The Islands of the Fraternal Order of Moai

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A toast to my friends Roger, Rob, and Rugby Matt. Aloha au iā ‘oe.

HAHAHAHA!!!! A kindred spirit indeed! If I wasn't already married.........

mr_melvis

I got NAUI and PADI certified during my Navy years. My open water was conducted near Eilat, Israel, in the Red Sea. I had never considered becoming a beach bum until then. They had the most awesome dive center set up 50 yards from the shore.
At any rate, my last scuba dive was in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, some 22 years ago. I would love to get back into it.

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...Timothy F Gothington

“RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.”
~ Ambrose Bierce

If you are coming to Ohana:Luau by the Sea, contact RumMum, she is our certified instructor and can help you out if you need/want a refresher. OZ

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To Taua Na Moai Mau Loa, Roger, Rob and Matt.

Alas, we will not be at Ohana: Luau by the Sea this fall. We just couldn't make our vacations sync up.

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...Timothy F Gothington

“RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.”
~ Ambrose Bierce

I got PADI Open Water certified in Subic Bay, Philippines in 1983 and dove on and off quite a bit for a few years then stopped for a while. Then I got the bright idea to start cleaning boat bottoms, and did a share of muddy shallow water dives, but in the end a little as in only a couple times, light salvage. Then I stopped again. I few years I took a refresher course and have been going for it, including getting NITROX and Advanced Open Water certified. In Key Largo last year I got to dive a Navy MK V, which was an incredible thrill! I felt so 20,000 Leagues!

Somewhere in there I was a volunteer docent with the Virginia Marine Science Museum, and an assistant to the Chief Expeditionary Diver of the Cousteau Society.

Mostly these days I do a lot of springs because my Dive Wahine recently got certified, and she is comfortable with this and I am comfortable with her so all is good.
That said… Where do I get a patch or t-shirt of the logo on the index page??????

It is on my calender to attend the Luau by the Sea in October and would love to get a dive in with you guys.

I am a HUGE Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou nerd also....

Did anyone dive over the Ohana weekend? I really need a refresher dive or two...
any other South Florida Moai divers ?

I am a PADI instructor since 1987 here in South Florida - would be happy to help you out with a refresher course.

RumMum




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RumMum
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful!
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Thanks for bumping this sub forum.

I need to figure out a way to close the Molokai and make it to a dive boat the next morning.

Do they do night dives out of Fort Lauderdale?

I still need to get my tanks down from Connecticut. But, all my (and Apres-Tiki's) other gear is with me at the Northern Southern Queequeg Outpost. The Southern Souther Queequeg Outpost being Titusville...

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Set a course for the Foc's'le Lounge!

Excrementus Cadaemus

Wow RumMum, That is great! I am in the middle of my rush season for work right now, but after the Holidays I think I need to get my equipment all serviced and get back to diving a bit. What boat do you use? We dove a little with Dixie Diver on the Lady Go Diver, but found the crowd a little too intense..Prefer a smaller boat.

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The Creative Adult is the Child Who Survived...

Dixie Divers does night dives fairly frequently. I have never done a night dive...it is one of the things I need to do on my way to getting my advanced certification... it kind ofreaks me out a bit...but maybe if I knew that afterwards I was headed to the Molokai Bar it might be a good incentive to get through it. lol

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The Creative Adult is the Child Who Survived...

I absolutely LOVE "night dives" but honestly, I am so busy with the rum festival, I do not dive from January through April. (Weather is lousy this time of year anyway, so it works out great for me to take a four month hiatus.)

Will be back into it in the summer, though - available any time to dive anywhere. I feel at home under the sea!

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RumMum
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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful!
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I just saw a double hose Sea Hunt event planned for Sliver Springs. It made me want to get wet.

My dive gear is split between the Fo'c'sle and Frontierland. Next trip should have room for the jugs.

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Set a course for the Foc's'le Lounge!

Excrementus Cadaemus

Got my PADI OW back in the mid 90s, with the now ex-wife. Did the checkout dives, dove the aquarium at EPCOT, and then hung up the fins. I'd love to get back into it.

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Will
The Luau Cinders



“I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.” —Dean Martin

I brought 5 jugs down to frontierland! It's almost like I planned to do it. Now, I can do a few shore dives in the bay.

Plus, in a moment of weakness I bid on and won another double hose regulator.

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Set a course for the Foc's'le Lounge!

Excrementus Cadaemus

Naui since 2008

Last dive was off of Caye Caulker!

I have not been underwater since 2013 in Aruba.

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The Devil doesn't own my soul. He just leases it from time to time with an option to buy.

PADI OW Cert in 95

AOW Aug '01

Nitrox Nov '01

Ice Cert Feb '02

Wreck Cert Sep '02

TDI Advanced Nitrox & Deco Procedures Aug '05

My coldest dive story -
A local charter captain had just discovered a new wreck in Dec and decided to run a charter to it for New Years Day. About 110' to the deck. No biggie.
The biggie was, this New Years morning was near record cold. -25*f BEFORE the wind. With wind chills it was bobbing about -50*f. It was so cold they had to use a blowtorch on the boat's drive shaft because it had frozen.

So we were all standing around waiting for THAT. LOL.

It was so cold the water on the surface of the lake was 29*f. The only thing that kept the slush from freezing was the motion of the waves.

After we finally did the dive and our hang time on the line the worst part was getting out. As soon as you reached an arm back into the air your drysuit was glazed in about half an inch of ice.
We were all frozen into our gear and had to stand around the stove in the cabin to defrost before we could even take our tanks off.

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“The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.”