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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I have personally replied the below to the Capri email list and hope that I have not misrepresented comments about our Sonar fleet members.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">This is Chuck Bangasser responding to yesterday's comments about the Sonar fleet. About 7 yrs ago when I joined WYC I was considering joining the Capri fleet so I signed up for your email list and have continued to be on it. I was very disturbed reading the recent comments and have forwarded them to our Sonar fleet email list. I tell you this because your comments do NOT reflect the feelings of most ALL Sonar fleet members. We highly respect the Capri fleet as you have always been a very hard working, fun loving fleet and many of us have participated in your past regattas. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We should all be very proud to be part of WYC and the last thing that any of us want is any dissention with other fleets. Our last year Star of the North regatta was not without conflict within our own fleet as this was our first attempt at a "national regatta" which your Capri fleet has very successfully conducted many times. Most important is the fact that if anyone in our fleet, either last year or this year, has excluded or ignored efforts or comments from anyone in your fleet I personally apologize and I know I can speak for most all of our fleet. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Comments yesterday included statements about the Capri rights and feelings from other fleets on the race course. Yes, I must admit times of frustration where we were covered by a Capri at a mark rounding. Your boats are larger with significant sail area and at times somewhat slower. We all compete on the race course and feel frustration when anything beyond our control affects our performance. However, please don't extrapolate that others don't want Capris on the race course. We all should be proud to be part of WYC and value all the fleets in our club.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Our fleet captain, Mary Fossen, will be contacting your fleet captain to discuss these issues. I have talked with several other Sonar members and your recent comments do not reflect the feeling of most all our members. Please allow us to discuss and resolve these problems before they cause any further damage between our fleets.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chuck Bangasser</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>