Air Bubbles The Newsletter of the North Shore Frogmen’s Club Volume 53, Number 2 February 2011

President’s Message - February 2011 Another winter month has past, one step closer to the summer. Hopefully anyone that enjoys skiing has hit the slopes; conditions Coming Club Events must be great due to the 11 feet of snow we’ve had this winter. February 3: Presentation: Even in the doldrums of winter I encourage everyone to come to our Victor Mastone of the BUAR on weekly meetings. It is a great chance to grab some cheap dinner and a drink and swap old dive stories. the Battle of Chelsea Creek Upcoming events: February 10: Bottle and artifact February 3rd (Victor Mastone) will be speaking about the battle of display prior to bottle dive on Chelsea Creek. February 12. Boston NAUI Scuba Show will be February 26 in Marlboro and the Boston Sea Rovers will be March 3-5 at the Crown Plaza in Danvers. NSF will be manning a booth at both shows. We are still looking for volunteers to help man the booths. I’d like to send a special thank you out to Fred Calhoun. Fred has offered free instructor training sessions beginning at 6:30 every Winter Dives!! Thursday at PCYC. These informal sessions touch upon dive theory and instructor test preparation. There is no fee for these sessions. Tony Vieira has offered to coordinate Come on down Thursday nights at 6:30 and enhance your scuba winter dives again this year. For the next knowledge! few months, come to a Thursday night D.O.M: This month I would like to recognize Claus Schmidt as meeting to join the discussion on the day, diver of the month. As a recent member, Claus has taken an active time and location planned for that role in winter diving. When you come out of the water and the ice weekend’s dive. If you can’t make the instantly forms on your drysuit you deserve to be recognized! meeting, or for updates, check Facebook or contact Tony to find out where Club M.O.M: I’d also like to recognize Dan Hering as member of the members and friends will be diving. month. Dan takes on the role of membership committee month after month. This task consists of promoting club events via the internet, supplying information and membership applications to potential members, running the NSF Facebook page, as Contents: well as many President’s Message – pg. 1 other silent tasks. Meeting Summaries – pg. 2-4 Thanks Dan, we New Year’s Day – pg. 5 appreciate all you Calendar and Coming Events – pg. 6-8 do for the club! January Presentation – pg. 8 -Jes Ski Schedule – pg. 9

1 Air Bubbles – February 2011 - Claus did an “into the New Year” Meeting Summaries dive, discovered that drinking 30-Dec -2010 champagne underwater is not trivial; it makes quite the noise when the Pizza Party beginning at 7PM. bottle is opened underwater! Committees: - Jack – 31Dec dove on the USS NH Membership: Dan Hering – - Claus – next Tuesday if anyone is applications from Mike and Ellen interested – post on FB Garvey of Swampscott read, motion General Discussion: made, seconded and passed to accept - Jes has been researching Sea Hunt Ellen and Mike as our newest Club The North Shore Frogmen’s Club series videos for about $40 know members. PO Box 3604 don’t need a vote, but would like to Peabody, MA 01961 No other Club business conducted. run it past everyone. Mike L has the

2011 OFFICERS complete series and will lend it to us for movie nights. President: Jesse Leslie Raffles: Dollars Box: Meg Tennissen Tel: (978) 335-1811 Email: [email protected] Mystery Prize: Jack Munro Bug Bag: Mike Denneler Vice President: John Sears Presentation: Fred Calhoun spoke to Tel: 978-750-4745 the Club about regulators and Email: [email protected] regulator care and maintenance. Treasurer: Vinny Egizi Tel: (858) 342-3365 13-Jan-2011 Email: [email protected] Meeting called to order: 8:08 PM New members Mike and Ellen at the Attendance: 3 Officers, 9 Members Secretary: Meg Tennissen Pizza Party Tel: (781) 724-0071 Secretary: Minutes read and accepted Email: [email protected] Treasurer: report not read Announcements: Tony is trying to get * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 06-Jan -2011 the Salem PD to give us a presentation Membership: Dan Hering Abbreviated Business Meeting for Correspondence: Jesse received an [email protected] Presentation email from Fred Calhoun who has Meeting called to order: 8:05 PM Newsletter: Mary Howard offered to help possible future Tel: (781) 944-1292 Attendance: 4 Officers, 19 Members instructors, share knowledge and prep Email: [email protected] Guests: Claus Schmidt and Guest for exams before the meetings. Speaker Fred Calhoun Committees: Secretary: minutes not read - Program: Treasurer: report read and accepted. - 2/3 – Victor Mastone of the MA Committees: Board of Underwater Archeological - Membership: Dan Hering – Resources will give a presentation *Deadline for submissions* application from Claus Schmidt, from on the Battle of Chelsea Creek to the February 2011 issue near Cologne Germany, has been - 2/10 – Graham will bring part of his diving less than a year, went with us old bottle collection from his dives. of Air Bubbles is on New Year’s dive. Motion made - 2/12 – Saturday – bottle dive from Monday, February 21 seconded and passed to accept Claus PCYC at 10:30 as our newest member. Please have all articles and - 2/26 – 60th Boston Scuba Show at the Dive Talk: Holiday Inn in Marlboro information to the - 28 people dove on New Year’s Day at - 3/4-6 - 2011 Boston Sea Rovers Air Bubbles editor  Ft Sewall. It was cold and fun, 37 F, Clinic at the Crowne Plaza Boston by February 21, 2011. saw lots of baby shrimp or krill. North Shore Hotel in Danvers MA - Laura – Phillips Beach in - Easter Egg dive – Date tbd. Swampscott, with 5 people on New - 7/18-24 – week at Pat and Annette’s Year’s Day saw lot of nudibranchs of in Vermont. various kinds. And of course she didn’t have her camera! Old Business: 2 Air Bubbles – February 2011 - 2011 Banquet: we are waiting to hear all the way; he flooded. Lauren’s - 7/7 - beach meeting. from PCYC about having our banquet neck seal not tight, she flooded. - Membership: waiting on app from here this year, with tentative date of Planning dive this coming Sat off the Charlene. Dec 10. We will need a caterer if we beach to wreck from the 1700s – - Air Bubbles: Today is the deadline. do it here. We gave them a check to 11AM slack 1130-1230 Feel free to write an article, send in reserve the room; could use the same General Discussion: pictures, etc. DJ as last year. - VP John Sears is offering to place an Old Business: - We sent a check to Sea Rovers for a order for fleece blankets with Froggy - Pay your dues. booth at the show. Tony has Logo like the ones we had this year - Vinny has made more courtesy cards; volunteered to man the booth, but we for awards at the banquet. Will get a no map on the back. need more volunteers. sign-up sheet, and require deposit. - Tri-fold – Mike emailed Paul an old - Booth at NAUI Boston Scuba Show Cost will be around $30 each. NSF flyer and Mary had one of the on 2/27: Best person to man the - Mike’s moments: tri-folds. Paul drafted a new flyer booth is Arnie, since he has articles - Chef Gordon Ramsey decided to do and has examples tonight for for the booth. Fred has offered a free the big fish fight, looking for people review/edits. Please let Paul know if booth; people sitting at the booth who fin sharks, found big area in you have any any suggestions for need to purchase tickets. Could the Costa Rica. People pointed their formatting, printing, etc. Once we club pay for 2 tickets for those guns at him. He was asked to leave have our final design, Jes can go to manning the booth? Motion made to - Off RI, the USS Revenge wrecked in Staples and get 100 printed out. John pay for a ticket for Arnie if he needs 1811, did a lot in Salem – 200th F got the last batch printed; should to have one, seconded and passed. anniversary of the wreck, it was talk with John again. Working with a - For the Sea Rovers booth (and the discovered in 2005 in 15’ water. printer would probably be the Boston Scuba Show) do we plan to cheapest unit cost. Need at least 100 - In Scituate Harbor, a small fishing have any Club info, brochures? Some for Sea Rovers. Suggested we go to a boat ran into 600ft carrier; little boat years ago we had a brochure; Paul Vocational school for lower cost. sank, big one didn’t have a scratch. will draft something for a new one. They may want higher res photos. Raffles: Dollars Box: Meg Tennissen Tony has a connection for print shop New Business: Mystery Prize: John Marren prices. We should get at least - Claus has an idea to do a trip to Bug Bag: Graham Smith something up on the website in order in the summer, Jul or to have an online presence for the 20-Jan-2011 Aug. The quarry is 130’ deep, clear, Club. Bill Werner has the framed Meeting called to order: 8:00 PM with submerged helicopters. `Tony’s articles, including the Life Magazine Attendance: 4 Officers, 15 Members been there, paid 50/night for hotel. 6 spread, some of which can be used Guest: Charlene C hr drive for both shows. Secretary: Minutes read and accepted Dive Talk: New Business: Treasurer: report read and accepted. - Winter Island Jes and Lewis. Jes - Would like to schedule dates tonight Correspondence – missed the wreck he was looking for; for future events, ie beach meetings. - Bob Boyle is sick and Undersea it was 34F, 50 min dive, scallops, St Patrick’s Day party? Theme party Divers is closed until Shawn returns clams, not bad. Lewis did 3 min in the summer? Talk with PCYC to from his trip. dive, walked in water, swam out, have a deck party in the summer? Or went down…it was cold. - Barbara Warren Salem Sound Coast do it on a Thursday. 9th June and 7th Watch – doing a short video section General Discussion: Jul were chosen for beach meetings. on eel grass and she is looking for - Jes asked Markus to restore old Will check with Dodie to see if/when pictures, video of eel grass. If anyone website, new one may be up she would be willing to host the has eel grass shots, Paul can get you tomorrow. Easter Egg Dive Party. in touch with Barbara. - 5 digit number now required for Dive Talk: Committees: lobster license and fishing licenses, - Jes dove Sat with Lewis and Lauren - Program: (also see last week’s notes) two separate licenses. at Winter Island between lighthouse - 2/3 - Presentation on Chelsea Creek - Thailand is closing diving because of and boat ramp. Mostly mud, found a by Victor Mastone of BUAR coral bleaching – big write up on 20’ center console wreck that turtled. - 4/? - Raymond Bates will give CNN There was heavy growth on it. presentation on his book, Shipwrecks - Mike’s Moments: Lower unit was off the engine so it North of Boston, Jesse will firm up the - Wreck of the Queen Anne’s probably hit the rocks. Once out date. Revenge, off NC, found hilt of a Lewis discovered he didn’t zip suit - 6/9 - beach meeting 3 Air Bubbles – February 2011 sword that may be Blackbeard’s sword – checking if it is his. - There’s a video online of a man Froggy Blankets holding an eel, if watch video, guy tortured it, the eel ate his thumb. John Sears planning an order Interesting video, the guy deserved Diver of the Month fleece blankets with the Freddy it! the Frog logo as pictured below. - Angel fish are among the most for February Let him know if you are intelligent fish – discovered they can interested and whether he should count up to 3, fish use it since there’s 2011 safety in numbers. pursue this order. He will need a - In a Tennessee creak, a 5” crawfish minimum order of 25 blankets. found – this is twice the size of Claus Schmidt The projected price is in the others they find. who has taken an active role neighbor-hood of $30. Place - A bunch of oysters were put in in winter diving your order with John and give Boston Harbor to filter the water – they can survive and grow, but not him a deposit of $10 for each sure if they’ll reproduce. blanket ordered.

- 3 men from Chelsea and Revere were fined $1000 each in court costs for getting short lobsters in Salem Willows in Sept. Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren Mystery Prize: Paul Sauvageau Bug Bags: Peter Chapman and Ray Porter Member of the Month 20-Jan-2011

Meeting called to order: 8:35 PM for February Attendance: 2 Officers, 10 Members

Secretary: Minutes not read 2011 Treasurer: report read and accepted. Correspondence – Dan Hering - Bob Boyle is home, not at work yet. Vinny spoke with him. who takes on the role of Committees: membership committee month - Program: (see also last 2 weeks’ after month. meeting notes) - 2/3 – Victor Mastone giving presentation on Battle of Chelsea Creek - 5/1 – Easter Egg Dive and Party Old Business: - Tri-fold – Paul brought flyer with more edits; he was given more feedback. Graham Smith received his - Dodie offered to host the Easter Egg award for his 2010 presidency at Party on Sunday, May 1, so we’ll the meeting on January 6. have our dive and party that day. - John Sears is offering Froggy fleece blankets for sale. Contact him for more information. Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren Bug Bag: ? 4 Air Bubbles – February 2011 January 1, 2011 – Our First Club Event of the Year New Year’s Day Dive and New Year’s Day Party Photos courtesy of Amy Maurer

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8:00 PM Meeting February PRESENTATION 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sunday Dive? 8:00 PM Meeting BOTTLES 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sunday Dive? 8:00 PM Meeting

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Sunday Dive? Boston 8:00 PM Meeting Scuba Show

27 28 1 2 3 4 5 Sunday Dive? Boston 8:00 PM Meeting Sea Rovers

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sea Rovers 8:00 PM Meeting Sunday Dive? 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sunday Dive? 8:00 PM Meeting

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Sunday Dive? 8:00 PM Meeting

27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Dive? 8:00 PM Meeting March

Activities List - Feb 3, Thur Presentation: Victor Mastone on the Battle of Chelsea Creek - Feb 10, Thur Graham will show some of his Old Bottles at the meeting - Feb 12, Sat Bottle dive from PCYC at 10:30 - Feb 26, Sat Boston Scuba Show in Marlboro, MA - Mar 5-6, Wknd Boston Sea Rovers Show in Danvers, MA - May 1, Sun Easter Egg Dive and Party - Jun 9, Thur Beach Meeting - July 7, Thur Beach Meeting

>> For Sunday morning WINTER dives, check Facebook or contact Tony Vieira. <<

6 Air Bubbles – February 2011 Upcoming NSF Club Events / Activities: Other Events of interest to SCUBA divers: PRESENTATION: 60th BOSTON SCUBA SHOW The Battle of Chelsea Creek with Victor Mastone will give a presentation to the Club at the meeting on February 3. Victor is Director of the CATHY CHURCH Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archeological and Fred Calhoun Resources, part of Massachusetts Office of Coastal Directed by Alan Budreau Zone Management. “Established in 1973, the Assisted by Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Linda and Kerry Hurd Resources (BUAR) is the sole trustee of the Including Commonwealth's underwater heritage, promoting and LAKE ERIE WRECKS protecting the public's interests in these resources for recreational, economic, environmental, and historical with Dallas Edmiston purposes.” (Section in quotes is from the website: http://www.mass.gov/czm/buar/) February 26, 2011 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Victor has worked and/or is working on several projects Holiday Inn and Resort related to Underwater Archeology in Massachusetts. Jct Rtes 495 and 20 These include but are not limited to work on the Marlboro, Mass following projects: Always Free Parking - Nipmuc dugout canoes found in Lake Quinsigamond Two free scuba books by F.Calhoun, to the first 200 attendees

- Search for the old lighthouse at Minot’s Ledge Tickets at $25 at the door or in advance by writing destroyed in a storm in 1951 Cecile Christensen 2 Ocean Ave (1-H) - Searching for Babe Ruth’s piano in a pond in Sudbury Magnolia, MA 01930 - The Battle of Chelsea Creek Checks payable to Cecile Christensen The Battle of Chelsea Creek, May 27, 1775, was the second military engagement of the American

Revolution. At the time the area where the battle took place are now parts of Chelsea, Revere, East Boston and Logan Airport.

Come hear Victor speak about research on this battle at our Club meeting on February 3, 2011 at 8PM at the Boston Sea Rovers Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Leavitt Street in Salem, th MA. 57 Annual Underwater Clinic Mark your calendars - March 4th - 6th, 2011

Join Us At Our New Home! Bottle Dive 2/12/11 The Boston Sea Rovers 2011 Daytime Seminar schedule is now available on line - we've got a great Graham is planning a winter bottle dive at Palmer’s lineup of world class photographers, videographers, and Cove Yacht Club on February 12. He will display his explorers eager to share their latest discoveries and bottles and other objects he has found at the site in the images with you. Full details can be found on our past at the Thursday night meeting prior to the dive, website at http://www.bostonsearovers.com/. We look February 10. Come see what might be out there for you forward to seeing you in our new venue at the Crowne to find. Plaza Boston North Shore, in Danvers, Mass. The PCYC kitchen will be open that day for a work Discounted Tickets available online for a limited time! crew, so we will be able to warm up with FOOD. 7 Air Bubbles – February 2011 th Fred Calhoun gave a presentation on January BSC Meeting February 9 6 on the care of regulators: The next meeting of the Bay State Council of Divers scheduled for Wednesday, February 9, 2011 (snow date Wednesday, February 16, 2011) at the South Shore Neptunes’ Clubhouse in Quincy. All are welcome and encouraged to attend these meetings

NEU MSC LECTURES You are cordially invited to attend any and all of the Marine Science Center’s monthly lectures this academic year. Lectures are held in the Murphy Bunker at the MSC (430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908), which is ADA accessible. Most programs last from 1 to 1.5 hours, and light refreshments are served half an hour before the program begins. No RSVP is required. Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 7 pm EFFECTS OF OCEAN WARMING ON MARINE SPECIES: HISTORY & EXPERIMENTS FOR PREDICTING THE FUTURE Dr. Cascade Sorte, Instructor and Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Northeastern University Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 7 pm RESTORING AQUATIC HABITATS – FROM THE SOURCE TO THE SEA Tim Purinton, Acting Director, Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration Please welcome our ANNUAL RISER LECTURE Newest Club Members when you see them at a meeting. Friday, April 29, 2011 at 4:30pm BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AS THE CENTRAL ORGANIZING CONCEPT IN MARINE Ellen and Mike Garvey voted in on December 30, 2010 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES and Dr. Emmett Duffy, Loretta and Lewis Glucksman Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Claus Schmidt Marine Science, The College of William and Mary voted in on January 6, 2011

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For more information see the new BSC website at http://www.baystatecouncil.org. 9 Air Bubbles – February 2011 The North Shore Frogmen’s Club Inc PO Box 3604 Peabody, MA 01961-3604

Upcoming Club Events!

February 3: Presentation February 10: Artifact Display February 12: Bottle Dive at PCYC

WINTER DIVE info on page 1

The North Shore Frogmen’s Club meets at 8PM at the Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club in Salem at 74 Leavitt Street Salem, MA 01970 Parking is available in the Harbor Sweets lot across the street. Parking will be more available in the PCYC lot after the boats are in the water.

Visit our website at www.northshorefrogmen.com