The White Boat Show

I dropped down to the Viaduct yesterday to check out the Auckland Boat Show – a very impressive line up of big white boats  and bits that make them go fast and stay a float. 

But that is to be expected. The craft on offer just seem to get bigger each year and spec’ed with more gear. You have to question if it is all needed and how many owners actually know how to work the tech.

I struggled to find much to point the camera at but if you are looking for advice on painting / anti-fouling your boat, a bow thruster, an electric outboard for your tender or the latest in solar charging / batteries its worth a visit – not sure about the $26 entry fee – its really a trade exhibition that the public are allowed into. There appeared to be few of the marine industry ’traders’ from previous years that sold boating ’stuff’. Show runs until late Sunday afternoon.

I did spot a wooden boat, it was encapsulated in f/glass on the MAST (Marine and Specialised Technologies ) Academy stand + the sport boat that I assume is a new Riva is rather swish. 

Another boat that took my eye purely for the paint scheme was the Innovision Boats 656 Explorer – love the colour – we tend to very boring , so a big ups to the owner of – ’Ship Happens’ 🙂

A BIG THUMBS DOWN TO AT (ATEED) FOR POOR TIMING – THE SWING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONNECTING DOWNTOWN WITH THE NORTH HARBOR AREA (site of the show) WAS STUCK UP ALL DAY FOR REPAIRS……………. THIS APPROX ADDED AN HOUR TO THE RETURN TRIP. 

A SIGN OR SOMEONE TELLING PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE TOUCH – SO MANY PEOPLE MADE THE WALK TOWARDS THE SHOW TO FIND THE BRIDGE NOT FUNCTIONING……………

FINGERS CROSSED IT IS REPAIRED BY THE WEEKEND………

ps take your sunglasses, its very bright walking the docks 😉