A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM Apr. 2017 http://www.inlandseas.org/event/nautical- This Issue archaeology-workshop-2/ General Meeting Minutes p. 1 Calendar p. 1 4. Clothing embroidery is $9.50 per item for our Executive Meeting Highlights p. 2 3 color logo. We have 11 items but need 12, Dive Reports p. 2 so bring your clothing in soon! From the Prez p. 5. 2016 Club membership dues are $30.00, Environmental News p. 3 $40 for husband/wife. 2016 Ohio Council dues Log Book p. 6 Parting Shots p. 11 are $9.00. 6. Please contact Laurel Sheppard and Dave General Meeting Minutes Foley with any program ideas for 2017. Present: Steve Ranft, Mag Ranft, Glenn 7. Please contact Ryan Jones and Steve Mitchell, Ryan Jones, Laurel Sheppard, Dave Locsey with any activities and dive ideas for Foley, Marty Bailey, Don Ellerbrock, Adam 2017. Biehl, John Guegold, Steve Locsey, Andrea 8. Club logo patches and decals are available Caito, George Bittner to new club members as a part of their membership dues. Returning members can Program – “Grenada Diving” Presented by purchase extra decals/stickers at a cost of Dave Foley $1.00 each—these are plastic/waterproof--and extra patches for $2.00 each while they last. 50/50 Raffle winner Dues can be mailed to: Mag Ranft won and donated the wings back to Glenn Mitchell the club 120 N. Warren Ave. Columbus, OH 43204 9. Facebook: You can find the Club Facebook Member Raffle page by going to: http://en- Donn Ellerbrock won a Sea Life 5 Megapixel gb.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-Sea-Nags-SCUBA- Underwater camera donated by Laurel Divers-/289276535926?v=wall, thanks to Andy Sheppard Dennis. 10. Twitter page!! Thanks to Josh Carney, Treasurer’s Report the club now has a Twitter page: $ 6,679.86 <@CbusSeaNags>. Check it out today! Announcements Calendar of Upcoming Events 1. 2017 marks 60th Anniversary of the 2017 th Apr Columbus Sea Nags. Steak Dinner July 29 at 6 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Marty the Ranft residence. Free to club members Bailey’s Malta trip and $15 per person for non club members. 20 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 22 – 24 Bonne Terre Mine, Bonne Terre, MO 2. Ryan Jones and Steve Locsey Dive Trip to May Bonne Terre Mine in MO. April 22-24. If 4 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Underwater interested, contact Ryan or Steve. Photography by Mark Thomas 18 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 3. 2017 Ohio Underwater Archaeology 21 Club Dive at Lake View RV Park, Lancaster Ohio Workshop: Classroom instruction and hands- June on practice will be April 29-30. In-water 1 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Cozumel Dive trip practice will be May 20 or 21. 10 Dive In at Circleville Dive Center S’NAG-A-NEWS Page 1 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM Apr. 2017 15 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM July Dive Reports 6 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: No Program Please send dive reports to Only a social meeting <[email protected]> 8 – 9 3rd Annual Club Dive Weekend at White Star Quarry 20 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 29 Sea Nags 60th Anniversary Celebration Brought to you by Aug Lakeview RV Park 3 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Dave Foleys Full Hook-ups • Scuba Diving • Propane St Croix trip 12 Corn Roast/Swap Meet Laundry• Swimming• Fishing• Wi-Fi 17 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM (740) 653-4519 18 – 21 Club Dive at Pennyroyal Quarry Hopkinsville, KY Joey & Terrie Stewart Sept 2715 Sugar Grove Rd. Fax (740) 653-5606 7 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Great Lakes Lancaster, OH 43130 rvatlakeview.com Acoustic Telemetry Observation System 21 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Spasms Oct 5 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Pennyroyal None reported Revisited Oral Reports 19 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM None reported Nov 2 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Sea Hunt Written Reports episode Cocos Island trip by Rob Robison 16 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM The article can be found Dec 7 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: TBD https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5DXC4m8 21 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM xbK9cWtvQ0lYOGpFcVE& starts on page 2. Monthly meeting programs subject to change without notice. Camping and Diving in Key Largo By Steve Locsey, March 26, 2017 While there, I had the opportunity to attend a Executive Meeting Highlights most intriguing presentation at the History of Diving Museum in Islamorada. I planned on March 16 @ Planks, 7:00 PM Present: N/A making this a repeat of last year by diving five consecutive days for four one hour dives a day. Executive meeting was canceled All I needed was the weather to cooperate with winds under 15 knots and no thunderstorms, All members are welcome to attend which indeed happened. I was lucky again. But Executive Meetings my real luck was that the second night there, I received an email from the History of Diving Museum inviting me to a free presentation in the new library, "NEEMO 21 Mission: Going Undersea to get to Outer Space". Then I remembered that I've gotten about 4 of these invitations already, always leaving me with the letdown of not being able to go, since Columbus is so far from there. I instantly knew this was a solid "yes" for Wednesday night after diving! I later was told that these are monthly on the third Wednesday at 7PM. It was S’NAG-A-NEWS Page 2 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM Apr. 2017 going to be a very tight fit with getting off the dive boat at Horizon Divers around 5PM, rinsing gear, getting showered up and driving the 22 miles on US-1 down to mile marker 83. I pulled into the museum parking lot that night at 5 minutes after seven. The library seating was almost full, and the presenter, Dawn Kernagis, had begun speaking already. Really quickly, I felt this was a very special presentation. Dawn works as a research scientist in the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola, Florida, was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame last year, has been diving since she was fifteen, and has a PhD from Duke Inside Aquarius, Dawn 2nd from left University that included researching the role that genetics play in decompression sickness in divers. This woman gave a presentation with such enthusiasm. The content and fluidity of Environmental News her presentation over the next hour and a half Sharkwater 2 Will Be Completed to Honor Rob really kept the whole library of attendees Stewart By Shelley Collett, Feb 13, 2017 focused and entertained, especially with the wonderful slide show she had! NEEMO is a NASA mission that sends groups of astronauts, engineers and scientists to live in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research station. She had the opportunity to join NEEMO as both a crew member and a researcher, living underwater for 8 days with 5 other crew members. This included astronauts from the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Aquarius had them at 65 fsw, where they reached saturation gas levels very quickly Cover from Sharkwater when the club watched it at the June and needed about twelve hours of Dive-In 2016. decompression at the end. The best way you can get a feel for the exciting presentation I On Rob Stewart’s final dives, he was filming for the saw is to tune in to You Tube and to Google sequel to his award-winning Sharkwater movie. The using Dawn Kernagis and/or NEEMO. I as-yet unfinished film, Sharkwater: Extinction, was recommend it, it's very interesting, indeed! close to being complete. Rob’s parents, Brian and Sandy Stewart, will ensure the film’s completion to honor their son’s tireless conservation work. Since its release in 2006, Sharkwater has received over 50 awards across the world. It earned Rob world-wide acclaim, both as a filmmaker and S’NAG-A-NEWS Page 3 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM Apr. 2017 conservationist. It also led more than 80 countries to though the reef may represent a unique marine enact shark-finning bans. Stopping the decimation biome, oil giants Total and BP have initiated plans of shark populations due to shark finning was a for exploratory drilling in the area. cause near and dear to Rob’s heart. What makes the Amazon reef special? The Stewart Family Statement Although reef conservation is always important, this “The outpouring of love, support, encouragement reef is particularly deserving because of the unique and prayers we’ve received from across the globe conditions under which it exists. Most corals since Rob went missing continues to be depend on ample sunlight and consistent salinity overwhelming. We’d like to reiterate our profound levels. The Amazon reef, however, thrives at the appreciation and respect for the U.S. Coast Guard, confluence of a freshwater river and the saline the three levels of Canadian political officials who Atlantic Ocean. Sunlight is scarce because of the offered their assistance, and all of the many corals’ depth and the high levels of sediment carried professionals and selfless volunteers who out to sea by the Amazon River. But despite all the committed their time and resources in trying to odds, this fascinating reef supports at least 73 bring our son and brother home safely.” different species of fish.