Boat show blues? Not here!

[Pipe_Dream]

A friend and I spent a few hours Saturday at the boat show in Savannah. *It was a combined in-water and indoor show at the convention center on the Savannah River. *I haven’t been to a boat show in many years, and went more out of curiosity than anything else.

More than anything it confirmed to me that I did the right thing doing the re-power and re-fit on the Pipe Dream in 2004. *For one thing, the prices on new boats 20’ and up – WOW! * :o *For another, none of them really tugged at me aesthetically.

Basically I do 3 things on my boat: daycruise, fish and float, in no particular order, and many times all in the same trip. *By “float” I mean anchoring in a secluded creek or cove and swimming, reading, eating and drinking the day away. *The V-20 does all those very well, and still LOOKS like a semi-classic boat. *Granted, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. *But as far as I was concerned, there was NOTHING at that show that looked as nice as the PD.

I just had to tell you all how I feel about this. *I know I’m preaching to the choir. *BTW, I wore my V-20 sweatshirt but not a soul said anything to me about it. *Probably had their eyes burned by looking at the price tags on those new boats. * ;D