Fabulous show allows us to see all the newest products to look at and think about purchasing for our summer at the lake. We purchased our first boat bc at the show!

I have a little mental trick I use to get me through non-boating season: 1. My favourite day of the off-season is Dec. 21, after that day every day of winter is getting longer, and therefore warmer as the sun creeps northward towards boating season! (You can actually FEEL the days lengthening!) 2. My SECOND most favourite day of the off-season is around mid-January in Ontario when the Toronto Boat Show opens and we can all bask in the almost sunny artificial lights and emerse ourselves in all things summer boating-related. 3. We make sure to take a week long vacation (really you need 10-14 days to properly unwind) in a sunny location on the water, ideally bareboat sailing in the BVIs. (Ideally towards Feb./Mar. when we're at wits end with winter - another treat to look forward to helps stave off the depression.... 4. When we come back IT'S TIME TO START PREPPING THE BOAT FOR LAUNCH on the last weekend of April! (Usually I have a winter project to do in the basement like making a new folding table for vessel.) April becomes a desperate juggle to leverage the warmest days for bottom-painting and polishing. The Boat Show is hugely therpeutic because it is possible to start early in the day and intersperse seminars and lectures with chats about boats and equipment of every possible description. Sadly there are many fewer sailboats on display than in days gone by, but it's always a pleasure to poke around in them, as well as check out a few of the enormous 'stink-pots' (as we sailors call them ;-) to see what the folks with money to burn on fuel are living like. The new sign-up system to get onto the larger boats is a big improvement over standing in endless lines that sometimes used to restrict you to an entire day in lineups, with no time to wander around. GO TO THE SHOW and experience a bit of summer in the midst of winter!

What an awesome place to be. Greatest show on earth. Hope I get to see you there.

Our family loves going to the boat show, we are a boating/fishing family and this is a great activity to get us through the winter! There is lots of vendors offering great information and products. There are many boats and yachts to get on board and explore.

Expensive boats are neat to check out, but having all of the electronics and accessory vendors in one place, along with a lot of other neat stuff, is what makes this show special.

I have been many times and always look forward to next year !

Great place to network with venders and mechanics. Love getting to see new product

I haven’t been to a boat show in about 35 years. Every year my parents would take us and I have great memories of this. I can remember going down the aisles and buying small items. Would love to go again.

2 years ago I moved 2200km away to Winnipeg. I moved our sailboat the following summer from Toronto to Thunder Bay. One of the things I really miss about Toronto is the Boat Show. Apart from being a great chance to see sailing friends in the middle of the winter, it was also a great place to learn.... I have been going to the boat show for close to 40 years and the seminars and speakers of the last decade have really boosted my knowledge and skills. It has also been a place to get great deals on electronics, sails and other gear. I have been to various boat and outdoor shows out here but nothing comes even close, so this year I'm flying down to Toronto to attend the show.

We attend this show every year. We enjoy seeing all the vendors and what they have to offer. There is something for everyone, you do not have to own a boat to enjoy this show. But, if you are in the market for a new boat or some accessories, usually the prices at the Toronto Boat show cannot be beat! We already have the dates marked on our calendar, see you in 2020.