Would you take your brand new boat to the boat show?

The normal quid pro quo is a wide range of the latest goodies fitted FOC..... looks good at the show, and saves you quite a lot of money.... good for the dealer as its cheaper for them than discounts as their labour installs the kit, good for you, as they install them carefully as its a show boat....

If they just ask nicely with no benefit to you, then i'd tell 'em to get stuffed!
 
No! No! No! After thousands of folk and their sticky fingered kids traipsing through, to my mind it would spoil the whole new boat thing /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

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good for you, as they install them carefully as its a show boat....

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They might drill the holes neatly, but there are a number of case histories of boats prepared for boat shows, where they were short on time and took short cuts that would be dangerous to the owner if not discovered.
 
I wouln't take my bathtub to the boatshow, not after following a 'faamlee' of light fingered greasy oiks around the sunseeker stand last year. not unless it was made very seriously worth it and only then if (I wish) it were a big enough boat to be behind the barriers and dolly birds with a big 'invitation only fender kickers feck off' sign.
 
We bought the LBS boat and with the best will in the world I would not buy the actual boat show boat again. It’s not the fact that you get all the goodies at a huge knocked off price, or you don’t get a huge good valet prior to handover, but a few weeks later you start to notice marks that are here, there and everywhere. Not anything big, just the odd mark, chip, scratch that once you have noticed your eyes always find.
We still got a real bargin, but I would have rather done the deal as shown (equipment and price) but had a new, new boat rather than one five thousand people had a prod at.
 
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They might drill the holes neatly, but there are a number of case histories of boats prepared for boat shows, where they were short on time and took short cuts that would be dangerous to the owner if not discovered.

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All those extra electronic goodies........

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Our situation was a little different we purchased our V45 knowing it was the first one and that would it would be exhibited at LIBS. After the show it was returned to the factory & came back to us as good as new.
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Personally I wouldn't. As has been mentioned above my new boat got damaged at SIBS and was not properly sorted before the dealer went into administration.

Having spoken to others, it seems to be that exhibiting your boat works particularly well or particularly badly with very little in between. The difference is down to how the dealer manages any issues arising from the show. So if you are tempted I would ask around to get an honest view on whether are likely to deal with any potential issues in a straightforward manner.
 
Mine is an ex boat show boat, and its noticeable that little things have been finished off better, like the end of floor boards being varnished, holes for wiring through fibreglass have been properly sorted, wiring is neat and tidy etc etc..... things you would hope to be the case on any boat, but sadly often not.....
 
Mine (semi custom built displ) has been on two displays (IJmuiden and Amsterdam) without real problems (except AP reset, see posting about compass sensor).
Compensation was OK.

Ik think is depends om type of boat and company. Mine is semi custom build, steel displacement ship built by a small family company where father and son are stand staff, protection their stuff. If you have a popular type (more visitors) and a larger company (less overview), you'll have more risks of damage.
 
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