We had our show in St. Petersburg a few months ago. As usual I was dissapointed by the lack of self promotion of the dealers. The local Hobie dealer only had kayaks and a Bravo. When asked that why they never have any of the new boats, like the Tiger they told me that no one buys them and it's too expensive for them to do. I asked them how they expect someone to spend that kind of money if they can't even see the boat. They didn't have an answer for that one. Nacra had a 5.5 there but not rigged up or anyone around to answer any questions. That was about it for the beachcats. And Florida is probably the top market for beachcats in the whole USA! I never realized that sailing groups were allowed to put up a display until reading the above post. Next year I'd like to set a booth up maybe with the Tampa Bay Catsailors group or Gulfport Yacht Club (hopefully both). Bring some boats out, rig them, have people there to answer questions, and show some videos (Sharing the Wind, and some good Spinnaker footage) so they can see how exciting and fun cat sailing is, not just a "whole bunch of work" like most people assume. People need to be informed how easy it is to get into sailing. That they can buy a H16 for under a $1000.00 and can learn the basics in an afternoon. They need to know know that there is a great group of people already sailing that is willing to help them and want them to join in. One of my New Year's resolutions is to become more involved in sailing this year and that also includes the not-so-fun stuff like policing the beach, and acting like a used car sailsman to get people out to the beach and on a cat.