Hello All! I've been reading this site's information for about two years now and you would be amazed at the amount of information a new boater can accumulate. It took me a while to figure out that I wanted a Catalina 30, and finding this site has been a huge help to me. Yesterday was my first day of ownership of "Almost There"! It was a long time coming that's for sure, but I really felt like all the information that is shared on this site is such an important resource. I hired a captain for a day to walk me through everthing very thoroughly, and he was impressed with all the little details that I had picked up from this forum. (By the way, if you're a newbie, it's money well spent in my opinion). Over the last few years there are now posts from people that I always read because I really have come to appriciate their knowlege, there are posts I read because they are new owners starting out, just like me, and there are posts I read because sometimes you just wonder "what's this guy gonna say this time?!" So thank you everyone, whether you know it or not you all helped a newbie and I look forward to returning something to these discussions. But enough of that, I gotta go sailing! Dan Metzler Catalina 30 "Almost There" 1985 TRBS #4328, Kemah TX (I've waited a long time to be able to write that!)
