[C38] Nationals

Thu Apr 17 21:00:22 EDT 2014

We are well aware there are many C38s "down south."  In fact, that is 
why the Nationals where held for decades down there!  The problem became 
that despite the number available....   the ones who were actually 
willing to participate kept dwindling and dwindling.....  To the point 
where the 4-5 remaining stalwarts got tired of putting it on.   We then 
went through a number of years win NO Nationals!  In fact, it took some 
time to track down the Nationals Trophy!
When I became Commodore, one of my ambitions was to revitalize 
Nationals.  And I went where there was interest!   So, for now, we will 
continue to go where folks are willing to put in the hard work to get 
one of these off the ground.   And of course the Americas Cup 
competition made SF a great place to start!
The larger game plan is to move Nationals yearly to regions who could 
put together and maintain a Fleet.
If you folks in So. Cal. can put together a Fleet and perhaps run Fleet 
races, I can guarantee you the Nationals will be coming your way as part 
of a cycle!  I am sure Joe M. would love it!  And as I told the folks in 
the Northeast, let me know how I can help!
By the way, I think it is great that we have four areas now interested!

Chuck Finn
Commodore
Catalina 38 International Association

On 4/17/2014 5:16 PM, David Stoltz wrote:
>
> I'm in MDR and there are 4 38's on my dock alone.
> Andiamo
> David
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> On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:51 PM, littlebreeze at comcast.net 
> <mailto:littlebreeze at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Andy, the last time I was in marina del ray there were eight C-38s in 
>> just one of the many marinas there.
>>
>> Kerry Grimes
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>> Loyalty above all else, except Honor.
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>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: jessup1 at att.net <mailto:jessup1 at att.net>
>> To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org 
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>> Subject: [C38] Nationals
>> Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2014 21:43
>>
>>
>> Great effort all around to put Nationals together. Any thoughts to a 
>> SoCal venue? Are there enough boats left? I would try to be a part of it.
>> Fair winds,
>> Andy
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>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 21:33, S Orton <ssorton at hotmail.com 
>> <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> I also want to give Steve S kudos for his effort and much time spent 
>>> on trying to organize nationals in the NW.  In critiquing the event, 
>>> I personally believe a better response would occurred  if the event 
>>> was held later in the summer.  Mid or late summer was when the event 
>>> was held in the LA area, which I  attended four of the Nationals and 
>>> Phil Gay sailed on my boat for two of them.  As I remember Phil was 
>>> the organizer for three of the years when he was the Cat 38 
>>> Commodore.  The point being there are at least two more potential NW 
>>> racers who would attend in the future.
>>> Cheers, Steve
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:33:45 -0400
>>> From: charles at finn.ws <mailto:charles at finn.ws>
>>> To: listserve at catalina38.org <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [C38] Nationals
>>>
>>> First I want to THANK Steve Smolinske for all the hard work he has 
>>> contributed to try and organize a C38 Nationals in the Northwest.  
>>> We have talked and he is willing to try again next year, working on 
>>> a time with local skippers.   As we have learned, setting the time 
>>> for the race is probably the hardest part as our folks are extremely 
>>> busy!   What we do know is there is a viable fleet in the Northwest 
>>> and hopefully there will be a date next year when they can come 
>>> together.
>>>
>>> We will have a C38 Nationals this year in San Francisco.  I have 
>>> been in conversation with the planning committee  (Dave, Bob, Kerry, 
>>> and Anders) who have agreed to convert there Fleet race into a 
>>> Nationals event.   They are scrambling to set this up, using Berkley 
>>> Yacht Club as they were great to us last year.   I am certain we 
>>> will be hearing from them shortly on times, race layout, etc.
>>>
>>> For those folks in the Northeast!  I know we all would be very happy 
>>> to see a Fleet activity there this year and organizing it would set 
>>> you up for a Nationals Competition.   This is what we did in the 
>>> Northwest, with a dinner a year or so back. Let me know how I can 
>>> help make this happen!
>>>
>>> This organization is only as successful as the members make it!  We 
>>> owe all these folks for there dedicated, hard work, which we all 
>>> benefit from in terms of name, respect, and value.   Thank You one 
>>> and all, Past, Present and Future!    And..... Please if you can 
>>> help out in your region and/or by contributing to the listserve 
>>> discussion that help us all.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Chuck Finn
>>> Commodore
>>> Catalina 38 International Association
>>>
>>> On 4/15/2014 6:58 PM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
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>>>     Sad to say it looks official that we do not have enough boats
>>>     for Nationals this year in Seattle, after talking with Chuck we
>>>     still want to try to hold a race this year and will  offer it up
>>>     to San Francisco if they can put something together in the time
>>>     left.
>>>
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