Went to the Victoria inner harbour boat show today.
Surprises, disappointments and some good stuff.
Opened at 11:00, I waltzed in at 11:30 and pretty much had the place to myself until around 2:00. Went to the "booths" and thought there had been an evacuation order. Great for me.
Ok, so, I'm old fashioned and like solid boats that can be worked, used, lived on and trusted to stand up over time. Like so many right here.
Today I saw a lot of plastic gimmicky things called boats. Thinks that will break in season 1. Flashy, catchy things to capture the impulsive, gotta have the latest gadget, people. Surprised I didn't see an iBoat.
Didn't see a new boat I liked which was fine with me.
Brokers let me down. So many of them were completely unfamiliar with their used product on display. $400,000 boats with no spec sheet and a broker that can't tell me what make the gen set is or how many hours on the mains. Boats with signs that say boarding with broker only but no brokers in sight. Brokers that were too busy featuring their new fleet and neglecting the brokerage boats.
Surprised how many boats had head or fuel smells.
Surprised how many had both.
Surprised I even looked at boats without bridges.
Surprised at my dislike of a hugely popular boat
Surprised I liked a big Whaler with Yamahas.
Got to see folks I'd not seen in a while.
Got to see a couple on my must see list.
Got to add a bunch to my don't want list.
Got to be aboard Tony Fleming's own 65.
Got to find a good buyers broker.
Got to be around boats on a gorgeous day.
Got to meet some cool people.
Got to thinkin'...maybe go back tomorrow.
Surprises, disappointments and some good stuff.
Opened at 11:00, I waltzed in at 11:30 and pretty much had the place to myself until around 2:00. Went to the "booths" and thought there had been an evacuation order. Great for me.
Ok, so, I'm old fashioned and like solid boats that can be worked, used, lived on and trusted to stand up over time. Like so many right here.
Today I saw a lot of plastic gimmicky things called boats. Thinks that will break in season 1. Flashy, catchy things to capture the impulsive, gotta have the latest gadget, people. Surprised I didn't see an iBoat.
Didn't see a new boat I liked which was fine with me.
Brokers let me down. So many of them were completely unfamiliar with their used product on display. $400,000 boats with no spec sheet and a broker that can't tell me what make the gen set is or how many hours on the mains. Boats with signs that say boarding with broker only but no brokers in sight. Brokers that were too busy featuring their new fleet and neglecting the brokerage boats.
Surprised how many boats had head or fuel smells.
Surprised how many had both.
Surprised I even looked at boats without bridges.
Surprised at my dislike of a hugely popular boat
Surprised I liked a big Whaler with Yamahas.
Got to see folks I'd not seen in a while.
Got to see a couple on my must see list.
Got to add a bunch to my don't want list.
Got to be aboard Tony Fleming's own 65.
Got to find a good buyers broker.
Got to be around boats on a gorgeous day.
Got to meet some cool people.
Got to thinkin'...maybe go back tomorrow.
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