After a long day's work, we enjoy a nice cold beer as much as the next guy. But even we don't crack a frosty until we've put our notebook and pencil away for the day. One of the exhibitors at the Miami International Boat Show this February apparently had a different set of work rules.

While we interviewed him about his product, he was holding an open bottle of beer (which he later set next to his product display). This scenario represents a continuing lack of professionalism in the boating industry, in our opinion, and falls under our criteria as a "Boat Show Blunder," a slogan we came up with…