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WELCOME YOUR NEWEST DIVE
BUDDIES!
We are delighted to welcome
new members Chris
Higgins, Stan Pierzchajlo, Nancy Mackenzie, Nancy Wielert and Christina
Heft.
We look forward to diving with all of 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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 March 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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February
26 :
Oleta Park Rendezvous. Join Dave Wills for a fun filled
day at the park from 10:00am until sundown. Details below.
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March
2 :
General
meeting. RAMADA
INN FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, 2275 State Road 84. [Driving
directions here] [Map
here] NOTE: additional parking on west side of Ramada.
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March 7 :
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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March
12:
Try your hand at making wine with Cheryl. This is expected to
be an early evening activity at a new winery in Boca Raton, details to
follow.
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March
13:
12:30PM
show 1:00PM go, Join Dave Schneider and Pete Stephinson at Key Largo.
Diving with Captain Slate's Atlantis Dive Center, we plan to
dive a wreck, probably the Dwayne and a reef. Cost is $40 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 and nitrox is recommended.
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March
19: Join
Sandra Soler diving the Copenhagen and other wrecks off Pompano.
8:30AM Show, 9:00AM go, cost is $45 including tip. You can find
details on the dive operator and directions at www.southfloridadiving.com
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March
17: Happy St. Patrick's Day
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March 20:
Join Joe Smariga on Tanks a Lot II for a private Boat dive from
John U Lloyd State Park. This could be one of your last chances to
catch a lobster (or two) this season. 8:00AM show, 8:30AM go.
You will be waving to Joe from the dock if you're not on board by
8:30AM. Directions to the park can be found at
www.floridastateparks.org/lloydbeach/default.asp
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March
31-April 3 :
The 27th annual Dania Beach Marine Flea Market. This annual event is a
must for those needing to find diving or boating equipment at
reasonable prices. For full details including directions check out the
web site at www.thedaniamarinefleamarket.com/
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April 9:
Annual Pig
Roast at Lauderdale Isles Yacht Club.
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April 15-17:
Ocean Fest 2005, a celebration of diving and water sports
sponsored by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce. Your
chance to help the club and the festival organizers by volunteering to
help out. Details on Ocean Fest are at www.oceanfest.com
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June
18 - 25, 2005: Turks
and Caicos Trip.
Join Pete Stephinson for a Trip to Club Med. More info below.
Last
chance to sign up – deadline March 2nd.
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July
4-10 : Private
Boat Trip to Bimini, Cat Cay and Points South. Approx.
$ 1,200.00. Contact Joe Smariga or Julie Taylor for more details.
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November
8 –
18:
Papua New Guinea Fred
Miller will be leading a group for fabulous diving aboard Peter
Hughes’ “star Dancer”. Cost
will be approximately $4000.00.
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December
10:
Annual Christmas Party
Same time, same place! More
details to follow.
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Last
Chance for Langusta
Lobster Season Closes
March 31
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Oleta
Park Rendezvous
February
26, 2005
Please join Dave Wills for a fun filled day at Oleta
River State Park. We will meet near Oleta
River State Park’s Pelican Pavilion. We will not reserve the pavilion,
but plan to use some picnic tables near it.The waterfront location provides especially good access
for canoeing and kayaking. You can explore Oleta River, paddle to the islands in the
bay, or wander along the canals under the mangrove canopy.
The park
also offers biking trails...from mountain biking to hard surfaces. There is even
a bike washdown station (if you really get into the dirt).
Dave
hopes to have grills going for lunch and dinner. So bring your hungry friends
and and family and your favorite cookout food.
Activities include : Cooking and eating, swimming and beaching, biking and
hiking, kayaking and canoeing (bring your own), bird and wildlife watching.
Things to bring : swimsuit, sunscreen, watertoys ,food, drink and a smile !
Things provided : Disposable tableware (plates ,cups utensils ), charcoal and
lighter.
See : www.floridastateparks.org/oletariver
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SFDI TANK PRESENTATION
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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
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OUR MARCH MEETING PROGRAM
TERRY HUBER - PETER HUGHES DIVING, INC.
In conjunction with our SFDI trip to Papua New
Guinea in October and November,
we will present Terry Huber, Group Sales Manager from Peter Hughes Diving, out
of Miami Lakes. Even if you're not going with us on this exciting trip,
travel vicariously with Terri, as she takes us around the world with the Peter
Hughes Dancer Fleet.
A little history - in 1986 Peter Hughes and Divi Resorts converted a 100' oil
field crew boat into an 18-passenger boat to carry scuba divers to areas not
easily accessible to land based dive operations. In 1991, Peter
re-introduced
the Sea Dancer liveaboard to the scuba diving public as the first in a fleet of
luxury scuba diving vessels known today as the Dancer Fleet. Since then,
Peter
has continually raised the bar for luxury scuba diving liveaboards, and Terri
will tell us all about it.
She'll present a DVD of the fleet, including each of the destinations Peter
Hughes visits along with excellent underwater and topside videography,
especially highlighting Papua New Guinea. So, come and hear about modern
liveaboard life, and, if you're going to Papua New Guinea, you'll get a
fabulous foretaste!
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Peter Stephinson's Fiji Photos
See More of Peter's Fiji Photos Here !!
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Happy March
Birthday!
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| Howard Cohen |
| Ron Griswold |
| Chris Hinckley |
| Susan Judah |
| Melinda
Lamas |
| Don
Lawrynuik |
| Dennis Metzger |
| Carol
Schurtz |
| Bob Rardin |
| Ray Remillard |
| David Sarko |
| Sandra
Soler |
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Turks
& Caicos Trip
June
18-25,2005
Last
Chance to sign up this month.
We will be diving the Turk & Caicos Islands June 18-25 staying at Club
Med(www.clubmed.com) an all-inclusive
resort. The diving is great, and there are also facilities for other water and
land sports such as wind surfing, sailing and tennis which are included in the
price. There is also a full program of entertainment and social activities. You
will want to come home for a vacation after this trip !! - checkout the
photo's in Julie
Taylor's Turks & Caicos Gallery to get an idea of what the diving
is like. The
cost for the trip, which includes all transportation, accommodation, food,
premium drinks, entertainment and water sports is expected to be $1500 per
person plus you will have the option of taking either a 6 day or 3 day dive
package ($300 or $180)
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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
by Cheryl Teugels
CLICK
HERE FOR THIS MONTHS LAUGH
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