Hey Lew and you PNWers!

[rbgarr]

Play this lottery: http://www.seattleboatshow.com/index.cfm?p=shopping-spree

[TimH]

You should delete this thread :)

[Lew Barrett]

This would be a great opportunity if it were possible to be a fan of the Seattle Boat Show. This event has to be one of the most boring and least informative of any boating activity in the 'hood. It is a good place to buy Shamwows though.

But thanks for thinking of us Dave!

[rbgarr]

Hmmm. $5000 of Shamwows. You could use them for oil sponges in the bilge!

[TimH]

Too bad its not for the Wooden Boat Festival.

[capt jake]

Are they selling these yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXqtMkBipIs
Snugwow

[Lew Barrett]

I'd say it would be great if Woodcraft or Cross Cut Hardwoods were exhibitors. But I suppose it could go a long way towards a new electronics package or maybe a bunch of stuff from Fisheries Supply. I think they exhibit there...no?

[David G]

I go to the Portland version. Acres of fiberglass and glitz. We wooden boat folks have our tiny little ghetto - off in the corner. Nonetheless, I joined. There are outboard dealers at the shows. Lessee... $5,000. That'd probably get me a Honda 25 or 30... plus a few Shamwows. That'd be a nice engine to build my next boat around!

[James McMullen]

This year's going to be different, Lew! We're going to have a (admittedly tiny) wooden boat section this year, and I'll be there doing a traditional lapstrake demonstration project as well as a stitch & glue demonstration. Sure, 94% of the show will suck, consisting of mostly those bloated, blobby, half-melted looking four-story fiberglass powerboat monstrosities heavily discounted to just being utterly unaffordable and unsustainable rather than completely f***ing unaffordable and unsustainable, but we're trying to at least gain a foothold for rationality and aesthetics and practical do-it-yourselferism.

[Yeadon]

In the interest of retaining our souls, may we all plan ahead for CWB's Home Built Boats Weekend?

Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25, 2010.

If you've built a boat, bring it. If you want more information on how to build a boat, come and visit. The truly brave will get a chance to arm wrestle James McMullen. (We're also considering a Pat Ford dunk tank.)

[James McMullen]

Arm wrestling? Tim, I thought we had agreed on Irish Stand Down with oars at six paces.

[Yeadon]

I will correct the festival program. My apologies.

[James McMullen]

As eki-jitsu is almost certainly the best way to resolve disputes with jet-skiers, we might as well train ourselves for it

[Yeadon]

Possible lecture?

"Jet Ski Dispute Resolution, or, How To Hide A Body In The Woods."

Could I,Rowboat take this one?

[Concordia...41]

January 29th to February 6th

This is bad timing :eek:

Well, I guess I could fly out of St. Pete after Claudia & David's EBS on the 30th..... :o

Guess I better get my name in the drawing ;)

[Lew Barrett]

OK...I'll have the time and have wanted to meet you anyway James, so i will make it a point to get by. If Matgo comes (fat chance) we can make a really big deal out of it.

If I'm lucky, I may be able to scour a free pass for the deal! And I can always use a few more Shamwows. You know, the Germans make really good stuff, and if you spill coke on you carpeting....that is gonna smell!

[I, Rowboat]

Possible lecture?

"Jet Ski Dispute Resolution, or, How To Hide A Body In The Woods."

Could I,Rowboat take this one?

Bodies is easy. Jetskis is harder to dispose of.

[johnw]

Bodies is easy. Jetskis is harder to dispose of.
Speaks the voice of experience?

[seedy]

Bodies is easy. Jetskis is harder to dispose of.

One word: Craigslist