[C320-list] OFFICEBEARERS AND NEW BOATS
Adam Weiner
esquirecatering at rcn.com
Mon Jul 24 22:12:22 PDT 2006
If I am reading this correctly, Alec is offering to be an officer and to
host a Scottish regatta. (Will there be haggis?)
Adam
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Hi guys and girls, an interesting thread re worldwide office bearers. I
have
often felt that, stuck out in a very remote but very beautiful part one
of
the very last Colonies - ie Scotland - I get a lot of the various
Catalina
websites - but give almost nothing back in return - apart from the odd
article
in Mainsheet about crazy trips to Norway and Fastnet Races. We do have
a very
small COA in UK but most - but not all - owners are based on the South
Coast
of England. I feel that the main leadership impetus must come from the
US -
like most things in this world of ours!! - but I wonder if a possible
solution might be to appoint a Rear Commodore(Overseas) who would
attempt to foster
a more international image. There are after all Catalina Owners all
over the
world and I think that Catalina HQ is only slowly wakening up to the
fact
that the boats can sell like hot cakes anywhere - not only in North
America. I
read - with considerable envy - in Mainsheet about all the fantastic
sounding
rallies which are organised in the US. Sometime I will get there!!!
And of
course if you fancy a rally in UK......
We get a remarkable number of world citizens visiting our Centre but the
great majority don't have time to charter one of our yachts but maybe
hire a
canoe or dinghy for an hour or so. However the very first charter on our
new 320
was for a family from New Zealand who had been corresponding and
planning
their cruise amongst the islands of the West Coast of Scotland for over
a year.
They had a brilliant time in fantastic weather.
I, like Annie, have just taken delivery of our second 320 #1081 was
ordered
at the Southampton Boat Show in September 2005 and arrived on the South
Coast
- about 2 months behind schedule - on 25 April 2006. My previous 320
#212
was a 1994 model (she had sailed over 50,000 miles) and I see a huge
number of
improvements and enhancements and a small number of disappointing items
all
of which have been easily fixed for a few pounds.
I too charter and teach RYA courses so my boats have to be annually
surveyed
by HM Coastguard and the Department of Transport. This examination was
completed with absolutely no significant problems and I am really
surprised at
Annie's problems. When one considers the weight of a Catalina hull
compared with
European competitors such as Bavaria or Beneteau the Catalina lay up
must be
almost 50% greater. I would add that the hull layup and scantlings also
had
to be checked by the RORC before FIGMENT II was allowed to enter the
1997 and
1999 Fastnet Races.
If Annie can give us any more details that information would be most
interesting.
Regards to all
Alec Blanc
FIGMENT III #1081
Ballachulish
Scotland
_www.lochaberwatersports.co.uk_ (http://www.lochaberwatersports.co.uk)
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