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My wife and I wanted to go to the in the water boat show this weekend to take a look at the new Whalers. We launched on the Ashley River, crossed the Charleston harbor, and went up Shem Creek to have lunch at Red's Ice House (dog friendly!!!). After lunch we came back out of Shem Creek and made our way to the Charleston Harbor Marina where the boat show was. A few observations about the day.

Boston Whalers seem to be the predominant boat brand in the Charleston area, we saw more Whalers than any other single brand, probably 20.

While we were at Red's Ice House, I had to get up and move my boat a bit so that the Coast Guard could tie up. I guess they like Red's for lunch as well.

We arrived at the boat show by boat (the same brand as on display at the boat show), I had a Whaler hat on, but not once did a salesman ask if they could help us.

I'm 55 years old and my wife is 53. We may have been the youngest people at the boat show. The median seemed to be between 60 and 70 years old.