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Legato Has Become Escapade

Lake Tahoe residents Greg Dorland and his wife Debbie Macrorie have gone over to the ‘dark side’ by purchasing the Catana 50 Legato that belonged to the late Jim Forquer of Newport Beach. The couple have been researching catamarans for several years and, out of the goodness of his heart, Forquer had been emailing them for months before his untimely death with advice and tips about catamarans.

Catana tries to do the near impossible with their cats, which is combine luxury and performance. Dorland, who was formerly the North Sails dealer for Tahoe, is famous for having gybed an Olson 30 while doing 19 knots off Davenport, and owned one of the first Melges 32s, naturally had some concerns about how well the moderately heavy cat would sail. But he reports that he’s been pleased with her performance so far in the relatively light winds of San Diego.

Legato, now Escapade, as seen during Sea of Cortez Sailing Week outside of La Paz. She’ll soon be sailing on the Bay.

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Having rechristened their cat Escapade, Greg and Debbie plan to head out to Catalina for the Memorial Day weekend, then sail north to San Francisco Bay for the summer to get more familiar with the cat and take their many sailing friends out on the Bay. Come late October, they’ll be joining the Ha-Ha to Mexico.

The acquisition of Escapade marks the fulfillment of a dream that Dorland had while living in the South of France in the early ’70s. Our congratulations.

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