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<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Carisa, et. al.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
received the email below from Buzz Blackett..sent to <A
href="mailto:info@tisailing.org">info@tisailing.org</A>. his input pretty well
sums up my thoughts as well. But, I won't be as polite as
Buzz --Unless you do some major revamping, I wouldn't recommend putting it
on the Express schedule again. You guys just don't have the facilities,
frankly, to do a sail in regatta. I did go to the party
and what little food you had left was below average for regattas (and
that's not a very high standard) and the all you can drink booze thing
would have been nice, but you didn't have anything that I cared to drink (really
one choice of beer, some totally disgusting wine and rum, but the only thing to
mix with was soda water or coke, eh? whats up with that?)....sorry, if I'm being
overly direct, but I find it gets the point across a lot more clearly--I know
you had many volunteers working hard to pull this off, so I'm sorry that I have
to give you such a bad grade. 2 years ago, the party was much better...
you had good booze and lots of it... and as I recall the food was better, and
you also kindly accomodated an express meeting for us. So, I was a little
surprised at the quality of the event this time. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Oh,
and you also owe me (and I think 3 other expresses a refund on the rego fee,
since we paid YRA). Let me know if you need contact info for the expresses
need a refund.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
also bcc'd the express27 email reflector so any express can give you feedback
directly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Buzz,
sorry about all the confusion, at the eleventh-hour last week, I begain getting
conflicting emails and SIs from the TISC folks and tried to unravel the mess,
but there wasn't enough time to get word out. I did send an email out
to the fleet list, but it got stuck in the server for a day, so you proably
didn't get it till late Friday. I don't think the Saturday course
had anything to do with TISC, that was YRA and RegattaPro... so not even sure
that they had any access to TISC equipment...the whole thing was very
confusing. Good job on Sunday by the way...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mark
Lowry</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>e27
Poobah </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>_____________________________________________________________________________</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=136321306-26062007>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial>Hi. We sailed this
weekend in the Sailstice Regatta in our Express 27, New Wave. We enjoyed
the racing and appreciated all the work the TI Sailing Association did this year
and in past years hosting the regatta. I do have some suggestions,
however.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial>First, either make some
arrangements with the people in charge of the marina at the western edge of the
TI basin to offer limited overnight berthing or warn keel-boat competitors in
the NOR or SIs that you can't plan to stay in the basin overnight (or even for
the party). We planned to stay on Saturday night and go to the
party. But when I brought our boat over from Richmond on Saturday morning
to pick up crew at the guest dock, within 5 minutes the harbor master came over
to tell us there was no room and that we had to leave. (Luckily, the crew
were already on the dock.) Similarly, when we came back in after racing
and tied up at the end of the dock at the marina to use the head and drop off
the crew, we had another visit from a different harbor master telling us the
same thing. As a result of all this, I decided to take the boat back to
the docks at Richmond for Saturday night and none of us attended the
party. The harbor masters weren't rude, but they clearly didn't care at
all about the visiting sailors or the Sailstice regatta.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial>Second, give the race
committee for the Charlie Course more chase boats and man-power. We wasted
<U>at least</U> one and a half hours on Saturday between races while the
committee finished all fleets on the race course before starting the next
race. Because of the adjacent start and finish lines, the committee had
the ability to run starts while boates in other classes are
finishing. But they didn't use that ability, apparently because they
didn't have enough people on the committee boat and they didn't have the ability
to respond to the shifty breeze and move the weather mark. It was
frustrating for the competitors and, I'm sure, for the committee as well.
In any event, at least three boats in our fleet went home early, before the
third race.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=728213416-25062007><FONT face=Arial>Anyway, thanks again.
And let me know if there's some solution to the berthing problem that I
don't know about.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial>Hill Blackett, III</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial> <FONT
color=#ff0000 size=2>|</FONT><FONT size=2> Friedman Dumas & Springwater
LLP</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>150 Spear Street, Suite 1600</FONT> <FONT
color=#ff0000 size=2>|</FONT> <FONT size=2>San Francisco, CA
94105</FONT><BR><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>O</B></FONT> <FONT
size=2>415.834.3807 </FONT><B><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>M
</B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>510.917.0165</FONT><BR><B><FONT
color=#ff0000 size=2>F</B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial> <FONT
size=2>415.834.1044</FONT><BR><B><FONT size=2>hblackett@friedumspring.com</FONT>
<FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>|</B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial> </FONT><A
href="http://www.friedumspring.com/"><U><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>www.friedumspring.com</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Carisa_Harris
[mailto:carisa_harris@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 22, 2007 11:14
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Mark Lowry'; '#46 Brendan Busch';
Specforc12@aol.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Robbie Dean'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Info for
Sunday's race?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mark, Tibor and
Brendan,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There will be raft up
space at TI Marina for racing boats and there will be a watershuttle
throughout the night. The TISC docks will need to be used for Race
Committee boats, water shuttle access, and boat rides by J Boats.
Anchoring is an option that is already being used by many cruisers who
pulled in tonight. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You’ll have to tell
me over a beer why anchoring is so disliked by racing boats…. I grew up
anchoring everything from a blue jay to a swan in various harbors during large
regattas but I must be missing something! In any case, Almar (the TI
Marina) is a sponsor of the event and will do everything they can to
accommodate boats who want to raft up on the
dock.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See you
soon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> I have to get
back to work!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carisa<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Mark
Lowry [mailto:MarkELowry@comcast.net] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, June 22, 2007 9:36
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> #46 Brendan Busch;
carisa_harris@yahoo.com; Specforc12@aol.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Info for Sunday's
race?<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Importance:</SPAN></B>
High</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carisa, Brendan
--<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please note Tibor's
question below. I have heard nothing definitive about whether or not
there will be a place for the expresses to tie-up for the night. If
there is, please let Tibor know. At this point, I would expect that most
of the fleet intends to sail back to their own docks for the night.
Anyway, that is my plan. If we go to the party, we will
drive.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm sure that
anchoring for the night, as I saw suggested at one point was a non-starter
with everybody. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mark
Lowry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
Specforc12@aol.com [mailto:Specforc12@aol.com]<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, June 22, 2007 8:13
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
MarkELowry@comcast.net<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Info for Sunday's
race?</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hey
Mark,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks in advance,
for sending me info regarding Sunday's itinerary for the SUMMER
SAILSTICE.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By the way, did
Brendan Busch secure us rights for rafting at TISC's docks? I saw him
in the store a few days ago and he said he was working on that. Any,
info regarding that would be much
obliged.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tibor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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