PLEASE park on street, don.t block driveway because it is shared with house in back.
Bring a potluck item to share, and serving spoons. The club will provide Turkey, Ham, and soft drinks.
Gift exchange: if you wish to participate, bring a $10 or so gift. Mark it for adult or child.
Let's see if we can prove that theory.Meet at Stillwater Saturday 12/7 at 8:00 A.M. and we will all have a splendid time.
Finally joined the polar bear club. That involves getting naked in the hot tub, then doing a lap around the boat in the moonlight (while naked), and doing the lobster dance naked in the galley. Luckily, there were quite a few gals on the boat and I brought a keg of beer. I also won a $100 certificate in the raffle towards next years trip so will probably miss the club lobster trip yet again.
Oh well, happy everything . Jed
.So we went out today (11/23). Ended up at Salt Point-South Gerstle cove. Could have dove anywhere in Fisk Mill. Vis was 6 to 8 feet with easy entrance and exit. We walked around to the point south of South Gerstle but before we could get our gear on the park rescue team drove out to us and spent 15 min. talking us out of diving there. At least they let us load our gear in the pick-up to deposit us back inside the cove. I guess I'm getting old. I did manage to bag several nice rock fish and one squeaker ling. The ling was confiscated by local warden we all know and love with a stern warning. If you want to get that last ab tomorrow should be just as nice at Fort Ross, Salt Point, or Fiske Mill..
I would like to point out that his .nice day. involved a 15 minute lecture by the rescue team to try to get them to change their dive plans, and also that when Batt says .nice day for diving. that this should be discounted a tad. I overheard this telling comment at the last meeting: .There are thirty foot swells out there. I guess no one is going in, except for Dave..
We start in January with Monterey. Last year the club went to Monterey in January for a small but very fun weekend. A half dozen REDites dove the Monterey Express on Saturday, then had a fantastic seafood meal that evening and finished up with a nice long excursion on Saturday at Lover.s Cove.
This year we could get the same luck!
We move on to February at Fort Ross. Last year Paul and Clay had their boats out, and Bob Simpton and Rich Gibson joined them for two good dives and some real nice Ling Cod.
March we go to Stillwater and have the traditional RED St. Patrick.s day party. Yumm.
April We move to Salt Point for the opening of Abalone. Then May we dive the spectacular Arena Rock, weather permitting.
June and September we are at Van Damme and Russian Gulch, pending camping reservations. July we are back to Monterey for the early Halibut, or whatever we want.
Also in July we have a Sunday dive planned for Kari.
August has us trying again for a Doran Beach campout, and Jed is sponsoring a halibut dive.
In addition to the September campout, Jock is planning a member sponsored dive to Santa Rosa Island for the Lobster opening. He wants to take his new boat to Santa Rosa Island, and what better excuse than a member sponsored dive?
October is the club Halibut dive in Tomales and then Gary.s lobster trip on the Peace.
November: Anchor Bay. This year and last we were stormed out of Anchor Bay, but the year before was wonderful. Actually, last year not everyone was stormed out. Jock and Dave Batt did a dive. Dave got a concussion, and Jock hasn.t walked the same since.
Also in November, Gary is planning a crab dive.
December brings us full circle on our plans, with Stillwater and the Christmas Party.
Harsh? Probably.but it just costs too darn much money to send newsletters out to folks who won.t fork over.
And on a related note.
About 60% of the folks on our newsletter member list have email. Are there more of you hiding back there who have email but don.t get my club announcements?
Is there anyone out there with a hankering to do some web design, who would like to take on part of the task of improving our web presence?
Is there any interest in setting up an email list, such as the BA Diving list, at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ba_diving/
Please let me know.
Stony Point Roundtable Pizza
2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Jed Douglas RED WEB: http://www.webperception.com/jdouglas
Rocky's Home Page: http://www.sonic.net/~rocky
(with great tips on Abalone!)
CA Dept of Fish & Game: http://www.dfg.ca.gov
California Coastal Buoy Map: http://www.oceanweather.com/~oceanwx/data/cal.html
Marine Radio - Michael Mendoza
O2 Kit - Jed Douglas
Fish & Ab Log - Jed Douglas
Picnic Supplies - Dave Batt
Contact these members for use of the equipment.
Michael Mendoza - Vice President
Jed Douglas - Secretary
Bob Simpton - Treasurer
Rich Gibson - Newsletter Editor
RED Events Calendar 2002 December 12/5 General Meeting 7:00 pm Round Table 12/7 - Stillwater 12/14 Christmas Party!