London Boat Show

January 20, 2009 @ 6:34 pm · Filed under Family, My life

After a hectic week at work I headed to the London boat show on Sunday with my family to have a look round at all the new vessels for sale, not the mention the myriad of equipment one can buy for an existing yacht.

There were a few things at the event that gave us food for thought in terms of new equipment for Burnaby but in the end we just ended up wandering around, taking in the sights and buying a few books from the various stands. Of course one can’t miss out the fact that there was a Guinness stall so we stopped there for a pint and a bite to eat over lunch.

The three main things of interest at the show for us were a company that built boats entirely from wood using traditional methods, a fully operational lifeboat that we got to have a tour of and to top it all off, the opportunity to walk around the HMS Westminster which was moored in the Thames outside the show.

You could tell this was a genuine warship by the positioning of various warning signs around the ship pertaining to missiles and guns. My favourite sign read Danger! When warning rattler sounds, missile about to fire. I guess that also amounts to “Please don’t touch” 😉

All in all it was a good day out. I’d recommend you catch it while you can but unfortunately it’s all over until next year – the show ended on the day we went!

 

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2 Comments

  1. Chris Worfolk Said,

    January 21, 2009 @ 12:08 am

    Ha, I almost ended up at the London Boat Show myself! If you happened to see the Mastercraft stand, some of my colleagues were down there working on it.

  2. Kieran Said,

    January 21, 2009 @ 8:40 am

    Nah I didn’t see the stand – there were so many! I thought I got round everything but apparently not

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