[J24 ListSrv] Please welcome Terre Heiser, Deb Heiser and Gary Mattson to Fleet #1.

[sean delaney]

You said it Randy, the new team is super stoked to join up, great seeing those smiles and hearing the enthusiasm.Welcome!
Randy and Jane, it was a pleasure having dignified competitors in the fleet, you brought so much. I'll never forget racing and hanging with you in Chicago, one of my most memorable regattas, almost won it too. I'm sure you have a great relief knowing it went to a good new team. You guys worked hard for a long slog in the preeminent fleet, you deserve to kick back in the 22's for a while. I'll be in 22's some as well, it should ease your transition. 
Congrats to everyone, this was not easy, but it worked out great.
Best
Sean 
 

    On Friday, April 29, 2016 7:59 AM, Randy via J24 <j24 at lists.wyc.org> wrote:
 

 <!--#yiv3599847541 _filtered #yiv3599847541 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv3599847541 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv3599847541 {font-family:"Century Gothic";panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}#yiv3599847541 #yiv3599847541 p.yiv3599847541MsoNormal, #yiv3599847541 li.yiv3599847541MsoNormal, #yiv3599847541 div.yiv3599847541MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv3599847541 .yiv3599847541MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv3599847541 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv3599847541 div.yiv3599847541WordSection1 {}-->I would like to strongly recommend the membership of Terre & Deb Heiser and Gary Mattson to J/24 Fleet #1.  Last night at the New Crew Social, they became the new owners of VooDoo, USA5136.  I have seldom seen such enthusiasm for jumping into a new program as I have seen in these folks; downright giddy.  As Jane put it, we have had the opportunity to spread the love of sailing to people that are truly excited about getting involved in the sport.  These folks are going to be good for the fleet.    We are so excited for them!  That all being said, I want to thank all our crews and all those in the fleet who supported us over the years.  They say the day you buy and sell your boat is the happiest… I have to tell you that it is so far from the truth.  We have had so many good memories with that program and so many successes.  VooDoo is where our, my, sailing program came to life.  Before VooDoo, I always wanted to have a competitive team and through the years on 5136 we had a great group that made all that happen … to our crew, our team from over the last 10 years, we thank you so much:  JaneE, Mike Miller, Roy, Matt, Jenn, Paul, Mike Shane, Jay Cornea, Dave, Steve, Eric Stadsvold, Bill, Aussie John, John Pearson, Val, Aaron, Matt Resch, Kim, Kris, Hans, Sean, Greg, Erik Pederson, Dane, Robin, Judy, Jake, Chad, Mark, J.R, Jason, Chad, Kristen, Gustavo (G-Man!) and so many others … you are the best!  We will miss J/24 Fleet 1 and wish the best for your growth and success.  We believe we left you and VooDoo in good hands.  Again, thank you for letting us get involved in growing the fleet.  End of an era … see you all from the rails of a J/22.    Randy S. Gould
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