Thanks for sharing that! Its nice to hear that there will be some C&C blood in the new line!
Joel 35/3 On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Jerome Tauber <jrtau...@aol.com> wrote: > I received this letter from Barry Carroll which I'm sure the list will > find interesting. Jerome Tauber > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Barry Carroll <bcarr...@uswatercraft.com> > *Date:* September 12, 2013, 6:12:11 AM EDT > *To:* jrtau...@aol.com > *Subject:* *C&C Yachts* > > Hi Jerome, > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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