2015 Vancouver Boat Show

I went this year to the Boat show but only ’cause my friend had a 2 for 1 social shopper at the time. To be honest I didn’t walk around to pick up flyers ’cause boats aren’t my thing. I went to give my buddy company who is in love with everything aquatic. He was seriously looking into getting his boat done, however, kids and mortgage can sometimes get in the way of such things. I did get something out of the show, not as much as I wanted to, however, I did not know that people in the city lived in boats as fully functional homes. There were booths that could make the interior look and function similarly to a trailer.

Given my wonderful job of eating and shopping, it’s hard to find time to go to all these trade shows, last year was a dud, but 2013 was crazy, my office still has all these convention bags full of marketing materials, samples, coupons, magazines, etc lol. For the past 3 years, yes, a rat pack, or whatever, I digress.
It’s my 2^nd time here to this one, and much bigger and better. As usual, all the big boys were displayed on the ground level, though nothing like the tall yachts, but more of the motorized power boats, yachts, skidoos, jetskis, pretty well everything. Heck, even those life boats aren’t cheap either. Wished I had seen some military ones like the Navy Seals, but I digress again.
But it’s the top level that was fun, in the main concourse where BC Lions fans would roam in between quarters. Just one free beer booth which given the long lineups, I didn’t bother, I can get free beer anytime lol. Lots and lots of retail booths that completely circled the whole stadium. Plenty to see, even if you don’t own a boat.
Back to the boats, now I wished I had gone to my buddies’ summer parties back in the day, more often (as I shamefully admit, cannot swim), these are $ 20,000 toys: as much as a car. And only used for the summer lol. Literally the whole football field, without the artificial turf, all carpeted nicely, filled with boats. A brief time to day dream.
Show well organized, with signs for washrooms, portable ATM’s, and the handful of food court concessions which didn’t screamed ‘try me’.
Will recommend.