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Scuba Forum / General / March 2008Another One "Bites the Dust"
I am sorry to report that one of the "good guys," that being Crystal Clear Charters out of KL has ceased operations and gone out of business. It's parent company Cay Clubs, Inc. the owners of several condo units and some hotels in the area (Bayside Resort in KL as well) is also in severe financial straights. My LDS used them this past summer to charter their annual KL trip, as Dan Bracuk will attest to, having joined my group on one of them. At present, my LDS has made alternate operations but sadly, has had to move their base out of KL for the summer of 2008 but to, of all places, Ft Lauderdale. The venue is now the "Sands Harbor Hotel & Marina" and the LDS there is "South Florida Diving Headquarters." Don't know either. I haven't decided yet if I will do this or not - it may be academic as things are tighening at work even still..... but we'll see. Nonetheless, the liveaboard trip on the Sun Dancer II for Memorial Day weekend is "on" and will stay that way (I'm committed to it now anyway). BTW, for our SoFl'ians, did anyone get slammed by the "massive power hit?" I have yet to call Dad and see if he's OK. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > I am sorry to report that one of the "good guys," that being Crystal Clear Charters out of > KL has ceased operations and gone out of business. It's parent company Cay Clubs, Inc. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Arnold I've stayed at Sands Harbor several times now and liked it fine. I went there for the convenience. Two dive boats in the marina at the hotel, and the hotel gives substantial discounts if you use one of those boats. I dove with ScubaTyme, which I liked fine. Good crew, very attentive to divers' skills and safety factors. If you have the whole boat, you can tell them what you want to do. When I have gone there I've not bothered renting a car, since the boat is right there, and there are plenty of places to eat in easy walking distance. It's not actually in Ft.Lauderdale, but in Pompano Beach. Diving is probably better than KL. I think the reefs are in better shape, and there are a good number of interesting wrecks. The hotel is no five star, but it's roomy enough and convenient, and inexpensive. Nice pool bar/grill for lunch or for after dive libations. Right on the ICW so you can drool over the yachts. Hope you enjoy it. George Cathcart <george.cathcart@gmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :When I have gone there I've not bothered renting a car, since the boat :is right there, and there are plenty of places to eat in easy walking :distance. It's not actually in Ft.Lauderdale, but in Pompano Beach. :Diving is probably better than KL. I think the reefs are in better :shape, and there are a good number of interesting wrecks. Everything I have read and heard about mainland Florida diving is that it's all current diving but not necessarily drift diving. Is that what you experienced? Dan Bracuk Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. > George Cathcart <george.cathc...@gmail.com> pounded away at his > keyboard resulting in: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Dan Bracuk > Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. Yes, there's current, sometimes enough to drift in. ScubaTyme always does drift dives except on the wrecks, but sometimes there isn't enough current to drift. It also helps to have buddies who know how to drift dive. I did one dive with a guy who felt he had to help the current.... gc > BTW, for our SoFl'ians, did anyone get slammed by the "massive power hit?" > I have yet to > call Dad and see if he's OK. I had a momentary flicker of the lights. I suspect that the gods of power grids know that I have a 7.5 KW generator in the garage. Lee > I had a momentary flicker of the lights. I suspect that the gods of power > grids know that I have a 7.5 KW generator in the garage. I've lost power about 7 times today (so far)... I figure it has something to do with the high winds we've been having today... Clear skies, no significant weather associated with it... Sometimes it would come back on just long enough for me to reboot my computers and reset my clocks... Sometimes not even that long... It's quite irritating when you get your machine rebooted and as soon as you login and get back to where you were before the power went out, the power goes out yet again... I really should get a couple of UPSs for those machines...  SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. mag3 <zmpmag3-plongee@yahoo.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I am sorry to report that one of the "good guys," that being Crystal Clear Charters out of :KL has ceased operations and gone out of business. It's parent company Cay Clubs, Inc. :the owners of several condo units and some hotels in the area (Bayside Resort in KL as :well) is also in severe financial straights. My LDS used them this past summer to charter :their annual KL trip, as Dan Bracuk will attest to, having joined my group on one of them. How very unfortunate. I liked that shop. Anybody know any other shops on the ocean side of Key Largo or Tavernier? Dan Bracuk Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- >I am sorry to report that one of the "good guys," that being Crystal Clear Charters out of >KL has ceased operations and gone out of business. It's parent company Cay Clubs, Inc. >the owners of several condo units and some hotels in the area (Bayside Resort in KL as >well) is also in severe financial straights. My LDS used them this past summer to charter >their annual KL trip, as Dan Bracuk will attest to, having joined my group on one of them. I did 4 dives off their old boat with Conch Repbublic Divers today. John Hanson <jhanson@northernlinks.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: :I did 4 dives off their old boat with Conch Repbublic Divers today. Did you see any jawfish? Dan Bracuk Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do. ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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