TRIANGLE TIDE~~ings August 5, 2009
Congratulations to this week's new divers.
OPEN WATER
Tina Cannon
Alan Cannon
James Roark
Benjamin Shelton
William Shelton
Tammy Vaught
James Vaught
Jackson Batson
Justin Gilreath
Patrick Fitzpatrick
DEEP DIVER & NAVIGATION DIVER
Corrina Yannayon
Anton Kutzner
William Greene
NIGHT DIVER
Tom Hilkert
William Greene
Ryan Bayne
ADVANCED DIVER – completed 4 specialties and 25 dives logged
Tom Hilkert
William Greene
Corrina Yannayon
Anton Kutzner
ADVANCED NITROX & DECO PROCEDURES
Rachel Struch - whoo-hoo go Rachel!
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UPCOMING CLASSES
Fish ID Course Thursday Aug 21 @ 6:30pm
Rescue Course
Class Session Friday Aug 22 7pm @ the store
Lake Session Saturday Aug 23 8:30am at Lake Keowee 183/130 Bridge.
It only takes one person to sign up for a Nitrox or CPR course. Come in and get your study materials and we’ll schedule a date.
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TRIPS
Myrtle Beach Sept 5 – 7
Diving Saturday and Sunday with Scuba Express. 4 dives, 2 nights motel, lunch, drinks, snacks on the boat each day.
Cost: $389 pp (does not include other meals, tanks, nitrox or crew tips
Don’t wait too long, this trip is filling up fast! ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT OPEN!
Curacao Oct 11 – 18, 2008
This is a great trip for divers and non-divers alike. Staying at Lions Dive Resort for 8 days & 7 nights. Roundtrip airfare from Atlanta.
Call us to reserve your spot.
Turks & Caicos
7 days aboard the Caribbean Explorer II Liveaboard diving the islands of West Caicos and French Cay. We have just a few spots left on this trip so take a look at the website and join us for a great week of relaxing diving.
www.explorerventures.com
Truk Lagoon
We are giving plenty of heads up for this trip so start saving now for the wreck trip of a lifetime. July 2011. We will have more details in the next few weeks. This will give everyone plenty of time to make a deposit and make the payments a little less painful.
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Dive tip of the week
“Back on the boat with 500 psi”. Every diver has heard that statement from Dive boat operators to dive shop owners and Instructors. But do you know why? Obviously it’s for safety reasons as we don’t want anyone to run out of air, but I know some divers that may be able to make 500 psi last for 20 minutes or more.
The real reason behind the 500 psi rule is the in-accuracy of gauges. A few years back most gauges were analog and because of the way they are designed they are most accurate in the middle of their working range. Imagine the face of the gauge as a clock and it runs from 7am – 5pm. Most gauges are accurate between 10am and 2pm or about 1000 psi to 2000 psi. They can be as much as 200 – 400 psi off at the extreme ends of their range. So the next time you see an analog gauge at 500 psi, think about this, does it actually have 500 psi, 900 psi or maybe just 100 psi?
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The new boat is working out great for us, only problem is our classes have been so full we haven’t had room to take any of our certified divers out to the lake for fun dives.
We have decided to start running the boat to the wall on select Saturdays maybe running twice a month. We will start next Saturday, August 16 and run a morning and afternoon trip. The boat will pick up at the Diver’s Ramp @ 9:30am and come back by 1pm, the 2nd trip will pick up at 2pm and come back by 5:30pm.
Since we have a limited number of seats, rental gear and tanks, it is important to call and get your spot reserved.
We’ll post the dive dates on the newsletter and on the calendar.
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If you have brought gear to the shop for service we sincerely apologize for the delays. We have just been overwhelmed with service work the last 4 months. We are working on finding solutions so we can get back to a one or two week turnaround time. This weekend and next week we will have several people devoting time to just service work. Please be patient and we'll get through this growth spurt and have things back to normal soon.
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Lots of stuff happening at the Triangle, stop by for a visit.
Happy diving!
Reese, Mark, Rachel and all the Triangle staff
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