“We’re really excited about the event this year. After the success in 2009 of a $70,000 donation we have raised the bar to $100,000. The wine dinner and auction will be especially interesting to wine folks and Saturday will be a great day of fun for all the family. From wine to food to kids competitions and entertainment, there will be something for everyone. I hope everyone will support this important cause and help us make our goal.”

Saturday’s activities will run from 11 am to 4 pm and include Sea Ray Yachts in-water boat show and demonstration, a friendly fishing competition for the kids, a roll-the-dice for a chance to win a Sea Ray yacht, a day-long raffle offering fishing and boating excursions, weekend packages, gift certificates and more, sumo wrestling, face painting, crab races, The Game Guys activity trailer featuring x-box and Wii gaming challenges, plus much more. Live music will be performed throughout the day. For those looking for a little culinary flair, come and experience the tastes of some of this area’s favorite local chefs in our Signature Chef Tasting. Families, boaters, sailors, and guests young and old will all find something of interest at Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina’s “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” Waterside Festival at Snook Bight, 4765 Estero Blvd, located behind the Publix Shopping Center on Fort Myers Beach, or for boaters at Bay Channel Marker 27, VHF Channel 72, GPS 26’26.205 N 81’55.160W.

The weekend will start Friday, November 19th with an exclusive wine tasting on the promenade and a wine dinner and auction at the award-winning Bayfront Bistro, the most exclusive waterfront restaurant in the area on. The festival continues the next day with a complimentary event open to the Public on Saturday, November 20th, at the marina.

A portion of the dinner and all proceeds from the auctions and raffles and chance drawings will directly benefit the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate whose promise is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.

The festival is free and open to the public. The wine dinner is $100 per person, the wine tasting is $20 per person, reservations are required, seating is limited. For dinner reservations, call 239-765-4371 or for more information about the events, please visit www.allaboardfest.org.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our local community. Established in 2002, the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is dedicated to furthering the Komen promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure joins 100,000 breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer. Through events like the Komen Southwest Florida Race for the Cure®, the Affiliate has invested over $4 million in the fight to end breast cancer. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stay in Southwest Florida. The remaining income goes to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program to fund research. For more information: http://www.komenswfl.org (239) 498-0016.

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The wine tasting portion of the evening will be taking place on the promenade at Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina, and Bayfront Bistro at 5pm. Taste a variety of wines from our Wine Spectator award-winning list presented to you by the area’s most distinguished wine distributors. Compare look, smell and taste a selection of the red and white varietals from our list presented by the distributors.

The “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” festivities kicked off in October with Bayfront Bistro’s signature “Cocktails for the Cure” offering.   For each custom beverage concoction purchased by diners at the award-winning restaurant, four dollars was added to the Komen donation.

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On Nov. 6, the “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” weekend opened with a wine dinner and auction that offered attendees the opportunity to bid on exclusive items such as ACE Group Classic Pro-Am positions, cruises and in-home dinners prepared by Bayfront Bistro Executive Chef Marbin Guzman-Avilez Sr. or Angelina’s Chef Nick Costanzo. The big winner for the night was a dinner for 20 with Bayfront Bistro Chef Marbin in the winning bidder’s home. When this item went for $6000 Joe Yerkes placed a second one on the block which fetched $4500. The excitement grew as Yerkes added artwork off of the walls to the auction block bringing 3 new items and $11,500 to the Komen kitty. “I thought he was going to sell the bar stools out from under me” commented Mike Wilke, Bayfront’s General Manager.

The festivities continued the next day with a boat show held in partnership with Marine Max and waterside festival open to the public. The scores of area residents that came also enjoyed live music by The Eric Stone Band, “All Aboard Cocktail for the Cure,” BBQ Extravaganza, boat show and a silent auction and raffle.

“The best thing about these events was that it gave not only our team, but our partners and customers the opportunity to get involved in supporting this important cause,” says Joe Yerkes, President of Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina and Bayfront Bistro. “The Komen affiliate board and I are already looking forward to the second annual event next year.”

Yerkes will present the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure board with its donation next month.

About Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina

Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina is located on the beautiful and pristine Estero Bay in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Snook Bight offers a range of services to meet every boating need, including new boat sales, rentals, service and storage in state-of-the-art rackominiums and dockominiums. Club members also have access to amenities at the Yacht Club. Snook Bight is also home to the award-winning Bayfront Bistro, a multiple award winner in Fort Myers Beach’s “Taste of the Beach” event.  For more information, call (239) 765- 4371 or visit www.snookbightmarina.com.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement.  The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our local community.  Established in 2002, the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is dedicated to furthering the Komen promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure joins 100,000 breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer. Through events like the Komen Southwest Florida Race for the Cure®, the Affiliate has invested over $4 million in the fight to end breast cancer.  Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stays in Southwest Florida. The remaining income goes to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program to fund research. For more information:  http://www.komenswfl.org (239) 498-0016.

Mercury Marine Controls at Snook Bight Festival
Axius and Zeus differ from previous boat controls in that customers use a joystick instead of levers to steer the boat. The joystick is very responsive – customers can operate the system with one hand. They can also move boats sideways in addition to front and back, with a quick turn of the wrist. More information and a demonstration can be viewed at www.joystickboatcontrol.com.
Boaters, sailors, exotic car enthusiasts, families and guests young and old will all find something of interest at Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina’s first “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” Waterside Festival on November 6 and 7, 2009, at Snook Bight, 4765 Estero Blvd, located behind the Publix Shopping Center on Fort Myers Beach, or for boaters at Bay Channel Marker 27, VHF Channel 72, GPS 26’26.205 N 81’55.160W.
The weekend will start with an exclusive wine dinner and auction at Bayfront Bistro, the newest and most exclusive waterfront restaurant in the area. The festival continues the next day with a complimentary event open to the Public on Saturday, November 7, at the marina. Waterside activities include a boat show held in partnership with Marina Max, antique car show, in-water boat show and demonstrations by Marine Max on Sea Ray Yachts, as well as hands-on demonstrations of all-new piloting systems from MerCruiser.
Live music will be performed throughout the day by The Eric Stone Band along with an “All Aboard Cocktail for the Cure,” BBQ Extravaganza, and a silent auction and raffle.
A portion of the dinner and all proceeds from the auctions and raffles and chance drawings will directly benefit the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate whose promise is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.
The festival is free and open to the public. The wine dinner is $100 per person, reservations are required, seating is limited. For dinner reservations, call 239-765-4371 or for more information about the events, please visit www.allaboardfest.org.

With our exciting weekend of events on November 6th and 7th approaching fast, we are now running a “Twitter Only” competition to give you a chance to win a wonderful prize!

The Prize

// One Full Day Boat Rental at Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina , worth $350 ! Any pontoon boat can be selected (view here)

How To Enter

Firstly, to enter the raffle is FREE! All you have to do is follow us on Twitter and then send out this tweet “I just entered the @allaboardfest raffle to win a full day boat rental on Fort Myers Beach http://twurl.nl/rsb6gy “.

If you already have a Twitter account, simply click here to send this tweet out now!

The winner will be  randomly selected and then announced on November 7th 2009, during the Boat Show and Waterside Festival. You can enter as many times as you want by sending out the above tweet.

Prize has no cash value and cannot be exchanged. To enter, you must be over 21 or be accompanied by someone over 21 on the day that you rent the boat should you win.