The SailFest section for this years show will include exhibits of sailboats and sailing gear.

The 2009 show will feature five days of family fun and entertainment including educational seminars and interactive boating and fishing activities, taking place:

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.,
Thursday, Jan. 22 & Friday, Jan 23, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.,                             
Saturday, Jan. 24, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., and
Sunday, Jan. 25, 10 am. – 6 p.m..

Baltimore’s oldest and largest annual indoor boat show has swelled to 300,000 square feet of exhibits and activities and occupy every exhibition hall of the Baltimore Convention Center. The addition of SailFest will offer enthusiasts a wide selection of keelboats, catamarans, scows, skiffs, sails and rigging, sailing gear, and equipment. Special daily sailing seminars and activities will round out this new feature.

An expanded powerboat section will also offer visitors more than 600 powerboats, personal watercraft, performance boats and luxury yachts. A special fishing boat section is also planned. In addition to a new, 3,000 square foot Accessories Pavilion, more than 150 manufacturers and exhibitors, from marine electronics to specialty fishing lures, will display the newest models, hottest products, and most advanced technologies for both sailors, power boaters and fishermen alike.

The SailFest component of the all new Baltimore Boat Show is the result of a partnership with sailing industry leader Sail America.