NEWSLETTER December
10, 2002, Issue 21
Members are encouraged to
submit articles, dive plans and dive reports.
Visit club web site at https://www.angelfire.com/nj4/divers/
Holiday
Party Notice
DA Dive Log
DA Dive Plan
Holiday Party January 11,
2003
November DA Meeting Minutes,
Unapproved
Next Meeting Notice
Next club meeting is Monday,
December 16, 2002.
This is our 3rd Annual Photograph and Artifact Story
Contest.
Bring your underwater photos and artifacts that you found this past
year. Be prepared to tell the story attached to the artifact or photo. Prizes
will be rewarded based on the judging of the membership. This is always
interesting and fun!
Holiday Party
Notice
2003 Divers
Anonymous Holiday Party
Directions to San
Carlo
From New Jersey Turnpike, Lincoln Tunnel and Route
17 South:
Take Route 3 West, exit at
Ridge Road/Park Avenue exit; continue straight to second stop sign (Park
Avenue) and turn left. Cross over Route
3 and bear left onto Stuyvesant Avenue (between the Bank of New York and gas
station) then proceed one mile to 620 Stuyvesant Avenue.
From Garden State Parkway:
Take Route 3 East, exit at
Park Avenue/River Road exit (first exit past Route 21 North exit); turn left to
intersection and make second right onto Stuyvesant Avenue (between the Bank of
New York and gas station) then proceed one mile to 620 Stuyvesant Avenue
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Peggy’s News
Pre-Dive
Medications May Put Scuba Divers at Risk
Wed Nov 27,10:32 AM ET
By Marilyn Bitomsky
MELBOURNE (Reuters Health) - A survey of over 700 scuba divers in Australia and
the United States has found that many put themselves at risk by taking
medication just before a dive, although more research is needed to determine
the exact level of risk they face.
The body processes medication differently in the high-pressure underwater
environment, researchers from the Emergency Department of the Austin and
Repatriation Medical Center and Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center note. And the way some drugs are metabolized, they
explain, could interfere with a person's fitness to dive.
Dr. Simone Taylor and her colleagues conducted a postal survey of 346 Australia
and 363 US dive club members. Most were between the ages of 31 and 50, and had
been diving for at least 8 years.
Although authorities recommend avoiding medications prior to scuba diving due
to the potential for altered effects on the body in the underwater environment,
this survey found divers were taking a variety of prescription and
over-the-counter medications daily, including within 2 hours of diving.
Reporting the study at a conference of the Australasian College for Emergency
Medicine, Taylor said one quarter of divers took medications daily. Almost 10%
in this survey took medication for cardiac disease or hypertension (8.9%) and
2.8% took asthma medication. Taylor was also surprised to find that 0.3% took
medication for epilepsy and 0.7% took drugs for diabetes.
Many divers regularly took nasal decongestants and pseudoephedrine such as
Sudafed within 2 hours of diving, and medication to prevent seasickness and
barotrauma-injury caused by shifts in pressure, such as "the
bends"--was also common.
She said some differences were noted between Australian and US divers, probably
reflecting differences in the ages and state of health of the groups and also
differences in availability of drugs.
For example, pseudoephedrine is sold only in pharmacies in Australia but can be
obtained in dive shops in the US.
http://rd.yahoo.com/alerts/email/news/*http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021127/hl_nm/diving_medications_dc_1
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The
First DAN On-Line Auction!
Divers Alert Network is pleased to begin a new tradition in raising financial
support of the DAN Mission and related outreach programs. All money generated
by this
auction
will support the following DAN programs:
The DAN Endowment Chamber Assistance Program Research Program Research
Internship Program Project Dive Exploration Charter Boat Identification Program
Oxygen Grant Program AED Matching Grant Program
All visitors to this site are welcome to bid. http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/auction
The DAN Auction will be open to your bids until December 10, 2002. We have
asked our donors to contact the winning bidders by December 20, 2002, which
means that when you bid we really must have your contact information. Most
items will be delivered through your local dive shop.
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Peggy
Bowen, Director, NJ Council of Diving Clubs
E-mail: mailto:pegdiver@monmouth.com
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DA
Dive Log
Shore Dive Log
Shore Dives: Tom, Rich M, and Diego dove at the
Shrewsbury River on November 24. The weather was fairly good for late in the
fall. Temperatures were 51 degrees in the water and on land and the sun was out
most of the day. Diego was trying out his new Mares reg and BCD, and Rich and
Tom were hunting artifacts as usual. Diego enjoyed his new gear and the
artifact hunters were happy with the results of their hunt also.
December 1, 2002 found Rich and Tom back in Sandy
Hook on a sunny but cold December day. The winds were gale force so no boats
were around. The two divers sought shelter from the NW winds by diving across
from the twin lights. Tom was rewarded with a nice danforth anchor and Rich
found a nice fruit jar. The divers agreed that the water was still good, but
the wind chill after the dive made for a quick change out of the dry suit and
into a warm truck. There was no thought of doing a second dive this day, but
they enjoyed the dive in spite of the windy weather.
Boat Dive Log
Members of Divers Anonymous, Chris, Christine, and
Laura were on the “John Jack” out of Staten Island, NY on Saturday, November
23. Chris Rollins reported that the trio enjoyed another dive on this dive
boat, which they are finding comfortable, convenient, and accessible to different
wrecks than the ones visited by the Jersey dive boats. Chris says “excellent
captain, great crew; give it a try! You'll have a great time.”
Sunday November 24 Ian Fryer went out on the Sea
Lion for a fun day of diving in fairly calm seas on the wreck of the Delaware.
Vis was good and bottom temperatures were around 54 degrees. The dive was kept
to the inshore area due to choppy seas further out. Ian found an iron spike on
the wreck and will be restoring it carefully. He reported that the crew and captain
did a good job, and all had a good day.
Divers Anonymous Scuba Dive
Club
Mario’s Restaurant / 710 Van
Houten Avenue, Clifton, NJ / (973) 777-1559
November 25, 2002 - Monthly
Meeting Minutes
Members
Present:
Edith
& Rick Farmer
Ian
Fryer
Bill
Golubinski
Norva
& Tom Gormley
Ben
Gualano
Connie
& Leo Mazur
Christine
Menville
Gary
Mullen
Richard
Mullen
Lara
& Charlie Padula
Chris
Rollins
Don
Van Dyk
Paul
Ward
The
meeting began at 7:30 p.m. - 18 of 35 active members were present.
Executive
Committee Reports
Treasurer Report / Lara Padula
Secretary Report / Rich Mullen
Past month’s newsletter and meeting minutes were
made available to club members by email or hard copy mailed to members without
email address. Members present accepted
last months meeting minutes unread.
Collecting of money for club meeting’s food bill was taken over by
Connie and Leo.
Vice President’s Report / Al Nesterok
Al was away on a scuba diving trip with his daughter
Christine in
Christmas Party will be held on Saturday January 11
at San Carlo at 7:30 p.m. Members
present voted to authorize payment of $10 per person out of club’s treasury to
offset cost to members. Expected cost
per member to attend will be $22 and $32 for guests. Norva and Jamie are now taking reservations
for party. Members are asked to consider
donating anything suitable for possible give-away prizes at party. So far prizes and auction items includes
autographed books, first-class Andrea Doria coffee saucer and one-week free
boat diving aboard Barefoot Adventures in
President’s Report / Tom Gormley
Reported on November’s various club and dive
activities.
Ian dove aboard the Sea Lion on Nov 24, while Tom
and Rich did a shore dive at
Nov 17: Annual Equipment Cleaning & Maintenance
Workshop was held at Little Falls Firehouse. This was both informative and
fun. The club paid $29.82 for pizza and
soda. Thanks to Ian for his continued
support and use of the firehouse.
Dec 16 Club
Meeting will include artifact and photo contest.
Jan 11 Christmas
Party to be held at San Carlo at 730 p.m.
Jan 13 Planning
meeting to be held at Six-Brothers in Little Falls on Rt. 46E at 7:00 p.m. All are invited to attend to provide input
for next years diving and social activities.
Feb 2 Bottle
Show 9~2 in South River.
Feb 23 Toms
River Scuba Equipment Flea Market – great opportunity to pick up both used and
new equipment at discounted prices. http://www.oceanwreckdivers.com
Mar 28 Beneath
The Seas will be held Mar 28~30 in Meadowlands Sports Exposition Center. http://www.beneaththesea.org
Special Committees Reports
Local Dive Committee
/ Ben and Tom
Scuba II will be replaced with Spring Tide. John from Northeast Scuba advised Tom and Ben
they can charter the faster and nicer Spring Tide for 6~7 divers at same cost
as last year.
Chris is looking into chartering John Jack located
in Staten Island for some new wreck diving opportunities.
Ian is thinking about putting together a few charter
boat trips for next season.
If interested, contact the above members to plan and
reserve dive spots for 2003 season.
Requirements for boat diving with Ben or Tom
include: Current DAN insurance, redundant gas supply i.e. pony tank or doubles,
NE boat dive logged or arrangement for wreck intro by Ben or Tom, signed NAUI
waiver listing Tom, Ben, and DA, pre-paid fee of $60.
Membership Committee / Tom Gormley
Paul Ward became a club member. Paul is presently the President of In Too
Deep Dive Club and comes with a wealth of scuba related experience and
information. See Paul for information on your equipment servicing.
T-Shirt Committee / Ian Fryer & Jamie Cacciatore
Ian still has some embroidered T-shirts available
for $24 in limited colors and embroidered hats for $20.
Jamie still has some silk-screened cotton colored
T-shirts for $14 and sweatshirts for $20.
Travel Committee / Norva Gormley
From past meeting - Rick is looking for anyone who
might be interested in joining him for weekend of skiing in February. This will
officially be our 4th Annual DA Ski Day. Contact Rick.
Ben is putting together another St. Thomas trip for
Mar 7~12. Contact Ben.
From past meeting - Al is thinking about putting
together a dive outing in summer of 2003 to visit Lake Champagne to dive some
cold-water wrecks. Contact Al.
From past meeting - Fred asked if anyone would be
interested in visiting historical battleship NJ located in Camden, NJ. We will
discuss this opportunity at our planning committee meeting on Jan 13. Please
join us at 6Brothers Diner, Little Falls.
Web Site Committee / Rick Farmer, Tom Gormley
Visit club web site at https://www.angelfire.com/nj4/divers/
This web site offers Calendar of Events,
Newsletters, Photographs, Scuba Links and other cool stuff. If members want to post timely club or scuba
related activities they are encouraged to use email group mailing. If you have
any club related photographs you wish to have posted on the web, see Tom or email electronic copies to
him.
Old Business
Paul Ward is again available this year to perform
professional and inexpensive annual and/or other required servicing on your
critical scuba equipment. Contact Paul
for further information.
New Business
Chris mentioned a friend lost his expensive DUI dry
suit left a few hours unattended on picnic table at Dutch Springs. Hopefully this dry suit will turn up. From last meeting, Gary Mullen advised Dutch
Springs 2003 Season Passes would be on sale November 1 thru February 28 for Individual
and Family rates of $110 and $275. After
this date, cost will go up to $170 and $425.
Daily admission price for 2003 will be $22 for diver and $10 for
non-diver. (www.dutchsprings.com)
Guest Speakers
Tom gave presentation about tank valves. Rich spoke about low-end nitrox computer,
while Ian and Rick spoke about high-end nitrox computers. Chris gave presentation about high-tech
nitrox computers. Ben spoke about high
intensity dive lights.
Next club meeting is Monday, December 16, 2002. This meeting will have 2002 artifact and
photo contest. Bring your artifacts and photos to be judged by your DA peers. Prizes
will be rewarded. This is always lots of fun.
Minutes submitted by Secretary, Richard Mullen
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2002-2003 Calendar
2002 Divers Anonymous
Calendar 2003
(Updated through April 2003 so far)
January 2003
·
1/11 - DA Holiday Party, 8:00 pm, San Carlo
Rest., 620 Stuyvesant Ave, Lyndhurst ·
1/13 – DA Planning Meeting, 7PM, 6 Bros Diner, Rt 46 ·
1/27 - Dive Club Meeting, |
February 2003
§
2/16 Third Annual DA Ski Day §
2/2 Bottle Show 9-12 South River, NJ §
2/23 Tom’s River Flea Market §
2/24 - Dive Club Meeting |
March 2003
·
3/2 DA Trip ? ·
3/19 Pool Check Out Dive, Clifton Y, 9PM ·
Beneath the Sea 3/28, 29, 30 ·
Dive Club Meeting 3/24 |
April 2003
·
April 6 Manasquan River
Dive 12 Noon ·
4/28 - Dive Club Meeting Annual
Dues & Officer Elections
|
May 2002
·
5/18 - Memorial Day Picnic and Dive ·
5/20 - Dive Club Meeting ·
Boat Diving |
June 2002
·
6/8 Shark River Inlet Dive ·
6/16 Boat Diving Scuba Too ·
6/24 - Dive Club Meeting ·
6/30 Boat diving Scuba Too Mohawk Trip |
July 2002
·
7/7 Dual Wrecks, Long Branch
Shore Dive, 7:30AM ·
7/14 Boat Dive Scuba Too ·
7/27 & 28 Dutch Springs Camping and Dive Weekend ·
7/29 - Dive Club Meeting ·
Boat Diving |
August 2002
·
8/4 , 8/18 Scuba Too Boat Dives ·
8/24 Night Dive at Shark River Inlet & Sat Night Out ·
DA Day at Great Adventure ·
8/26 - Dive Club Meeting ·
Boat Diving |
September 2002
·
Labor Day Picnic & Dive, Sun, 9/1, 8AM ·
9/8 Boat Diving Scuba Too Mohawk Trip ·
9/28-29 Dutch Springs Diving ·
9/30 - Dive Club Meeting: Author, Doug Campbell presents his book
“The Sea’s Bitter Harvest” ·
Boat Diving |
|
October 2002 ·
Boat Diving ·
10/06 Shark River Inlet 8AM ·
10/27 Halloween Dive ·
10/28 Dive Club Meeting: Dan Lieb, NJHDA |
November 2002
·
11/17 Fifth Annual Equipment Maintenance Workshop ·
11/25 Dive Club Meeting Club
members present: “Discussion of valves, nitrox, & lights” ·
|
December 2002
·
12/16 – Dive Club Meeting 2nd
Annual Artifact & Photo Exhibit and Dive Story Contest ·
Happy Holidays |
Pink
Highlighted Events are supported by DA dues: food, prizes, subsidized admission
etc.