COMMODORE’S CORNER

John Burns

captain@burnsweb.com

(904)277-0931(home)

Commodore's Report

By the time you read this the St. Augustine Cruise will be in full swing, or if you are participating in the cruise, you might not read it until the cruise is completed. In either case it is a new month and we are entering the fall sailing season. The 2007 Bikini Race was as expected very successful, and as usual we had a good turnout.

I want to thank Barbara Sokolowski and Suzanne Rudge the owners of "What's In Resale Boutique", for sponsoring the Bikini Race

As we start our fall races I am looking for other businesses to donate $100 to sponsor races. We usually get them publicity in the paper and hopefully our members will frequent their businesses. The sponsorship money is used to offset some of our expenses. If anyone has ideas, please let me know. I am still after the two mills to sponsor races as they have done in the past, but it seems all our contacts have moved on.

There are three club races and one interclub race left for the year.

Although not scheduled, if someone wants to organize an anchor out at Cumberland please let me know. It could be a day or an overnight event.

We will shortly be publicizing the Christmas Party and will start collecting money in October. We have booked the place and live entertainment that I am certain you will like. More on that at the next meeting.

See you at the meeting on Tuesday September 4th

John

VICE COMMODORE

Charlie Steinkamp

steiny1642@aol.com

(904) 261-5213 (home)

(304) 583-3156 (cell)

Nothing to Report

REAR COMMODORE:

Joe Blanchard

jlblan2@bellsouth.net

(904) 277-4257 (day)

(904) 753-1007 (cell)

The Scuttlebutt is placed on the website each month and past issues are archived to that site. The Scuttlebutt is also e-mailed to each member who has submitted an e-mail address. A few hard copies of the Scuttlebutt are available at the meetings. The Membership list is located on the website. Also, check out the very helpful links on the website. If any club member has Cruise Reports, Photographs, or any other items of interest for our Scrapbook please send them to me or log onto the website Bulletin Board area and add them yourself. If you change your e-mail address, please let me know. Also note there is a new calendar on the website.

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TREASURER:

Roger Henderson

rog_wan@bellsouth.net

(904) 277-3499 (home)

(904) 753-2260 (cell)

The Amelia Island Sailing Club treasury currently has $4,276. All the Poker Run bills are paid. I am doing so well at this treasury “stuff”, I may ask for a raise. LOL

Roger Henderson

Treasurer

Just Cruisin’

Butch Beard

wgbeard@yahoo.com

(904) 491-0755 (home)

(904) 281-1990 (work)

(904) 206-0668 (cell)

Cruisers,

Colder weather is coming. It is time to think about an anchor-out. Cumberland is always a great place. Close by and convenient for fast and slow alike. September and October always seem to fill up fast, so we better make some plans. Near full moon cruises present some of the best opportunities in that we can visit on other boats and yet still see the way back via dinghy. The 22nd of September will give us a lot of moon light. Please check your calendars and let's talk about it at the Sept meeting.

Cruising Butch in the CheeseBoat

Race Committee

Scott Inglis

inglisarts@joimail.com

(904) 491-1713 (home)

(904) 556-9378 (cell)

Hello race fans, well we had a nice start to our fall race season. We had the Bikini Race on Aug 07. We had nine boat sign up to race. 3rd went to John Burns of Mast Confusion. 2nd went to Butch Beard of Cheese Boat. 1st went to Tom Mason and his ringer crew of Baby Blooz. Great job to all the ladies who manned the helm and didn't choke/drown their captains. We had good wind and it made for a full day of sailing. Our next race is Sept 15th, so come out and enjoy the fun. That’s all for now, Later, Scott

Florida - Georgia Race - October 2007

Race day is set! Come one, come all! The Florida - Georgia race for this fall is set for October 20. I will be sending the forms to you in a couple of days. Be sure you return the forms by the specified date if you are ordering shirts.

Short and sweet, more to follow in a couple of days. Please be sure to forward this to anyone I missed, and all the Georgia fans.