T&T: 48 Ft Meridian PH 1974

[Ron Rogers]

How dare you lump Willard in with them others! {:*)) Willard doesn't know 
what a chopper gun is. Willard are truly overbuilt out of the right 
materials. Unfortunately, the pleasureboat division is no longer as they are 
completely devoted to Homeland Defense and DOD orders.

Ron Rogers
Willard 40
AIRBORNE
New Bern, NC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Byer" <e2wedz902@sneakemail.com>


| I'm surprised that Bob Austin hasn't weighed in on this one since he owned 
a Cal 46 motorsailer once.  If memory serves me correctly, Meridian Trawlers 
were built by one of the sailboat manufactures located in, and around; Santa 
Ana, Southern California.  I believe it was Jensen Marine trying to 
diversify from their Cal line of sailboats.  They also tried small 
motorhomes.  Imagine, Columbia, Coronado, Cal, Erickson, MacGregor 
sailboats, and Willard all being built behind the orange curtain in Orange 
County, California.  Those were the days for the local chopper gun jockeys.
| Chris Byer
| Having swallowed the anchor in Cathedral City