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From Palm Beach to Michigan!

Sure, we might be back in the land of Seger, but that does not mean we are out of things to say about the Palm Beach Boat Show! Here is a great video of Trevor down at the Palm Beach International Boat Show talking about First Mate and boat shows. We are also in the [...]

Live From #PBIBS – Palm Beach Boat Show Facts

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Skip Zimbalist was doing what he does best this morning, letting the world know how awesome boat shows are, specifically the Palm Beach International Boat Show.

12.5% of the exhibitors are from outside the US. 50 boats over the length of 80′ 25 boats over the length of 100′ 400+ in the water! Palm [...]

Live from #PBIBS – Active Interest Media Relaunches BoatQuest.com

From L to R: Skip Zimbalist, Mike Dickman

This morning we heard from Mike Dickman (GM of BoatQuest.com) and Skip Zimbalist (CEO of Show Management) about the just relaunched www.BoatQuest.com.  In January of this year Active Interest Media purchased BoatQuest to complement their other marine services like Show Management and Yachts International Magazine.

Founded in 1999, BoatQuest.com already attracts close to 400,000 monthly [...]

FMYC Secret to Boat Show Prep

It really is this easy.

Boats Moving In! #pbibs

Boats Moving In

When the bridge goes up at 9:00, the boats came rolling in. It is really impressive to see boat after boat after boat be quickly moved into position, lines tied, and the Show Management crew move onto the next boat!

 

Live from Palm Beach! #pbibs

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The Palm Beach International Boat Show may not start until the 24th, but someone has to be here to enjoy the sun and wash some boats! You might as well just keep a tab open on your browser here at First Mate Yacht Care for the best boat show coverage, ever.

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Editorial: Brokers – Open the Floodgates

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First Mate spends a lot of time at all the major boat shows. As a precursor to the shows, I do a lot of research online going into the show. Who will be there? What boats will be there? What is the brokers email who is selling boat “x”? Which of the three 50′ Sea [...]

Miami Show Exodus

We are slowly getting around to publishing all the material we gathered at Miami. Here is a video I took the day after the show, of a huge chunk of boats heading north along Collins. We actually saw some of the same boats 2-3hrs later as we were driving by the port of Miami. [...]

West Marine Green Product Event! #MIBS

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From MIBS Press

The West Marine green product of the year is … the Black Tip Catch and Release Recompression Tool. It’s designer Ace Calloway is a charter captain in Alaska. He created the recompression tool in order to allow fish to return to their native waters, rather than catching them and forcing decompression [...]

The High Rev Revolution!

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There are new products, and then there are NEW PRODUCTS! Seven Marine had a “high powered” press conference this morning. Rick Davis (Seven Marine President) was on hand with a whole host of other companies (ie. ZF marine) to debut their 557 HP outboard engine at the Miami Boat Show. Rather than wade through all [...]