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For Subscriber David Denson Whiteside (with username 'dwhitesi' exp: 2024-08-20', at dwhite95815@hotmail.com )
December 17, 2015
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From the early 70s through the 80s, Scubapro was the dominate dive equipment brand, with a cachet as exclusive as Mercedes in those days. Under Bonin’s management, Scubapro created the MarkV flow-through piston regulator; the first buoyancy compensator vest (BCD); the first pilot-valve second stage regulator; the first auto inflator, the first octopus regulator build into the BC hose, and his ever-popular “Jet Fins.” Bonin established the Underwater Manufacturers Association that later became DEMA, which he led in the mid-1990s. He founded Ocean Futures Society, which is now operated by Jean Michel Cousteau. In lieu of donations in his memory, the family asks that everyone dedicate their next dive to Dick Bonin, in the deep blue seas he loved so much. For a salute to Bonin, written by Bret Gilliam in 2011, click here.

Subscribers can get a printed copy for only $14.98 + s&h. The 2016 Edition, sent to you via email a couple weeks ago,  is a compilation of almost 700 honest, detailed, and informative reports about worldwide diving venues.  This year it’s available in the usual pdf format, but also in Kindle and EPUB format for any e-book reader you have.  We prepared a printed copy from LuLu press, and subscribers can buy the printed version for our cost with no markup. Go here

 The Chapbook suffices as the December issue, but look for articles next year on: new research on those deep stops, problems with winged BC’s, case studies on why divers die, the case of the drunken dive instructor, divers abandon their boat in Bonaire, and reviews of land-based Palau diving, an undiscovered resort in Belize, a liveaboard trip to a seldom dived island off Puerto Rico, a splendid Galapagos liveaboard, and much much more.

The misguided Cayman government is well along the path to build a major cruise ship terminal, which will destroy several reefs in the process. There may still be time left to block this egregious act, so please read this thoughtful and compelling blog by Undercurrent correspondent Jim Hanson.

if you want a firsthand glimpse of what a cruise chain does to a Cayman reef, here is a video taken earlier this month.

Join the nonprofit Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) for one of its three dive expeditions to Cocos Island to help scientists study and protect sea turtles and sharks. You’ll help catch and tag sea turtles, count sharks, and retrieve and deploy an underwater listening device while enjoying more than 20 dives. There’s a special Earth Day Celebration 10-day trip in April aboard the Sea Hunter, as well as trips in August (12 days aboard the Sea Hunter) and a 10-day November trip aboard the Argo. Prices start at $6,135. TIRN is offering Undercurrent subscribers a free rash guard and a raffle ticket worth $100 for a 1 in 200 chance to win a spot aboard a future trip. The price:  $6,785, and my accountant would find that much of it is tax-deductible. Visit here or contact info@seaturtles.org.

Ben Davison, editor/publisher
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