Unlike nearby Ft. Lauderdale or Miami, with their sykscraping condos and hotels, Palm Beach boasts a low-tot-o-the-ground silhouette. There are several resorts at either edge of town - the Ritz Carlton to the south, the Breakers to the north - but from this vantage point they look like Mediterranean sand castles emerging from the white sandy beach. In between mansions of Billionaire's Row dot both sides of the oceanfront road, blending tastefully in shades of white, pale peach and lemon yellow. "There's Mar-a-Lago", says Karen Pratt, Genos on and off-board mate, pointing towards Donald Trump's residence turned private club just in from the shore, "and there's the Rockefeller place. There's the old Vanderbilt estate. The Hearsts own it now..."

A few years back, the late William Randolph Hearst, Jr., an enthusiastic fisherman, enjoyed this very same view on the Pratts' previous boat the Geno III. Heart is just one of many bold-faced names that Geno and Karen have welcomed aboard. Others include actors Kevin Kline, Ed Burns as well as comedian Don Rickles, who dished out nonstop, hilarious ribbing between casts. Another favorite is the King of Bahrain..."