{"id":14688,"date":"2025-10-21T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/14688\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:29:08","slug":"ticket-giveaway-join-us-at-the-66th-ft-lauderdale-international-boat-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/14688\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticket Giveaway: Join us at the 66th Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s largest in-water boat show is only a week away, and we\u2019ll be in the midst of it all with our partners from the Annapolis School of Seamanship (ASOS). We\u2019d like to invite you to join us at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flibs.com\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">66th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS)<\/a>, running from Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud media sponsors of the show, so FLIBS has generously offered free tickets for us to share with Chesapeake Bay Magazine readers who can make it down to Florida next week. You can enter to win them (a $200 value for a pair!) by commenting on our Facebook post OR by emailing us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"c6a3a2afb2a9b486a5aea3b5a7b6a3a7ada3a4a7bfaba7a1a7bcafa8a3e8a5a9ab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>. Just make sure you\u2019re signed up for our weekly email newsletter, the Bay Bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>FLIBS is known for its vast selection of boats to see and tour across seven locations\u2026 including the drool-worthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flibs.com\/en\/experience\/superyacht_village.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Superyacht Village<\/a>! You can get from place to place using the show\u2019s free shuttles or by water tender. In all, 1,300 vessels will be on display. 1,000 exhibitors will bring their brands from 52 different countries.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, our office mates at ASOS will be bringing their expertise to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flibs.com\/en\/experience\/seminars.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FLIBS seminar schedule<\/a> at the Convention Center. On Thursday, Oct. 30, Capt. John Martino will walk show attendees through how to become a licensed captain\u2014going step by step with the application process, requirements, and how to use your license. In another Thursday seminar, Martino will help boaters take the stress out of docking with little tips and tricks. Key points are situational awareness, line handling, communication, and maneuvering in close quarters.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/asos-docking-for-FLIBS-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342877\"  \/>Docking in tight quarters can induce anxiety even in experienced boaters. ASOS\u2019s seminar at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show will make it easier.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com\/fort-lauderdale-international-boat-show-worlds-largest-in-water-show-celebrates-66-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plenty of new things<\/a> to see and do at this year\u2019s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and we\u2019d love to see you there. (Did we mention that temperatures in the low eighties are predicted for every day of the show?) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s largest in-water boat show is only a week away, and we\u2019ll be in the midst of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-14688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}