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Air BubblesThe Newsletter of the North Shore

Frogmen’s Club

February 2018

Volume 61, Number 2

Message from the

President:

Vinny Egizi

Hello Froggies,

Wow, February flew by and we are rapidly getting closer to the warm weather

(and warm water). For most of us this is the time to start our diving

preparations, and for other crazy “Cold Blooded Frogs” diving season has

never ended. I used to be one of those “Winter Wet Suit Divers”, but I realized

that since my original 10 year old wet suit was not keeping me warm in the

summer, it was definitely not suitable for winter diving. So after getting several

Undersea Diver Gift Certificates from my family and winning the office Super

Bowl Squares, I was able to get a new wet suit this month. I will be ready for

float cleaning (currently planned for some time in April…please stand by for

details).

As a club we have been very busy, and plan to be all year long. Besides

getting periodic emails from the officers, you can open the calendar located on

our Website directly at the following link. http://www.northshorefrogmen.com

/events_calendar.php and view, sync to your phone, or download this calendar

as you see fit. The key is to stay informed and join us.

Depending when this issue of Air Bubbles comes out, I hope you enjoy or

enjoyed the presentation by Peter Buzzacott on Diving Accidents and Sea

Rovers clinics, seminars, and film festival. We also look forward to the March

social events; St. Patrick’s day party and Mary and Ray’s house on March 17th

and the NSF Dinner at British Beer Company (BBC) on March 22nd.

Finally, I would like to extend a very Happy Birthday to long time, very active,

and handsome club member Jack Monro. Although he does not look a day

over 74.5 years old, he turned 75 in February.

Happy Diving!!!

Vinny Egizi

2018 NSF President

Upcoming Events

Calendar view and details on website hereSunday Dives - Dive with a buddy!Meet every Sunday between 9:30-10 AM at Burger King on Rte 128 in

Beverly; depart for dive site at 10 am. (Winter Hours)

Meetings:

Usually Thursdays at

Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club

74 Leavitt Street

Salem, MA

Saturday, March 17th, 2-5pm: Celebration of Life for Annette

Spaulding's daughter Christine.

Saturday, March 17th: Saint Patrick's Party at Ray and Mary's. Time

to be confirmed.

Thursday, March 22nd, 7pm: Dinner meeting at British Beer

Company, Danvers

Thursday, April 5th, 8pm: N.E. underwater macro by Andrea Dec

and Mike McDonald

Saturday, April 14th, 10am: Easter Egg Dive and Hunt, Stage Fort

Park

Sunday, April 22nd: Earth Day dive and cleanup at Niles Beach,

Gloucester

Saturday, April 28th, 10am: Dim Sum in China Town, then IMAX film

or 2 at NEAQ

Thursday, May 17th, 7pm: Restaurant Outing - site to be

determined.

Saturday, May 19th, 9am: Canoe/kayak on the Ipswich River, Meet

at Foot Brothers

Saturday, June 9th, Noon - till...: Party at Vinny's. Details to follow...

Meetings start at 8PM; Social gathering at 7:30. Most of the "business" is

accomplished at the first meeting of the month. The last Thursday of the

month has no meeting.

NOTE: The last Thursday of the month is a meeting of the Photo Society

at Undersea Divers. We have a number of NSF photographers and

videographers as members.

60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER CRUISE

Save The Date – 25 August 2018

The 60th Anniversary Celebration Planning Committee (Ray, Susan, Linda, and

Bill) have been very busy planning a great event. The event will include a

display of memorabilia from our 60 years of history diving on the North Shore,

awards, and a chance to socialize and catch up with fellow divers and friends,,

all capped off by a dinner cruise in the Gloucester Harbor and surrounding

waters. Tickets and further details will be available as we get closer to the

event so please stay tuned.

Please note, Vinny also involved - he is behind the camera.

Ellen Garvey worked very hard to produce the video displayed at the banquet. The

video was a summation, in photos and videos, of the events the club and its

members participated in during 2017.

Please contact her if you would like a copy.

Bay State Council of DiversInformation

EDUCATION SECTION

Northeastern Marine Science Center Lectures

Murphy Bunker, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908

Salem Sound Coastwatch

Salem Sound Coastwatch has many other activities listed on its website:

www.salemsound.org

New England Aquarium – IMAX Films

Galapagos 3D: Natures Wonderland

Great White Shark 3D

Amazon Adventure 3D

Saving Sea Turtles

We have scheduled the date of Saturday, April 28th for an excursion to China

town and The aquarium IMAX theater.

Member's Corner

DIVER OF THE MONTHFebruary

Daryl FindlayThe February Diver of the Month goes

to Daryl Findlay. Besides being our go-

to IT Guru, accepting an invitation to be

our eight BOD member, and doing

many behind the scenes activities for

the club, Daryl has been a very active

diver during the cold month of

February, even though you never see

his bubbles. In addition, Daryl has

volunteered to lead a dive with our

special guest speaker from DAN; Peter

Buzzacott. His dedication to the club

and to the activity of diving, makes

Daryl an easy nomination for this

month’s honor.

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

JanuaryRay Porter

The February Member of the Month

goes to Ray Porter. Ray has

embraced his role as Vice President,

in the way he has actively kept the

club agenda moving smoothly this

year. Ray is always one step ahead

when it comes to having weekly

raffle prizes available, generating

Sea Rover signup sheets, having

itemized action lists (with budgetary

numbers) for each activity we do,

and taking the lead in organizing the

60th Anniversary Celebration vent

committee tasks. In addition, Ray

has agreed to attend Mary’s St.

Patrick’s Day Party, being hosted at

his house…way to take one for the

team Ray!

Fun stuff we did last month

Club members were involved in a variety of activities in February

Actual Local Diving

Due to uncooperative weather, little local diving has taken place by Froggies.

Some members (Susan) have done warm water diving while traveling. For

details and info on great travel sites, catch up with our warm water travelers at

a meeting. Jim B, Daryl, Andrea, and Peter did manage to get out.

Meeting Summaries

Mary Howard, Secretary

NSF Minutes – January 4, 2018

The meeting was judiciously cancelled by the new president due to the

expected weather conditions, which panned out as forecasted!!

NSF Minutes – January 11, 2018

8:00PM to 8:57PM

Attendance: 16 members, including 3 officers, 1 guest turned member

Events schedule:

1/20 celebration of life for Dave Dodge – Margaritas at 79 Main St, Keene, NH

2-5PM

1/27 – At the Garvey’s house 1PM. Soup while we’re planning.

March 8 – Peter Buzzacott – DAN Director of Injury Monitoring and Prevention

– 3 possible topics: High altitude physiology; Lessons from the first 500

accident reports; Inherent risks of mixed-gas diving; Thrill of the Hunt, lobster

hunting. Jim will get back to him, find out what he’s talking about at Sea

Rovers.

Sea Rovers, March 10-11

Should have a 60th planning meeting, at least Ray and Bill should find out

more about the boat options/prices/timing. Some of the boat venues have

land-based facilities.

Minutes accepted as read.

Treasurer: Dues are DUE. Paypal is available on website for paying your

dues.

Membership

Amanda Anderson – confirmed as our newest member -

Alan Presser – confirmed as our even newer member

Correspondence:

Life member Lonnie Letourneau passed away

Dodie says that Frank Sardone – wake in Malden on Saturday

NE Aquarium – end of March 27-April 4 – trip to Bimini – all-inclusive live

aboard, also includes dive in tank.

Old Business

Garvey’s thank Club for a great New Year’s Day

New business:

Finatics meeting tomorrow and planning meeting

Aquarium visit – Feb 4 in AM (superbowl Sunday?)

Picnic in Kittery, ME

Dues are $35 - $10 off if you are already a NSF member

Photo Society is also offering $10 reduction

First meeting of 2018 will have photos of Botswana

Offering $10 reduction to be maybe $10 worth of raffle tickets

Member of the Year – Bill Werner got his award!

Dive Talk:

Susan went to Colombia for Christmas with her daughters. Several spots to

dive. Cartagena, in the north, warmer, safe. Diving Planet (5 star PADI

resort). Diving fairly far out because rough near shore. They have all the gear

at the island. Two dives during the day, one at night, then spend the night.

Susan chose the “eco-lodge”. Next day they hiked and kayaked.

New Year’s Day:

Jack dove wet, 6F, 31F in the water, to 31 feet, 22-24 min. Saw ice underwater,

on the ropes. Reg was free-flowing.

Daryl in water soon after Jack. Not bad going in, heated vest and heated

gloves (built his own). Did get his fin tangled in a rope. Pulled his flag down

(30+ feet). Saw nothing except ice. Water was clear. Getting out, his hands

started to freeze even with the heated gloves.

Other divers were Andrea Dec, Jim B, Daniel Anaya.

General Discussion:

$$ box – Ellen Garvey

Mystery: Jack Munro

NSF Minutes – February 1, 2018

8:04PM to 9:05PM

Attendance: 10 total members, including 3 officers

Events schedule:

2/8 – Ellen & Mike Garvey will present on diving in Ambon

2/21 – Banff Film Festival – check times on calendar

3/8 – Peter Buzzacott – DAN Director of Injury Monitoring and Prevention –

DAN Research & Diving accidents & Nitrox diving..

3/9 – Dive with Peter Buzzacott. All are welcome.

3/10-11 – Sea Rovers, March 10-11

3/22 – British Beer Company gathering instead of meeting at PCYC – night of

Halloween parade in Salem.

4/5 – Andrea Dec & Michael McDonald

Secretary’s report for 1/18 accepted as read.

Air Bubbles will be coming out soon.

IT report: Daryl reports nothing right now. He is making updates to the

webpage as discussed at BOD meeting. 1. Looking for a good phot for

webpage homepage. 2. Uploading some new photos.

Correspondence: Michael McDonald and Andrea Dec will give presentation on

April 5.

Announcements: Vinny has new Courtesy Cards here tonight. They came out

nice.

Old Business:

Planning meeting was held last weekend, good meeting, lots scheduled.

Need to start planning for Sea Rovers

60th Anniversary EVENT scheduled for August 25, dinner cruise. Ray

reviewed price options for different venues. We need to take vote tonight for

two expenditures to hold the spot on the Beauport Princess. Bill W. moved to

spend $250 for the deposit on the boat and $200 to hold a possible pre-boat

gathering space, with the expectation that the club would spend not more than

$3500 for the whole event. John M. seconded the motion. The motion carried.

Mention was made that we needed more notice to vote large sums ($3500) so

Vinny said he would send out that further notice for vote next week.

New Business:

Women Divers Hall of Fame day to be held this year on July 21. Proposal

made that the Club support this event by providing grill and meats with up to

$250, as it was a high profile event for our Club. Motion made by Bill W.,

seconded by Daryl F., and passed. We would welcome other clubs to help out.

Last year we stayed within this price limit and had food left over for VT, thanks

to help from John and Donna.

Dive Talk:

Sunday: Daryl with Jim B and Peter G at Old Garden. There is a tree in front of

the ramp, no beach, rocks to water like at Folly Cove. Daryl’s camera battery

was off, so had to trek back to the car to fix that. Has a new waterproof battery

for his heated gloves, 12 ft depth for most of the dive.

Raffles:

$$ box – John Marren

Mystery – Ray Porter

Bug Bag – Mary Howard

NSF Minutes – February 8, 2018

8:02PM to 8:18PM

Attendance: 19 total, 2 guests and 17 members including 3 officers

Old Business:

Funding for the 60th Anniversary Event on Beauport Princess. Deposit was

authorized last week. Planning for a pre-gathering in the nearby area, not

confirmed yet. It was suggested authorizing cap for further funding from the

Club be raised to $5000. We have enough $$, so no need to skimp. Ellen G.

moved to authorize funding for the event up to $5000 with the provision that it

would be okay to use this to reduce ticket price (to $50 pp for early ticket

purchase), Susan C. seconded the motion, and it carried.

We received word that Whitney/Undersea Divers has decided to have their own

booth at Sea Rovers.

Announcements: Jack Boudreau, diver, died in Bonaire. No details.

Dive Talk:

Al Morris went to Cozumel, for $1720, flight, week stay, food liquor and 10

dives. It was lovely.

PRESENTATION by Ellen & Mike Garvey on their dive trip to AMBON with

Andy Martinez.

Raffles:

$$ box – Mary Howard

Mystery – John Pelosi

Bug Bag – Andy Martinez

Dive Travel Opportunities

November 3-10, 2018 Bonaire with Undersea Divers

December 1-8, 2018 Little Cayman with Undersea Divers

January 17-26, 2019 Maldives Live-aboard

March 2-9, 2019 Bonaire with Undersea Divers

June 8-20, 2019 Tubbataha to Atlantis Dumaguete

Please contact the trip provider for full details and sign up.

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