It is always good to hear remembrances of Cruisers Net’s founder, Claiborne Young, because he is with us on every page of his website and it is still hard to believe that he is gone. See Remembering Claiborne, 1951-2014. Thank you Bob Kish!

To Whom it May Concern,
Just learned of Claiborne’s passing. My wife has been battling brain cancer for 10 years now and we have not been boating for several years. We purchased our first larger 32′ power boat in September 2014 after much research in books and the internet. At one point several months before our purchase I reached out to Claiborne to get his thoughts on some of the boat brands and models we were considering. Much to my surprise he called the phone number I provided and I almost fell out of my chair when he said who was calling.
Claiborne was such a warm and thoughtful individual and we were so thankful he took the time to help us through the decision making process. My guess is he’s probably done this dozens if not hundreds of times for other boaters like us. I didn’t realize at the time I spoke with him that he had recently lost Karen, his “first rate first mate”. Please extend my condolences to his family and let them know how many lives he touched.
Unfortunately my wife enjoyed our boat for only a couple of years before she became too ill to go to boating.
We have Claiborne to thank for not waiting to long to make our next purchase and losing this last opportunity. Sincerely, Bob Kish