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A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM April 2015

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This Issue General Meeting Minutes p. 1 Calendar p. 2 Executive Meeting Highlights p. 2 Scubafest/Dive Reports pp. 2-3 Environmental News p. 6 Log Book p. 7 Parting Shots p. 9

General Meeting Minutes Present: Bob Bailey, Marty Bailey, Andrea Caito, Donn Ellerbrock, John Guegold, Mike Kitchen—Welcome back!, Gerry Kubatska, Deb Maxson, Glenn Mitchell, Ryan Parkevich, Steve & Mag Ranft, Rob Robison, Laurel Sheppard, Tom Zelanin—Welcome back!

Announcements 1. While Steve and Gerry set up the

projector, Rob helped by welcoming back Sea Nags Bob Bailey, Andrea Caito (recovered from surgery), Mike Kitchen Gerry Kubatska, Deb Maxson, Ryan Parkevich, and Tom Zelanin who have been absent from club meetings for a long while.

2. Steve asked that any programming ideas for Sept, Nov, & Dec be sent to him by email at [email protected]

3. ScubaFest Ohio will be held Mar 21 -22, 2015 at Nationwide Conference Ctr. (100 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Ctr., OH). Keynote Presenters: Michael Salvarezza & Christopher Weaver on Iceland: Diving in the Land of Fire and Ice. For more info visit www.scubafest.org. The club needs volunteers to help man the information table display at the convention. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact a member of the Executive Committee right away.

4. Bonaire Trip with Rick Minturn via Deep Blue Adventures (Cheryl Patterson). Ric Minturn’s trip this year

will be October 3rd – 10th, 2015 (the week of Regatta on the island).

The rate is: • $1026 per diver double occupancy in a deluxe room, $765 per vacationer based on double occupancy

• $1060 per diver double occupancy in a Studio, $825 per vacationer based on double occupancy

• $1550 per diver single occupancy in a deluxe room

• $1650 per diver single occupancy in a Studio

The rate includes: • 7 nights’ accommodations • Full breakfast daily • Welcome cocktail • Beach towel at pool and beach • Round trip airport/hotel transfers • Taxes and service charges on

package features Diver rate also includes: • 11 boat dives • 24/7 unlimited shore diving for 6 days • Tanks and weights $25 per diver marine park fee is not included and paid at the dive shop

Terms: $100 deposit is due at this time Cancellations 35-65 days prior to travel date - 50% penalty

• Cancellations less than 35 days prior to travel - no refunds, credits or rain checks

• No refunds on no-shows or unused portion of package

For more information and payment schedule, contact Cheryl Patterson @

<[email protected]> or <http://www.deepblueadventures.com>

5. 2015 Club membership dues are $20.00, $30 for husband/wife. Please note 2016 club dues will increase to $30 for


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individuals and $40 for husband/wife. 2015 Ohio Council dues are $9.00.

6. Club logo patches and decals are available to new club members as a part of their membership dues. Returning members can purchase extra decals/stickers at a cost of $1.00 each—these are plastic/waterproof--and extra patches for $2.00 each while they last.

7. Facebook: You can find the Club Facebook forum by going to: http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-Sea-Nags-SCUBA-Divers-/289276535926?v=wall, thanks to Andy Dennis.

8. Twitter page!! Thanks to Josh Carney, the club has a Twitter page: <@CbusSeaNags>. Check it out today!

Treasurer’s Report

As of Februrary 28, 2015: Checking ($902.66) & Petty Cash ($69.21): $971.87. Finneran Fund: $5,000. Total Club Funds: $5971.87

Member Raffle John Guegold won a pitcher and wine glasses with dive etchings, etched and donated by Deb Maxson, who walked away with a book on River Monsters, donated by Marty.

50/50 (AKA The Pot of Gold) Bob Bailey rejoined and promptly took home the $19.00 prize. Some people have all the luck.

Evening Program Rob and Donn shared their Bahamas dive adventures on the Aggressor Fleet’s Carib Dancer live-aboard, from Jan 31 – Feb 7, via stories and an accompanying video. It was a great time. For still more photos from the trip, see the Parting Shots section at the end of the newsletter. Calendar of Upcoming Events

2015 Apr 2 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Marty on

Diving Iceland 16 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM May 7 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Steve & Mag Ranft: Diving Barbados 9 Lancaster club dive /cookout @ Lakeview RV Park(Rob) 21 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Jun 4 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Columbus Police Recovery Dive Team (Steve) 18 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 20 Twilight dive /cookout, & movie: Sanctum,

Circleville (Ryan Jones) Jul 2 TBA Social @ Planks, 7:00 PM. No Program! 16 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 18-19 Weekend Nat’l Museum of the Great Lakes $12 adults, $11 seniors & kids: (www.inlandseas.org) (Toledo) & White Star overnight twilight dive & movie, The Abyss. See http://whitestarquarry.com/fees.html for dive & camping fees Aug 6 Social or General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Minndeosa (Wreck of the) video or DAN video 20 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 22 7th annual corn roast, gear swap, twilight dive,

& movie, Into the Blue (Circleville: Glenn, Steve, Ryan) Sep 3 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: MAST Update by Patrick Enlow 13 Port Sanilac (L. Huron) weekend dive trip or Twilight dive cookout & movie ( (Sea Hunt episodes) 17 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Oct 1 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Club officer nominations Sea Grant (Lake Erie) Update or or Battelle commercial diver (TBA) 15 Exec Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Nov 5 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Elections & video (TBA) 7 or 14 Annual banquet: TBA TBA Exec Meeting Dec 3 General Meeting@ Planks, 8:00 PM. Program: Awards presentations & video TBA Exec Meeting 31/Jan1 9h NYs Eve Dive-in & Celebration @ C’ville

Executive Meeting Highlights None Held

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Spasms None reported Oral Reports

Tom and Rebecca Zelanin just returned from a dive adventure to Grand Cayman and Belize. Marty, Dave Fleming and Andy Dennis completed an ice dive at Lancaster on March 1. Water temps ranged from 39° – 41°F.

Written Reports SCUBAFEST: Glenn and I set up our club display at Scubafest 2015. This year’s event was sparsely attended as reflected by the more limited session offerings and number of attendees. Regardless, Capt. Ed from St. Croix was back in town–it was really good to see him, as well as a number of current and former Sea Nags who showed up—Marty Bailey, Mark Thomas, the Pansings, Tom Zelanin, and more.

Special thanks to Glenn Mitchell, Andrea Caito, and Ryan and Karla Jones for helping us man the display and close it up on Sunday. Florida. Tuesday, March 24 Dave and I left on Saturday the 14th and drove to Live Oak Florida for a week of cave diving. On our arrival on Sunday, we checked into our trailer and took a quick tour of the springs in the area. Most were closed due to flooding; upon our inspection we found them to be dive-able. Dave called the Florida State Parks department and questioned why they weren’t open, and after a little run around was told the protocol for opening the springs after a flood involved the “line committee”. We had to wait for them to make a dive and determine if conditions were good enough to open the springs. I guess we started some behind the scenes discussion, and by Thursday the park was open and the line committee was disbanded. Cave divers can now evaluate the conditions and decide if they want to dive. On Monday we drove to Ginnie Springs and did two dives. On our first dive, Dave set the primary guideline in Devil’s Ear and we swam down the main line past the jumps to the Bone Room and Hill 400. We turned the dive at the 800’ mark and retrieved our line upon our exit. After finishing a short deco we swam over to Devil’s Eye and installed our guideline for our second dive through a traffic jam of


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divers. A team was exiting as we began our entrance and two more teams directly followed us. I’m sure they were surprised when after we set the line we turned to exit. I had to deal with a rolled off valve as I squirmed my way out through the rocks, but that’s why we have octo’s they sure come in handy when your primary regulator gets turned off (98’/92min). Although we switched from our back mount 121’s to our side mounts (which contained about 100 cu. ft. each), our second dive ended up being the same as our first dive. We traveled more distance since we entered the Eye, but turned at the 800’ marker again (98’/69min).

Florida spring

(Photo courtesy R Parkevich Facebook page) On Tuesday we got our tanks filled in the morning and drove to Jug Hole in the afternoon. We loaded our gear into a heavy metal wagon, and dragged it along the foot path to Jug Hole (about a 10 to 15 minute walk). We used our side mounts again and had to gear up on the steps amid several groups of swimmers. We swam over the entrance and dropped into the cavern. Dave did a great job installing the guideline

against the strong flow. I took the lead in the small bedding plane and was scraping my belly and back as I clawed my way along the rocks. We were about 10’ from exiting the bedding plane when Dave gave me the turnaround signal. No questions were asked and we turned the dive. Once out of the bedding plane and back in the cavern we toured around a little before exiting (57’/31min). At the surface we began discussing the dive and I found out that Dave was questioning me if I wanted to turn the dive, instead of telling me he wanted to turn the dive. We reassessed our nitrox supply and returned for a second dive. This time we made it through the bedding plane, but turned the dive at the diamond restriction. I was on my fourth attempt to squeeze through when I saw that I was close to my turnaround pressure so we called it a day and exited the cave (75’/31min). That night we met Tiffany (Dave’ daughter) in High Springs for dinner. Wednesday was our big day. We drove 3 hours south to Eagle’s Nest. Since the system is deep and we only had air, we planned a maximum depth of 220’. Dave and I put on our back mounts and entered the springs. We dropped through the entrance at the bottom of the springs at 40’, descended through a chimney that opened up at 70’, and settled near the top of the debris cone at 127’. First we followed the upstream passage to a max penetration of 200’ and max depth of 217’ then turned the dive and swam back to the top of the debris cone then down the downstream passage to a max depth of 178’ before calling the dive with 30 minutes of bottom time. Our deco time was 65 minutes with the first stop at 40’. It was quite comfortable in the 74 degree water, but the long ride back to our trailer took its toll. We decided to take Thursday off. We had


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breakfast, watched the history channel, and then had lunch before we left to fill our tanks. At Cave Excursions we learned that Peacock State Park was now open to divers. The ruling had come in at noon that day. It was too late to scramble and try to get a dive in, so we spent the rest of the afternoon with our original plan of looking at other springs in the area. We went to Charles, Troy, Royal, and at Little River I climbed over the gate and waded through a huge puddle on the road to the parking lot. The puddle – more than a foot deep and 100’ across – is why the park is closed. The river is four steps above the first landing, but fairly clear, as an Ohio diver I would have no trouble diving the cave. With our tanks filled and the park open we decided that we would dive Peacock on Friday. At 10:00am on Friday there was a knock on our door. Ryan Parkevitch had an unexpected alignment of the stars, and had eight days off, so he and Ginger decided to come to Florida on Wednesday, and they were now standing on our back porch. So Ryan joined us for our last day of diving.

Ryan P. & gear

(Photo courtesy R Parkevich Facebook page) We headed to the park and set up our back mounts (filled with nitrox) at the P1 entrance. We followed the main line and put a jump reel in at the Cisteen tunnel, swam until we hit thirds. We turned the dive, picking up our jump reel along the way, and then near the entrance we re-calculated thirds and put a reel into the P2 tunnel,

swam to the end of the line then turned and returned to the main entrance. We re-calculated thirds and headed into the Peanut tunnel and turned the dive just before entering the break down room. This was the longest dive of the week 86’/126min. For our second dive, Dave and I switched to our side mounts (also filled with nitrox) once again and we planned a simple dive up the main line of the Peanut tunnel. We turned the dive at the 1400’ marker and noted the various side tunnels on our exit (61’/58min), all in all a great trip. We left early on Saturday arriving back in Columbus by midnight. After unpacking and getting a shower I was in bed by 3:30am. Sunday I woke by 11:00am and decided to head to ScubaFest. I spent the entire afternoon in the exhibition hall, talking with many friends and exhibitors. This weekend I’ll be back diving in Ohio. Since the ice has melted, it is time for me to dust off my rebreather.

M rty Lancaster. Sunday March 8 Hi Everyone, I can’t believe we had another Ice dive in March, a testament to another cold winter in Ohio! It turned out to be a great day with plenty of sun and air temps in the mid 40’s. I arrived at Lancaster by 10:55 to find that Andy had already cut the hole. I grabbed my ice chipper and helped him send the last two pieces skidding under the ice. We leisurely got dressed and planned our dive. We decided to head to the wheelchair reef by way of the culvert and return by of the airplane. I was surprised to find various pockets of varying visibility. At the start the vis was pretty poor (in the 10’ range), but improved once we left the platform. It reduced again after we swam through the culvert and headed to the van. I was not surprised there, as we were swimming at


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30’. It improved again as we swam to the wheelchair reef, car, stoplight and airplane. After swimming through the cargo hatch and out the cockpit, we took a detour over to the rowboat. The vis again varied, we started with 25 to 30’, but as we neared the rowboat it dropped to 10 to 15’. We turned our dive and headed for the exit. At the trees I made a slight detour to see if I could see the newly discovered trash can. Again in good vis it was easy to locate, then we swam to the cabin cruiser and looked for the catfish. Unfortunately, none was sighted. However, throughout the dive many small perch were in view. We returned to the platform and I made my usual swim through the Frito-Lay truck before we exited (34’/65min/40°F H20). The scariest moment came exiting the water. I was climbing on the ice only a foot away from the dock when the ice gave way. Andy quickly backed up, as I regained my balance. I only dropped a few inches, but was glad that I didn’t fall backwards. If that had happened, I would have turtled myself with no regulator or mask on in two feet of water. I’m looking forward to warm weather next week as Dave and I will be heading to Florida. As long as the springs don’t flood, we hope to enjoy of wonderful week of cave diving. Safe Diving,

M rty Environmental News Climate refuges found where corals survive, grow March 25, 2015. Florida Institute of Technology Summary: As rising ocean temperatures continue to fuel the disappearance of reef-building corals, a new study finds there may be some climate refuges where corals will

survive in the future.

Reef-building corals, already thought to be living near their upper thermal limits, are experiencing unprecedented declines as the world's oceans continue to warm. New evidence from scientists at Florida Institute of Technology shows there may be some climate refuges where corals will survive in the future. The study appears in the March issue of Global Change Biology. Ph.D. student Chris Cacciapaglia and his advisor, Robert van Woesik, hypothesized that not all regions of the oceans are warming at the same rate. "The idea was to identify regions that will experience little temperature change by the year 2100 --refuges where coral survival is most likely," Cacciapaglia said. Although their models show significant loss of corals as the oceans warm, they also highlight 12 areas -- five in the Indian Ocean and seven in the Pacific -- where corals are likely to survive at least until 2100. "These refuges should be essential for coral survival into the future, and these locations deserve protection," said van Woesik. Van Woesik emphasized that local marine protected areas are not the only viable


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management option. The new study points to global sanctuaries as a more comprehensive management strategy. Source: Florida Institute of Technology. "Climate refuges found where corals survive, grow." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 March 2015. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150325152309.htm>.

Log Book SCIENCE WHAT DOES SHIPWRECKED 170-YEAR-OLD BEER TASTE LIKE? BOTTLES FOUND UNDER THE SEA SAMPLED By Mary Beth Griggs Posted March 5, 2015

Yo ho ho and a bottle of beer. Scientists in Finland have analyzed two different beers recovered from an 1840's shipwreck in the Baltic Sea to see if they could figure out how the beers were made. Unlike some notable examples of booze that were stored in ideal conditions (if you need whisky to last a century, skip the wine cellar and go with in an insulated box in Antarctica), the bottles recovered from the shipwreck were never intended to be stored in a watery grave. And let's face it, in general, beer does not age well. But when divers brought the beer bottles up from the shipwreck, one of them broke, and the divers reported that the liquid looked and tasted like beer. So instead of giving up on the beer bottles as a libation lost to time, scientists decided to run a chemical

analysis on the remnants of the beer in two of the bottles to see what they were made of. Sampling involved inserting needles into the corks sealing the bottles and taking some of the liquid out. Over the past 170 years seawater leached into the bottles, so even though the researchers could still smell the gold-colored liquid, and even take a small sip, they weren't really tasting it as it was. In the paper, the authors describe the beer as smelling "of autolyzed yeast, dimethyl sulfide, Bakelite, burnt rubber, over-ripe cheese, and goat, with phenolic and sulfury notes." Yum. But what would it have been like to drink? You know, when not diluted with seawater? Luckily, there was still enough beer in the bottles to make a chemical analysis of the flavors, and the researchers report that the flavor chemicals present were very similar to modern beers, but with a bit more of a rose flavor compound than we would normally be used to, probably formed by chemical reactions during the 17 decades of aging. Both beers were made with hops; one more than the other. As for the shipwreck, archaeologists still don't know where it was going or what the ship was called, only that in addition to the beer, it carried a cargo of over 150 champagne bottles. Cheers! Source: http://www.popsci.com/scientists-analyze-170-year-old-beer?OW2138B1eVHLxvKm.03 Musashi shipwreck: US billionaire Paul Allen says WWII Japanese ship found in Philippines Updated 4 Mar 2015, 3:50pm Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found one of Japan's biggest and most famous battleships on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after American forces sank it during World War II.


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Excited historians likened the discovery, if verified, to finding the Titanic, as they hailed the American billionaire for his high-tech mission that apparently succeeded after so many failed search attempts by others. Mr Allen posted photos and video online of parts of what he said was the battleship Musashi, found by his M/Y Octopus exploration vessel one kilometre deep on the floor of the Sibuyan Sea. "World War II battleship Musashi sank 1944 is found," Mr Allen announced in a Twitter post that has been re-tweeted more than 20,000 times. The discovery was the end of an eight-year search for the Musashi, backed by historical data from four countries and using "advanced technology" that surveyed the seabed, Mr Allen said in a statement on his website. "I am honoured to play a part in finding this key vessel in naval history and honouring the memory of the incredible bravery of the men who served aboard her," Mr Allen said. Undersea footage on Mr Allen's website showed what were described as a valve, a catapult for planes, a gun turret, and a starboard anchor.

It also showed the space on the bow for the Japanese empire's Chrysanthemum

seal. This is a unique feature of the three biggest warships that Japan built during World War II, according to Kazushige Todaka, director of the Kure Maritime Museum in Japan.

Japanese battleship Musashi (Google images)

"I'm almost certain that what was discovered is the battleship Musashi," he said, adding the find had huge historical importance. "There have been so many efforts over the years to locate Musashi, but they all failed. "I feel like the warship might have been destined to show itself this year - the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. "With the memory of war slipping further and further from people's minds, I hope this discovery will help make the public think about history." Manolo Quezon, a prominent historian in the Philippines and the presidential communications undersecretary, also said the Musashi wreck would be a "major" historical find if verified. "This would be like finding the Titanic, because of the status of the ship and the interest on the ship," Mr Quezon said. For the rest of the article, go to http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-05/us-billionaire-says-japanese-ship-musashi-found-in-philippines/6281672


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Parting Shots A potpourri of Fred Boulier’s photos from the Bahamas trip...

Our dives

Octopus on night dive

Turtle at night

Sea lettuce slug

Reef shark face-to-face

Ascending


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