California Meet and Greet (MAG)

[Jim Ernst]

Count me in , Sounds like a blast!

 

[micboucher]

I personally voted Monterey, but someone mentioned the Channel Islands in another thread and I would be very excited about that.

I'm very excited and would love to do a liveaboard out of Channel Islands or Monterey.

 

[Sam Miller III]

I'm very excited and would love to do a liveaboard out of Channel Islands or Monterey.
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BOUCHER!

I just noticed your name-Unique!- have been away for a while!

My goodness you have a very famous name in the early history of recreational diving and are probably unaware of it.

Raymond Boucher was a Hungarian who fought as a German fighter pilot in WW11. It has been reported that he shot down 5 planes therefore an Ace but cannot be verified.

After WW11 he became interested and very active in the world of sport diving especially breath hold diving, aka free diving.

In November 1949 he slipped in the the cold water of Naples and plunged to a depth of 30 meters approximately 117 feet (39 inches per meter) establishing a new and the first world free diving record.

The record was broken in December 1951 by two Italian divers, Ennio Falco and Alberto Novelli diving to a depth of 35 meters or 136 1/2 feet also off Naples.

Not to be out done he moved to the tropical island of Capri and in November 1952 he set another free diving world record of 39 meters or 152 feet.

After that he retired as a competitor but remained active and was highly visible in the Free Diving Spear Fishing world.

In 2000 at the Minimum recognition party he was honored as one of the "Fathers of Free Diving and Spear Fishing" ..one of about 80 in the world who were recognized and give the honor...one of the pioneering greats of the sport.

A relative?
sdm

 

[Jim Ernst]

I'm very excited and would love to do a liveaboard out of Channel Islands or Monterey.
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BOUCHER!

I just noticed your name-Unique!- have been away for a while!

My goodness you have a very famous name in the early history of recreational diving and are probably unaware of it.

Raymond Boucher was a Hungarian who fought as a German fighter pilot in WW11. It has been reported that he shot down 5 planes therefore an Ace but cannot be verified.

After WW11 he became interested and very active in the world of sport diving especially breath hold diving, aka free diving.

In November 1949 he slipped in the the cold water of Naples and plunged to a depth of 30 meters approximately 117 feet (39 inches per meter) establishing a new and the first world free diving record.

The record was broken in December 1951 by two Italian divers, Ennio Falco and Alberto Novelli diving to a depth of 35 meters or 136 1/2 feet also off Naples.

Not to be out done he moved to the tropical island of Capri and in November 1952 he set another free diving world record of 39 meters or 152 feet.

After that he retired as a competitor but remained active and was highly visible in the Free Diving Spear Fishing world.

In 2000 at the Minimum recognition party he was honored as one of the "Fathers of Free Diving and Spear Fishing" ..one of about 80 in the world who were recognized and give the honor...one of the pioneering greats of the sport.

A relative?
sdm

HMMMM.... That is very interesting read, Thanks Sam, Though I know it wasn't ment for me.

 

[micboucher]

I'm very excited and would love to do a liveaboard out of Channel Islands or Monterey.
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BOUCHER!

I just noticed your name-Unique!- have been away for a while!

My goodness you have a very famous name in the early history of recreational diving and are probably unaware of it.

Raymond Boucher was a Hungarian who fought as a German fighter pilot in WW11. It has been reported that he shot down 5 planes therefore an Ace but cannot be verified.

After WW11 he became interested and very active in the world of sport diving especially breath hold diving, aka free diving.

In November 1949 he slipped in the the cold water of Naples and plunged to a depth of 30 meters approximately 117 feet (39 inches per meter) establishing a new and the first world free diving record.

The record was broken in December 1951 by two Italian divers, Ennio Falco and Alberto Novelli diving to a depth of 35 meters or 136 1/2 feet also off Naples.

Not to be out done he moved to the tropical island of Capri and in November 1952 he set another free diving world record of 39 meters or 152 feet.

After that he retired as a competitor but remained active and was highly visible in the Free Diving Spear Fishing world.

In 2000 at the Minimum recognition party he was honored as one of the "Fathers of Free Diving and Spear Fishing" ..one of about 80 in the world who were recognized and give the honor...one of the pioneering greats of the sport.

A relative?
sdm

I don't think he's a relative but I love to hear the history! My name is French and pronounced booshay. I once met a German guy who spelled his name the same but pronounced it bowcher. I'm guessing that would be more of the Hungarian pronounciation too.

 

[Ted S]

Awesome! Thanks for organizating this Ann Marie... hope to be able to make it.

 

[Peter_C]

Just a note for those voting for the three day weekend is that the hotels jack up the prices on holidays. For instance the Lone Oak Lodge rates go from $56 to $70. Not a big deal, but that is one of the cheapest hotels in Monterey. They are also dive friendly.

I would agree that the Channel Islands would be a great meet and greet place.

 

[Teamcasa]

You know, this does not have to be just us California divers. We could invite our friends from all of the Western US, Oregon Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Arizona!

 

[RoyN]

Is Prof. Bill gonna be there?

 

[sarita75]

I agree that it doesnt have to be just California, but I am sure that (organizationally-speaking) it is nice to have some limits on it, although I know that noone would be frowned upon if they were from Nevada (oh shock!!!) or wherever.

Ann Marie - to echo Peter-C....Monterey can be an extreme pain I'm the backside on any summer holiday, hence my preference to go another time. We went down last time on that particular holiday and were unable to find a room for under $200 and reservations at restaurants, etc were difficult to get as well. From the standpoint of accomdating those divers who are coming longer distances, I can "totally get" doing that on a long weekend, but it will end up being more expensive.