Aggressor Vessel, Crew, and Passengers, Palau—February, 2012

This page and the pages that follow include pictures from our diving on the Aggressor II in Palau. The pictures were taken by other members in our group. Since it had been more than two years since our last vacation, and I had been dealing with a lot of stress in the meantime (new house, new job), I wasn't motivated to take underwater photos on this trip. I just wanted to chill and dive.

Since everyone but Lori was diving nitrox, an oxygen-enriched diving gas (32% oxygen on this trip versus the normal 21% in air), Lori was encouraged to take a nitrox class on the boat and dive nitrox. Which she did. And since we were going below 20 m and because we were drift diving and night diving, she was also encouraged to take the advanced open water class. Which she did.

The week's dive itinerary and some photos are included in the Captain's Log and the Aggressor's Facebook entry .

After enjoying the captions below and on the following pages, you can view larger versions of the photos by clicking on them. You can see even larger versions of the photos by viewing the slideshow in full screen (F11). You can also view the photos on a map.

First, we were shown to our small but comfy cabin

The sink and door to private head

Marc, Agnes, Kris, Nadia, Nick, Hector

After being shown to our cabin, we were then introduced to our crew:

• Marc Povey (Captain, Instructor, Photo Pro)
• Hector Manglicmot (Engineer, Divemaster, Skiff Driver)
• Kris Mears (Manager)
• Nadia Westby (Instructor, Videographer)
• John Schwind (Divemaster, Photo Pro)
• Nick Halishluw (Skiff Driver)
• Marc Mistersaro (Divemaster, Chef)
• Agnes Lazarro (Stewardess)

The Aggressor web site has short resumes for each of their crew members on their Meet the Crew page.

Our fellow divers introduced themselves. This was the fifth Palau Aggressor trip for Bobby and Ron!

• Me & Lor
• Wendy Wood & Gary Spohr (Lake Tahoe)
• Ron Privette (Tennessee)
• Bobby Levy (Tennessee)
• Keith Hebert (Tennessee)
• Mark Harrison (Atlanta)
• Jack Bandura & Kelli Mize (Tennessee)
• Steve Bramlett (Mississippi) & Blair Bramlett (Tennessee)
• Gail Thurmond (Tennessee)
• Rafael Ruiz & Yvonne Espada (Barcelona)
• Antonio Manosa (Barcelona)

Bill and Lori Photo by John Schwind	Gary and Wendy from Lake Tahoe Photo by John Schwind	Bobby and Ron from Tennessee Photo by John Schwind
Steve (Chief Sweetie) from Mississippi and daughter Blair from Tennessee Photo by John Schwind	Kelli and Jack from Tennessee Photo by John Schwind	Keith from Tennessee Photo by John Schwind
Mark from Atlanta Photo by John Schwind	Gail from Tennessee Photo by John Schwind
Antonio and Rafael "Rafa" from Barcelona Photo by John Schwind	Yvonne from Barcelona Photo by John Schwind

The tri-level catamaran was comfortable and offered many different lounging areas.

The sun deck Photo by Keith Hebert	Aft of the salon with a hot tub that warmed us up between dives Photo by Keith Hebert	Aft of the salon while moored in the Peleliu Harbor Photo by Keith Hebert
The galley and dining room Photo by Keith Hebert	The dining room, bar, and comfy chairs Photo by Keith Hebert	The camera table and dive briefing area complete with rubber chicken and compressed air for drying camera equipment Photo by Keith Hebert
The diver stations around the camera table before the tanks and BCs have been transferred to the skiff for the week Photo by Keith Hebert	The skiff is loaded and ready for a dive Photo by Mark Harrison

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