Subject: Boat Show Shoes?
From: Peggie Hall

It suddenly occured to me that the simplest solution MIGHT just be a
huge pair of socks or a pair of tyvek booties that can be slipped on
over your shoes easily.

Just a thought...

We could sell them just outside the gate. Or better yet, just inside with the
show logo on them. :-)
What do you think Peggie?

Capt. Bill

On 16 Sep 2003 22:47:30 GMT, (LaBomba182) wrote:

Subject: Boat Show Shoes?
From: Peggie Hall

It suddenly occured to me that the simplest solution MIGHT just be a
huge pair of socks or a pair of tyvek booties that can be slipped on
over your shoes easily.

Just a thought...

We could sell them just outside the gate. Or better yet, just inside with the
show logo on them. :-)
What do you think Peggie?

Capt. Bill

God, they'd have a kanipshion fit if you SOLD something outside the
gate at any boat show around here......probably sic the cops on you!

We stopped at the IN-the-water boatshow for a beer with Mr Cannon of
Halsey-Cannon Boatyard about his pristinely restored "Boatyard Blue"
his yard bought for almost nothing from an insurance company after it
bashed up against a bridge for a whole hurricane. It's a nice sport
fisher yacht, now, and he uses it to sell his yard's capabilities.
The before pictures are awful.

The boat show crowd didn't seem to like the "good ol' boy" attitude
out there on the docks where the Hackercrafts and Azimuts were rocking
in the current....(c;

Halsey-Cannon Boatyard, Cainhoy, SC, up the Wando River if you're in
Charleston and your boat's broke. It's where Lionheart went the day
after it got here......



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

It suddenly occured to me that the simplest solution MIGHT just be a
huge pair of socks or a pair of tyvek booties that can be slipped on
over your shoes easily.

Just a thought...


We could sell them just outside the gate. Or better yet, just inside with the
show logo on them. :-)
What do you think Peggie?

Forget the show logo...the show won't pay us squat to put their name on
'em. Let's make some money doing the same thing pro tennis players,
skiers, and race cars do--get every mfr we can find room for to pay big
bucks to put their logos on 'em!

You put up the money for the booties, I'll find the sponsors.


--
Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327

http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

Peggie Hall wrote:
It suddenly occured to me that the simplest solution MIGHT just
be a huge pair of socks or a pair of tyvek booties that can be
slipped on over your shoes easily.

We could sell them just outside the gate. Or better yet, just
inside with the show logo on them. :-) What do you think Peggie?

Forget the show logo...the show won't pay us squat to put their name
on 'em. Let's make some money doing the same thing pro tennis
players, skiers, and race cars do--get every mfr we can find room for
to pay big bucks to put their logos on 'em!

You put up the money for the booties, I'll find the sponsors.

You know, that's not a bad idea! The Official r.b.c. boat bootie!

A slip on Tyvek bootie with an elastic ankle band and lots of logos. A
box of 200 Tyvek shoe covers with nonslip soles cost $100.00 at
Grainger. Polypropylene is $40. For a few thousand pair direct from
the manufacturer we are probably talking under a quarter a pair. Two
bucks a pair to cover the production, sellers pay and expenses and all
the logo fees are profit.

To late for this year but we need to remember that for next year's show
season. :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

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Glenn Ashmore wrote:

Peggie Hall wrote:
It suddenly occured to me that the simplest solution MIGHT just
be a huge pair of socks or a pair of tyvek booties that can be
slipped on over your shoes easily.

We could sell them just outside the gate. Or better yet, just
inside with the show logo on them. :-) What do you think Peggie?

Forget the show logo...the show won't pay us squat to put their name
on 'em. Let's make some money doing the same thing pro tennis
players, skiers, and race cars do--get every mfr we can find room for
to pay big bucks to put their logos on 'em!

You put up the money for the booties, I'll find the sponsors.

You know, that's not a bad idea! The Official r.b.c. boat bootie!

A slip on Tyvek bootie with an elastic ankle band and lots of logos. A
box of 200 Tyvek shoe covers with nonslip soles cost $100.00 at
Grainger. Polypropylene is $40. For a few thousand pair direct from
the manufacturer we are probably talking under a quarter a pair. Two
bucks a pair to cover the production, sellers pay and expenses and all
the logo fees are profit.

Having used Tyvek booties, I would be concerned that they would be
slippery which wouldn't be good on a boat. My husband slipped on some
aluminum dust that was on his shoes (due to putting in mast steps) and
fell down the companionway into the main saloon dislocating his
shoulder. Plus were you thinking that people would wear them from
boat to boat? They'd get just as dirty as shoes.

Even socks are slippery unless you put non-skid on them, which would
rachet the cost up.


To late for this year but we need to remember that for next year's show
season. :-)

Not that I want to throw cold water on the project - just a thought.

grandma Rosalie

Glenn Ashmore wrote:
To late for this year but we need to remember that for next year's show
season. :-)

Annapolis isn't the only boat show...there are a whole BUNCH starting
after the first of the year. There is time to at least test market the
idea at one or more of 'em...and Annapolis would be a good place to find
out whether Rosie's concerns are a deal breaker.

So...where in Annapolis shall we hold the first board meeting?

Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327

http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

Tyvek won't breathe and will make your feet sweat something
awful.......

How about that nice soft material with the plastic soles Cathay
Pacific gives out for "cabin booties" on their most wonderful flights
from Gatwick to the Middle East and Asia? There's something soft in
the soles on the inside which make your feet feel wanted, not all
sweaty!



On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:24:13 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:



Peggie Hall wrote:
It suddenly occured to me that the simplest solution MIGHT just
be a huge pair of socks or a pair of tyvek booties that can be
slipped on over your shoes easily.

We could sell them just outside the gate. Or better yet, just
inside with the show logo on them. :-) What do you think Peggie?

Forget the show logo...the show won't pay us squat to put their name
on 'em. Let's make some money doing the same thing pro tennis
players, skiers, and race cars do--get every mfr we can find room for
to pay big bucks to put their logos on 'em!

You put up the money for the booties, I'll find the sponsors.

You know, that's not a bad idea! The Official r.b.c. boat bootie!

A slip on Tyvek bootie with an elastic ankle band and lots of logos. A
box of 200 Tyvek shoe covers with nonslip soles cost $100.00 at
Grainger. Polypropylene is $40. For a few thousand pair direct from
the manufacturer we are probably talking under a quarter a pair. Two
bucks a pair to cover the production, sellers pay and expenses and all
the logo fees are profit.

To late for this year but we need to remember that for next year's show
season. :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?

Subject: Boat Show Shoes?
From: Glenn Ashmore

To late for this year but we need to remember that for next year's show
season. :-)

We! Do you have a mouse in your pocket Glenn? :-)

Capt. Bill

Subject: Boat Show Shoes?
From: Peggie Hall

You put up the money for the booties, I'll find the sponsors.


Deal!

Capt. Bill

First, bring your own brief case, so you don't balance literature. I
have a nylon one that weighs next to nothing and will hold hat,
shades, sunscreen, little tape measure, digital camera, etc. as well
as tear sheets and catalogs. Warm shirt, too, if the weather is iffy.

As for shoes, I favor comfort over convenience and wear the same five
eyelet, Vibram sole Timberlands that I race in -- Newport and
Annapolis are better than Miami and New Orleans in that there's less
concrete underfoot (Ft. Lauderdale is in between), but I'm always sore
at the end of the day, and the short boots help a lot. Sure, I have to
take them off when I go on a boat (sometimes I just leave them off and
go barefoot on the floats), but it beats being lame by 1600.


Jim Woodward
www.mvfintry.com

Glenn Ashmore wrote in message ...
I need suggestions for the best boat show shoes. Regular deck shoes
look nautical and you can keep them on while inspecting many boats but
they leave a lot to be desired when you have to walk around in them for
10 or 12 hours. Loafers are not much better and you have to take them
off every time you board. Tennis shoes have to be unlaced every time
you board a boat that allows no shoes.

I am looking for a pair of white rubber soled shoes that have good
support and can still be slipped on and off without having to tie and
untie them while balancing half a ton of sales literature.