Dive Schedules for 2010

Moonstone

I don't know if it is plain old good luck, karma, or what but, I have been letting you all know through this blog what dives I aspire to dive in the upcoming year. Now it seems, as the dive schedules are being posted that most of the dives I want to dive are on dive shop, dive boat or dive club schedules. To see that fellow divers have read my blog, and then actually put those wreck destinations on their dive shop or dive boat schedules means the world to me. This shows me that my blog is doing its job....to inspire others to dive. Thanks!! I guess there is some truth to the old saying "If there is a will, there is a way"!

I am looking forward to being on those trips with all of you whom share the same passion for diving the wrecks I want to dive. See you out there this year on the Cayru, N.Pacific, Freighter, Varanger, Moonstone, Arundo, and Terror Wreck. So far, I am signed up to dive the Moonstone, Arundo (twice), Cayru and Varanger. Lets see if I can manage to get too all the wrecks that set out to dive this year...

Me on the
Moonstone- 1990

Seagirt 9/20/90

The Seagirt is an intact clammer that sank in 1990 and we were some of the first divers on it. We went out on the Down Deep (Capt. Bob Meimbrese) and had a real productive day. I wrote in my log that the wreck had lots of cables to get hung up on and the wreck creeked since it wasn't quite settled into the bottom yet. It sits in 70' of water. All the divers together got a total of 7 portholes, 2 swing plates, 2 brass horns, a lantern, a compass and the box it goes in, cage lights and a bell (not the boats bell but another type of alarm bell). I actually got a cage light and the bell on my own and sent it up in my own lift bag. At the time that was real big for me. I'm not one that works with tools well. These are the few pictures of I have of that memorable day. I went back to this wreck years later and it was encased in mussels and sits on its side. Nothing like seeing a wreck upright and then going back and seeing it listed to one side.

Gulftrade, City of Athens & Brian C

Gulftrade Stern 1990














City of Athens 9/15/90



























Brian C on the Down Deep

Various Dives 1988-1991

I am slowly scanning these old slides from 1988-1991 into digital. See if you can recognize some of these old time divers. It is definitely hard to remember everyone's name. One of the biggest rewards of looking through all of these old photos is to realize the large amount of diving I actually did back then as well as today. I forgot a large amount of the dives I had done. At least I can say...I lived my life and I know I touched a lot of people. Since this process is painstakingly slow, I'll add more photos each week over the long winter. I am working on a Nova Scotia and Honduras/Antigua slide show that will be up soon.


Red Bricks- Deadeyes

Bow of Gulftrade 8/4/90 on the Robin

Northern Pacific 1988- Robin

Mowhawk 9/18/90

What do you see here?

My First Parkway Drysuit (1990)

Modeling on the way home!


Tolton 8/15/90

Macro

Resor 1990

Nothing Like Dive Gear Under the Tree

Santa doesn't always bring me dive toys, but this year I must have been good because I feel like I hit the goldmine!  I got a new Aqualung Legend Supreme regulator, a Dive Rite Nitek Duo computer and a second regulator is in the works (either an Apex or Scubapro).  I feel like I was fully outfitted with all new dive gear.  I am really excited about the regulator and I hope it breathes as nice as it looks.  Now I can't wait to go diving and try it out.  Too bad Santa didn't bring me a dive vacation to somewhere warm too.

Perhaps this is a sign that my health will remain well and I will be able to do a lot of diving in 2010!

Merry Christmas & Peace in the New Year

I wanted to wish all of those whom share this love of  wreck diving with me a Merry Christmas!  I know I am wishing for a few dive toys under my Christmas Tree this year.  We'll see what Santa brings!  I also wanted to wish everyone Peace and Happiness in the New Year.  

I have been working diligently on converting my old dive slides to digital and will be posting them throughout the winter.  The hardest part is trying to remember when they were taken and what wreck they were on. In reviewing these slides, it makes me sad to see those old divers that used to be a regular part of my diving adventures whom are no longer in my life.  I miss them and wish I could dive with them again.  They made me happy. If I could only figure out how to freeze time....Here are a few sample pictures:

Me hugging a morey eel!

NJ lobster

Something Warm to get you through the Winter-Ultimate Getaway 2006

Now that we have the long winter ahead of us, I'd thought I'd post a slide show from a trip I took in the Florida on the Ultimate Getaway liveaboard. We dove the Oil Wreck (140') and the Baja California (120') in the Gulf of Mexico. The diving was awesome, full of marine life and we all enjoyed some great artifacts. I am not fond of liveaboards so it took some convincing to get me to go and luckily we were blessed with calm seas the entire trip.

So if your looking for something to do over the winter that is within the United States then, check out the Ultimate Getaway. It was fun!

Press play below and turn up your speakers and listen to the music!!