From: legacy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (wayne.m.simpson)
Subject: Re: Atlantic City Boat Show Feb. 4-7th, 1993
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:32:25 GMT
Summary: Don't miss it!

In article <f_92zr#@rpi.edu> floydb@rpi.edu writes:
>I am considering attending the Atlantic City Boat Show 
>for a day or two. Having never been to this or other shows,
>What might I expect? What are these shows good for? How
>might the trip be best utilized?

   I have high hopes for this show. I plan to go all 4 days. Sail Expo
is organized by the American Sail Advancement Program (ASAP), a group
of people from the sailing industry headed by Everett Pearson, co-founder
of Pearson Yachts. The goal of the ASAP is to bring more people into
sailing by making sail more accessible.
   Sail Expo is intended to give sailors an alternative to the New York
National Boat Show, which, for the last several years, has had little to
offer us. At this show, you can expect to see up to 200 fully rigged 
sailboats, a bazillion booths for vendors of sailing gear, displays for
one-design organizations, and a long list of seminars and speakers.

>I would like to buy a used boat (32' - 40') for coastal 
>cruising and passage making. Would the show have vendors
>of equipment to outfit such a boat? Are their mostly 
>vendors of new boats their? Is it mostly sailboat-oriented?
>
   This show is 100% sailboats. Most, if not all of the boats on display
will be new boats (including the premier of the new Catalina 32), but 
most dealers also sell used boats and will have brokerage lists available.
   In addition, there will be a 100'X40' sailing pool with a large bank of
fans to generate a 10 knot breeze so that people can try out the Expo
Solar Sailor, a dinghy designed by Garry Hoyt especially for this show.
Formerly called the Link Trainer, this boat is intended to have novices
sailing on their own with only 10 minutes of insstruction. The "Solar"
part of the name comes from a solar panel on the stern that charges a 
battery which in turn runs an electric motor to provide power for the
boat when in irons or without wind. Cute...
   Tickets for the show are $15 daily and $25 for a four day pass, available
at the door. Purchased before Jan 15, they are $4 less. There is no minimum
purchase for discount tickets (that's old information), but you do need to
order them by mail. Make your check payable to "Sail Expo" and send it to
20 Silva Lane, Middletown, RI 02840. You can call them at (401) 841-0900.
   I will be both attending and working the show as part of the Catalina
exhibition. Being the closest local Catalina fleet, we will be setting up
a information table for the Catalina Owners Associations within the 
Catalina display. I'll be working that desk for a day or two (when I'm
not doing the rest of the show or attending seminars), so stop by and say
hello, particularly if you're interested in joining the Catalina 27 
Association or the New Jersey C-27 fleet!

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