by Deborah Bach
Feb 1 2011 in Boat Show 2011, Business of Boating by Deborah Bach
Gauging the success of the annual Seattle Boat Show can be a challenge, particularly for boat brokers and dealers. While sales are often made during the show, it’s the weeks and months afterward — when companies follow up on contacts and customers decide whether to move forward on purchases — that are the true measure of whether [...]
Jan 29 2011 in Boat Show 2011 by Marty McOmber
In the end, it came down for a random drawing to determine who would win a new Bayliner 175, out of five contestants who spent a grueling 72 hours standing on wakeboards at the Seattle Boat Show. As a crowd of around 200 gathered around at Qwest Field Event Center, the contestants’ names were drawn [...]
by Deborah Bach
Jan 27 2011 in Boat Show 2011 by Deborah Bach
As the boat show closed Thursday night, Paul Schernitzki was getting a little tired. No wonder. For the past 26 hours, he and six other people had been standing on wakeboards on a carpeted area in Qwest Field Event Center, each holding onto a tow-rope attached to the boat they all hoped to win, a [...]
Jan 27 2011 in Boat Show 2011 by Marty McOmber
The Seattle Boat Show is almost over. It’s so big that no human can possibly take in all of the boats, booths and seminars that fill the Qwest Field Event Center and the docks at South Lake Union in just one visit. After a full day at the show, even the saltiest among us can [...]
by Deborah Bach
Jan 26 2011 in Boat Show 2011, Guest Dock by Deborah Bach
There’s one longtime exhibitor you won’t see at the Seattle Boat Show this year. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance (PSA) has been a regular at the show for a decade or so, occupying space provided at no cost by the Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA), which co-produces the show. But things changed after the nonprofit environmental watchdog group [...]
Jan 26 2011 in Boat Show 2011 by Marty McOmber
Jan 25 2011 in Boat Show 2011 by Marty McOmber
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