2013 Boat Show Opens & Marina Shop Added to Museum
Thursday, October 31st, 2013This has been an interesting week of boating news, from the anticipated opening of the 2013 International Boat and Yacht Show to the addition of a marina engine shop to a museum. For this reason, we’ve decided to recap some of the most important events, news, and tidbits that you shouldn’t miss if you are into boating in any way.
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium Celebrates 100 Year old Shop
The Bellevue based Iowa Marine Engine and Launch Works shop – a shop that’s well known for its building of marina engines – saw a milestone birthday of 100 years, and to celebrate the milestone, the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium decided it wanted to display a replica of the inside of the shop inside its museum.
The Iowa Marine Engine and Launch Works shop started in the late 1800s, and did everything from making and repairing boat engines and equipment to repairing tractor engines.
A museum official was quoted as saying that the museum exhibit is an exact replica of what the inside of the boat shop looked like 100 years ago when it opened. The shop’s contents on display are real, and were a part of the actual shop in Bellevue, and wer used during the making and repairing of marina engines until William Brandt – the last of the third generation of the shop’s owners – passed away a year ago.
International Boating Show
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Set to kick off this week in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the 2013 International Boat Show is one of the most anticipated boat and yacht shows every year. The boat show kicks off on Halloween this year, and will runs until November 4 at the following locatiosn:
- The Bahia Mar Yachting Center
- Fort Lauderdale Hilton
- The Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center
- The Hall of Fame Marina
- Las Olas Marina
- The Sails Marina
While this year’s show will feature the usual boating and yachting shows and activities, this year’s will also feature something a bit different – a bit extra special too…
The SkyRunner all-terrain plane. What is a plane doing at a boating show? Well, according to Stewart Hamel, CEO and founder of SkyRunner, the plane will:
“Change the way people experience their world and provide pure enjoyment of flight.” he later added, “imagine driving an all-terrain vehicle that can covert from road to air mode in three minutes … with SkyRunner, that dream has become a reality”
Technically speaking, the SkyRunner is an “all terrain vehicle” that can drive on the road In addition to fly as any other normal plane can.
Admission to the show is from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. EST, and costs from $32 to $38 depeisnig on age, and how you purchase the tickets.
For more information about the show, visit the official website at Showmanagement.com.