Ft. Lauderdale boat show

This is what the Yacht tent looked like yesterday.

Looking like I'll be there both days.(sat & sun)

N4712 said:

Looking like I'll be there both days.(sat & sun)

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Keep those shoes tightly tied people. Oliver is roaming the docks. ?

And this is what the same tent in the same place looked like today:

Greetings,
OK gang. Who's going when and what's the meeting spot and time? We're in on Saturday or Sunday.

Looks like im going all 4 days, Thursday and Friday, and Saturday and Sunday. If anyone wants to meet up shoot me a PM.

RT Firefly said:

Greetings,
OK gang. Who's going when and what's the meeting spot and time? We're in on Saturday or Sunday.

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Still a good question... Sat or Sun? I'm coming down one of the days, and would love to meet everybody.

For those that are either/or, is there a consensus?

Chuck

There are one or two adult beverage tents at the show. If I recall correctly, one is near the trawler area. What if we met there around 4:00 on sat and staked out an area?

I'm going to the show on Friday. I'll be barefoot and looking for you know who.

twistedtree said:

There are one or two adult beverage tents at the show. If I recall correctly, one is near the trawler area. What if we met there around 4:00 on sat and staked out an area?

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I'll be there on Saturday... why the Hell not? I'll be ready for a beer by then, too.

Just look for the in the pic.

I'll be wearing the same hat... hard to miss.

I just looked at the map of the main event site. The "bar" is at the head of the "CD" dock, and across from the engine tent. See you all there around 4:00 on Sat.

Greetings,
Just to confirm. The bar is sponsored by Gosling's Rum. Four o'clock is past my nap time but I'll make every effort to attend. Don't know which hat I'll be wearing.

RT Firefly said:

Greetings,
Just to confirm. The bar is sponsored by Gosling's Rum. Four o'clock is past my nap time but I'll make every effort to attend. Don't know which hat I'll be wearing.

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It's past my nap time, too. But since I'll be spending the night in the area (rather than making the 3 hour trip to Merritt Island that night), I think I can hack it.

Does anybody have an idea what time the shuttles to the area parking lots stop running?

RT Firefly said:

Greetings,
Just to confirm. The bar is sponsored by Gosling's Rum. Four o'clock is past my nap time but I'll make every effort to attend. Don't know which hat I'll be wearing.

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You'll be the guy wearing the Groucho glasses, right?

And yes, it's the rum place. I've never been in, but assume they serve both soft and hard drinks.

Right!

I'm at the show now. There is an anchoring seminar tomorrow put on by Rocna. It's at 11:30 Dock B Bahia Mar.
Come by and annoy Mark with stupid questions.

Now thats just FUNNY, Parks!.... We can also annoy Mark with stupid questions by email, right? Thats how we usually do it.

I'm with him now, fire away.

Who's Mark?

HopCar said:

I'm at the show now. There is an anchoring seminar tomorrow put on by Rocna. It's at 11:30 Dock B Bahia Mar.
Come by and annoy Mark with stupid questions.

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Will stop by but will be around 2:00. First day was successful, went speeding through it but will slow down tomorrow and check more stuff out.

twistedtree said:

You'll be the guy wearing the Groucho glasses, right?

And yes, it's the rum place. I've never been in, but assume they serve both soft and hard drinks.

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Great!

Greetings,
Hope they have root beer.

RTF, It's Mark Pocock, he's one of the powers at Canada Metal.

Greetings,
Mr. HC. Never heard of him...sorry.

I hadn't heard of him until today either. Nice guy, knows anchors. As I understand it he manufactured Rocnas when they were made in Canada. Now he works for Canada Metal.

Greetings,
OK, we're in town. Have to make some breakfast, have another 6 cups of coffee (I hope there are lots of toilet facilities), pack my glasses (Groucho's of course), hail a cab and get through the gate. A former TF member was kind enough to give us some gate passes. Thanks RickB.
And we're off, like a bride's nighty! Back's in bad shape so I hope I last until the 16:00 hrs piss-up.

I'll be there today with one of my uncles and a cousin. I'll be wearing my Oliver shirt, so if you see me flag me down and say hi.

Now if I can just find where I left my shoes....

RT Firefly said:

OK, we're in town. I hope I last until the 16:00 hrs piss-up.

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How can we believe any of you are even there?

I'm going to bail out. Saw what I need to see, so starting the trip home early. Sorry I'll miss everyone.

Post pictures if you can.

I'm not coming

Can't justify the hotel rates, don't trust myself to not drink too much at the bar, and don't wanna sleep in the car.

Enjoy ya'll!