Q&A for Boat Show staff

• What is your name and position?

I am Steven Bolduc and a Boat Show staff.

• What is the purpose of this event?

It's a sale's event where people market. There are 200 yachts here and various accessaries to the yachting community. They organize here, people come and hopefully they'll sell some boats. People come to look at the boats and pick what they like. Some people just like looking at the boats and people that already have boats, they can buy an equipment for them here, but there are 200 yachts in the harbor. The boat show runs from Thursday to Sunday night.

• How was the first day?

The first day was yesterday from 12 a.m.-7 p.m. It was better than last year. Good attendance so far. A lot of people are working during the week, so Saturday and Sunday are big days. Boat Show opens 10 a.m. today and runs till 7 p.m. tonight. So, maybe in the afternoon, more people will come by. It just opened at 10 a.m. this morning and it's been an hour so far.

• What do you like about boat?

I am a seller, so I like to sell boats.

• How many people came in yesterday?

It would be several thousands. I don't have an accurate count, but it would be several thousands.

• Why this event has been took its place at Newport?

Newport is one of the largest private yacht harbors in the country. So, these boat shows are held around the country, usually in the places where there are a lot of yachting interests. There is the one in San Diego, here, up in Los Angeles and Bay area somewhere. But Newport is one of the largest yachting communities in the U.S. I think there are more private yachts then most other places.

• How many times did you attend to this event?

This is my 5th year I've done it. They usually have the spring one and fall one. Normally, it's in late April, but this year, because of a lot of construction going on here, they moved it to May. Maybe, this year will have one in fall too, but this one is the biggest.