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W elcome to
May 2011 issue of
the
Activities Left,
the Sea Swells Log!
CELEBRATIONS Those of you who attended our Open House Party in April will be familiar with the loca-
tion. If you need directions, please refer to the event website at http://bit.ly/tssc-movies.
July 21st—24th Lake Champlain (VT Side) Dive & Camp Camping at Grand Isle State Tom Butcher
(3 nights) Park, so far we have reserved site T008.
Sept. 2nd—5th Fisherman’s State Park, RI First Annual Shark Dive Weekend Allan Rios
www.thescubasportsclub.org/dives/rhode-island-
shark-dive.html Reserve your spot now!
Aug. 14th or 21st Lake Tiarotti, Harriman Details to be announced Allan Rios
State Park
Sept. 1-10, 2011 Fiji, Beqa Lagoon Resort A Taste of Fabulous Fiji Ski & Scuba Connection *)
*) not organized by TSSC, however,
See details at http://thescubasportsclub.org/dives/ several members are booked on this
fiji-dive-trip-2011.html trip.
A s you know, your board of directors has been working hard to present you with the
best possible program, information and events all year round. Our primary concern is
keeping you, the membership interested and entertained, and providing you with dives,
General Meeting:
Wed., May 11th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
outings and events we will all enjoy. Victor’s Restaurant, Hawthorne
In order to better manage these events we need your help. In the future we will ask you to Program Notes:
send us an advance RSVP to let us know whether you will attend an event or not. This will
Bernie Chowdhury on “Controversial
help us gauge interest in our events as well as plan ahead in terms of food and drinks and
other elements. With your help we can avoid waste of food and materials, and make our
War Wrecks of Scotland’s Orkney Is-
events and outings even better! So please look out for invitations on Facebook and via lands/Scapa Flow”
email—and please RSVP! Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!
See page 8 for details!
June Program
PRESIDENT: Nick Lappano Directors Meeting:
VICE PRESIDENT: Denise Kurz Wed, June 1st, 2011 at 7 pm, directors to
be advised of location
TREASURER: Cindy Fisher
SECRETARY: Craig Thomae General Meeting:
Wed. June 8th, 2011, at 7.00 pm
PAST PRESIDENT: Jim Sacci Victor’s Restaurant, Hawthorne
NEWSLETTER DIRECTOR: Ruth Emblin
Program Notes:
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Allen Rios Rosanne Masone, author
Note: of Chasing the
ENVIRO/LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR: Bianca Thomae Shark
Programs may change without prior notice. See
www.thescubasportsclub.org for updates.
EDUCATION/SAFETY DIRECTOR: Ricky Bates
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR:
DIVE PLANNING DIRECTOR:
TBA
Tom Butcher
S OCIAL & EVENTS
2011
For details on individual events,
SOCIAL DIRECTOR: Tabby Constantino please go to
www.thescubasportsclub.org
DIRECTOR AT LARGE: Dan Levin
Date Description
LEGAL ADVISOR: Robert Schrager
May 14th VINTAGE DIVE FILM
FOUNDER: Armand Zigahn FESTIVAL
CO-FOUNDER: Soliman Shenouda North Salem Firehouse
EDITOR’S NOTE:
UK Divers Plan To Break Guinness World Record
S oon I will have a few days off and
the first chance this year to go div-
ing. I can’t wait. My freshly serviced
A dive organization in Dorset,
England, is planning an at-
2009, in a stunt organized by the coun-
try’s navy (see image below).
tempt on the Guinness World Record
gear is packed, I threw in a few bathing
for the Most People Scuba Diving
suits, shorts and t-shirts, and my trusty
Simultaneously.
flip flops, and I am ready to go. And
yes, I will take a few pictures as well so Diver and organizer Jason Haiselden
I can write a Dive Log article when I plans to hold the event off Swanage
return, I promise! Though I do hope beach on 24 September, weather per-
that some of you who just returned from mitting. Permission to run it has
Guanaja or any other dive destination been granted by Swanage Town
will put pen to paper and write some- Council. In the process, Haiselden
aims to raise money for Heroes Ha-
thing for the SeaSwells Log. It has been Haiselden hopes to get as many as
ven Swanage, which wants to build a
just a little too quiet around here for my 3000 divers under water together for,
holiday cabin for disabled service
taste… articles are sorely needed for the as required by Guinness, at least one
personnel; the Scuba Trust, which
next few issues of our monthly newslet- provides dive training for the disa- minute. Observers and a Guinness ad-
ter! So don’t let this publication “dry bled; and the RNLI. judicator will decide whether or not
up”, tell us something about one of your this has been achieved.
dives! Looking forward to hearing from
The attempt has the backing both of
you soon! For the full article and registration
the Council and of the Swanage and
Ruth Purbeck Hospitality Association,
which represents many local busi-
information for those of you who’d like
to travel to England to partic-
ipate, please click on
Editor nesses. The Guinness record to beat
is the figure of 2486 divers who de-
scended together off Indonesia in http://tinyurl.com/6y6u2ve