Chicago Boat Show brings warm-weather showcase of more than 400 boats to McCormick Place South

Visitors walk by the 47-foot-long MJM 4 — dubbed the “queen of the show” — for being the largest yacht on display at the Chicago Boat Show at McCormick Place South on Thursday afternoon. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Over 400 watercraft have descended on the lakefront for the Chicago Boat Show, an annual tradition for more than 90 years.

Walking into the event Thursday at McCormick Place was overwhelming, with rows upon rows of fishing boats, deck boats, ski boats, wake boats, pontoons, yachts and more beckoning customers.