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The Charley Noble
I
’ll admit, the many jokes
ASA staffers Kathy
Christensen and Flor
Restrepo made throughout the
first week of July about staying
in Antigua forever had me
worried. However, I’m happy to
report that your membership
and certification coordinators
did return to the ASA offices
following their work making
everything run smoothly at what
turned out to be a fantastic,
Top: Charlie Nobles speaks with US Secretary of the Interior
Gale Norton. (Lower) Nobles and US Representative Connie
first-annual ASA Members Week
Mack (Fla.) discuss Mack’s early sailing adventures.
in the Caribbean. Kudos to
Kathy and Flor for all their
hard work in Antigua (and their decision to come back to
ASA SPEAKS ON CAPITOL HILL
work.) We hope to see even more of you attend our week of
sailing next year!
A
SA Executive Director Charlie Nobles attended
the American Boating Congress in Washington,
One administrative note from Kathy: If your mailing
D.C., and met with several national political
address changes, you’ll need to notify Sailing magazine
figures to represent the interests of the sailing and
directly at www.sailnet.com/sailing so that you can
boating communities. He specifically addressed the
continue receiving your free subscription without
issues of affordable water access that have adversely
interruption.
affected recreational sailors in many parts of the United
States.
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Other key issues pursued by the National Marine improve your newsletter.
Manufacturers Association (NMMA) discussed during the R
three-day event on May 1-3 included addressing needed Charlie
reforms for the Endangered Species Act and Wallop-
Breaux Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, and offering “Charley Noble” is the old time nautical name for the
support for the Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured smokestack over a galley ... So I’ll try to keep any “hot air” in
Goods Act and the Business Activity Tax Simplification the American Sailing Journal confined to this column.
Act.
NMMA supports changes to the Endangered Species
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Act that will reduce litigation and thereby improve the
act’s ability to preserve and recover endangered
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species and protect ecosystems and biodiversity.
Changes sought for the Wallop-Breaux Aquatic Trust
ASA PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cynthia Shabes
Fund would recover excise tax funds currently being
collected from anglers and boaters but not used by ASA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . . . . . . . Charlie Nobles
government for their intended use of dock and pier
improvement, wetland conservation and boater
safety education.
STORY EDITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Watt
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Kathy Christensen
Charlie Nobles
Charlie Nobles
Executive Director
ART DIRECTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Christensen
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