At the very beginning of the new year we had a chance to visit the NY Boat show recently and although it was a quick visit we got to see some new stuff. Of all the boats we looked at I think the wakeboard boats by Malibu Boats and Mastercraft where the best to look at.
They all had really nice color schemes while also being some of the only boats that an average person could own without going broke. Overall you seemed to get what you paid for and these things look like fun. Would love to try one of these out.
Of course you couldn't help but to stare at the Miss Geico OPA Racing powerboat. The carbon/kevlar construction and design is very impressive up close.
and the gas turbine engine is smaller then what you would think. You can smell the exhaust as soon as you walk up to it. At almost 3,000HP you wonder what it would be like to sit in the cockpit of this beast as its blasting down the water.
Another interesting design was the Sea-doo Spark. Apparently water and electricity do go together
Regulator Marine had some nice boats fishing boats on show.
All running Yamaha 4 Stroke powerplants.
Century Boats also had a nice center console 3200 on display.
Other companies that had boats available were Sea Ray, Meridian Yachts, Formula, Boston Whaler, Pursuit Boats, Cobalt and Monterey Boats. Engine supplies Yamaha, Mercury, Evinrude were all in attendance. No showing from Honda. While it was a good time to see what is out there it is hard to believe some of the prices these boats go for. When your standing next to them they all look really great but once you walk on board them its hard to look past the relatively simple molded fiberglass hulls and superstructures. It was the first attendance by us to a boat show. Learned a lot about how not to take pictures as well as how to battle the insane lines to get on board these things.