TIBS - Toronto International Boat Show - starts this weekend

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:58 pm

Jan 14-22 http://www.torontoboatshow.com/

Lots of boats and gear to satisfy the itch...

They will also have their indoor lake again this year, where they have a wakeboard show, boat handling seminars and demos, canoeing/kayaking/paddle boats for 'rent' as well as seminars, etc...

They have a web cam set up on the lake - still under construction right now.

http://www.torontoboatshow.com/webcam2012.php or find the link in the main site.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:42 pm

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:20 am

I am guessing this is not an "in water" show!

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:57 pm

foofer b wrote:I am guessing this is not an "in water" show!

Umm....no (aside from the indoor lake and kiddie pools). January in Toronto is normally ice and snow and friggin cold (with wind chill it is supposed to feel like 12F-18F for the first few days of the show). Most marinas are normally icing up by around now but for this year we are still open water.

This show takes place in the Direct Energy Center, which is the current name of the expanded Colliseum bulding at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) grounds in Toronto. The building is over 1million square feet, and they have everything from skiffs to runabouts to boats up to about 55-60' trucked in for the show.

Then there are all the manufacturers / distributors / retailers of parts and supplies in the back rooms. Show is probably 70-80% power, the rest sail.

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:10 pm

Looks like they are putting a lot of the docks together first, then filling with water later... I would have thought they would do it the other way around and just float the docks into place.

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:22 pm

captainmaniac wrote:Looks like they are putting a lot of the docks together first, then filling with water later... I would have thought they would do it the other way around and just float the docks into place.

No space outside of the pool edge to speak of and the entrances to that building are small... how many men to lift the docks which are not rigid till they are floating etc:
Lots of reasons why this is the only way.

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:03 pm

I would really like to meet some of you guys that will be attending.

I will be working the booth for Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons
Booth # 1828

I will be there next Jan 17 Tuesday from 11:00am-5:00pm
and then again on Jan 18 Wednesday from 11:00am-2:00pm

Drop by and say hello, and put a face to a fellow Trojan owner.

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:47 pm

I will probably be there on Saturday (wife permitting.... I try to go opening weekend while the vendors are less testy and they still have brochures) so will likely miss you.

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:58 pm

Hey Torcan, I will be working booth G431 for the entire show. I am the General Manager of Bay Moorings Resort Marina in Penetangquishene, part of Parkbridge Marina's Canada. We will be announcing the aquisition of Wye Haritage Marina, in Midland, at the show. Our other Marinas include Beacon Bay, Penetanguishene, Bay Port, Midland, Bridge Port, previously Hot Knots, in Orillia, and Gorski's in Port Perry. Anyone attending the show, drop by and say hi. If you come by towards the last day, I will be the guy dragging his ass

jimbo36

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:47 pm

Doesn't look like the place is sealed yet, but I see water!