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

[John morrison]

A great loss to our Association! Someone has huge shoes to fill,
Fair winds!
JohnM
1999#574
> On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:32 AM, Brian McLamb <bjcnmclamb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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