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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 02/15/2014 :  05:26:33  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Heading to the Miami Boat Show this morning.

No snow in the forecast but it's pretty cold.,, but not as cold as [url="http://www.weather.com/travel/breathtaking-photos-coldest-city-world-20140128"]this[/url]

Stay cozy!

Paul
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Moved up to C34 Eximius

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TCurran
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Response Posted - 02/15/2014 :  05:51:20  Show Profile
Enjoy, went Thursday and had a great day. First time I remember not coming home with a bag a of goodies. Was looking for a couple of things but struck out. As always, wandering from sailboat to sailboat dreaming of what could be is worth the trip.

There is no WM store at the convention center, just a few employees handing out flyers and a small display; the employees kept pushing going to the stores or ordering online. I guess it's not worth the costs of setting up a large display anymore.

Have fun and enjoy the show.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TCurran</i>
<br />There is no WM store at the convention center, just a few employees handing out flyers and a small display; the employees kept pushing going to the stores or ordering online. I guess it's not worth the costs of setting up a large display anymore.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Wow, I guess they have a new marketing manager that has bent to pressure to keep costs low but was unable to explain the concept of Branding!

And my understanding is that Boat US has taken the opposite tack, will find out this morning.

Paul
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Response Posted - 02/15/2014 :  07:52:40  Show Profile
Unfortunately, cannot make it down this year. Hopefully, it will be better than the St Pete show was in December. It turned out to be smaller than in years past. There were far less boats on display.
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Davy...I noticed that at Miami too. Both St Pete and Miami just didn't seem to have the same feel as in the past. Less vendors, less boats, etc. Miami was a little better than St Pete, but not worth the extra price of admission. To me this year's Miami felt like the St Pete show in the past.
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If anyone thinks they had a bad day in winter traffic, check out [url="http://www.soundingsonline.com/dispatches/291724-video-think-you-had-a-bad-weather-week"]this.[/url]
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Davy...I noticed that at Miami too.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Did you notice if Island Packet brought any boats to the Miami show? They usually bring 3 to 5 boats, I do not remember seeing them at the December St Pete show.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Davy J</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Davy...I noticed that at Miami too.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Did you notice if Island Packet brought any boats to the Miami show? They usually bring 3 to 5 boats, I do not remember seeing them at the December St Pete show.



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Nope...IP was absent in Miami as well. Thought it was strange they weren't at St Pete since they are right there in Largo. Not even a Blue Jacket in Miami.
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No IP's No Hunters (at least none in the water).

Not even a C315 or C275

It felt like a Big Boys show: Lot's of boats for WS types.

There were a couple of nice Wright Potter's

Just a tad disappointing.

Did get a 1pint jug of Spotless Stainless for $20

Paul
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On the up side:

We sat through the Blue Water Cruising Weather Seminar presented
Chris Parker
Chief Forecaster - Marine Weather Center

He did a really good job of making sense of this complex subject. The Seminar was 1 hour, but I don't think anyone would have complained if it had been 2hours!

You can visit Chris' site [url="http://mwxc.com/software_marine_weather.php"]here[/url]

Paul
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