After a two year hiatus, the Seattle Boat Show 2022 happened last week. As you know, I work for Union Marine, who is the largest exhibitor in the show, with almost 40,000 sq feet of space.
This is one of the longest boat shows in the US, spanning nine days and two weekends. Why you ask? Well, a ways back, Seattle had a major snow storm during the boat show and sales were a bust. After that, they voted to span the show over two weekends to make up for any loss traffic due to weather.
With the pandemic still in place, we had no idea what the traffic would be like. In order to enter Lumen Field, you needed to either be vaccinated or get a covid test within the last 72 hours. Surprisingly, traffic was busy with serious buyers. At the same time, dealers are experiencing an all time low with inventory. So what would the show look like? As you can see, it looked like any other normal year.
Cool features at the Seattle Boat Show 2022
Just like the Portland Boat Show, the Seattle Boat Show 2022 had a classic boat section. This wasn’t nearly as big as Portland, but they did showcase some cool things.
On display, was the Pay n Pak hydro dating back to the 1960’s.
The show also featured this futuristic boat, called a Waterbug peddle boat. It was so weird and I can’t imagine being on rough water in it.
There were only a few large yachts at the show, including this 44′ Fontaine Pajot catamaran. Scott did tour it, so tune in to our YouTube channel next week for a tour.
New features of the boat show
Axopar made their debut at the show, including this cool teal green model. Axopar is very popular in Scandinavia and are taking off here in the PNW.
Thursday night was “Dogs on Deck” and the show was wall to wall with cute dogs everywhere!
The vendor section was very light, but those that attended, had fairly large booths.
This was definitely a brief summary of the Seattle Boat Show 2022. I guess after attending this show for 20+ years, there’s not much to add about it. During this show, some exciting things transpired for Scott and I, so stay tuned as we have some big news we can’t wait to share with everyone.
In the meantime, we leave for the British Virgin Islands next week for our bare boat charter (finally, after three years of planning!). So be sure to subscribe to our blog and vlog to stay updated on our journey.
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Cheers, Scott and Ally
