Tim wrote:
Chuck,

I was wondering, do you attend these shows? or just a selected few?

I was wondering if you wil be at the St. Louis show. If so, I'd like
to meet you if possible.


Because our business is regionally based, we only exhibit at the
Seattle boat shows. Our primary product is very Pacific NW oriented- a
factor that contributes to whatever level of success we might enjoy
regionally but also renders it irrelevant in 90% of the country.

There are small shows in Portland, Tacoma, and Everett where we would
exhibit if we had the time and or manpower to do so, but the *must do*
show around here is the Seattle show. (Largest boat show on the West
Coast, now that the indoor and outdoor portions are united under a
common promotional umbrella). They are so short of seminar speakers at
the Seattle show that I get asked to present a few seminars each year.
Next month I'll be doing 3 seminars, Flags and Banners, Handling a
Single Screw, and a photo tour/account of the most hair-raising,
twilight zone experience I've ever had on a deserted island, "Is D'Arcy
Island Haunted?" This is the first year for the single screw and
flags/banners seminars, while D'Arcy Island is a perennial.

Our Seattle shows are 10 days in January and February and 5 days in
September. We used to have a five day August show as well, and may
again starting in 2008 after the major remodeling of Shilshole Marina
is finally completed. The winter show is a nad buster. All day,
everyday, a lot of time spent on your feet. Everybody looks forward to
the beginning of the show, and after 6-7 days everybody begins looking
forward to the end. :-)