Why so early? Unless you enjoyed dressing like Alaskan fishermen a few years in a row, you will smile about the U.S. Powerboat Show 2013 organizers moving the event two weeks earlier. Not that it can’t drizzle October 3-6, but the chances for sunny skies with pleasant temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s are historically higher before Columbus Day. This date change, the first such shift in the show’s 42-year history, facilitates the new boats traveling to Florida in time for move-in for the Fort Lauderdale Show (October 31–November 4). For Chesapeake boaters, the shift produces one huge benefit beyond the weather: more cool new boats to see! Nice App The new show mobile app is free and downloadable for Droids, iPhones, and iPads. Using the U.S. Yacht Shows app, you may buy tickets, find parking or transportation, and find specific boats, products, and exhibitors—although to find them physically, the app would work best in tandem with the old-fashioned show program map you may pick up at the gate. The microscopic digital app map isn’t quite ready for prime time. First Annual Brokerage Show For the first time, show organizers will host a brokerage show concurrently with the U.S. Powerboat Show—and your show ticket earns you entrance into both. Show attendees may easily access St. Mary’s Cove, on the inside of the Eastport Bridge in Spa Creek, by water taxi, bus, or e-Cruiser. Attendees may check out up to forty used boats at this smaller show in a quieter cove. Go Navy! As you plan your Saturday (October 5) at the U.S. Powerboat Show, know that there is a home Navy game against Air Force beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday is a great day to get up really early and have breakfast in Annapolis well before Midshipmen madness begins! Click to navysports.com/gameday for live updates and audio streaming. Meet Team PropTalk Writers, photographers, distribution drivers, editors, graphic designers—it takes a village to produce PropTalk. Come by our regular booth F5/F6 right on Ego Alley, meet our team, and enjoy popcorn happy hour.