardest thing to teach new managers is that the essence of management is to convince or coerce subordinates to do that …
Owner’s View: Effort in captain-owner interview pays off
Owner’s View: by Melvyn Miller As is the case with owners of yachts, I have found it difficult to describe an average captain of a crewed yacht, but I do …
Owner’s View: We are not all the same
Owner’s View: by Melvyn Miller I have found it difficult to describe an average owner of a crewed yacht, but I understand the temptation to stereotype …
Owner’s View: Not the recommended procedure for captain, crew career in yachting
Owner’s View: by Melvyn Miller Decades ago, I was berthed in Cape May, New Jersey, next to a flush-deck motoryacht run by a mature delivery captain and a new …
Owner’s View: Yachts that don’t adjust will lose some portion of market
By Melvyn Miller After reading Kevin Towns’ commentary about yachting surviving COVID-19, I wanted to point out that the head of the Johns Hopkins group …
Owner’s View: Are crew and brokers friends, enemies or both?
Owner’s View: by Peter Herm Captains, crew and yacht brokers have a complex relationship. I don’t pretend to understand all of the intricacies and …
Owner’s View: Those who keep their word few, far between
Owner’s View: by Peter Herm Early in my career, I worked on the floor of a major financial exchange. This was an eye-opening experience to a teenager whose …
Owner’s View: Here’s why I love my crew so much
Owner’s View: Peter Herm In reading some of the appreciated comments on my columns online, it dawned on me that some crew must be sharing The Triton with …
