I‘m
one of few two-Catalina families owners, buying a C30, Windsong II, new in 1988
and C34, Windseeker #976 in 1998. Some
of you may have known Windseeker in an earlier life as Dean Burr's Eighty Proof
out of San Pedro CA or at the C34 nationals in the Bay Area.
I
grew up on the shores of Lake Superior and emotionally that's still home, though
we live 200 miles south in Minneapolis. Home has also been variously in Madison
WI, northern New Jersey, Los Angeles and Louisville KY as well as the Twin
Cities at one time or another and we've always had a boat (or two) and done a
lot of cruising wherever we were. That's included all the Great Lakes, Canadian
canals, East Coast, Florida and the Bahamas, Southwest coast as well as the
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. It's
also included deliveries in the Great Lakes and Caribbean. I’ve had Windseeker
in the Bahamas for winters as well.
Professionally,
I'm an electrical, electronic and mechanical engineer involved in railroad and
transit train control, signaling and telecommunications along with servo control
systems, precision metrology, marketing and management. Though
"retired" from my employer of 30 years, I continue to do quite a bit
of consulting work for them as well as for rail and transit companies worldwide.
I’ve also done a lot of work on my boat and many others, particularly in
electrical upgrades and systems along with contributions to the old C34 E-mail
List and web site as well as Mainsheet technical articles.