Archive for 'Boat Show'
A plane for do-it-yourselfers
Fresh out of boat projects? Looking for a new DIY experience?
One of the most unusual displays at this year’s boat show is The Sportsman, a trailerable kit plane that can be equipped with floats. According to manufacturer Glasair Aviation, based in Arlington, Wash., the planes can haul more than 300 pounds of gear, from golf [...]
Musing on boating blogs
Deborah and I conducted our first seminar on boat blogging yesterday at the Seattle Boat Show. Our audience was relatively small but certainly engaged, and we had a great time offering a few tips and ticks we’ve learned over the past year of running Three Sheets Northwest, as well as during our former lives as [...]
Full StoryDon’t miss Three Sheets’ seminar on boat blogging
Deborah and I will be leading a seminar on blogging about boats this Thursday at the Boat Show tomorrow. We’ll be starting at 7 p.m. on the Green stage. Come say hello!
Our presentation is titled “Keel Blogging: Tips on creating a great boating blog.”
We plan to cover: why to blog about boating; how [...]
Win tickets to the Boat Show
What better way to enjoy the Seattle Boat Show than to see it for free? Three Sheets Northwest has found ourselves in possession of ten—count ‘em, 10—pairs of tickets.
So we are going do what we do best: give them away for free.
How can you get in on this incredible deal? Simple: just shoot us an email [...]
Dealers hope to entice price-conscious buyers
Seeing the big yachts moored at marinas around Puget Sound, it’s easy to assume boating is only for those with deep pockets.
But boat dealers at the Seattle Boat Show are hoping to convey a different message to showgoers: that boating is more accessible than they might realize.
“I think that there are people who pass off [...]
Best of boat show
At a packed bar in Pioneer Square, the Northwest Marine Trade Association tonight announced the boat show’s five most outstanding exhibitors.
The awards were given out at an after-show party at FX McRory’s, where exhibitors celebrated what by all accounts has been a solid start to the nine-day show.
“This is a spirited room and we’re having [...]
Boat BBQ mess? Here’s a creative solution
We ran into the couple behind Cleaner Cook at last year’s show. They were just getting started selling their BBQ skirts for boats. Seemed like one of those great solutions to an annoying little problem on board. This year, they added a line of BBQ sauce. It’s worth a stop by their booth [...]
Full StoryCool crab trap
Yesterday we came across what must be one of the coolest gadgets at the Seattle Boat Show—a collapsible, lightweight crab pot that folds up into a slim nylon bag with a shoulder strap.
Made by Stow-B-Low, based in Des Moines, Wash., the Crab Pod®, which costs around $110 with weights, is the brilliant invention of a former [...]
Sailor and author Janna Cawrse Esarey speaking at show
In 2003, novice sailor Janna Cawrse Esarey got married and embarked on a most unusual honeymoon, a two-year voyage by sailboat across the Pacific Ocean. She details the experience in her honest, vivid and highly entertaining memoir “The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman’s Search for the Meaning [...]
Full StoryBoat brokers’ take on second day of show
It’s too early to tell how this year’s boat show will shake out, but dealers say they’re encouraged by what they’re seen so far. Here’s what a few had to say yesterday:
Bill Baker, Bake’s Marine in Issaquah
“This is different from last year—people are actually buying. It started for us with VIP night. It had a totally different [...]
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