Larry W4CSC wrote:
Oh, I forgot......I met someone who always goes to boat shows in
street shoes wearing socks with holes in them. He agrees with me that
you should always look at boats wearing the same clothes you mow the
lawn in so they stop hovering around you like a pack of wolves around
a lamb.

So very true. The first couple of years I went in bluejeans and
teeshirts and nobody but Peggie and Peter Kennedy would give me the time
of day. Then I changed to Duckheads and a Ceasar's Palace golf shirt
and the Hunter people almost kidnapped me. The Hunter salesman cornered
me in the head and wouldn't let me out until he got my address and phone
number. Still didn't get much help at the Harken booth. I think they
have to have seen your picture in a sailing mag before they will talk to
you.

I hope this year will be different. I have $30K to order hardware,
rigging and spars between now and the first of the year and a bunch of
questions. I wonder if it is possible to call in advance and arrange an
appointment?

--
Glenn Ashmore

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