A Schooner is a Sailboat, Stupidhead

This year’s incarnation of the esteemed Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show promises to be bigger and, er… boatier than ever, with what flacks call “$2 billion worth of runabouts, sportfishers, high performance boats, cabin cruisers, express cruisers, sailing yachts, motor yachts, bowriders, catamarans, trawlers, inflatables, canoes, and extraordinary superyachts.” That’s...

By John Linn

October 25, 2007

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This year’s incarnation of the esteemed Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show promises to be bigger and, er… boatier than ever, with what flacks call “$2 billion worth of runabouts, sportfishers, high performance boats, cabin cruisers, express cruisers, sailing yachts, motor yachts, bowriders, catamarans, trawlers, inflatables, canoes, and extraordinary superyachts.” That’s quite a list, but we’ve got a bone to pick with you Boat Show boys: What is there to see for the fervent dinghy enthusiast? Are dinghies to be left out, as always, in the damp cold as these so-called superyachts (80-foot-plus behemoths of the seas) steal away all the glory? Typical.

Dinghies aside (that’s thrice we’ve said dinghy in one article – oops, four times!), the 48th version of the show, happening Thursday through Monday, will be spread across six locations full of freshly-waxed, floating goodness. Bahia Mar will play host to the Superyacht Showcase and the Yachtbuilder’s Tent, where visitors can step aboard multi-million dollar mammoths and chat with the folks that build them. The Hall of Fame Marina will host a brokerage show and Exotic Car Showcase, while Las Olas Marina shows off a collection of sleek catamarans. Finally, the Broward Convention Center will have a huge assortment of watercraft and nautical goods on display, and the Fort Lauderdale Grand and Hyatt Pier 66 will alternate showings of the “Queen of the Show,” the 223-foot superyacht, Kismet. Tickets run from $5 to $30, and transport between sites is available for $10 per day. Visit www.showmanagement.com.
Oct. 25-29, 2007

John Linn

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