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Sun & Moon Weather

By Lucy Chabot ReedThe 27th annual Palm Beach

International Boat Show opened yesterday in Palm Beach style: sunny skies, brisk breezes and business being done.

Brokers were kept busy showing yachts, making offers and even writing contracts yesterday, especially in smaller markets.

“We’ve heard so many stories of ‘my brother just died’ or ‘my best friend was just diagnosed with cancer’,” broker Curtis Stokes said. “The Baby Boomers are feeling Father Time and they’re saying we’ve got to get on with it and do something.”

Keith Maling, sales manager at Oceanstyle/Burgess in Miami, has also

seen movement in smaller boats, up to about 120 feet.

This year’s show has more than 80 yachts larger than 80 feet, too, and has expanded to include a second dock at Palm Harbor Marina. Many of the show’s largest vessels have relocated there.

The 172-foot Feadship M/Y Battered Bull sits there at the north end of the show and was officially listed yesterday afternoon. The yacht has never been available for charter or to brokers before, and the nearly 17-year-old yacht saw a steady stream of brokers who wanted a look firsthand.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton. Comments on this story are welcome at editorial@the-triton.com.

It’s a sunny start at expanded show

BRIGHT AND SHINING: Crew look their best on opening day at this year’s 27th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show. PHOTO/LUCY REED

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