New England Boat Show Opens at New Venue

The New England Boat Show opened today at the Boston Convention and Convention Center. This is the first year that this Boston show is being held here. The boat show will run from February 17th thru the 24th. We were here today at the opening of the show at 11 a.m., as volunteers for the booth of District 12 of the United States Power Squadron. Each day of the show will be covered by a different squadron, and opening day was the responsibility of Quincy Bay Sail and Power Squadron.
(USPS is the nation's oldest private boating organization, devoted to teaching safe boating to the public and it's members.) The term "squadron" is used to describe the local clubs or units.
Our purpose is to make the public aware of our organization, come to our public boating classes, and perhaps join us as members. At Quincy Bay, our next public classes will start on February 26th at Braintree High.



The boat show seemed well attended. As the day progressed, the crowd increased.

In addition to the many power boats at the show ,

the height of the exhibit hall allowed the sailboats headroom to display their sails.

There were some interesting characters at the show.





We had a good time at the boat show. At the Power Squadron booth we had the opportunity to meet people inerested in boating. Some had recently purchased their first boat and are anxious to learn how to enjoy boating. I believe some of them will be students for our classes.
We also saw some longtime boating friends. It's always a refreshing break, in the middle of our New England weather, to go to the boat show and look foward to spring!