Just to let you know....I went to the Sydney Boat Show yesterday and saw the guys from
Propspeed, they told me they are producing a Propspeed DIY kit. I don't know if this is news
or not, but it was news to me.

Was the boat show worth seeing Sam?

I went to the show on Friday, lots and lots of (albeit older) folk with either lots of money or pretending to have lots of money, could not move around the Riviera and Maratimo section of the marina, alot of botox and mens brown rinse to be seen! ;)

Off topic
What was that lifejacket you have for offshore?
I am.thinking of getting a spinlock.

twodogs1969 said..
Off topic
What was that lifejacket you have for offshore?
I am.thinking of getting a spinlock.

Went Boatshow yesterday , had two items I wanted to investigate , auto inflatable life jacket and small flexible solar panel
for Bimini and all I could find was two stalls selling one kind only of the manual jackets and one guy with a few solar panels ,
big disappointment in the two main Halls but best display of eye candy on the Marina , the best outside display Ive seen.
Don't like the new convention centre were you have to go up escalators to top hall then back down to another level to go down
to another level , might have been more room with this new set up but preferred the old halls on one level.

Just can't believe an international boat show and no big life jacket display.

Jode5 said..

dreamliner said..

twodogs1969 said..
Off topic
What was that lifejacket you have for offshore?
I am.thinking of getting a spinlock.

Went Boatshow yesterday , had two items I wanted to investigate , auto inflatable life jacket and small flexible solar panel
for Bimini and all I could find was two stalls selling one kind only of the manual jackets and one guy with a few solar panels ,
big disappointment in the two main Halls but best display of eye candy on the Marina , the best outside display Ive seen.
Don't like the new convention centre were you have to go up escalators to top hall then back down to another level to go down
to another level , might have been more room with this new set up but preferred the old halls on one level.

Just can't believe an international boat show and no life big life jacket display.

The problem is the cost of a stand at these shows. The small distributors can not afford the floor space which is a big shame as there are a lot of smaller distributors with great products. EG. They would need to sell a lot of solar panels to recoup their costs.

yes true , its all about making big money these days , I asked a guy on the marina who was only displaying one boat and it was 10 grand.

Purchased crewsaver 290n with harness lights and crotch strap.
They actually have two bladders. Also got personal epirb to go in them.
Crewsaver had some guys on the rtm stand.
Like every year the boat show is good if you are purchasing if not it's a waste.
Also got 10% off the selden furler Joe Walsh is installing in 2 weeks.