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United States Power Squadrons®
Anna Maria Island Sail & Power Squadron
®
The Bearing
America’s Boating Club® for the Bradenton Area
Commander Janet Razze, AP September 2019
Dear AMISPS Members,
It is a pleasure and honor to EVENTS CALENDAR
serve you as we gear up for
5 SEP - Members’ Meeting 5:30 @ Tide Tables
another season. I sincerely hope Hosts: Patti & Bob Fraser
everyone had a wonderful (603) 988-9328
summer. The rain in our area put
9 SEP - ABC Course Begins *
a real stop to boating. At one point, I thought it wouldn’t
be surprising if the USCG considered putting cans and 12 SEP - Brunch Bunch 9:30am - Judy’s
Host: Pat Laney (941) 795-2964
nuns down the road to get to Publix.
The squadron was very active this summer, regardless of 12 SEP - On-The-Water Class starts *
the crazy weather. We sponsored two training sessions for 18 SEP - Clubhouse Work Party 9:00am
the “How’s the Bay Today?” research. With the help of 21 SEP - C&R 11:30 @ Shore Longboat Key
volunteers our squadron covered many sectors from Hosts: Joanne & Larry Wilhelm
Sarasota Bay to Anna Maria Island Sound including Palma (941) 383-3485
Sola Bay. We didn’t find as much as in previous years but 26 SEP - Executive Committee Meeting 6:30pm
we did see indicators of our local waters starting to “heal”
after the Red Tide. Snorkeling was not easy, since the * Call 941-792-0394 to register
rains made the water murky. We will continue to assist
Sarasota Bay Watch with the release of live clams and number of summer rentals in addition to the church
scallops later this autumn. and S&D of Italy. Thank you, Danny Wood for
We had a lot of classes this summer. More than I can spending so much time showing the building,
remember for the summer months. We had sessions in negotiating contracts and opening/closing the rental
June, July and August. We are already getting registrations events. We already booked some big price rentals for
for September and November classes. It seems that the the autumn. Our building is generating money for us.
improved economy is enabling more people to purchase We are able to accomplish this due to the assistance
boats. We also have a few new members as a result of our of our members who volunteer to care for the
classes, so please help support and assist these new building once a month. Please remember to thank
boaters. Also, congratulations to David Haddox, one of Gary Razze for mowing the lawn (even in swamped
our new instructors who will be starting to teach shortly. conditions), Joanne Wilhelm, Cliff Root, Janet Razze
We tried as many raft-offs as the weather allowed. We and David Haddox for helping with general cleaning;
kept our Cruise and Rendezvous active with boating and David Haddox, Gary Razze and Larry Wilhelm for
activities and only had to cancel one C&R due to the doing some general repairs. Larry did some painting
weather/flooding. We delighted in finding another great as well. We now go to Judy’s Restaurant after our
place to have C&Rs. Eliza Ann’s Kitchen in Holmes Beach - Work Parties. Please consider helping once a month.
very boater friendly with easy docking. If we have just 4-5 people show up, we are finished
What fun we had with some special summer events! The in an hour.
Sunset Cruise on the Anna Maria Princess Paddle Boat Things you may notice in the building. Our red and
was fun and we all went across the street to the Moose green lights are now working on each side of the
afterward for nightcaps. The 3-night flotilla trip to gate. Nighttime visitors will be guided into our
Cabbage Key was a lot of fun! We are thinking of making property by “lateral markers.” The light on the front
this an annual event so keep it in mind when planning porch lights up some of the parking lot for better
your summer vacations! safety. Thank you, Larry! Our private squadron
Our building rentals were active this summer. We had a kitchen materials (center island & cabinet with paper
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Anna Maria Island Sail & Power Squadron D-22
A Unit of the United States Power Squadrons®
®
1200 71st Street NW, Bradenton, Florida 34209 941-792-0394
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE September 2019 ~ Issue 7 The Bearing
1/Lt Larry Wilhelm, S Editor (941)383-3485
2019 Bridge ljwilhelm1@verizon.net
Commander Cdr Janet Razze, AP 941-761-1860
Get A Safety Check!
Exec Ofc Lt/C Mark Kruger, S 262-617-9636 To schedule your complimentary VSC,
Admin Ofc Lt/C Lawrence Wilhelm, S 941-383-3485 please contact any of the examiners
listed below:
Education Ofc P/C Clifford Root, SN 941-383-1269
AMISPS Vessel Safety Check Team
Treasurer Lt/C Gary Razze, AP 941-761-1860
Janet Razze 941-761-1860 jrazze@aol.com
Secretary Lt/C Joanne Wilhelm, S 941-383-3485 Gary Razze 941-761-1860 grazze@aol.com
Tony Rizzotti 603-303-093 Tony1950R@gmail.com
Past Commander Barry Fenstermacher 610-360-7588
Past Cdr P/C Jim Charney, P 847-217-0738 muffster11@gmail.com
Richard Graven 717 377-8114 graven12@aol.com
Members-At-Large Bob Fraser 603-988-9328 rfraser34@yahoo.com
Lt/C Reynald C. Kotlarek, AP 941-778-4497 F. Jay Winters 941-758-6199 wintersfj@gmail.com
Mark Krueger 262-617-9636 mark.jan@att.net
Lt Richard G. Graven, AP 717-377-8114 Alice French 719-238-0087
alicefrenchis@yahoo.com
Lt/C Lori Fenstermacher, S 610-442-9390 David French 941-592-5230
dmfrenchsr@yahoo.com
David Haddox 941-705-4338 kayakmd@gmail.com
SM
The Bearing is published 10 times annually. Members are encouraged to submit articles for publication.
Deadline for submission is the 10th of the preceding month. Send articles, comments, and suggestions to the
editor, Larry Wilhelm — email: ljwilhelm1@verizon.net
AMISPS Website — http://www.usps.org/localusps/annamaria
Regular Meeting Dates:
General Meeting - Usually the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:00pm. Pot Luck meal begins at
6:00pm. Meeting begins at 7:00pm.
Executive Bridge — Usually meets on last Thursday of the month at 6:30pm. Members are welcome to attend.
Advertise in The Bearing:
We can list “classified advertisements” for our members in good standing. Advertise your boat for sale,
boating or fishing equipment, or other items you want to sell or give away for free. List your name, contact
information (phone or email) and a brief description of the item(s). Each ad is limited to 200 characters. We
ask for a $10 donation by check written out to AMISPS. We can also do local businesses ads. Ads should be
the size of a business card and be sent to us electronically. Donations for a one-month ad is $20 per issue or
$100 for ten issues. We will reserve the right to refuse business ads not appropriate, etc. Monthly deadlines
are on the 10th of each month. The Bearing is not published in July or August. Ads are not secured unless
payment is received by the 10th of the month. Checks to be written out to AMISPS.
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goods) are now kept under lock & key so that “renters” don’t use our personal stuff. The single key which works
all of the locks is hidden, where it was always hidden, so every member can get into these cabinets when they
arrive. If you don’t know where it was hidden, just ask. Thank you, David! Replacement of the small room
blinds will be accomplished shortly to help the instructors make the room darker for the projector. We will be
refreshing our front “boat shaped” sign. We are waiting for the rains and heat to calm down before tackling that
project.
I spent the summer arranging everything for our one and only fundraiser. Our fashion show will be Thursday,
March 19, 2020. It is all ready to go! All letters, documents, contracts, etc., are done! Yippee! Please, make
sure you have these dates on your calendar. We need everyone’s assistance – men and women.
2020 Fashion Show Dates for your calendars:
March 5 – 9am to 1pm – Basket Assembly Day #1. All donations to arrive by 9:15am.
March 6 – 9am until done and cleaned up – Basket Assembly Day #2
March 13 – Fashion Show Work Day to staple programs, make nameplates, etc. 9:30am
March 17 – Model fitting day at Irene’s Resort Wear. Contact Janet to schedule your time.
March 19 – FASHION SHOW! All Hands-on Deck!
March 27 – Fashion Show Wine & Cheese Celebration for all those who helped with the fashion show hosted by
the Razzes’. Announcement of profits, etc., and just have some fun. You bring NOTHING. Razzes’ treat for your
hard work.
On behalf of the entire AMISPS Bridge, we look forward to seeing our northern friends
safely return and our year-rounders resume the fun we will continue to enjoy!
Happy and Safe Boating!
Sincerely,
Commander Janet Razze, AP
EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lt/C Mark Kruger, S
Greetings from the Smoky Mountains!
We are pointed south after a 2 month trip to Minnesota and Wisconsin to visit family and
friends. While in Milwaukee we were able to navigate Lake Michigan in our sons new boat,
a 29 ft. Carver. When we docked I ask where the fresh water flush hose connection was.
Greetings
Our son gave me from the
strange lookSmoky
and “Dad,Mountains!
Lake Michigan is fresh water. Remember you did
live here for 60 years. Jan and I also visited the replica of Noah’s Arc in Kentucky, so boating
was always on our minds.
Pleased to read about the number of students that have taken the ABC course. Can’t wait to get back and
help out as an instructor.
Looking forward to a great fall season. Mark
ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Lt/C Lawrence Wilhelm, S
And so passes another summer. This was a rather hot and rainy summer, especially in
August, and it limited the range of boating on our new boat. Even squeaking in a few hours
to anchor somewhere and relax became a bit dicey. To help deal with the summer rains,
we’ll anchor near Longboat Pass, which is only 3 miles from home. From there we have
always made it home before the rains hit. Usually they’re coming up from the south and we
can time it to get to our dock ahead of them. Not this season! It only happened once but
boy, did we get slammed! But then again, I never considered myself a ‘fair weather sailor.’
Here’s hoping you enjoyed your summer and may we stay dry (or at least drier) for the rest of the year.
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EDUCATION OFFICER P/C Clifford Root, SN
September Boating Classes
America’s Boating Course (ABC) starts September 9.
Classes meet every Monday and Wednesday night for five nights, 6:30PM – 9:30PM.
Costs - $55/person or $85 for two people sharing one manual.
On-the-Water Boating Class
In partnership with Freedom boat Club, two hours classroom training and four hours building basic
maneuvering skills at the helm of a 20’-23’outboard.
Classroom session – Thursday, Sept. 12, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
On-the-Water class – Friday, Sept. 13, 10:00 M – 2:00 PM.
Cost s- $125/person or $230/couple.
Prereqs: ABC course plus 2 hour class and 21+ years old. Please call 941-383-1269 to register for the above
classes. Check or cash please, no credit cards. . Cliff
GET A SQUADRON NAMETAG: Contact Gary Razze
grazze@aol.com (941) 761-1860 with how you
want your name badge to read – he will tell you It’s The Brunch Bunch!
how much it is and when to send him a check. The Join the ladies for their next monthly
badge will be delivered to you at the next event. meeting, on second Thursdays, 9:30am
Badges are available in magnet only. Wear your at: Judy’s Restaurant,
name badge often and everywhere and network. 9516 Cortez Rd. (Mt Vernon Plaza)
Please RSVP Pat Laney by calling
Americas B. Club (941) 795-2964 or email hpstick@aol.com.
Bring your appetite (just not your husband)
AMISPS
Show them
how much
fun
For The Bradenton Area membership
Bring a friend to the is!
next squadron event!
https://smile.amazon.com
Did you know? You can access all Shop on SMILE & they will donate .5% of the
your USPS Member Benefits at: purchase price to the squadron. If you’re new to
www.usps.org/national/admin dept/ SMILE, you will be prompted to “Select a Charity”.
membenefits.htm Search by typing ‘Untied States Power Squadrons’.
Scroll & select ‘Longboat Key, Fl’ ~ that’s where
our non-profit status is registered. And thanks!
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Release Your Inner Pirate!
Come celebrate national “Talk Like A Pirate Day”
With your host: Larry ‘Rum & Strum’ Wilhelm
at the Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club, Holmes Beach.
Come by land or sea & revel in all things pirate!
Prizes for best pirate outfit & best pirate voice.
Sing some pirate shanties & try some special pirate rum drinks.
All happening Thursday, September 19th 1:00
Carl Beetle built the first fiberglass boat in 1947. Since its
introduction, literally millions and millions of fiberglass boats
have been built. They can easily last for over 50 years. So what to do with the old fiberglass boats that are no
longer in service? It costs approximately $20 million to recycle about 1500 boats! Even worse, recycled
fiberglass makes a poor material for new boats. However, in Europe a movement is underway to use ground
fiberglass as a reinforcement in cement instead of the traditional rebar. A research company, called Rhode
Island Sea Grant, is looking into adapting similar technology in the United States.
For The Bradenton Area
CRUISE & RENDEZVOUS (C&R’s) 2019
Please sign up to be a host/hostess—it involves reserving the restaurant, greeting
people, handling out tickets for door prize (provided). 50/50 will be done by another
volunteer. C&R’s begin @ 1130 hours. Contact Larry Wilhelm to be a host.
9/21 ~ Shore Longboat Key 800 Broadway St, Longboat Key
Hosts: Joanne & Larry Wilhelm 941-383-3485
10/19 ~ Caddy’s At The Pointe 801 Riverside Dr E, Bradenton (941) 708-3777
HOST: OPEN
11/16 ~ Riverside Cafe 955 Riverside Dr, Palmetto (941) 729-4402
Hosts: Barb & Ren Kotlarek 941-778-4497
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The following work was inspired by a book I found in our library entitled, A Dictionary For
Landlubbers, Old Salts & Armchair Drifters by Henry Beard & Roy McKie. I will add it to The
Bearing in installments. There are a couple of definitions that I copied right from their book
because their definition was short and spot on. However, given my propensity for word-smithing,
I couldn’t help but condense, rework, redefine and add to their definitions. I also came up with a
few myself. The next time your cable goes out, you might pass the time by doing a one-for-one
bump of their work against mine and you’ll see how I think. But just remember, I didn’t get the
moniker ‘Scary Larry’ for no reason. Enjoy.
The Drifty Dock Master's Dictionary
“Abarf” – This is the modern, abbreviated term for ‘Mal de Mer’, which, in turn, is French for
‘chumming’.
“Abash” – What two boats do when they get too close to one another.
“Alcohol Stove” – Used by boat owners, along with a valid insurance policy, for converting their
boat into a liquid asset.
“Amuck” – A condition related to being ‘Awhiff’, where your boat is no longer moving.
“Annual Haul-Out” – An annual procedure during which anything on a ship’s hull or in the owner’s
wallet, is delicately removed by marine professionals.
“Auxiliary” – A descriptive adjective used to describe anything that is in the way when not
needed and missing when it is.
“Awhiff” – The condition caused by cruising through a confined area at low tide.
“Aye-Aye” – The-the somewhat-somewhat redundant-redundant nautical-nautical term-term for-
for saying-saying “yes”. It was first approved for use by the British Department of
Redundancy Department in the Year of Our Lord, 1642, or maybe 1642.
“Bar” – A long, low-lying navigational hazard usually composed of sand or mahogany, around which
a large number of sailors may become stuck.
“Barometer” – A device used by sailors, along with high winds, dark skies, heavy rain and a severe
ship’s roll, to indicate the presence of a storm.
“Bell Buoy” – The guy who carries your luggage to your room.
“Bimini Shower” – A type of nautical shower which uses very little water by dumping the over-
night accumulated rain water on your Bimini top all over you.
“Boat Charter” – The clueless landlubber’s way of going out on a boat, sometimes known as the
‘Aweigh-For-Pay’ scam. Practitioners can be identified by their distinctive call, “Well, Hello
Sailor!”
“Boat Hook” – The catchy, repeating part of a sea shanty.
“Boating Etiquette” – A set of unwritten laws which govern the use of hand gestures between
the captains of passing boats.
“Boom” – A laterally mounted pole which is used to deploy sails. Its name derives from the
distinctive sound ones hears when it whacks you on the head.
“Brig” – A nonsensical nautical term for a boat’s jail. May be Neolithic in origin.
“Brigantine” – A sailor who has spent a lot of time in the brig, sometimes used interchangeably
with Neanderthal.
“Bulkhead” – 1. A vertical internal structure of a boat 2. The horizontal internal pain of a
hungover sailor.
“Buoy” – A navigational aid, usually described as ‘a fuzzy black shape on the horizon’.
“Burdened Vessel” – A term for the boat which, after a collision, turns out to not have had the
right-of-way.
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Here’s What’s Happening at Our Upcoming Members’ Meetings:
Thursday, September 5th: Our September meeting is the last second of our ‘summer’ schedule and will be
held at Tide Tables in Cortez. The meeting is hosted by Patti & Bob Fraser (603) 988-9328.
We need you to host our monthly members’ meeting! It’s simple and you’ll have lots of help.
Contact Larry Wilhelm at: ljwilhelm1@verizon.net or call 941-383-3485 for more info about what it takes.
Here’s who’s on-board so far:
October 3rd - Hosts: OPEN
November 7th - Ren & Barb Kotlarek
Notes: May - September meetings at restaurants: No speaker. No Members’ Meeting in December.
Currently, there are no Off-The-Water Events scheduled.
If you would like to be our new Off-The-Water Event Co-coordinator, or if you have an
idea for a place you’d like to see us go, please contact Janet Razze or Larry Wilhelm
and we’ll be happy to assist you in getting started.
SM
XO Mark Kruger
visit’s Kentucky’s
Noah’s Ark
attraction.
I guess everyone’s
in the boat!
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Have silly jokes or sayings to share ?
Please forward them to me at
ljwilhelm1@verizon.net.
This month’s joke was
supplied by: Larry Wilhelm
Today’s Gentle Thought...
GET SQUADRON EMBROIDERY for your apparel at
Manatee Apparel Graphics, 1130 9th St W,
Bradenton. Call (941) 746-6353 for hours. 1 item is
$14, 2 to 5 articles are $12 each, 6 to 11 articles $9
each. If you purchase an item there, 1 item is $12, 2
to 5 items are $9 each and 6 to 11 items are $9
each, plus the cost of the item itself.
Note: if using a dark blue clothing, tell them to do
the Navy blue in white thread instead!
“Believe me, my young friend,” said Water Rat,
“There is nothing, ~ ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ~
half so much worth doing as simply
messing about in boats.”
~ from The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Sayings From The Sea
“Fly-By-Night” – to replace large
sails with small sails at night
which require less attention. Now
the term means a thing less
complicated and more temporary.
Squadron clean-ups are scheduled
for the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
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