Exec Producer Kim Castro retires from Sonalysts

Onkel Neal · 11-30-11, 02:18 PM

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I am retiring from Sonalysts after more than 33 years. Today is my last day. It has been a pleasure and a privilege working with you.

Kim was a rock, a great friend and tireless champion of serious, high fidelity modern warfare simulations. Kim, you will be missed, but I wish you the best in retirement.

Sea Demon · 11-30-11, 03:07 PM

Thanks for bringing such excellent modern naval sims to the market place. Your work has brought me many hours of enjoyment.

I hope you have a great retirement.

elanaiba · 11-30-11, 03:51 PM

Thank you for your work, sir!

I've always been fascinated by your games. A couple of us played them in the office - sub vs sub in Dangerous waters is always fun! Great learning experience, one that makes me humble to be honest.

Hat off!

Dan Dimitrescu
ex-Ubisoft Romania - SH3/4/5

nikimcbee · 11-30-11, 05:29 PM

Congrats Kim

Thanks for the tour at the subsim meet. We all had a great time there.

FERdeBOER · 11-30-11, 05:30 PM

Thank You for all!!

Zander · 12-01-11, 01:13 AM

Let me add well wishes and all the best. I just wish you would have given
us a little more of your incredible creations to enjoy.
A die hard DW fan

Arlo · 12-01-11, 02:01 AM

Sledgehammer427 · 12-01-11, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Congrats Kim

Thanks for the tour at the subsim meet. We all had a great time there.

+1!

TLAM Strike · 12-01-11, 09:21 PM

Thanks very much for your hard work bringing us some fantastic Subsims!

Takeda Shingen · 12-02-11, 11:37 AM

Kim Castro you were, and are, a class act. You made the Janes and Sonalysts labels the first name in naval combat simulation. You will surely be missed.

Theta Sigma · 12-02-11, 09:34 PM

Thank you for your contribution, and enjoy your retirement.

Enigma65 · 12-13-11, 10:35 AM

Thank you so much for the wonderful naval simulations you allowed me to enjoy. I've gotten years of enjoyment from them and they are still going strong. Congradulations on your retirement and have fun. Good luck to you.

Hawk66 · 12-14-11, 02:08 PM

I also wanna thanks Kim. Without his work/Sonalysts there would be no high-fidelity sim of modern naval platforms.

I've played a lot of sims in my life but no sim has fascinated me like Dangerous Waters and it is still the only sim, which I spend modding and gaming currently.

0rpheus · 12-14-11, 03:30 PM

I've just started on Dangerous Waters and am loving it, so thanks Kim and all the best!

Skywolf · 12-19-11, 12:21 AM

Congrat's your retirement and THANK YOU for all you have done. I've enjoyed Janes 688i since it first came out (still have the original manual) and all the subsequent variations, and love playing Dangerous Waters. Enjoy your well earned rest.

Thank you again for everything

Peace,
Joel

11-30-11, 03:51 PM	#3
elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	Thank you for your work, sir! I've always been fascinated by your games. A couple of us played them in the office - sub vs sub in Dangerous waters is always fun! Great learning experience, one that makes me humble to be honest. Hat off! Dan Dimitrescu ex-Ubisoft Romania - SH3/4/5 __________________ With strength I burn...

11-30-11, 05:29 PM	#4
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Congrats Kim Thanks for the tour at the subsim meet. We all had a great time there. __________________

11-30-11, 05:30 PM	#5
FERdeBOER XO Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 431 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 1	Thank You for all!! __________________ Hay dos tipos de buques: los submarinos... y los blancos. There are two types of ships: the subs... and the targets.

12-01-11, 02:01 AM	#7
Arlo The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 214 Uploads: 0	__________________ -Arlo

12-01-11, 09:21 PM	#9
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Thanks very much for your hard work bringing us some fantastic Subsims! __________________

11-30-11, 03:07 PM	#2
Sea Demon Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,552 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Thanks for bringing such excellent modern naval sims to the market place. Your work has brought me many hours of enjoyment. I hope you have a great retirement.

12-01-11, 01:13 AM	#6
Zander A-ganger Join Date: May 2009 Location: nach Deutschland Posts: 75 Downloads: 346 Uploads: 0	Let me add well wishes and all the best. I just wish you would have given us a little more of your incredible creations to enjoy. A die hard DW fan

12-02-11, 11:37 AM	#10
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Kim Castro you were, and are, a class act. You made the Janes and Sonalysts labels the first name in naval combat simulation. You will surely be missed.

12-02-11, 09:34 PM	#11
Theta Sigma Seabed Comber Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NorthEast Posts: 349 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Thank you for your contribution, and enjoy your retirement. __________________

12-13-11, 10:35 AM	#12
Enigma65 Sailor man Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 45 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Thank you so much for the wonderful naval simulations you allowed me to enjoy. I've gotten years of enjoyment from them and they are still going strong. Congradulations on your retirement and have fun. Good luck to you. __________________ It was on high counsel I once heard given to a young person, always do what you are afraid to do. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-14-11, 02:08 PM	#13
Hawk66 Commodore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 609 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I also wanna thanks Kim. Without his work/Sonalysts there would be no high-fidelity sim of modern naval platforms. I've played a lot of sims in my life but no sim has fascinated me like Dangerous Waters and it is still the only sim, which I spend modding and gaming currently.

12-14-11, 03:30 PM	#14
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 857 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	I've just started on Dangerous Waters and am loving it, so thanks Kim and all the best!

12-19-11, 12:21 AM	#15
Skywolf Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 10 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Best Wishes, God Speed, and Many Thanks Congrat's your retirement and THANK YOU for all you have done. I've enjoyed Janes 688i since it first came out (still have the original manual) and all the subsequent variations, and love playing Dangerous Waters. Enjoy your well earned rest. Thank you again for everything Peace, Joel __________________ Skywolf