Posted on Scuttlebut forum yesterday: USWatercraft teams with Barry Carroll and designer Mark Mills
Log-In to Post/Reply ________________________________ WARREN, RI - September 12, 2013 USWatercraft LLC is teaming up with award winning yacht designer Mark Mills to create its new C&C Yachts models. Building on the current world wide success of the Mills Design Ltd in designing IRC racing boats, USWatercraft plans to begin production of two new C&C Yachts racer / cruiser models this fall. First off the board will be the C&C Redline 41. "This boat will combine our experience building One - Design and one off race boats and the quality craftsmanship and finish we put into our Alerion line of sailboats," said Randy Borges, President of USWatercraft. The new C&C Yachts line is being designed to be performance oriented but still family friendly for cruising and daysailing; this model will be fit for serious racing, both in and off shore under various handicap rules. One design racing will hopefully develop for these dual purpose C&C Yachts. "I'm excited to be involved with the new C&C line at USWatercraft with the great team they have assembled. It's a challenge to help take such a prominent brand forward with a new generation of boats, one we are looking forward to," said Mark Mills. USWatercraft is also pleased to announce that Barry Carroll will lead the C&C Yachts division of USWatercraft. Previously, Carroll founded and operated Carroll Marine, a performance specialized boat building company with great success into the early 2000s. At Carroll Marine, he was involved in developing and building over 800 high performance sailboats and powerboats for worldwide sale, including such high performance sailboats as the Mumm30 and Farr40, which continue as successful One-Design classes today. "Barry has an incredible amount of experience and success building high performance sailboats. He also has his roots in C&C Yachts having come to the Newport area with the C&C manufacturing facility in the '80s. We are thankful to have his help in developing our new C&C Yachts product line, building them and bringing them to market. We intend C&C Yachts to be a highly design-driven division and no one has more experience in translating the work of the world's top yacht designers into incredibly successful production yachts than Barry" - Randy Borges. For more information contact Sarah Angell sang...@uswatercraft.com<mailto:sang...@uswatercraft.com> USWatercraft LLC 373 Market St. Warren, RI. 02885 401-247-3000 From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of wwadjo...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 4:58 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: C&C Yachts new owners Is it a remake of Redline 41, Condor? Or something new. Bill Walker 36 Pentwater, Mi, home of Condor Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "David Risch" <davidrisc...@msn.com<mailto:davidrisc...@msn.com>> To: "CNC CNC" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Subject: Stus-List Fwd: C&C Yachts new owners Date: Thu, Sep 12, 2013 5:50 PM Newport, RI boat show. We spoke with Randy and Barry today. Cool stuff. Redline 41 is already on paper. David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 (cell) From: jtsai...@gmail.com<mailto:jtsai...@gmail.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:47:37 -0400 Subject: Re: Stus-List Fwd: C&C Yachts new owners Jerome, At the end of that letter, Mr. Carroll mentioned being in a booth near the Moorings: what show is he referring too? James Delaney C&C 38 MkII Oriental, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerome Tauber To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 9:19 AM Subject: Stus-List Fwd: C&C Yachts new owners 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<mailto:bcarr...@uswatercraft.com>> Date: September 12, 2013, 6:12:11 AM EDT To: jrtau...@aol.com<mailto: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<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com>
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