The Fort Lauderdale Boat Show got off to roaring start with good attendance on opening day Thursday, October 31, 2001. Following days had mixed attendance but strong sales on the upper end and mixed results on the lower end of the spending profile. Most notable were two large yachts sold by Trinity. More news below... Go to the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show News page for the latest news. Click Pics for Larger. | | | | | | | | | | | Dynatech Manufacturing Jana Stolper was showing the Stolper 380 Tournament Express sportfishing boat to prospective buyers. Eight years of building boats shows in the innovative edge found on this traditional looking yacht with Dynatech Manufacturing's Sea-Torque shafts, mufflers and trim tabs among many other cutting edge features. | Quantum Marine Quantum Marine Engineering has been enjoying huge succes with both Zero Speed stabilization and large numbers of control conversions. Zero Speed stabilization enables a yacht to lie at anchor, adrift or the dock with full stabilization. More Here | | | | | | | | | | | Beard Marine Beard Marine is pleased to introduce at the Boat Show the new Ultra Whisper Watermaker by HRO featuring an ultra quiet and energy conserving pump and system components. Bill Head, General Manager of the Ft. Lauderdale location is seen above making another winning pitch. More Here | Concord Marine Electronics Michael Robilio, Ted Banning and Billie Hawkins were all happy with the turnout for the Boat Show booth this year. Marine electronics manufacturers offer special Boat Show discounts to compete for the heavy traffic opportunities. Concord posted these discounts and offered free boat show tickets on their web site this year. More Here | | | | | | | | | | | | Van der Velden USA Lisa Herrin of Van der Velden Yachting USA, the U.S. sales arm of the Dutch articulated steering company was happy to annouce their product is being installed on one of the new Feadship builds due out in 2004. The Van der Velden rudder works much like an airplane foil to increase rudder angle reducing over all rudder angle. More Here | Captain-Net Richard George, owner of Captain-Net, reports that internet interest by Boat Show exhibitors was excellent. Captain-Net was able to get many pictures for site owner client use and product info. More Here | | | | | | | | | | | | Gerard's Service Susanne Skaf, owner of Gerard's Service shows off yet another example of the fine service items Gerard's procures their many clients. Gerard's year round location at Bahia Mar is another plus at Boat Show time. Her new catalog and web site start off this season smartly. More Here | Rope, Inc. Mike Burrelle, of Rope, Inc., is pictured showing interested buyers his new product, Mighty Tow, a custom tender towing package. This is the first Boat Show for Mike and we wish him good luck! More Here | | | | | | | | | | | | The Neptune Group Shown here is DJ Parker smiling in front of one of her many charter clients from the Sachs Group fleet. In addition to charter brokerage she also has eight crew houses, crew services and marine consulting to offer. DJ has no problem keeping busy! More Here | Search This Site! | | | | | Subscribe to The Newsletter | Fort Lauderdale Boat Show 11/02/02 Richard George, owner of Captain-Net, is happy to say that the Boat Show was a complete success for all concerned. Attendance was at normal levels and buyer interest was heavy.

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