Re: [Cal_Boats] Old boats

Chris, actually, no...... CORONADO did not later become CATALINA, they were totally different companies. However, Frank Butler, designer of the Coronado 25 did start Coronado in the early 1960's, building small sailboats at first under the company name: WESCO. He then changed the name to CORONADO and introduced the 25, and later the 27 and 30. In the late 1960's he sold Coronado to Whittaker Corporation (Parent company of Columbia and Trojan), he ultimately parted ways (OK, he was fired!) from Coronado in around 1969 for many reasons not the least of which was their unwillingness to let him build what became the Catalina 22. He then started Catalina, building the C22 and is still building them. Actually, maybe it could be said that at least part of Coronado DID later become Catalina, since the rights to some of those WESCO boats must have been retained by Frank Butler, because many were later (and still are!) part of the Catalina line. Again, I refer to one of my favorite books, HEART OF GLASS by Dan Spurr, anyone looking for a great history of Fiberglass boat building should get a hold of a copy of that book, it is a "must read"! Rod Johnson, "SUNBIRD" 1979 O'DAY DS II former co-owner of "NODROG" 1970 CAL 21 On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:03:28 -0500 Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> writes: through his vacation. (My summer job in college was at a sailboat sales/rental/school operation, and we had a new Coronado 25 we were selling ca. 1967 or 1968. The company later became Catalina. This was an old boat by 2008.) Chris Campbell Woman is 57 But Looks 27 Mom publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/50c03182893c131821c05st01duc

Traverse city.... Wayne Gillikin <wa… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: >I apologize for being handicapped, like most young folks, and having a short attention span. But, where, geographically, is this particular Cal25. > >Regards, >Wayne > >On Dec 5, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Chris Campbell <cc… [at] lsnm.org> wrote: > >> Listmates: >> >> I'm hoping that we can find a new owner for the orphan Cal 25 that was donated to my schooner organization. What's puzzling is why people aren't standing in line to acquire old fiberglass sailboats that need some money and more labor. Many people have more time & energy than money these days. With some sweat equity you can have a sturdy vessel that will return great pleasure for years. >> >> Thinking about that reminded me of a guy we encountered on one of the schooner's summer voyages around the Great Lakes a couple years ago. It's how she earns her keep, serving as a dockside historic tourist attraction. At any rate, in one port we encountered this guy in his Coronado 25, single-handing his way through his vacation. (My summer job in college was at a sailboat sales/rental/school operation, and we had a new Coronado 25 we were selling ca. 1967 or 1968. The company later became Catalina. This was an old boat by 2008.) The owner, a Chrysler assembly line worker from the Detroit area, was having a great time sailing his old boat northward in Lake Huron. We ran into him a few days after the first meeting. He was still having fun. He was an immigrant from one of the old USSR countries. Maybe that's why he had fixed up his old boat and set sail for a couple weeks. He enjoyed the freedom of being able to do so. >> >> It just stumps me that more people don't do this. There's an image that yachting is an elite, costly undertaking but that's only true if you have fondness for one of those 50 foot "daysailers" that seem to be all the rage in the yachting magazines these days. (Please note that the latest Sailing magazine contains Bob Perry's review of a Beneteau 25, a little cruiser of a kind that had disappeared). >> >> And the Cal 25 is a more substantial vessel than that Coronado 25. Here's a chance for somebody to have a lot of fun for a lot of summers. Why isn't a line forming?.... >> >> Chris Campbell >> >> >>