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Boat Shows

2015 Chicago Boat Show pictures

This year I went to the Chicago Boat show with a neighbor on a Thursday. It was surprisingly busy this year! They put the show in the south hall which is a completely new location for the show to be in. The floorspace is probably 3 times the size of the former hall at McCormick Place. There were some new impressive yachts to see, but I was mainly looking for ideas to do improvements to my existing yacht. Hope you enjoy if you didn't make it this year...

2013 Chicago Boat Show Pictures

2013 Chicago Boat Show. The show in my eyes was a bit of a disappointment. I go to the shows to see the new technologies, new products, to buy new products, and to get ideas for my boat for refit products and resources to improve my boat. At this show there are no big boats from Sea Ray, Bayliner, Rinker, Go Fast Boats, or any of the Italian boats. They simply don't exist in some cases. If you want a ski boat, fishing boat, or a small selection of the larger cruisers, go to the show. Boat shows just aren't what they used to be.

2012 Chicago Boat Show without my kids

I went back to the 2012 Chicago Boat without my kids and had a nice leisurely day walking around the show, meeting people and taking some great pictures of the new boat models. Really liked the 48 Cantius from Cruisers Inc.

2012 Chicago Boat Show with my kids

I did something daring today. I took my three kids all by myself to the 2012 Chicago Boat & Rv show. We only made it through the Chapparel and Formula Boats booths before my son had run off twice, hid inside of a boat compartment, and then declared that he was tired and wanted to go home. I dragged him down the first isle and back through some other boats and left. We weren't there but for a couple of hours. STRESSFULL!