Weatherall
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Nice! I’ve always wanted one of those.Well I found a deal
2025 Vancouver Boat Show - What's Cool?
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kaelc
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Sick! I’ve got a camera to install too. Nice to see tech up here.Well I found a deal
trophywife
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32' North River. I am starting a "Go-Fund Me"
kaelc
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I can't believe Island businesses make the effort, I was looking at a fishing business just before the new year a few years ago and decided skipping the show would be more efficient and to geo-target attendees then try catch their attention. Converting at the show, after the time and money involved on setting up didn't seem worth it for a VI business unless you have some exclusive boat line that Vancouver and northern people would come to the island for.
Aquaholic
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Harbour has a huge buying base from off the island. Their booth always looked to be one of the busiest, and I assume their bulk buying gives them good margins. No real knowledge though.
kaelc
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That's good. Yes they buy a lot of stuff direct from manufactures. According to one of their competitors as well, if they sell out of something you can have it in a couple days for more than their regular price due to single item shipping and distributor markup.
Weatherall
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Ya. I thought the same thing.
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kaelc
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Anyone find the performance numbers on the 22 with the Sharrow? Yami used to be “partnered” with them, I'd think it would be a big draw as the seakeeper trim tabs and the sharrow are both boat handling improvements.
CiscoCat
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Nice! What was the price on that? And where from?Well I found a deal
Weatherall
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Ya, I missed not really having Harbour Chandler there for fishing gear deals. Pacific Net & Twine had some good stuff and a few deals this time around.
Aquaholic
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I believe Jasper told me that he just got that prop and it was sort of a soft launch the way restaurants open without a grand opening announcement. Give it time, I wouldn’t really consider that a display as you can tell by the photos. I’m surprised it was left unguarded the way it was. I picked it up and moved a little bit to get a better photo before I put it back, and no one was watching it.
Great camera, I’ve had mine for about 2 years now.Well I found a deal
I went to the Vancouver show on Wednesday and was really disappointed. Apparently next year it won’t be at bc place due to fifa, so it’s going to the convention centre. So expect even less.
Went to Seattle's show on Friday, worth the drive to see the boats. Not as much in accessories or fishing as I would have hoped for.
Might be worth checking out there sportsman show next year it seemed to be pretty busy from all the Westcoast fishing posts on insta
Went to Seattle's show on Friday, worth the drive to see the boats. Not as much in accessories or fishing as I would have hoped for.
Might be worth checking out there sportsman show next year it seemed to be pretty busy from all the Westcoast fishing posts on insta
kaelc
Crew Member
In Seattle Did they have the upstairs section of gear and tech?
kaelc
Crew Member
They are specific to an engine, might be hard to sell if have to try it on a bunch of engines to get it dialed in! Thanks for letting us know it made it
Yes they had a smaller section upstairs along with a small bar section. Our tickets came with a comp drink so that’s always nice
CiscoCat
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I was actually wanting to get the Sionyx but never saw it. Steveston Marine gave me an awesome deal on a Flir M232 plus cash back from Raymarine. Pretty stokedWell I found a deal
Gong Show
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Okay, finally got my head back together for a report.
Arrived Thursday on the Hullo ferry, straight to the cocktail hour at the Sutton and check in.
Raw oysters, bottle of cava and a few negronis later, start feeling the love.
Was going to do a pre-lap of the show, but events including a hot tub, a sketchy alley and dinner at the keg intervened.
Not too sure about where I was trolling or even fishing for the rest of the evening.
Life turned a bit Jimmy Buffett when I ran into a chum with a bottle of rum, poor hotel room.
Made it to the show at 10:30 Satruday morning and met my dad after little to no sleep. We were looking for a deflatable to replace our advanced deflatable on the Canoe Cove. Have weaver davits already in place, so needed the proper dimension deflatable. This was actually a good place to do this. Although it is quite painful watching the old man bargain over $50 for half an hour, but I digress.
The relic boat perked me right up like a cold plunge. The builder's son was there, who did a restoration on it, great guy to talk to. He would not let me test pilot the boat, although agreed it would have provided many laughs and a couple of broken ribs.
The weather turned pretty nasty Friday afternoon, so did not head over to the floating show, and instead picked up a few partners in crime and looked for other indoor entertainment. Roxy had a bunch of people celebrating harder than me, thought that impossible, but I could also tell they only had another hour in them. So, off to Brandy's to see the international talent. Salena from Cabo did not disappoint.
Check out was a gong show. The mini bar and room service invoice was three pages long. Desk dude thought it was a mistake and asked me to look it over and confirm. I told him if anything, it looked a bit light.
I was the guy on the 11:00 Saturday Hullo ferry to Nanaimo with a new kids lifejacket, bulldog handsfree prawn attachment, drooling a bit, but not fully waking up when we hit some large flotsam.
No big deals on gear, as stated in this thread. Usually buy my two go to flashers for the season, but just not feeling it.
Boat showing is not the displays or the deals, it is more than a frame of mind. It is an experience that one must prepare mentally and physically to endure. I though I broke a partner in crime, they were non-functional Saturday morning, but insistent that I did not break them and they would take a year to recuperate and do it all again.
Yee haw.
Arrived Thursday on the Hullo ferry, straight to the cocktail hour at the Sutton and check in.
Raw oysters, bottle of cava and a few negronis later, start feeling the love.
Was going to do a pre-lap of the show, but events including a hot tub, a sketchy alley and dinner at the keg intervened.
Not too sure about where I was trolling or even fishing for the rest of the evening.
Life turned a bit Jimmy Buffett when I ran into a chum with a bottle of rum, poor hotel room.
Made it to the show at 10:30 Satruday morning and met my dad after little to no sleep. We were looking for a deflatable to replace our advanced deflatable on the Canoe Cove. Have weaver davits already in place, so needed the proper dimension deflatable. This was actually a good place to do this. Although it is quite painful watching the old man bargain over $50 for half an hour, but I digress.
The relic boat perked me right up like a cold plunge. The builder's son was there, who did a restoration on it, great guy to talk to. He would not let me test pilot the boat, although agreed it would have provided many laughs and a couple of broken ribs.
The weather turned pretty nasty Friday afternoon, so did not head over to the floating show, and instead picked up a few partners in crime and looked for other indoor entertainment. Roxy had a bunch of people celebrating harder than me, thought that impossible, but I could also tell they only had another hour in them. So, off to Brandy's to see the international talent. Salena from Cabo did not disappoint.
Check out was a gong show. The mini bar and room service invoice was three pages long. Desk dude thought it was a mistake and asked me to look it over and confirm. I told him if anything, it looked a bit light.
I was the guy on the 11:00 Saturday Hullo ferry to Nanaimo with a new kids lifejacket, bulldog handsfree prawn attachment, drooling a bit, but not fully waking up when we hit some large flotsam.
No big deals on gear, as stated in this thread. Usually buy my two go to flashers for the season, but just not feeling it.
Boat showing is not the displays or the deals, it is more than a frame of mind. It is an experience that one must prepare mentally and physically to endure. I though I broke a partner in crime, they were non-functional Saturday morning, but insistent that I did not break them and they would take a year to recuperate and do it all again.
Yee haw.
