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Miami boat show any good this year?

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  1. Juan-Manuel Fantango

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    #1 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 18, 2022
    Thinking of going tomorrow but man I hate crowds and overprice short supply luxury goods.
     
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    #2 vdm9, Feb 19, 2022
    My buddy is working the show. He says its not that busy as in past years.
    He also added that there is plenty of talent there...;)
     
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    #3 INRange, Feb 19, 2022
    Always is……. From the Bacardi girls to the boat babes …..it is the event that means summer is right around the corner.

    Just a comment ……there is no CarFax on boat babes so be careful.:)

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    #4 BoulderFCar, Feb 19, 2022
    My least favorite of the shows. Always crowded and difficult to get from venue to venue.
     
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    #5 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 19, 2022
    Been looking at the map apps on their site, looks like there is no parking within walking distance to One Harold Plaza where the boats are I would be interesting in seeing.
     
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    #6 vdm9, Feb 20, 2022
    I usually find it easier to uber or taxi in...
     
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    #7 SCFerrari, Feb 20, 2022
    Man you are still looking for a boat!? That's the longest fever ever..
     
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    #8 Alpintourer, Feb 22, 2022
    He has a slip to fill!
     
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    #9 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 22, 2022
    Yep just saw this come in to the St Petersburg downtown marina, said to belong to someone affiliated with the St Pete GP coming up. I'm sure we will see a few more.

    https://www.superyacht.eu/shipyard-riva-yachts/riva-110-dolcevita/
     

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    #11 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 22, 2022
    You can land that KA right over there and we'll come pick you up! Stop in HHI, pick up Dave, fly back after the race.
     
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    #12 LARRYH, Feb 22, 2022
    this year was no different we went Thursday and not only was it crowded it was at 5 locations a real PIA.. took about 20 mins to get the shuttles then about 30 minutes on the bus...
     
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    #13 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 22, 2022
    We did the Miami Concours over in the design district, then came over for two hours to the Harold Center where the biggest boats where. Got lucky as it had rained, and thinned the crowd. Was cool to see all the boats blow their horns as the show hit five. Had not been in that area in a while, man is that a dirty nasty town lol, at least from the "Design to Harold". Not to mention that latino macho look on everyones face lol.
     
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    #14 LARRYH, Feb 22, 2022
    yeah it is that a nasty town(city) ... that sounded cool . They also have the super yacht center for the boats that are even bigger than the harold center.... My favorite Florida boat show is by far the Palm beach boat show... done very well and a nice clean area....
     
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    #15 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 22, 2022
    Yes on to The Ben and their rooftop bar! We just stayed there over the weekend, and of all things someone forgot to get us reservations so on to airb&b...so we got a room at the historic Palm Beach Condo hotel. Can you say Barton Fink....but I did discover this wonderful little cafe Patrick Lé://www.facebook.com/patricklezepalmbeach/ and the old standby Green's Pharmacy Luncheonette Store for breakfast https://www.greenspb.com. I liked the French hotdog as well as anything else I had at the higher end resturants, but maybe that says more about me that I should offer.
     

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    #16 boxerman, Feb 23, 2022
    We went on the Wednesday, which was a $20 ticket more ie $60. Not too crowded then.
    The park app sucked, we looked on park whiz and got a spot near the center for $25 whereas the show park app couldn't find anywhere near and nowhere for less than $65.
     
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    #17 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Feb 23, 2022
    Had that same issue, and not knowing Miami, and looking on google earth, sure didn't want to end up in some ****ty area and have to uber or walk to the show. So I looked for the closet resturant near the show and booked it. And they validated my parking ticket, did the show, then had a neat dinning experience watching the boats depart from the outside deck. Food was ok...file that for next year.

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    #18 NYC Fred, Feb 28, 2022
    Daughter filmed it for (I think) CBS.

    Will post airdate when I know it.
     
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    #19 Alpintourer, Mar 26, 2022
    How's the Palm Beach Boat Show going Señor Fantango?
     
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    #20 Juan-Manuel Fantango, Apr 2, 2022
    Just saw this, it was really good, but not a lot that we were interested in. That said this is always the best show for manageable crowds and overall quality of life. Good dinning, more relaxes etc.
     
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