NEWSLETTER November
10, 2002, Issue 20
Members are encouraged to
submit articles, dive plans and dive reports.
Visit club web site at https://www.angelfire.com/nj4/divers/
Equipment
Maintenance Workshop Sun, Nov 17, 2pm.
DA Dive Log
DA Dive Plan
Holiday Party January 11,
2003
Ear Care Part 3
October DA Meeting Minutes,
Unapproved
Next club meeting
is Monday, November 25, 2002.
Several members will be presenting topics including: Tank
Valves, Nitrox Computers, Dive Lights, and a report from Rich M, Ben, and Mike
about their exploits in St Thomas, USVI.
Equipment Maintenance Workshop
We will hold our DA Fifth Annual Equipment
Maintenance Workshop at The Great Notch Fire House, Little Falls, NJ on Sunday,
November 17 at 2PM. Thanks again to Ian Fryer for procuring the firehouse for
our use. We will demonstrate various self maintenance techniques to our members
so their gear can be cleaned, lubricated, and made ready for storage or ready
for continued diving use. Bring any gear that you have that may need
self-service. This includes regs, BCD’s, suits, lights, knives, masks,
snorkels, fins, tanks, drysuits, zippers, patch materials, computers, anything!
Several members know how to service their gear and will be willing to demo and
assist others. We may have experience that you need. We will not be doing any
annual reg service that should be done by factory service techs. We can show
you how to prolong the good life of your gear though.
Bring: soap, vinegar, silicone lube and spray,
brushes, pails, tools, batteries, towels, plastic table covers, and any gear
you have. Though we clean the firehouse before we leave, we usually have a lot
of good sloppy fun during the workshop!
DA will supply pizza and soda.
Directions: Eastbound Rt 46 past Scuba
Network, Little Falls: Take second exit off Rt 46, and bear right. Continue
past train station on left and bear left at traffic signal, over RR Bridge and
look for Great Notch Firehouse on right after bridge.
Westbound from Rt 3 merge with Rt 46 Little Falls:
Go past Valley Road exit and take next exit (after Great Notch Inn). Bear left
over Rt 46 onto Notch Road past RR station and then bear left at traffic
signal. Proceed over bridge and look for firehouse on right.
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Dan Lieb’s Presentation
Dan Lieb, president of the NJHDA, New Jersey Historical Divers Association, came to Divers Anonymous on October 28 to present various topics of interest to our members. He began by discussing the purpose of the NJHDA, which is to research and document wreck sites off our NJ coastline, establish a shipwreck museum, open its archives for public use, and encourage user artifact restoration, research, and publication.
Dan spent over an hour letting our members know what he and the other board members are investigating, without giving out any specific dive site information. He also detailed how interested parties can go about doing research to identify currently unidentified shipwrecks.
Dan is a very enthusiastic wreck researcher, and his
presentation though long in time, kept all of the DA members’ attention
throughout. All present enjoyed the evening. We hope the NJHDA is successful in
achieving its goals, and DA will be assisting in whatever way DA can help.
Several of our DA members are subscribing members of
the NJHDA. As a subscribing member you will receive 4 copies of the NJHDA
Journal, and have access to the archives currently stored at the NOAA building
in Sandy Hook. To become a subscribing
member, send a check for $15 made out to NJHDA to:
NJHDA
107 Wilson Road
Neptune, NJ 07753
Visit the NJHDA at:
http://members.aol.com/aqualieb
Peggy’s News
From
Marie Levine of Shark Research Institute:
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Hi
Whale shark lovers!
CITIES (Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species) is less than two weeks away and
there will be a referendum to consider adding Whale sharks and Basking sharks
to the international endangered species list.
This will help to reduce the slaughter of these sharks around the world.
The Shark Research Institute will be at CITES,
lobbying for protection. A German website is gathering signatures on a petition
to be presented there. I hope you will
consider going to this website to add your name to their petition. The more names they have in support, the more
sway they will have. This site has some
disturbing and sad photographs of whale sharks being killed in the Philippines.
http://www.taucher.net/walhai/u_protest.html
Whale sharks and Basking sharks are slow to mature
and reproduce. They are being killed around the world at a rate that is
unsustainable. Everyone who loves to
swim with and admire these large and gentle animals has an interest in
protecting them.
Marie
Levine
Shark
Research Institute http://sharks.org/
(609)
921-3522
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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, Ian, Carlos, Ash, and Diego
did some intro to NE diving at Sandy Hook’s Horseshoe Cove on October 27. This
was supposed to be the Halloween Dive, but Ian was the only DA to show up with
a pumpkin. Maybe next year will bring more support for this highly skilled
underwater endeavor. The group did a tour of the Cove during pre-high slack.
Vis was a good 6 feet and temps were in the 48 to 52 degree range. There was
still marine life to be observed, and some crusty bottles were recovered.
After that dive, the group was joined by Ben, Mike,
and Jamie. They didn’t bring their pumpkins either. Everyone went upstream on
the Shrewsbury River and did a high slack-outgoing current drift dive. Lots of
fun was had by all, and a quick bite was grabbed at the Yellow Rose after the
dive.
Boat Dive Log
Members of Divers Anonymous, Chris, Christine, and
Laura were on the “John Jack” on Saturday, September 28. Chris Rollins enjoyed
the dive on this dive boat and here is his report.
Three members of DA partook in some diving this
weekend on
The John Jack out of Staten Island NY: Chris
Rollins, Laura and Christine Menville. Saturday departure at 6.00 AM, to dive a
little dove, fully intact barge. Water temps were outstanding at a max depth of
89 feet. Vis was OK at about 5 to 15 feet. Bugs were everywhere. Even myself
Chris R., who stinks at bug catching, brought back three 2-pounders and one
4-pounder. We were the only passengers on the boat. Seas were rough, starting
at 2 to 3 and building to 8 to 10s. I would recommend this boat to everyone in
the ny/nj/pa/ct area; it is outstanding. New boat,
Excellent captain, great crew; give it a try! You'll
have a great time.
Sunday October 27: Connie and Leo Mazur went out on
the Sea Lion for a fun day of diving in fairly calm seas. The Vis was not too
good, but the water temp was still very acceptable. The divers reported that
their only complaint was that there is no protection from the elements on the
Sea Lion, but the crew and captain did a good job, and all had a good day.
“Another musculoskeletal problem that appears to be
associated with scuba diving is temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD).
Hobson (1991) suggests that TMJD may be due to either an occlusion imbalance or
over-exertion of the joint and muscles, resulting in pain. It has been
suggested that the use of a diving mouthpiece can result in local inflammation
of the TMJ. Hobson (1991) found that mouthpieces examined, exacerbated,
pre-existing TMJ pain in most cases. This is important because TMJD while being
uncomfortable may also be a precursor to middle ear problems, giving vertigo
and disorientation, potentially hazardous conditions while diving. Hobson
(1996) went on to look at mouthpieces and airways efficiency. He found that a
mouthpiece with an interdental bite platform of 4mm gave the greatest comfort,
along with the most efficient airway.”
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Divers Anonymous
Scuba Dive Club
Mario’s Restaurant
/ 710 Van Houten Avenue, Clifton, NJ / (973) 777-1559
October 28, 2002 -
Monthly Meeting Minutes
Members
Present:
Jamie
Cacciatore
Edith
& Rick Farmer
Ian
Fryer
Norva
& Tom Gormley
Ben
Gualano
Bob
Jeffas
Mike
Lacatena
Fred
Marcus
Connie
& Leo Mazur
Gary
Mullen
Richard
Mullen
Lara
& Charlie Padula
Imre
Papdi
Chris
Rollins
Guests:
Mr.
& Mrs.Gary Prystauk (In Too Deep
Scuba Club)
Paul
Ward (In Too
Deep Scuba Club)
Dan
Lieb, NJHDA
The
meeting began at 7:30 p.m. - 18 of 34 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 and hard copy mailed to members without
email address. Members present accepted
last months meeting minutes unread.
Vice President’s Report / Al Nesterok
Al just returned from 2-week vacation in
Christmas Party to be held on Sat night in early
part of January at San Carlo and cost is expected to be $30 per person. Members are asked to consider donating
anything suitable for possible give-away prizes at party. The club will pick up any overall cost
overrun. Volunteers Norva and Jamie will
help Al with party plans and Rich is collecting donations for prizes.
President’s Report / Tom Gormley
Reported on October’s various club and shore dive
activities. Connie and Leo dove aboard the Sea Lion on Oct 28, while various other
club members and a few student did 2 shore dives at
Tom requested members to consider dive and other
social activities to be presented for consideration for next year’s planned
activities.
Nov 17 we will hold our Annual Equipment Cleaning
& Maintenance Workshop to be held at Ian’s Firehouse in Little Falls
starting at 1:00 p.m. This is not a
substitute for normal recommended annual servicing of critical scuba equipment. Club will provide free drinks and pizza.
Nov 25 club meeting will have presentation about
scuba tank values, dive lights and nitrox computer.
Special
Committees Reports
Local Dive Committee
/ Ben and Tom
Scuba II is up for sale and will be replaced with
Spring Tide. John from Northeast Scuba
advised Tom and Ben can charter the faster and nicer Spring Tide for 6~7 divers
at same cost as last year.
Chris asked if anyone would be interested in joining
him to charter John Jack located in
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.
Membership
Committee / Tom Gormley
No
news to report this month.
T-Shirt
Committee / Ian Fryer & Jamie
Cacciatore
Ian
still has some embroider T-shirts available for $24 in limited colors and
embroider hats for $20.
Jamie
still has some silk-screened cotton colored T-shirts for $14 and sweatshirts
for $20.
Travel Committee / Norva Gormley
Rick asked if anyone would be interested in joining
him for weekend of skiing in February. The location is
Al is thinking about putting together a dive outing
in 2003 to visit
Fred asked if anyone would be interested in visiting
historical battleship NJ located in Camden, NJ.
Tom requested he look into details and report back his findings at next
meeting. We are looking for outings to
pass the colder northeast slow dive season. Anyone with ideas to discuss can
bring them to future meetings. Last year we visited the NY Aquarium and had a
good time. Previous outings included the NJ State Aquarium in
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, 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.
No
news to report this month.
New Business
Gary Mullen brought it to club member’s attention
that Dutch Springs 2003 Season Passes will be on pre-season sale November 1
thru February 28. Pre-season
prices for Individual and Family are $110 and $275. After this date, cost for Individual and
Family go up to $170 and $425. Daily
admission price for 2003 will be $22 for diver and $10 for non-diver. (www.dutchsprings.com)
Chris Rollins brought it to club member’s attention about
Caption Zero and new technical dive boat John Jack. Working out of
Paul Ward is again available this year to perform
professional and inexpensive annual and/or other required servicing on your
critical scuba equipment. Also, Paul
advised John from Northeast Scuba may be requesting Dutch Springs or other PA
quarry to open up on possible selected day(s) in winter months for those who
might be interested.
Fred Marcus to look into details about possibly
visiting historical battleship NJ located in Camden.
Guest Speakers
We were honored to have Dan Lieb of the NJ
Historical Divers Association as our guest speaker tonight.
Dan gave an excellent presentation on the
background, history and present status of this organization consisting of scuba
divers dedicated to the identification and preservation of NJ shipwreck
history. Dan proved to be a
knowledgeable historian and diver very familiar with various shipwrecks located
off of NJ shores. You are invited to
subscribe to NJHDA Membership for $15.
Membership entitles you to four issues of the NJHDA Journal, a
certificate of membership, and discount tickets to any NJHDA events and
lectures. Make check or money order
payable to NJHDA, Inc. and sent to following address. http://members.aol.com/aqualieb
NJHDA, Inc
107
Wilson Road
Neptune,
NJ 07753
Next club meeting is Monday, November 25, 2002.
Presentation will be about scuba tank values, dive lights
and nitrox computers, and a report from Rich M, Ben, Mike and others who
visited St Thomas for digging and diving.
Minutes
submitted by Secretary, Richard Mullen
2002-2003 Calendar
2002
Divers Anonymous Calendar 2003
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 2002
§
2/16 Third Annual DA Ski Day §
2/17 Tom’s River Flea Market §
2/25 - Dive Club Meeting |
March 2002
·
3/3 NYC Aquarium Trip ·
3/20 Pool Check Out Dive, Clifton Y, 9PM ·
Beneath the Sea 3/22, 23, 24 ·
Dive Club Meeting 3/25 |
April 2002
·
April 14 Manasquan River Dive 10AM ·
4/29 - 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.