[C320-list] After 20 years of sailing Woodbine II #809...

[Brian McLamb]

Wow!  Really happy for you, but will miss your technical and historical
input to the C320 community. Thank you for all your years of faithful
service to our association.  Wishing you many happy years ahead with your
new vessel.  Brian s/v Serenity. #1075
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 10:26 AM RONALD HODEL <ronandgail2 at me.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all you’ve done. And congratulations on your new 355.
> Ron Hodel
> #1070 Lokomaikai
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 20, 2021, at 7:16 AM, Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> >
> > After 20 years of sailing our 2001 C320 Woodbine II #809,  Michelle and I
> > have found a new local home for her among close friends and will be
> sending
> > her on to new adventures later this week.  We now own an extremely
> > well-cared for 2011 C355.  We are honored and thank Jon Vez and Doreen
> > MacDonald for giving us the opportunity to buy it.
> >
> >
> >
> > We've been members of the Catalina 320 International Association since
> 2001,
> > traveled (and even sailed) to the annual rendezvous' where we got to meet
> > and make some lifelong friends that we'd previously talked with on the
> > C320-list.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'll be resigning from the board of directors after 18 years of managing
> the
> > website, discussion list and archives when my current term is up.  When
> the
> > dust from the boat exchange settles, I'll be helping Bill Culbertson and
> > David Prudden make the transition of the remaining 320 association
> services
> > off of my servers and over to our new association management system.  I'd
> > encourage anyone with any level of web content or technical writing
> skills
> > to contact the board about how you might be able to assist.  It doesn't
> have
> > to be an 18 year commitment!  :)
> >
> >
> >
> > This association used to have annual meeting/regatta/meetups.  These were
> > always great fun and to be able to sail, cruise and race on other C320's
> > with other C320 owners in different areas of the country was really
> treat.
> > Great events were held in Chicago, Coronado, Annapolis, Baltimore,
> Newport,
> > Marina Del Rey to name a few.
> >
> >
> >
> > While we were never able to get an Australian regatta together, that
> would
> > have been a bucket list event.  The Dock parties, with "open
> house/cocktail"
> > night where local C320 owners who sailed into the event would show off
> their
> > upgrades, tricks, etc. made it worth the trip.  We got personal tours
> from
> > Gerry Douglas of the Catalina factory and both he and the late Frank
> Butler
> > would regularly attend and speak at our events, as would Yanmar, Lewmar,
> > Garhauer, and various rig tuning experts.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd encourage the association to try to revive this tradition in the
> future
> > as it added a dimension to the association that is priceless.
> >
> >
> >
> > My sincere thanks to everyone who has served in any capacity on the
> board of
> > directors over the past 20 years and to those all over the world who have
> > supported the Catalina 320 International Association by renewing their
> > memberships every year.  That is what makes all this possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fair winds!
> >
> > -Jeff & Michelle Hare
> >
> >
> >
> > C320 #809  Woodbine II  (Soon to be renamed Dodger)
> >
> > C355 #17 Solstice  (Formerly owned by Jon Vez)
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-- 
Brian McLamb