The Bottom Breathers Dive Club meeting covered their 2017 calendar of events, including trips to Mermet Springs, the Florida Keys, and a liveaboard to Socorro Islands in June 2018. They also discussed two safety lessons - a case where a teenage diver experienced delayed decompression sickness symptoms after flying, and a lobster diver who drowned on his first night dive due to lack of experience and proper buoyancy control. The club has 51 members and $347 in their bank account. Their recent pizza party was a success with many attendees.

1. Bottom Breathers Dive Club
Meeting: 2-Dec-2016
Today's topics:
Club Calendar
Trips
Lessons learned

2. 2017 Events (1)
• No meeting in January!
• Annual Club Party – Jan 28
• Our World Underwater – Feb 24-26
• Pizza Party – Mar 11
• Haigh Quarry Opening - Apr 1
• Mermet Springs trip #1 – June 10-11
• Florida Keys Wreck Trek – July 10-12
• Florida Keys Local Diving – July 12-17

3. 2017 Events (2)
• Quarry BBQ – Aug 12
• Mermet Springs trip #2 – Sep 8-10
• Underwater pumpkin carving – Oct 14
• Pizza party – Nov 18
• Club party – Jan 27, 2018
• Socorro Islands Liveaboard – June 11-19, 2018

4. Socorro Island
Liveaboard Info
Trip information
June 11-19, 2018

5. Trip information
• June 11-19, *2018* (Mon-Tues)--8 nights, 9 days
• Nautilus Belle Amie – 140’ long, 33’ wide
(www.nautilusbelleamie.com)
• 2 cabin classes available (5 spots remaining)
– 1 premium suite berth (male)
– 4 superior suite berths
– 0 lower deck stateroom berths
– 0 single staterooms
• Boat can handle 30 divers total
• Reserve at info@bottombreathers.org

6. Trip information
• Pricing:
– Premium - $4295 - main deck – 1 spot left (male)
– Superior - $3695 - upper deck
– Stateroom - $3195 - lower deck
– Single stateroom - $3993 - lower deck (single
room)

7. Trip information
• Payment:
– $100 deposit to reserve a spot (non-refundable)
– 10% due 11-Dec-2016
– 10% due 11-Sep-2017
– 20% due 11-Dec-2017
– balance (~60%) due 11-Apr-2018
• Payment types: paypal, credit card, personal
check

8. Trip information
Sun Deck
Upper Deck:
Superior Suites

9. Trip information
Main Deck:
Premium suites + dive deck +
lounge + dining room

10. Trip information
Lower Deck:
Staterooms + single staterooms

11. 2017 is coming!
• Currently have 51 members
• Club bank account balance: $347.24
• Renewal for 2017 is $30
• This will be the 8th year of Bottom Breathers!

12. Pizza Party: Success!
• 27 members attended
• 8 hugenormus pizzas eaten
• Several beers consumed
• Great time had by all!

21. Lessons For Life #1
• Todd is 16, 10 dives completed
• Had a mild dive profile:
– 4 dives, max 50 feet, max 35 minutes with surface
intervals
• Next morning, had aches and pains, numbness
• Didn’t seek treatment, had a rest day, then
flew home (42 hours after last dive)
• Pain increased

22. Lessons For Life #1
• In flight, cabin pressurized to about 6000 ft
• Accelerated the symptoms
• Treated in a chamber, 2x, symptoms
improved, not completely resolved
• Fully resolved over the following week
• http://www.scubadiving.com/lessons-for-life-delayed-dcs-symptoms-appear-after-
flying

23. Lessons For Life #2
• Lobster divers – Rex was 27, diving for 5 years
off and on, didn’t bother with a logbook
• Fit and strong, no health issues
• Diving just after midnight, private boat
• Rex’s first night dive, he didn’t tell anyone that
• Entered water, couldn’t stay afloat, forgot to
add air to BCD

24. Lessons For Life #2
• Other divers descended “to get to the bugs
first” and presumed Rex was already down
there
• Other divers descended, scattered to find
lobsters
• After 45 minutes, returned to the boat, no Rex
• Found him unconscious at 30 feet, reg out
• Rex drowned
• http://www.scubadiving.com/lobster-hunting-night-dive-gone-wrong

25. 2017 Events (1)
• No meeting in January!
• Annual Club Party – Jan 28
• Our World Underwater – Feb 24-26
• Pizza Party – Mar 11
• Haigh Quarry Opening - Apr 1
• Mermet Springs trip #1 – June 10-11
• Florida Keys Wreck Trek – July 10-12
• Florida Keys Local Diving – July 12-17