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| 1657.1 | | ISLNDS::LANE | | Thu Jan 24 1991 18:15 | 12 |
| I'm a boat show junkie and do them all however, it was rumored
by a dealer I spoke to today that the all sail show is cancelled,
the show starting this weekend will be mostly power, (not by choice
but because of who chose to participate and who didn't), and the
Bayside Show will have the best participation of sail dealers.
Take a chance and go to them both !
Happy sailing,
Rick
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| 1657.2 | America's Cup | LANDO::STONE | | Fri Jan 25 1991 12:20 | 4 |
| Today's Globe advertises that the America's Cup will be displayed at
this weekend's show.
FWIW
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| 1657.3 | My Impressions of World Trade Center Show | LANDO::STONE | | Mon Jan 28 1991 08:07 | 26 |
| I thought that I would post a quick trip report. Cabin fever was
peaking, so we went to the Boston World Trade Center yesterday (Sun.).
Being that it was Superbowl Sunday, I had expected a small turnout. I
was mistaken. Although not packed, by anyone's imagination, there was
a healthy turnout. By 2:00, there were waiting lines for the larger
boats. As in the past few years, this show illustrated the depression
of the sailboat market. There were very few dealers there.
Interestingly enough, Wells Yachts was there with both power and used
sailboat listings (I guess the news of their demise was premature.)
The new sailboats shown were the Island Packet 34, Catalina 30, 34, 22
and, of course, McGregor and Hobie. To the best of my knowledge, only
Thurston Sails represented any sailmakers. As with last year, not
many quality booths (although I didn't see many Ginsu knife displays).
Some big power yachts though (now I know what our troops in the gulf
are fighting for ;^) ). Contrary to past years, we weren't asked to
remove our shoes before boarding many of these boats. My wife was
amused in watching a number of women in high heels negotiate entrances
onto various craft.
The America's Cup was exhibited by Bose. Nice set up in an off the
main floor room. It was amusing to see the security guards racked with
boredom standing a watchful guard. I didn't know that each race (with
mileage) of each campain of the finals won by the victorious boat was
etched in the cup.
Given the past shows we have attended here, our expectations weren't
set particularly high. Given this, I'd rate this show a C+.
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| 1657.4 | Alive and dealin' | MILKWY::WAGNER | | Mon Jan 28 1991 12:05 | 11 |
|
re the Demise of Wells: The Hingham office is dead, burned, buried
and replaced with Eastern Yacht Sales, owned by, I think, a Florida
chain. Great tale of the owner scooping large quantities of bucks and
splitting for tropical islands unknown.
Wells Marblehead is still being run by Cliff (?) Wells, rep'ing
lotsa different yachts.
Subject to change without notice...
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| 1657.5 | Wells | LANDO::STONE | | Mon Jan 28 1991 12:12 | 2 |
| This was Wells of Marblehead. I had heard that they were on their way
out, as well.
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| 1657.6 | more info on Eastern Yacht Sales | SELECT::SPENCER | Commuter from the other Cape | Thu Jan 31 1991 11:45 | 19 |
| >>> re the Demise of Wells: The Hingham office is dead, burned, buried
>>> and replaced with Eastern Yacht Sales, owned by, I think, a Florida
>>> chain. Great tale of the owner scooping large quantities of bucks and
>>> splitting for tropical islands unknown.
Eastern Yacht Sales is owned by Jon Rotenberg of Boston and Rockport. His
family is into quite a few things in the GBA; his sister Judy, for
instance, is an artist who runs Rotenberg Gallery on Newbury Street. He
does (did?) have a West Palm Beach office, but I doubt he "split with the
cash", given his family's presence and reputation around Boston. Also,
FYI, he briefly owned Freedom Yachts, having bought it from Garry Hoyt (I
think) and then sold it quite soon after to T-P.
>>> Wells Marblehead is still being run by Cliff (?) Wells, rep'ing
>>> lotsa different yachts.
That's Clint Wells.
J.
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| 1657.7 | Not Jon R. | BOMBE::ALLA | | Mon Feb 11 1991 10:33 | 12 |
| The folding of Wells Yachts Hingham branch was due to the former
owner/manager bugging out. (not Jon R)
In fact the the bank that bankrolled him (like floor planing costs)
neglected to check inventory. He was selling the same boat
more than once. (easy to do when you put your money down in feb
for delivery in May )
Just another piece of lore from the "go-go 80's" which leaves us
with financial wreckage though the 90's.
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| 1657.8 | Bayside hours | SELECT::COUTURE | Abandon shore | Thu Feb 14 1991 15:16 | 2 |
| Does anybody know the hours at the Bayside this weekend?
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| 1657.9 | Bayside Hours | MSCSSE::FRENCH | Bill French ZKO3-3/X8 381-1859 | Fri Feb 15 1991 16:20 | 8 |
| Sat Noon-10p.m.
Sun 11am-7pm
mon-fri 1pm-10pm
From Today's ad in the Globe
Bill
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| 1657.10 | Feedback on Show | RHODES::RONDINA | | Mon Feb 18 1991 10:36 | 16 |
| I went to the New England Boat Show at the Bayside Expo Center last
Saturday. Here's my review.
Power, Power, Power, Power, Sail, Power, Equipment, and more power.
The sailboats there included, Catalina 22, 26, 28 and 34, Freedom 38,
Island Packet 32, Beneteau 30 (?), Mac Gregor 26, Caliber 38 and
a Hunter 30 (?). Then some smaller daysailors.
All in all I would say that it's worth the $5 parking and $5 entry
fee. For a cold February Saturday, it felt good to "get my fix
of fiberglass" to see me through until Spring.
For local sailboat shows, there is only one - the Newport Sailboat
Show. I went last August. Fabulous!!! I spent the whole day and
still I could have used more time.
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| 1657.11 | Fewer big powerboats, too | SELECT::COUTURE | Abandon shore | Mon Feb 18 1991 11:20 | 8 |
| I went to the show as well over the weekend. The only other sailboat
there was a large (38ft?) Sabre. I only saw one sailmaker . . . Hood.
Even the powerboat domain was a little skewed from previous shows.
Lots of runabouts, but only a smattering of large cruisers and
sportsfishermen (every cloud, eh?). Lots of people at the show, but I
don't know how many were buying.
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