Day 228 – trip to Miami Boat Show - February 19, 2012

We got Heather to the Miami Airport with only a minor detour.  After stopping at the gas station and filling the car, we discovered that the entire dashboard on the car was out – no lights, no air conditioning, no radio.  As we headed to the airport (we were on a time schedule after all), Fred and John decided it was a blown fuse but were unable to find the correct one at a gas station near the airport.  So we said goodbye to Heather and then went to Enterprise Car Rental to see if they could change the fuse.  Of course that would be too easy – so they gave us a new car instead.  Then we were off to the boat show.

We revisited the Cruising Solutions booth where we had purchased the LED replacement light bulbs.  We were very happy with what we had purchased and wanted to pick up a few more bulbs.  That accomplished we returned to the convention center to check out some displays we missed and check out some of the boats there.  We toured a 43 foot Cruisers, a 45 foot Sea Ray and a 44 foot Meridian.  Although the electronics on those boats are more “fun” (read newer) than what we have, Boreas has a far better layout than any of those boats.

In the late afternoon we headed to the in-water Yacht Brokerage Show where all the mega yachts can be found.  We toured a Beneteau Swift Trawler, a couple of Grand Banks trawlers (an Aleutian and a Heritage) and a Krogen Express.  Both of the Grand Banks as well as the Krogen Express were beautiful yachts, but slightly out of our price range at over $1 million each.

We very much enjoyed our trip to the Miami Boat Show, but we also realized that all in all we are very happy with the boat we already own.
 
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a shark hanging out under the dock next to Brandy IV

another shot of the shark