Commodore
By Michael Lewis, C42, Wind RavenFirst! To the Catalina Owners who registered, came and participated. Without each of you it couldn’t happen. There were 41 registered and 21 boats joined the rafting lineup. See the great pictures.
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| Frank Butler, owner of Catalina Yachts, and Sharon Day Sales Manager for Catalina Yachts |
To Catalina Yachts who built our boats without them we wouldn’t be the group we are. Thanks to Frank Butler & Sharon Day who joined us on Saturday and shared information about their company. Their donations to our group were very generous.
To Glenn and Deane Johnson who are Sailboats of Oregon. They and the Riverhouse condominiums Association let us gather and raft in the west end of Hayden Bay.
To Glenn, Deane and family who worked so hard preparing the food for the Saturday dinner and Sunday Brunch. Ribs and Chicken, Salads, Home Made Pie and Cakes. All was delicious and I don’t think anyone went hungry.
To the over 40 vendors who generously donated multitudes of items which were given to attendees and made it possible for each registrant to receive a door prize, too.
To Murphy’s Law for their renditions of Irish Sea Shanties and Songs – Sounded really good.
To Bill and Marla Simon, Windswept, who handled registration & ticket sales.
To Diane and Doug Ohlson, D.L. Always, for doing coffee and donuts Saturday AM and keeping Kathy company at the Registration Table.
To Brian and Kathy Lawrence, Katrinka, for organizing the cleanup activities and for everyone who assisted.
To Marlene and Jim Himes, R-Time3, and all of the others for the decorating and set-up at the Recreation Room.
To Craig and Julie Beck, Beck-N-Me, for the rafting support.
To Julie Beck, Beck-N-Me, and Lorraine Pickett, Nepenthe, for the Award Ceremony.
The Commodore was awarded a whip. I don’t get it?
To Marlene and Jim Himes, R-Time3, for seeing that we all had the 2001 Rendezvous Shirts. They were great. Still a few left if you want one or more.
To Eugene Wilkinson, What, Me Worry?, for providing construction materials and overseeing the boat designers and builders. Winners received DIY Marine Maintenance magazine subscriptions. Four awards: Most Original, Most Like a Catalina, Best Sailing Vessel, and Most Unique.
To Marilyn and Walt Wittke, Miss Tres II, for assisting with Friday Night Appetizers.
To La Donna Bubak, Salacia, for all of the vendor contacts, storage of items and assistance with the stuffing of the bags and bags of goodies.
To all of you that helped make the Sunday Morning Brunch a success.
To all of you for your support in the last minute raffle, organized by La Donna Bubak, Salacia, and Kathleen Lewis, Wind Raven. The proceeds of the raffle will be donated to the American Red Cross—Disaster Relief Fund to assist. We dedicated the best prizes from West Marine (LifeSling), England’s Marine Supply (Folding Picnic Table) and Catalina Yachts (Lots of Catalina Attire). The results of the Raffle Ticket Sales resulted in a donation to the American Red Cross—Disaster Relief Fund of $585. But wait, Sharon Day of Catalina Yachts matched our donation for a total of $1170. A very big “warm fuzzy” for all of us to be able to help.
The biggest surprise was a gift from Frank Butler and Sharon Day of Catalina Yachts for a week at a house in Puerto Vallarta. We held a drawing with all registrants entered into the drawing. The lucky winner was Noel and Ashley Des Marteau, Spice of Life.
Thanks Everyone!
Special … Special …
2002 Columbia River Catalina Rendezvous Location Announced!
By Michael LewisCarole and Berkley Smith, Pzazz, and Brian and Kathy Lawrence, Katrinka, are organizing the 2002 Rendezvous to be held in September, 2002 in St. Helens on Sand Island. Mark your calendars! It will be bigger and better than this year. Maybe we can even rename the island, Catalina Island, for the weekend. Sounds so much better than Sand.
Secretary/Treasurer
By Kathleen Lewis, C42, Wind RavenWe have reached 60 members now with the latest additions. It was great to see so many of the new members at the Rendezvous and match faces, names and boats. Hope to see more of you soon.
Welcome and Ahoy:
Nick and Gail WigenRichard and Jenny Freeman
- Ursa Minor – C42
- Raven’s Dream – C36
Safety Focal
By Michael LewisAmerica's Boating Course (ABC) The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the U.S. Power Squadron is pleased to announce the availability of ABC. ABC provides a modern, robust basic boating course, which will be taught in classrooms, sold directly to students for home study and delivered on the Internet. The course is contained in a full color textbook and an interactive CD. More information at www.AmericasBoatingCourse.com.
October General Meeting Notice
By Michael Lewis, CommodoreOctober 24. The next meeting for the Columbia River All Catalina Association will be held on October 24th at Damon’s – A Dining Event, 15230 SW Sequoia Parkway in Tigard, Oregon (see map). We reserved the Banquet Room from 6 PM to 9 PM. Come have ½ price appetizers until 7 PM or eat dinner.
- Come prepared to share some cruising stories
- Bring your photographs and stories from the Rendezvous to share
- BurgeeWear, RendezvousWear, Burgees will be for sale, too
CRACA Holiday Party Announcement
Holiday Party to held Sunday, December 9th at the Rose City Yacht Club.
Mark your calendars now!
Cruising
Halloween Cruise to Sand Island or Coon Island?
By John Meyer, C34, Shekinah
Plans for the Thanksgiving Cruise
By John Meyer, C34, Shekinah
Local Sailing Associations
- SailPDX (hosted by Oregon Corinthian Sailing Association, OCSA)
- Small Yacht Sailing Club of Oregon (SYSCO)
- Oregon Women’s Sailing Association (OWSA)
- Portland Yacht Club (PYC)
- Rose City Yacht Club (RCYC)
The Columbia River All Catalina Association newsletter is published online once a month. Articles are the opinions of the authors and don’t necessarily represent the consensus of the Association.
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