Catalina 36 International Association

My wife and I were public school music teachers when we purchased new hull #1387 in the Spring of 1994. I being a conductor of wind music (concert bands, wind ensembles, etc.), we thought that the name "Wind Ensemble" was befitting. Retired, we can be found on The St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario during the summer months.

Tom and Ginny Lindemann
Marcellus, N.Y.
Trident Yacht Club, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada.

When most people see or hear our boat name, Soggy Dollar, they say "Oh I get it, it's a boat (gets wet) and you spend all your money on it." Which actually sounds pretty accurate...but not in this case.

Being a Police Officer I read all of the books written by Joseph Wambaugh. One of his books was titled "BLUE KNIGHT". When I purchased my Catalina 36 in 1986, it only stood to reason to name my boat "BLUE KNIGHT".

- Guido Drogemuller

I am a retired professor of English and literature. My boat is named for the skylark in Shelley's "To A Skylark." The poem begins "Hail to thee Blithe Spirit. . . ." The aura of mystery and mastery that surrounds the bird in the poem inspired me in naming my boat. My 1999 C36MkII is the second boat that I have named Blithe Spirit. The first was a 1984 Pearson 34.

Roland Burns
#1762

When I was a youngster, one of my boyhood heroes was a German World War I sailor named Felix Graf von Luckner who with his three-masted sailing ship called Seeadler destroyed a lot of tonnage without the loss of a single life. After the war he wrote three books about his exploits and went on a tour of speaking engagements around Europe and America. He was very popular in the USA, particularly New York.

First let me say naming Magic III was easy. It was named after Magic II; which was named after the original Magic. The progression was Sunfish, Rhodes 19, Pearson 26, Catalina 30 and my present Catalina 36 . The first two were nameless. Which boat did I love the most?

Our Catalina 36 MkII (#1928) had to be renamed, after three years of carrying the name of the company of which she had served the CEO. In the same rhythm of the name 'Catalina' we re-baptized her 'Atalanta': the butterfly (also known as the red admiral) dancing smoothly through the waves.

Shortly after buying our first-ever boat in May of 2004 (1999 Catalina 36), I wanted her to have a new name which reflected us personally. My wife's name is Diane and her friends and relatives usually call her Di. Because she has been called "spoiled" by those same folks, she also acquired the nickname "Diva." Our boat has recently been rechristened, "Diva Di" because I figure that both our boat and my wife compete for all my time and money ;)

- Duane and Diane Ising

"Amante" in Spanish, and maybe Italian, means "mistress," or "lover." My wife's, Ana Maria's, native language is Spanish, and she names our boats. One of her favorite sayings is, "If your husband must have a mistress, it's best if she's made of fiberglass." Hence the name.

- Fred Jackson

With a name of "Changes In Attitude" being a Jimmy Buffet fan is a given. When we bought the boat, her name was "Attitude". During a discussion with my wife Carolyn concerning keeping the existing name or changing it to "CARO II" (CARO was our first Catalina, a 25), my wife suggested adding "Changes In" was the obvious answer since I was such a JB fan. My mind said "duh, I should have thought of that".