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SF Boat Show Moved to April

Following the recent march of storms and surging waters even inside San Francisco Bay, the National Marine Manufacturers Association last night made the tough decision to postpone the Progressive Insurance San Francisco Boat Show. Originally scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend on January 15-18, the show will instead come to Pier 48 and McCovey Cove on April 28-May 1.

The S.F. Boat Show builds temporary docks in McCovey Cove, adjacent to AT&T Park. The Giants will be at home through April 27, but then away for the dates of the show.

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The sea state in McCovey Cove has been too rough, creating concerns for damage to the boats and safety for the show-goers. "El Niño is wreaking havoc on the Bay Area, as you are likely aware, and as a result, is forcing us to change our plans for the San Francisco Boat Show," writes NMMA’s vice president, Dave Geoffroy. "In addition to preventing construction of our docks and creating unsafe conditions at our in-water location, El Niño-related weather is prohibiting us from producing the boat show you have come to expect, while jeopardizing the amount of attendees we are likely to see. The new dates are a much more ideal time for a boat show in Northern California."

Indeed, the S.F. show will come three weeks after Strictly Sail Pacific on April 7-10 (which will be held in Richmond instead of Oakland for the first time). The NMMA was fortunate to get a window of dates that were available within the baseball season.

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