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I'll check out Peggie's talk this morning. Crowds will be much larger
(everybody hopes) now that the weekend is here.

Glad to hear the crowds are showing up. It'd be nice to see some signs
that boating (and outdoor sports in general) arent' in decline among
Americans.

I have been able to meet a couple of world famous sailors, Lyn and
Larry Pardey. Their booth is right next to mine at the show. What a
couple of nice folks, and salty as heck. Larry tells me he doesn't even
have an engine in his boat, and has to sail everywhere under any and
all conditions.

Yep, they're salty all right. They don't have plumbing either, and they
kept very quiet about that part of the "salty" image when they were in
the Chesapeake... they didn't want a huge fine!

BTW Larry Pardey is a good sailor & writer, but he isn't all that
hardcore... Ask him how many times he begs tows from other cruising
boats. I'm one of a long long list of people who have towed him around.
And IMHO he isn't very gracious about saying thanks.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King