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SEA NAGS - We dive all year round!
We are the Columbus Sea Nags a dive club in the central Ohio area. We do a lot of Sport diving in and around the state. Every week and weekend. Our members can be found diving and training people in diving. We have members that are just getting started to ones that make a living at it. If you are looking at diving in Ohio and are in central Ohio stop by one of the meetings
General Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at Plank's Restaurant on the eastern edge of German Village at the corner of Parsons and Sycamore ( 743 Parsons Avenue Columbus Ohio, directions). Meetings begin at 8:00 PM in the upstairs meeting room. Many members arrive early to eat dinner and socialize. Visitors are always welcome. Just ask the wait staff "where are the Scuba Divers"
To become a member of the Sea Nags, come to a meeting or send your name, address and phone number to the Treasurer along with a check for $20.00 made payable to The Columbus Sea Nags.
Thomas John Finneran
A founding member of the Columbus Sea Nags
Thomas John Finneran, age 84, past away Saturday December 26, 2009. A retired Attorney. Born February 10, 1925 in Columbus, Ohio to Russell P. and Mary Irene (Hannegan) Finneran. Predeceased by parents and infant sister Rosalie. Survived by brother Russell D. Finneran; nephew Sean P. Finneran; nieces Ketti Irene Finneran and her husband Rick Brown and Erin Marie Finneran and her husband Alejandro Bernal - Navarro; grand nieces and nephews Riley Irene, Brendan Shea and Fiona Mor Finneran, Gabriel S. and Madison C. Brown and Alicia Isabel Bernal; and many other relatives and friends. In 1943 he joined the United States Marine Corp and served 3 1/2 years. He graduated from Holy Rosary Grade School in 1939, from St. Charles Preparatory School in 1943 and from The Ohio State University in 1954, being awarded his Bachelors Degree in Arts and Letters and his Doctor of Law Degree. At St. Charles he lettered in basketball and football. At OSU he lettered in wrestling. He continued to wrestle in the old YMCA league and was "Five State Champion" five consecutive years. This qualified him to try out for the 1956 Olympics in 1955 in California where he ended up twelfth in the country. Wrestling remained an important part of the rest of his life. He volunteered to assist in coaching at Columbus schools and at St. Charles. He practiced law with his father and brother in the firm of Finneran, Finneran and Finneran from 1955 to 1987. From December 8, 1987 until April 29, 1989 he continued to practice with his father at their residence. He then continued as a sole practitioner until retiring recently due to health reasons. He was one of sixteen founding members of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association. He was a founding member of the Columbus Sea Nags Scuba Club and at his death was the only remaining continuous founding member. He was a member of the Columbus Ski Club from its earliest years and a past historian of it. He actively participated in both water and snow sking, winning a number awards and also participated in its softball and other activities for several decades.
from the obituaries of The Dispatch
Dear Sea Nags, Happy New Year! Our first meeting of the New Year will be at 8:00PM this Thursday Jan 7 at Planks.
On hand will be Ethan Simmons from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to talk about fish and water conservation and what that has to do with diving in Ohio. You won't want to miss it.
| Date | Upcoming Events | Contact |
| Jan 7 | meeting: Fish & Stream Conservation, Ethan Simmons, ODNR4 Fresh water mussels or TBA | |
| Feb 4 | meeting: Fresh water mussels or TBAMarch | |
| Mar | ||
| 4th meeting: Dive Trip to Bonaire or Pu-in-Bay4 Dive Trip to Bonaire or Put–in-Bay Cleanup | ||
| 19-21 Scubafest@Columubs North Crowne Plaza; featuring Ralph Willbanks, discoverer of the CSS Huntley (sub); regional photo contest. | scubafest | |
| April | ||
| 1st SeaNag membership meeting TBA | ||
| May | ||
| 6th SeaNag membership meeting TBA | ||
| June | ||
| Circleville Membership drive | ||
| July | ||
| Florida Keys Dive Trip (July 4th weekend) | ||
| August | ||
| TBA Gear Swap and Corn Roast w Circleville, SeaNags, Land Sharks and Circleville night dive | ||
| September | ||
| 2nd Member dive stories from summer exploits | ||
| Put-In-Bay Annual Cleanup | ||
| October | ||
| 7th Nominations | ||
| November | ||
| 4th Elections/Membership Dues due | ||
| Annual Banquet | ||
| Shipwrecks & Scuba Banquet | ||
| December | ||
| Christmas Party, Marty’s house? | ||
Sea Nags are diving. Please contact Marty Bailey if you want to know when and where people are getting wet each weekend Yes, even in the winter.
An article from 01/03/2010
With the frigid temperatures we have had the past two days, I ended up contacting Dave to see if he wanted to finish his Ice diving class this Sunday.
We met several Sea Nags (Bob, MT, and Andy), Andy and several of his students meet at Circleville around 10:00am. Air temp 7 F, water temp 33 F, underwater was actually warmer then being out of the water. We discussed some Ice diving procedures and various dive plans and since we had so many divers we split into three different teams all using different Ice diving protocols. Andy & Bob were a team and they stayed in the South Quarry. MT, Andy, and his students were a team (using one line, two or three man dive teams with surface line tenders) and they also used the south quarry.
For our first dive Dave we swam towards the truck cab then headed over to the bus lying on it's side. We saw the old metal training platform along the way. The vis was great about 20 feet and with the uniform temperature the bottom was as clear as the top (20'/22min). We traded places at the ten minute mark and then again at the twenty minute mark.
We sat on the steps in the water (so our gear wouldn't freeze between the dives) After about 12 minutes we were ready to go for our second dive. This time we headed to the truck cab where We performed a lost diver drill. I went up to the bottom of the ice sheet and after about four minutes I saw the line sweeping my way and swam to Dave (another successful lost diver found). We continued diving together for another 20 minutes swimming as far as our line would let us to the west and then to the east. Twice I had to swim back to unhook the line as it was caught on an obstruction. Overall we had another great dive (20'/26min).