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Valkyrie

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Valkyrie II
Man, what a major disappointment!

For years I had worked the show for a dive shop where I worked as a scuba instructor, as a salesman/owner of Jeanneau sailboats and then as a staff member/editor for Great Lakes Sailor magazine. At that time (20 years ago) the show covered almost 750,000 square feet of the IX Center, which was used as a tank plant durig WW II.

This year there were VERY few boats there compared to even a few years ago. There were only three cruising sailboats and the only powerboats that grabbed our attention were a few Parkers. Instead of spending many hours, and sometimes a few days, walking the show, we were in and out in about an hour. I've been to shopping mall boat shows that were bigger.

Hopefully the dealers who were not in attendance were hunkering down and avoiding the high cost of exhibiting, rather than being out of business.

Nick
"Valkyrie"
 
hello capt. nick,
brother, times are a changing! today is the last day on our cincinnati boat show. it now runs thursday thru sunday for two weekends. in the past this was an event, two solid weeks. more fishing boats today, than anything else and no large boats, maybe a 30' cruiser. in the past our local yacht club would organize a dinner and then we would all go over to the show. now, no dinner, no organized activities and only a mention of the boat show in our monthly yacht club publication.
nick, have a favor to ask, where can i purchase interior red running lights, like the ones you have installed?
thanks
pat
 
Pat,

I got those from West Marine. They are just LED accent or indirect lights. I have white ones in the cockpit, too.

Say Hi to Linda for me.

Nick
"Valkyrie"
 
nick,
linda acknowledges your hi and extends a big hello.
the lighting system you installed looks great and i've been wanting to duplicate that for sometime now. i've seen simular lights in the truck stops but they didn't have the same quality of yours. will order both red and white.
thanks again.
pat
 
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