NEW YORK CITY — Beginning January 5, the 92nd New York National Boat Show will run at the Javits Convention Center through January 13. The event, which is presented by Lincoln this year, is the most popular boat show in the Northeast.

The Show boasts an extensive display of new luxury motor yachts, performance boats, sportfishers and inflatables, as well as engines, marine accessories, electronics and nautical gifts and apparel.

Expert advice on boat buying is available at the show's Discover Boating Center. From engine maintenance information to financing, the Discover Boating Center is there to help potential and new buyers.

A 21-foot, state-of-the-art, pleasure craft designed and produced by the Savannah College of Art and Design's product/industrial design department will be displayed outside the show. Winner of the 2001 Award for Composite Excellence, the boat a full-scale, working prototype.

Show highlights include:

Big Three Boat Giveaway

The New York Post, the popular daily newspaper, has teamed with the New York National Boat Show to sponsor a drawing to win three fabulous boats: a COBALT 190 (msrp $30,000) and trailer (msrp $2,500); a Triton Seaflight Center Console powered by a Mercury 90-horsepower 4-stroke outboard and a Loadmaster aluminum boat trailer (msrp $27,395); or a 12-foot Adirondack Guide Boat (msrp $2,500). Entry forms will appear in the newspaper and will be available in the Crystal Palace Lobby during the

Boat Building Workshop

In the Crystal Palace Lobby, Adirondack Guide Boats, a Vermont-based manufacturer, will demonstrate step-by-step how their wooden boats are hand-crafted. Guide boats first appeared in the 1830s in the lake-filled Adirondacks. They evolved from crude hunting skiffs into the graceful, swift, easily-rowed, easily-carried boats at the show.

Show Hours

Saturdays (January 5 & 12): 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sundays (January 6 & 13): 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. .
Monday-Friday (January 7-11): 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. .

Ticket Prices

Adults: $10.
Children (ages 6-12): $4; 5 years old and under, free.
Special Two-Day Discounted Ticket: $16 .
Multi-Evening Pass (good every day after 5 p.m.): $20
Multi-Evening Pass (good every day after 5 p.m.): $20

For advance sale ticket information, call the Boat.U.S. Ticket Center at 800/937-2628 or visit your local BoatU.S. Marine Center or our web site at www.discoverboating.com.

Getting To The Show

Metro-North Railroad, the Long Island Rail Road and NY Waterway are offering convenient fare/admission packages to their riders.
If you're traveling by train, don't forget the free attendee shuttle service from Penn Station (northwest corner of 31st Street & 7th Avenue) and Grand Central Terminal (42nd Street and Pershing Square near the Grand Hyatt Hotel) to and from Javits Center. For more information on fare/admission packages, call:

Metro-North Railroad, (212) 532-4900, (800) METRO INFO or visit www.mta.nyc.ny

Long Island Rail Road, (516) 231-LIRR (Nassau) or (631) 231-LIR(Suffolk)

New York Waterway, (800) 53-FERRY or www.nywaterway.com

Driving Directions

From New Jersey:

Take the Lincoln or Holland tunnel to the West Side Highway and proceed up to 34th Street. Or, from the George Washington Bridge, take the Henry Hudson Parkway South, which becomes the West Side Highway (12th Avenue) and continue south to the Javits Center (11th Avenue & West 34th Street).

From Westchester and Connecticut:
Take I-95 into the city, merge into the Bruckner Expressway and follow signs to the Triboro Bridge. Exit Manhattan (FDR Drive) and proceed to 34th Street. Exit 34th Street and continue west to 11th Avenue. The Javits Center is located on 11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets.
Take I-87 to Exit 7A, the Saw Mill River Parkway, continue to Henry Hudson Parkway South to 34th Street exit. Above Exit 13, take I-87 to Palisades Parkway, cross George Washington Bridge to Henry Hudson Parkway South to 34th Street. Or, take Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson or New Haven lines to Grand Central Station and take the free Boat Show Shuttle from 42nd Street and Park Avenue/Pershing Square (or the M42 bus -- check that the M42 is marked Javits Center) and get off at the last stop. For discount train fare and admission package information, call (800) METRO INFO, (212) 532-4900 or visit www.mta.nyc.ny.

From Long Island:

Drive west on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) to the Queens Midtown Tunnel, follow the signs leading downtown, turn right on East 34th Street and continue to the Javits Center. Or, take the Long Island Rail Road to Penn Station and take the free Boat Show Shuttle from 31st Street and 7th Avenue (or the M34 crosstown bus). For discount train and admission package information, call (516) 231-LIRR (Nassau) or (631)
231-LIRR (Suffolk).