If you or someone you know are interested – please email Lissette.

Our next meeting will be Monday, March 8, 2010

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

Here’s what’s happening…

• Welcome – Jackie Dannielson
• Committee Reports
• Upcoming Events – Joan Lord
  • Movie Night update
• Guest Speakers
  • Dan Rodarte from Aqualung
• Open Floor – Members

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

A memorial gathering for fellow diver, dive club member and friend, Ray Pettigrew, will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Napa home of Charles and Karen Pettigrew from 2 – 6 p.m.  The address is 1255 Monticello Road, Napa, CA  94558.  All who knew Ray are encouraged to come.

If you are planning to attend, please let Charles and Karen know (if possible) by emailing to raymemorial@gmail.com so they can get an approximate head count for how much food, drink, etc. to plan for.  An Evite invitation will be sent in April as a reminder.

Parking is expected to be limited, so carpooling would help, and you should plan on parking on Monticello Road, and neighboring streets.

Fellow Divers and Club Members Keith and Pam Reuter (and Ty, Pam’s 100 pound, very friendly Yellow Lab) will be camping and abalone diving at Salt Point State Park from Thursday, April 25 to Sunday April 18 and would like to extend an invitation to anyone interested to com and join them.  Salt Point State Park is situated above Jenner and below Sea Ranch, and these dates have some very nice low tides, but as always, weather and ocean conditions may not cooperate.  Keith has been diving at Salt Point for ten years an “typically” comes out (if conditions allow) with his daily limit of 7″- 8″ abalone. (pristine conditions provide access to the 8″- 9″ abalone)

Salt Point Gerstle Cove is a protected “Marine Reserve” for SCUBA diving and South Gerstle Cove offers good abalone diving.  There are various other abalone dive sites along the coast nearby, including several “safer, protected” areas.  Ocean Cove Campground, just south of Salt Point, has a campground and “fee” boat launch site.

Keith and Pam are staying in the Salt Point “Woodside” loop.  Reservations are non-specific, which means you get was is left when you arrive.  They will be staying in the upper loop if available, and will resort to the lower loop if needed.  Salt Point limits RV or Trailers to 31 feet, but when specifically asked at the check in station, the rangers have stated (in the past) that length is not important as long as you don’t extend out off your site onto the street.

Keith and Pam will assist club members in organization of abalone diving, pot luck dinners (hopefully with abalone) and fellowship.

• To SCUBA:  Bring full cold water gear, weights and tanks.  Air fills may be as far away as Jenner.
• To abalone dive:  Bring a CA ocean fishing license with abalone card (there are very, very specific requirements for tagging your abalone), full cold water gear (less BC – abalone diving is free diving without tanks), weight belt with weights, abalone iron and gauge, and a float (highly recommended). 

It is reccomended that you obtain your reservation as soon as possible at ReserveAmarica.  Camping (No Hookups) is $35.00 per night with an $8.00 convenience fee per reservation.  If you book reservations for the camping trip, please let Keith know you are going.

Keith and Pam “might” be putting together a second trip in August, probably also to Salt Point.   

Ray Pettigrew

Our next meeting will be Monday, February 8, 2010

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

Here’s what’s happening…

• Welcome – Jackie Dannielson
• Committee Reports
• Upcoming Events – Joan Lord
  • Our annual Bowling Party is scheduled for 6:30pm Friday, February 12, 2010 at Napa Bowl.  If you have not already done so, please RSVP to Joan or via e-vite invitation. If you did not receive an e-vite, please update your membership information with either Christine or Steve after the meeting.
• Valentines Basket Raffle
• Open Floor – Members

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

Our next meeting will be Monday, January 11, 2010

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

Here’s what’s happening…

• Welcome – Jackie Dannielson, President
• Committee Reports
• Upcoming Events – Joan Lord
  • Bowling Party – January 2010
• Guest Speakers

  •  Mr.Scott Keneally (Pending Confirmation).  Scott will be talking about his recent trip to the Guadalupe Islands for the filming of Dean Karr’s Rock n Roll Great White Shark Expedition and the associated article he wrote for Outdoor Magazine.

  • Mr. Kieth Strange of Paradise Adventures will be presenting details of an upcoming Dive trip he has planned to the Red Sea aboard the dive boat Emperor Superior

  • Open Floor – Members

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

Join the crew on-location as they film their new dive travel television show, “Into the Drink.”