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WELCOME YOUR NEWEST DIVE BUDDIES! We are delighted to welcome new members Craig and Linda Sandel, Katherine O'Fallon, Margo Chornlesky, Joseph Giandinoto and Tara Sands !! 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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~ By Pete Stephinson, Vice President of Calendar
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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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In an attempt to condense the length of the meetings, we are going to start the meeting PROMPTLY at 7:30. Please come earlier to socialize before the meeting starts. |
EXPLORE THE SHIPWRECK TRAIL & VOLUNTEER FOR BLEACH
WATCH
in the
FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
The Florida Keys – North America’s outpost in the
Caribbean and home to its only living barrier coral reef – has a very
special marine environment which, in 1990, was designated by Congress as
the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
the Sanctuary encompasses 2900 square nautical miles of the waters
surrounding the Florida Keys. Its
boundary extends approximately 220 miles southwest from the southern tip
of the Florida peninsula. It
is home to spectacular, unique, and nationally significant marine
environments that support rich biological communities, including seagrass
meadows, mangrove islands, and extensive living coral reefs.
On June 1st, we will hear a presentation
given by Mary Tagliareni, the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Mary will give a general overview of the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary’s natural resources and the management tools used to
help protect these resources. You
will learn about the role of the Sanctuary in resource protection and
conservation.
The Sanctuary has many exciting and innovative programs
that are designed to help protect and conserve the coral reefs, sea grass
communities, hardbottom habitats, mangroves and the marine life that lives
in these areas. Mary will
discuss two projects in particular. In
the “Shipwreck Trail: An
Adventure to Dive For,” nine shipwrecks highlighting various time
periods in Keys maritime history have been selected.
In the “Bleach Watch” program, which will be piloted this
summer, science and management staff will use information collected by
volunteer divers to track the onset of coral bleaching.
Brochures and Shipwreck Trail guides will be distributed.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
MARY TAGLIARENI
For
the past twenty years, Mary Tagliareni has lived in the Florida Keys and
worked in natural resource protection. She is currently the Education and
Outreach Coordinator at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Her
background includes teaching marine science and working as a State Park
Ranger at Lignumvitae Key State Botanical Site and Indian Key State
Historical Site. She joined the Sanctuary Team in 1990 as an on-water law
enforcement officer. In 1995, she transferred into the Sanctuary education
department and assumed the lead of the department in 1998. In 1997, the
State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection presented Mary with
a “Sustained Exemplary Performance” award and in 1999 she was recognized
as the "Outstanding Team Member" of the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary. Mary holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master Near Coastal License,
is a certified PADI divemaster and NOAA working diver. She is also trained
as a Deepworker submersible operator and recorded her deepest excursion in
2001 to 240'.
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.
SOME THOUGHTS ON CONSERVING AIR
Excerpted from April 2005 SCUBA
DIVING
David Schneider
“Having
the most air at the end of the dive is not the proof of diving excellence that
we sometimes make it.” We are all
different – taller, wider, older, more or less experienced.
We all have cardiovascular systems, lung capacities and metabolisms
unique to our individual selves. And
most of these factors we cannot change.
Regardless
of our uniqueness, however, there are things we can do to help conserve our air
and enjoy longer dives.
“Breathe
Deeply” We
all know that we breathe to take air into our lungs where oxygen is extracted
and transferred to our blood while carbon dioxide (CO2) is removed and expelled
from the body. Normal breathing
exchanges these gases in the proper ratio.
Short, shallow breaths however allow CO2 to build up.
It is this buildup, not lack of oxygen that makes us inhale sooner than
we normally would because the body is signaling the brain to get rid of the
excessive CO2.
In
diving, the optimum breathing pattern is to take deeper breathes, hold them a
short time to allow proper gas exchange in the lungs and exhale as fully as
possible. A caveat, however: Don’t
go to the opposite extreme since too little CO2 can lead to hyperventilation and
blackouts. Also, deep, slow
breathing can cause rises and falls while swimming, so be careful not to bump
into the reef or the ceiling of the wreck you penetrated.
“Don’t
Bully Mother Nature”
Over their long – millions of years – and rather successful existence
on planet Earth whales have learned that going slow is far more air efficient
than swimming fast.
Essentially,
as we know, water is far denser than air. As we swim we must push the equivalent
of our body mass out of our way. The
faster we wish to go the faster we must displace the dense water in front of us
and the more energy we must use to do so. The
more energy we exert the more oxygen our muscles need and the more we are forced
to draw on our limited air supply. Going
slow means more bottom time.
Compounding
the problem is that we are less than sleek hydrodynamic figures in the water.
We dangle (often unnecessary) gear, we stick our arms and legs out and
around us, we (often) carry more lead than we really need forcing us to fill our
BCs and create more drag. Try short rapid kicks and swim with “your arms at your
sides or behind your back – inside your slipstream”.
And
after all is said and done always keep in mind…
“Conserving air is a means to an end.
A large cushion of extra air is useful only if it translates into a
longer, safer and more enjoyable dive”.
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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
We joined John Kansman for an evening of fine dining and socializing at Don Arturo's (Cuban) Restaurant.
Please Join Cheryl Teugels and The Rest of Us This Month at The Field Restaurant .
See Calendar for Details.
Pictures by Capt. Chris
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 " 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.
LOTS OF LAUGHS and Other Wisdom
this month courtesy of Capt. Chris
CLICK HERE FOR THIS MONTHS WISDOM
