It's one of the most frequent questions customers ask me every year. Most of my time so far this winter has been getting this new web site created and launched. Having managed to get this project done on time, this week is the apex of my winter Safe/Sea activities.
On Thursday, the Providence Boat Show begins at the RI Convention Center in downtown Providence. Safe/Sea always has a big presence at the show, as we bring one of our towboats as the centerpiece of our display. We also bring a full computer setup so that we can take and process memberships on site at the show. Obviously, this takes a major organizational effort and extensive planning. In fact, our planning for the show begins before Thanksgiving every year, and our whole staff has been prepping for the event for several months.
The other major events of my winter schedule are our industry's national trade association annual meeting and the annual national TowBoatUS convention, both of which take place this week as well. Normally, the Providence Boat Show is held the first or second week after New Year's, but the show was scheduled later this year, and has overlapped our industry meetings, meaning that I have to be in two places at once.
Naturally, this isn't possible, so I'll be attending the first day of the boat show on Thursday, then jumping on a plane to head to Florida for our industry meetings over the weekend. Unfortunately, this means our boat show crew will be a little shorthanded for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the show with Capt. John and myself in Florida, but Capt. Phil, Capt. Andy and Nick will be available and ready to meet any and all of our members who come visit us!
Safe/Sea has always been a technological leader in the Quick Response Marine Assistance Industry, and I will be making a presentation on the use of the latest technological developments to make companies like ours more efficient at our trade association meeting. Some of the things I'll be covering are our use of a new voice over internet marine radio system, on board towboat video systems, and the custom computer/SMS/email based dispatching system that I developed last year and Safe/Sea used successfully throughout the 2008 season.
Hopefully, I'll have my iPhone-to-blog gateway working again by Thursday so I can fire off some show photos and keep you updated on our industry meetings as well. There's lots of personalities there that are worth a post or two! ;-)
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Avast ye landlubbers and prepare to be boarded! Seems about the right caption for this somewhat scary looking guy, right? Well, looks can be deceiving! The man at the podium is Capt. John Aydelotte, a Vessel Assist company owner from Whidbey Island, Washington.
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