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Membership is
open to all owners of catboats: cruising, decked or open cockpit, and to all
enthusiasts. The initiation fee is $50.00 ( a one-time initiation fee of $30.00 plus dues of $ 20.00
for the remainder of the calendar year)
. Annual dues are $20.00
for the calendar year and are payable on January 1 of each year. Current
worldwide Association membership is about 1750.
 The
CBA hopes to be able to get its message to many interested web visitors (young
or old). The pages that follow will also be used as a resource to any and all
boating enthusiasts. It is the intention of the CBA to provide useful and
updated information to all visitors.
CBA Membership Form
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Catboat
Association, please print either of the forms below:
Application
in MSWord format
Application in Adobe PDF format
fill it out, include your fee and mail to:
Dave Calder
P.O. Box 775
Sudbury, MA 01776-0775
(508) 733-3062
dave.calder@catboats.org
THE CATBOAT ASSOCIATION, INC.
Founded 1962
Membership Secretary
David Calder
P.O. Box
775
Sudbury,
MA 01776-0775
dave.calder@catboats.org
Dear Prospective Catboat
Association Member,
Thank you for your interest in the Catboat Association.
Please find enclosed, an electronic brochure
which gives a few details about our organization, and an application for membership.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Cordially,
David Calder
encl./
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THE CATBOAT
ASSOCIATION
Founded 1962
Incorporated 1983
CATBOAT
ASSOCIATION, INC.
We receive many questions concerning the
Association, the most frequent being:
WHAT IS A CATBOAT?
A catboat is a boat traditionally fitted with a
gaff-rigged sail on a single mast set well up in the "eyes" of
the boat. Cruising catboats have cabins and normally range in overall
length from 16 - 26 feet. Others are fully or partially decked and
suitable for day sailing or camp cruising. Most cats have
centerboards, although some keel cats exist. Many cats have outboard or
"Barn Door" rudders but some cats are built with underslung
rudders. A few cats have Marconi sails, but most are gaff headed. Most
cats are shallow draft, broad beam boats. The classic Cape Cod Cat's beam
measurement is half the waterline length which makes a very stable boat.
But all cats have one basic characteristic; a single sail on a mast set
well up in the bow of the boat.
WHAT
IS THE CATBOAT ASSOCIATION?
The Catboat Association was founded August 18, 1962.
Its objectives are: to promote interest in cruising catboats, to exchange
information via a bulletin, to sponsor cruising and other catboat races,
and to research and preserve the historical aspects of the catboat for
educational purposes. Three Bulletins a year provide a means of
exchanging information on Association activities as well as on catboats in
general. The Membership Book and the schedule of Association
Rendezvous/Races are mailed with the Spring Issue.
The Annual (and Only) Meeting (other than
Race Rendezvous) of the Catboat Association is often held on a Saturday
early in February. The location of the meeting can vary. Recently, they
have been held at the Hyatt Regency Newport, Goat Island, Newport, RI.
Saturday is the formal meeting, however, many arrive the evening before
and stay over until Sunday. Workshops are held on Saturday and Sunday and
are scheduled around the main luncheon and speaker.
Membership is open to all owners of catboats
including decked and non-cruising types, and catboat enthusiasts. On
joining there is a one-time initiation fee of $30.00 plus dues of $ 20.00
for the remainder of the calendar year. New members joining during the
year are furnished with that year's bulletin and Membership Book. Further
dues are payable on January 1 of each year. Current Association
Membership is about 1650 with over 1400 catboats listed. The
Association Burgee as shown on the cover page is a white gaff rigged sail
on a field of blue. It was designed by the late Catboat Association member
Lois Darling and is a registered trademark of the Association.
WHO
MANAGES THE ASSOCIATION?
Essentially, The Catboat Association, as the late
John Killam Murphy once remarked, is: "a benevolent despotism."
However, due to our growth, it became necessary for the Association to
become incorporated as a "nonprofit Corporation." Other than
this, it is a pleasant, unstructured organization with simple by-laws (in
addition to the fact that there shall be no collisions nor complaints to
the race officials!). The Association does have a hard working group behind
it, all of volunteer status, who have been dubbed the STEERING COMMITTEE.
Some of the members of the Steering Committee have specific functions as
follows:
Chairman of the Steering Committee:
Policy problems, congratulations and complaints.
Eric Peterson, P.O. Box 72 Middleboro, MA 02346-0072
eric.peterson@catboats.org
Membership Secretary:
New membership applications, changes of address and/or boat information,
dues
payments.
David Calder, P.O. Box 775, Sudbury, MA 01776-0775
dave.calder@catboats.org
Treasurer:
Accounts receivable and payable
Tim Lund, 262 Forest Street, Needham, MA 02492-1326, (781) 444-9695
tim.lund@catboats.org
Corporate Clerk:
Report to membership at Annual Meeting: Linda Fife
Storekeeper:
Earrings, burgees, tie tacks & ties, tee shirts, sweat shirts, boat
bags,
etc., not to be confused with publications for sale.
Jim Burns, 78 Ridge Street, Millis, MA 02054-1110, (508) 375-5483,
jim.burns@catboats.org or cbastore@catboats.org
Publications Coordinators:
Books, bulletin back issues and other publications including the CBA
video
Neil and Carol Titcomb, 38 Brookwood Drive, Branford, CT 06405-2325
(203) 488-3088
carol.titcomb@catboats.org
Technical Advisor:
Queries on catboat design, engine or handling problems
TBD
Editorial Board of the Catboat Association
Bulletin:
Manuscripts, photos, how-to-hints, etc.
Lou Abbey
16 Bateman Avenue, Revere, MA 02151
lou.abbey@catboats.org
Wayne Cole
2 Mayfair Avenue, S. Dartmouth, MA 02748
wayne.cole@catboats.org
Paul Cook
25 Woronoco Road, Weymouth, MA 02191
paul.cook@catboats.org
David Davis & Mary Jo Valdes
48 Second Street, Newport, RI 02840
thinwatersailor@verizon.net
Karen Seo
One Watermill Place, Apt 209, Arlington, MA 02176
karen.seo@catboats.org
Webmaster:
Catboat Association website administration and Internet communications
issues
webmaster@catboats.org
JOINING
THE CATBOAT ASSOCIATION
Fill out the attached registration form and return
it along with $50.00 to the Membership Secretary. Your registration will
be acknowledged, which will be evidence of your membership, and you will
receive all bulletins and notices for the year you join as they are
published.
HOW
DOES ONE BUY OR SELL A CATBOAT?
Besides resorting to the usual avenues such as
brokers, boating magazines, etc., you can, as a member, advertise in the
Catboat Association Bulletin. The conditions of placing your ad are
as follows:
CATS FOR SALE is a
free listing for active members wishing to buy or sell catboats or related
equipment or services. Non members will be required to pay $25.00 per
insertion per issue. Ads must be received in writing by the beginning of December,
March and August to insure being published in the winter, spring and fall
issues of the Bulletin. Please e-mail or send your ad to Dick Pepin, 158
Weeden Road, Fairhaven, MA, 02719, or: cats4sale@catboats.org.
Ads will not be repeated except by request in
writing, stating the issue in which the ad previously appeared and the
number of the ad. Illegible requests or those on little scraps of paper
might not get in! Please notify Dick if you sell your property before
the deadlines noted above.
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