Aleria's Adventures

Ultra Anchors So we made it through days 1 and 2. After 1 we were dazed. After 2 we were enthused. What would day 3 bring? For me to begin with, a broken toenail. No hiking boots today. Fortunately, I'd brought along my most comfortable sneakers. It was Monday and much slower at the show. We had a meeting with Bert and Marlene Frisch of the TransOcean club organized by Alan Tyson-Carter, an OCC member who lives outside of Dusseldorf. The meeting went very well and I think there are ways that OCC and TransOcean can align to the benefit of our members. TransOcean has exhibited at boot for years. OCC may give it a try in 2021. Alex wanted to visit the Ultra anchors booth. We've been so happy with our Ultra; we wanted to see Jan and hear about what's new. So we boogied over to Hall 10 and found the Ultra exhibit right away. It was vast. Things are obviously going well. We'd noticed that many of the top yachts exhibiting at boot were displaying Ultras on t

We've been wanting to go to boot (pronounced bowt) for years now, but somehow never made it until this year. We'd heard it was the biggest boat show in the world. That it covered so many acres that it would take ten years to see it all. That Düsseldorf was an inland industrial city without much to offer. In the past, boot clashed with the London Boat Show, not that we ever attended. But that's now gone forever and everyone that used to go to London came to Düsseldorf instead this year.  Finally, we got there, too. Yes, there were a lot of people, especially on Saturday. So I'm going to write about our first experience - generally all pleasant - to help first-time goers find their way around. It really pays to have some of the inside story. First, let me debunk some of the rumours. Yes, it is vast. Yes, it might take a year to see EVERYTHING. But first of all, it's not a boat show.  Boot is a watersports show. It covers sailboats, powerboats, windsurfing,