A free, no-sales-pitch refit panel at Bahia Mar Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 12:30 PM, presented by AkzoNobel, Newcoast Superyacht Insurance & Finance and Union Maritime.
The boat show is adding a refit track. Three RefitX panels in the Yacht Builders Tent ask how to run a refit without surprises, whether South Florida can keep up, and why so many big projects still leave the U.S.
Every press conference, world debut and premiere on the official FLIBS 2026 media calendar, Oct 28-30, with times, docks and RSVP contacts.
Culinary Convenience and the Future Chef Project throw Chef & Stew Fest on Tue Oct 27, 6–9 PM, the night before the Fort Lauderdale boat show. Provisioners on site, 21+, park at West Marine. Plus the weekly Chef Club and Stew Club.
A black-tie gala on opening night, the Windward VIP Cabana Club’s move to Bahia Mar, a floating pickleball court and the invitation-only superyacht receptions. What’s confirmed for FLIBS 2026 party week — with dates, prices and how to get in.
Four swimwear designers, live sax, a fire dancer, a waterfront Vendor Village and a $15K+ silent auction: the first Sailfish Marina Swim Show hits the docks Saturday, Nov. 14. Tickets from $55.50.
Six venues, five days, no box office. Alex Marlow plots the boat show like a passage: where to start, when to cross by water, which docks to hit first, and what to skip.
Five days of boats added up to $1.78 billion in Florida economic output, 10,144 jobs and $84.1 million in state and local taxes. Vivian Sterling breaks down the numbers before FLIBS 2026 opens Oct 28.
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show runs Oct. 28 to Nov. 1. Here are the headline superyachts and debuts, plus hours, tickets and how to get there.
The causeways jam during Art Week. The bay doesn’t. How the free Miami Beach water taxi works, where the superyachts dock, which parties happen on the water, and what it takes to charter for Art Basel Miami Beach 2026.
One month to go. The 67th Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show runs Oct. 28–Nov. 1, 2026 — what’s new this year, what to lock in now, and the dates that land before the docks open.
OneWater Marine has agreed to sell a majority stake in Fort Lauderdale-based Denison Yachting to Gulf-based OceanWorld Group, with closing expected by the end of 2026. Here’s what we know, and what’s still unanswered five weeks before FLIBS.