Calling the Class of ’94

"My wife Heather and I have recently been sorting through all our sailing memorabilia," writes Ted Taylor of the Canada-based Coast 34 Tether, "and one of the items was a series of articles from Latitude listing the ‘Some Like It Hot Rally’ participants who had registered at the Broken Surfboard Restaurant in Cabo between November ’94 and February ’95. If I’m not mistaken, you consider the ’94 rally to be the first Ha-Ha. I know that not everybody who headed to Mexico that year registered.

"Anyway, it got me to thinking of where all those people are now. I decided to track down as many of them as I could, so I sent an email to all the addresses I had for the Class of ’94-’95. The addresses were many years old and most were no longer valid. But I received a few responses, and asked them to forward my message to any of the other cruisers they were still in contact with. So far I’ve gotten 33 replies.

"I also asked folks to send me an update of their adventures, and told them that I’d send out a general update from time to time, including a contact list for all the boats and a newsletter with all the messages I receive — removing any personal information, of course. I’d use a ‘blind carbon copy’ so the addresses wouldn’t get spread around. If anyone saw anyone else on the list they wanted to reconnect with, I told them I would forward that message.

"The year 2014 will mark 20 years since we started our journey, so I’m also considering organizing a reunion. Any member of the Class of ’94/’95 can email me."