I created my annual seminar spreadsheet. This year I used an online service called EditGrid. If you have an iPhone install their app as well and you can carry it around that way too. Here’s the link: 2009 Seattle Boatshow Seminar - Online Spreadsheets - EditGrid   Enjoy, let me know if you’ll be...

I am very excited about the boat show this year. Now I have a boat and I definitely need all those LED lights, remote control submarines, velvet lined oar covers… no really, I do. ;-) Tickets go on sale this weekend!! Drop me a not if you’ll be around. It would nice to meet some readers and have a beer...

The Lake Union Boats Afloat show tickets went on sale today and the web site launched. The seminars aren't posted yet but the Exhibitors list is there (although not working well due to a page layout issue). The Lake Union show is good to crawl around mostly new power boats and sailboats. There are...

I knew that the show was only going to have trailerable (red power) boats, but the exhibitor list on the web site said they would be in the exhibition center AND they had a vendor list which included all the local chandleries and nautical stores so I figured there might be some goodies to be had. Well...

OK, here's the sessions I plan to attend at the Seattle Boat Show.... I'll upload a full list in Excel so you can sort through them a little closer to the actual dates and after the TBA sessions are announced. Seminar Title Speaker Day/Date Time Stage Boat Green - 50 Steps Boaters Can Take to...

I was prepping my annual boat show seminar spreadsheet to share with you all (still in the works) and I was noticing that a lot of the seminars and speakers looked the same to me as last years. Well turns out they're are A LOT of repeated seminars this year. Based on comparing the titles and the...

I accumulate A LOT of magazines, clippings, photos and what not in my quest to keep up on boating and to keep learning. I squirreled away a flyer for Blue Otter Kayaks ( www.blueotterkayas.com ) from the Boat Show this January. They had one of their single person kayaks on display in the Lake Union exhibits...