WBShow-Forumites-Who's going-How 2 ID?

[Billy Bones]

Holy Cow!

After a dozen years of fruitless dreaming and scheming about getting to the WoodenBoat Show, this year after I had given up, I now find I'll very likely be there. In fact, the first few thousand miles are already behind me, and all that remain are a hundred or so and some luck.

I would very much like to meet any forumites who attend. I plan on wearing one of the red WBF logos that appeared in another thread, unless others have come up with a better identifier and I missed it. With me will be my daughter and my dad, probably on Saturday. The logo will be on my shirt or my ever present tilley hat for visibility.

I've tried to meet some of you on other trips stateside, always to no avail. I'm looking forward to climbing out from under my screen name and meeting some of you in person!

Who's going?

How will we know each other?

Absurdly giddy with anticipation,

BB

[Popeye]

why that's easy, i'll be the guy hugging and kissing all the boats.

[Bruce Hooke]

I'm planning to be there for at least some of all three days so I am hoping to once again see lots of fellow forumites. In the past one meeting point has been the WoodenBoat Store booth, where Scot Bell has been helpful in linking up the forum crowd. So, that's one place to start.

What's the logo? I didn't see that thread.

Here's what I look like (I'm the one standing in the back of the canoe) so if you see me say hello:

http://members.cox.net/bghooke/Images/MePolingSmall.jpg

[imported_Steven Bauer]

I'll be there Saturday afternoon and Sunday. I'm going to a family reunion in N.J. in the morning but I'll check this thread again next Friday night. Hope to see lots of you there. If the sail trials go well with the tyvek batwing sail Mary and I made last night for the fin boat I'll bring that too.

Steven

[Billy Bones]

Here's the logo Rich came up with...it has room for your name and lots of visibility...just print it off and fill in your name/screen name.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid68/p646c08110a03b74898852ca212818170/fbc0d9bb.jpg

I'll either wear mine on my hat, or as a name tag.

[Fitz]

Ahhh, excuse me Bruce, ahhh, where is the WOOD CANOE to go with that pole?!!!!!

Great form!

[Bruce Hooke]

Originally posted by Fitz:
Ahhh, excuse me Bruce, ahhh, where is the WOOD CANOE to go with that pole?!!!!!

Great form!Well, I will plead the following two excuses:

1. Over the course of that day I had something like 100 kids climbing in and out of the boat, most with muddy feet and no sense of how to behave in a boat.

2. In the river we were on it is not at all uncommon to run into run into shopping carts, appliances and other extranious bits of metal.

So, all in all, I think you would have been proper in taking me to task if I HAD used a wood canoe! :D

[R.I.Singer30]

Great idea Billy ,I was wondering the same thing .I just got the go ahead from SWMBO .I don't know the itinerary yetbut I'll re post later in the week.

[Hughman]

The Galapagos Mailbox will be at the Penobscot Marine Museum booth for Forum Members convenience.

There will be a supply of the red nametags in the barrel for any that want them.

Stop by and leave a message.

Cheers, Hugh

[Ross Faneuf]

I will be in and out, probably on Friday. Will try for one of the name tags.

Ceol Mor will be on her mooring part of the time (straight out the fairway from the town landing) and Ceol Beag will be on the dinghy dock, except for whenever/if we're out sailing.

[JimConlin]

I'll be an exhibitionist at booth 205.

[Donn]

..exhibitionist at booth 205.. Oughta make that exhibitor, Jim...less provocative. :D

[Concordia..41]

Oughta make that exhibitor, Jim...less provocative.
Heck, I was about ready to buy a ticket ;)

- M

[rbgarr]

Barry- During the 70's I rowed and sailed on the Charles River when I was in college. Shopping carts and other unnatural floating items were not uncommon there. A-h's would 'release' things onto us as we passed under bridges (urine and bricks were the most unpleasant and dangerous :mad: ) and used condoms attached themselves to oarblades and rudders :(

I hope it has cleaned up since then.

[Ian McColgin]

You mean the show is not in Oklahoma City?

Darn.

Well, try to have fun without me . . .

By next year I hope I'll be sailing to all these things . . .

[Bruce Hooke]

Originally posted by Barry:
2. In the river we were on it is not at all uncommon to run into run into shopping carts, appliances and other extranious bits of metal.

WOOD RIVER, Perhaps?Actually, the part of the Wood River I've been on (up near the headwaters) is downright pristine. I see very little trash there at all, let alone shopping carts and other large objects.

The river in the picture is the Woonasquatucket River in Providence. I am part of a group that is working hard to clean up this river, but we have a long ways to go. For more about what we are doing you can visit our website: http://www.woonasquatucket.org

By the way, I was on the Charles River last weekend, but probably not the part you were on rgbarr. I paddled a section out near Natick (outside route 128) and it was quite beautiful and also quite clean. I'm sure the section down near Cambridge, where you probably were, has more problems, but I think they have made a lot of progress since the 70's.

Look for me around the show in this WOODEN boat: :D

http://members.cox.net/bghooke/Images/Punt.jpg

[Carlsboats]

Billy Bones et. al -- will be at the show both
Friday and Sat. and will look for forumites at the
Galapagos Mailbox. Appreciate Hugh setting that up --
and really looking forward to the show. CARL

[brian.cunningham]

So do we have a head count as to who's going?

Jim,
I'll be sure to swing by.

[Ken Hutchins]

If you see someone wearing a T-shirt with this on the front:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pc0789925a286c0ddb6bdd121b6ef0e79/fba64b09.jpg
and this on the back:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p35e5ed2a965fc122a40ad4bca31c2317/fba64b05.jpg
It's me!! :D
Oh Ya I will also get a red badge!

[abe]

Logged on to see if there is much interest in the Show from the local contingent. Looks a few will be attending.

Brian, have you heard from Ed lately?

SWMBO and I will be at the Galapagos mail box for a name tag 11:00am Friday. Hugh, thanks for setting the message board up again.

abe

[rbgarr]

Rick Prose will be there from Boothbay Harbor with a restored Herreshoff 12 1/2 for sale and a 9' glued lapstrake Acorn-inspired dinghy he designed and built for a customer.

[brian.cunningham]

Originally posted by abe:
Brian, have you heard from Ed lately?I talked to him tonight.
He'll be going Friday.

I was going Saturday. Is there a "Parade of Sail" Sunday? If so I might go then.

I want to both get on, and watch a parade if I can.

[Hughman]

I'm not going near the PMM booth until that ugly pirate Wilber Scrappleface is gone!!

Actually, I will be fooling around at the stage with the capstans until noon, so I hope you earlybirds stop by later for a visit

Hugh

[R.I.Singer30]

It's Friday and I thought I'd be there by now but to many chores around the house.I'll be leaving first thing in the morning so I should be there around noon.I'll be riding my motorcycle,it's a BMW GS1000 ,black with yellow lettering,forks and seat(I call it a bumblebee).A big dirt bike that stands out in the crowd ,give me an ahoy! :D

[brian.cunningham]

I just got back
Great show.
Not as many private boats this year, must have been the weather. :confused: