L.A. Boat Show

[Kilrtoy]

Just got home,
had to make it a quick day,
Saw all the cool people from the boards way to many to list and met a few new ones.
We witnessed, Somebody ink a deal on a AWESOME boat.
All the boats were looking good..... :D

[mbrown2]

So was it someone from the boards that purchased an Awesome boat?

[Oceanside]

I do not know how to post pictures. I have posted LA Boat Pics on HOT BOAT PICS. com

[mbrown2]

I will try and help...nice pix...can't wait till tomorrow..
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More to come...

[phebus]

How bad were the crowds?

[mbrown2]

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[mbrown2]

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Dam...look at these engines..sick..
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[mbrown2]

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[mbrown2]

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[Oceanside]

Thanks for your help!

[welk2party]

Great pics. The wife and I are planning to go this week. Will be taking lots of pics.

[UnionJack]

Thanks for putting pic's of the union up.... there are alot of good looking boats

[mbrown2]

Taylor, you boat looks nice from the pics...I will get to see it tomorrow..

[UnionJack]

we will be their at noon... and you

[Oceanside]

Union- Which boat is yours?

[MagicMtnDan]

Crowds weren't bad at all today!
Saw a bunch a board people and a lot of very sweet boats.
DCB's fancy booth made it clear why, besides their high quality, their boats are so expensive.
Eliminator had a lot of very nice boats there and lots of great powerplants - V10s, quad rotors, blowers, you name it, they had it on display.
Shockwave's 26 Cat looks GREAT! Barry and Alan were pressing the flesh making everyone welcome in their booth.
The Bullets at Howard are classy, quality, beautiful rides. GT's gelcoat scheme looks great and has a touch of "bass-boat glitter" in it. Where's the fish-finder?! Mike Willen was great to talk to.
The show's in two halls - the upper one has most of the boats and the lower hall has some boats (probably the ones that didn't reserve space early enough to get into the upper hall or just haven't been in the show for enough years to get space in the upper hall) and lots of products and other stuff to buy.
There are a lot of hotties there but most are walking the show with their BFs/husbands. Lots to look at on two legs and on trailers :D
I think I gotta go back.
PS: if you're driving a tall, lifted truck, go early or consider bringing your car. My truck wouldn't fit inside the parking structure but I was lucky enough to get some help from the parking staff and parked my Chevy in an enclosed, secure lot filled with lifted Super Doodie trucks :D and lots of barren boat trailers (lots of boats in the show are on dollies or on the floor which is nice).

[redneckgirl]

MMD, We are planning on going tomorrow. I have a lifted Expedition 4x4 2" lift, have fit in our local parking structures barely. Where do you suggest we park. Thanks.
RNG

[UnionJack]

I have a duramax lifted 13" on 40"... what about me?

[UnionJack]

The Red/Orange DCB f-26, there are three pic's of it

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by MagicMtnDan
Crowds weren't bad at all today!
DCB's fancy booth made it clear why, besides their high quality, their boats are so expensive.
Charlie's company did that setup....I heard they stepped it up a notch this year....and don't believe that they are more expensive...price them against their competition apples to apples with power etc...you would be suprised.:D

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by UnionJack
I have a duramax lifted 13" on 40"... what about me?
Better find an open lot as in no roof:D ....
I am taking the wife's car so I don't have to worry about parking..

[UnionJack]

My wifes ride is lifted also?

[Oceanside]

That is a BEAUTIFUL boat, it may have been my favorite. I am planning to buy the F29 with two 300's - any insight you can give me regarding a purchase with Dave? I almost wrote a deposit check today on the floor.

[Infomaniac]

Now that blue Ultra is my kind of boat.
Must be some pretty solid water to require that cage.
Drag boat headers. Too cool !!!!!!!
Some of those "X" dimension are sick.

[UnionJack]

Dave is always ready to sell.... but you should do triples on a 29, they have done some already. I almost got a 29, but I decided that I did not want any payments, so in a couple years I will get a 29 with twin IO's...

[MagicMtnDan]

Originally posted by redneckgirl
MMD, We are planning on going tomorrow. I have a lifted Expedition 4x4 2" lift, have fit in our local parking structures barely. Where do you suggest we park. Thanks.
RNG
I pulled into the parking structure in the back of the Convention Center (the other one on the street in the front of the center clearly was too short) and just squeaked under the height indicator. I do that a lot in my truck and I'm usually good-to-go. But once I paid my $10 parking fee and drove in the next height indicator touched my roof! I used my hand to lift it up and had to U-turn it right out of the structure.
I talked to the guy in the booth and he said to drive down the street further and go into a small lot on the left. There was a security guard on duty and he told me to park in there and leave my ticket on the dashboard.
So I recommend you guys go to the street behind the Convention Center and stop on the street right by the entrance to the parking structure. Go see the guy in the booth, give him a 10-spot and ask him about the small lot (it has a buncha trailers in it).
By the way, if you get there early enough they could have parking inside the Convention Center (in the "basement"). There were a LOT of vehicles parked in there - we walked through there to get to the show - and there's plenty of height for lifted trucks. We didn't get there early enough to park there.
I had no desire to park in any of the private lots close to the center. Too much risk for vandalism (in my opinion).

[JustMVG]

I have a lifted Excursion, and we were told to go to an office and that they would open the oversized vehicle lot across from the Convention Ctr. Well they are not going to be doing that, at least they didn't for me and three other folks that did what i did, they told us all the boat trailers were taking all the space up, there are some covered garages across from the convention ctr and staples, directly across from the Valet parking, it's 10 bucks and there are folks standing and watching your vehicle, i just for the hell of it took off my hitch and put it in the truck, the show was great saw some friends, and met some new ones from the boards, great time.
Mike VG

[Kilrtoy]

Drive the wifes car and save the headache.
Lifted trucks have NO PLACE TO PARK.
Go early, as the day goes on the parking goes up. We arrived at 1145 and it was 10 bucks, when we left at 2 and it was at 30 Bucks...
Yes it was someone from the boards.
AND IT IS BAD ASS.....

[FRANK THE TANK]

Good times at the show. Nice to see everyone. Can't wait for the weather to get hotter so we can stand around and drink at the river and not at some $10 a beer stand in the Convention Center..... :D

[25 Eagle]

What kind of boat is the last photo in mbrown's second group? The ninth picture.

[jbtrailerjim]

25 Eagle, Do you mean this one? I think it's an Eliminator.http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/3160DSC00049.JPG

[25 Eagle]

That's the boat, can anyone confirm the brand. Doesn't look that long, the new 25 Daytona?

[Oceanside]

I took that thread of pictures yesterday, it is an Eliminator, I am not sure of the size.

[mbrown2]

Its the new 28 Ft Daytona with Canopies...

[HighRoller]

MB2, where are the pics man? I know you cruised the show with digital camera in hand so kick em' down. We dreamers gotta have somethin to look at since our garages are empty!:D

[mbrown2]

I did not take one pic....I figured there would be others that take them....I figured I needed a free hand to hold my beer and free hand to pick up my jaw from dropping from all of the Milfs and Boats:D

[HighRoller]

Dude, there is something wrong with you. The rig you got sitting at home puts most of those deals at the boat show to shame.

[HighRoller]

And your DCB is nice too!!!!!:D

[mbrown2]

Its still fun to look..:D

[Oceanside]

MBrown, Iam considering the purchase of a DCB this month, would you mind posting a picture of your boat?

[mbrown2]

Oceanside,
Good luck on your decision...My experience with DCB was second to none...Dave is a great guy and the crew is pretty much over the top in how they rig...Here is a pic of it...the second link is to my gallery where you can see the build of my boat and Unionjack's boats and some other DCB's such Boxscore's Baller's and Levoe's...Let me know if you have any questions...be happy to answer to them...
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My Gallery (http://www.***boat.com/image_center/showgallery.php?ppuser=17&cat=500)

[CEO]

Very nice Gallery Mike

[Oceanside]

That is a beautiful boat, it is exactly the same boat I plan to buy. I am going with duel 300’s on a 29. How does your boat pull out of the hole? How is the top end?

[***boatfuture]

DCD's Display was awesome by far the best in the whole show, some great looking boats as well, like the variety they had they...cant wait until i can get mine......

[HighRoller]

Oceanside, I'm pretty sure Mbrown2's ride is an F-26 not an F-29.

[OutCole'd]

LA Boat show and not one person selling gas powered blenders??
Wouldnt that be the perfect place to have a display for them?

[HavasuDreamin']

Originally posted by OutCole'd
LA Boat show and not one person selling gas powered blenders??
Wouldnt that be the perfect place to have a display for them?
Yeah, but would they sell enough to cover the booth space? $$$$$
Probably not. :(

[OutCole'd]

Originally posted by HavasuDreamin'
Yeah, but would they sell enough to cover the booth space? $$$$$
Probably not. :(
I saw the box ancor display packed all day, I would think that is athe main peeps those companys cater to.

[OGShocker]

I had a great time at the show! I saw the 40'X40' booth the entire time I was at the show. Crowds were constent in the booth.
Roln20 came by the Dana Boats Booth and it was good to meet him. I am sure more of you came by, I just did not see any identifing marks.
For those of you who have not been to the show, I will be there Monday, Wednesday then Friday on to the end of the show. Come on by and say hello...
OGS

[roln 20s]

The show was great! My girlfriend and I had a great time, killed nearly 6 hours there. I will get the pics downloaded hopefully soon- I think I have nearly 100.
Shockwave 26 Cat- great looking boat. It was great talking with Barry. I know he is doing some INCREDIBLE pricing on the first 5 cats out--KILRTOY, this is your chance. Beautiful boats.
Howard--once again, they are my favorite. Their boats are incredible and Gene and Mike are great. Travis (HCB26), it was good talking with you. Good luck on the new 26 Cat. The bullet series is definately one of the nicest Vees ever. That is atop my short list!
DCB- they sure do have the hookup with the "concert set" :D Great looking display, and as usual, very nice boats. I recognize all of the boats to be board members (except the 34 and 29). Congrats to all of you on your awesome boats. Charley, it was great talking with you- look forward to Havasu this summer.
Force- Special thanks to the hosiptality from Dan- it was very much so appreciated. These boats are definately at the top of the cat market. The open bow 29 is just huge- what a great use of space. Their prices are definately tough to beat. The new canopy is SICK- I'll post some pics of this soon too. PS- I heard many good stories from Force owners about financing through EBoatLoans- sounds like a sure bet way to go. Dean- it was great talking with you.
Ultra- John had a great setup and I really enjoyed talking to him, while sitting in the new 24 Stealth. One of the best looking boats in his line--all of you who have one on order- congrats and can't wait to see it. His gels are definately standout- great experience while in their booth.
Eliminator- they debuted their new 28 daytona with canopies, it had the VIPER V-10s. Nice looking boat, definately like the canopy lines. Did anyone see a 25 Daytona (without canopies)- the one that started it all. I didn't see it, maybe I just missed it. Eliminator definately has a canopy craze- but their booth was packed so I guess people want them.
Conquest- very very nice looking deck boats. Dimarcobros: I love the boat. The Top Cat II is definately the way to go within this Line. Didn't get to talk with Keith, he was pretty busy.
Magic-- they had the exact same boats that were at the Phx Show- nice looking boats. I love their deck boat too. I can see why so many of you own them.
Dana- OGShocker: it was great to meet you. The boats you offered at the price is incredible. Definately a 27' boat that needs to appear on peoples list.
Schiada- I talked with Lee for about 10 minutes. Great guy- I can't wait to see the new 43 Vee. Thats got to be huge. I'm not sure how everyone else does tooling, but the 32 and the new 43 are both CNC tooled. Gotta be $$$, but the lines of the 32 are beautiful. The 32 on display looked mighty familiar :D
Lavey had a nice display and the new deck boat was definately nice looking- another boat to make you think if you are in that market. Great gel designs.
I had a great time at the show and can't wait til next year- hopefully my new boat will be on the floor of the show next year.
I'll get the pics up soon! For all of the other members I missed, we'll have to catch up this summer at Havasu.
Roln 20s

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by Oceanside
That is a beautiful boat, it is exactly the same boat I plan to buy. I am going with duel 300’s on a 29. How does your boat pull out of the hole? How is the top end?
It should do about 105 top end....out of the hole it is great....There is a 29 running around with twins running right at 100 I think....It is also an open bow boat....A couple of folks have said go with triples on the 29's....I say you can maybe pick up 5-7 mph...but its not worth it...getting in an out of the boat would not even be possible....

[rivercrazy]

Here's a few more pics from the show. I'm going back at some point to see more of the show and shoot some more pics....
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[MsDrmr]

Sorry to ask you guys this AGAIN but the boat show goes until when? and when do they close the show for the evenings? thanks ahead of time for the info.

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by mrsdrmr
Sorry to ask you guys this AGAIN but the boat show goes until when? and when do they close the show for the evenings? thanks ahead of time for the info.
Goes until Feb 1st, and is open till 08:00pm on Weekdays..

[UnionJack]

I love that pic of your boat

[Nokomis]

Come on people, more pictures please!

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

Dave LMAO!! still need more sleep.. Dave saw the true Mrs Vee with no sleep.. LOL!! :D :D

[HighRoller]

MBrown2, funny you should mention the whole getting in/out of the boat thing. My fiance saw the pic of your boat and asked "how do you get in the thing when you're floating?" Is it very hard with that little center swim step? Do you worry about people cutting themselves on the props? Seems to me you have to contort to get beneath the tie rod and onto the swim step but maybe you could clarify.

[Havasu Cig]

I had a 26 with twins and it was not hard at all to get in and out. You do have to be careful of the props though, one of our female passengers sustained about a 4" gash on her foot when jumping off the plateform for some beads.