I was planning to go however I ended up volunteering to take a dog in for two weeks as her owner had to go away for some therapy. I was primarily going for the seminars as by the time you pay for the ferry round trip from Vancouver Island, pay for hotel room and meals, a deal has to be extraordinary to make up for all those expenses.
I usually try to take in a few of Jeff Cotes talks and then others to brush up on skills, like navigation, weather forecasting, etc. Fortunately for me, Jeff posts his boat show talks on his web site. His Garmin talk I already posted here, this talk from another boat show, I think last years Vancouver show. He will be giving a talk on Simrad, Lowrance and B&G, on Furuno, and on Raymarine so if you have one of those systems you might enjoy listening to what is available now.
And right now, I'm in boat show withdrawals. It is my birthday today, 7 February, and I go to Craft Beer sort of close to the show, where you get your age off in discount for both food and brew on your birthday - you will be carded! - but kind of fun at 72. Today I would have had 72 % taken off my bill. And now I'm really in "boat show withdrawals." I'm Scottish enough to get excited by this discount.
PS: If you have an electrical/electronic question/problem, you can hit Jeff up at his booth, he makes himself available as much as he can.