US SAILING Safety Rescue & Race Support, Fort Myers, FL, Oct. 5-6 Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Contact Stephanie Webb at rpsc1983@aol.com. (239) 454-5114 US SAILING/POWERBOATING Safe Powerboat Handling, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October and November. Ongoing one and two-day courses. Best Boat Club and Rentals. Dean Sealey. dean@goboatingnow.com. (954) 523-0033 US SAILING/POWERBOATING Safe Powerboat Handling, Fort Myers, FL, Nov. 8-10 Edison Sailing Center, Fort Myers. Contact Stephanie Webb at rpsc1983@aol.com. (239) 454-5114
BOAT SHOWS 54th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Bahia Mar Yachting Center. Fort Lauderdale. Largest boat show in the world, covering six sites. Over 1,600 vessels with 160 Super yachts, marine supplies, accessories, electronics. Cost: Adults $22 ($20 online), children 6-15 $7 ($5 online), under 6 free. 2-day ticket $40 ($38 online). Fri-Sun 10 a.m. -7 p.m., Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The show is open for $38 for a show preview to all on Thursday, Oct. 31, 10 a.m. 7 p.m. (954) 764-7642. www.showmanagement.com.
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Nov. 14-17. 41st Fort Myers Boat Show. Harborside Convention Complex and City Yacht Basin, Fort Myers, FL. 10-6 Thursday-Saturday, 10-5 Sunday. Show is put on by the Southwest Florida Marina Industries Association and managed by Good Event Management, (954) 570-7785, john@swfmia.com. www.fortmyersboatshow.com. www.swfmia.com. St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail, Dec. 5-8 This is the largest boat show on the Gulf Coast. In 2008, the St. Petersburg Boat show and Strictly Sail merged to create one large show for all power and sailboats in downtown St. Petersburg. Show Management puts on this show and has been doing so for many years—along with many other boat shows throughout the South. There will be docks dedicated to sailboats only, along with seminar tents for sailing seminars presented by Sail America. SOUTHWINDS will have a list of the seminars in the November and December issues (which hit the stands the last week in November). The list is also available on the show website. Seminars are always very popular with a multitude of subjects presented by well-known members of the sailing and cruising world. In-the-water sailboat displays will have dockage for 50plus boats. Brokerage sailboats will also be on display. This is besides 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 another tent will be devoted to sailing exhibitors, although
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