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WATERFRONT BUSINESS In brief… Civilian set US$400 million nuke sub fire 'to get out of work' A civilian employee set a US Navy nuclear- powered submarine on fire, causing US$400 million (NZ$508m) in damage, because he was suffering from anxiety and wanted to get out of work early, Navy investigators said in a complaint. Casey James Fury, 24, faces up to life in prison on two counts of arson for allegedly setting fire to the USS Miami while it was in dry dock on May 23 and setting a second fire outside the sub on June 16. Fury was taking multiple medications for anxiety and depression, and he told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work. Fury was working on the sub as a painter and sandblaster and initially denied starting the fires, but eventually acknowledged his involvement after telling a polygraph examiner, that ''his anxiety started getting really bad'', so he grabbed his cigarettes and a lighter, walked up to a bunk room and set fire to some rags that were on the top bunk before returning to work. New National Sales Manager for Lusty and Blundell Lusty and Blundell have appointed Mark Findlay as the company's first national sales manager. CEO Mark Milburn says, "Mark's appointment is part of our ongoing strategy to become an even better performing company. We see this as a real year of opportunity and believe Mark will help us exploit the available opportunities, create new ones and further develop our fast expanding OEM supply channel." Mark Findlay has been a part of the Lusty and Blundell team since 2007 when he was brought in to manage the company's newly established Tauranga branch. He will continue to head the Tauranga branch as part of his new role. Industry set to win with ET NZ launch AC72, NEW ZEALAND, will deliver a substantial and measurable boost in the export of New Zealand manufactured boats and equipment, says NZ Marine executive director, Peter Busfield. Past experience shows that America's Cup campaigns help attract lucrative new contracts and create new jobs in the marine industry. Busfield estimates that over $30 million worth of New Zealand boats and equipment have already been supplied in the build up to next year's America's Cup regatta. He says that every time ETNZ unveils an innovative new vessel like New Zealand or competes well in an international regatta, they help remind the world's boating markets just how innovative and highly skilled New Zealand boat builders are. "We are already enjoying a substantial increase in the number of visiting yachts and superyachts from the Northern Hemisphere. While they are choosing to explore a new destination, most of them are also choosing to have either maintenance work or a major refit completed by our skilled workforce." America's Cup holders Oracle, chose the New Zealand marine industry to build their technologically very challenging fleet of AC45 catamarans because they knew we had both the expertise and the properly trained staff to complete the job. Busfield says the large amount of international media coverage generated by New Zealand's launch will continue over the coming months as the giant catamaran sails against Luna Rossa in extensive testing on the Hauraki Gulf. "That exposure is the equivalent of us taking a full page colour ad in all of the world's major boating magazines, it provides an enormous boost to our industry, which already generates exports of over $640 million." NAVAL OFFICER SOLD NZ SECRETS Lusty & Blundell's Mark Milburn and Mark Findlay INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY the US, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia has been sold to Russian agents according to documents released under Australian freedom of information laws. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, 41, a Canadian naval officer, is accused of compromising the intelligence of several western countries, including New Zealand. The scale of the security breach is comparable to the massive leak of Government documents carried out by Wikileaks last year. However, Sub-Lieutenant Delisle reportedly had higher security clearance than the alleged Wikileaks informant Private Bradley Manning. The alleged spy's access was "apparently very wide" and that "Australian reporting was inevitably compromised", though it is not known what state secrets might have been revealed. Delisle's alleged actions were reportedly discussed at a secret international conference in New Zealand earlier this year. Canadian defence officials have confirmed that Delisle had worked in the country's military nerve-centre at National Defence Headquarters and had spent his career working in military intelligence. 46 Professional Skipper September/October 2012