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Announcement: Catapalooza Comes to California Catamaran Sailors
Catapalooza will start this year. The brain child of John Schwartz,
Chris Scherba, Buzz Waterstreet, and Gary Friesen, it is a traveling
event to appear at various catamaran sailing spots in Southern California.
Come one, come all! Bring the family! Have them stop by, at least.
Share your beach toys; bring an extra catamaran! Encourage anyone who
you know that has an interest or curiosity about catamarans. Give rides
to strangers!
The idea behind Catapalooza is to declare a date, well in advance, for a day of old fashioned beachcat sailing fun at a popular location and to have as many people show up as possible. This is an attempt to nurture the sport of beach catamaran sailing, allowing it to grow back to the popularity it once had.
We have a group of sailors who sail round trip, camping weekends to Catalina Island. Although there are many curious sailors who dream of attending, the reality is that many of them never get enough chances to sail and practice with some of the veteran So. CA catsailors. The less experienced ocean sailors need more and better chances to rig and sail together with the more tenured catsailors. By announcing a date and a place, well ahead of time, we should be able to encourage more people to take that catamaran out and actually sail it.
Our first event will be held at what we consider to be the best catsailing beach in So. CA. On Saturday, May 22, 2004 let us all descend upon Claremont (st.) beach, Belmont Shore area, Long Beach, CA. Let us rig, help others rig, go for a few outings on the water, talk with sailors at the shore, offer rides, have lunch, and help everyone get the cats back up off of the beach. Let's have some BBQ's burgers and hot dogs in the parking lot or on the sand. Let's bring back the fun and fellowship of yesteryear!
To help us get organized we have these resources:
- Catapalooza Website at catapalooza.thebeachcats.com
- Catapalooza Forum here at TheBeachcats.com
- Catapalooza Photo Gallery, show everyone how much fun we have!
The final date decided for all events will be established by popular consensus.
Here is a suggested and preliminary schedule for Catapalooza:
CATAPALOOZA 2004 -
coming to a beach near you
- CATAPALOOZA 2004 "Kick Off"
- Claremont Ramp
- Long Beach, CA
- May 22, 2004
- CATAPALOOZA - SAN DIEGO
- San Diego Mission Bay Fiesta Island
- June 19, 2004
- CATAPALOOZA Claremont Ramp
- Long Beach, CA
- July 17, 2004
- CATAPALOOZA Ventura County (site to be determined - June Gloom)
- Ventura/Hobie Beach Oxnard
- August 21, 2004
- CATAPALOOZA -Season Closer/Barb-Ba-Que
- Claremont Ramp
- Long Beach, CA
- September 18, 2004
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