Toronto Boat Show 2016 SNEAK PEAK

 

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2016 TORONTO BOAT SHOW  SNEAK PEAK    What to expect this year!

The Toronto Boat Show starts Jan 8 2016, so we got a teaser for you! What's new, who's back and what is all the rage this year.

It's another dark year at the Boat Show. The colors I mean, black and navy blue are all the rage! If you read my previous blog were I discuss new boat  boat design and how most new boats look the same, not much has changed this year. The boat manufacturers have however come up with a new way for us to recognize their brand, HUGE logos with their manufacturer name in silver and chrome, unless your a staple line like SEA RAY. Some colors just wont die, secondary colors like lime green and light blues are still the standard. LARSON and GLASTRON have figured out that untrimmed glass windshields are not going to work, although any one who has been a boater could have predicted that design as a failure. WELLCRAFT is back with a line that includes the SCARAB name adorning a off shore center console, however what the hell are they thinking still sporting the name SCARAB on some small jet boats which used to be Sea Doo's jet boat line up. Scarab is an off shore name and should have been shelved until this boat showed up.

The sail boat manufacturers are still in the mix JEANNUE and BENITEAU, These boats are looking less like sailboats with out a mast. There is a MONTI CARLO lined up in this row which shows some promise of being the most unique yacht at the show this year. However it sports some odd trim that the first anchor drop will quickly remove for the new owner. BAYLINER has a bath tub with an outboard on the back and Moomba looks like the manufacturers got to the stern and just gave up.

 If you like black take it all in as a white boat is as rare as a two dollar bill.

The great thing about all most all of the new boats is that they will fit neatly into your shoe box shaped slip and boat house, corner to corner front and back. They are almost perfect rectangles now,  it is either this shape or stubby noses boats that look like someone cut away ten feet in the for deck. I am sure that they fit queen size beds in the v birth cabin. I can't wait to get inside one and see what the super wide rounded out noses give you. Again style swapped for ergonomics.

I am however happy to say that some builders have stuck to their roots and provide us with exactly with what we expect from them. Particularly BOSTON WHALER and CHRIS CRAFT. The yachts are either bridge boats or (the copied by all) enclosed cockpit style. Everybody has one now in their line up.  Ridiculous fake side vent graphics are all the rage at many of the displays. This complete with king queen stepped motorcycle style seats from SEA DOO.

There is one new, well not new, color that has crept back into the fold and that is the color I will refer to as pewter.

I hope you enjoy the show we will be bring you more as the #TorontoBoatShow opening day gets closer, here's hoping you find your dream enjoy the show!

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