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From: Doug Cowie <mana
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Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Subject: Press Release: C&C Yachts Reunion & Conference
To: bqyc.off
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Greetings,
Please note the attached announcement of the *"C&C Yachts Reunion &
Conference"* that your members may be interested in. This is a "one time
only" event commemorating a truly remarkable Canadian yachting success
story.
(Please forward this notice the appropriate person if necessary.)
Regards,
Doug Cowie* ***
*--FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—*
***February 3, 2012*****
*C&C Yachts ****Reunion**** and Conference: “Design, Production,
Performance and Legacy” *
*Where:* Royal ****Hamilton**** Yacht Club, ****Hamilton**, **Ontario****
*When:* Saturday, April 14th & Sunday, April 15th
The *Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston* is organizing a *C&C
Yachts Reunion and Conference* at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. The two
day event is not only a chance to celebrate the history of a successful
Canadian yachting story, but is also a fundraiser to help support the
preservation of *C&C Yachts Collection* at the Marine Museum and an
opportunity to gather critical information from principle participants to
further enrich the Collection. All past C&C employees are encouraged to
bring old photographs and memorabilia of the company for scanning,
photographing or donation to add to the C&C Collection at the Museum. The
names of all past C&C employees will be also added to the Museum archives.
The **Reunion** on Saturday evening will be open to only past C&C employees
and those dealers, sail makers, and industry people most closely associated
with the company from its original founding in 1969 to its loss of public
status in 1981.
The C&C Conference on Sunday will feature panel discussions by members of
the C&C Design Group, C&C Production, Sales and Marketing, and a group of
yachting industry professionals discussing the Legacy of C&C Yachts.
Attendance to the Conference is open to everyone interested in the history
and legacy of C&C Yachts. The Conference will be moderated by ****Maurice**Smith
**, Curator Emeritus of the ****Marine** **Museum****. Questions will be
welcome from the audience. Attendance is limited to 225 people.
The C&C Collection consists of George Cuthbertson’s personal and corporate
papers and the design drawings of Cuthbertson and Cassian and C&C Yachts to
1973, as well as all the drawings and a large number of files of C&C Yachts
from 1973 to well into the ‘90s, when the assets of the company were
acquired by Fairport Marine, builders of Tartan Yachts. Tim Jackett,
formally of Fairport and Novis Marine, donated the later drawings.
The fee for the Conference includes a continental breakfast, coffee breaks
and lunch, plus a one year membership to the ****Marine** **Museum****.
Attendees will be encouraged to make additional donations to go towards
preserving and making available this vast collection of over 25 years of
Canadian yachting history and legacy. *This is a "one time only" event!*
For more information, please contact Doug Cowie, manager of the ****Marine**
**Museum**** (mana...@marmuseum.ca), or C&C Alumnus Rob Mazza (
robertlma...@gmail.com), who is helping to organize the event. To register
to attend either the **Reunion**, Conference, or both, go to the ****Marine*
* **Museum**** website (www.marmuseum.ca) or RHYC website (www.rhyc.on.ca).
For information about the C&C Collection, and perhaps donating to it,
please contact ****Maurice** Smith** (**barq...@cogeco.c**a).
**
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Doug Cowie
Museum Manager
Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston613-542-2261
