Thank you to the several thousand people who attended our innaugural event which included 100 land exhibitors and over 50 impressive boats in the water. Accolades from attendees and exhibitors began to come in Monday morning.

 "What a wonderful and great start to the Annapolis Spring show! The quantity and quality (serious interest) of the visitors far exceeded our expectations! We had visitors from NY, CT, OH, NC, who came to Annapolis to attend this show (powerful Pull for the first show). The Annapolis spring show will grow and become a must attend spring event for sailors interested in new and used sailing yachts. Bavaria USA looks forward to being a part of this exciting and well worthwhile event for many years to come." Geoff McCord, General Manager of Bavaria Yachts USA

"Well I'll just sum it up with the same phrase we heard over and over on the new Isara - WOW. We couldn't be more pleased with the effort you and your staff put out and the incredible reception our boat received, not just from the Chesapeake area, but from national and international visitors." Cris Jackman, Director of ISARA YACHTS

"The bottom line is that the show exceeded all of our expectations by a factor of 4 at least. We welcomed almost as many people per day as we do at the famous fall show. We saw people from a wide range of locations from the entire U.S., to Canada and Europe, with, of course, a huge number from this mid-Atlantic area. I just can't express, enough, my appreciation for a job so well done from set up, to promotion and the final professional execution." Eric Smith, President of Bay Yacht Agency and Let's Go Cruising

"I wanted to say thanks for putting on a first class production this past weekend. I very much enjoyed my small part in it, and from what I saw and heard, those in attendance were quite pleased. I think Cruisers University is a most worthwhile project. Kudos to your staff on a job well done." Wally Moran, Sail Magazine

Featuring Cruiser's University

April 26 - 28, 2013

The event which has become the gold standard for sailboat shows, The United  States Sailboat Show, is coming to downtown Annapolis in the spring of 2012. Forty two years ago the concept of producing a boat show in the water was invented in Annapolis by Jerry Wood. All these years later it remains the largest in-water show of new sailboats in the world and will now be copied in a springtime version. Annapolis City Dock, Ego Alley and surrounding areas including Susan Campbell Park will be the site for this exciting new event.

The show will feature Cruisers University, a four-day educational event designed to introduce and train students for life aboard a cruising boat. Classes will be held in the Annapolis Waterfront Marriott and the Annapolis Rec Center.  

The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show will include over 2,000 feet of floating docks accommodating over 60  new and brokerage sailboats, both mono and multihull. In addition there will be equipment and accessory vendors on land surrounding Ego Alley.

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