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Website Notes: All About Membership, Signing On, and "How To"
- You do not have to be a C36IA member to use this website.
- You do not have to log in to view this website, but some functions/sections may not be available without creating a user account and logging in.
- If you are a C36IA Member, please use the same email address and name(s) for this site that you used to join C36IA. Your membership info is linked through your email address and your name(s). If you are unsure as to what
Why Join C36IA?
C36IA Members have access to:
1. JibSheet E-Magazine
2. Mainsheet Magazine
3. Vendor Discounts
4. BoatUS Member Discount
5. Online Reference Manuals
6. Tech Notes CD covering the past 25 years (with 3 year memberships)
7. Personalized Tech Support to solve problems (both MkI and MkII)
8. Free Classified Ad postings
9. Specialized Tool Borrowing, saving members over $25,000 to date.
10.Access to Over 115 “How They Did It” Articles on Owner Maintenance and Upgrade Projects in addition to Reference Manuals: http://www.c36ia.com/taxonomy/term/5
11. Access to an outstanding website, according to BoatUS: http://www.boatus.com/jackhornor/sail/catalina36.asp
12. E-mail list server
13. Forums/Message Board
Changing Your Contact Information on the Website
Two of the many benefits of being a C36IA member are that you receive items like Mainsheet Magazine and our electronic newsletter, JibSheet. However, I’m sure you can appreciate the challenges in keeping both a snail mail and email address database up to date for almost 800 members. It would be easy if we all stayed in one place, but the reality is that we often change home ports.
C36IA Forums
This site contains a set of forums where you can discuss topics, including cruising, maintenance, buying or selling a C36, and many more.
To enter the forums, use this link: http://www.c36ia.com/forums.
If you are logged into this web site, then you should not have to log in again for the forums.
The old message board is no longer accessible. Alas, technology has moved us beyond the cost-effective recovery of that data, but we now have a bank of nearly 4,000 postings on the new Forum, with over 180 active participants, and we trust that this new Forum resource will be able to provide the answers you need in a timely manner.
Along with the Forum resource, we frequently add articles to the Upgrades and Maintenance sections of the website, under the Technical tab. Sometimes we also temporarily "park" these on our home page or in the JibSheet, where they are accessable to all, at least for a while; but our vast library of Upgrades and Maintenance articles is accessable by C36IA Members only. (Remember, a C36IA Member - uppercase M - is different than a member - lowercase m - of the Forum. To be a C36IA Member you must subscribe.)
C36IA E-Mail Mailing List
Here it is: our own C36 mailing list -- providing contact with other C36 owners and support for C36 questions. And now, with our own maillist, we don't have to worry about list providers going out of business, copyrighting our messages, or charging fees for this valuable community service.
Submitting Content
It was suggested by Bruce Landsberg that a method of submitting "upgrade" articles be placed on this site. He's absolutely right, and we have expanded the idea for submitting, well, pretty much anything. Here goes...
Contacting Us
To get in touch with the Catalina 36 International Association Officers, please use the Contact Form. Your choice of category determines who your request is routed to.