jfm
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It\'s hot, wear a purposeful look
We went yesterday
It's very hot so dump coats and jackets in cloakroom. Mrs JFM wore long boots which took ages to take off each time she stepped on a boat, but kind of worked in a funny kind of way on Sunseeker stand etc.
It wasn't too busy and we found no difficulty in getting on the big stuff. No kids with us. There was the usual fuss of "registering" at a desk (Squadron) or being asked for business card/whether you currently have boat/where would you keep it (Sunseeker), but mostly (Princess, Sealine, others) we just walked up to the rope barrier and the "view strictly by appt only" sign and just said "we'd like to look over that wotsit please", and no probs. One small point here is it's best to walk up the stand steps and go straight to the cordoned-off 55foot plus models, not browse at the 35-45 foot stuff en route. So we had a very thorough tour of 56-74 Sunseekers and the three squadrons and T52 (in relation to which Taxcollector is right about the saloon seats, you need a very short arse), and similar.
Gotta admit we quite enjoyed it. Maybe we got lucky but all the salespeople we met were very pleasant. Mrs JFM seemed strangely impressed by two or three models in the 55-60 feet range and a berth in the med. I kind of used Matts patented gambit whereby she was making the decisions and I was the one saying "yeah but maybe we should just keep the one we have.....". I could be onto something here, watch dis space......
We went yesterday
It's very hot so dump coats and jackets in cloakroom. Mrs JFM wore long boots which took ages to take off each time she stepped on a boat, but kind of worked in a funny kind of way on Sunseeker stand etc.
It wasn't too busy and we found no difficulty in getting on the big stuff. No kids with us. There was the usual fuss of "registering" at a desk (Squadron) or being asked for business card/whether you currently have boat/where would you keep it (Sunseeker), but mostly (Princess, Sealine, others) we just walked up to the rope barrier and the "view strictly by appt only" sign and just said "we'd like to look over that wotsit please", and no probs. One small point here is it's best to walk up the stand steps and go straight to the cordoned-off 55foot plus models, not browse at the 35-45 foot stuff en route. So we had a very thorough tour of 56-74 Sunseekers and the three squadrons and T52 (in relation to which Taxcollector is right about the saloon seats, you need a very short arse), and similar.
Gotta admit we quite enjoyed it. Maybe we got lucky but all the salespeople we met were very pleasant. Mrs JFM seemed strangely impressed by two or three models in the 55-60 feet range and a berth in the med. I kind of used Matts patented gambit whereby she was making the decisions and I was the one saying "yeah but maybe we should just keep the one we have.....". I could be onto something here, watch dis space......
