2006 Air & Sea Show: Yachts in Lauderdale

Each year, I like to take a cruise down Ft. Lauderdale's ICW to see the yachts in town for the Air & Sea Show. I started at Port Everglades and cruised north by the 17th Street Marriott, Pier 66, Bahia Mar, Hall of Fame Marina, the City Docks and finally, Sunrise Harbor. The following pictures are not in the preceeding order. They are alphabetical.

I took nearly 100 pictures before my battery died. These pictures are only a small sampling of the number of yachts in town, although a good number of them are the usual suspects. Generally, I keep an eye out for new & unique yachts (of any size), but the really big boats have some sort of gravitational pull over my camera.

To kick off the 2006 Air & Sea Show cruise... we should start with a couple of priceless pictures. A P-51 Mustang, an F-16 Falcon and an F-18 Hornet flying in the Delta formation. There's something very cool about seeing warbirds from the past & present... share the same air space.

Again, this is alphabetical by builder or the yacht's name. Here we go...

Admiral 161' Aurora; aft. (ex-Evviva). Just finished a re-fit at Broward's yard.

Admiral 161' Aurora bow...

Admiral 161' Aurora; aft quarter...

Allow 132' Ad Lib; close up...

Allow 132' Ad Lib; aft...

Allow 132' Ad Lib; bow...

Azimut 116'...

Benetti 115' Classic...

Benetti 178' Starfire...

Broward 105' Freedom...

Broward 124' Gale Winds...

Broward 125' Showtime...

Broward; Lady Helen. Not sure on the year, probably early 80's and near the same length...

Burger; Twilight. Again, not sure on the length or year...

One final classic, this is Charisma. Docked next to Que Sera at Sunrise Harbor. Dave (YF: SailRonin) can tell us more about this boat...

Christensen 150' Mystic...

Codecasa 164' Invader; aft...

Codecasa 164' Invader; bow...

Sunrise Harbor should be named "Delta's Docks", given the number of them here. My battery died before getting pics of Thunder B and Aerie, but here's a few. The first is the Delta 110' Intrepid...