Air Bubbles
The Newsletter of the North Shore Frogmen’s Club
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May 2013 |
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Presidents’ Message - May 2013 |
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Happy Spring! |
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Coming Up |
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I am writing this message on Earth Day. Last Saturday, I was invited to |
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May 2: Presentation - |
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join some members of the Finatics club and the Audubon Society to help |
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Faith Ortins of DUI on |
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with their beach |
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comparison of diving in |
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mentioned the event at some Froggy meetings. Hopefully next year we |
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Antarctica and the Arctic |
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can get a better turnout from divers. But I was glad to be one of the four |
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divers that pitched in with the Audubon club to clean up. We filled |
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May 16: Presentation – |
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several bags of trash very quickly and I know that when I dive the Dog |
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Susan Copelas will give her |
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Bar, I won’t be passing by all of that trash along the beach. We can all do |
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our part in keeping our beaches clean. |
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full presentation on her |
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Speaking of cleaning; we had a fantastic turn out for the Annual Float |
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adventures in the |
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Philippines. |
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Cleaning. Twelve divers and two members for land support made |
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fourteen volunteers!! Thank you all for your help with the float cleaning |
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June 13: Comedy & Pizza |
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and for supporting the club! I'm proud of your efforts to pitch in! |
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Night at PCYC – |
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We also had a successful Egg Hunt Dive with seventeen divers! It was a |
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Comedian Bob Seibel ($20 |
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great day and an awesome turnout. I would like to thank Dodie Carvalho |
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admission fee, tickets must |
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for hosting us for the after dive cook out and party. |
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be purchased in advance) |
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I would like to name Michael Medlock diver of the month. He is a |
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relatively new member and I appreciate his participation in the float |
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cleaning and egg hunt dives, as well as getting us a great speaker in Tay |
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Evans of the MA DMF. I am naming Bill Werner as member of the |
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month. He came through for us last minute with a kayak so we could have |
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a successful egg hunt. Thanks for all you do! |
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Some events are coming up for the month of May. Undersea Divers is |
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having their spring sale May 4th & 5th! Please support our local dive |
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shop; Bob does so much for the club. The DUI Demo Days will also be |
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held at Stage Fort Park on May |
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In this Issue: |
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dry suit. Dry suit divers know that the season never ends for them unless |
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President’s Message |
pg. 1 |
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you're extremely hardy like Jack Munroe. :) |
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Meeting Summaries |
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I hope you've dusted off your wet suits and dive gear to kick off the |
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Coming Events & Calendar |
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beginning of the diving season. This is still a great time to see |
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Float Cleaning at PCYC |
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nudibranchs in abundance. Stay tuned for more Nudibranch Safari dives |
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Easter Egg Dive |
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coming up! |
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Laura G. |
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Visit our website at www.northshorefrogmen.com |
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The North Shore Frogmen’s Club
PO Box 3604
Peabody, MA 01961
2013 OFFICERS
President: Laura Gallagher Tel: 508
Email: searaven00@yahoo.com
Vice President: Adam Hartnett Email: greatnewsadam@gmail.com
Treasurer: Vinny Egizi Tel: (858)
Email: vinnymass@yahoo.com
Secretary: Ellen Garvey Tel:
Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu
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Membership: membership@northshorefrogmen.com
Newsletter: Mary Howard
Tel: (781)
Email: m.m.howard@comcast.net
Webmaster: Markus Diersbock mdiersbock@gmail.com
*Deadline for submissions* for the June 2013 issue
of Air Bubbles is
Friday, May 24
Air Bubbles – May 2013
Meeting Summaries
Meeting called to order: 7:35 PM
Attendance: 3 Officers, 11 members, 2 renewing members, 1 guest, 1 new member to be read.
Secretary: Business portion of minutes from last meeting read and accepted.
Treasurer: 86 paid members; a few more signups this week.
Announcements
Correspondence: South Shore Neptunes newsletter received.
Committees:
-Program: See website for details
-3/24 – Nudibranch Safari at Gloucester breakwall
-4/6 – Float cleaning
-4/14 – Easter Egg Dive at Stage Fort
Park, and party at Dodie’s to start at
1PM.
-Membership: Motion made and passed to make Colin Doherty our newest Club member.
Old Business: The banquet date and location are confirmed; still need catering decision. (Woodsman’s and Henry’s were mentioned as options.)
New Business: Matt Marcoux emailed the schedule for their boat dives for the year. We are looking to get an Isle of Shoals charter.
Dive Talk:
-Laura & Jim dove at the breakwall.
-Mike MacDonald: Saturday scallop dive off Boston Light w/ Boston Scuba, got a bag of scallops and some old bottles (1890 whiskey bottle). 39˚F. Sunday did the wreck of the Romance w/ Gauntlet; poor vis.
-Mike Mandell did 4 dives in Key West, 30 ft dives; saw nurse sharks, turtles, large ray.
-Dive this weekend: Nudibranch Safari.
General Discussion:
-Ron has woodworked pens from wood from the elephant bridge that Meg and others got diving. Will try to
get more loose wood from the bridge this year.
-NH may pass
-Skiing has been good; Dodie at Sunapee, John F at Sunday River
-Adam: Mantas, hammerheads, oceanic white tips added to CITES list to restrict trading of shark fins.
Raffles: Dollars Box: Ray Porter Mystery Prize: Ray Porter Bug Bag: Colin Doherty
The Nudibranch presentation scheduled for tonight was postponed due to no projector.
Meeting called to order: 7:30PM
Attendance: 4 Officers, 16+ Members, 2 renewing members, 2 guests
Secretary: Business portion of minutes from last meeting read and accepted.
Correspondence: Vinny spoke w/ Pat Madden about the lock box found last summer. Mother didn’t know the box was missing. No other updates.
Committees:
-Program: See website for details
-4/6 – Float cleaning
-4/16 – Easter Egg Dive and Party
-4/21 – Nudibranch dive
-8/17 – looking into a boat dive
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-Membership: Pressure was applied to guests, Jan and Justin, to apply for membership.
-Air Bubbles: went out.
Dive Talk:
-Jeff, Jim, Gary & Meg – Old Garden rockpile. Good vis; beach very rocky.
-Mike McD & Laura – Nahant. 7 divers, 2 in wetsuits! 55 min, 38˚F
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-Mike McD did Graves and a scallop dive.
-Laura went to the breakwall Sunday; lots of different nudis; 2 stalked jellies, naked sea butterfly
-Ellen & Mike did 30 dives in Philippines, including fluorescent night dive.
-Susan in Turks & Caicos with 17 people, rough water. 5 ft vis initially increased to 20 ft.
-Dive this weekend: Float cleaning and bottle dive on Sunday.
General Discussion:
- A PCYC member has lost a mooring line, needs help. See John Marren for contact info.
Raffles: Dollars Box: Susan Copelas
Mystery Prize: Guest Jan Bug Bag: Elements of Scuba
Diving by Fred Calhoun- Mary Howard
After the business meeting, we had a
Presentation and 2 great films shown by Fred Calhoun.
Meeting called to order: 7:39PM Attendance: 4 Officers, 11 Members
Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.
Treasurer: Dues are due – currently have 87 members.
Correspondence:
-Vin Malkoski sent out notice that spearfishing for stripers is still illegal in MA
Air Bubbles – May 2013
-Al and Rita Sauvageau plan on coming to a meeting when they’re in town this summer.
-Dave Cunningham has extended an invite to all to visit him in Hawaii.
He’s doing a video on loss of divers on the Poling. If anyone dives there, please let him know if the plaque is still there and in what condition.
Committees:
-Program: See website for details
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Old Business: Looking into catering alternatives for the banquet.
Dive Talk:
-Float Cleaining – 12 divers, 2 shore support, great turnout – Thank you! PCYC provided lunch and beer.
-Easter Egg Hunt – good turnout, 17 divers, 38 of 55 eggs recovered.
-Mike Medlock went to Japan to visit his daughter who’s teaching English there; he did a dive on the island north of Okinawa. Great vis, warm water. Future presentation!
-Dive this weekend: Nudi dive.
Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren Mystery Prize: Ray Porter Bug Bag: Ray Porter
After the business meeting, We had
an interesting talk on eel grass by Tay Evans. Keep your eyes open for eel grass beds and the critters they contain.
Please welcome our newest Club member
Colin Doherty
Who was voted in on March 21
Upcoming Events…..
Thursday May 2
Faith Ortins of DUI and the North Shore Frogmen will give a presentation to the Club on her dive trips to Antarctica and the Arctic.
Thursday May 16
Susan Copelas will present a fascinating slide show detailing her trip to the Philippines last fall where she spent two months diving, hiking and doing missions work. Susan’s presentation will include photos and stories of all the awesome critters she encountered during her 85 dives (like whale sharks and thresher sharks!) as well as experiences with the local tribes and engaging in local customs.
Presentations begin after the business portion of the meeting of North Shore Frogmen.
Diver of the Month
for May 2013
Michael Mandell
Member of the Month
for May 2013
Bill Werner
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Air Bubbles – May 2013
Calendar of Events 2013
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-Jun 12, Wed Bay State Council Meeting 7:30PM
-Jun 13, Thur Comedy & Pizza Night at PCYC with Bob Seibel
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Visit our website at www.northshorefrogmen.com |
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Air Bubbles – May 2013
Float Cleaning at PCYC April 6, 2013
See, float cleaning can be fun!
We had a good turnout for cleaning floats at PCYC, with 12 divers in the water and 2 shore support.
Thank you to all who were there and helped with this project!
(Photos courtesy of Ellen Garvey)
Visit our website at www.northshorefrogmen.com |
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Air Bubbles – May 2013
NSF Easter Egg Dive at Stage Fort Park on April 16
And the Easter Bunny did attend!!
A few Froggies helped with the Beach
Looks like they found a lot to clean up!!
Visit our website at www.northshorefrogmen.com |
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Air Bubbles – May 2013
Bay State Council Meeting
The next Bay State Council of Divers meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 PM at the SSN’s clubhouse located at the corner of Quarry Street and Joyce Road in Quincy.
All are welcome to attend these meetings!
The Bay State Council of Divers
Supporting and promoting the recreational 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, the BSC represents the interests of the diving community in these matters.
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
42 Water St.
Beverly MA
DIVE@underseadivers.com
2012 Hours:
Sales Service Rentals
AQUA LUNG SEAQUEST SUUNTO GENISIS DUI VIKING HENDERSON VISA MASTERCARD AE DISCOVER
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Air Bubbles – May 2013
The North Shore Frogmen’s Club, Inc.
PO Box 3604
Peabody, MA
May 4: Presentation: Faith Ortins
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May 18: Presentation: Susan Copelas
The North Shore Frogmen’s Club
(Beginning February, 2013) has business meetings and presentations on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7:30PM
at Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club
74 Leavitt Street
Salem, MA 01970
Social meetings are on the alternate weeks at 7PM
Visit our website at www.northshorefrogmen.com