[C320-list] C320IA Regatta 2008: Update Info

[Warren Updike]

Hookay, we're not yet ready to accept Regatta registrations as our Regatta '08 web site is still under construction and moving forward. At the top of Karl's invitation on the home page of www.catalina320.com is a link to the home page of the Regatta web site. There you can click to the Hotel and Marina web pages and there are links to the hotel and marina web sites. From these pages, you can make your reservations even before you complete the Regatta registration. As soon as the budget is approved, we'll have all the other details available for you.

>From the DoubleTree Hotel page on the Regatta web site you can link to our own C320 Group page at the hotel from whence you may make your hotel reservations at the very attractive price of $139/day at the DoubleTree Annapolis Hotel. This price is good for 3 days before Aug 1, and 3 after Aug 3 so if you are planning on coming early and/or staying longer, this is a great central location for your plans to visit Washington DC, Baltimore, Virginia, or the Eastern Shore. Typical rates for the area will be $150 to over $200, so take advantage of it. Also, on Sunday, the hotel is offering a 50% discount on their Sunday Brunch in the Ports of Call Restaurant right there at the hotel for all attendees even if you are not staying at this hotel. Now that's a deal! The hotel is a Hilton property with all the amenities including outdoor pool, outdoor dining, and bar/lounge for the after-events wind-down. On the Regatta/DoubleTree Hotel web page, you'll find all the details including info on transportation from local airports to the hotel. Make your reservations early. The special C320 price holds until July 1.

The Port Annapolis Marina, on Back Creek is the center for the Regatta functions. The "Marina Page" has a link to the marina's web site where you have lots of pictures and details about the amenities offered. They have a pavilion where we'll gather on Friday afternoon and on Saturday before the water events. The contact info is there as well, so if you are planning to bring your boat, you'll want to make your reservations as soon as possible. Today is not too soon.

Here is a web site for Annapolis visitors: www.visitannapolis.org This web site has just recently been revamped as your Regatta Committee was at the Visitor's Center the very day they announced the "new" web site. >From here you can find all kinds of stuff about Annapolis. We recommend you consider one of the guided tours. One version of the tour includes the US Naval Academy Chapel. If you are interested in spending more time touring the Academy, go to http://www.navyonline.com/ for details about the tours by the Academy itself.

Centered on the hills above the downtown and port area are two circles with roads radiating out like spokes of a wheel. Church Circle is, well, of course, a church, a very old church. The other is State Circle containing the current Maryland Legislature. It is the oldest continually operating state house in the US. Talk about history? Annapolis is history.

Need more information not on the Regatta web site, or some other help? E-mail Bruce or Warren at C320Re...@comcast.net.

Now, get busy and get those plans in motion.

Warren & Pattie Updike
C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River
Chesapeake Bay

[Warren Updike]

[Allan S. Field]

Thanks Warren. We have made our slip reservation and are looking forward to
the good times we always have at the regatta! - Allan

[Irving Grunes]

Warren,
Can't remember if I sent you at the Regatta email, that Isle of Wight has
made its slip reservation as well
Looking forward to meeting all the C320 no-face names from the list.
Irv Grunes #851

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Allan S. Field <allan...@comcast.net>
wrote:

> Thanks Warren. We have made our slip reservation and are looking forward
> to
> the good times we always have at the regatta! - Allan
>
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[David Nolte]

Warren, Irv, Allan, Karl, Bruce, et al,

We have made our slip reservations as well, looking forward to
meeting/seeing everyone.

We will be honored to likely have the oldest boat at the the party.
Now I have a great incentive to try to refinish the cabin sole.

David Nolte
Beach House #4

[Warren Updike]

The Regatta 2008 situation on the C320 web site is changing daily. Karls'
letter is no longer on the home page. Now, you will see a lead-in to the
Regatta 2008 web site (actually a part of the C320 umbrella - that Jeff Hare
is sooo clever,) with a link to it. Karl's letter is the first link on the
Regatta 2008 home page.

The registration page is nearly ready and the budget is being submitted for
review. We already have one hotel reservation and several at Port Annapolis
Marina. We have a count of at least 10 boats attending and no one has yet
registered. That's a very positive sign at this early stage. I'm hoping to
have the links page up at the same time as the registration so you will be
able to better plan your stay.

The Regatta is an excellent time to visit other area attractions. If you've
never been to Washington, DC, it's a great place. You couldn't see it all
in 3 days. Just the monuments in the park between the Capital and Lincoln
Memorial will take you a day. Add the Smithonian Institute with it's Air
and Space Museum and that's another day. The National Archives where you
can see the ORIGINAL US Declartaion of Independence and Constitution is a
once in a lifetime treat; the National Holacost Museum, & etc., & etc.

Baltimore, with it's Inner Harbor, Little Italy, Fells Point, Orioles Park
at Camden Yards (tickets are available,) and much more.

Not convinced? Give us a few days more to get all the pages on the web site
then go take a look, register, reserve, and meet up in Annapolis in August
for: "Destination Paradise!"