On Sunday, January 20, 2013 6:48:36 PM UTC-4, Chuck Gould wrote:
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.


Our local boat show is still a full month away.
I always think about travelling up to Toronto for the biggest show in this country but with the tricky weather this time of year...you could easily get stuck somewhere you don't want to go.
http://www.torontoboatshow.com/
Even the train isn't reliable as Native protests have been blocking lines on an irregular basis.