From: [log in to unmask] (Anni Abramowicz) I've been trying to convince Anni to subscribe to BP. I think from the following message she sent to me directly at ARWNY, she may be an asset to BP. Since I am the one that dumped her out of the canoe she may be hesitant to follow my suggestions. If a fe kind BP preservationists could send her some missives she may be encouraged to make the dive. The next one to get is Kent Diebolt, of Vertical Access... he is the rock climber that climbs steep buildings in several bounds. He is going to Poland with Vitek and I next week (on an areoplane w/ workboots) and if we can get the rest of the party to accept Gab & Eti we will be having a good time. Gab is still planning to row to Poland... but Vitek and I have hidden his oars. We told him we had purchased an inflatable kayak and would put it in the overhead compartment. Vitek knows also about rowing, as well as Kent. November 22, 1997 I have just returned from Puerto Rico to find a slew of ARWNY mail - which I of course scanned for my name. It re-appeared in conjunction with boating activities. As I prefer to jump from boat rather than being thrown off I went out a number of dives with my preferred dive shop. I logged an additional 11 dives during this last visit. PR is a nice dive site and I would recommend it to PIN divers - dive shops: Coral Sea divers and Sea Ventures. I saw a number of sea turtles- one quite large about 80lbs, puffers, jellies, - crabs, shrimp, lobster on the night dives. Rumors of 4' barracuda and large morays were also noted. For those who prefer to find their consultants via the diving network - I met some electrical engineers and contractors (Florida based) I also met a large number of pilots in case any PIN member has a DC-10. Between dives I met with Gloria Ortiz the deputy SHPO of PR (thanks to Kent Diebolt of Vertical Access) who introduced me to a number of architects and archeologists - I spoke at length with Miguel Bonini, the state archeologist, regarding underwater sites and Gloria regarding efforts to educate the public of their cultural heritage as well as the duplication of effort of research, technically and theoretically among disciplines and associations. I also brought up the possibility of an APT meeting in PR in the coming years. (between dives of course). Given the wealth of Puerto Rican cultural heritage that's apparent on the Island, I began to wonder how broadly it's disseminated on the mainland - either to the Puerto Rican community here or to the public at large. PR would be a good conference site particularly if there's any interest in drawing the New York Puerto community into the effort - either way, it appears to being developing as an important North America - South America hub. I also visited the 16th century Spanish forts again as they are stunning (Photographs on request). and also spent quite a bit of time in Old San Juan looking at the architecture. For a small town, there's a massive amount of restoration going on - re the HUMUS product - these guys apparently have it already -