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WELCOME YOUR NEWEST DIVE
BUDDIES!
We are delighted to welcome
new members
Sharon Baron, John Misiag, Virginia Demattei,
and Barry Holeve
We look forward to diving with you.
As a Reminder to
Everyone, We are a NO-DECO Dive Club.
Always adhere to Safe Recreational
Dive Depths and Limits.
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August
2005 Calendar and beyond
~ By Pete Stephinson, Vice
President of Calendar
Phone numbers of trip coordinators
are not posted here to ensure privacy. If you are a club member,
consult your Buddy List for numbers or call Cheryl Teugels
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Shore
Diving with Fred Miller:
During the Summer
Months Fred Miller regularly does shore dives off the beach in Fort
Lauderdale, often on Sunday mornings. If you would like to join Fred,
and discover some of the great diving available just off the
beach be sure to leave your name and contact information on the sign
up sheet which will be available at the August meeting.
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July
27-28th: Mini-Season.
Lobsters on the alert for divers who have been deprived of their
favorite catch for the past 3 months. Be
sure to check your lobster license is current.
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August
3rd:
7:00PM Show,7:30PM Go
General
Meeting: RAMADA
INN FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, 2275 State Road 84. [Driving
directions here] [Map
here] . Enjoy
a social drink with your dive buddies before the meeting which
starts promptly at 7:30PM. NOTE: additional parking on west side
of Ramada.
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Aug
6th: Lobster
Season
starts. Lobsters who have survived mini-season need to hunker
down now if
they are to have any chance of surviving the next 8 months.
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August 8th:
7:30 PM:
SFDI Executive
Board Meeting
at Connections
for Business, 2843 Pembroke Rd. NE
corner of I-95 and Pembroke Road. Members please feel free to sit
in and join us!
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August
13th
: Key Largo picnic trip, 9:00AM
show, 9:30 go. We had such a great time in May that we decided to
do it again. Once again
we plan to take a boat for the day and make it a three tank dive. Bring
a picnic lunch and join Dave Schneider and Pete Stephinson diving with
Captain Slate's Atlantis Dive Center. We plan to dive a wreck, or two,
and probably a reef. Cost is $82 including tip, You can find details
on the boat and directions at www.pennekamp.com/atlantis.
Advanced certification is required for the deep wrecks such as the
Dwayne or Speigel Grove and nitrox is recommended. (price assumes 18
divers)
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August
18th: Dinner at large, 7:30PM
show. Join
John Kansman for an evening of fine dining and socializing at Don
Arturo's (Cuban) Restaurant.
Don Arturo's is located at Davie Blvd and Riverland Rd (27th Ave).
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Aug
19th thru 21st : Keys
Trip.
Join Cheryl and Lou for a fun weekend of diving and socializing in the
keys. Diving out of Tilden's Dive Center in Hawks Cay, accomodations at
La Siesta Resort and Hotel in Islamorada. Diving for the weekend is
booked full. Hotel accomodations are available. Contact Cheryl Teugels
for details .
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August
27th: 7:00PM Show, 7:30PM Go. Join Bill Dietz for a two
tank night dive aboard the American Dream II.
The intention is to dive two reefs The price is $53 including tip. For
information about the American Dream II and detailed directions check
out the site at
http://www.scubafortlauderdale.com/index.htm. Contact
is Bill Dietz.
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Sept
10th: 5:00pm Til
Midnight,
Hurricanes permitting,
come
have a great evening at our annual
Seafood
Festival
at
the Lauderdale
Isles Yacht Club
, [Map
here]. Bring
your Catch of the Day and a Favorite Dish to share.
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September
17th
:
Key Largo picnic trip (again),
9:00AM
show, 9:30 go. This one is to give priority to those people who wanted
to go but weren't on the August trip. We
plan to take a boat for the day and make it a three tank dive. Bring a
picnic lunch and join Dave Schneider and Pete Stephinson diving with
Captain Slate's Atlantis Dive Center. We plan to dive a wreck, or two,
and probably a reef. Cost is $82 including tip. If you did this
trip in August, you can sign up again but we will give priority to those
who missed out last time. You can find details
on the boat and directions at www.pennekamp.com/atlantis.
Advanced certification is required for the deep wrecks such as the
Dwayne or Speigel Grove and nitrox is recommended. (price assumes 18
divers)
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November
8 –
18th:
Papua New Guinea
Fred Miller will be leading a
group for fabulous diving aboard Peter Hughes’ “Star Dancer”.
Cost will be approximately $4000.00. For information contact
Fred
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December
2-4:
Florida Dive Show.
See
Details below.
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December
10th:
Annual
Holiday Party
Same
time, same place! More
details to follow.
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SFDI meetings start at 7:30 at the Ramada Fort Lauderdale
Airport. If you are not a member, and you are reading this on the
Internet, please join us because
visitors are ALWAYS WELCOME! For driving directions to the
meeting, visit our About Us page.In
an attempt to condense the length of the meetings, we are going to start the
meeting PROMPTLY at 7:30. Please come earlier
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AUGUST
MEETING
PIZZA
AND VIDEO NIGHT
Due to a reschedule of our August
speaker, on August 3, South Florida Divers will feature a video on diving
Bonaire, which is one of the clubs, out of country trips for 2006. We will be providing pizza during the break with a social
night to follow. This will give you
a great opportunity to spend time with old and new club members.
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A SAFETY MINUTE
A Monthly Feature by Brian Hufford
Diving is all about safety. After all, the equipment we
wear is designed to let us humans go safely into an environment that we
otherwise could only stay in for maybe a minute (or seven minutes if
you’re a trained free diver). Following
good, safe diving practices and having the right safety gear makes our
diving experiences that much more enjoyable.
August 2005 Safety Minute
Tip:
Do you always do a safety stop? We’ve all been on sallow dives were the whole dive was like
a safety stop. When you’re
diving deeper, your body will do better in off-gas the nitrogen if you
always do a safety stop. This
can add time for your next dive because you have removed additional nitrogen
from your body. Always do a
safety stop.
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SFDI
Turks and Caicos 2005
Eighteen SFDI Members Took Advantage of Cub Med's
Hospitality, Great Weather and Diving Conditions.
We Thank Our Trip Coordinator Pete
Stephinson for A Fantastic Trip.
Click Here for Pete's Photo Gallery !
Click Here for Capt. Chris' Photo Gallery
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Click Here for Alan Ryant's Photo Gallery !
Click
Here for Don Lawrynuik's Photo Gallery !
Click Here for
Dave Schneider's Photo Gallery !
Click Here For The Tattoo Gallery ! Oh
Yea !!
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Club
Trip 2006
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Coordinator - Jeff (Ski) Guzowski
The club is
running a trip to Bonaire, located 75 miles off Venezuela’s north coast,
June 10– 17, 2006 (Saturday to Saturday). The trip will cost
$1,200 plus airfare. The lodging and diving will be at the Buddy
Dive Resort.
The trip will include 8 days / 7 nights, one, two or three bedroom
accommodation, 7 day rental vehicle (double cabin pickup truck or van), 11
boat dives, unlimited air for shore diving, breakfast, lunch, and dinner,
welcome drink, manager’s rum punch party, airport transfers, all gov’t
taxes, optional Monday night dive, to Klein Bonaire, optional cost $10.50.
Accommodations include, cable TV, full kitchens, A/C, bedrooms with twin,
queen or King bed’s, daily housekeeping, free safes in each room, large
private balconies or patios.
The dive center has 3 boats; all have dry storage, camera rinse tank,
fresh water shower, cold drinking water, fresh fruit, first aid kits, O2,
and two way radios. Tanks, weights, and unlimited air provided for
24 hour diving.
Meal package can be deducted (only lunch & dinner), breakfast comes
with package. Non-diver deducts $300.
I will have information sheets and a payment schedules made up, and if you
are interested, see me at the August meeting. I will be collecting first
payment of $200 at the August 3rd club meeting.
If you would like to check out the resort go to www.buddydive.com
Additional Overseas
Trip added for 200
6
: San Salvador, Bahamas,
June 17th-24th, 2006
The SFDI group that
just returned from the Turks & Caicos Islands had such a great time
that a number of them decided to do a similar trip in 2006. Check
out the photos in this month's Newsletter and on the site to see what
great diving they enjoyed, and the fun times which they had on land. On
returning, Pete Stephinson, trip organizer checked out the prices and
availability and secured an even better deal for 2006 at the Club Med
Columbus Isle on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas.
"What San Sal offers divers is vertical walls, populated shallow
reefs ideal for macro photography, groupers so friendly they will lay in
your arms and the ever-present chance of spotting big creatures, such as
Hammerhead Sharks and Manta Rays. San Sal was one of the very first
destinations to develop wall diving and this is still the reason most
divers visit. The south and western sides of the island are lined by one
of the most impressive walls in The Bahamas, starting as shallow as 40
feet and dropping to thousands of feet. "
For more info visit http://www.about-the-bahamas.com/bahamas/sansalvador.cfm
The Club Med Columbus Isle offers
similar facilities, dining, and range of activities to those we
experienced at Turkoise. You can read about the resort on their web site
at http://www.clubmed.com
The cost for the trip
includes:
- Round trip airfare on Spirit Airlines from Fort Lauderdale (includes
taxes and transfers)
- 7 day all inclusive package at Club Med Columbus
Isle
- all meals, drinks and gratuities
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watersports and evening entertainment
- 6 day diving
package (reduced rates for non-divers) or those
wanting a 3 day package)
The trip will be
limited to 20 people. There will be a sign up sheet at the August
meeting and a $200 deposit is required to confirm your place. Payments
will be accepted monthly with full payment due by April 2006.
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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
to our August Birthday Celebrants! |
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| John
Beals
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Nansy
Mackenzie |
Bob Booth
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Jeff
Guzowski
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Gerry Cowen
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Tara
Sands |
| Glenn
Orihood |
Hank Guardino
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Bill Knott
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| Dave
Wills
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Robert
Sando |
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Check The Weather
Check the weather from Joe Smariga's
Weather Station. Thanks Joe !!
Click Here www.sfdi.com/wx.htm
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Florida
Dive Show
December 2-4, 2005
The first Florida consumer SCUBA dive show all under one roof is being held on
December 2-4, 2005.
With room for over 250 exhibitors in a 50,000 square foot hall, the Florida Dive
Show will include equipment demonstrations, travel seminars, technical
conferences and much, much more.
Located in central Palm Beach
County, Florida, only three miles from Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA)
the Palm Beach Convention Center site is at 650 Okeechobee Blvd. The Florida
Dive Show is anticipating attendees from around the southeastern United States and possibly
further.
http://www.floridadiveshow.com/
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Ft.
Lauderdale Public Library Bluewater Symposium
The Ft.
Lauderdale Public Library's Center for the Book and AUE will be
holding a Bluewater Adventure Series symposium on December 3, 2005, at
the Ft. Lauderdale Public Library (Main Branch). The symposium will
focus on a theme of underwater exploration, in conjunction with an
exclusive exhibit on Jules Verne and "20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea."
The Ft. Lauderdale Public Library will be the only U.S. library hosting
this unique French exhibit, which celebrates the centennial of the
noted author.
While a full lineup of speakers has not been finalized, I can let you
know that Richie Kohler and John Chatterton will both be present
as 'headliners' and giving an entertaining presentation on "Shadow
Divers."
This symposium will occur amidst the innagural Florida Dive Show in
West Palm Beach, December 2-4, but should complement the dive-related
activities in South Florida that weekend. The Bluewater Adventure
Series symposium is free and open to the public.
Aside from the speakers and Jules Verne exhibit, there will be other
displays (e.g., ROVs and other underwater exploration tools) at the
library.
Please mark this event on your calendar, and we look forward to seeing
everyone there!
I will update the list as new speakers are confirmed.
Cheers,
Mike
Michael C. Barnette
Shipwrecks of the Sunshine State: Florida's Submerged History
http://uwex.us/shipwreckbook.htm
Association of Underwater Explorers
http://uwex.us
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA
October
28 thru November 7, 2005
Join Fred Miller for a ten day live aboard dive trip scheduled
for
Papua New Guinea
aboard the Peter Hughes dive boat " Star Dancer
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The trip is scheduled for
October 28 thru November 7, 2005. These
dates
put us in the area at a time when
there is little rain, the least wind and
with clear waters of 84 to 88 degrees.
Papua New Guinea is noted for the diversity and abundance of fish life,
creatures, corals and is one of the best areas for photographers.
Current price for the live aboard portion of this 10 day trip is $ 3006.00
before any discounts.
This trip will start from Walindi, on New Britian, PNG, travel thru Kimbe Bay,
and end at Kavieng, New Ireland, noted for its large pelagic sea life.
For more information on this dive trip, please go to www.peterhughes.com
and click on Star Dancer at the top.
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LOTS
OF LAUGHS and Other Wisdom
Lettin' the cat
outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back in.
--Samuel
Clemmens (Mark Twain)
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