<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162">#1 fleet,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162">Yesterday was a magical day for J/24 racing, the participation was substantial, the air was warm, dry and moving swiftly. 7 boats enjoyed 7 thrilling races of W2's and 3's using blades. I assume everyone felt great to have used the smaller sail at the end of the day, I know I did. Bernie claimed he couldn't stop saying "This is just the greatest day of sailing", we couldn't agree more. Although I felt the same about last July's Rumble, where we had 7 boats and 9 races, that was pretty spectacular as well.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_146100"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162">I would like to thank our teams; Hellfire, Context, Redcoat, Kattack, Motorhome, Danger and Bubbles.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162">Thank you Eric Christenson for making an exceptional potato salad, Bernie for providing both a ham and several excellent sides. Barb and Jeff helped tend bar, and Jake carved the ham. It's these efforts that make us a special fleet.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162">The top three boats won Bourbon gift boxes and everyone else earned a bottle of wine.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr">If you were not able to attend, I'm sorry you missed it. Please make sure you block out August 16, our final Rumble of the year; send your crew an email now, so they plan it as well. We will have drinks, food and prizes again, since it was such a success. Bubbles we be there, Terry is working out his NA team, hope to see you as well.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr">Regards</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr">SPD</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1437429127325_145162" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>