MELBOURNE BOAT SHOW: Photo Gallery with 36 pics
Check these photos from the biggest indoor trailerboat display in Australia. Last day at Melbourne boat show today!The biggest indoor trailerboat show in Australia, the 2017 Melbourne International Boat Show has once again proven a great success, with a sell-out exhibition at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre attracting plenty of enthusiastic new boat buyers.
This boat show reflected the boom in trailerable fishing boats, watersports tow boats, family cruisers and smarter tinnies. The hall was mudguard-to-mudguard with new boats including some significant releases for 2017 and, as ever, plenty of keen deals that extended to the final day (Monday June 19,) of the show.
As ever, there were the anchor winches guys, the snapper rack men, those selling fish cooler bags, trailers, fishing tackle and wetsuits.
But in the trailerboat world, Australian manufacturers were especially well represented with launches from Bar Crusher, Caribbean, Cruise Craft, Edencraft, Haines Hunter, Northbank, Revival, Seafarer, Signature, Streaker, Whittley and Spy Boats plus others.
Keeping things real and affordable in the factory-rolled alloy market, Quintrex, Stacer and Savage staged big displays, while Yellowfin and Formosa and Sailfish cats were among the local plate-alloy boat brands.
Quintrex held its launch of the new Apex hull at Melbourne boat show, with the 5-6m fishing boats and the bowlder watersports rigs attracting plenty of interest.
The Kiwi contingency came in strong, with Surtees (new 700 Game Fisher), Stabicraft (new 1550 and 2750 Walkaround) and Extreme boats on show. To which you can add imported Harris Pontoon boats and Tracker alloy craft among others.
Among the wake- and ski-boats making waves are those from Chapparal, Hallet, MasterCraft and Malibu, plus Cobalt bowriders. The Parker boats from Europe are well worth a look if you're chasing a fibreglass family cruiser.
Beneteau boats was displaying two of its most popular models — the Gran Turismo 40 and the Swift Trawler 30 — while Axopar showcased the latest in cutting-edge day boats via its 37, 28 and 24.
While also gracing the transom of most of the boats on show, the big outboard brands were well represented with corporate stands. In watercraft, Sea-Doo, Yamaha WaveRunner and Kawasaki had the latest cool machines.
Along with today’s push-button electronics, plenty of fishing tackle, clothing, marine wares and accessories, the Melbourne boat show presented a great buying opportunity ahead of the snapper season.
Volunteer and rescue services, marinas and boating clubs, safety authorities and family entertainment were all part of the mix. On-stage presentations covered seafood cooking, fishing, sailing and wakeboarding.
You can scroll throughout the gallery above to get a taste of the trailerboat action.
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