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from the Commodore<br />
The fall yachting season, with<br />
brisk breezes and the changing<br />
of colors is quickly drawing to<br />
an end and the weather has<br />
provided excellent racing and<br />
cruising conditions throughout<br />
the Chesapeake Bay. Now,<br />
we may look forward to our<br />
holiday events, cruise corners,<br />
frostbite racing, and lecture series.<br />
Please take a look at the<br />
calendar since there are many<br />
activities to bring you to the<br />
<strong>Club</strong>.<br />
I am always heartened to see the Burgee being flown or<br />
worn by our members. Our cruisers often comment on the<br />
number of <strong>Club</strong> burgees they see in distant ports. Our racing<br />
sailors will carry the burgee to Florida this winter and our professional<br />
sailors have been active in the Mediterranean all summer<br />
and into the fall. We will have cruising and racing members<br />
as far away as New Zealand and Australia this winter.<br />
The <strong>Club</strong> has weathered the very difficult economic environment<br />
and will break even this year. My thanks to all of you<br />
for coming to the <strong>Club</strong> and increasing our food and beverage<br />
sales, and to management for strict cost controls. We will enter<br />
2010 with a balanced budget and significant reserves.<br />
We have come a long way from a small club on Spa Creek<br />
that periodically struggled financially to one that is financially<br />
sound and recognized internationally.<br />
Peter J. D. Gordon<br />
Commodore<br />
Flag Officers<br />
Commodore Peter J. D. Gordon<br />
Vice Commodore William T. Torgerson<br />
Rear Commodore Kevin S. McNeil<br />
Communications Committee<br />
Joe DeCarlo<br />
Gary Jobson<br />
Tom Marquardt<br />
Dan Phelps<br />
Julie Phillips-Turner<br />
Kristin Schwitzer<br />
MANAGING EDITOR<br />
Sandy Sloan<br />
DESIGN & PRODUCTION<br />
Colburnhouse<br />
© 2009 by <strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
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Vol. 1, No. 2. AYC <strong>Beacon</strong> (ISSN 1949-2995) is published by the<br />
<strong>Annapolis</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong>. All rights reserved. Reproduction without<br />
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4 AYC BEACON VOLUME 1, NO. 2
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