New boat debuts at the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show featuring Trawlerfest include the Nimbus 495 Flybridge and Coastal Craft 54Lux

The power of the Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA) and Passagemaker’s Trawlerfest (Firecrown) combined in recent years to create an excellent spring boat show, The Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show featuring Trawlerfest. This show features a host of new and used boats, both sail and power, at Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes, WA, the gateway to the San Juan Islands. This year’s show featured 99 exhibitors, 240 boats and thousands of visitors both local and from 31 different states. In addition to the great Trawlerfest educational seminars that help boaters better understand boats and cruising there were interesting new boats that debuted at the show. We were able to get aboard both the new Nimbus 495 Flybridge and the Coastal Craft 54 Lux for a sneak-peek.

Coastal Craft 54Lux

By Arnie Hammerman

Posted in Onboard, Power

While visiting the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show we got a look at a stunning new Canadian boat, the Coastal Craft 45 Lux, which is an interesting departure from their previous designs.

Nimbus 495 Flybridge

By Arnie Hammerman

Posted in Onboard, Power

We visited the Anacortes Boat & Yacht Show which featured Trawlerfest education seminars and saw some interesting new boats making their US debut. Hot off a ship from Sweden is the Nimbus 495 Flybridge.

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