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Yachting gives back mallorca.

The YGB team: Paddy, Nick, Anne, Aila and Louise. | Vicki McLeod

If you have ever set foot inside of the STP Boatyard in Palma then you’ll know that it can seem, to the untrained eye at least, like mild havoc. The shipyard is one of Europe's leading refit and repair facilities for superyachts up to a 120 metres in length and as such is quite busy indeed. Once you are past the security guards on the gate it’s up to you to pay attention: everywhere you look there are cranes, hoists, scooters, bicycles, vans and people. People doing things to yachts, people standing on yachts talking to other people about yachts, painting yachts, polishing yachts, hauling yachts out of the water, and putting them back in again. Alongside the yachts are storage units and in between them are more vans, and more people.

In amongst all of this organised chaos I'm in STP to meet up with the team from the charity Yachting Gives Back which, appropriately enough, has a storage unit on the dock donated to them by the boatyard itself. There is a smiling group of people, Aila, Anne, Louise, Nick, and Paddy to welcome me. We get the group photo out of the way quickly, and they pose in front of their storage unit, “A small but strong team,” says Nick Entwisle, the YGB Founder, nods his head and smiles. They've come a long way, and helped many people since the inception of the charity in 2019. It’s a simple concept: take perfectly good things which were being thrown away by yachts, and give them a second life in the hands of organisations and people who would use and value them. As Nick says, “We get to be Santa Claus with other people's money! But without the cooperation of the Superyacht crews and businesses we would not be able to help.”

What's the concept of Yachting Gives Back?

Nick: After eight years working on yachts I then spent 22 years with Pinmar, a Superyacht painting company based here. I retired from the board in 2016 and then completely three years later. Thanks to the Pinmar Golf Tournament, I personally knew many local charities and I thought there was a potential opportunity to channel surplus food and materials from yachts to people in need in Mallorca . So I had some time on my hands and Pinmar gave me a corner of one of their warehouses to store what we collected, but it was just me and two other pensioners handing out leaflets before Louise (Balfour) came along about three months after we had started.

How did Louise get involved?

Louise: I had worked in marketing and PR in the UK, and then I worked in Yachting here for 15 years. I had been looking for something to do with my time. I heard Nick talking about it on the radio, and thought, “That’s it!” I got in touch with him and offered to volunteer. He told me about what he was trying to do and I thought it was a great idea. He asked me if I could take on Social Media for the charity so that’s one of my roles now.

How did you know when YGB had taken off?

Nick: There was a post that Louise did on the Facebook page about a donation from Palladium, a 96 metre yacht, I am good friends with the Captain. He’d called me and told me that they were coming into Palma and had some things for us. So when I went to meet the boat I was quite surprised to see a human chain carrying about 25 big bags off of the boat! We took a photo and posted it on Facebook and it got 26,000 views! Louise has been instrumental in spreading the word. What is really apparent is her way with words when she is creating a beautiful narrative about a collection or a delivery and how the people are touched by what they have given or received.

Loiuse: It helps to be hands on. Part of my role is to deliver the food and other donations to most of the charities we support, so I'm there as well, and I am writing the posts with first-hand experience, and taking the photos. I think people like to see where their donations are going to.

Do you think people are shocked to know that there are so many people in need in Mallorca?

Louise: I think it is very easy to be unaware of what is happening outside of the world of yachting , but when people understand what the need is like, they respond generously. A lot of the crew we meet are very caring people who don't want to waste things and feel guilty throwing things away. They are very happy that the things that are not needed onboard anymore get used somewhere else.

What are the special qualities you think make a good volunteer?

Louise: (beaming) Just someone who is really kind. They will get what we are doing. That for me is the most important thing.

So who are you helping now?

Nick: We continually support the homeless shelters Llar Kurt and Llar Inge in Palma, we collaborate with the soup kitchen Associació Tardor , and we help the food bank Mallorca Sense Fam . As the donations increased so we were able to help more organisations, such as Shambala and now we are also supporting the Ukrainian people here. But we also help out when we are asked to by various associations. Recently we were delighted to be able to fund the provisions for a cafe at the Es Refugi charity Christmas market.

Louise: And we walked into the kitchen area they had made, and the volunteers said, “No, no, you can’t come in here.” And then someone else realised we were from YGB and we got a very warm reception, they called us “Angeles” which was lovely!

Nick: In the beginning, when we were dropping off donations at the shelter we would say, “Do you need anything else?” But the people were quite shy to ask, and they didn’t know if we were here to stay, as it were. But once we had bought one thing for them, the realised that if they needed some help, they could ask. So we have replaced washing machines, a tumble drier, that sort of thing, items that they might not have the finances for.

What about the future for YGB?

Nick: I think next year is going to be a tough one. I know that Tardor and Mallorca Sense Fam have waiting lists. Can you imagine a food bank that has a waiting list here in Mallorca? On this island? We are realising we need to help more and more. It’s a very different life on the other side of the Paseo.

Find out more at yachtinggivesback.com and on Facebook and Instagram

How you can help

● Give food: donate excess from your cupboards, organise a collection box in your business or make a donation for YGB to shop on your behalf.

● Give necessities: donate personal hygiene and cleaning products, donate winter clothing in good condition.

● Give your time: participate in or start a fundraiser, or share YGB’s social media posts on your own channels and spread the word. Every little helps.

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Yachting Gives Back

Yachting Gives Back is a food-raising campaign in which the yachting industry – both yachts and service companies – are helping to alleviate the problems of poverty and hunger in the Balearics.

Why are we doing it.

According to the Balearic branch of the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN), almost 25% of the Islands’ population, around 276,000 people, is at risk of social exclusion and that 87,000 people, 7.8% of the Balearic population, survive on just 355 euros per month.

Who are we doing it for?

Yachting Gives Back will work with several local charities, including Shambhala Fundación which works with vulnerable young people, and Associació Tardor and Mallorca Sense Fam (Mallorca Without Hunger) who also deliver foodstuffs to those in need. There are many more organisations involved and the more we raise the more of them we can support.

What Do We Need?

Yachting Gives Back is asking primarily for non-perishables such as pasta, rice, flour, tinned vegetables, milk, fruit juice, oil, vinegar and sauces, but we would also love to collect personal hygiene products like shampoo, soap and toothbrushes etc.

However, since we started our collections, we have been offered lots of miscellaneous items including old uniforms, bedding, galley equipment etc. etc. and we have managed to make good use of all of them!

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25 November, 2019

STP Shipyard Palma collaborates with Yacthing Gives Back offering a space in its facilities

STP Shipyard Palma installs a “special container” in the yard to support the charity initiative of the new non-profit organization Yachting Gives Back. This container aims to draw the attention of the yachts that arrive in the shipyard and offers a space where yachts can deposit items from food to household goods or clothing that they will not use for their next season, and donate it to people with needs on the island.

Yachting Gives Back is a new charitable   organisation created and directed by Nick Entwisle, who recently retired after 22 years with GYG-Pinmar, and Tracey Miller, of GYG-Pinmar Supply together with Dennis Moshofsky, Paddy Pigden and Louise Balfour, whose initiative emerged from the idea that all year round, but particularly at the end of the season, all the yachts who go to STP Shipyard to do their maintenance and repair works discard a large amount of food, clothing, utensils, and other equipment that can no longer be used for the following season.

Nick’s experience in charitable activities is extraordinary, with 28 years of experience organizing the Pinmar Golf Tournament, a great charity event that has garnered great successes and even greater earnings. This, together with knowing the neediest organisations on the island makes them the perfect team to make the most of the yachts’ donations. It makes perfect sense that those who enjoy the waters around our beautiful islands are able to give something back to the local people who are disadvantaged.

It is amazing to see this group of professionals in full action who travel the entire STP Shipyard Palma facilities in search of support from captains, shipowners and companies with a double interest. On the one hand they reduce the amount of waste produced by the yachts and on the other, and highlighted, they help people with needs on the island.

Yachting Gives Back facilitates the donations from all those who want to make a contribution. They are responsible for collecting everything, storing it in the STP container and distributing to the different NGOs chosen on the island. The material that is being donated this year will be given to the Shambala Foundation, Associació Tardor and Mallorca Sense Fam.

STP Shipyard Palma is a shipyard committed to the environment and society and that is why it carries out various fundraising activities that it subsequently donates to a previously chosen NGO.

In this case, given the involvement with the organisers and the guarantee of seriousness in their actions, STP Shipyard Palma wanted to contribute its grain of sand with the container and thus facilitate the task of collecting the association.

Soon STP will hold its already mythical Charity Barbecue for customers, businesses and employees working within the shipyard and of course, there will be a charity objective which STP will soon announce the name of the association that will receive the money raised.

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Yachting continues to give back

Nick entwisle, founder of yachting gives back, discovers benevolence and altruism in times of uncertainty….

Many would argue that the abundance of luxury materials in the superyacht market is almost unparalleled, which makes sense for an industry that somewhat focuses on the very high standards expected by ultra high net worth individuals. While the main focus in yachting is all about optimisation and performance, few consider the full life cycle of the various utensils and materials that can be found onboard. With that being said, Nick Entwisle, Founder of Yachting Gives Back, has created a charity organisation that provides a potential solution to the issue of recycling in yachting and the lack of resources for social services on the island of Palma De Mallorca. 

Over the past three years, the charity has had a truly inspiring and tangible impact on the local community. Their work includes providing rough sleepers with mattresses and superyacht quality bed linen, as well as providing soup kitchens with fresh organic food that would otherwise go to waste after a charter or cruise on a luxury yacht. With the help of social media, the organisation has now started to gain significant attention from the wider global yachting community. 

Credit: Yachting Gives Back Facebook Page

Since the charity was founded in 2019, Entwisle has managed to navigate his organisation through the trials and tribulations of the COVID pandemic, but now the Ukraine crisis offers a new challenge. While the main focus has always been to provide local aid specific to the island, YGB has adapted this year's strategy to accommodate the adverse effects of the horrors unfolding in Eastern Europe.

Entwisle explained, “We obviously have our long-standing partners and commitments to aid those who are in need on the island, but what we have said is that we will be a collection point if you want to make donations to Ukraine. Our base is a shipping container which has been given to us rent-free by STP, who have been incredibly supportive of us from the beginning. So we have a Ukrainian flag on one of the double doors of the container and that's where you can go to drop off donations - it works perfectly.

The Ukrainian church in Ca’n Pastilla, near Palma, has been granted a licence to use a former fire station to collect major donations. YGB has been delivering the bulk of these donations to this site, and also noted how the design of the building itself perfectly suits the task at hand, with easy access for lorries and vans coming in and out of the building on a frequent basis.

YGB has also been working closely with other volunteers on the island to find out what can be done to aid refugees coming to the island. Alongside one local school teacher, they have helped to put together school packs for children and families seeking refuge on the island. “Unfortunately, certain demographics must stay and fight for the country, so we are mostly seeing women, children and elderly people coming to the island from Ukraine. So we have helped put together some school bags with water bottles, stationery, little lunch boxes and emoji cards to help with the language barrier.”

Entwisle continues, “The water bottles and a load of pencils were promotional items from a business which has now closed down so it’s a nice instance of finding a new use for things that might otherwise have been thrown away. It’s a small example but the items were of very good quality and all these small things do add up to make a difference.”

Stakeholders are now coming to grips with the perception problem . Without these acts of selflessness and generosity, the industry might struggle to divert and defend against the constant waves of negative PR from the mainstream media.

However, Entwisle says that he and his dedicated team of volunteers have been hugely encouraged by the response of the industry at all levels. As he puts it “Because of the very high standards expected in the industry, yachts often discard things that still have plenty of life in them and crew members are constantly telling us how happy they are to have found a way of giving bedding, towels, crew uniforms, galley equipment, and a host of other items, a new lease of life.” 

Entwisle hopes that by getting involved with these initiatives, yachts and businesses operating in the market can help to prove to outsiders that there is an empathetic side to the industry that often goes unnoticed. 

To learn more about Yachting Gives Back visit their Facebook page here or their website here ...

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Crew unloading 25 bags of food from Palladium

Giving back to the Balearics

New charity Yachting Gives Back is helping food banks and homeless shelters in Mallorca

Nick Entwistle had been working for superyachting painting company Pinmar for 22 years when he came up with the idea for Yachting Gives Back. “I was about to retire and I was thinking of things I wanted to do,” he explains. Looking out over the main shipyard in Palma, lined with superyachts, he had a brainwave. “I realised all of those boats probably had food to spare that would otherwise go to waste,” he says. “In the UK, there are charities which put a few shopping trolleys at the exit of supermarkets and ask customers to put a couple of things in it on their way out.” He realised he could do something similar with superyachts.

With some flatpack boxes donated from Pinmar Supplies and a couple of friends to lend a hand, Nick started handing out flyers and distributing boxes to yachts in the port. The response was promising right from the start. “We began in Easter of this year and got about 650 kilos of food which was satisfying, but we quickly realised we needed to do an awful lot more.” While the Balearics might not be the first place to spring to mind when it comes to destinations in need, there are certainly people in need of help across the islands.

The Yachting Gives Back team

“The main food bank for the Balearics in their annual report for 2018 said they had distributed 1.4m kilograms of food to over 21,000 people via 82 different organisations. That’s across Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca. That gave me an idea of the scale, and the homeless figure has risen to about 600 people across the island.” Combined with very seasonal work opportunities, Nick realised there were a lot of people struggling on the margins who needed some help.

Thankfully, after the initial round of donations, local media got involved, helping to spread the word and share the message of Yachting Gives Back. “The local radio station, Radio 1 Mallorca, invited me to talk about it, which got me a wonderful volunteer who happens to be a Facebook wizard. Our record posting reached 26,000 people so things accelerated dramatically after that,” explains Nick. The post in question showed multiple yacht crew members forming a human chain to pass down 25 huge bags of food from a superyacht called Palladium .

The charity now works with food banks, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. “We can find a home for more or less anything,” says Nick. And there have been some unusual donations. “The social dining room we support, which serves about 350 meals a day – I took them a beautiful bacon slicer which one of the boats was getting rid of. I also delivered a big Miele oven which had done a couple of years on a boat.”

Alongside this, there are lots of towel and bedding donations which are happily accepted at the homeless shelter. “They didn’t really know quite what to make of us to begin with, but what they’ve realised is that everything is superyacht quality – for the most part, things have only been used for a season or two, so there are years of life left in them,” explains Nick.

It’s a similar story at the food banks, where, instead of the usual rice, pasta and olive oil – Nick found himself delivering unusual superyacht ingredients, originating from all over the world. “We were slightly worried that it didn’t really fit in with the stuff they were offering,” says Nick, “but the owner explained that although people are struggling, many of them are perfectly good cooks who are more than happy to work with unusual foods.”

“Mallorca Without Hunger is set up like a community supermarket, so you have to register and show that you are in need and then get a voucher, take a basket and choose what you want. Sure enough, everything we deliver from the superyachts goes pretty fast!” says Nick.

Since launching Yachting Gives Back, there have also been contributions from professional sailing teams, such as the TP52 Super Series, who donated their leftover lunches and even charter staff, who grouped together to pool their tips. “Busy charter boats tend to get very good tips, so one particular crew collected 2% of everything and gave it to us,” says Nick. “So we went to Macro with a shopping list from the soup kitchen and spent it. It was a fantastic idea. I’d love it if one or two more boats followed suit.”

Retirement might not be quite as leisurely as he planned, with his new venture taking off at lightning speed, but Nick has no complaints. “I am busier than I planned but we are all enjoying it. It’s been lovely meeting lots of new people and there’s been a lot of running around. Owners seem really enthusiastic about it, which is fantastic.”

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Yachting Gives Back is a registered charity through which the yachting industry – both yachts and service companies – are helping to alleviate the problems of poverty and hunger in Mallorca.

We collect food and other necessities from the yachting community in a central location in STP, where the shipyard kindly put a container at our disposal. The container is our day-to-day focal point, where we sort out the donations prior to distribution. The container is open for donations every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30 – 10.30. Pick-ups can also be organized, just get in touch with us. You can find the contact details at the bottom of this page.

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“After 22 years with Pinmar, I was looking ahead to my retirement from GYG plc,” explains Nick.  “I had plans to tour Europe’s opera houses in the winters and watch Yorkshire playing county cricket in the summers, but also wanted to stay connected to the yachting community and try to make myself useful.  I wondered if it was possible to replicate the supermarket model – popping a little extra in the trolley for charity – for superyachts.  But was there even a demand for it in a wealthy island such as Mallorca?

“Some desk-based research revealed that Mallorca’s centralised food bank – Banco de Alimentos – helped over 21,000 people in 2018, handing out more than 1.4 million kilograms of food via 82 collaborating organisations.  While latest figures from the Balearic branch of the European Anti Poverty Network quoted 18% of the Islands’ population, more than 200,000 people, at risk of social exclusion, and 11,000 surviving on less than 370 euros each month.  There was definitely a demand.

“To help me further navigate the maze, I called on Suzie Black, founder of youth empowerment charity Fundación Shambhala .  She’d delivered an inspiring speech at one of our annual Pinmar Golf Tournaments and, having taught her youngsters to give as well as receive, had a list of suitable food charities for me to consider.  I decided to focus my efforts on Asociación Tardor , a Palma-based soup kitchen serving 350 hot meals a day, and Mallorca Sense Fam , a food bank that assisted 4,757 families in 2018 – Yachting Give Back was born.

“I persuaded two fellow retirees to join me – nautical safety expert Paddy Pigden and technical advisor for Akzo Nobel paints Dennis Moshofsky – and we made tentative steps towards an Easter 2019 ‘food raising’ campaign.  Support secured from Pinmar Supply and Deli Delicioso, we dished out flyers and ploughed through our extensive industry contacts to collect a respectable 650kg of food.  As the yachts departed for summer season, we assumed our little venture would fall quiet.  It didn’t.

“Louise Balfour responded to my interview on Radio One Mallorca and took over our social media.  The floodgates opened.  Crew are almost always happy to be photographed alongside their yacht and Facebook goes wild.  A post featuring a human chain passing 25 bags of food from 96 metre Palladium down to two waiting cars reached 26,500 people.  We’d be handing out flyers until the end of time to match that level of awareness.

“And then, in August, Simon Relph from The Islander Magazine mentioned Yachting Gives Back to the TP52 Super Series competing in Puerto Portals.  Not only did they donate leftover Deli Delicioso lunches to be served at Asociación Tardor , their media team also made an 80 second video of this fight against food waste.  It was a massive profile booster and led to the Oyster Palma Regatta doing the same in October.  Sunsail and The Moorings have since offered to donate all surplus food at the end of each and every weekly charter next year.  Summers no longer look so quiet.

“ Yachting Gives Back is now so much more than a seasonal ‘food raising’ campaign.  Superyachts are offering us lightly worn crew uniforms, bedding, towels, bric-a-brac, and the answer is ‘yes’ to everything.  Mallorca Sense Fam has a conventional charity shop with proceeds converted to more food for its food bank.  Unsurprisingly, our superyacht-quality knick-knacks sell fast. Other potential donors have asked us directly what we need and kindly gone shopping for sleeping bags, gloves, socks and scarves to help the Island’s 200 or so homeless get through winter.

“On the subject of homeless, Asociación Tardor has identified premises for a shelter and needs mattresses and bedding for 45 people.  Thanks to the start of refit season, and the kind collaboration of several yachts, as well as Bob the Bed and Darrmar Storage, we already have around 40 mattresses and piles of seriously good quality towels and sheets.  Often yacht linen is replaced after just one season, and is carefully looked after by professional crew, so it should have years of life left in it.  If you must face the tragedy of homelessness, why shouldn’t you sleep on Egyptian cotton sheets?

“At first, I don’t think Asociación Tardor and Mallorca Sense Fam quite knew what to make of us, since a lot of the stuff we collect can be a bit random.  However, I think they now realise that it tends to be superyacht quality.  I was delighted recently when we delivered a nearly-new top-notch jamón slicer to Asociación Tardor Head Chef Gabriel, who gave a big smile and said ‘ eso es un diez’.   I am also told that even our miscellaneous foodstuffs, such as exotic tins of fruit or jars of preserves, go down a storm at Mallorca Sense Fam .

“My retirement hasn’t exactly been leisurely.  It still involves waking up early to a packed diary, but it’s wonderful being busy without pressure or stress. It’s also thoroughly enjoyable working with such a lovely team of volunteers.  Since STP donated a storage container as a drop-off, sorting and distribution point, we’re now closer to the boats, more visible, and receiving many more donations.  We also have a revolving door of between-work yachties, who are keen to help out at the container – usually with a flyer in one hand and a CV in the other.

“The yachting industry represents the epitome of luxury and owners and crew are very aware of that fact and want to give back.  I think we’ve captured a moment and we all feel honoured to help this beautiful island community we call home.”

If you want to help, visit www.yachtinggivesback.com or https://www.facebook.com/yachtinggivesback .

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Yachting Gives Back is a registered charity helping to alleviate poverty and hunger in Mallorca. They collect non-perishable food, personal hygiene and cleaning products as well as clothing, bedding, toys and household items in good condition from yachts, marine service companies and the wider community. These are all distributed to local homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food banks and children’s charities. 

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Their container in the STP shipyard is open for donations on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 0930-1030. It is near the fire engine which is based near the yellow STP building.

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Midas is back in Fortnite Chapter Five season two, and with all the gadgets and Vending Machines he’s bringing, you could certainly say he’s stronger than ever.

The community has eagerly awaited the comeback of this long-lost skin, with Epic Games dropping teasing hints along the way. After all, we hadn’t heard a word about the man with the golden touch ever since he almost broke Fortnite with a bug back in Chapter Two, season two. But now, three Chapters later, King Midas is back with a new skin , an exclusive questline, and a ton of vending machines you can use. In this guide, I’ll show you where you can find all of Midas Service Stations to turn your weapons gold.

All Midas Service Station locations in Fortnite Chapter 5 season 2

Midas Vending machines seem to spawn randomly in the current season, but you can usually find them in Gas Stations. If you’re trying to complete this quest, going for Midas Service Stations to complete the Weekly quest instead is safer .

You can find a Midas Service Station in the following locations:

• Fencing Fields in the south center portion of the map.
• Ruined Reels at the center of the map
• Pleasant Piazza in the southwest corner of the map
• Reckless Railways in the northeast corner of the map
• Marigold’s Yacht in the west-most region of the map

Because these machines aren’t marked on the map, here’s a breakdown of how you can find them in each POI.

Fencing Fields

There is a Midas Service Station in Fencing Fields in Fortnite Chapter Five, season two. Here’s how you can find it:

• In Fencing Field’s villa, look for an archway entrance near the fountain and weapon vending machine.
• Go through the archway and open the door to the left to uncover a Midas Service Station inside this room.

Restored Reels

There’s another Midas Service Station in Ruined Reels. Here’s how you can find it:

• Starting from the street to Ruined Reel’s right, head through the entrance with blue banners.
• Once you’ve gone through the archway, take a left and climb the stairs to find the second Midas Service Station on the top floor.

Reckless Railways

Reckless Railways has the most accessible Midas Service Station. Here’s how you can find it:

• Look for Poseidon, a hireable NPC , inside the train station of Reckless Railways.
• Down the stairs and near the SHADOW Briefing machine , you can find a third Midas Service Station.

Pleasant Piazza

If all those POIs seem too crowded for you, try Pleasant Piazza’s Midas Service Station:

• When navigating the lower level of Pleasant Piazza, keep an eye out for a wooden archway door towards the northeast section.
• Inside, you can find another Midas Service Station.

Marigold’s Yacht

To get an early start in the match, look for Marigold’s Yacht Midas’ Service Station in Fortnite Chapter Five, season two. 

• Land on the yacht in the westmost corner of the map. Make sure this is your top landing spot , as it’s very likely to get eaten away by the storm early on in the match.
• Head to the Yatch’s cockpit , where Midas usually hangs around, to find a Midas Service Station.

This is also where you can also unlock the quest to investigate Midas’ Jaill Cell in the Underworld.

If you’re curious, Midas vending machines sell Midas’ Epic Drum Gun for 300 gold bars in Fortnite Chapter Five, season two. Alternatively, you can obtain this returning weapon directly from Midas aboard Marigold’s Yacht, where it’s more likely to still be in stock.

How Midas Service Stations work in Fortnite Chapter 5 season 2

Midas Service Stations offer the chance to upgrade any weapon to Legendary status with a Golden Wrap—ensuring you remember who’s providing this exceptional service. Here’s a list of everything you can do at Midas Service Stations in Fortnite Chapter Five, season two.

• Patch up: Restores health in exchange for 100 gold bars.
• Activate a rift: Creates a Rift for 300 gold bars.
• Golden Upgrade: Upgrades a weapon’s rarity and stats to Legendary. It also gives them a Golden Wrap makeover.

Unsurprisingly, Midas’ services cost a lot of gold. If you need some extra gold bars, visit any of the Bunkers or Vaults in Fortnite Chapter Five, season two to stock up.

Keep in mind that Midas Service Stations won’t turn Zeus’ Thunderbolt , the Wings of Icarus , or the Chains of Hades into gold or upgrade them to legendary rarity.

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‘Below Deck’ Sails Into a New Era

With a different captain at the helm and new production elements, the reality show about charter yachts is switching up its style.

By Shivani Gonzalez

Starting a new season of “ Below Deck ” can be similar to returning to summer camp as a kid — you know it’s going to be fun and that you’ll be in the same environment, but some of the people will be different and you’re not quite sure what the vibes will be.

This time around, in particular, feels that way because for the first time in the show’s 11-season run, Captain Lee Rosbach is no longer at the helm. It’s a pivotal moment for a franchise that has become one of the most popular entities in the sprawling universe of reality TV since premiering on Bravo in 2013 . The show’s appeal was built on endless romances between various crew members (“boatmances,” as they came to be known), horrible charter guests and some sort of passive-aggressive fight about how many shackles of the anchor chain should be in the water. And there was always Rosbach presiding over the drama as he trudged around the boat, reeling off one liners like “I’m madder than a pissed-on chicken” and “we screwed the pooch so many times we should have a litter of puppies running around.”

At the center of the show now is Kerry Titheradge (the stern yet goofy captain of “Below Deck Adventure” fame), who is managing the Motor Yacht Saint David with the cheeky chief stew Fraser Olender by his side.

With that change in captain, the energy on the boat — both onscreen and off — is different, according to Olender.

“Lee has a no B.S. attitude, which I love with him,” Olender said in an interview. “With Kerry, he taught me a lot and sort of forced to me confront issues directly with my team, work them out, as opposed to making executive decisions too soon.”

This shift in management style changes the central conflict — whereas the drama once focused on the captain swiftly kicking out any unpleasant crew member (as we might have seen with Rosbach), the drama now focuses on the whole crew trying to get along (since Titheradge gives people those second chances).

Additionally, Olender noted that the captain’s relationship with the crew can also affect the drama on board.

“Captains absolutely do get involved, whether they know it or not,” Olender said, adding that for the crew, everything is about “trying to impress your captain.”

This phenomenon plays out early in the new season when the lead deckhand, Ben Willoughby, called out a fellow crew member over the radios about not wearing a life vest — something he easily could have done in private. The drama that followed became an interpersonal conflict between the two of them, both with the ultimate goal of impressing Titheradge. (Of course, the two deckhands had kissed on the previous crew night out, which is more in line with the “Below Deck” drama viewers are used to.)

For “Below Deck” showrunners, the changeovers in the cast allowed them to rethink what the show would look like.

From the season premiere, it was immediately apparent that Rosbach’s absence wasn’t the only change this season: The filming is sleeker, the daily, multicourse meals prepared by the chef are given their own glamour shots and the cameras sometimes cut to the perspectives of yachties running around on deck and through the galley.

“Our showrunner, Lauren Simms, is an avid consumer of all different kinds of media,” Noah Samton, a senior vice president of unscripted current production for NBCUniversal, said in an interview. “She pitches us different ideas on how to stylistically evoke different feelings and change the mood a little bit of ‘Below Deck’ without removing what really works.”

Moving through the rest of the season, and potentially through seasons to come, Olender is aiming to bring a cutthroat management style while also bringing affection for his stews, all with his signature British humor.

On Bravo’s side, there are changes in the works for the other “Below Deck” spinoffs — including “Sailing Yacht,” “Mediterranean” and “Down Under” — which collectively, have 26 seasons. Specifically, Samton said that “Down Under” is currently filming and that even though fans should be ready to see new things, the show will stay true to its original concept.

“These are real yachties doing a real job so you have to stay within those confines because the audience isn’t going to want anything that is too produced or fake,” Samton said. “So we have to find ways to reinvent while staying true to the original concept of the show.”

And as Olender said: “I’m sure that every year if I were to work with this franchise again, that I’ll be thrown a collection of total chaotic and disastrous stews — that’s what makes it watchable.”

An earlier version of this article misquoted Fraser Olender, the chief stew of “Below Deck.” He said, “I also feel like Kerry this season. ... Lee has a no B.S. attitude, which I love with him,” not “I feel like Kerry this season, as opposed to Lee, has a no B.S. attitude, which I love with him.”

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The owner of a $3.4 million Lamborghini yacht screamed 'I will kill you' and threw $100 bills into the water when told he couldn't use a private dock

• The owner of a Lamborghini yacht threatened a private dock employee, per CBS8.
• The employee said Ajay Thakore mooned and threw cash at him after being told he couldn't use the dock.
• Thakore, the CEO of Doctor Multimedia, issued an apology through his public relations team.

The owner of a $3.4 million Lamborghini yacht threatened a private dock employee after being told he couldn't be there, the San Diego-based broadcaster CBS8 reported on March 11.

Joseph Holt, a 21-year-old employee at Marriot Marina in San Diego, told CBS8 that he spotted the yacht sailing into the private dock. The owner, whom CBS8 identified as Ajay Thakore, tried to pick another person up at the dock, Holt said.

"I told him respectfully that he couldn't be there, and I honestly was hoping to have a conversation with him about his cool boat," Holt told CBS8.

In a YouTube video posted by @SM-wc9eq on March 10, a dark blue Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 is seen sailing out of a dock. A man in a gray T-shirt, a pair of jeans, and a cap was shown standing on the yacht. The man appeared to be Thakore, per CBS8.

Thakore was shown shouting at Holt. "I will kill you, you know I will kill you!" he can be heard saying multiple times in the video

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Thakore was later shown pounding his fist on his palm and pointing his thumb down before telling Holt: "To your face!" Holt was shown responding by pointing his middle finger at Thakore.

"I really was trying to restrain myself from getting fired from my job or stepping out of line. The only thing I did was give him the bird," Holt told CBS8.

Holt said Thakore then took $100 bills from his wallet and threw them at him. He added that Thakore mooned him. This exchange was not shown in the video.

"He was saying I'm nobody, I'm nothing, I work a silly job. He said that he knows people, he has connections, he can change my life and ruin it," Holt said. Holt did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

The San Diego Harbor Police arrived at the marina 10 minutes after Thakore's yacht exited the dock, per CBS8. The Harbor Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

According to Thakore's LinkedIn page , he's the CEO of Doctor Multimedia. The company's website shows that it's a healthcare marketing firm based in San Diego. Thakore appears to go by the name Ace Rogers on Instagram and TikTok, where he's noted as being a professional gambler.

Thakore, through his public relations team, told CBS8 in a statement that his altercation with Holt was "regrettable."

"What started as a minor misunderstanding escalated into an argument, and I apologize for my actions and to those who witnessed the unfortunate exchange," the statement said. Thakore did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

Thakore isn't the only CEO who's been called out for threatening another person. In November 2021, an Activision spokesperson told BI that its ex-CEO Bobby Kotick had previously apologized for telling his assistant he would have her killed. The spokesperson added that Kotick's threat was "obviously hyperbolic and inappropriate" and that "he deeply regrets the exaggeration and tone."

In June 2020, Lisa Alexander, the CEO of LaFace Skincare, a cosmetics company, apologized in a statement to the media after she had threatened to call the police on her neighbor for writing "Black Lives Matter" on his property. Alexander said in the apology that she was "disrespectful" and "should have minded my own business."

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