by Deborah Bach
Feb 12 2012 in Boat Show 2012 by Deborah Bach
Having a presence at the Seattle Boat Show this year for the first time was a terrific experience. It was exhausting, cranking out stories and trying to be at our kiosk as much as possible each day, but it was invigorating in a way I hadn’t expected. Marty and I walked out of the show [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 9 2012 in Boat Show 2012, History by Deborah Bach
A couple of weeks ago, I stopped by the Northwest Marine Trade Association’s office to go through their Seattle Boat Show photo archives. I was looking for old photos to run with our story about the show and the association’s 65th anniversary and figured I’d find some good ones. But it was better than [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 7 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Gear locker by Deborah Bach
One of the more interesting products we saw at the Seattle Boat Show was the flexible, super-thin, lightweight solar panels made by Italian company Solbian. The Solbianflex Solar Panels, which were at the show for the first time this year, are about as thin as a flexible cutting board and weigh between 1.76 and 5.17 pounds, [...]
Feb 5 2012 in Boat Show 2012 by Marty McOmber
One of the best things about the Seattle Boat Show is stumbling across some item, service or display that makes you stop in your tracks. I’m not talking about the big, shiny boats, but those smaller treasures that you might otherwise overlook if you walk by too fast. Over the past few days, the crew of [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 3 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Business of Boating by Deborah Bach
World debuts of boats are not uncommon in places like Florida and Europe, but that’s not the case in Seattle. So the world debut of Boston Whaler’s 285 Conquest Pilothouse, the company’s first pilothouse design, at the Seattle Boat Show is a fairly notable event. The boat was officially unveiled on the show’s opening day [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 2 2012 in Boat Show 2012 by Deborah Bach
Boaters can win big at the Seattle Boat Show tomorrow night during the inaugural Big Deal Friday, when prizes worth more than $10,000 are up for grabs. Showgoers can pick up a Big Deal Friday entry form at any show entrance from 3 p.m. on. Starting at 5 p.m. and continuing until the show closes at [...]
by Deborah Bach
Feb 2 2012 in Boat Show 2012, Currents, People by Deborah Bach
Just seven months after he started learning to sail, Iraq War vet Ronnie Simpson set out on an attempt to sail solo around the world, only to lose his rudder, his boat and everything he owned eight days into the trip. But that didn’t deter Simpson. Hardly. He bought a bike, cycled 9,000 miles across [...]
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