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Boat Lust at the Seattle Boat Show - 2024

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Recently we attended the Seattle Boat Show.   It is one of the largest on the west coast of North America.   The indoor portion of the event was held at Lumen Field, the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer, and OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League.   The in the water portion of the show was on the Seattle waterfront at Bell Harbor Marina.   We were in town visiting kids and grandkids and decided to take a couple of days to visit the boat show to see what was new.   While the grandkids were in school, we took Seattle’s Light Rail from my daughter’s house to Lumen Field.   It was a short walk from the station to the venue.   We purchased a multi-day pass for $40 each.   This gave us access to both the indoor and in the water venues as well as a bowl of Ivar’s delicious clam chowder for lunch.   As soon as we entered Lumen field is was clear that the boat show was a major event for Pacific