<div dir="ltr"><font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none">If you haven't already done so, please sign on up for this Thursday's racing --<span class=""> </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvanguard15.org%2Fschedule%2F723&h=QAQFZH8goAQHKZ6mV3g8vbxMC4cMT5U6LjV8ZYS5gyfxOZA&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span>http://vanguard15.org/</span><span class="" style="display:inline-block"></span>schedule/723</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none"><span class=""> </span>-- so Ken and Shannon know how much food to provide.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none">Should be a good night -- forecast is for a high of 70 degrees and 13 knots. We've got the Purdy's signed up to join us for the first time this season and Avery coming back from her wedding back east (congrats again!).</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline!important;float:none">Let's do everything we can to get boats on the line and finish the season strong! If you are looking for someone to sail with, here are some ideas:</span><span class="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>

<br><span>1) Sail with a TISC junior and get your worst finish converted to a first. Email Chris Childers <<a href="mailto:Chris.Childers@tisailing.org">Chris.Childers@tisailing.org</a>></span><span class="" style="display:inline-block"></span><span class=""> </span>to let him know you're interested. The TISC board of directors would like to see more juniors out on Thursdays, so you'd be doing us all a favor.<br>

<br>2) Check out our trusty crew list:<span class=""> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvanguard15.org%2Fcrew%2F&h=OAQGum0lWAQGS0Sa-dZnOCGkrIMWlAtk0VVeDEnYyCqh5xw&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none">http://vanguard15.org/crew/</a>. We've gotten six people signing up in the past month, with a full range of weights, both skippers and crews.<br>

<br>3) If you cannot make it at all, loan your boat out to some trusted friends. A few of us (Adam, Dan, myself) have done so this season. This gets more boats on the line each night. And it gets more people to try out Vanguard 15s -- and possibly decide to join the fleet.<br>

<br>And NO -- the Bay Bridge will not be closed this week. That's happening next week, so no Thursday night racing next week. Suggest you sign up for Tuesday team racing instead.<br><br></span></font><div><div dir="ltr">

<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Best regards,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Al</span></font><font><br>

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