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As I sit down to write my
last Anchorline articleand reflect back on this past
year, I find it hard to believe ithas gone by so fast (especially
last week on the Aqua Cat). I
am truly honored to have beengiven the chance to serve as
the president of The Scuba
Sports Club, which has been in
existence for almost 40 yearsserving the local dive commu-
nity.
First I want to thank all the
past-presidents that have
served to shape our club into
what it is today. Much haschanged over the years but theprimary goal has always re-
mained the same; to serve lo-
cal divers and our community
from Westchester and sur-rounding counties. Our foun-
ders have even gone on to cre-
ate Beneath the Sea, whichbrings together divers from
around the world every yearfor one weekend in March.
Next I would like to thank all
members of the board thatworked together with me to fill
the 2010 calendar with a
healthy mix of dive opportuni-
ties, social events and somepure adrenaline pumping ac-
tivities.
But most of all we all need to
thank you the members ofTSSC, who support us in all
we attempt to do, whether its
ANCHOR LINE 1
DIVE LOG 1:NY Aquarium Expedition
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LOOK!Sea Stories 2010
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DIVE IN:
2010 Dive ScheduleLocal Dive Shops
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CLUB NEWS:ActivitiesSocial Events & ProgramList of 2010 Directors
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BTS NEWS:BTS 2011 Information
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ON-LINE:Eco-Friendly Dive Gear?
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PROGRAM NOTES:January: Lenny Speregen
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DIVE LOG 2:TSSC Takes OverThe AquaCat
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HONORS & AWARDS:Holiday Party Recap
4
In This Issue:a well planned event or an off-the-cuff last second get-together. Whats most impres-
sive to me is that when a callfor support, whether it may be
a question on the email list, to
donate to help feed a familyduring the holidays or a beach
cleanup, TSSC shows up in
force to pitch in.
Looking forward to next yearthere will be a healthy mix of
board members between ex-
perienced and new volunteers.Those with the experience not
only know what worked out
well for us these past fewyears, but also what couldhave been better. Trust me
when I tell you that when
things do not go as planned,
they are reviewed and the dis-cussions start on how to put
together a better event next
time.
What I find most exciting arethe new additions to the TSSC
Board of Directors that nextyears president and vice presi-
dent, Nick Lappano and De-
nise Kurz have been able toassemble. They include mem-
bers that have been around for
a while serving for their first
time and some brand newmembers that have agreed to
join and serve. It will be theseboard members that will bring
new ideas to TSSC on how tomake our club even better for
the next generation of divers.
December 2010
Welcome to the December 2010 issue of
the Sea Swells Log! At the end of November 20+
TSSC members dove with
AquaCat Cruises in the Baha-
mas. It was a very successful
trip, and we enjoyed great dives
and the company of our buddies
and the boat crew. An account
of the trip is included in this
newsletter. The trip is also the
reason why this issue of the
SeaSwells Log is published
AFTER our December meeting
and holiday party.
We thank Dr. Jen Fu for his
presentation on diving with
disabilities in November, and
Dennis Chamberland for shar-
ing his vision of undersea colo-
nization of Aquatica in Decem-
ber.
The best wishes for the
Holidays and a happy
New Year!
See you in January 2011!
Visit Our Website At: www.thescubasportsclub.org
Looking BackAt 2010
Enjoy the rest of the Holi-
days and have a Happy New Year! I am looking forward
to 2011 at The Scuba Sports
Club and diving often witheveryone again.
Jim Sacci2010 President
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Being a scuba diver continues toopen a world of opportunity and
experience as I practice this excitingsport. For several years I have been
fortunate to be part of the New York A q u a r i u m v o l u n t e e r d i v e
team. Members come from diverse
walks of life. They include computer
programmers, social workers, scien-
tists, healthcare providers, businesspeople, etc... What this diverse group of
people have in common is a love of theocean, a love of scuba diving, and a
commitment to the venerable New
York Aquarium. Recently members ofthe dive team made their third
dive expedition. The destination is onemany members of the Scuba Sports
Club are intimately familiar with. The
island of Cozumel.
Our base of observations for the
week was Scuba Club Cozumel. The
week would be filled with encounterswith many diver favorites; including
hawksbill turtles, Caribbean reef squid,black grouper and the endemic animal of
Cozumel, the splendid toadfish. Thereefs of Cozumel appeared particularly
healthy, teaming with large schools of
reef fish. Night dives off the resort pier
were full of encounters with yellow tail
stingrays, sea horses, spotted morays,
New York Aquarium2010 Dive Team Expedition
and sleeping reef fish. I was particu-
larly surprised by the amount of lion-
fish encountered while diving. Theywere seen on every dive. Our divemasters were very practiced
in dispatching these invasive preda-tors, many using hand made inven-
tions. Everyone on the trip had anenjoyable time. We are already look-
ing forward to our 2011 expedition.
The New York Aquarium volunteer
dive team can be a gateway to adven-tures such as these. For more infor-
mation see http://www.wcs.org/
g e t i n v o l v e d / v o l u n t e e r s /
nyaquarium/60537 .
For more information about Scuba
C l u b C o z u m e l s e e h t t p : / /
www.scubaclubcozumel.com/
Allan Rios
By
Allan
Rios
This past November, a spe-
cial event took place at the
Explorer's Club in Manhat-
tan. On a fall weekend, the
venerable institution was
once again the scene of a
gathering of the best ocean
explorers and scientistsfrom around the world. The
reason was the yearly "Sea
Stories" event that is now a
must go event for any
scuba diver with a yearn to
learn and explore.
Photographers Joe Romeiro and
Amos Nachoum graced us with dra-
matic images of sharks, whales,
and leopard seals. Shipwreck explor-
ers Heather Knowles, David Cald-
well, Kim Fisher, Steve Gatto and
Tom Packer regaled us with tales of
maritime disasters and treasure
hunting. TSSC friend Dr. Richard
Cooper was also there, updating au-
dience members with his pro-
gress on Seabase 1.
For those TSSC members
who attended it was an
opportunity to mingle
with the very best of the
adventurers and explor-
ers that are found in div-
ing and exploration to-
day.
For more information see
www.explorers.org.
I will definitely be there
next year!
Allan Rios
Sea Stories 2010By
Allan
Rios
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December 4th finally arrived andwith it The Clubs trip to the Ba-
hamas. The seed for this trip wasplanted way back in March at Beneath
the Sea. Joann took the lead in promot-ing the trip and getting the information
out to the members who handled their
own reservations, etc.
Twenty one Club members converged on
Nassau, flying out from various airportsin the Metropolitan area. I flew out of
JFK at 9:59AM on JetBlue. After a
flight of about 2 hours we toucheddown in Nassau. Clearing immigration
and claiming our bags went smoothlyand shortly thereafter we were on the
bus provided by AquaCat tours. It took
about 20 minutes to reach the boat atParadise Island. Our bags were then
taken aboard and stored on the DiveDeck until we were allowed to board at
6PM. Some of us took advantage of the
time to do a little sightseeing or simply
hung out at the outdoor bar in the Ma-rina.
At 6 PM we boarded the AquaCat to
begin our week at sea. We assembledour dive gear and had dinner (one of
many excellent meals which we would
enjoy during the week), stowed our stuff
in our cabins and attended an orienta-tion briefing to learn about how the ship
operated and what to do in case of vari-
ous emergencies. We also found outwhat the daily routine would be like:
Breakfast at 7:30
1st dive at 8:302nd dive at 10:30
Lunch at 12:303rd dive at 2:00
4th dive at 4:00Dinner at 6:30
Night Dive at 8 PM
These times would vary somewhatfrom day to day, but this represents
what the basic schedule would be.
Our bags were transported to some
mysterious location and all wasready for a week of adventure.
I shared a cabin with Bob, Dan and
Dennis who were kind enough to
tolerate my penchant for going tosleep late and getting up early. We
were the only ones to share a cabinin quad format and it went quite well
once we figured out where we could
stash all of our junk.
At about 5AM the engines were
started and the ship headed out tothe Exuma Cays where we would be
making most of our dives. I think thesound of them woke just about every-
one, but most of us settled back to
sleep after the initial interruption.
At 7:15 breakfast was served, fol-lowed by a dive orientation which
told us about the protocols which
would guide us through our diving
activities for the week. The briefingwas thorough and informative but
also loose and relaxed. I was happy
to see that the Scuba Police wouldnot be with us. Make no mistake, the
crew was professional and our safetywas their primary concern, but they
would also let us do our own thing.
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After this orientation, the briefing for ourfirst dive at Dog Rocks Wall was held on
the Alfresco Deck, above the Dive Deck.This process would be repeated many
times during the week. The divemasterleading the dive would draw a diagram of
the dive site which showed everything we
needed to know to successfully dive.
These diagrams were also pretty humor-ous at times with amusing caricatures of
the underwater denizens. Within 10 to 15minutes of the briefing the first divers
splashed into the clear blue water and our
week of diving had begun.
On that first dive and thereafter we would
see most of the fish which one would ex-pect in the waters of the Caribbean al-
though strictly speaking the Bahamas are
north of the Caribbean Sea and actually
located in the Atlantic east of southernFlorida. We all noticed the quantity and
size of the lionfish which were much largerthan those which I had observed in other
areas such as Bonaire, Roatan and TheKeys. I wonder how the proliferation of
this voracious invader has affected the
quantity of fish which we encountered. I
can certainly vouch for their healthy appe-tite as I witnessed them devouring smaller
fish on several occasions.
Some of the sites were bordered by drop-
offs some of which plunged off into thedepths. It was quite thrilling to look out
over the wall into the deep blue. There
were also numerous channels and a num-ber of swim throughs which made the
dives interesting.
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After diving, we took off our scuba units
and left them at our seats. The crew
sprang into action to fill our tanks for thenext dive, using numerous fill whips
which enabled them to reload our cylin-
ders with regular or enriched air.(Speaking of the tanks, aluminum 63s,80s and a few 100s were available.) With
this arrangement, we never had to disas-semble our gear for the whole week. We
would simply take it off, leave it at our
station and it would be ready to go for thenext dive.
Speaking of go, we were all responsible
for our own roll call.
A tag with each of our names was placedon a board on the Dive Deck. Before en-
tering the water or going on one of theexcursions we would place our tags on
another board and return it to the Onthe AquaCat board upon our return.
We would usually dive a site and then
cruise to the next site which would be
within 30 to 90 minutes away. Longerdistances were usually traveled in the
early morning as the engines could bepowered up in the early morning and we
would be at the new dive location in timefor the first dive at 8:30. Because of the
numerous shallow reefs we would not
usually travel in the dead of night when
there was no light.
The schedule was pretty non-stop and we
visited many of the Exuma Cays and
dove 20 different sites.At Cut Thru City some of us were thrilledto encounter wild porpoises on the on the
dive (As I was at another area of the site,I missed them.).
At Split Coral Head a medium sized Ti-
ger Shark joined us for an afternoon visit.
(I missed that too since I was again some-where else on the site.)
At the twin sites of Danger and Amber-jack Reefs we were treated to numerous
Caribbean Reef Sharks on two dives. We
swam with these graceful predators in anatural environment which was an ex-
tremely stimulating experience.
In addition there were several excur-sions, using the ships inflatable chase
boat, Magic, which provided an alterna-tive to diving.
Among these was a visit to a small
beach on Allens Cay where some of us
interacted with and fed the rare rockiguanas. These creatures had become
acclimated to the presence of humansand eagerly came out to be consume the
handouts offered to them.
On another occasion, some of the groupwent fishing from Magic. Although
their success at catching anything was
limited, a good time was had by all.
Almost everyone went on the shore ex-cursion to Exumas Land & Sea Park
where we followed the same paths whichpirates had walked several centuries
ago. The vistas were breathtaking.
There were also some interesting pic-tures taken which will hopefully never
be distributed for public consumption.
Most of the night dives were made atthe site of the last day dive which made
for an interesting contrast. However, onone of the night dives we encountered
swarms of Sea Wasps, a type of box jel-lyfish. Only three of us dove that night.
My two companions, Alex and Charlie,
made it through the gelatinous crea-tures without any issues but this was
one creature encounter which I did not
miss as I was stung on my lips, ankles
and the area of my face not covered bymy face and mask. Luckily these jellies
are much less toxic than their deadly Australian brethren and by the next
morning the pain had subsided.
This happened the day after one of our
dives provided an unexpected adventure
for seven of us when a mooring
shackle broke and the surface currentswept the boat away from us. Dan
made it back to the boat on his own,however the rest of us (Jim, Joann,
Charlie, Vreni, Pat and myself) had to
be rescued by Alex, the female dive-
master, using the AquaCats smalldinghy. No one panicked and despite
being very crowded on the small boat
we made it back to the Cat withoutany additional drama.
Another mishap of note occurre
when Cindy suffered some ill affectsafter our early dive on Thursday
morning. This was the one dive on
which we encountered somewhatrough seas as a front was moving
through the area. After spending the
day on oxygen she was transferred by
small boat back to Nassau on Fridaymorning where she had the pleasure
of taking a ride in the hyperbaric
chamber. Jim accompanied Cindy toand from the chamber. She returnedto the boat late Friday evening and
was feeling well enough to join us for
our evening dinner at the local Fish &Fry. However, Cindy was not allowed
to fly for 72 hours. Charlie kindly vol-unteered to stay with her in Nassau.
By Friday afternoon, our bags had
reappeared and before retiring for thenight we started (or finished) packing
for our departure the next morning.
On Saturday we left in two groups at
8:30: and 11:00 to head to the airportto return home. There are US Cus-toms agents at the Nassau airport
and the first group, which I was in,was able to check in, clear security
and pass through US Customs in less
than 45 minutes. It was really
painless. We hung out in the airportfor a couple of hours trading tales and
reminiscing about the weeks experi-
ences before boarding our returnflights to the US.
Like all previous Club trips which I
had been on it was a great experiencewhich was made expo-
nentially better by
sharing it with such a
great group of people.
Nick Lappano
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What happens when you put 35
scuba divers in a room with a fire
blazing in the hearth, videos running onthe big screen, a buffet of scrumptiousfood, and holiday cheer?
Pandemonium ensues, of course, but a
happy one! December 8th marked TSSCsannual Holiday Party, and what an event
it was! 35 club members responded to theinvitation to celebrate the season, enjoy-
ing the camaraderie of like-minded indi-
viduals.
Apropos individuals: nobody can ever say
scuba divers are dull. Just look at theenergy and creativity poured into cos-
tumes, desserts, awards, songs, photosand videos we enjoyed last night! There
was a contest for most creative holidaycostumewon by our future social direc-
tor Tabitha Constantino for her flashing
solar Santa-esque outfit (it helped thatshe screamed the loudest during judg-
ing). She also won the best song contest(though hers was the only song)! The
most creative dessert category was wonby yours truly for a gingerbread shark
with vanilla-rum icing! Though I must
admit there were many other, very crea-
tive and delicious desserts on offer
the competition was fierce!
During the course of the evening a
number of other awards was handedout:
Denise Kurz, who also celebrated herbirthday on the same day, was the
overall winner of the 2010 First DiveStory Telling Contest and she re-
ceived the 2010 SeaSwells Award forher contribution. Vreni Roduner,
Bernie Schmitt and Fred Gambinotied for second place.
Tom Butcher was honored as the
2010 Newcomer of the Year.
Cindy Fisher received not one, but
two awards: one, the AquaCat Iron
Woman Award, as well as the 2010Chamber Maid Award, thanks toher selfless research into Bahamianrecompression medicine.
Susan and Louie Caputo were hon-ored with a Certificate of Apprecia-tion for their assistance at variousTSSC events.
And last, but not least, the results of
the TSSC Diver of The Year 2010were revealed. According to current
VP and next years president Nick Lap-
pano it was a close race between pro-
gram director Allan Rios and fellownominee yours truly, but in the end,
Allan Rios took the crown for his con-tinuing efforts to provide TSSC with
exciting programs at our membershipmeetings, involvement in various dive-
related and community causes. He wreceive his official award at Benea
The Sea next March, as well announ
his selected charity.
Congratulation to all the winners
Following the awards we were treateto an extremely interesting present
tion on planned undersea habitats bDennis Chamberland. His vision is
colonize the bottom of the sea, a thre
dimensional region he calls AquaticThe slide show provided an overview
the preliminary stages of the prograas well as future plans for a perm
nent, modular underwater habitat. place to bring kids and pets, as well;
feasible sounding extension of Jacqu
Cousteaus dream of undersea coloniz
tion.
Of course, there was also a lively di
cussion of our recent AquaCat liveboard trip. Nick showed a selection
his photos, and we viewed th(hilarious) official AC video agai
However, this reporter feels that thphoto presentation was incomplete an
would like to add this very importa
image (the identity of the individuahas been protected):
No, there was no award for this, b
nevertheless, these (very anonymouguys truly deserve applause for bein
such good sports!
Thank you to everyone who made th
years holiday party special! It was great kick-off to the holiday seaso
Remains to be seen if we can top this next years event (no pressure at a
Tabby!)!
Happy Holidays!
Ruth Emblin
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Club Dive Schedule
Date/Time: Location Description Contact/Organization
All dates and programs are subject to change without prior notice. For more details and updates, either contact
Jack Kurz or the dive coordinator shown, or refer to our website at www.thescubasportsclub.org .
LOCAL DIVE SHOPS - AT YOUR SERVICE
The listing of local dive shops is provided to you as a reference and public service.For each shops specialty, dive training and trip programs, please call or visit their website.
Captain Saams Scuba
School863 E Main St., Ste B
Stamford, CT 06902
Tel. 203-32 SCUBAwww.capt-saam.com
The Dive Shop439 Federal Rd.
Brookfield, CT 06804Tel. 203-740-9166
www.TheDiveShoponline.com
Pan Aqua Diving (2 locations):
460 W 43rd St., New York, NY 10036Tel. 212-736-3483
and461 Federal Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804
Tel. 203-775-3573www.panaqua.com
Rex Dive Center
144 Water StreetNorwalk, CT 06854
Tel. 203-853-4148
www.rexdive.com
Cougar Sports
917 Saw Mill River Rd.Ardsley, NY 10502Tel. 914-693-8877
Durland Scuba Committee
& School
Venture Crew #53
35 East Grassy Sprain Rd. Ste 204Yonkers NY 10710
Tel 914-961-1263
http://www.durlandscuba.org
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Aqua Visions Scuba118 West Boston Post Road
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Tel. 914-381-1884
www.aquavisions.biz
Ski and Scuba Connection26 Saint Roch Ave
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel. 203-629-4766
www.skiandscubaconnection.com
2037 Central Park AveYonkers, NY 10710
Tel. 914-779-2966
and
2672 Gerritsen AveBrooklyn, NY 11229
Tel. 718-769-0099www.scubany.com
Captain MikesDiving School530 City Island Ave
City Island, NY 10464
Tel. 718-885-1588
www.captainmikesdiving.com
Abyss Scuba222 E Main Street
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
914-244-3483
www.abyss-scuba.net
Marsh Scuba Supply93 Lauer Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Tel. 845-452-8994
www.marshscuba.com
See you in 2011!
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Whos Who at TSSCin 2010
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Executive Director: Bill NoelDive Planning: Jack KurzEducation/Safety: Bob BakEnviro/Legislative: Peter Peale
President: Jim Sacci
Vice President: Nick Lappano
Treasurer: Cindy Fisher
Secretary: Joann Bohannon
Director At Large: Michael Noel
Membership: Denise Kurz
Newsletter: Ruth Emblin
Webmaster: Jim Sacci
Program: Allan Rios
Social: Judy Simek
Legal Advisor: Robert Schrager
Founder: Armand Zigahn
Co-Founder: Soliman Shenouda
List Maintenance: Anne Judge
Note:
Programs may change without prior notice. Seewww.thescubasportsclub.orgfor updates.
SOCIAL &
EVENTS
2011
For details on individualevents, please go to
www.thescubasportsclub.org
Date Description
March
25-27,
2011
BENEATH THE SEAMeadowlands Expo
Center
Secaucus New Jersey
Directors Meeting:Wed, Dec. 1st, 2010 at 7 pm, loc. TBA
General Meeting:
Wed. Dec. 8th, 2010, at 6.00 pm
Victors Restaurant, Hawthorne
Program Notes:
TSSC Holiday Party &Dennis ChamberlandAtlantica Expedi-
tions Leader, www.UnderseaColony.com
December Program
Directors Meeting:
Jan 4th or 5th (TBA), 2011 at 7.00 pm
General Meeting:Wed. Jan. 12th, 2011 at 7:00pm
Victors Restaurant, Hawthorne
Program Notes:
Lenny SperegenEquipment Specialist, Safety Diver
January 11 Program
TSSC Is The
Official Dive
Club
of
BENEATH THE SEA
The Largest ConsumerScuba & Dive Travel Show
in America
BTS is a not-for-profit corpora-
tion dedicated to increasing
awareness of the earth's oceans
and the sport of scuba diving.
As an award-winning organiza-
tion, BTS helps promote environ-
mental conservation and the pro-
tection of marine wildlife through
grants to other nonprofit groups.
Through its international poster
contest for children, called Ocean
Pals, BTS helps educate children
on the wonder and delicate na-
ture of our oceans.
Beneath The Sea's annual exposi-
tion in March will feature semi-
nars and workshops, lots of great
door prizes, a film festival show-
casing the work of world-
renowned underwater videogra-
phers, great parties, and exhibits
and demonstrations by hundreds
of manufacturers, dive clubs, dive
shops, resorts, and much more!
Early Bird Ticket Purchase:http://www.beneaththesea.org/tickets.html
Schedule of 2011 Workshops nowonline at:http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/DocDownload.aspx?id=86887
Workshop Speaker Bios:http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/DocDownload.aspx?id=86888
Transportation & Hotel Info:http://www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/vieworgpagelink.asp?orgkey=862&linkkey=37744
General Information:
www.beneaththesea.org
Beneath The Sea will be held fromMarch 25th to 27th, 2011, at theMeadowlands Expo Center in Se-caucus, New Jersey.
See you inMarch 2011!
35th Anniversary
Beneath The Sea 2011
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EDITORS NOTE:
This newsletter is a publication of The Scuba Sports Club of Westchester, NYIssue 12/2010 Material may not be reprinted without explicit permission by TSSC.
An instructor at the age of 22,Lenny attended Commercial Diving
School in 1979 and has worked in therecreational and commercial divingfield ever since. His list of clients in-
cludes the Diving Equipment MarketingAssociation, several local dive retail-ers, and several diving engineeringhouses in Connecticut. He is certifiedto work on nearly every brand of divingequipment currently on the market andhas over 20,000 repairs completed todate. He is also a member of the His-torical Diving Society and the NortheastEquipment Diving Group. Mr. Speregenhas performed on television and in the
Sea Swells Log, 20 Tinker Hl, Putnam Valley NY 10579 OfficialDive Club
The year 2010 is coming to a close
and I would like to thank everyone
who helped me maintain the standardof our newsletter, the TSSC SeaSwells
Log throughout the year. I enjoyedworking with you, and it was my pleas-
ure to publish your submissions, and
many very entertaining stories I re-ceived from you in the last few months.
Thank you again to the many memberswho entered this years Story Telling
Contest. We will have yet another one in2011, so dont just yet retire your pens,
or keyboards and mice! The theme will
be announced next spring, and I hope
you will find a little time to share yetanother stories with your fellow divers.
And if you have not entered any of our
former contestsit is about time! Wed
love to hear from you.Finally, I would like to wish you all a
very enjoyable holiday season and ahappy New Year!
See you in 2011!
RuthEditor
Is Eco-Friendly Dive Gear In Our Future?
I
dont usually promote specific prod-ucts in our newsletter, but as an eco-
conscious person I believe that the story
below merits a mention.Ive often looked at my gear and won-
dered how much of the materials used
in dive equipment or manufacturing
processes used are actually eco-
friendly. Other sports segments, such
as the ski and snowboard industry,
have begun working on sustainable
materials and reducing the carbon
footprint of their production. However,
you do not hear much about sustain-
ability in dive gear. Therefore I was
happy to read about one step in theright direction:
From DiverWire.com
In what is being billed as one of the
diving industrys first Eco-Friendly
product, Diving Unlimited Interna-
tional (DUI) has introduced a new un-
dergarment that is produced with 75
percent recycled materials.
DUI's ECODiveWear is made with
Polartec PowerDry and is designed to
be worn underneath the traditional
drysuit undergarment that divers typi-
cally wear in colder waters. The suit pro-vides added warmth and moisture-
wicking properties for divers.
According to Susan Long, DUI President,
Divers are very concerned about the
environment. We selected this particular
material to use in these liners as a way
to do something to continue to protect
our worlds resources.
Long said that to her knowledge, DUI is
the first company to introduce an eco-
friendly product, but that since it is
such an important concern, that others
in the dive industry would also likely
begin introducing eco-friendly products.
DUI's ECODiveWear dive-liners are not
only highly effective for scuba diving, but
the product can also be worn in other
recreational or outdoor environments.
For more details, visit the DUI website
a t h t t p : / / w w w . d u i - o n l i n e . c o m /
dw_ecodivewear.html
This is definitely a step in the
right direction. I hope that
other manufacturers will fol-
low suit in the near future.
movies as a stunt actor. His list ofcredits include Miami Vice, BetteMiddler's Artyfacts, NickelodeonsPete-n-Pete, as well as numerouscommercials. When he is not actu-ally underwater, you can find himat the local shop talking andbreathing diving, or customizingsome new piece of equipment.Mr. Speregen is an Associate mem-ber of The Undersea and Hyper-baric Medical Society.
Lenny SperegenEquipment Specialist, Safety Diver
L.S. Industries
January Program Notes:Lenny Speregen
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