Mike Kelly, the sponsors and all the staff did an outstanding job this year. Grady fed us with great BBQ again. A SPECIAL Thanks to Sabre Sails of Ft. Walton for thier sponsorship. They realy steped up to the plate with drawing donations. Thank you for the duffle bag, (I was hopeing to win one) they're really cool. But what's really cool is winning the new set of sails ( I couldn't believe it ) for my Hobie 16.

Y'all better come to the RTI next year. It just gets better. I've been hooked for five years on this race. It's one to mark on your calender for the end of September.

Jim Gates
Ocaen Springs, MS