Monday, January 29, 2007

Seattle Boat Show purchases

We just spent three days at the Seattle Boat Show mostly attending some really great, free seminars on sail inventory, rigging, radar, pc navigation, weather, etc. We also did a little gathering of info on things we need to purchase and even bought a few things. We "splurged" on a custom mattress that we should receive in about 3 weeks. The salesman is at our boat right now measuring and making a pattern to send to the factory. We can't wait until it arrives! Hopefully our backs and hips will be much happier also! We also bought a life raft. We weren't really planning to do that yet but we can push out the actual purchase for a year (with just a $100 deposit) and can probably delay that even further so we thought we'd go ahead now. We bought a Winslow Offshore Plus which is a very reputable life raft manufacturer. A bit pricey but if we ever need it we should be very happy we spent the money on it! The salesman is the VP of the company and part owner and was really great to talk to. He threw in a number of options at no charge like an inflatable floor (that looked like a mattress), storage pockets, and even an upgraded fishing kit and waterproof playing cards :) I posted pictures below of the mattress and the life raft.

Custom Mattress and Life Raft pictures


Tuesday, January 23, 2007

January update

I posted some additional interior pictures below. Just returned from a business trip to Orlando where I took a connecting flight on NW through Minneapolis on the return. I was able to spend a few days in MN (Thurs - Sun) so spent most of it with Mom & Dad in New Ulm. While there got to see Steve/Denise, Aunt Joyce and Bonnie/Jeff. Sure was nice to see them all! Then spent Saturday night at Aunt Miriam's in Minneapolis. She had a nice dinner and invited Dave/Gena, Beth/Eldon and Hilary/Mark. Also saw cousin Matt briefly and went up to Mark and Hilary's condo for soup. Was nice to see everyone even if it was a quick trip! This week the big Seattle Boat Show starts so will spend time shopping, gathering info, and attending lots of seminars. Should be fun (and perhaps expensive)!

Additional pictures