Dive Chairman Comments: Sea Lancers is known for being a family club and for its safety record. Part of being safe is diving with a buddy. Sea Lancers policy is that during CLUB DIVES all members will dive with a buddy. I ask that all members that show up to a club dive; please dive with a buddy. Success of club dives depend on the boat owners who volunteer their time and boat to support the club event. However, some circumstances are unavoidable (Mechanical failure, illness, military recalls, etc.) and it may result in less than predicted boats, resulting in longer shore waits. My promise to you, as divers of the club, is to get everyone out for their dives but I do ask for your understanding and patience when numerous boats are not available.

23 March 2003 -  Club dive from Ala Wai harbor. Fifteen Divers and three boats attended. The divers dove Sea Tiger, and the YO257. All divers completed their dives and the event concluded at 1230. No injuries reported during the event.

08 March 2003 - Club dive from Ala Wai Harbor was cancelled due to non availability of boat owners and boats. No injuries reported during the event.

9 February 2003 - Club dive from Hickam Harbor. 32 Divers and 4 boat owners were scheduled but after mechanical difficulties, only 3 attended. The divers dived Reef Runway, Shark City and the Sea Mount. All divers completed their dives and the event concluded at 1330. No injuries reported during the event.

11 January 2003 - Club dive from Ala Wai Harbor. 34 divers and 5 boat owners turned out for the first dive of the New Year. We had the pleasure of having Steve Elfers and Phillip Thompson, both from the AF Times, dive with us. The pictures are featured on the Webpage and will appear in the March edition of the AF Times. The dive ended at approximately 1600. All divers completed their dives safely. No injuries reported during the event.

26 January 2003 - Club Dive was cancelled due to no boats available.

01 September 2002 - Night dive from Haleiwa boat harbor.We had 27 divers and 5 boats. Boat Owners were: Glenn Powell, Doug Sobin, Tim Imwould, Bill Pigott, and Dennis Reed. The first boat went out at 1839L and the last boat docked at 2149L. First night of lobster season proved eventful for the Sea Lancer group. Half of the 27 divers left after their first dive because of one reason or another (but were happy with the dive), so Doug Sobin and Bill Piggott pulled their boats. The second dive was in full darkness and Tim Imwould‚s boat had two sharks show up during their dives. The big event of the second dive was when Dennis Reed radioed in that box jellyfish had stung three of his divers. I prepared the first aid kit for the divers as they docked. The worst sting was on Beth Meyers as she had three separate sting areas on her body; both left and right biceps and lower left leg around her ankle. First aid consisted of Vinegar to the stung areas and burn spray to relief the pain for all the divers. I asked the injured divers to phone me in the morning with their conditions .On Monday A.M. Dave Meyers, spouse of Beth Meyers, phoned me and said that she was doing fine and that she still had some pain in the areas that she was stung. Injuries: Box jellyfish stung 3 divers. They were :Beth Meyers, Stacy Schonefield and Kevin O‚Brien. First aid administered to the injured divers.

24 August 2002 - TREASURE HUNT at Haleiwa Beach Park.A total of 41 divers and family members showed up for this event.Glenn Powell, Dick May, and Anton McPhee used the Sea Turtle to set the flags for the prizes and establish the boundary for the event. The event started with a shotgun start at 0905L and all divers were instructed to out of the water by 1015L.The grand prize was a MARES regulator and the runner up prize was a MARES BCD. Kathy Fehn won the grand prize when she picked up her flag on the edge of the drop off. The BCD Tag was not claimed; therefore the BCD is carried over to the Christmas party.

No injuries reported during the event.

I would like to thank the following people for their help during the Treasure Hunt/Summer Picnic: William Parker, Donna Hanson, Jesse Smith, John Allison, Keith McCauley, Howard Pittman, Jim Hansen, and Dick May. Most importantly the BOD. You all came together and helped me out from basically scratch. We had some idea what was planned, but we had to put everything in motion. In my book, it was a huge success! Thanks again!