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The St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show NOV. 29 - DEC. 2 Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park 400 First St. South, St. Petersburg A few blocks south of downtown St. Petersburg (Mahaffey Theater is located at what is formerly known as the Bayfront Center complex)
Directions: Take Interstate 275 into St. Petersburg. Exit on Interstate 175Exit 22 and continue to its end at the traffic light. Proceed forward four traffic lights. The fourth light is First Street. Turn left on First Street. The Mahaffey Theater and the show grounds will be on your right-hand side. Plenty of on-site parking is available at the municipal parking garages and airport surrounding show grounds. The parking fee is $5. Visitors can also ride the Downtown Looper Trolley with convenient stops on First Street alongside the Mahaffey Theater. Visit www.loopertrolley.com for schedules. Visitors can also come by boat and dock for free at the show’s “Come by Boat Dock”
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Well Protected Basin Transient Dock Transient Daily: $1.50/ft Transient Weekly: $5.25/ft
(727) 893-1071 www.ci.gulfport.fl.us 4630 29th Ave. S. Harbormaster: Denis Frain, CMM 34
November 2012
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Event Web site: www.showmanagement.com Thurs. Nov. 29 Fri. Nov. 30 Sat. Dec. 1 Sun. Dec. 2
12 noon-6 p.m. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Adults $10 Children 15 and under free admission $2 off each ticket purchased online General Show Information The St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail merged in 2008 to create one large show for both power and sail. This will be Show Management’s 35th year putting on this show. In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is in addition to the many on-land sailboat displays. Along with these boats will be over 200 in-water powerboats and more on land. Over 200 exhibitors will be in the main tent, and the tent that visitors walk through to enter the show is devoted to sailing exhibitors, although many exhibitors have both sail and powerboaters as customers. Many exhibitors in the main tent serve both sail and power, also. There will be a large section for outside exhibitors showing both sailing products and services and trailered sailboats. This is in addition to the many trailered powerboats on display outside. Sailing seminars, run by Sail America, will be held in tents at the show site. A final seminar schedule will be available at www.strictlysail.com at the St. Pete Web page and through the Show Management website, www.showmanagement.com. There will also be an authors area outside. For kids, there will be free fishing clinics on Saturday and Sunday with drawings for prizes. Discover Sailing will also be offering free sailboat rides on Tampa Bay from docks at the show. Cruising Outpost, the new venture by Bob Bitchin, will be hosting the “Cruiser’s Party” at the show on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. New this year is the Sailboat Builders and Designers Pavilion. The new pavilion offers builders and designers of custom sailboats a unique setting to display their custom creations, even if they do not have a boat available to display at the show. www.southwindsmagazine.com