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About
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| Crosscurrents is published by the Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County in an effort to provide its members with information that will educate, while enabling members to increase networking with other marine industry businesses. Board of Directors Michael Kennedy, President Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O'Connell Raymond Graziotto, VP Loggerhead Marina Bruce Grout, Secretary New Port Cove Marine Center Mike Samuels, Treasurer Viking Yachts Service Center ______ Jim Burg Castaways Marina Kendall Cheatham Palmdale Oil Company Mark Crosley Florida Inland Navigation District Lou Daniello Barnacle Busters/Stain Busters Tamra Fitzgerald Venue Marketing Group
George Gentile Gentile Glas Holloway O'Mahoney & Associates, Inc.
Marty Murphy, Jr. Murray Logan Construction
Jason Sprague Rybovich John Sprague JH Sprague Consulting
Tyson Waters Loggerhead Marina Staff Chuck Collins Executive Director Alyssa Freeman Operations Director Stephanie Brown Administrative Assistant Contact Info 1208 US Highway One Suite B North Palm Beach, FL 33408 P.O. Box 10576 Riviera Beach, FL 33419 (561) 863-0012
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February Member Anniversaries
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Member Anniversaries
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| Boat Owners Warehouse(JIM) |
7
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| BoatHistoryReport.com(CAROLINE) |
1
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| Customizers Marine(JASON) |
1
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| DUCHAK MARITIME LLC(KEVIN) |
1
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| Eastern Marine Services, Inc.(CAPT. ZACH) |
9
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| Island Marine Electronics, Inc. dba Island Marine Electric(KRISTEN) |
1
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| Jupiter Pointe Club & Marina(JULIE) |
6
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| Mullin Marine Surveying(WILLIAM) |
12
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| Murrelle Marine(JOHN) |
11
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| Nautical Ventures Marine Superstore(RAY) |
3
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| Offshore Connection Marine Electronics, Inc(STEFAN) |
12
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| Pettit Marine Paint(MARGO) |
1
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| Port Consolidated, Inc.(RICK) |
3
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| Sea Land Insurance Corp.(LORI) |
7
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| Stirling Insurance Services(PETER) |
1
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| Tuppen's Marine and Tackle(BILL) |
16
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| Viking Yachts Service Center(MIKE) |
12
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| West Palm Beach Plastics(FABRICE) |
7
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| Yachting Promotions, Inc.(EFREM) |
3
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AHOY! Welcome New Members
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Buccaneer Marina
Richard Bright
142 Lake Drive,
Palm Beach Shores, FL 33404
Office:561-842-1620
Cabin 8 Outpost, LLC
Jeffrey Freeman
P.O. Box 220594, West Palm Beach, FL 33422
Office: 248-343-5642
Cabin 8 Outpost provides training, leadership development, and teambuilding programs. We pride ourselves on providing quality programs that are customized to client's needs whether it is bringing a new group together or working on specific goals with an existing group. We also offer CPR, First Aid, AED and lifeguard certification programs.
Captains Clique
Helen Burns
PO Box 2373, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Office: 561-337-0726
Recruitment & placement of yacht Captains
Cox Maritime and Aviation Law
Jeffrey Cox
1005 West Indian Town Road, Suite 202, Jupiter, FL 33458
Office: 561-747-8266
Website: www.coxmaritimelaw.com
Our attorneys are Florida licensed, with a worldwide network of yachting and legal contacts, which allows our office to provide global assistance with all legal matters pertaining to the ownership of large yachts. Our practice involves almost all things maritime.
On Plane Marine Electronics L. L. C.
Jeffrey Comer
1273 Old Dixie Hwy, Ste 12, Lake Park, FL 33403
Office: 5
61-307-7675
Sales, service, and installation of all marine electronics in the Palm Beach, Broward, and Martin Counties. Specialized in and reseller of GARMIN, Simrad, Raymarine, Intellian, KVH, Fusion Entertainment, and IRIS Cameras
ServiceOne Marine Trade & Mechanical Services, LLC
Marc Marin
340 SE 1st Street ,
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Office: 8
44-266-0520
Dockside Marine Diesel Engine Repair specializing in MTU / MAN
Let us know if you would like to be our featured member in our next, or upcoming, newsletter. It's easy, and it's a great way to promote yourself (and your business) to other members who may not know you yet. Email Alyssa at [email protected] for the form.
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AHOY! Welcome New Captain Members
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Members save more than
$4,000 in discounts for fuel, dockage, maintenance, accessories, and more!
Let us know if you would like to be our featured member in our next, or upcoming, newsletter. It's easy, and it's a great way to promote yourself (and your business) to other members who may not know you yet. Email Alyssa at [email protected] for the form.
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| Testimonials |
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MIAPBC Members: We need your help!
We are looking for member testimonials to be featured on our website and other member recruitment materials. In 2-3 sentences, sum up why you decided to join the MIAPBC and how it has been beneficial for you.
Please email these to [email protected].
Something new we would like to incorporate for 2016 is the MIAPBC Ambassador Program. Veteran members (5+ years) would make themselves available to talk to new members in a mentor-like role. Sometimes it is better for new members to talk to other members who have been in their shoes rather than association staff.
Ambassador's would also make new members feel welcome at MIAPBC events. If you are interested, contact Alyssa Freeman.
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A Palm Beach Post special advertising opportunity for MIAPBC business members ONLY!
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Boating South Florida
(a special section of The Palm Beach Post)
Publishes: Sunday, March 13, 2016
Boating South Florida is an exciting Palm Beach Post special section designed to generate enthusiasm for boating, drive traffic to the Palm Beach International Boat Show, and promote the message of the Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County. Only members of the MIAPBC get special advertising prices saving you close to $1,000 or more!
- In print and online, The Palm Beach Post reaches more than 600,000 adults each week.
- PalmBeachPost.com averages more than 30 million page views every month.
- Advertising at special rates will only be available to MIAPBC members on a first come, first served basis! We can only accommodate six pages of advertising, so you will have to act fast.
Advertising Rates: Member Rate PB Post Rate
Full Page $1,000.00 $2,340.00+
10"x10.25"
Half-page horizontal $750.00 $1,650.00+
10"x5"
File Format
A four-color, high-resolution PDF is required. Files must be submitted via e-mail to [email protected].
Advertising Terms and Conditions
All advertising is accepted on a prepaid basis only. Deadline for ads to be submitted is February 25.
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We need sponsors for our boat show Passport. If you will have a booth at t he Show and want to increase traffic we hope you consider participating in the passport for $500 (or $500 in product/service), which will be pooled for a grand prize and a few smaller prizes. Your logo will be printed in the passport with your booth location, and participants will be asked to stop by your booth to receive a stamp in their passport (we will provide you with stamps). All sponsors and prize donors will also get exposure in our newsletter and social media pages. We had great participation last year with about 2,500 passports returned completed to the MIAPBC booth. Contact Alyssa Freeman for more details.
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| Team Liquid wins 79th Sailfish Derby |
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Congratulations Team Liquid!
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Fishing Pros featured at West Palm Beeach Fishing Club
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Seminars, Workshops are Designed to Help
Educate Anglers & Improve Skills
The West Palm Beach Fishing Club (WPBFC) has announced its guest speaker and meeting topic calendar for 2016 (see attached schedule). The regularly scheduled meetings feature Florida fishing pros who will reveal valuable tips and advice on how and where to catch the area's most sought after game fish. "This may very well be our best line-up yet. We have some outstanding anglers, captains and even a few outdoor media celebrities coming to the club this year. They are among the best in the business and are very generous with their fishing know how. No matter what your experience level is, there is always something new to learn when it comes to fishing, especially from the all-star cast we have coming to the club this year," said WPBFC Chairman Pete Schulz. The meetings are held the first and fourth Wednesday of most months at the WPBFC's historic clubhouse, located at 201 Fifth Street (corner of 5th Street & North Flagler Drive), in downtown West Palm Beach. Inshore and offshore topics are featured. Local, regional and nationally recognized fishing experts cover the techniques, locations, baits and tackle that work for them. "This year we will be conducting several hands on workshops related to the featured meeting topic which are always quite popular. The meetings also provide a great opportunity to talk with the pros and network with other active anglers. The Fishing Club continues to fulfill a very unique role in the community," continued Schulz.
Annual membership in the WPBFC costs $80 for adults, $25 for juniors (age 10 - 18) and $15 for pee wee's (kids up to 9 years old). Family memberships are available for $150. There is a $15.00 processing fee for new members. A WPBFC Lifetime membership costs $1,500. For more info on WPBFC programs and events phone (561) 832-6780 or on the web at http://www.westpalmbeachfishingclub.org/
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Palm Beach Vintage Regatta
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| Florida Fishing Academy |
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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association
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Click Here to view
The Voice of the Waterway, the Newsletter of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association
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| World-class Rybovich, marine industry a foundation for business growth |
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Antonio Fins
Palm Beach Post
Last month, I visited
Rybovich's West Palm Beach marina complex. By my calculations, there were more than a few billion dollars worth of ultra-luxury, megayachts docked at the facility - either on a port of call or having maintenance work done.
"We're competing with locations in Europe," said Carlos Vidueira, Rybovich's vice president. "Every year we've increased the number of superyachts that come to our facility."
Luring that next-new business or industry sometimes is a Quixotic quest in the Sunshine State. We focus so much on building a Silicon Valley in the sunshine that we overlook the incredible businesses we have.
One of those is the marine industry, a sector in which South Florida is already world-class. Look no further than Rybovich.
The Rybovich facility got a makeover after it was purchased in 2004 by H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr., including a restaurant and lounge for yacht crews. Earlier this month, Rybovich won approval for a permit to build out-of-water in Riviera Beach, plus another permit to add dock space at the West Palm Beach headquarters.
Rybovich has also been involved in conservation efforts at the Lake Worth Lagoon, which Vidueira says is a unique, natural resource that makes the marina more appealing for crews.
Vidueira says Rybovich's overall goal is to grow the superyacht business, not to duplicate existing marine industry operations.
"That's really why we came to West Palm Beach," Vidueira said, adding Broward and Miami-Dade didn't have space to accommodate more superyachts. "We haven't cannibalized the business that goes to Fort Lauderdale."
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Computer Solutions
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This is a real one. A number of people using Dell PCs have been contacted by scammers claiming to be Dell Tech Support who actually had specific data that only Dell could have had. We're talking the customer service tag number, a support number printed on a sticker on every Dell computer. I have used Dell machines for 20 years and am very familiar with that sticker.
This is a variant on the Microsoft tech support scam where they call PC users and claim they have detected a problem with the person's computer and need to fix it. End-users gullible enough to give access to their workstations (usually via remote software), are billed hundreds of dollars on their credit card but the scammers of course don't fix anything - and in some cases their PCs are infected with ransomware until they pay up.
Last week, there was a story in Ars Technica where a man said he called Dell about a problem with his optical drive, and soon after he got a call from a scammer who knew about his specific problem and had his service tag number and other customer information.
In October the company posted a warning about this type of telephone scam on its website, but it doesn't mention a service tag number hack. Dell does not seem to know what exactly is going on and is investigating. To me it seems that one or more of their servers have been compromised and support data has been exfiltrated and used by scammers. Dell needs to fix the leak.
In the meantime I suggest you send this to your employees, friends and family:
"There is a new tech support scam doing the rounds. This time it is cyber criminals with foreign accents calling you, claiming they are from Dell and they even have the correct service tag of your Dell PC. They will try to manipulate you into giving them access to your computer so that they can "fix the problem" and charge your credit card or worse, infect your computer with ransomware.
"If you get called by unknown people claiming to be tech support (any company) and need to get access to your computer, hang up the phone immediately and delete any email they might send you with similar claims.
"ONLY give out personal information if you have initiated the call and properly looked up the main company number yourself on the company's main website you want to reach. Do not rely on a popup, ads, or general web search on another website or forum unless you can verify it is a valid source and verify it is a valid phone number for that company."
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| MIAPBC Text Alerts |
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| Text MIAPBC to 84483 and receive instant text alerts from MIAPBC! The MIAPBC is constantly looking for ways to keep our members connected in an efficient and convenient manner. RainedOut is a free, fast, and effective service that does all that and more. Once  signed up you will be able to receive notifications instantly informing you about all the latest events, deadlines, calls to action, etc. without the bother of having to check your email. As soon as a new message is sent you'll receive it via text immediately. This is NOT the same thing as a group text. You can opt out at any time. Standard data and text messaging rates do apply.
Simply text MIAPBC to 84483 to get started and see for yourself! You can also get started here: https://www.rainedout.net/team_page.php?a=b878c27bb84c29842f91 |
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