Originally Posted by dbncsu
Originally Posted by mummp
FWIW, Juana's has been the weekend after Labor day since its inception in 1985ish.


I think Catfest was started at a similar time, the weekend after Labor Day. Maybe Mark or someone else knows the exact year as I recall him wearing a Catfest shirt from the early-mid 90s. I always thought the history of the LNYC multihull fleet was cool, with the majority of the fleet being composed of 18 squares.


I did a catfest in '98 ,and it seemed to be well established then. So it may go back farther than you think. There was a bunch of 18 squares there at the time. I was trying to rebuild one, so was extremely interested in all their mods. so are such cool boats if you have somewhere to leave it set up.

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