Air Bubbles
The Newsletter of the North Shore Frogmen’s Club
Volume 54, Number 12
December 2012
President ’ s Messages - November 2012
Coming Up
Happy December! Hopefully a good Turkey Day (or Tofurkey
December 8: Annual Presiden t’s
Day, for our non-meat eating friends) was had by all. It was a
Banquet
busy year that flew by. And there's still plenty of diving to do,
since it's always dive season! I'd like to give a big thanks to all
December 13: Ocean Frontiers
those who helped out with the various events throughout the
year. It couldn't have been done without you! And there's still
December 20: New Officers take
more on tap. The biggest one being the banquet on Dec 8th,
over!
and there are still some tickets available. If you haven't gotten
yours yet, ask one of the officers. There will also be the
December 27: Pizza Party at
traditional end of year pizza party, and let's not forget the New
PCYC at 6:30PM
Year's Day Dive and party, since nothing rings in the New
Year quite like submersing oneself in the North Atlantic.
January 1: New Year’s Day Dive
More details will follow soon.
(TBD) and New Year’s Day Party
I'd like to thank Diver of the Month Laura Gallagher and
at Dodie’ s house
Member of the Month Adam Hartnett for volunteering to be
our next President and Vice President, respectively. With both
Ellen and Vinny staying in their roles, the club is in good
hands for 2013 (provided we survive the Mayan apocalypse in
a few weeks, of course).
Diver of the Month
Happy diving!
for December 2012
Meg!
Laura Gallagher
In this Issue:
President’s Message
pg. 1
Meeting Summaries
pg. 2-3
Banquet Raffle Prizes
pg. 3
Andy Martinez
pg. 4
Coming Events & Calendar
pg. 4-5
Member of the Month
Ocean Frontiers Film
pg. 6
Boston Scuba Show press release
pg. 6
for December 2012
Photo Contest
pg. 7
Banquet Photos
pg. 8
Adam Hartnett
Dive Log 11/18/2012
pg. 9
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- Dive this weekend: Meet Sunday at
Meeting Summaries
BK 8:45A
Raffles
8-Nov-2012
Dollars Box : John Sears
No business meeting held as there was
Bug Bag : Dive Light – Jim Durso
not a “quorum” in attendance.
Mystery Prize : Gary Michaud
15-Nov-2012
29-Nov-2012
Meeting called to order : 8:03 PM
Meeting called to order: 8:14 PM
Attendance : 3 Officers, 18 Members, 5
The North Shore Frogmen’s Club
Attendance: 3 Officers, 18 Members
guests
PO Box 3604
Guests: 3 (Joyce Pfeil, Dan & Pat
Peabody, MA 01961
Abbreviated meeting for
Ferrin)
Secretary: Mary filled in - Minutes not
2011 OFFICERS
Presentation by Andy Martinez on
St. Vincent – WONDERFUL
read.
President: Meg Tennissen
PICTURES!! I wanna go!!
Treasurer: Treasurer’s report read and
Tel: (781) 724-0071
accepted. We still have banquet
Email: macduff18@yahoo.com
No meeting next week; Thanksgiving.
tickets for sale. Contact Vinny if you
Vice President: Lauren Byrne
Secretary: Business portion of the
want to attend. 61 tickets reserved.
Email: laurenb5635@hotmail.com
minutes from last week were read and
Same DJ and good food as last year.
accepted
Treasurer: Vinny Egizi
Committees:
Tel: (858) 342-3365
Treasurer: Banquet tickets are on sale. - Program : See website.
Email: vinnymass@yahoo.com
If you pay for your dues at the same
- 12/8 – BANQUET – tickets still for
time you get raffle tickets.
sale.
Secretary: Ellen Garvey
Committees:
- 12/20-New officers take positions.
Tel: 781-595-4978
- Membership :
Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu
- 12/27-Pizza Party at 7PM
- Several members have already paid
Old Business:
for next year
- Officer elections tonight. Ray made a
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- Accepted John Connors as a newest
motion that the VP move to accept the
Membership:
member
slate of new officers. So moved.
- Program : – see website for details
- Photo Contest is here and ready for
Newsletter: Mary Howard
- Photo contest will be in 2 weeks
voting.
Tel: (781) 944-1292
- Officer election will be in 2 weeks.
New Business:
Email: m.m.howard@comcast.net
Slate is:
- Dawn: Mentioned that former
o President: Laura Gallagher
member Ron Brennan had
Webmaster: Markus Diersbock
o VP: Adam Hartnett
information that former member Carl
o Treas: Vinny Egizi
Hurst (who joined the club in ’82) was
o Secretary: Ellen Garvey
in a nursing home with Alzheimer’s.
- New Year ’ s Day Party will be at
It would be nice to show him some
Dodie’s
photos of times when he was a
- St Patrick’s day will be at
member of the Club. If you have any
Mary&Ray’s (Date TBD)
old photos from that period, please
General Discussion:
contact Dawn or Ron.
* Deadline for submissions *
- Podcast of “Scuba Radio” is good.
- Question was raised about reducing
the number of meetings to 2x/month,
for the January 2013 issue
Dive Talk:
- Jim, Laura, Graham, & Bill went to
probably the 1 st and 3 rd Thursdays of
of Air Bubbles is
breakwall in Gloucester. Lots of
each month. The bylaws require 2
Saturday, December 20
lobsters & nudis.
business meetings a month. People
- Susan took some students out at
might be more likely to run for office
White beach. Vis was inches, which
if the requirements were less time
made the drills challenging.
consuming, and we might have better
Beginning to get colder. 54 F. Storm
attendance at the meetings. Various
has moved the rocks around – it
suggestions were made, including: the
would be good bottle diving.
option to have social nights on the
alternate weeks; possibly having a
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trial period of a couple of months.
and let them try it and ask questions.
Maybe next year’s Board (next year’s
Starting them young!
officers plus prior 2 year’s presidents - Bill brought a bunch of copies of
Banquet
and VPs) could work together to write
Scuba Sport mag for people to take.
the options to be voted on.
- Mike Denneler notes that lobster and
Raffle Prize Winners:
Announcement should be made
fishing licenses for 2013 will be
Froggie Blanket - Jim D ’ Urso
ahead of time and published in Air
available online and otherwise after
Bubbles and on the website so more
12/1/12.
" The Elements of SCUBA
concerned members could show up to Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren??
Diving " by Fred Calhoun - TAM
vote.
Mystery Prizes: Laura Gallagher
(I've left a message)
Dive Talk:
Bug Bag: not recorded
- Laura did the Christmas tree raising
Mask - Susan Copelas
dive with the Finatics at Nubble Light.
5-Jan-2012
Fins - Fred Pfeil
They used a new method using
Meeting called to order: 8:10PM
silicone to keep the electrical
Attendance: 3 Officers, 10 total
Camera - Peter Chapman
connections dry. They sunk the tree
Members
during daylight, and planned to raise
Secretary: Business portion of minutes
Regulator (ScubaPro S600) -
it after dark. One of the supports
from last week read and accepted.
Roslyn Smith
broke off and the tree kept flipping
Treasurer: Banquet tickets are on sales;
upside down. Eventually they lost a
as of last week there were 61 sold. If
fully lit Christmas tree. Hundreds of
you pay your dues at the same time,
people were waiting for the tree to
you get raffle tickets.
appear.
Committees:
- Jim D went fishing and diving on
- Program : See website for details
Monday; last boat outing of the year;
- Tony got a nice raffle prize for the
4’ waves in open water. Caught
banquet.
Please welcome
mackerel and cod behind House
- 12/27-Pizza party; social hour at
new NSF Member
Island. Got 3 lobsters. 43 F water, 10-
6PM, pizza at 7. Reminder to go
15’ viz. The small ridges caused by
out.
John Connors
wave action are now 4-5 ft high and 4
- 1/1/13- New Year’s Party will be at
ft apart.
Dodie’s. Meg wi ll talk to Tony
Voted as our most recent
- Jim B went to Nubble with Gary ;
about organizing the New Year’s
decided it was too rough. Went to
Day dive. (Tony has agreed to do
member on 11/15/12
Salisbury beach where there were
that; more info at the meeting on
surfers in the water. Ended up in a
12/13)
pond behind Gary’s house where
- 3/16/13- St. Patrick’s Day Party at
there was nothing to see. But it was
Mary & Ray’s.
fresh water and no need to rinse gear!
General Discussion:
- Vinny went with Jim B and Gary 2
- Meg got a job! Starts tomorrow.
wks ago, to Fort Sewell. Vinny forgot
Dive this weekend : Sunday 8:45 at
his wetsuit and Gary forgot his
BK?
weights. Jim went in, but there was
Raffles: Dollars Box: Meg Tennissen
no viz. (see pics elsewhere in
Mystery Prize: Gary Michaud
For Sale: DUI DRYSUIT
newsletter.)
Bug Bag: Lauren Byrne
50/50 FLX standard, woman's L. With
- Roslyn went to the Gloucester
medium polartec DUI undergarment and
breakwater with Laura and others on
size 6 rock boots, original DUI bag,
Friday. Didn’t see much, a
zipper aide & talc. Used 5 times!
nudibranch and a stalked jelly, but it
A MUST SEE!!
was nice to be back in the water.
List price new $2500 for drysuit only.
General Discussion:
Selling all above for $900.
- Lauren talked to pre-school kids
Call Linda Connors: 978-462-0460, or
about SCUBA diving at her aunt’s
email lpski26@yahoo.com
preschool; brought some of her gear
.
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Andrew Martinez Photography
Upcoming Marine-Related Stuff…..
On Thursday, November 15, we were treated to a
fantastic slide show of St Vincent creatures by Andy
Bay State Council Meeting
Martinez. Who knew all that was available in the
Caribbean!? And his photography is - well - just
The next Bay State Council of Divers meeting will be
amazing.
held on Wednesday, February 27 at the SSN’s
Andy told us about an opportunity to go St Vincent for
clubhouse in Quincy. All are welcome to attend!
a week in July.
See the Mariners Hotel package here:
In addition to the regular package, at the end of the
day's dives Andy will review and critique photos. This
Northeastern University
will be a time for photo instruction, tips and
suggestions with the goal of improving your
Marine Science Center
photography skills. He will also be available to help
430 Nahant Road
all during the day (except during the time he is
Nahant, Mass. 01908
underwater!)
For more info, see www.northeastern.edu/marinescience/
There are 2 weeks to choose from:
July 20th - 28th
2012-2013 Lecture Series
July 28th - Aug 5th
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 7pm
If interested, contact Andy at ajmart@mac.com.
THE EASTERN OYSTER: AN ICONIC
Ellen Garvey
FISHERY AND VALUABLE HABITAT
Dr. Jonathan Grabowski , Associate Professor of Biology:
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7 pm
BEHIND THE LENS: EXPERIENCES IN
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM-MAKING
Bill Haney , President and Founder: BluHomes, Inc .
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 7 pm
WHAT’S AILING MARINE MAMMALS:
DISEASE AND HUMAN IMPACTS
Dr. Gwilym Jones , Professor of Biology: Marine Science
Center, Northeastern University
April 2013 – details to follow
ANNUAL RISER LECTURE .
(photo courtesy of Vinny Egizi)
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Calendar of Events 2012
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Sunday
8:00 PM Meeting
Club
Dive?
Banquet!!
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Sunday
8:00 PM Meeting
Dive?
Presentation
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Sunday
8:00 PM Meeting
Dive?
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Sunday
Pizza Party
Dive?
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1 New Year’s 3
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Sunday
Day Dive &
8:00 PM Meeting
Dive?
Party
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Sunday
8:00 PM Meeting
Dive?
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Sunday
8:00 PM Meeting
Dive?
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Sunday
8:00 PM Meeting
Dive?
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Sunday
Dive?
January 2013
Activities List
- Dec 8 , Sat
Annual NSF Club President’s Banquet
- Dec 13 , Thur
Showing Part 4 of the film “Ocean Frontiers” previewed on next page
- Dec 20 , Thur
New officers take on their roles for 2013
- Dec 27 , Thur
Pizza Party!! (no official meeting) 6PM social hour; 7PM PIZZA!
- Jan 1 , Tues
New Year’s Day Dive. More info coming!!
- Jan 1 , Tues
New Year’s Day Party at Dodie Carvalho’s house in Rockport
- The Vermont camping and diving week for next summer with Annette and Pat is scheduled for
Sunday July 7 through Sunday July 14, 2013. Start making plans to be there!!
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The Film: “ Ocean Frontiers: the
beleaguered Delta.
Dawn of a new Era in Ocean
of Life
Stewardship ”
In a small fishing community on the coast of Oregon,
As the blue planet’s burgeoning populace faces an
the people of Port Orford are taking control of their
uncertain future, never before have the world’s
destiny, by conducting their own brand of
oceans been called upon to serve so many, while
conservation. They are using local science to inform
suffering so much. To address this, people around the their fishery management, and protecting upstream
world have begun using new approaches to ocean
forests to save their salmon — a farsighted perspective
management. It is a movement of scientists,
that considers both their links to the land, and the
businesses, farmers, fishermen, governments and
future of their children.
citizens who care for the sea.
(from the website: http://Ocean Frontiers.org/)
coast to coast, capturing stories of these ocean
pioneers — people who are embarking on a new
course of stewardship, in defense of the seas that
NOV 14, 2012
sustain them. We can learn many lessons from these
ocean pioneers; in a sense, we’re all ocean pi oneers,
News Release
steering uncharted waters in a sea of rapid change.
2013 Boston Scuba Show
nd
In the bustling shipping lanes of Boston Harbor,
The Dive Patrol will present the 62 Edition of The
what was once a recurring collision of giant vessels
Boston Scuba Show, Feb 23, 2013, at The Holiday Inn and
and endangered whales has become a model for
Resort, Marlboro, Massachusetts. The Holiday Inn is
conservation in a crowded sea. Marine biologists,
located at the junction of Massachusetts Routes 20 and
495 in Marlboro…always free parking.
shipping executives and an energy company have
come together, taking cues from the great whales’
The program, under the direction of Alan Budreau, will
travelways, and finding room for both commerce and begin at 10 A.M. and run through until 3 P.M. The show
wildlife.
will feature the in-water films of Alex Shure, Leroy French
and Fred Calhoun, lively commentary on Learning About
Scuba, In-Water Videography (how to do it), the
The coral reefs of the Florida Keys are America’s
formation of The Dive Patrol (and how you may become
most popular marine destination, home of myriad sea involved…you don’t just pay dues), premier of a new film
creatures, magnet of sport fishers, divers and
by Alex Shure (Tech Divers on the Wreck of Stellwagon
sightseers. Lately they are also America’s showcase
Bank and other Video Adventures), Search for The Wreck
of marine conservation zoning, providing refuge,
of The Hesperus by Fred Calhoun, How Decomputers
recreation, and livelihoods, through a collaborative
‘Work’, Matt Marcoux on Rebreathers, presentation of
plan developed by all concerned.
The Paul Revere Spike Award to Richard Palanzi, and
selected subjects. It will be a full show.
Tickets at $20 each will be available at the door on the
The Mississippi Delta —terminus of America’s
day of the show, and in advance by writing to; The Dive
mightiest river, nursery of one of the nation’s
Patrol, 2 Ocean Ave, Suite 1-H, Gloucester Mass. 01930.
premier fisheries, and lately an unfortunate poster
Checks payable to The Dive Patrol. Show phone is 978-
child for ecological disaster — is getting help from an
525- 3432…leave a message when the an swering machine
unlikely team of people, in an unlikely place. More
kicks in…Otherwise, we look forward to hearing from
than a thousand miles upstream, in the cornfields of
you…captaincalhoun @ msn.com
Iowa, farmers are changing their ways to send
cleaner water and new life to the nation’s
Fred Calhoun
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NSF 2012
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012
Photography Contest Results
PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE WINNERS.
(Article: Bill Werner – Photos: Roslyn Smith)
Surface
The North Shore Frogman’s Club annual
1 Jim D’ Urso – Annisquam Sunset
st
photography contest for 2012 was a success with 72
2 Ellen Garvey – Local Transport
nd
entries from 7 of our members. This year the
3 Roslyn Smith – Stage Fort Park Beach from a
rd
number of categories was reduced to 3 at a recent
meeting. This was done because of fewer overall
Kayak
entries for the last few years. The categories are:
Cold Water (Wide, Normal, Macro)
surface, cold water (wide, normal, macro), and
1 Laura Gallagher – Squid with Captured Fish
st
warm water (wide, normal, macro). We had many
2 Roslyn Smith – Squid Close-up
nd
great photos submitted. Thank you photographers!
3 Laura Gallagher – Red Finger Aeolis
rd
Once again, Bob Boyle of Undersea Divers was
exceedingly generous with gift certificates for the
Warm Water (Wide, Normal, Macro)
winners. The club awarded 3 first place certificates
1 Adam Hartnett – Pufferfish Peeking
st
for $75, 3 second place certificates for $50, and 3
2 Ellen and Mike Garvey – Anemone Shrimp
nd
third place certificates for $25.
THANK YOU BOB BOYLE FOR YOUR
3 Jim D’ Urso – Nudibranch Headstand
rd
CONTINUED GENEROUSITY TO THE NSF.
You have been a good friend to the club for many
years!
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NSF 2012 Banquet
A wonderful time was had by all!!
(Photos courtesy of Roslyn Smith)
Above: Members of the Month receive their awards.
Below: Ron and Dodie receive thanks for all their help in Vermont last summer.
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Dive Log - 11/18/12
Three of our club members attempted a dive at Fort Sewell on 11/18. After several discoveries of missing
items, only one got in the water, and he didn’t stay very long. Otherwise, it looks like a really nice day!
Photos: top L: Gary Michaud; top R and lower L: Jim Barbara; lower R: Da Guys! Vinny with Gary & Jim.
( photos courtesy of Vinny Egizi )
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Beverly MA
978-927-9551
DIVE@underseadivers.com
The Bay State Council of Divers
2 0 1 2 H o u r s :
Supporting and promoting the recreational
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diving community in Massachusetts.
The Bay State Council of Divers (BSC) is a diver’s
advocacy group. The BSC monitors local, state and
federal regulations that may affect the recreational
diving community in Massachusetts. When required,
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the BSC represents the interests of the diving
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community in these matters.
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The BSC serves as a liaison between dive clubs and
dive stores to promote recreational diving activity in
Massachusetts. All divers are encouraged to support
the BSC with an annual contribution of $5. Your
contribution will allow the BSC to continue to be a
strong advocate for the recreational diving community
in Massachusetts.
For more information see the new BSC website at
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The North Shore Frogmen’s Club, Inc.
PO Box 3604
Peabody, MA 01961-3604
Dec 13:
Movie: Ocean Frontier
Dec 20:
Officer Switcheroo
Dec 27:
Pizza Party
Jan 1:
New Year’s Day Dive & Party
The North Shore Frogmen’s Club
meets every Thursday (except Thanksgiving) at 8PM
at Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club
74 Leavitt Street
Salem, MA 01970
More parking available in the Harbor Sweets lot across the street.
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