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[BILLB]

I vote for the Zebra Mussel. Without them, fresh water diving would really be bad!

[Bob3]

I recall doing a "drift dive" in the Shark River Inlet, looking to spear a few flounder. Caught it during horseshoe crab mating season, the bottom was quite literally paved with the critters. Chased all the flounder away too.
Lady Liberty would need a horseshoe crab somewhere in her ensemble.
How 'bout for a hat?

[XJae]

This is cool.

Thanks NetDoc.
Special thanks to RavenC and Deep South Divers for fanning the spark.

Hmmm. a mascot.
I like the lady liberty idea.

[BOATS313]

How about some fins and a dry suit for the lady.

[grouchyturtle]

Thanks XJae an NEtdoc!

How about just a close of of the lady, kind of like theperspective of the Rangers logo, sorry ScottyK, but bear with me here.

A close up, just her face with a mask and a regulator?

[BILLB]

Howabout what we go diving for off the NY-Jersey coast. A giant lobster with a Dive flag in one claw and an American flag held by the other claw.

[grouchyturtle]

That's not a bad idea, but I think someone already used that, probably New England.

[XJae]

I was reading this thread and realized it didn't make too much sense with the original first post cut out.

NetDoc once bubbled...

At the request of Xjae and him having met all of the requirements, we hereby open up the "Wreck Valley" chapter of NDI. It includes the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Y'all have fun now!

BTW, don't forget that you need to come up with a mascot. Maybe a Cracked Liberty Diving Bell??? How about Lady Liberty in a mask and BC??? Holding her HID light???

I also like Bills idea with the lobster, has it been used?
Something with a wreck in it might be alright.

Anybody an artist?
Without one it might have to be simple.

[RavenC]

Congratulations!!!!!!!! :D

Isn't it great? R

[Boogie711]

but I think you need a better name than just "Wreck Valley."

I grew up an hour from Canada's only National Marine Underwater Park. Does that mean I live in Wreck Valley?

Brockville/Kingston has tonnes of shipwrecks to dive in. Do they live in Wreck Valley?

The New York/New Jersey Coastline has the Andrea Doria, U-Who, etc... do they live in Wreck Valley?

New England has tonnes of old fishing trawlers and North Carolina is supposedly riddled with wrecks - who lives in Wreck Valley?

It's deceiving, and with the greatest respect - should be renamed to reflect a location... XXXXX Wreck Valley Divers, or something like that.

[docmartin]

when you type in wreck valley in yahoo or google you will find that the term is commonly used to describe our local waters. kind of like the "graveyard of the atlantic" denotes the nc coast. therefore, although other regions may be veritable wreck valleys the actual expression usually refers to our ship devouring waters.

[ScottyK]

Raven- Yes, it is pretty cool. Thanks for the congrads.

Boogie- I understand your post because if you don't live in this area, you've probably not heard it referred to as wreck valley before. It's recognizeable to the potential members who live in this area though.

Let me know when either of you are ready to come visit and go on an official "WV Club" dive :)

Scott

[grouchyturtle]

I could design the logo, once we finally decide on what it's going to be.

XJae - I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the outline of the 3 states, just like on a map, but in perspective, with a wreck sitting on top of them?

Thanks RavenC!

[ScottyK]

grunzster once bubbled...
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe the outline of the 3 states, just like on a map, but in perspective, with a wreck sitting on top of them?

That could be cool!!!

[grouchyturtle]

By the way, does anyone know where we can see the other club's logos?

[grouchyturtle]

Hey after just a few days, we already show up 9th in Google if you do a search for wreck valley.