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 Hello and welcome to Volume VIII of the Bradford Marine E-News. Well, it's show time again. I've just returned from the Monaco Yacht Show which was an exciting show again this year. The turnout was excellent, and there was a very positive attitude at the show. It appears that there are a good number of yachts on their way to the Caribbean and the U.S. this year from the Med. Bradford Marine Fort Lauderdale and Bradford Marine Bahamas have had a lot of inquiries for the upcoming season from these yachts.
As mentioned at the American Superyacht Forum, we all need to collaborate with each other to better service the yachting industry here in South Florida. We look forward to working with each and every one of you again this year in keeping South Florida a leader in yachting.
I’m sure that we all agree that we're glad to see the summer behind us and move forward into another busy season. Bradford Marine had one of their busiest summer's to date. In my last E-News, the 132’ Palmer Johnson UNITY was the featured Yacht with a full paint job. This summer, we started full paint jobs on the 132’ Palmer Johnson OUR WAY and the 132’ Palmer Johnson RASA along with several other paint projects. Thank you all for your support!
 The Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show is just around the corner again. We will be located in the Builders Tent again (Booth 624-625) and would like for you to stop by and say hello. Click here for more information about the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show.
Marketing Manager | Bradford Marine
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 Once again Bradford Marine's Fort Lauderdale Shipyard, along with Interlux Yacht Paint, will be giving away a free bottom paint job to one lucky participant whose raffle ticket will be drawn after the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show. Please click here to enter your Yacht for the Free Bottom Job.
In addition, Bradford Marine Bahamas is holding a free bottom paint job raffle using Interlux Paint and its Freeport Travelift™. Please click here for details and to enter your yacht in the Free Bottom Paint Job raffle at Bradford Marine Bahamas.
 Breakfast At Bradford, October 28, 2011
This year Bradford Marine will again host "Breakfast at Bradford", and you're invited to stop by. The breakfast will be on Friday, October 28th at our Fort Lauderdale shipyard from 8am until 11am. Please click here to register for the Breakfast. (If you forget to register, we'd still like to have you attend.)
Parker Bogue is our newest arrival to the Bradford Marine Yachts Sales Team. From new construction to the sale of classic yachts and sailboats, Parker brings along a wide variety of experience (and in both English and Spanish). A ticketed Merchant Mariner, Parker's career has produced over twenty Sales Achievement Awards. The biggest source of his pleasure, however, is simply the long list of clients that have come back to him time and time again.
You can contact Parker on his cell at 305-793-3612
or by e-mail at parker@bradfordmarineyachtsales.com.
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Daisy Ortiz Lenit brings over ten years of yacht charter experience to Bradford Marine Yachts Sales, Charter Services Division. Daisy learned the yacht charter business as an assistant to the Charter Manager at Bounty International. She later worked as Charter Fleet Manager for International Yacht Collection and then Camper & Nicholson’s Fort Lauderdale office. Daisy’s reputation and experience are well-known in the international yachting community, where she has a vast network of contacts in all areas of the business. You can contact Daisy on her cell at 954-328-6899 or by e-mail at daisy@bradfordmarineyachtcharter.com.
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Bradford Marine would like to thank Capt Herb Magney and the crew of the 142’ Hessen AT LAST for their continued support of Bradford Marine. We've had the pleasure of having Capt. Herb and his crew at Bradford for the past couple of months and have enjoyed their professionalism and the laughs. Thanks guys, and we look forward to having back again in the near future.
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Bradford Marine Bahamas has had the pleasure of having the research vessel “Lone Ranger” at the facility for 5 months. Most of you will remember when the Lone Ranger was converted from an ocean going tug to a yacht in the port of Miami a number of years ago. She has since been sold and converted now into a research vessel.
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The Bahamian Defense Force regularly sends their fleet to BMB for their repairs and services. We have just had two of their largest vessels, the HMBS Bahamas and the HMBS Nassau at Bradford Marine Bahamas for their routine maintenance check this summer.
 
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Captain Franklin Taylor:
  I've been fortunate to stay in touch with Franklin and his wife, Debbie, since they decided to move back to New Zealand, raise a family, and be shore based. Franklin met Debbie in New Zealand when he went there to build the S/V Aquel II. Franklin is busy opening a new shipyard around Auckland; more to come on that in due time. Debbie & Franklin have opened an entertainment company called Alpine Entertainment. Their website is www.alpineentertainment.co.nz. Franklin said that Debbie is in charge of the logistics, and he stays behind stage and has fun. Glad to hear that he is keeping up the tradition of being a captain. Congratulations to the two of you, wonderful website - worth taking a look at.
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  Captain Mike Whiteside: http://blackdogsalvage.com/
Capt. Mike and his wife, Susie, left the yachting industry a number of years ago and moved to Roanoke, Virginia to raise their family and opened an interesting business called Black Dog Salvage. Mike has over 40,000 square feet of warehouse showcasing his treasures of antiques and commercial salvage. Please visit Mike's web site and take a tour through his facility.
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From 1913 to 1921, a well known family in the auto manufacturing business in America built 3 yachts. A 180’, 243’ and the last a 258’ which is still in existence today. The owner named the 258’ Yacht after his only daughter. In 1942 until 1946, the vessel served in the war with the U.S. Navy and then was returned to the original owners. The Yacht today still proudly carries the original name and is very well recognized in the Mediterranean. Can you tell me the following?
- Who was the original owner?
- What is the yacht's name?
- Where in America was she built?
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 In the last E-News, the Trivia question was who built the 45’ tug that was featured? I want to thank everyone who put their thinking caps on in regards to Bradford's first trivia question. What a response! I'll try to continue to include a new question in each volume of our E-News. The answer to the question below is BURGER BOAT CO, located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Ironically, the answer can from one of Burger Project Mangers, David VanStan, who swears he did not know the answer and researched it. Thank you, David. Thanks again to everyone who participated in answering the trivia question! Please click here to view some pictures of these tugs that have been sent to us from Burger. Evidently the trivia question raised a little interest at Burger.
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