Current Members of the Fernandina Beach Pirate Club
The Current Members in Good Standing within the Fernandina Pirates Club, Inc. follow the current Board of Directors:
Board of Directors for 2020
*President (Cap’n) : Steve B Powers*
*Vice President (Quartermaster): Joe Brown*
*Secretary (Keeper of Logs): Judie Mackie*
*Treasurer (Keeper of Coins): JuleeAnn Dull*
*Sergeant at Arms (Master Gunners): Roger Stewart & Mike Martin*
*Membership (Keeper of the Crew): Linda Kostelny*
*Public Relations (Teller of Tales): Jared Jones & Jill Johnson*
*Ways and Means (Keeper of Duds & Baubles): Sharon Lovett*
*Float (Boatswain): Pamela Kittrell Smith*
*Warehouse (Keeper of Loot): Lawrence Mackie*
Captain – 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.
Quartermaster – Greybeard
Sergeant at arms – Roger the Rogue
Sergeant at arms – Mike Martin
Boatswain – Smoochie
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.
Keeper of Dauds & Baubles
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.
Keeper of Coins- Jewels of the Island
Public Relations – Jack Dusty
Public Relations – Jill Johnson
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.
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.
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. I am the daughter of 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 and President of the Nassau Educational Support Personnel, NEA Leaders for Tomorrow graduate class of 2010, Executive Board member for the Florida AFL-CIO, member of the Order of Eastern Star, Past Worthy Advisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls, member of Blackrock Baptist Church and Reunion Chair Person for the FBHS class of 79. Being a mother has been one of my greatest joys. I have one son, (the jewel of my life) Wyatt 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 35 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 2 years ago 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!!!
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
Noel
Dreadnaught
Dreadnaught is the name his mateys call him. But he also goes by Jeff Berbergal to all you land lovers out there. Dreadnaught has been a Pirate since 2017 and loves handling the loot so much that he begged, borrowed and stole to be the club’s treasurer at one time.
Pirate Kelley aka Lady K
Lisa
Salty Blonde
Sensuous
Ravenous Morgan
Quick Draw
Tiberius
Diane
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!
Kim
Ashtyn
Neil
Wayne
Rhonda
Bloody Mary
Yellow Teeth
Mae West
Swabbies
Aija
Kaysi
Blackfoot. 6th generation Floridian. Loves being on the water. enjoys the pirate life and searching for buried treasure.
Kristin