Yachting Art Magazine offers you to discover the 2017 edition of the Miami Boat Show... by numbers ! Another way to stroll the pontoons !

An original Miami Boat Show snapshot, at what it takes to pull off one of the world's biggest boat shows, alongside Boot Düsseldorf, Nautic Paris, and Yachting Festival Cannes !

At Miami Boat Show, you will discover...

• $3 billion – that’s the total value of boats, engines and marine products!
• More than 100,000 attendees expected
• 1,100 exhibitors
• More than 1 million sq. ft. of exhibit space
• More than 1,300 boats to shop including 565 boats in-water and more than 100 yachts
• 130 sailboats at Strictly Sail Miami
• 200 sea trials, all with licensed captain or manufacturer’s representative
• 800 hands-on, on-water boat operating classes
• Over 22 miles of electric cable used for the show’s floating docks
• 10,000 steps to be stepped, while browsing boats on 3 miles of docks
• 10 Freebees used per day
• 104 buses used daily
• 24 water taxi boats (47 percent more than 2016)
• 80 air-conditioning units cool down the show’s tents
• A quarter of a million feet of extension cords!
• Over 500 power distribution stations
• 8 ½ miles of carpet   
• 1.5 million lbs. of freight transported for exhibitors
• 370 trucks unloaded 
• 10 miles of steel used for boat show structures
• 900,000 square feet under temporary cover
• 1,500 lights in structures/tents/docks with more than 2,000 LED lights
• One Miami International Boat Show drone to capture all the fun from above

THe 2017 Miami Boat Show expected... estimates/items sold !! 

• 24,425 lbs. of beef, chicken and salmon to be sold at the 2017 show
• 3,000 lbs. of rice for sushi at the 2017 Miami Boat Show
• 2,600 Burritos prepared to order
• 2,900 salads prepared to order
• 4,500 hot dogs
• 1,500 Cuban sandwiches
• 3,000 pizzas
• 3,100 sausages from portable carts
• 1,750 grilled cheese from Killer Melts Food Truck
• 1,425 pita sandwiches from Moty’s Food Truck
• 1,750 bottles of bubbly popped in celebration of the Miami Boat Show! 
• 350 bottles of Belvedere Vodka, making a total of 5,833 mixed drinks
• 16,500 bottles of water
• 10,750 sodas
• 4,800 fresh squeezed lemonade
• 250 food and beverage employees per day

Boats to watck : the Big & Small of It at the 2017 Miami Boat Show

• Largest Boat at Miami Marine Stadium - Marlow Marine 97 Explorer, Pier 8
• Largest Catamaran at Strictly Sail - Lagoon Seventy 7, Pier 3 – Slip 29
• Largest Sailboat at Strictly Sail - Oyster 745, Pier B – Slip 29
• Expensive Boats to Browse - Azimut Yacht Grande 95RPH ($11M); Marlow Marine 97 Explorer ($5.4M)
• Boating Magazine’s “Boat of the Year” - Regal 290 OBX
• World’s Fastest Luxury Yacht - SV Yachts Alpha, Pier 9