This is Deena Rhoades of  World Prep inc. They manufacture totally self contained emergency kits. These kits contain medical, safety and survival gear in one orderly compact unit. It comes in various sizes for the proper application in small or large boats. The price is very reasonable.

This screen shot is of the new Lowrance LCX-111 with built in 20GB hard drive. It is an unbelievable machine. It is integrated with NMEA 2000 and will accept input and on screen display of the new Lowrance radar. One machine for GPS/Sonar/Radar. It's 10 inch super high resolution display is totally viewable in direct sunlight. It is on the cutting edge of today's electronics. This is a definite upgrade for me this year.

The show also featured hundreds of vendors with all types of products both related to boating and/or just plain interesting and unique. Here I am talking to Dieter Marker of  WEMA-SYSTEM. He manufactures stainless steel senders for liquid holding tanks including fuel systems. An integral sliding float makes this unit light years ahead of any other senders on the market and they only cost a couple of bucks more than all the other junk on the market. My gas gauge still doesn't work right so I am going to change to one of these senders in the near future.

A night time shot of Espanola Way at Washington and 16th Street. This was Friday night 2/18. On the weekend evenings, jewlery vendors set up along restaurant row. You can have a fine meal in restaurants offering varied cuisine of many nationalities.

Tim and I got hooked on the Sushi Bar at AKAIRO restaurant. Benny and his assistants prepared wonderful sushi and sashimi for us and we ate with gusto. It was a great evening.

This is Cynthia who was our bar maid at the Winterhaven hotel. She was a lot of fun and made great martinis. She is working to put herself through school. She made the evening very memorable.

Captain Al Lorenzetti

Back at the Martini Bar of the Winterhaven hotel we met a great bunch of people and had some drinks and laughs. It was a perfect end to a great day.