Volume -- VI  Issue – 2                          District--8  Flotilla--39                                        February 2002

 

 

Successful Rotator Cuff Surgery

I would like to say a big thank you to the flotilla for the beautiful flowers they sent me for my surgery and hospital stay.   It was a surprise when they arrived and it put a big smile on my face.  (Which hasn’t seen too many smiles lately)

 

Thanks for thinking of me.  

Maryanne Worley

 

 

Sweetgum Decommissioned

 

After 58 years of service, the Coast Guard cutter Sweetgum has been decommissioned and transferred to the Panamanian government.  See the full story in the February 16^th issue of the Mobile Register or go to : http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/news/10138545362659447.xml

 

New Dauphin Island SARDAT Dedication

February 19, 2002

The new Dauphin Island SARDAT facility will be dedicated on February 19^th.  Dignitaries will include Congressman Sonny Callahan.  If anyone has a picture of the new facility please forward it to me.

Vessel Examination

Ken MacRae

     I had a unique phone call a couple of weeks ago.  A man called me from the Alabama Coastal Fishermen Association and asked if we gave talks on safe boating.  I assured him that we would be glad to talk to his group.  He then asked if we would check their boats for safety equipment!  After I recovered my voice I said we sure would.  We arranged that I would attend their next club meeting March 7,2002 and explain our Safe Boating Program and that we would have several Vessel Examiners available at the weigh in on March 23, 2002 when any member who wished to have a safety check of their boat could do so. Final details will have to be worked out but it will be a good opportunity for our new examiners to get their feet wet.  More later on this. 

     I hope when you are in our booth at the Boat Show that you will tell the crowd just when and where they can get their boat checked.  Information will be there on time and location.

     If you haven't got your own vessel inspected please call me and we will arrange to do it as soon as possible.  Time is running short.

 

Flotilla 39 Web Page

Mark DeVoe

What do you want on Flotilla 39’s web page?  I found out that I volunteered to publish this flotilla’s web page this year.  Please send me any ideas on what you would like to see on our web page.  I will definitely move the Driftwords archive to the new page, but other than that it’s wide open (except for some restrictions the Auxiliary places on me). 

 

If you have any pictures that show us in action, please forward them to me.  Also, if you have any tentative dates for activities/presentations, please forward them to me.

 

EVENTS

Please forward any events that you are aware of. 

 

19 February	Dedication of new Dauphin Island SARDAT Station.
21 to 24 February	Mobile Boat Show, Convention Center
21 February	Flotilla meeting, Base Mobile, 1930
23 February	VE, Luscher Park
7 March	Alabama Coastal Fisherman Association Meeting, (see Ken MacRae)
21 March	Flotilla meeting, Base Mobile, 1930
23 March	VE, Alabama Coastal Fisherman Association Weigh-in Site.
18 April	Flotilla meeting, Base Mobile, 1930
27 April	VE, Dauphin Island
16 May	Flotilla meeting, Base Mobile, 1930
18 – 24 May	National Safe Boating Week
25 May	VE, Beach Comber
20 June	Flotilla meeting, Base Mobile, 1930
29 June	VE, Fowl River
4 July	Operations -  Tall Ships