Thanks for the link. We had already decided to take a pass on this year and really plan on attending in '10.
I would guess that too many vendors threatened to cancel due to the overhead expense of doing two smaller shows in a recession.
FWIW, a number of the tented vendors cater to boating in general.
I hope that the sailing equipment companies do show up. They have always been a main reason for us to attend.
On the water, I note that transportation costs to bring newer designs to the west coast have made the floating display seem like an annual rerun of the product line up from "HuntaCataBenalina" year after year.
One good thing, from a sailing point of view, is that more power boaters will be exposed to sailboats with their lower operating expense per hour. I do not forsee much pressure the other direction!
One of these years we plan to do the big Annapolis show and see a lot of sailing designs and models that are rare on our coast.
Regards,
Loren
