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August 2026
First and most important of all, Catalina has been rescued by C & T Composites, and production for the ~7 unfinished boats began the week of August 3!
You can see an article on Catalina's resurrection in the main section of the Catalina Mainsheet that will be released by the beginning of September. You can see Catalina's latest article (June 30) at https://www.facebook.com/catalinayachts.
In the meantime, Catalina/C & T will decide whether to bring back the printed magazine.
Now, on to our fleet:
We ended 2025 with 245 member boats - an increase of 9.4% (224 member boats at the beginning of 2025). As of today, we have 257 member boats! Not too bad with 4 months to go!
Country breakdown:
As a reminder, due to last year's Catalina Mainsheet suspension, your Board extended memberships for an extra year. So, if you were wondering where your renewal email was, that's why you didn't receive it. But take heart -- look for a renewal email shortly.
Since we were in a race where we lost by a couple of minutes to a whisker-pole-equipped Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club competitor with a similar PHRF rating, we wanted to be more competitive, so we added a mast-mounted whisker pole to Tweety Bird back in the spring, but during races since then, the wind never was favorable to we haven't used it yet. Talk about frustrating!
Tom submitted several upgrades (anchor washdown pump, added liquor cabinet -- his boat didn't come with a wine cooler, teak and plexiglass cabinet for glasses and cups, shelves to three of the four hanging lockers, complete with fiddles, and more). See the details in the Catalina Mainsheet.
Swag Merchandise - contact John Hooper to order.
As usual, please send any articles (cruises, projects, etc.) to me as Mainsheet editor at Editor and also post it to the Forums page.
Commodore Jon Arck
Tweety Bird (2023 C425)
Riviera Beach, FL