On Jan 19, 11:06*pm, thumper wrote:
On 1/19/2013 8:46 PM, Chuck Gould wrote:

You guys from everywhere else but here, take a look a the Boat Show ad
for a look at a "typical" Seattle woman, enjoying "typical" Seattle
weather. *:-)

digital.turn-page.com/i/101224/1

I was at the Portland boat show last Saturday afternoon (prime-time) for
the first time in several years and it was a ghost town.

They used fewer halls in the expo center and had many fewer exhibitors
than past years. *Major manufacturers were absent, mostly just local
dealers. *It was more like a used car lot with some new and used boats.
* I was in and out in an hour or two. *ThunderJet had the only two
inboard jets I was interested in. *No NorthRiver, NorthWestJet,
PrecisionWeld, etc. *There weren't even any big luxury cruisers.

Times must be tough.

The Portland Show has been slipping for years. Just like shows in
Tacoma and Everett that have come and gone up this way. (I don't
*think* the Tacoma is still running; might be...the Tacoma show is put
on by the same people who do the Portland Show. The NMTA, that does
the Seattle Show, tried to do Everett for a few years but had to give
that up a couple of years ago....ghost town as well)

The Seattle show has sold more space for 2013 than during the last
couple of years. Prices (especially for used) are way down, interest
rates are at historic lows. Great time to be in the market- if you're
able. Could draw close to 100,000 people over 10 days, both locations
combined.