Presidents’ Message - September 2013

Happy Summer Froggies!

I hope everyone is having a nice summer and you are getting in some nice dives!

Several Frogs got to do some diving and kayaking in Vermont and had a great time there. I would like to name Pat and Annette divers of the month for graciously hosting us at their home in Vermont. They are awesome!

Also, we got to party with "The Most Interesting Man in the World" at Jim and Linda D'urso's pool party. I would like to name them as members of the month for putting on a nice pool party at their house. You guys Rock!

Some upcoming events for September I'd like to mention. I will be planning some night dives over Labor Day weekend on Friday and/or Saturday nights on Aug 30 & 31 since high tide will be around 7-8pm on those nights. We've had some really nice night dives at Folly Cove and OGB. The squid and other marine life have been plentiful, so join us. I will send email updates as the dates get closer.

Susan Copelas is hosting a cook out at her house near Magnolia Rocks on Sunday, September 9th. I am putting together a morning charter on Cape Ann Divers the morning of the cookout. More details on the cookout and charter to come.

The Club Picnic and the Bay State Council Treasure Hunt are on Sunday Sept 22. Mark it in your calendar since it is a fun day to attend a cook out, dive, and win prizes. That is all for now. Much planning to do for upcoming events! Happy Diving!

-Laura Gallagher

Coming Up

Sep 22 Club Picnic and

BSC Treasure Hunt

Oct 3 Presentation:

Ryan King on Cave Diving at Ginnie Springs

Arnie Pettiglio

September 11, 2013

We’ll miss you.

Our hearts go out to

Arnie’s family.

In this Issue:

President’s Message	pg. 1
Meeting Summaries	pg. 2-3
Coming Events	pg. 4-6
Arnie Pettiglio	pg. 8
Lobster Poachers Caught	pg. 6
VT Week	pg. 7
Life Photo & Art Channell	pg. 6

The North Shore Frogmen’s Club

PO Box 3604

Peabody, MA 01961

2013 OFFICERS

President: Laura Gallagher Tel: 508 843-2395

Email: searaven00@yahoo.com

Vice President: Adam Hartnett Email: greatnewsadam@gmail.com

Treasurer: Vinny Egizi Tel: (858) 342-3365

Email: vinnymass@yahoo.com

Secretary: Ellen Garvey Tel: 781-595-4978

Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu

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Membership: membership@northshorefrogmen.com

Newsletter: Mary Howard

Tel: (781) 944-1292

Email: m.m.howard@comcast.net

Webmaster: Markus Diersbock mdiersbock@gmail.com

*Deadline for submissions* for the October 2013 issue

of Air Bubbles is

Sunday, September 23

Meeting Summaries

1-Aug-2013

Meeting called to order: 8:00PM

Attendance: 3 Officers, 10 Members, 2 guests (1 became member that night)

Treasurer: Currently have 94 members (50% paying members).

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-8/17-Jim and Linda D’Urso having pool party at 1PM-ish.

-8/22-Beach meeting, with plans to go to Angela’s on Rte 1 if there is rain.

-Membership: Jennifer and Bryan Entwistle were voted in as newest members.

Old Business:

-Vermont trip is still open; Froggies should contact Pat and Annette.

-Rights to original Life magazine photo on Getty Images; cost is $117 for a one-time use.

New Business:

-Motion made to have Jennifer and Bryan Entwistle back in Club (without paying dues for the rest of the year), seconded and passed unanimously.

Dive Talk:

-Markus dove with Laura, Geoff and Todd overnight on Damn Boat; stayed at cocktail cove. Did good scalloping in the channel.

-Vinny at Pebble Beach with John S; right side towards Cape Hedge.

-Al M, John F and a mystery diver at Lanes Cove midweek. Al found

John’s previously lost bag during the dive. John got 6 lobsters on second dive.

-John F at Lanes Cove with Mike Blanchette and Mike Mandell; rainy but good conditions; 25’ vis and 63˚F at depth.

-Adam at Lanes w/ Jeff L; 20’ vis.

Lobster trap trawl dropped in front of him during dive.

General Discussion:

-Al and Vinny did some clamming on shore at Dane St/Independence Park

shoreline; got razor clams.

-Jim D’Urso saw 10’ blue shark off Tilly’s while fishing.

Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren Mystery Prize: Jeff Lynch

15-Aug-2013

Meeting called to order: 7:40PM Attendance: 3 Officers, 13 Members

Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.

Correspondence: VT diving/camping weekend for 2014 currently scheduled for July 22-August 2.

Committees:

-Membership:

-Still waiting to hear from Mike Blanchette (potential member)

-Susan Strickland is planning on joining; Vinny has her dues and will hold until her application is received.

-Program: See website for details

-8/16-Night dive tomorrow at Folly Cove, 7:30P; expecting to see lots of squid. Saw lots of marine life on prior dives. Conditions should be excellent.

-8/17-Jim D’Urso pool party at his house in Peabody, Saturday from noon. Potential dive before the party; contact Laura.

-8/22-Beach meeting reschedule to

8/22 at Pebble Beach. If it’s rained out, meet for dinner at Angela’s on

Rte 1N. Laura will send email if need to cancel.

-9/22-The Club Picnic at Stage Fort Park. The BSC Treasure Hunt event is this day/this location also.

-Air Bubbles: Finally went out last night.

Old Business:

-Picnic: Susan will pick up the permit for the joint clubs picnic at Stage Fort Park; MetroWest is paying for it, but asked if Froggies could pick it up because we are closer. Need to check with Vinny on the budget; Bill will get the food and coordinate with MetroWest.

-Life Photo recreation: Laura is pursuing the re-creation of the Life

Magazine Photo. It would cost $125 to make use of the original photo 1 time. Mike Garvey is trying to contact Art Channel for more info on location.

-Banquet: Adam will coordinate the banquet planning. Mary has agreed to join that committee.

-Need to have an officers meeting.

-Courtesy cards are in; see Ellen if you need any.

New Business: The website calendar needs updating. (Jim, Bill, Laura & Ellen will discuss how this will be done.)

Dive Talk:

-Ray, Mary, Mike & Ellen were in St

Vincent on Andy Martinez’s trip.

Andy is very giving of his time and expertise to help people with photos; highly recommended for everybody.

-Jim B and son to Pompano Beach, FL; their first drift dive. Huge loggerhead turtle; lots of tropical fish; didn’t see any lionfish.

-Jim & Adam went to Folly Cove, saw the torpedo ray on the R side. Thermocline at approx. 30 ft at high tide.

-Bruce & Cheryl went out w/ Undersea Divers & Cape Ann Divers. First time in NE, terrible, underweighted. Flounder, lobsters, sea urchins. Second dive w/ better weighting was better. Also Rye Harbor in NH; flounder, crabs, etc. Bruce was diving 3mm suit w/ no hood! Also Lake Winnipesaukee; dropoff to 90’ about 100 yds out.

Great viz; rocks w/ swimthrough; big bass; need flag as boaters are everywhere.

-Susan went to White’s w/ a class. Watched a flounder attack a crab. Next dive saw a huge ball of squid eggs that had broken off – biggest she’s ever seen.

-Laura with Markus & Todd to

Halfway Rock. Got to 106’; lots of anemones, soft coral, rose fish in crevice!

-VT diving: Lots of current in the CT River looking for the mill wheels. Tried several different depths. Finally

found 2 mill wheels in 7’ of water.

John F and Annette managed to get a chain through them, and a crane operator there pulled them out of the water. Hans and Dave Cunningham were there also.

-John F today w/ Ralph A; John got 12 lobsters, Ralph 7. Saw the big torpedo ray. John grabbed a lobster right in front of the ray which picked up and rolled over him. There were some huge lobsters and lots of eggers. John suggests putting several large pieces of kelp in your catch bag to quiet the lobsters.

-Jeff & Gary went to Lanes Cove on Sunday; one 3# lobster.

-Jack dove the NH. While digging with his chisel, he detonated a bullet; it was loud. Arnie was about 4’ away.

Another time the motor of the boat he was on died going through the cut bridge just as all the tuna boats were going out; they spun a lot, dragged anchor, etc.

General Discussion:

-Jesse was diving on FL and his primary hose blew; luckily at 10’. Attributed to hose protector wear.

It’s happened to Susan also. John recommends periodically changing the swivel connection to your gauges.

-Looking for someone to run for VP, Treasurer or Secretary for next year.

Raffles: Dollars Box: Bill Werner

Mystery Prize: Ray Porter

Bug Bag: Jim Barbara

22-Aug-2013

A beach meeting was finally held at Pebble Beach. The water was a bit rough and the potential divers who showed up determined that there wouldn’t be good enough vis for a fun dive. The food and company was enjoyed by those who attended.

Divers of the Month

for August 2013

Annette Spaulding

&

Patrick Madden

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Members of the Month

for August 2013

Jim & Linda

D’Urso

Please welcome our newest Club members

Jennifer & Bryan

Entwistle

Who were voted in on August 1

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2013 PHOTO CONTEST

There will be a photography contest this year.

Get those photos printed and make submissions for the contest to me by November 21 at the latest!

Photo Contest Rules:

Submissions are to be made by members of the

North Shore Frogmen’s Club only.

Submitted photos must have been taken since September 2012.

Photos are to be submitted as prints, maximum size no more than 8 1/2” x 11”.

Submitted photos may not be matted or framed.

Please label photos as to orientation (i.e. UP ↑), as there is no guarantee that I will be able to tell what you think the orientation is.

Note the category on the back of each photo (see 7 categories below).

Provide any photo titles you may wish to have displayed with your pictures. (I will not make up any titles, and titles really add a certain something to voters!)

Maximum of 4 submissions per photographer per category.

Photo Categories:

1)Cold Water

2)Species Interaction in cold water

3)Warm Water

4)Species Interaction in warm water

5)Above Water / Dive Related (must have some sign(s) of diving activity in the picture)

6)New – Movie category – We will need to decide how your movie(s) will be displayed for the voting and for the banquet. If you have more than one movie clip, you may want to bring more than one lap-top; or maybe we can show them with our AV equipment?

I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic photos from Club members!!

Mary Howard

Arnie Pettiglio

Arnie and Dodie at the 2007 NSF Club Picnic.

Arnie passed away after suffering a heart attack on September 11, 2013. Funeral home hours will be held on Tuesday, September 17, from 4-8PM, at the McLaughlin-Dello Russo Funeral Home, 60 Pleasant Street, Woburn. There will be a Mass at 7PM.

Arnie joined the NSF in 1982 and has been a friendly presence at many Club events.

Diving Lobster Poachers Caught at OGB

Two divers from Boston with rental gear and no numbers on flag or tanks at Old Garden Beach. Came up with four bags of bugs. Graham, John sears, Jeff Lynch, and I notified the harbor master. They got nabbed with 30 shorts. The police were called in. Gear confiscated. From Vinny Egizi

Bay State Council Meeting

The next Bay State Council of Divers meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 11, 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

http://www.baystatecouncil.org

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