August 14 7 PM MWDC presents Mike DeCamp and Gary Gentile

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Mike DeCamp will present on History of Northeast Wreck Diving. Mike, a true diving legend and pioneer is often affectionately referred to as the "Father of East Coast Diving." His resume begins with his first dive in 1956 and from there he went on to be the first person to dive practically every wreck along the US east coast. A partial list of "first person to dive" wrecks for Mike include the USS San Diego, Orgon, Stolt Dagali, Pinta, Arocca, Arunda, and the Texas Tower to name a few. Additionally, Mike was the first sport diver to dive on the Andrea Doria, worked on the 1965 film "In the World of Sharks," co-invented the pony bottle and invented the decompression line for when you can't find the elusive anchor line.

Gary Gentile will present slides on "Northern Shipwreck Marine Life" Artificial reef ecology is demonstrated from the world of the small, using macrophotography, to the life cycles of the large, including whales, sharks, sunfish, an d a variety of game fish. The waters of New Jersey northward, and the many wrecks that about there, offer more marine life than most divers know about. Lobsters, that most delectable of wreck inhabitants, are covered in detail. Gary has written 44 books, published over 3,000 photographs, discovered more than 40 shipwrecks, and led a life of adventure. He has specialized in wreck-diving and shipwreck research, concentrating his efforts on wrecks along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland to Key West, and in the Great Lakes.

For the club raffle, there will be several prizes including books from Gary, $50 gift certificates from local dive shops, DVD's, wine and other dive related products.

To help support the speaker costs we will have an admission fee of $5 for non members.

This MWDC meeting starts at 7:00 PM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Natick, MA. For directions or more information, please visit www.mwdc.org and select "Our Club" and then "Meetings".

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