Current Members of the Fernandina Pirates Club
The Current Members in Good Standing within the Fernandina Pirates Club, Inc. follow the current Board of Directors:
Board of Directors for 2022
*President (Cap’n) : Joe Brown*
*Vice President (Quartermaster): Roger Stewart*
*Secretary (Keeper of Logs): Judie Mackie*
*Treasurer (Keeper of Coins): JuleeAnn Dull*
*Sergeant at Arms (Master Gunners): Neil Kjargaard & Wayne Johnson*
*Membership (Keeper of the Crew): Linda Kostelny*
*Public Relations (Teller of Tales): Jill Johnson & Greg Carter*
*Ways and Means (Keeper of Duds & Baubles): Mary Ellen Goodall*
*Float (Boatswain): Pamela Kittrell Smith*
*Warehouse (Keeper of Loot): Lawrence Mackie*
Captain – Greybeard
Quartermaster – Roger the Rogue
Keeper of Logs – The Lady Judith
The Lady Judith has been Pirating in Fernandina Beach since spring of 1991. Community minded, she has held a variety of volunteer positions in community non-profit or not-for-profit organizations such as the Fernandina Pirates Club, the Fernandina Beach Middle School, Relay for Life, and the Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival. She is a past President of the Nassau County Writers and Poets Society, has been Treasurer of the Fernandina Beach High School Band Parents Association, a volunteer for a variety of Nassau Sport Fishing Association events and was once a Chamber Ambassador with the Amelia Island Fernandina Beach Yulee Chamber of Commerce. Married for over a quarter of a century… and counting, she has two daughters, a son, a granddaughter, three grandsons, and a new baby pirate is due in August. She is currently adjusting to life as an empty nester. She is an owner SearchAmelia.com where she writes about life in our lovely community. She also builds websites, writes press releases, and offers marketing and publicity consulting under Amelia’s Plunder… and in her spare time, she manages the Fernandina Beach Market Place farmers market in historic Fernandina Beach, Florida. She is married to Larmacdog.
Keeper of Coins- Jewels of the Island
Sergeant at arms – Gunnar Skullington
Sergeant at arms – Blondie Mon
Keeper of the Crew – Luna Sea
Linda is a retired kindergarten teacher from the Akron and Cleveland areas of Ohio. Her love for fun, games, adventure, and playing dress-up obviously never ended, and now she can don the costume of a Wench and in Fernandina Beach, where no one thinks it is unusual at all! A volunteer for the Nassau Humane Society, Linda spends her time walking the adoptable dogs, and playing with the cats. She is a Cat Person, but not a Cat Lady – AND there IS a difference! With family in the Northeast Florida, Linda moved to Amelia Island in 2006.
Public Relations – Sea-Kay McGee
Public Relations – Big “G”
Keeper of Dauds & Baubles – Lashes
“What happened? Who are you?” they asked.
Through clenched teeth she hissed, “Rekina!” – an eastern European word for “shark.” Then she passed out.
The pirates took her in. These days the suit and heels are gone, but the shark’s tooth still hangs at her throat.
Some say she came from a loving family, attended fancy schools and had a career in international finance – but a string of betrayals broke her heart and twisted her soul.
Others say she was “helped off” a 55-foot Hinckley mid-cruise but nudged to shore by a hammerhead that mistook her for one of his own.
Maybe the shark wasn’t mistaken. Maybe both stories are true. She won’t say. In fact, she hasn’t said much since that day at Fort Clinch.
Not that she’s wholly incapable of communication. Put a whip in her hand and you’ll hear a cackle that will make your skin crawl.
The pirates just call her Lashes. Landlubbers best not call her at all.
Boatswain – Smoochie
Keeper of the Loot – Larmac Dawg
Larmac Dawg has been a member of the Fernandina Pirates’ Club since 1991. An avid Georgia Bulldog fan, his Pirate name is an obvious choice. Married to the Lady Judith, the pair have three children who grew up being Pirates, literally, as all three graduated from Fernandina Beach High School, Home of the Pirates. Larmac Dawg enjoys long walks on the beach and reading romantic novels from around the world. When he is not brandishing a sword, you’ll find him perusing the isles shopping for his favorite “As Seen on TV” products.
Pirate Members
“Dymps” the Pirate
(Marian) “I earned my pirate name due to my dimples.” Born in Jacksonville, I grew up on the island that I love, Amelia. That’s why they call me the Island Girl. Also, deemed the “Queen of Nassau” by those who helped in the fight to protect our beaches from privatization. Our beaches are one of most valued treasures. I will fight to protect our rights to access our beaches. I am the daughter of the late William J. Phillips (Jacksonville) and Janie Thomas (Fernandina Beach), and I graduated of FBHS Class of 1979. Some of my attributes are: Supervisors Secretary of Attendance for the Nassau County School Board, & Liaison for Juvenile Court 4th Judicial Circuit. President of the Nassau Educational Support Personnel, NEA Leaders for Tomorrow graduate class of 2010, Vice President of the Florida AFL-CIO. Life member Veterans of Foreign Wars, member of the Order of Eastern Star, Past Worthy Advisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls, member of Blackrock Baptist Church and Reunion Chairperson for the FBHS class of 79. GO PIRATES! Being a mother has been one of my greatest joys. I have one son, (the jewel of my life) Wyatt Fenton Lee and his wife, Amber. Being a Pirate comes natural for me. Born the day before Halloween, I’ve always loved to dress up and be someone different if only for one day. My hobbies include: Professional Photographer for over 40 yrs, singing, sewing, dancing, and living life to the fullest. If I had to pick one event in my life that was a WOW moment, it would be when I finally got to meet President Jimmy Carter. This has been on my bucket list since I was 18 years old. The photograph from that day is a treasure I hold dear. OH It’s GREAT to be a FERNANDINA PIRATE!!!
The Rumrunner
Getting’ down in a pirate town.
They call him The Rumrunner, but the name is Steven B.; held captive to the evil corporate pirates for centuries. Escaped with only one eye and traded it all in for another world, a pirate flag and an island girl. His friends back home think he has gone and lost his mind, but take a little sip of that sugarcane rum and you are gonna know why. He spent his whole life roaming around ’til he headed on down to the Eastern Shore. He felt the sand beneath his toes, sailed the waves and plundered the coves, like pirates did 200 years ago. Some say he has gone Caribbean crazy chasing the ghost of pirates and sipping rum in the island state of mind. Nothing to mark the time but the crash of waves and swashbuckling with THE PIRATES! So everybody raise your glass to the golden age of the past.
Yes, he is a pirate 200 years too late.
Trini the Temptress
Trini the Temptress so named by her fellow Mateys is originally from the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, she easily slides into her role as pirate blood runs through her veins. This twin island country is located off the northern edge of South America’s mainland, near the coast of northeastern Venezuela, and barely 80 miles south of Grenada. Bordering the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago are fortunate to be just outside of the hurricane belt. Like Amelia Island and her history of eight flags, the island of Tobago changed hands among Spanish, British, French, Dutch and Courlander colonizers, more times than any other island in the Caribbean. The Temptress enjoys the parades the pirates participate in, especially the Shrimp Festival’s Pirate Parade. She loves to socialize, so she finds working the booth and dealing with people a great deal of fun. Her upbringing in Trinidad and Tobago make her a natural “party gal” for it’s popular event Carnival, and the invention of the Limbo; these islands are also the musical birthplace of calypso, soca, Parang, and chutney.
Sir White Beard
Jolly Roger
It started years ago when he was just a young lad, finished with school. After a night of party, song and grog, he woke up on a ship! In just a short time, he learned the skills of a boatswain. Then one day, the ship was attacked by a crew of pirates on a much faster ship. The Pirates were good with sword and when the fighting was done, the Pirate Captain Demanded, “Join us or go down with the ship!” Jolly Roger quickly joined up. Years later, he came aboard Amelia’s Revenge, and has traveled with the Fernandina Pirates Club since.
Captain Kaz
Captain Kazimierz Lux (aka Cap’n Kaz) was a real pirate! In fact, born in Warsaw Poland, in 1780, Captain Kaz was a soldier in Napoleon’s Foreign Legion at the age of 15. He was an officer by the age of 20, a prisoner of the British for two years and then, a PIRATE for over 15 years. Later in life, Lux returned to the Duchy of Warsaw as an officer and a gentleman and lived till a ripe old age of 66 yrs old. Most importantly, Captain Kazimierz Lux was truly the POLISH PIRATE OF THE CARIBBEAN! He and his crew of 60 sailed his ship the Mosquito reaping a bounty of booty! Being a proud Pole, Kaz sent part of his booty to Poland for the needy, invalids and fugitives from English prisons. Pirate yes, but he never forgot his community! Captain Kaz is proudly brought back to life by Charles. After retiring as the assistant superintendent of schools, he was happily able to relocate permanently to this paradise we call Fernandina Beach. You may see Charles as Louis Michel Aury (pardon his bad French accent if you please), or other real pirates from history, as his interest in the island’s heritage is strong. So when you see Captain Kazimierz Lux at a community event, stop and say “Dzien Dobry” (say /jayn DOH bray) which means “Good Day”. Every day is a Good Day to be a Pirate and every day on Amelia Island is Dzien Dobry!
Limey
Shooter
Kalypso
Kalypso is the Sea Goddess known to possess beauty and strange powers over the sea. It is written that Kalypso once imprisoned Odysseus on her own island in an attempt to make him her immortal husband! Ultimately, Kalypso freed Odysseus. In doing so, she provided all the materials for his ship on her island’s shoreline and with her powers, set the wind to his stern and commanded the sea to ease during his venture home. So, pirates, merchantmen, sailors, and lubbers keep a weather eye upon Kalypso should she draw near. Hold fast to ye wits ‘bout ye lest ye lose your bearings as happened to poor Odysseus. While she may be pleasant, welcoming and warm, she could wield a sword or a marlin spike that could put ye over a barrel in a splash! Beware ye visitors to our fair island, for Kalypso may just be the reason that Amelia Island becomes your forever island home! Kalypso is the daughter of Captain Kaz and, more than likely, she will be seen upon her proud Papa’s arm as they enjoy this island paradise.
Lady K
Salty Blonde
Ravenous Morgan
Quick Draw
Yankee
Diane is from a village in Maine called Bowdoinham, population 2889. She worked for the Navy for 34 years at a DDG (Destroyer) shipyard. She never wanted to live in Florida. All her time traveling in her RV with her dog and cockatiel was spent out west, Indian reservations, National Monuments, Vegas. She was known to everyone as ‘Diane from Maine’. In 2018 a friend in Pirate’s Wood invited her to visit during the Shrimp Festival. She saw her first Pirate, then more. Too many to be a coincidence. She drove back to Maine, emptied her house and put it up for sale. Two months later she was back for good, in Pirate’s Wood, and became a Swabbie soon after. Meant to be? Arrggghh!
Cut Throat Kady
On a moonshine run headed east to the Golden Isles, I was Shang-haid by a red head scallywag named Polly to be her cabin girl on a great pirate ship. Heading south, rough seas washed us ashore on the beautiful Isle of Eight Flags! I knew once my feet hit sandy shores here that there would be no turning back to the Georgia swamps. Dreams of gold and treasures now come true as my destination became a reality joining the pirate krewes. Plundering and pillaging the nearby shores as far as the Emerald Coast is where I can be found…
Sitting on the dock of the bay,
Wasting days and wasting nights!!
Aruba Ruby
Bloody Mary
Dirty Megal
Mae West
Swagger
Ember
After spending my childhood in New England, I was shanghied and pressed into service on a sailing vessel headed to the carribean. Spent the next 12 years exploring the hidden treasures of the leeward and windward islands above and below the water. Escaped my captors and attempted to navigate my way back to the states but was ship wrecked in the Bermuda Triangle. Still thanking the Coast Guard Woods Hole Station daily for picking up deciphering the garbled may day and diverting a freighter to pluck us out of the ocean.
Finally “swallowed the anchor” and after years of trying to find a “home”one day the stars were aligned just right and I discovered my love for Fernandina and the people here.
Finally “swallowed the anchor” and after years of trying to find a “home”one day the stars were aligned just right and I discovered my love for Fernandina and the people here.
Kashmir
Kashmir AKA Cheryl…Born in Hackensack NJ and raised in Allendale NJ, I spent a lot of time at my he Jersey Shore…Many pirate ships landed there and many pirates came on land with their unusual garb. I was VERY intrigued with these people in their boots and hats
I lost the dream of pirating until I moved to Fernandina Beach where I fell under the spell of the Krew.
I have been known for my fierce and bold spirit and my guzzling of Rum!!!
I forged a friendship with two pirates (Blondimon and Sea Kay McGee) and they helped me become a pirate… I was named Kashmir by them because of my favorite band Led Zeppelin…
I love the Pirate life!!!
I lost the dream of pirating until I moved to Fernandina Beach where I fell under the spell of the Krew.
I have been known for my fierce and bold spirit and my guzzling of Rum!!!
I forged a friendship with two pirates (Blondimon and Sea Kay McGee) and they helped me become a pirate… I was named Kashmir by them because of my favorite band Led Zeppelin…
I love the Pirate life!!!
Blackfoot
Arrgg! My name is Blackfoot but the land lovers call me Kaysi. I am a 6th generation Floridian who loves the water. I have been sailing since I was a child with my mother and father. The ocean is my medicine and the beaches my spa. I enjoy the pirate life and searching for treasure. I find a little treasure in each person I meet.
Karen
Kristin
Kristin
Vickie
Monki
Swabbies