CrewShow Coming to the Caribbean

 

 

You’ve heard of trade shows and boat shows… but what about crew shows?

One does exist: CrewShow, founded two years ago to help crew and yacht-service providers better reach out to one another. After all, thousands of crewmembers worldwide are charged with acquiring everything from cleaning products to gear. Why? Because the owners have other things on their priority lists, but also because crew use these products everyday and are therefore better positioned to decide what’s needed.

While CrewShow has thus far been held in Europe, it’s now coming to North America. The Yacht Club at Isle de Sol in St. Maarten (above), near the Simpson Bay Bridge, will host the event on Saturday, January 9. Crew agencies, financial advisors, food vendors, insurance firms, fueling and spare-parts firms, and others are among the exhibitors at previous shows. Similar types of companies are expected to be on hand in St. Maarten.

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“One of CrewShow’s distinguishing features is we make the event as interactive as possible,” Celia Wagstaff, the founder, explains. The goal is to make it easier and even enjoyable for crew and vendors to communicate with one another. Considering Wagstaff spent ten years as a crewmember, overseeing the interior of yachts, she knows full well how crew can and do spent thousands of dollars with suppliers.

The Sacks Group Yachting Professionals and Select Yachts, both specializing in yacht charter, among other services, are the inaugural Caribbean CrewShow’s sponsors. The Sacks Group also plans to promote its alliance with IMA Yachts, which provides yacht-management and consultancy services. Of course, the marina manager, Brian Deher, will also be on hand during the event to discuss the facility’s amenities, which include 45 slips for megayachts to 360 feet and a maximum 20-foot draft.