Flicka Catherine

Catherine was one of seven Flickas at the 2005 Long Island Sound rendezvous, with Gunther Kempin aboard, photographed by George Rodriguez for Flicka Friends #35 (Summer 2005). The fleet met at the Centerport Yacht Club, hosted for the third year running by Bob Freeman of Willa, and over two days the crews visited each other's boats and compared layouts, sails and gear. Catherine lay in the raft off Sweet Pea with Cory Bay, Willa, Gamine, Paradox and San Souci; one of the photographs catches her and San Souci peeling away as the raft broke up.

We became the proud owners of Catherine almost 3 years ago (in 1999) when we purchased “Gezellig.” She had two owners before that and was also known as “Sea Hen” and “Sybarite.” Her former owners took good care of her and we have not had to do much work to maintain her.

Our sailing so far has been limited to exploring Long Island Sound but we have plans for some longer cruises in the future.

Catherine is moored at a slip in the Rye Boat Basin during the summers and is stored in the marina yard during the winters.

Catherine and Gunther Kempin

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s/y Catherine was equipped with a 1981 BMW 7 HP raw water cooled engine type D7HO61-151d with Hurth model HBW5-2R marine reduction gear. She has received a new Kubota-based two-cylinder Beta Marine B14HE in 2010.