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March 06, 2018 2 min read
The dust has settled and we're sort of back to normal after the 2018 RYA Dinghy Show at Alexandra Palace.
It takes a lot of planning, effort and team power to pick up our whole business and move it to Alexandra Palace for the weekend - however, it's worth it every time.
Things looked a little shaky heading into this years show with the Beast from the East and the snow it brought along. We packed our vans in the snow all day Thursday and prepared for a snowy drive on Friday morning. The benefit of the bad weather was the lack of traffic on the road, a rush hour journey to London was completed in record time, even in a rather loaded box van.
When we arrived at Alexandra Palace the mood was interesting as the RYA were thinking about cancelling the show, our hearts were in our mouth if honest, not just because of the effort and financial burden but because we love the show and seeing our customers face to face. Luckily the RYA saw sense and the show went ahead. 10 hours after arriving we were all set up and ready to go for Saturday.
Saturday was a great day for us, we soon got into the rhythm and were proud to be showing off the new products from Zhik.
Andrew popped over into the West Hall to present prizes for the GJW Sail Juice winter series and the Dinghy Rope (previous name before Sailing Chandlery) Top Class award and it was nice to see sponsored sailor George Coles on the podium.
After that the day disappeared, the next time we looked at our watches it was 4.30pm and we were all thinking about lunch!
Apologies to all those who popped by to see us, I was certainly running around like a looney trying to assist customers on the stand.
In our experience Sunday is usually the quieter day, with the weather this year it felt like many people had changed their day from Saturday to Sunday. It was brilliant to still see people attending the show with travel challenges.
Although quieter we seemed to serve many more Laser sailors and have a bit of time to talk to customers making recommendations across all of our products.
Over the weekend our most popular products were:
If you came along to our stand to see us, thank you. It was great to see so many past customers as well as friends, sponsored sailors and also importantly new customers.
Good quality fitted well, length good
Great service
Fast delivery - exactly as per order - many thanks
Nice smooth finish and easy to splice
This is not only comfortable but really roomy. The internal pocket is just right for my laptop and the straps mean that some items can be clipped on the outside. I’ll be using this for years to come!!
Great, exactly what I wanted they seem high quality and dont rust.
Such an easy website to use and the team are great. Fast arrival and brilliant condition. Definitely my go-to for all my sailing needs
Super value for money and delivered super quickly too. We were back on the water racing within no time
It’s really good you can get a spare for this because often you only lose this bit! It’s a much cheaper option and comes quickly.
The wheels were easily fitted to my laser launching trolley using existing washers and retaining clips.
Have been used only a couple of times so far but run smoothly and seem to do the
job fine.
Really pleased with the cover fits perfectly. I knew when it would arrive the company kept me up to date with the process
Good service, no complaints.
Very good tool to get those very tight knots undone
I've tried a number of different types and makes of neoprene boots for Sea Kayaking and these are the best (most comfortable) fit and easiest to get on/off to of all that I have tried, Really pleased with them. The sole is not as thick as it would appear from the photos but seem to be perfectly good for the usual limited shore walking.
Fine just as expected
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