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On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Bob Moriarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Please ask the new owners of the C&C brand to produce boats that are > affordable to the 98%ers. Otherwise, I'll stick to the used market. > Bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Jerome Tauber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Newport boat show this weekend. I will stop by and report. Jerry >> >> >> My name is Barry Carroll and I have been asked to relaunch the C&C brand >> by my old friend Randy Borges (Dunes). I started in the boat building >> industry working for Everett Pearson when the 100,000 sf building we are >> now in was new, and I was very young! I then went on to work for C&C Yachts >> for nine years. I was based out of the Rhode Island facility, but I had the >> privilege to work with all the 'Georges' Cassian, Cutrhbertson, and >> Hinterholler. I was so fortunate to be exposed to the highest level of >> professionalism, craftsmanship and design talent at a very early age. They >> overlooked the mistakes & cockiness of a 24 year old and George >> Cuthbertson, Rob Mazza, and Rob Ball are friends 30+ years later. I went on >> to found and run Carroll Marine for the next 20 years. We always had a >> North Star to follow, because my, and many of my employees, past >> relationship with C&C and its standards. >> >> The Hallmark of C&C was leading edge design from a very talented, perhaps >> visionary group of designers. That was consistently backed up by >> beautifully rendered boats that were excellent value for money. Dunes has >> assembled a very highly skilled workforce from the best of the team at TPI, >> and several old friends from C&C. We are putting the band back together >> with an experienced, skillful bunch of old friends, and a management group >> that loves sailing and competition. That alone was enough for me to come in >> off the bench. The clincher is that Mark Mills has agreed to come on board >> to design an entirely new line of C&C's. He is not only one of the world's >> leading edge designers with a fabulous 'eye' for just the right line (like >> George Cassian), but he too is a close friend who is a pleasure to work >> with. There is sure to be some yelling, a few battles, and maybe even an >> impolite word or two, it is boatbuilding after all: but I am having a great >> time working my tail off getting this thing launched. >> >> As Sarah said, we'll be at the USWatercraft / Waterlines booth on the far >> Northeast corner of the show near the Moorings. Please stop by and see >> what we are doing. Development is well along on two very exciting new boats >> with a third not far off. Come on by and introduce yourself, I look forward >> to it. >> >> Cheers, >> Barry Carroll >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- “Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.” - Nicholas Monsarrat
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