Re: Palm Beach Boat show? Anyone?
Well, Friday was an absolutely beautiful day.. 75 degrees, nice breeze, only a few little puffy clouds in the sky... Perfect IMHO..<br /><br />The show was pretty much a carbon copy of last years show, minus a couple of noted vendors... If ya seen one mega yacht or sportfisher, then ya seen em' all, IMHO.. More teak and varnished hardwoods than you can shake a stick at...<br /><br />I splurged.. I went hog wild $$$$$... HOG WILD I TELL YA!$$$$... I bought two diet cokes... Not including the cost of my free ticket, I Spent a grand total of $6.00, for two small cokes..<br /><br />Did'nt see much that I had not already seen, but I still have a sweet spot for the Strike 29' open fish, twin 330 diesels, cruise 30 knots, $165,000 boat show special
.. I suspect the sales-weasel is still mopping up my droool...
<br /><br /> I also like the looks of the two Everglades open fishers with the semi-pilot house.. Looks like it'd be a comfy and dry ride.. I suspect they are around 28' to 30'?.. If they'd loose them stinky ouboards and drop a big diesel inboard in em' (there's room enuff), then they'd have something!..<br /><br />I suppose the highlight of the show, for me anyway, was the 71' Trumpy named "Eleanor" which was once owned by Howard Hewes... Beautiful old girl..<br /><br />Only bad part of the show was attempting to get on the bus to go back to the convention center.. Very poorly done.. Nobody "directing human traffic".. A definate free-for-all there.. 100 people rushing the bus... I got irritated, so I walked thru downtown construction mess back to the convention center..(little better than a mile)... I had been sitting at the convention center snack bar for about five minutes drinking a coke when the side doors flung open... Enter all the folks who got on the bus... I beat the bus by five minutes, ON FOOT! ROTFLMAO!<br /><br />Fellers, there was also a fair amount of, ummm, tallent at the show too.. wooo woooo woooo..
