By chris keen (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #129) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:37 am: |
Does anyone know why some sites are unmarked???
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By Leo Irakliotis (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #225) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 11:54 am: |
'Cause they run out of yellow paint on the island?
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By Dan Jolly (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #677) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 12:37 pm: |
If all sites were marked the perimeter road would have to be painted solid yellow!!!!!!
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By Vince DePietro-www.bonairebeachcondo.com (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2008) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:02 pm: |
How about all the marked sites require upkeep from the folks at STINAPA. I suspect if you ask them, they'd tell you they have enough work already.
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By Liz .... back to Bon 3/29-4/4. (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #234) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:19 pm: |
I don't have BSDME handy right now as a reference, but could it be that the unmarked sites are intermediate-advanced dives? Could the belief be that by not marking them, it deters inexpereienced divers from diving there?
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By Mel Briscoe (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #390) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:27 pm: |
Mod: Why do my posts keep getting removed?
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By Leo Irakliotis (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #228) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:31 pm: |
Mel, for what it's worth, your posts don't appear in the email feed. Usually I get the email of a post even when it's removed. Did you pay your monthly dues to BT?
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By Freddie {Moderator} (Moderator - Post #695) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:33 pm: |
Mel I don't see any on my moderator feed either for this thread.. and we don't remove posts without saying something..
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By *Freddie* (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11497) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:33 pm: |
maybe you posted on another thread
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By *Freddie* (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #11498) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:36 pm: |
OR was that just a "silly question" ???
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By Mel Briscoe (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #391) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:41 pm: |
OK, I'll try again! there was a local Comcast problem (isn't there always?) here, so maybe I went into the ether...
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By Dan DelGesso (BonaireTalker - Post #34) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2:14 pm: |
With the publication of BSDME and all of the information available on the internet, it seems illogical to not gain an understanding of where to and where not to dive/snorkel on the island. After all, the place is just not that big. It is only what, about 11 miles from Karpata to the Willemstoren Lighthouse?
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By Dan Jolly (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #681) on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2:14 pm: |
I have dove many of the unmarked (by STINAPA) sites mentioned in BSDME. Many are easy sites so that is not a reason. It would seem that there are too many possible entry points for STINAPA to mark and to maintain all of them. Like I said - just paint the entire road yellow!!!
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By Susan - www.bsdme.info (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #629) on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:52 am: |
Marked sites were established by the Bonaire National Marine Park. Unmarked sites are those which have been used by divers looking for different places to go.
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By Bas Noij (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #351) on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 11:14 am: |
Beautiful...the final and correct answer in 2 short sentences. I do have one small thing to add though. Of the official STINAPA dive sites only the shore dive sites are marked. This is why for instance La Dania's Leap is not marked. It is not considered a shore dive site since there is no way to exit.
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By Liz .... back to Bon 3/29-4/4. (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #236) on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 12:08 pm: |
But Bas.....isn't it fun to watch all of us guess?
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