[C38] Garhauer Customer Service

Fri Sep 28 14:09:00 EDT 2012

One one of my trips to Ca, I went to their shop and they made some custom
 hardware very quickly so I was able to take it with me on the plane.
Great customer service and quality hardware.
I highly recommend them.

Max

2012/9/28 Larry Malmberg <larrypi at roadrunner.com>

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> Bob, Garhauer is somewhat local to me and I have been to their shop
> several times.  As you said, they are great to work with and do stand
> behind their products. ****
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> Larry Malmberg Team Hassle
> E Mail: Larrypi at roadrunner.com   ****
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> *From:* listserve-bounces at catalina38.org [mailto:
> listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert Kirby
> *Sent:* Friday, September 28, 2012 10:18 AM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* [C38] Garhauer Customer Service****
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> The cars on our Garhauer traveller were binding up.  The traveller was on
> our boat when we bought her four years ago and is probably 15 years old. I
> contacted Garhauer and spoke to Guido who told me to remove the cars and
> send them to him and they would reload the ball bearings at no charge.  I
> did that and the repair was made promptly at no charge. This is a good
> example of the value of investing in quality products from Garhauer. ****
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> Bob Kirby
> Enfin ****
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> On Sep 28, 2012, at 8:51 AM, "Charles" <charles at finn.ws> wrote:****
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>  So.  Let's make it OFFICIAL!   We now have Three Fleets:  **San Francisco
> **,   Northwest,  and ****Chesapeake****!
>
> I have been discussing the future of the Catalina 38 Nationals with
> previous Commodores and Fleet folks over the past month and I think we have
> an exciting new way to promote our signature race.
> A brief history is needed first.  C38 Nationals were held from 1979-2009
> in **Southern California**, but a combination of declining participation,
> interest, and/or exhaustion led to the last races having only a few boats
> participating.  At the same time, fleets of C38s were becoming larger and
> more active in other parts of the country.  The 2009 race had the same four
> boats that had regularly participated for several years.  It is remarkable
> looking at the results to see roughly the same finishes over those years.
>
> Many of us were sorry to see such a long tradition end and decided to do
> something about it!  We decided to move Nationals to **San Francisco**this year to take advantage of the large fleet in the Bay as well as the
> ****America****'s Cup venue to raise interest and excitement with a new
> group of folks and this worked out quite well.  There is even more interest
> in next year's event, with planning already underway by the ****San
> Francisco**** contingent.
>
> So after significant discussion with folks who have indicated their
> willingness to take this on, here is the Catalina 38 Nationals racing venue
> for the next few years.
>
> 2013:  ****San Francisco**** Regatta will plan and host the Nationals.
> Preliminary planning sets the date as the weekend prior to ****America****'s
> Cup so Captains can both race and attend the Cup races.
> 2014:  Northwest Fleet, with leadership from or Technical Editor, Steve
> Smolinske, will plan and host Nationals probably at Steve's club.
> 2015:  ****Chesapeake**** Fleet with host National under the leadership
> of Dan Miller
> 2016:  To be decided, but I think first option should be offered to the **Southern
> California** folks.
> And then we begin rounds again!
>
> I am quite excited about this new venue!  It will provide opportunities
> for more boats to participate and should provoke both interest and
> excitement around the country for clearly one of the classic cruiser/racers
> of our time.  I hope with a clear venue and closer proximity to many
> Captains around the country, we will take advantage of these opportunities
> to keep our organization healthy and growing through the years.
>
> Chuck Finn
> Commodore
> Catalina 38 International Association
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> On 9/23/2012 7:45 PM, dmills3 at comcast.net wrote:****
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>     Hi all. Four C38's on the ****Chesapeake**** have formed a C38 Fleet.
> There are several other C38's nearby that hopefully will join later. The
> four as of now are, Brett Cureton "JAZZ", Michael Norcross "Escape"
> (sometimes known as Orgazmo), Mark & John O'Dell "Momentous" and Dan &
> Marcy Miller "Blonde Stranger".****
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> Over the weekend of Sept. 15-16, 3 of the 4 boats had our first rendevous
> rallying around Craig & Vicki Steinkraus "Wings", a C38 passing through the
> Chesapeake on their way South to Key West from Minnesota and then further
> South next year. We met in **Whitehall** **Bay**, a beautiful anchorage
> just North of ****Annapolis****.****
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> Wings took advantage of wind still from the South to get there on Friday.
> By Sat. the winds had shifted as forecasted to about 15-20 from the NNW so
> Blonde Stranger and Momentous coming from the North had a delighful sail
> down to ****Whitehall** **Bay****. Escape would have the hardest time
> because he was coming North. Blonde Stranger rafted up to Wings and then
> Momentous anchored seperately. Mark and John dingied over and invited us
> all out for a delightful sail across the bay just South of the ****Bay** *
> *Bridge****. Winds still around 15 knots moved their boat nicely even
> towing the dingy. I had never experienced self tailing winches, so after
> sheeting the jib and tieing it off, Mark said "you don't have to do all
> that they are self tailing". I will now most likely be looking for a pair.
> Mark found a beautiful pair of Harken 52's that looked as close to new as a
> pair of used winches could be.****
>
> As we were returning to ****Whitehall** **Bay****, Mark's phone rang and
> it was Michael on Escape just South of us. He was by himself, but just had
> to be there for the "first" C38 rendevous on the ****Chesapeake****.
> After everyone returned from Momentous, Escape rafted on the port side of
> Wings. We had a Happy Hour on Blonde Stranger and then everyone had a good
> time chatting and checking over each others boat. John and Mark came over
> and there was a little guitar jam session. A very good time was had by all.
> ****
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> Here is a link to a video Mark took of the event.
> http://www.c38momentous.com/2012/09/c38-annapolis-raftup.html
> He is very good at videotography. He has a blog posted on the C38 website
> of when he and his dad John first got Momentous. Other pictures will be
> posted soon.
> Craig and Vicki have a blog also for anyone who would like to follow their
> adventure. It's  www.Sailblogs.com - Wings ****
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> Dan Miller #108 Blonde Stranger****
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Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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