Visitors got a chance to see how the other half sails over the weekend at the Tidewater Cove Boat Show at the Tidewater Cove Marina, and peruse the selection of multimillion-dollar yachts on display with the more moored-to-reality offerings on sale.
Washougal’s Marcelo and Jennifer Heredia joined their friend, Tim Hazen of Washougal, at the show Sunday.
Marcelo Heredia said they have a 19-foot boat parked in a garage back home.
“It would easily fit on the back of this boat,” he said, pointing to the aft of one of the 70-foot, $3 million-plus yachts for sale. “Nothing like this.”
The boat show ran through the weekend, and offered visitors a chance to check out new and used vessels for sale, along with other nautical goods for sale on-site.
The yacht’s displacement was more than 70,000 pounds, and it had berths for roughly a dozen people, along with closet space and a whole kitchen.
He said they were in the market for something in the 20-foot range.
“But since we’re here, you gotta look at a $3.4 million boat, you know?”
Although they’re out of the price range of mere mortals, Hazen said they’re still beautiful boats.
“These are always fun to get on and just check out, see what the new technology is on the big boats,” he said.
Marcelo Heredia said he thinks he’ll keep his next boat moored at a dock. A seller took him out on the water in a couple boats that showed promise the day before, which was very helpful.
That’s one of the advantages of having a show at a marina, Hazen said.
“That’s why it’s nice to have a show like this, because we can actually see them right on the water,” he said.
