Blog Archive
Clean Water on Board
Since more than 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water, you'd think it would be easier to keep a supply of clean water on board your boat.
The availability of clean water is often taken for granted, but fresh, drinkable water is not found in abundance - anywhere on the planet's surface. And once you're out cruising, you'll become very aware of the limited supply you have on board.
Storage tanks for drinking water are a necessity and found in most boats, as well as RVs and campers.
Dive into Scubacaching
You've probably heard about geocaching, an ongoing scavenger hunt-type activity where a GPS is used to place and find hidden containers of small treasures that can then be traded with other participants, anywhere on land, around the globe. A logbook is also kept with each cache to record its visitors. Geocaching recently celebrated its 12th anniversary, and today there are more than 1,645,000 active geocaches, with more than 5 million geocachers searching for them worldwide.
So it's no surprise really, that the game has now expanded to an underwater treasure hunt called scubacaching.
Scubacaching is the latest underwater challenge for experienced boaters and divers. It's a great way to test and improve your navigation skills and make your next dive a real adventure! Check out sites such as www.alertdiver.com/scuba_caching, which planted some caches in locations across the U.S. last year for beginning scubacachers to find. You can form teams of scubacachers and outline some rules or goals of your own home game that lasts a day, a weekend, a vacation, or the entire summer.
Empire & Garden State Shows
We will be at two boat shows in the Northeast U.S., one this weekend and one next. Winter temperatures are still hovering in the low 50s, but the sun should be shining, and the atmosphere is all about being out on the water at the Central New York and New Jersey Shows!
Visit the Central New York Boat Show today through Feb. 19, at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, throughout three venues: the Toyota Exhibit Building, the Center of Progress Building, and the John Deere Horticulture Building.
The CNY Boat Show and Sale will showcase more than 500 all-new boat models in about 300,000 square feet of exhibit space, including cruisers and sport boats, along with a few luxury motor yachts. Our dealer Frontenac Harbor will be in the Toyota Bldg. T-1, exhibiting our 264FS, 224FS, 204FSX, 204FS, 280SCR, 184FS, and M3 models.
Mardi Gras Means Party Parades
If you recognize the terms King Cake, Krewes, and Parade Throws, you have probably been to Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is a carnival celebration of eating, drinking, parades, trinkets, costumes, dancing, music and general indulgence enjoyed mostly in waterfront cities around the world. Mardi Gras is held on "Fat Tuesday," the last day of the carnival season, as it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday. This year that date is February 21.
Miami International Boat Show
We are getting into the heart of Boat Show season and the thrills just keep on coming! Tickets are now available for the Miami International Boat Show, February 16-20, 2012. Boat show and ticket info: miamiboatshow.com.
The Miami Boat Show is spread across three locations, and tickets are good for all: The Miami Beach Convention Center, Sea Isle Marina & Yachting Center, and Strictly Sail Miami at Miamarina at Bayside. Shuttle bus and water taxi service is available to help you reach the venues, and the weather forecast is sunny and warm.
Twenty-five types of power boats will be represented at this outstanding show. You'll find Monterey Boats on the Main Floor, at B71. Our dealer www.Arch Creek Yacht Sales.com will be exhibiting our beautiful 340SY, 320SY, 328SS, 280Cr, 260Cr, 264FS, M5, 244FS and 224FSX models.
Waterkeepers
There are many, many organizations around the world whose staff and volunteers work tirelessly to maintain fishable, swimmable, and otherwise enjoyable recreational waterways for all of us. They are called Waterkeepers.
Each group has named itself after the type of waterway it protects, and they include Basinkeeper, Baykeeper, Bayoukeeper, Canalkeeper, Channelkeeper, Coastkeeper, Creekkeeper, Deltakeeper, Gulfkeeper, Inletkeeper, Lakekeeper, Riverkeeper, Shorekeeper and Soundkeeper.
Monterey Boats hopes you appreciate them all, as we do.
A Weekend Jaunt
With the unusually mild weather this winter, Monterey Boat owners in more of the country are enjoying getting out on the water.
But to get the most out of your weekend Monterey outing, it always helps to make sure you’ve got all you need for the trip, especially if you plan to drop anchor and spend the night.
Boat Oklahoma
Outside of the Sooner state a lot of you might be scratching your heads over why Monterey Boats is at two boat shows in Oklahoma. There can’t be that much boating there. Can it?
Well, there’s actually 660,000 acres of public waters in 73 reservoirs, each are more than 500 acres, and there are 23,000 miles of streams. While these stats come from a fisheries management report, you can bet a lot of folks also are enjoying water sports or just cruising on all that water.
The state’s largest body of water, Eufaula Lake, is the 15th largest lake in the United States. The Red River is the state’s largest stream and forms much of the border between Oklahoma and Texas. The Red also flows through Lake Texoma, another giant lake that Oklahomans enjoy.
Come and See Monterey at the Shows
The boat show action remains hot and heavy the weekend of Feb. 3 with shows continuing in Seattle, Spokane and Tulsa, and new shows starting in Atlantic City, N.J., and Rochester, N.Y.
Remember, boat shows are a great way to see Monterey Boats models up close and begin the relationship with a Monterey dealer who could become your friend for life.
Willkommen in Deutschland
In Germany, Monterey Boats has seen steady traffic at the Dusseldorf Boat Show, which ends Sunday (Jan. 29, 2012).
With our dealer Europe Marine, we are exhibiting the 204FS, 224FSX, 224FC, 264FC and 275SCR at the biggest boat show in Europe. In a sign of growing confidence, the boat show added 100 exhibitors this year for a total of nearly 1,600 exhibits.
