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Boat Show Shoes?
Rosalie B. wrote: 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. The ones I was thinking about have a soft knobby grip surface on the soles. I got a box for the boat shed 'cause when we were glassing the hull the shed floor was awash in epoxy. They worked really well until the epoxy started setting up. Then the problem was definitely not slipping. It was moving. :-) -- 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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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 |
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Subject: Boat Show Shoes?
From: Peggie Hall So...where in Annapolis shall we hold the first board meeting? :) Your booth? Capt. Bill |
Boat Show Shoes?
LaBomba182 wrote:
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 Let's not shut out any potential investors! :) -- 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 |
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LaBomba182 wrote:
So...where in Annapolis shall we hold the first board meeting? :) Your booth? Capt. Bill Not my booth, but my publisher's...it'll be too busy. This will have to be a lunch or dinner 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 |
Boat Show Shoes?
Peggie Hall wrote: LaBomba182 wrote: So...where in Annapolis shall we hold the first board meeting? :) Your booth? Capt. Bill Not my booth, but my publisher's...it'll be too busy. This will have to be a lunch or dinner meeting. Thursday or Friday is fine with me. -- 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 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. Go for a pair of the boating sneakers. If they want you to take them off to board their boat, simply say no thanks, and leave. Their is no good reason for them to ask you to remove clean boating shoes. If more people simply refused to take their boating shoes off, they would change their minds, they need people to buy their products. No lookers, no customers. I did this at the Norwark show a few years ago at one of the large sport fishing manufacturers boats. They knew I was representing a buyer, I said no and went to leave. They let me on with my shoes. |
Boat Show Shoes?
Go for a pair of the boating sneakers. If they want you to take them
off to board their boat, simply say no thanks, and leave. Their is no good reason for them to ask you to remove clean boating shoes. If more people simply refused to take their boating shoes off, they would change their minds, they need people to buy their products. No lookers, no customers. I did this at the Norwark show a few years ago at one of the large sport fishing manufacturers boats. They knew I was representing a buyer, I said no and went to leave. They let me on with my shoes. I'm inclined to side with the boat dealers on this one, at least when it comes to outdoor shows. Shoe soles pick up a lot of grit etc...and it's one thing to let the odd one or two people who absolutely refuse to take off their shoes, quite another to let several hundred--even a thousand at a large show like Annapolis or Miami--people track it aboard, grinding it into the deck and carpet. A boat can take more wear and tear in a single show than any owner can do to it in several years. And you wouldn't believe some of the stories I've heard about the things people will do...everything from using the head (and not just liquid waste) to having sex in the aft cabin to changing the baby and leaving the dirty diaper in a galley locker to giving an older child food that he smears all over everything. Anyone who can pay for a ticket can get into a boat show, and a surprising number of people are pigs. So I can't fault boat dealers for doing as much as they can do to protect their boats. 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://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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