<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div class="" role="presentation" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_19712" style="cursor: pointer; padding-top: 10px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="" role="presentation" style="top: 19px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20462"><br></div><div class="" role="presentation" style="top: 19px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20462"> Racers,</div><div class="" role="presentation" style="top: 19px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20462"><br></div></div><div class="" role="presentation" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15611" aria-labelledby="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15611 " tabindex="0" style="margin: 4px 26px 0px 27px; word-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="" tabindex="0" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15704" style="display: table; width: 823px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; background-color: inherit;"><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15703" style="display: table-cell; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div id="yiv9309923376" class=""><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15702" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_19708" class="">We are looking for a replacement team to race Sonars, Melges 20 and next year a Swan 42. It would be fun to represent our great Midwest club. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_19707" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20477" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15701" class="">WYC was awarded a spot in the NYYC Resolute Cup, which is in Newport, RI last September (see <a rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://nyyc.org/yachting/invitational-cup/2016-resolute-cup" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15725" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">http://nyyc.org/yachting/invitational-cup/2016-resolute-cup</a>). </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15724" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20482" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15723" class="">Joshua Bone, who originally submitted the application, is unable to participate, and WYC either needs to find a replacement team, or withdraw from the regatta. Unfortunately, we are at a point where the participant would need to pay $4,500 by <span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20485">Friday</span>. <br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20487" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20489" class=""></div>If anyone has any interest, please direct your questions to Beth Frampton.<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_15722" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_20492" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457477933733_19722" dir="ltr" class="">Best,</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>