December 2018 N E W S L E T T E R It’s December Fish/Ocean Thingy Page 3 and NO www.channelislandsdivers.org Page 4 All the photo entries meeting Page 7 Catalina Weekend 2019 Just like in the years past, Page 23 a December Newsletter. The WHOLE Club Library Page 40—44 THERE IS NO Channel Islands Divers general meeting Raffle Prizes Page 71 It’s that time of year again, the non meeting – BIG picture 2018 Christmas Party edition of the monthly Newsletter. Page 80 Catalina 2018 Page 93 What we have this year is about 100 pages or so of mostly pictures. Lots of pretty pictures. Very little text. Simply put, December We are closed it’s a no brainer, literally. Pretty much all eye candy for the January 16, 2019 mind. One could almost accomplish this from a sleeping Progressive Drawing state, except for all that clicking from page to page. So, for Try us on Facebook this edition you must be awake to enjoy it and for that I apologize, well….sorry. I hope you enjoy it as much as I The new did putting it together. The improved Continued on the next page channelislandsdivers.org M a n y t h a n k s t o t h e sponsors of our club: Channel Island Dive Adventures Mavericks Undersea Divers (MUD) Pirates Restaurant Island Packers PCH Scuba WhattaDive! Personal Dive Training CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVERS WWW.CHANNELISLANDSDIVERS.ORG 1 December 2018 Bottom Times continued from the Front Page I would like to start by thanking all those that contributed photos and/or stories for this edition with a special thanks to John Wolf who happened to be everywhere this year taking pictures and allowed us to use them in this fine Newsletter and our much improved Website. As a new treat this year and hopefully continuing well into the future, the clubs Web Mistress Teresa Ray has done an outstanding job in bring back to life our new and improved website. We’ve included links where ever possible to keep the viewing a pleasant experience if it’s technically feasible to do so. https://www.channelislandsdivers.org/ We’ve included links where it made more sense to do so. All the Video awards in this Newsletter from the Channel Islands Divers 2018 Photo Contest, Video Category show a video still and if you click the individuals name your transported, almost Star Trek like, over to your new and improved website to see it in its entirety. Also, we’ve included a few YouTube links to the infamous fire pit ukulele sing along from Catalina. You’ve heard the expression “...you had to be there…”, this is definitely one of those “...you should have been there...” moments! (page 23 - 2019 Catalina December January 2019 February 2019 1 - Christmas Holiday party 16- General Club Meeting 20 - General Club Meeting then Progressive Raffle Participation Drawing We are closed. (winning ticket needs to be present) (winner need not be present) No December meeting. January’s Speaker February’s Speaker Have a great Holiday Carol Linteau - Great Lakes shipwrecks Dave Krusher - Kelp 25 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm and 21 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm At nice little Ventura eatery A happy New Year At some fine local Ventura eatery You are now free to go diving! April 2019 May 2019 March 2019 20 - General Club Meeting 17 - General Club Meeting 20 - General Club Meeting Membership Drawing Progressive Raffle Participation Drawing (winner need not be present) (winning ticket needs to be present) (winner need not be present) March’s Speaker April’s Speaker Ken Kollwitz - Big Sur &Central CA Don & Brandee Sisting - Belize 25 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm - - At nice little local Ventura eatery 25 - Board Meeting - 6:30 pm 22 Board Meeting 6:30 pm At one of our favorite Ventura At the one and only Ventura Maria Calender’s CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVERS WWW.CHANNELISLANDSDIVERS.ORG 2 December 2018 critter Contest is back If you know what this handsome devil is called and all that other Latin stuff that comes after the name, be the first to send me the answer and get a participation point. You know easier way to get a point? Send me a picture with the answers and if it’s used in a later edition, you get a point. Email the answer to: [email protected] Earn 1 point this month by submitting the name of the fish/ocean thingy shown here. Know the answer? Know what this not so little but oh so cute guy is called? What do the scientist call it? What’s the Latin Binomial name, you know the one that’s easier to write than to say? Rarely spotted unless it wants to be seen. Often swims on the Since no one got last months Critter, it’s back surface. Few have been close with even less lucky enough to this month along with a new one. see it’s innards. This beast of the deep has been known to stay This months Critter is somewhat common but down for months at a time with the ability to stay submerged not always meant to be seen. under layers of ice or sit off you favorite warm water dive spot. If If you guys don’t get this one, next months it’s she’s hunting for you, she will find you and you won’t be happy. going to be a Garibaldi, just saying. (hint) Email the answer to: [email protected] (Return to page 1) Earn 1 point this month by submitting the name of the fish/ocean thingy shown here. Know the answer? Know what this scary guy is called? What’s the Latin Binomial name, forget that, just tell me what it is, in English. Entertain me! Make something up. CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVERS WWW.CHANNELISLANDSDIVERS.ORG 3 December 2018 Www.channelislandsdivers.org Your vastly improved club website is LIVE. Not ‘LIVE’ but up and running live, regularly updated live! Some have already been there, the rest of you should go too. It’s a work in progress and we’re hoping you like it. The new and vastly improved……www.channelislandsdivers.org This is where we ask for your feedback. Input good or bad is welcome. CLICK, he won’t bite! The Shark Research Committee Decembers speaker at this months non meeting was rather busy. Instead he asked if he could sit for an interview. That’s when he made me an offer I could not refuse, and I didn’t want another lump of coal for Christmas, so I agreed. First question: What do you prefer to be called? Santa Claus, Santy, Kris Kringle, Nick? https://www.channelislandsdivers.org/ CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVERS WWW.CHANNELISLANDSDIVERS.ORG 4 December 2018 Doesn’t mean you can’t try some of our photographers come really close ! Enjoy CHANNEL ISLANDS DIVERS WWW.CHANNELISLANDSDIVERS.ORG 5 December 2018 2018 Photo Contest Winners On December 1, 2018 The Channel Islands Divers Held our Annual Christmas Holiday Bash! The Photo Contest Winners were announced!! Photo’s in: Underwater Wide Angle - Underwater Macro - Topside and Novice And the ever popular, Underwater Video We’ll start off with all the entries from one categories at a time with the photo ’s arranged in no particular order, meaning I lost my list of the winners. Seeing how this edition is all digital, no scaling down, shrinking and/or cropping was done. What you see is what was submitted. 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