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Initially Posted - 08/07/2010 :  15:10:24  Show Profile
Hi:

Hope everyone is enjoying their boats this summer. Here in Portland, Maine we are having one of the best summers I remember in a long, long time. There have been lots of great sailing days.

I was reading the "Talkin' Boats" section in my September, Soundings today which featured an interview with Jonathan Klopman, a marine surveyor and wanted to share his comment about Catalinas. He was asked to "describe the qualities that go into your idea of a well-constructed boat." He opined that "I do believe in old-school handwork - hand-laid, rolled-out fiberglass. . . For the average production boat for the average person, there are a lot of old-school techniques that produce a predictable boat. A great example would be the good old-fashioned Catalinas. I used to be a real snob when I was a kid, but you know what, they figured out how to build a decent boat and it's very rare that we see a bad one."

But, we already knew this.

Fair winds,

Will
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 08/07/2010 :  15:38:00  Show Profile
Ahyup.
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Response Posted - 08/07/2010 :  16:20:19  Show Profile
John:

It's "ayuh."

Will
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Response Posted - 08/07/2010 :  19:08:46  Show Profile
The dealer who sold me my boat kept referring to it as "a good little boat." I was irked by the smugness of the comment at the time, but have come to use the term with extreme affection since . . .
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