Richmond Dive Club

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Come Join Us Jan 9th for our guest speaker Ed Clarke

Ed is the president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro, and is a dynamic public speaker and educator. He has been on national shows like Larry King, the Today Show, and the "Wildlife Emergency" on Animal Planet. For more information on the Wildlife Center of Virginia visit: http://www.wildlifecenter.org/

Although our monthly meetings are open to the public, we hope that after attending a meeting, you will decide to join us.

Benefits:

* Participation in RDC trips, often offered at substantial discounts
* Parties and special events
* Great diving with folks at all levels of diving certifications
* Voting privileges

Dues
The fiscal health of the Richmond Dive Club is only one aspect that makes our club as strong as it is. Your dues help to support DAN and diving activities within Richmond, as well as being used for deposits on Club trips helping to secure the great rates we get.

Dues are $24 for a single membership and $36 for a family* memberships. Dues are based on the fiscal year beginning March 1 and ending on February 28th (29) and are prorated on a monthly basis after March 1.

For more details visit
http://richmonddiveclub.com

 

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Join us on February 13th at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike. Our guest speaker will be Captain JT Barker. He will talk on rules for Wreck Diving & Lack of Them. He will discuss 5 rules with accidents to prove his point, these rules often not enforced on dive boats today. Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike.

 

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Join us on March 13th at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike. Our guest speaker will be Captain Johnny Pieno. Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike.

 

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Join us on April 10th at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike. Our guest speaker will be Jim Young, who will talk about his dive trip to New Zealand. Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike.

Check out some of our upcoming events
http://www.richmonddiveclub.com/index.php?content=travel

On March 18, the Richmond Dive Club will be going to the Science Museum
of Virginia to watch the Coral Reef Adventure.

http://www.coralfilm.com/

We plan on meeting at the Science Museum at 2:30-2:45, the movie starts
at 3:00 PM

The movie will be 45 min in length. The tickets should be around $8 per
person.

We have reserved a spot for 18 people at Bottoms Up Pizza in Shockoe
Bottom for around 4PM.

Please email me at vicepresident@richmonddiveclub.com so we can get a
head count.

Look forward to seeing you there!

 

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Join us on April 10th at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike. Our guest speaker will be Jim Young, who will talk about his dive trip to New Zealand. Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike.

 

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Join us on April 10th at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike. Our guest speaker
will be Jim Young, who will talk about his dive trip to New Zealand. Socializing
begins at 6:00 P.M. and the meeting starts at 7:00 P.M. at La Siesta on
Midlothian Turnpike. Jim McNeil of the The Dive Shop will also talk about
upcoming events at The Dive Shop.

The Richmond Dive Club Giant Stride membership drive is rolling! At the April
meeting, those who have renewed their memberships, will be eligible for our
prize raffle. We have lots of great prizes from Outer Banks Diving, Atlantis
Divers, Dallas Weston Dive Shop, The Dive Shop, and Lake Rawlings. We thank
them for their support of the Richmond Dive Club. You do n ot have to be present
to win. A special thanks to Mike Carr in organizing and doing the behind the
scenes work for our great prizes!

Don't forget your dive gear serviced before the dive season starts and take advantage of our upcoming GOOSE Day at Lake Rawlings.

William Craig Memorial Fund
The Staff and Faculty of Atlantis Divers are deeply saddened by the recent loss
of William “Tripp” Craig III, who passed away on March 17, 2007. Tripp was a
dedicated diver and a leader in both our sport and the community. He is survived
by his wife, Bonnie, four children Lauren, Heather, Will and Andrea, as well as
his mother, Jean. In tribute to Tripp’s vibrant life and personality, they
have established a memorial fund in conjunction with Village Bank. Donations may
be made either at Atlantis Divers or any Village Bank branch location. Please
take a few moments and stop by to remember Tripp as a fellow diver and friend,
and to think of his family.

The Richmond Dive Club will be taking up a collection for the William Craig
Memorial Fund at the club meeting on April 10th. Our thoughts and prayers are
with the Craig family.

 

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Join us on May 8th, at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike. Our guest speaker will be Amy Giannotti president of the Cambrian Foundation/project director for the Bermuda Caves Expedition. Her presentation will be "Protecting the Dark by Shedding Some Light", based on an ongoing research project to map the submerged anchialine caves and document the rare species found in Bermuda. Join us as we examine the watery world beneath Bermuda! Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike.

 

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Join us on June 12th, our guest speaker will be Gary Gentile. He will be discussing the USS Monitor: A Civil War Legacy.

Gary Gentile started his diving career in 1970, and began avid wreck diving the following year. Shipwrecks fascinated him, deep diving lured him. By 1974 he was diving the Andrea Doria. Since then he has made more than 170 dives to this famous wreck. By now he has made thousands of decompression dives.

During the past two decades he has been intimately involved with shipwreck research, and has compiled an extensive library of photographs, drawings, plans, and original source materials. He has conducted surveys on numerous wrecks, some of which have been drawn in the form of large-sized prints suitable for framing. Over the years he has rescued from the ravages of the sea many thousands of artifacts, making him a leading authority in recovery techniques.

This combination slide and video presentation is a visual extravaganza for people of all ages, divers and armchair explorers alike. Sunk in clear Gulf Stream water off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Civil War ironclad Monitor lies on a white sandy bottom in an area where the visibility often exceeds 100 feet. The wreck abounds with colorful fish and tropical marine encrustation. But what appears with such serenity is in actuality a dynamic process in motion, the forces of nature in collision, the best and the worst of man's character in opposition.

The Monitor's saga is long and ongoing. At the Battle of Hampton Roads she fought the CSS Virginia to a standstill: the first clash of ironclads, and a battle that spelled the end of wooden, sail-powered navies. Her loss in a December gale changed her from a machine of war to a monument depicting the futility of war. Now she fights her battles against the corrosive nature of the sea, and stands as an example of how freedom can be lost to bureaucracy if one refuses to fight for one's rights.

Gary's position with respect to the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is unique. Alone and at his own expense, he waged a five-year legal battle against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which refused American citizens the right to see the wreck site with their own eyes. His battle culminated in a widely publicized hearing in 1989 in which he emerged with a triumphant victory for divers across the nation, for NOAA was forced to concede that people have the right to look at the Monitor despite NOAA's wishes to the contrary.

He has visited the wreck site regularly since 1990, capturing the wreck on film and videotape as it disintegrates before our very eyes--as all shipwrecks do. This presentation combines the best of both media, and allows the author to examine the wreck in detail so the viewer can have a better understanding of the site and of the changes that occur on it. Here is history at its best, and history in the making.
Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at La Siesta on Midlothian Turnpike.

 

[Drewski]

Hi Skistowe:

Would it be OK if a few of us from Hampton Roads came and joined ya'll for this speaker?

BTW, are any of your club members diving the Morgan this Saturday with Lynnhaven Dive Center?

THANKS!

 

[RAD Diver]

Im in for this trip also Andy. Should be a good time & Im sure Gary G. has a lot to say.