Seattle Boat Show Roll Call

I'm thinking of making the trip.
Who's going?

Scott

Me.

Be there for the entire show- either manning our booth or wandering the show...

I am planning on going. Have to be a week end.

Jill and I. Pete what booth #?

Yes, plan to purchase a new Vacuflush system for our forward head.

Bob Cofer said:

Jill and I. Pete what booth #?

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Bob, we were switched last week- as soon as I know, I'll let you know.

Keith,
I was going to do that but Chris didn't like the big noise it makes.

Boat show ?????

I will be there Saturday the 25th.

I will be there Saturday the 1st of February, the day before the Super Bowl. Manning the Edmonds Yacht Club booth in the afternoon.

Eric, we have one in the aft head and it seems very quiet to us. Just wanting the same system up front and one set of parts to stock. We like the system as it uses very little water and is fresh water flushed. Almost 800 bucks discount at the show.

I will be there on the January 25th and maybe again on February 1st. Call me a glutton for punishment....

I finally was able to talk my father in law into going. We will be up there Friday and maybe Sat. Do you need one or two days to go through the show?
Scott

bligh said:

Do you need one or two days to go through the show?

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I think you can see the bulk of the show in one day. The big boats are down at Lake Union (take a free bus from CLink Field).

I'm doing two days because I'm helping a friend buy a boat on one day, so won't get much time talking to old friends and visiting vendors.

YMMV

We'll be there the second weekend, FRi, Sat & Sun.

I'm on the B shift. B there when it opens, B there while it's open, B there until it closes, B there everyday.

They have asked me to do three seminars this year.

January 24, Taming of the Single Screw (Achieving deliberate control of a single engine inboard powerboat)

January 26, Man Overboard!

January 29, How to Write Articles for Boating Magazines

bligh said:

I finally was able to talk my father in law into going. We will be up there Friday and maybe Sat. Do you need one or two days to go through the show?
Scott

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IMHO, definitely 2 days are needed. One day for the in-water show and one day for the indoor show. Some years I even go a third day. If you just want to browse the show, I suppose you could do it in a single day.

Like Chuck we are on the B Schedule. We'll B there everyday, all day long! Our Pacific NW Boater booth is in the East Hall, #521. We'll be debuting our DVD cruising guide "Washington State Parks, Volume One - San Juan Islands". 82 minutes of video all about cruising the San Juans.

We'll also be giving two seminars on WA State Marine Parks on both Friday nights at 7:00pm. Prime time, baby!

And since my wife is the Ad Director for Bob Bitchin's Cruising Outpost magazine, we'll be selling subscriptions and individual copies of that as well. Oh, and Bob is coming up for a couple of days and will speak Thursday night about "The Attitude of Cruising" - from his own unique perspective, of course.

Please stop by the booth and say hi. Would like to meet some of you TFers!

Moonfish said:

... we'll be selling subscriptions and individual copies of that as well.

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Selling individual copies?

All the publishers at FLIBS give them away. Nickel and diming potential subscribers seems a bit cheezy.

Me the admiral and six others and their admirals....

We're going. Possibly looking at radios (with loud hailer etc); possibly a spotlight; possibly looking at our latest credit card bill before we go.

Poach said:

We're going. Possibly looking at radios (with loud hailer etc); possibly a spotlight; possibly looking at our latest credit card bill before we go.

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"Abandon hope, all ye that enter here........."

Well, I talked him into it and our trip is booked . Friday and Saturday. We'll stop by as many booths as we can.

If the Seahawks win this weekend (fingers crossed) they will be in the Super Bowl. If they are in the Super Bowl the final Sunday of the boat show will be cancelled. We got the word from the Show organizers a few days ago.

Rob

RickB said:

Selling individual copies?

All the publishers at FLIBS give them away. Nickel and diming potential subscribers seems a bit cheezy.

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I know, right? We went to the car dealership the other day to look at a 2014 model. They had a few 2013 models that hadn't sold yet. I asked if they were giving them away. Nope, they were selling them. Cheezy!

In the publishers defense, he is not a media conglomerate but a very small company. And each issue, which is quarterly, is about 200 pages and very expensive in small runs to print. He's also been selling back issues (of his previous titles) for 17 years at boat shows, and yes, about 5% of people think it's cheezy. However, for people who subscribe at the boat show they get back issues for free. Personally, if I'm doing it, I end up giving some away free anyway.

Bob Cofer said:

Jill and I. Pete what booth #?

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Bob, we're in booth 919 in the East Hall.

Moonfish said:

I know, right? We went to the car dealership the other day to look at a 2014 model. They had a few 2013 models that hadn't sold yet. I asked if they were giving them away. Nope, they were selling them. Cheezy!

In the publishers defense, he is not a media conglomerate but a very small company. And each issue, which is quarterly, is about 200 pages and very expensive in small runs to print. He's also been selling back issues (of his previous titles) for 17 years at boat shows, and yes, about 5% of people think it's cheezy. However, for people who subscribe at the boat show they get back issues for free. Personally, if I'm doing it, I end up giving some away free anyway.

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What is FLIBS? We will definitely stop by the PNWboater booth.

Robster_in_edmonds said:

If the Seahawks win this weekend (fingers crossed) they will be in the Super Bowl. If they are in the Super Bowl the final Sunday of the boat show will be cancelled. We got the word from the Show organizers a few days ago.

Rob

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Please beat the 49'ers! I'll never hear the end of it if they win the superbowl. I'm rooting for my team to win, but I'm rooting for 'anybody but the niners' more.

bligh said:

What is FLIBS

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Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.