Skip to main content Boaters may 'dream about their next boat' at CT Spring Boat Show in Essex, April 30-May 2 Susan Braden FacebookTwitterEmail 2of11 3of11 4of11 Waiting for the ferry to go to the Connecticut Spring Boat Show in Essex, 2019.Greg AnthonyShow MoreShow Less 5of11 The OptiMystic, Robert Taylor's Duffy which is moored in Mystic.James J Traskos IIIShow MoreShow Less 6of11 7of11 The Connecticut Spring Boat Show also raises fund for Sails Up 4 CancerContributedShow MoreShow Less 8of11 9of11 11of11 ESSEX — It’s time to forget the forlorn sight of shrink-wrapped boats dry-docked or sitting atop trailers against a wintry landscape.