Watch as yachts leave lagoon after Palm Beach International Boat Show

Do you see the yachts? Now they are gone – or at least they are going away.

As quickly as they arrived, the ships of various sizes that filled the Lake Worth Lagoon along the West Palm Beach waterfront for the Palm Beach International Boat Show began to leave.

Palm Beach Daily News photographer Damon Higgins captured the action March 30 as boats exited the lagoon, part of the Intracoastal Waterway, across the Flagler Memorial Bridge and toward the cove at the northern tip of Palm Beach.

More than 1,000 boats were present for the show, which concluded on March 29. This volume of ships appears in Higgins’ time-lapse video, as boat after boat after boat waits its turn for the bridge’s pair of spans to open and allow their passage.

This year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show kicked off on March 25. He transformed an area along South Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach into a boat enthusiast’s paradise. This year’s event featured more than $1 billion in inventory, show organizers said.

More than 100 of the vessels at this year’s boat show were superyachts, organizers said.

One of these superyachts, the Mitan, can be seen maneuvering towards and then crossing the bridge in Higgins’ time-lapse. The Mitan is a 129-foot Turkish-built vessel completed by Numarine last year, according to the boatbuilder’s website. The massive yacht made its world debut at the boat show, the company said.

The distinctive 111-foot ANMAX yacht can also be seen. Built in 2022 by Italian company Sanlorenzo Yachts, ANMAX features a salon with large windows, four cabins that can accommodate eight guests, according to Eastwind Yachts, which presented the yacht at the boat show.

The Palm Beach International Boat Show has an estimated annual economic impact of more than $1 billion, show organizers said.

This year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show featured the PBIBS Gives Back Zone, a free attraction that will highlight some of the boat show’s conservation and education efforts, organizers said. The new area was in front of the Clematis Street salon entrance.

Informa Markets and the county’s Marine Industries Association are partnering to provide funded grants through the boat show, according to the program’s website.

Kristina Webb is a reporter for the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida network. You can reach her at kwebb@pbdailynews.com. Subscribe today to support our journalism.

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