Site Updates

01-08-12: Thanks to Campbell Owner Scott Woodside for sharing this website with us showing Bob Bondurant and Campbell Boats connection:  Click Here!

Continual Updates: Always adding new boats to the owners page. Click Here! to see if any new boats have been added!!

05-14-11:Bob Whelan Memorial Campbell Spring Round-up Click Here! for more information on this even

12-09-10: The 2010 Campbell 4 Wheel trip was held on Novermber 20th. The water lovers went for a dry land adventure and here are the pictures to prove it:  Click Here!

10-17-10: The 2010 38th Annual Campbell Regatta came and went on Sept. 23-35. Thanks to all that participated and helped put this on. Here are the pictures from the event:  Click Here!

10-12-10: Update to Links Page....Be sure to check the links page if you need a mechanic for winter service or general maintenance information and other cool references:  Click Here!

08-16-10: Update to Ron's Rambling....Ron has added some additional infomration on his article on batteries basead on new technology:  Click Here!

08-02-10: Hey it's time for the Regatta!! So here is the registration form: Click Here!

07-10-10: This month I have a late memorial to an owner I never met, Mr John Drew of Lake Havasu. He owned a 28 foot Campbell named "Twice Times". He was one of the first to sign up for our site and I only had one picture for his boat page until recently when his son posted pictures of his boat and the work he had done restoring it. It is stunning and done with all the right stuff from top to bottom. I have updated his boat page Click Here! with these pictures. Unfortunately John passed away before he was able to finish his boat and join us at our events, but here is the email I received from his son last year.

Mr. Francis It is with great sadness that I am responding to this email to let you know that my Dad passed away on Sunday June 28 2009. His name is John Drew and is the owner of the 28 footer named TwiceTimes out of Lake Havasu City AZ. He was looking forward to taking part in your club activity's upon the finish of the complete restoration of his boat. He was so close, I am glad to say that he did get to drive it a couple of times on some shake down runs and he only had a few small things to look after. I will take over the rains in his honor to complete the boat in his name and take him for one last ride. Thank you and good luck with your club in the future.

John's Son, Chris

So here is to John Drew a fellow Campbellite, a belated R.I.P.

06-05-10: Update on the new Campbell being built. Marty said the target date to hit the water is July 1st. The boat is coming along and looking beautiful. The Cliff and Kathy Lee came up with the new name "Afterburn", very appropriate. So keep an eye out for the new 24 Whaler out on Havasu soon. For updatd pictures: Click Here! If you are playing on Facebook these days, we have a Campbell Boat Owners group you can join. I will be posting calendar info on there as well as the website

05-05-10: The 2010 Bob Whelan Spring Round-up was last week-end and it was a great showing. There were 30+ Campbell in Havasu that week-end and 26 made the trip up to Moabi on Saturday morning. Thanks to Terri & Mitch Parker for the pictures: Click Here!

03-21-10: The birth of a new Campbell gets closer to completion see the updated pictures: Click Here!  Also we have created a new page called "Ron's Ramblings". Ron Fasola has been sharing his general knowledge of Campbell boats and other items that are relative to Campbell owners, so as he opens his archives I decided to create a dedicated page to showcase his knowledge: Click Here!

03-06-10: The Klaus' Klambake was a success and here are the pictures to prove it. Thanks to Ron and Arlene Fasola and Jim and Rosa Wozab for the pictures: Click Here!

02-14-10: Boating season is around the corner and some good deals on some beautiful Campbells. Be sure to check the Classifieds page: Click Here! Also did some general clean-up and adds to a few pages, Mechanical info page: Click Here! Reagatta Tees: Click Here!

01-22-10: Once again, fellow Campbell owner Ron Fasola has sent me info on Rudders and Shaft Packing maintenance and his research on current Motor Oils and their impact on your older motors. Both write-ups are very informative. I have put this under the Mechanical info page and hope Ron continues to share some more of his Campbell Boat knowledge: Click Here!

12-17-09: Thanks Butch and Debbi Locatis for pictures from this years 4 wheel adventure down to Bill Williams: Click Here!

Also big news... a new Campbell is being built. Marty and Rhinda Raymond have rented the mold from Campbell and are building a brand new 2009 Superwailer 24. Marty will send us updates so we can watch it come to life. It just came out of the mold and looks beautiful. So keep checking this link to follow the progress: Click Here!

11-15-09: Hey, we are back online, one new computer and some software upgrades later, but here it is the 2009 Regatta page: Click Here!

10-18-09: The Calander Page has been updated, so you can make plans for next years events. I have been busy and going through a computer upgrade, so the Regatta pics page is still to come!!Click Here!

08-01-09: Regatta T-Shirt Design Winner!!:Click Here!

07-11-09: Hey it's time for the Regatta!! So here is the registration form: Click Here!

05-15-09: Pictures from the 2009 Bob Whelan Memorial Spring Round-up: Click Here!

04-25-09: Here is a link to the Campbell Boat Fabrication Log. Gary McDade was nice enough to let the Fasola's make a copy of this log at the Clambake. I have converted it into a spreadsheet and eventually will get it on the site as a web page. For now here it is in PDF format for you to snoop at. I also added it to the History Page. This should answer a lot of questions about the boats. I took it verbatim, so you will see different formats on how they kept records on boats and excuse some possible misspellings, the original is in cursive handwriting. This is not the complete log, since they started building boats in 1953 and this starts in the 60's. Plus it does not include any boats built in the 80's when Campbell filed bankruptcy and the molds were sold and Campbell boats were built under other names, most notably, Beismeyer and Ralph Tito to name a few. So here you go: Click Here!

03-16-09: I have had a few requests for this, I have added a page with some logos I have generated in JPG format. These come in handy when you are re doing your interior or some other custom work on your boat and need a logo for your guy to use. I put them under the information section , but here is the link: Click Here!

03-15-09: Pictures from the 2009 Klaus' Klambake: Click Here!

01-30-09: Well we have a few things going...

1) Continual updates to the boat owners pages, always a good thing: Click Here!.

2) A few nice Campbell's for sale on the classified pages. Click Here!

3) Don't forget to mark your calendars for February 28th for Klaus Clambake, and the folks at Campbell have graciously given us access to the new Campbell shop for this annual shindig. Click Here!

4) And finally, fellow Campbell owner Ron Fasola had sent me info on his research of battery chargers that he has in his two boats. The write-up was so informative, I asked him to re-write it for general viewing.  So with great pleasure I present to you an excellent article on Battery Care and the use of Battery Chargers. I have put this under the Mechanical info page and hope Ron shares some more of his boat log: Click Here!

12-01-08: Whew ...too many boats on the boat owners page = slow to load. That is a good problem though, it means more boats registered. F.Y.I.-113 boats posted on owners pages plus 7 more that I have pictures from regatta but need owner info. So to alleviate problem I have split the pages by Boat Size: Click Here!

11-17-08: Interesting piece of history....I give you the 1986 Regatta on video: Click Here!

10-12-08: The long awaited 2008 Regatta page: Click Here!

10-09-08: Well some general updates to the Calendar page, Transom page, Boat Owners page, Links page and Classifieds page. Still need to finish 2008 Regatta Page.....slowly but surely

09-24-08: We just registered our 100th boat to the owners page!! Only 800 to go....

09-23-08: Sad News for the Campbell Owners UPDATED 10-09-08: Click Here!

06-12-08: Updated the Brochures. Thanks to Campbell owner Tom McEntire, original owner of Bittersweet and also BS Too, he had a clean set of original brochures, plus a bunch of other cool stuff I'll post later. The brochures are good since everyone wants to know specs and options about their boats: Click Here! Side note, Regatta registration information coming soon!!

05-25-08: Pictures from Campbell Day at the Chino Airshow: Click Here!

05-11-08: Added a few new areas for "vintage" pictures. Randee Huston, Bob Whelan, Cliff Lee and Steve Sipes have passed along a lot of older pictures. One area is the start of the vintage racing page: Click Here! Also added a page for vintage events, primarily older regatta pictures added to the events page: Click Here! Another added  page is for vintage Campbell Boats, some of which are still operating: Click Here! also added more miscellaneous pictures to Campbell Boats on the History drop-down. If you have any cool old vintage Campbell pictures, feel free to e-mail them to me.

05-07-08: Pictures from Spring Round-up: Click Here! Also updated a lot of Boat Owners pages with new and old pictures we have found, so check out those boats!!

03-03-08: Additional Spring Round-up and New Regatta Info: Click Here! for more information on this event. Updated the 2007 Regatta pages and added pictures, take a look! Click Here!

02-19-08: Pics from Klaus' Klambake: Click Here!

01-06-08: Happy New Year...Well we are still wrestling with the forum a little, but it is coming around..plenty of beautiful Campbell boats in the classifieds if your are looking to buy first time or add to your stable...Campbell Boats made the news at this years boat parade: Click Here to see!

12-09-07: Campbell 4 Wheel Drive Trip: Click Here!

11-11-07: Well we are getting closer to having all the pieces in place, updated Classifieds, Brochures, Site Links

10-12-07: Sad News for the Campbell Owners: UPDATED: Click Here!

9-20-07: Campbell Regatta Update on event pics Click Here!

8-22-07: Campbell makes Hot Boat.  Check out these pages from July of 07 Hot boat featuring a page  on Campbell history plus Danny Kahn's beautiful 20' Campbell and long time Campbell owner David Kahn's spectacular 32' Spectra< Click Here for article!

Site Features

Check out some of your fellow owners classic Campbell boats on the Boat Owners page: Click Here!

Looking to be a Campbell Owner, then check out some boats for sale on our Classifieds page: Click Here!

Check out our Newsletter archives for past Campbell Shoreline Newsletters: Click Here!

Looking for some history...If you have copies of old brochures, newsletters or event pictures, we sure would love to post them on this site. Please send a response to campbellboatowners@gmail.com to send electronic media or discuss what is the best way to get a copy of your items. Thanks

 

The River Metaphor  

When you set out on the boat, you leave behind the land, the tree, the bustle of community.

Your senses begin to merge with the experience of the river.

As the journey progresses, you become more and more detached from what you left behind.

And more and more immersed in the rhythm of the water.

You are floating, melting, gurgling you feel the river in your veins, your flesh, in the taste on your tongue.

In this state you and the river are one.

The boat disappears.

You are the river dancing through light, over reeds, across land.

Then, when the river finally flows into the sea, your I-ness completely disappears.

This dissolution of dichotomies.The boat, your Self, the river, the sea.

All are one

 

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