This year’s Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) will be offering a prize pool worth over $100,000. The highly anticipated 26th edition of this popular Australia‘s event is set to run from May 22 to 25.

SCIBS 2013

Prizes up for grabs include a $50,000 Ultimate Boat Show Experience, a 10-night luxury cruise for two to Asia worth $20,000, a SCIBS spending spree to the value of $5,000, and The Ultimate Fishing Experience with 7 News Weather, Beach, Boating and Fishing expert Paul Burt.

Mulpha Sanctuary Cove head of events Johan Hasser said the prizes were another reason for people to attend the four-day event in Sanctuary Cove’s Marine Village.

“The range and value of prizes on offer this year at SCIBS is extraordinary thanks to our partners and sponsors,” he said.

“There is something to please anyone who has an interest in the boating lifestyle.

“It adds another layer of excitement to this showcase of the international and national boating trends.”

Leading the prize pack is the Ultimate Boat Show Experience powered by leading boat builder Maritimo in conjunction with 92.5 Gold FM and SCIBS.

This prize is an action-packed Gold Coast holiday including the use of a luxury Maritimo Motoryacht for four days; a four-night stay at the InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort for up to four people; return airfares for four from your nearest capital city to Brisbane; and return limousine transfers to and from Brisbane Airport for four people.

The winner will also score a ride on the Maritimo Offshore Race Team Race Boat, a day of marlin fishing off the Gold Coast, unlimited entry to Dreamworld, and a VIP tour of Maritimo’s manufacturing and race team facilities at Coomera.

People can enter by tuning in to the Gold Coast’s 92.5 Gold FM Breakfast Show with Richard, Bridge & Spida from Monday, May 12 when 20 lucky listeners will receive a key. The winning key will start the Maritimo Offshore Race Boat at SCIBS on Saturday, May 24. You can also get yourself in the running to win one of four keys simply by purchasing your tickets online before Thursday, May 22 or by entering the draw at the Maritimo Stand at the show before 11am on Saturday, May 24.

Show-goers also have the chance to win a ‘Private Yacht-like Experience’ with an exclusive luxury 10-night cruise with Compagnie Du Ponant to Asia for two people in a superior cabin including all meals and selected wines thanks to Marine Village travel centre Cove Travel in conjunction with SCIBS. To enter, simply visit the COVE Travel stand at the Show.

SCIBS visitors can put themselves in the draw to win The Ultimate Fishing Experience with 7 News Weather, Beach, Boating and Fishing expert Paul Burt on board his very own offshore sports fishing vessel ‘My Charter Boat’. Simply visit the Channel 7 Stage at The Show and enter the draw.  While those booking their SCIBS tickets online before midnight on May 21 automatically go into the running for $5,000 to spend at the show.

Charter Yachts Australia is also offering visitors the opportunity to win a three night stay in the Whitsundays aboard a 32 Catalina yacht.

For full information and to enter, visitors can drop by Charter Yachts Australia’s stand during the Boat Show, located in the Docks area.

Ocean Signal – ALL SAT Communications is giving away more than $1,500 worth of prizes over the four days of Boat Show, giving visitors the chance to win one of four rescueMe PLB1’s valued at $399 each.

The hand-held rescueMe PLB 1 device works with the only officially recognised worldwide dedicated search and rescue satellite network and when activated transmits its user’s position and ID to a Rescue Coordination Centre notifying them of the emergency and regularly updating its current location.

Visitors can get full details and enter their business cards at the Ocean Signal – ALL SAT Communications stand located in Pavilion A.
Mr Hasser said visitors making their way to SCIBS 2014 had a wide range of transport options – from a park and ride service and public transport to water services and helicopter.

“There is a broad array of choices to make getting to SCIBS as fuss-free and time saving as possible to allow more time for enjoying the show itself,” he said.

“This year we have entered an arrangement with Translink allowing people with pre-purchased SCIBS tickets to travel free on the Queensland Rail City Network.

“Visitors taking this option can link with our continuous free shuttle bus service operating between Sanctuary Cove, Helensvale Train Station and the Park’n’Ride car park at Helensvale.”

Parking is available on site at Sanctuary Cove during SCIBS, but Free Public car parks are located at Millaroo Drive, Helensvale (south of Westfield Helensvale, off exit 62) and Sickle Avenue, Hope Island.

Visitors will be able to board free shuttle bus services from both of these car parks, however spaces are limited at Hope Island.

All Boat Show visitors will receive free train travel on all regular Queensland Rail City Network trains when they display a pre-purchased ticket to the event (excluding RailBus).

Adult tickets start from just $20 when pre-purchased online. Free train travel is only available on event days, 22-25 May 2014, when a valid ticket is displayed.

Visitors can also travel directly to the show on Surfside Buslines. Travel to Southport, then change to route 711 to Sanctuary Cove. Bus transport costs are additional.

There is also a range of alternative transport options to the show including taxis, limousines, helicopter, water taxis, ferries, airport transfers and private transfers.

Sponsored by Club Marine and Euromarque Maserati Brisbane, SCIBS 2014 will run from May 22 to 25.

The 2014 Boat Show will showcase a wide variety of international boating brands, products and technologies on display alongside the superb backdrop of the award-winning Sanctuary Cove marina and The Marine Village.

Offering something for the whole family, SCIBS will also feature a full program of live entertainment, cooking demonstrations and seminars as well as a kids zone and Women on Water program throughout the four-day event.

Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. Adult day passes start at $20, with concession passes available for seniors and students. Children under 18 are free.

SCIBS is a key event on the national and international marine industry calendar and has injected millions of dollars into the Gold Coast economy over the past 25 years with last year’s show generating more than $148 million.

The $A2 billion Sanctuary Cove, located on the northern Gold Coast, is Australia’s leading and most successful master-planned community.

Featuring two 18 hole championship golf courses, a 300 berth marina, five-star InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort, Country Club including full fitness centre, tennis courts and 25m swimming pool, Sanctuary Cove is also home to some of the most diverse waterfront, golf course fronting or hilltop residential house and land options on the Gold Coast.

At the heart of the community is the Marine Village – Sanctuary Cove’s very own waterfront commercial, retail and dining precinct, with more than 80 tenancies.