Discussions on our website Forums are tightly on-topic, but the E-mail list is much more broad in its subject matter. While we expect that all discussions are at least tangentially related to our boats, the list is also the place where long-time friends exchange news from home and from voyages they have made. To quote the website itself:
 

The Catalina 36/375 International Association has provided a 'listserv'-style email list for its members for more than two decades.

While use of our web-based Forums is strongly encouraged, in part because this creates an easily searchable archive of our collective wisdom, some folks still enjoy the directness and familiarity of an e-mail list. Also, the discussions on the list tend to be more free-flowing and colloquial, and there's plenty of room for chit-chat about anything on your mind.