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I guess you could say I'll "attend" the local boat show.

Our magazine has a booth, and I will be one of the two people there all
day, most days.

Our local show has a continuous series of seminars, and I've been asked
to conduct four of them this year. That will get me out of the booth
for some much needed diversion.

The fun part about the boat show is getting everybody together. I am
acquainted with, and in some cases friends with, a high percentage of
the vendors and dealers. Even though its a long hour ordeal for ten
days (one of the longer shows around), we all seem to enjoy a friendly
"Hello, how ya doin'?" sort of conversation sometime during the event.

The Boat Show is sort of like having the kids home for a visit. You
really look forward to it, it wears you out while it's going on, the
day after i'ts over you wonder whether the hassle was worth it, but by
the time a year goes by you're looking forward to it again. :-)


The San Francisco show starts Weds. The Fred Hall folks took over the old
SF sports and boat show. The problem with the old SF show was that it ran
2 weeks. Only the big yacht dealers were displaying. No smaller
operations. they were going to the less than a week show. The long shows,
meant you basically shut down your retail operation for the length of the
show plus a couple of days to move all the stuff. And I think the 5 day
show sells as much as a 10 day show. But I still like the shows. Only
going to 2 this year, as will be out of the country when most are on tap.