NOVEMBER PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

We have some important business to take care of at our next two meetings. November will be the nominations of our executive board and December will be our elections. All positions are open and I encourage everyone to consider running for an office. You can nominate yourself or ask someone to nominate you. New blood is always welcome.

Our biggest social event of the year will be here before we know it. December is right around the corner and I am looking forward to having a great time at the Holiday Party which will be held on December second this year. Please feel free to bring as many guests as you like. The more the merrier! This year we were forced to change the venue to the VFW. Our usual venue is unavailable to us this year due to renovations. At the VFW we are unable to have open bar so it will be a cash bar. Please do not bring your own alcohol to the VFW.

The water will be cooling down a bit soon but it is still quite nice. Think about joining us for some diving. For a great time plan on joining us for the sinking of the Christmas tree on December 9. It’s always a lot of fun and of course the more the merrier. What we do is sink the Christmas tree from the holiday party on one of our wrecks. Once it is settled on the wreck, we descend in our holiday garb, and decorate the tree with things that fish like to eat, typically other fish. Once the decorating is done we back off and the feeding frenzy begins. It is always a great photo opportunity.

We had such a good time last year on the holiday lights cruise that we will be doing it again. We pretty much get the Sea Experience to ourselves and cruise the Intracoastal Waterway and admire the water front homes decorated for the holidays. We bring our own beverages and snacks and appetizers to share. This year it will be on December 17. Please consider joining us. It’s always a fun time.

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JULY PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

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A group of twenty-one members went to Cozumel for a week beginning June 17 through June 24. To say we had a great time would be an understatement. Everything was terrific! We stayed at the beautiful Iberostar Cozumel, as we have many times in the past. We dived with Dressel Divers, the on site dive operator. We were given our own boat and we were broken up into 3 groups, each with our own divemaster/guide. Our divemasters were terrific. They were very attentive to our needs and we grew to be quite fond of them during the course of the week. The dive sites were the sites we have been on several times in the past which I personally never grow tired of. The coral was in fantastic condition and the visibility was amazing. The water temperature was around 85 degrees. The rain gods were good to us as we only had a couple of sprinkles which didn't last long and didn't interfere with anything. All in all it was a great week of diving.

After diving was usually lunch time and that was followed by hanging out in the pool with the two swim up bars. Dinner was always fun and we all sat together at one long table. A the week progressed, some of us went to try the specialty restaurants. There were mixed reviews about them except for the Asian restaurant. The main attraction there I think was the air conditioning. Yes, the buffet restaurant is open air and  isn’t air conditioned. It can be a little steamy at times. The wait staff does a great job bussing the tables and keeping the beverages coming. 

All in all, as I said we had a great time and I personally would like to go back next year if at all possible. Its a place I don’t get tired of. 

We have a very full calendar. Be sure to check it out and sign up for as many activities as possible. I’m hoping to see a lot of you all this summer.

Live long and lobster.

Jeff

President SFDI