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For the third time in about 10 years, we went to the Miami Boat Show today. It was really kind of disappointing. There were very few performance boats inside the convention center and just a couple on the water. It seems to me that he Ft Lauderdale show in the fall is the one to go to.

Took the family. For the first time last year and kind of felt the same way. It's a great excuse to get out of the cold north for a week but the show definitely isn't as preformance orientated as it sounds like it was 15-20 years ago. Iv never unstood how the economics of a show that size work for manufacturers. Your paying xxx amount of dollars and hoping a joe smoe walks in and decideds to order a new million $ boat? I think the new style of semi "private" events will be the way to go. Manufacturers will be able to keep the cost down. And won't be wasting time with 1000's of non customers at a traditional show.

We were already in South Florida so it was not a huge time or money investment to go. If I came down just for that, I would have been disappointed. For what I like to look at, I can sit at Performance Boat Center any summer weekend and see much, much more.

oops, double post

Can you view the boats in the water at Grove Harbor or are they always out on test runs? Every year less and less performance boats at the Convention Center and Herald Plaza docks.