Annapolis Sailboat Show

Annapolis boat show!  And we thought Strictly Sail Miami was cool.  This was the creme of the crop for sailing extravaganzas.  We were on sensory overload the entire time.

We flew up early Saturday morning and returned Sunday night.  This gave us pretty much two full show days.  Amber and I got to view just about every booth, vendor, and yachting company we wanted to see.  Some of the highlights included a Gemini 35 which was amazingly well laid out and probably our favorite boat of the show. We also really liked the Hunter boats, especially being that we are hunter owners now.   ;)    We also got to see Bob Bitchin who I think is awesome and was promoting Cruising Outpost Magazine.

The first night ended in an adrenaline, amazing food from O'Leary's, and painkiller fueled haze.  We fell asleep in our upper level hotel room with the door open to the balcony overlooking the show itself.  We were lulled to sleep by the sound of the water and slapping halyards on masts. It doesn't get any better.

The next day flew by even quicker as we dodged raindrops between boat brokers and vendors.  Then in a flash it was over and we were on the plane back to Florida.  Another amazing trip in the memory banks.

Geico gave out these glasses in exchange for a picture and a little harmless information...  That's all well and good except I already use Geico. Jokes on them! Gimme my (definitely paid for) glasses!

Can you beat this view?

It was an absolutely beautiful boat. Only 5.5 million.  I was a few bucks short so I didn't buy it this time.

See the top right balcony? Yep, that was ours!