And runs through a week from Saturday, (Feb 3).

As per the last few years, one ticket provides admission to both
locations, the "indoor" show at Qwest Field and the "afloat" show at
Chandler's Cove.

If you want to see the entire show in one day, start early at the
floating portion of the
show- it opens and closes earlier than the indoor portion.

Free transportation between venues.

I'll be staffing a booth and presenting four seminars, so there's even
a small chance
you might run into me....but if you can avoid that, you'll probably
enjoy the show! :-)

On Jan 24, 8:23*am, Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/24/2007 11:18 AM, Chuck Gould wrote:





And runs through a week from Saturday, (Feb 3).

As per the last few years, one ticket provides admission to both
locations, the "indoor" show at Qwest Field and the "afloat" show at
Chandler's Cove.

If you want to see the entire show in one day, start early at the
floating portion of the
show- it opens and closes earlier than the indoor portion.

Free transportation between venues.

I'll be staffing a booth and presenting four seminars, so there's even
a small chance
you might run into me....but if you can avoid that, you'll probably
enjoy the show! :-)Decisions, decisions...which boat show to attend, Seattle or Miami.

Seattle: 45F, lousy weather, water too cold to swim.

Miami: * 80F, bright blue skies, swimsuits, warm water.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -


We denizens of the rain forest sure do envy that Miami lifestyle,
sprinting from air-conditioned house to air-conditioned car to
air-conditioned office in order to earn $1500 a month to moor that
air-conditioned boat. Not to mention the toll that thse UV rays take on
paint, varnish, gelcoat, canvas, etc. Nothing like living in a sauna
24/7...

And nothing at all like a good lungful of cool, crisp, invigorating
ocean air, boating just below the snowline of mountaintop "islands"
just north a bit, and
scores of interesting destinations and anchorages scattered around our
protected inland sea.

I'm sure that people who live and boat in Florida find it very
enjoyable. Sure *hope* they do, anyway. But different strokes for
different folks. I've been to Florida, several times. Nice enough
place, but I didn't find any particular reason I'd want to hurry back.
Naturally, Floridians who venture to this opposite corner of the lower
48 must find the surroundings equally strange. I'm glad I live here and
not there. (Some folks down FLA way are glad I live here and not there,
I'm sure). There are lots of people in FLA who wouldn't consider ever
living in the Pac NW, and they are entitled to their preference and
opinion.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 1/24/2007 12:03 PM, Chuck Gould wrote:

On Jan 24, 8:23 am, Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/24/2007 11:18 AM, Chuck Gould wrote:





And runs through a week from Saturday, (Feb 3).
As per the last few years, one ticket provides admission to both
locations, the "indoor" show at Qwest Field and the "afloat" show at
Chandler's Cove.
If you want to see the entire show in one day, start early at the
floating portion of the
show- it opens and closes earlier than the indoor portion.
Free transportation between venues.
I'll be staffing a booth and presenting four seminars, so there's even
a small chance
you might run into me....but if you can avoid that, you'll probably
enjoy the show! :-)Decisions, decisions...which boat show to attend,
Seattle or Miami.
Seattle: 45F, lousy weather, water too cold to swim.

Miami: 80F, bright blue skies, swimsuits, warm water.- Hide quoted
text -- Show quoted text -


We denizens of the rain forest sure do envy that Miami lifestyle,
sprinting from air-conditioned house to air-conditioned car to
air-conditioned office in order to earn $1500 a month to moor that
air-conditioned boat. Not to mention the toll that thse UV rays take on
paint, varnish, gelcoat, canvas, etc. Nothing like living in a sauna
24/7...

And nothing at all like a good lungful of cool, crisp, invigorating
ocean air, boating just below the snowline of mountaintop "islands"
just north a bit, and
scores of interesting destinations and anchorages scattered around our
protected inland sea.

I'm sure that people who live and boat in Florida find it very
enjoyable. Sure *hope* they do, anyway. But different strokes for
different folks. I've been to Florida, several times. Nice enough
place, but I didn't find any particular reason I'd want to hurry back.
Naturally, Floridians who venture to this opposite corner of the lower
48 must find the surroundings equally strange. I'm glad I live here and
not there. (Some folks down FLA way are glad I live here and not there,
I'm sure). There are lots of people in FLA who wouldn't consider ever
living in the Pac NW, and they are entitled to their preference and
opinion.



South Florida is a wonderful place to visit in the cold winter months, but
I couldn't live there year-around because of the heat in the spring and
summer. I'll be at the Miami boat show next month for a day while
attending the February meetings usually held in the area.

If I were heading back to Florida to live there again, I'd pick a spot no
lower in latitude than St. Augustine. The summers along the Atlantic Coast
are warm, with bearable humidity, the spring and fall are delightful, and
the winter is short and not bad at all. There were many bright sunny days
in December, January and February in NE Florida when I was able to get out
and fish the ICW and the inlets.

The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd enjoy.

Maybe the Snowbirds have it right.
May til October best spent up around the 45 lat but Nov-April would be more
enjoyable well below that Mason Dixon line.

Explains why the cabin and cockpit heaters were high on the list on
Cruis'n Rulz!.
JR

Harry Krause wrote:


The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd enjoy.


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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 1/24/2007 5:50 PM, JR North wrote:
Explains why the cabin and cockpit heaters were high on the list on
Cruis'n Rulz!.
JR

Harry Krause wrote:


The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd
enjoy.





I'm sure. Pleasure boating in crappy weather is not on my list of fun
activities.


Even if I had an enclosed cockpit, the last thing I would ever consider is
taking the boat out in cold and/or rainy weather.

Perhaps my opinion would change if I lived in the Seattle area as it looks
like a great place to cruise.

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:54:44 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

On 1/24/2007 5:50 PM, JR North wrote:
Explains why the cabin and cockpit heaters were high on the list on
Cruis'n Rulz!.
JR

Harry Krause wrote:


The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd enjoy.





I'm sure. Pleasure boating in crappy weather is not on my list of fun
activities.

It never rains on the Chesapeake Bay.

There is nothing on the east coast south of Maine that comes close to
Chuck's boating area for beautiful scenery.

http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth/page1.htm
Click on a few of the "Boat Pics" to see just how beautiful it is.
JR

JohnH wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:54:44 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:


On 1/24/2007 5:50 PM, JR North wrote:

Explains why the cabin and cockpit heaters were high on the list on
Cruis'n Rulz!.
JR

Harry Krause wrote:



The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd enjoy.




I'm sure. Pleasure boating in crappy weather is not on my list of fun
activities.


It never rains on the Chesapeake Bay.

There is nothing on the east coast south of Maine that comes close to
Chuck's boating area for beautiful scenery.


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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:24:39 -0800, JR North
wrote:

There is nothing on the east coast south of Maine that comes close to
Chuck's boating area for beautiful scenery.

That's true, but just like Maine it is too darn cold much of the time.
We spent 5 weeks cruising Maine during the summer of 2005 and by the
end of August it was definitely time to be heading south again.

I have several neighbors here in SWFL who moved from Seattle. How
many folks in Seattle have neighbors who moved there from FL?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
On 1/24/2007 5:50 PM, JR North wrote:
Explains why the cabin and cockpit heaters were high on the list on
Cruis'n Rulz!.
JR

Harry Krause wrote:


The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd
enjoy.





I'm sure. Pleasure boating in crappy weather is not on my list of fun
activities.

Why you don't boat? East coast rainy and humid crappy weather = summer.
Winter = frozen and boats on hte hard.

On Jan 24, 6:27*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:24:39 -0800, JR North
wrote:

There is nothing on the east coast south of Maine that comes close to
Chuck's boating area for beautiful scenery.That's true, but just like Maine it is too darn cold much of the time.
We spent 5 weeks cruising Maine during the summer of 2005 and by the
end of August *it was definitely time to be heading south again.

I have several neighbors here in SWFL who moved from Seattle. *How
many folks in Seattle have neighbors who moved there from FL?

Not that many. But if there are any people who disliked Florida enough
to move away they wouldn't find a more opposite place to go than the
Pacific NW.
Geographically, culturally, and politically of course, in addition to
the dramatic differences in weather and skin cancer rates. Old folks
with bad joints like to move to warm climates, so AZ and FLA get a lot
of migration of senior citizens from northern states.

Depending entirely on the type of boating one likes to do, some would
feel that boating could be described as "better" in one corner of the
country than the other- but there is no doubt that a typical day on the
boat will be very different
in the two environments.

Not that many bikinis up this way- but hey, most of us take our
sweaters and jackets off for at least a few weeks after the 4th of
July. :-)