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________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of John Irvin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 12:25:39 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: John Irvin Subject: Re: Stus-List Garhauer Story... Thanks for posting this. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2017, at 10:47 AM, David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: So I have been volunteering at the Marion-Bermuda Race for the past 10 years or so and the booth that is located right across from ours is Garhauer. I would see folks manning the booth but was usually too busy to think much more of it as we were busy fielding our own visitors. Well this past Sunday I find myself talking with a gentleman at our booth that was from Garhauer and it was Guido! We had a nice conversation about how the company started and I thought you might appreciate the great story he conveyed. They started the company in 1971 and the name Garhauer is a compilation of the first half of Guido’s last name and the last half of Bill’s (the other founder) last name. Bill was in tooling and Guido in engineering at another non-marine company when they started talking about starting their own company. Not knowing what product line to manufacture they started to look around at opportunities. Bill owned a sailboat and they looked critically at its hardware and the market. So…they amble over to MacGregor yachts and in the middle of a parking lot full of boats on trailers they were approached by a gentleman who asked if they needed help. They asked to speak with Roger MacGregor. Well that gentleman was Roger MacGregor! After talking about why they were there, Roger invited them back to his office. Roger showed them the mast cradle used when the mast was stepped for trailering (it was inserted into the gudgeons) and asked them for an estimate. They gave him one on the spot and Roger ordered 200 units right there. That started them on their path to become a vendor of most of the boat manufactures in the Costa Mesa area for years to come. Whereas in the past manufacturers was their primary customer and the retail customer a small piece. Presently the inverse, not surprisingly, is now true. Guido is a very nice man and I was sure to enthusiastically convey all your C & C accolades of his great customer service and products. Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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