Families Take to Cruising Central Virginia Boat and Water Sports Show
Manufacturers have responded to growing number of families boating by designing craft that are more diverse and help mesh the boating needs of parents and children. None serve as many uses as the express cruiser.
RICHMOND, VA (PRWEB) January 4, 2005 -- “Visitors to the 1st Annual Central
Virginia Boat & Water Sports Show will get a first-hand look at all the
features that go into today’s cruising boats,” said show director Kevin
McLaughlin. “People entertain and swim from them. They are big enough to be
comfortable and carry the fuel to go off show. You can spend a few days in
gunk-holing around the Chesapeake or dress up and take friends out to
dinner.”
Many of today’s cruisers also offer the convenience of being
able light enough to be towed by a pickup truck or sport utility vehicle. The
Central Virginia Boat & Water Virginia Sports Show, which runs from Jan. 7
through Jan. 9, 2005 at the new Richmond Convention Center, will feature
numerous cruisers and express cruisers, some of which are making their first
appearance in the region.
SeaRay of Richmond will show SeaRay’s new 27
Amberjack.
“This is a cruiser you can trailer,” said owner Ben Gibson.
“It’s a SeaRay-appointed fishing boat; something you fish on all day and take
corporate clients out to dinner at night.”
Warehouse Creek Yacht Sales in
Virginia Beach is bringing Cruiser Yachts from 28-to-37 feet, said Steven
Scherr, sales manager.
“These are high-end express cruising yachts with
twin engines, either gas or diesel,” Scherr said. “They are strictly pleasure
boats designed for family fun cruising.”
Cruisers Yachts, priced from
$94,900, are well appointed with cherry wood throughout the cabin and full
electronics and entertainment centers as standard features.
Warehouse
Creek also will display 18-to 25-foot AquaSport fishing boats with a choice of
Yamaha or Evinrude outboards and prices starting at $19,500.
Gary Stepp,
owner of Stepp’s Harborview Marina, near Colonial Beach on the Potomac River,
will display the 2005 Rinker Fiesta express cruisers from 25-to-38
feet.
“These are extremely well-built with solid glass hulls instead of
cored hulls. They are top-end quality at two-thirds of the price,” said Stepp,
whose family-owned marina and boat dealership is midway between Washington D.C.
and the Chesapeake Bay.
Rinker’s has switched to Volvo stern drives in
the new 2005 models because the composites used in their construction in place
of steel have fewer corrosion problems.
“Rinker puts more standard
equipment than anybody else into their boats. The 29-footers comes with a radio,
depth sounder and compass. When you get into the 31-foot range, the boats comes
equipped with radar,” Stepp said.
Adams & Durvin Marine of Richmond
will introduce Larson Boats’ new 2005 Cabrio 24 and the Cabrio 26, which make
their regional debut at the Central Virginia Boat & Water Sports Show,
according to sales associate Richard Allen. “Both boats have air conditioning
and are loaded with standard features, including carpeting in the upper level,”
Allen said. “These cruisers sleep four and have a plasma TVs and they still can
be towed on a trailer.”
The 1st Annual Central Virginia Boat and Water
Sports Show will be open Friday, Jan. 7, from 1:00-to-9:00 PM, on Saturday, Jan.
8, from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and on Sunday, Jan. 9, from 11:00 AM to 6:00
PM.
The show is produced by MAC Events, a nationally recognized producer
of high-quality business-to-consumer trade shows in a variety of industries and
markets since 1968. The Spring Lake, NJ-based family-owned company produces 18
recreational vehicle, boat, home & garden and outdoor sports shows a year
throughout Colorado, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Wisconsin and
is a source of market research for the recreational vehicle, boating and home
improvement industries.
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