Southampton Boat Show 2008
I’m not a boating person but Terina’s side of the family is and so we went along. I was up for it because it was something new.
We had left from Salisbury at 8:30 so I was up way before! We got there before it opened which was at 10:00 and we got our tickets and queued up well in advance of the crowd that gathered nearer the opening.
Boat Show Entrance
The show was huge! From 10:00 we managed to occupy ourselves till 18:00. The show closed at 19:00.
Sun Seeker
There were all sorts of things from small inflatables to the Giant Sun Seeker worth over £3M (the biggest didn’t have a price listed on the display). Some stands were showing off their after market products like massive inboard engines with over 1000BHP to solar powered chargers. One of the stands held a product that was on Dragon’s Den. There were “show girls” but lot less than there would be at Max Power Live.
Boats
It wasn’t without it’s problems. A can of Coca Cola had leaked in one of the bags which had my white fleece in. It also leaked onto one of the boats we went aboard to look at. I emptied the bag and told Terina to pour out the coke at the bottom of the bag. There was a lot and as she tipped it upside down, a hand cream fell into the water. She went to grab it and her sun glasses fell into the water. The hand cream was a floater but her glasses sank like a rock. Within seconds it wasn’t visible in the water.
Hunton
Overall it was a very interesting event to go to. I had no boating knowledge before I went but it was interesting to see different boats, the interiors and even a boat ride for free. It was a long and heavy day but I wouldn’t mind going back to it as long it is sunny.
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- Boat Show Entrance
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- Champers
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- Hunton
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- Sun Seeker
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- Boats
