Monthly Archive for November, 2008

It’s time to party! Annual Club Holiday Party

To All Napa Valley Divers: Our next meeting will be Monday, December 8, 2008

This is the meeting you don’t want to miss… our Annual Holiday Party!

Meeting location:
Wineries of Napa Valley
1285 Napa Town Center
Napa, CA 94559
Phone: 253-9450
Time: 6:30pm until 9:00pm

  • Light appetizers & dessert served
  • Wine (first glass is free – courtesy of Goosecross Cellars)
  • Gift Basket Raffle
  • Ornament Exchange (see notes below)
  • Lots of fun with friends, food and wine

Additional notes:

To participate in the Ornament Exchange, please bring one ornament per person that wishes to participate with a value up to $20.

Same as last year… Goosecross Cellars will donate 30% of any Goosecross wine purchased that evening to the Club treasury! Last year they donated over $600! Let’s see if we can increase that donation this year.

We look forward to seeing you all at Wineries of Napa Valley!

Marine life faces ‘acid threat’

Man-made pollution is raising ocean acidity at least 10 times faster than previously thought, a study says. Read the article.

Anyone for diving Monterey with Troy?

Troy Cary will be going to Monterey to do some diving Friday 11/28-Sun 11/30. He wants to extend the invitation to anyone that would be interested in some fun diving that weekend. He will also be available for specialty courses if anyone is interested. Please contact Troy directly.

Grasping the scale of Earth’s oceans

Paul Rose led eight scientific diving expeditions for the BBC’s new Oceans series, which aims to give a global picture of the state of our seas. Here, he documents just a few of the observations his team made. Read the article and watch the video’s.

November 2008 Dive Club Meeting

Our next meeting will be Monday, November 10, 2008

Filippi’s Pizza Grotto 645 1st Street, Napa (east of Soscol)
Phone: (707) 254-9700

  • Dinner (Dutch treat) will begin at 6:00pm (order off the regular menu)
  • The meeting will begin at 7:00pm

With many club members in Indonesia with Napa Dive & Sport, we anticipate a smaller group for our November meeting.

At this meeting, we’ll discuss and plan our December Holiday/Christmas party which will be held at Wineries of Napa Valley on December 8. We welcome your thoughts, suggestions and assistance.

David will present a few sample club logo products from our new online shop.

Also, club member Keith Reuter will play a DVD he picked up from a Kona dive store and it has some very impressive scenes of Manta Ray dives.

We look forward to seeing you at Filippi’s Pizza Grotto on Monday!

Captain Davy Rackham

I found my Pirate name! Shouldn’t every SCUBA diver have a Pirate name?

My pirate name is:
Captain Davy Rackham

 

aka: David Topper

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com

Welcome To The Virtual Underwater World!

Just when you think you’ve traveled the world and seen it all. Welcome to the virtual underwater world!

Here’s what they have to say…

With eDiving You can:

- practice SCUBA diving ONLINE
- virtually explore real marine locations
- share your underwater stories, images and videos
- plan your next underwater explorations
- find buddies that share Your dreams
Why Join eDiving?
 eDive anywhere in the World
 Create a custom profile
 Connect with other divers
 Share diving photos and videos
 Share your diving stories
 Find diving instructors
 It’s FREE
Check here for systems requirements.
Here is a list of current eDiving locations. I understand that Monterey Breakwater will be added soon.
Remember… always dive within your training, skill, and comfort level!  ;-)