Happy Holidays From Our Family to Yours

We have been using this space to report what Quantum Newport has accomplished in the sailing world over the last few months. However, with recently past and upcoming holidays, we've decided to take an opportunity to report about what has gone on here since Quantum Newport opened it’s doors, mid-summer of 2004. And not in the sailing arena, but on a personal level.  
   

The impetus for this is our approaching Christmas party. Collectively we have a number of rather hazy memories of Christmas parties past, which featured late night revelry and morning-after dustiness.  But over the last couple of years, our holiday party has involved less revelry and more logistics -- working around the kids' naps and bedtimes; accommodating the beverage needs of those less inclined to tie one on; offering options for the vegetarians in the group -- so this year we have settled on the civilized notion of an adults-only lunch for 15 at a somewhat fancy local restaurant.

It has certainly been a wonderful evolution!    

For those of you keeping score at home, below is a brief "geneology" of the growing Quantum Newport family.

*When the loft was started and staffed six years ago we had:              
      Married couples: 2                        
        Dave and Lana
        Randy and Kelly          
      Children: 2
        Liam, via Dave and Lana               
        Cabot, via Randy and Kelly     

*Since then we have had:         
       Weddings: 4                      
          Rob and Amy                      
          Will and Katie                      
          Zoe and Teak                      
          Alexandra and Neil          
        Additional Children: 6                      
            Tatum and Morrison via Rob and Amy
            Calan via Dave and Lana                      
            Niklas via Jenny and Lars                      
            Amelia via Alexandra and Neil                      
            Max via Zoe and Teak          
        Added Couples: 5                      
            Jenny and Lars                      
            Tim and Samantha                      
            Drew and Megan                      
            Damon and Daniela                      
            Leslie and Stu          
        Added Children: 6                      
            Timothy and Nathaniel via Tim and Samantha                   
            Liam and Olivia via Drew and Megan
            Hanalei and Pia via Leslie and Stu   

So in sum, we've gone from 2 couples and 2 kids at our inception, to 7 couples and 12 kids in our current evolution! We have always been a close-knit bunch here at Quantum and we're proud to see that in the process of becoming Newport’s premier sailmaker we have also transformed into a truly family operation.  

    Happy Holidays from Randall, Rob and Tim and all the staff here at Quantum Newport.