[quote=dmgbear55]So far I haven't tried to figure out where anyone actually lives or boats. I am trying to sort out what other cat boaters want to do. The survey is almost at the needed 30 responses to be really reliable information, but it sure appears that many beachcat boaters want to get together, but not necessarily to do official races. I suspect that if you have events like motorcycle or car clubs have where you cruise from place to place and then hang out somewhere you could increase participation.
I personally am just outside of Portland, Oregon so heading north is easy to do. I suggested the San Juans as an example location for multi-day trips, but I think there are many others and I will try to sort out what some of those possibilities are. I also want to show people how to do a multi-day trip in terms of the planning and organizing, muck like what is done in the whitewater rafting club I also belong to.
I think the trick will be post an event/get together/trip with lots of advance warning. Describe the kind of event and then just go do it.
I think the fleets of boats of the past relied way too heavily on racing schedules and not enough on just the social aspect of hanging out with other goofy people that like these cats. Lord knows how many wives and girlfriends tired of trying to be a competitive race team with a yelling captain, otherwise known as a divorce boat. Take the competitive element out of the thing and then you get to have a cool boat ride (this is just my opinion and does not reflect the views of management).
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