2016 Palm Beach Boat Show Aerial Pics...

99.8% of the yachts are white. I am pleased coloured hulls are not taking over.

Thanks Carl, for breaking the rules this time. I am sure it will save you many emails asking for larger versions.


Tarek,
I am fine with white or colored hulls. In my opinion, It depends on the yacht. Some just look better with a bit of color. Your Targa for example, looked great with a bit of color, however, I can not picture the previous Fairline with other than a white hull. . I think much of it comes down to personal preferences.

Hmm, I wonder if we will get any FAA take down calls from this.

Thanks for the great shot of my boat, which is visible in two of the images. We were not in the show, but docked at PHM just at the edge of the show.

Wow, that show has grown in the past few years! I recall having the largest boat ever in the show, at 145' in 2008!

I've talked to directly plus known others who have talked to a lot of people recently who have flown in for the Palm Beach show and did not come to the Miami show. These are primarily people who also come to the Fort Lauderdale show.

Now, I still think the Miami show is getting more traffic from Central and South America than the Palm Beach show, although I don't know how much of that they're getting. But a lot of people who fly in from Northern US to Fort Lauderdale fly it much more convenient and beneficial to come to the Palm Beach show versus Miami.

I was just comparing Palm Beach and Miami. Fort Lauderdale is a given as getting traffic from everywhere.

One of the coolest yachts was M/Y OKTO, an ISA built, 216-foot yacht. What you see here is the transom swimming pool glowing in red lighting flanked by dual staircases. OKTO charters up to 10 guests, and has a crew of 17. And if you have to ask how much, you probably can't afford her.

I agree and I did just that. Went to Lauderdale and Palm Beach. I couldn't believe how much Palm Beach has grown. Is it me or is the in the water section about 1/3 bigger?

I went on Friday and while there was good traffic it wasn't overly crowded. I went with an owner I work for yet bumped into another owner and wife that I work for and another owner and wife I work for were there as well on Friday. Sadly the two that were looking didn't find anything worthwhile and both cited going on several boats that smelled of sewage......and honestly it turned them right off.