Business boost from boat show (From Daily Echo)

I bet the misery and moaner from Totton will be on here shortly complaining about the traffic and that he cant get to or from work.
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Success sometimes comes at a price but it is one that should be "paid" for such a prestigious show with great organisers.
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Seldom ever agree with J Chestnutt, however, i do make an exception about this

If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

geoff51 wrote:
If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

Jealousy will get you nowhere. Welcome all yuppies, I will go along just to see how the other half live, but I am a realist, I couldn't afford a flag staff but I have nothing but admiration for the way people with money can spend it, I however can only dream that those Lottery numbers come up and then I would join them and look down on the rest of you.

geoff51 wrote:
If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

How are they snobs? Yes, the roads become a nightmare for us living nearby, but we know the back routes to avoid this.

The Car parking charges go to the Council and bring in needed funding. Are you saying send the Boat Show to Portsmouth?

As a positive note, place a picture of your greatest dream, something you imagine you'll never have on your kitchen cupboard and look at it each day. Then say to yourself each time you look at it..... 'I will have this one day'.

geoff51 wrote:
If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

What a stupid, crass comment Mr 51! You've obviously got no idea what the Boat Show means to many people who live and work in the Southampton Area. My whole family are involved in the marine industry here, my husband sells boats for a major British powerboat builder, my son has completed a 4 year apprenticeship in traditional boatbuilding, my daughter has a weekend job in a chandlery, I work technical fabric sales. Yes a normal, hardworking, local family. We consider the Southampton Boat Show "our" show and can't wait to meet friends, colleagues and customers who come from all over the country (and the world) to the great city of Southampton. Grow up and get that bag of chips off your shoulder!

geoff51 wrote:
If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

Get the Echo tonight geoff51 there is a Boat Show Special supplement inside and its great reading.
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Seems like your comments were well popular with other posters .......... And they didnt even know you live in TOTTON

Lone Ranger. wrote:

geoff51 wrote:
If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

Get the Echo tonight geoff51 there is a Boat Show Special supplement inside and its great reading.
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Seems like your comments were well popular with other posters .......... And they didnt even know you live in TOTTON

Ah yes but I have to work and park in Southampton and the boat show causes nothing but problems and brings little but chaos to the city.

Buntylicious wrote:

geoff51 wrote:
If you mean me then I can say that if you think its good for Southampton to fill up the city with snobby yachties who fill up the car parks and turn honest shoppers away from the stores who desperately need their custom then I am guilty as charged.
Most of these snobby yachties would not demean themselves to shop in ordinary shops in Southampton and to hold this snobfest in the busiest part of the City beggars belief.

What a stupid, crass comment Mr 51! You've obviously got no idea what the Boat Show means to many people who live and work in the Southampton Area. My whole family are involved in the marine industry here, my husband sells boats for a major British powerboat builder, my son has completed a 4 year apprenticeship in traditional boatbuilding, my daughter has a weekend job in a chandlery, I work technical fabric sales. Yes a normal, hardworking, local family. We consider the Southampton Boat Show "our" show and can't wait to meet friends, colleagues and customers who come from all over the country (and the world) to the great city of Southampton. Grow up and get that bag of chips off your shoulder!

On the contrary I can go back to the start of the Boat show many years ago and then it was run by boating people for boating people.
Now it has been hijacked by big business and corporate expense accounts and has moved out of the realm of the genuine sailors and into the millionaire bracket and I am sure that we dont have many of those in Southampton so where is the city going to reap actual return on the sale of boats and ancilliarys.
Let Portsmouth have it at least they have a bigger waterfront than us becuase they havent wasted it like Southampton.

Geoff, the main point is the Boat show does bring additional income and jobs. People come to Southampton from all over the world and stay in Hotels, eat food etc all of which helps with the local economy.

I admit traffic does cause a small issue, but the positives outweigh the negatives.

I live almost next to it and it can be very frustrating trying to get out of town for meetings etc. But I look at the bigger picture.