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July / August 2006
Nominated for Best Bar in the Caribbean 2006!
ONLY 72 DAYS TO
FULLFILL YOUR DREAM?
IDC Starts Soon- Divemasters-sign up now!
Looking for a job where you look forward to heading off to work in the morning?
Lead a life that others fantasize about, the adventure of a lifetime; teaching people how to dive and learn to do so in the warm spectacular waters of the Cayman Islands.
The goals of the Sunset Diver's IDC are simple!
- To ensure that candidates pass the Instructor Exam (IE) that immediately follows.
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To create great instructors that has the skills and confidence to create better divers in the future.
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To give candidates the background in the business of diving, so that one understands the relationship between resorts, retail and travel.
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We want to have some fun!
For more information, click icon above or email Mike at mikep@sunsethouse.com. It's gettting closer all the time!
Up to $30,000 in Prizes!!
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Let Sunset House, Grand Cayman's Hotel for Divers by Divers and the World Famous Cathy Church Photo Center, be your host for a fun filled week of workshops, seminars and picture taking in one of the best areas in the world! And what a better way to practice, but in our own backyard! Complimentary shore diving for our Sunset House Guests. FREE Wi Fi service for the week with this package! Check out the entire package for this inaugural event!
Captain's Log or Should We Now Say Blog? |
(In this section every month, Dive Operations Manager Mike Pinnington keep us up to date with Sunset Diver's adventures. Look under Captain's Blog on the new site. Mike will have many smaller updates there regularly, too.)
We have had a great 2 months. The dive school is at it's busiest; we have had hammerheads and a manta ray on our house reef;
Doug Mc Neese from SSI was here and Monty is about to arrive with a large group from Little Rock, Arkansas. With 2 boats in the yard for their annual haul out everyone is working like crazy.
So to the dive school. We have seen an increase not only from overseas guests but the resident population of divers is set to increase dramatically. Sunset Divers are fortunate enough to be the host instructional facility for St. Mathews University. This prestigious medical school chose Sunset House as their dedicated dive center for the same reason as many others. The resort has everything needed for great diver training in one convenient location. Initially we began a class of 40 Open Water students with Pete and Freddy at the helm. Next semester we enroll just over 110 students in the program and will form an integral part of the students' academic week. We are extremely pleased to be able to offer the programs to the University. I'd like to thank Matt (Dive Coordinator) for his invaluable help. We are currently finalizing plans with the Veterinary School to provide them with diver training, so busy times are ahead. Pete tells me he is averaging nearly 25 students a week, which must make us the busiest school in the Caymans!
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D ear Cathy Church
My wife and I were in the Group of 80 plus divers that attended the PADI Total Submersion, at the Sunset House. This was my first trip using a digital camera, being a 35MM film hold out. After my first day of diving with my Olympus 5060, I was ready to go back to my trusty 35mm. My dive buddy suggested I take the camera to your staff and see if they had any suggestions, other than to toss it. I was amazed at how helpful everyone was! Lara, looked at my camera, said no problem. All we need to do is to set it up properly. She took the camera and went into places I didn't know existed. Setting up two profiles in, my setting. What a difference this made to my pictures.
I wanted to let you know not only how knowledgeable and helpful they all were, to me and everyone their. But what is more important, they were all showing a genuine and sincere willingness to help everyone take and enjoy better pictures. You should be very proud of the staff you have working and representing you!
Sincerely
Bob Zimmerman
And from another guest....
Dear Mike and the crew,
Alexis and I want to thank you for a great adventure. While we missed the Whale Sharks and the Manta Rays (which you kept promising were just around the next reef), that just gives up something to look forward to the next time we see you. Seriously, we could not have been happier spending the week with all of you. Lots to see, warm water, great dive masters, a bar with the most incredible sunsets I have ever seen, comfortable beds, and a staff that clearly wants to make sure that you have a great time. We look forward to seeing you again.
Best to all,
Paul Beechen
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New Sunset House Website Launched!!!
The new Sunset House website is a strong, fully optimized site that is not only user friendly, but search engine friendly! You will notice that the site is much cleaner, but with beautiful artwork and full of new areas for you to explore, while still very informative about the resort!
Sign our new guestbook, check out what is up with the dive shop in Mike's Captain's Blog, the "What's New at Sunset House" right on the home page, let's you know the absolute latest news at the resort with a chronological diary, incase you haven't checked in for awhile!
The new site is also menu friendly to both Mac and PC users along with other browsers, that has been needed for a long time.
Look for in the near future, downloadable brochures, "Tell a Friend" links, photo galleries and much more! Take at look at
Coming Specials and Events!
What do Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Sting and Sunset House Have in Common?
A Message in the Bottle and Treasure!!!
Some promotions come and go. Here today, gone tomorrow. But a promotion that was put together while some ingenious business owners, sitting at My Bar back in 1987, just keep on going!!!
On June 13, 1987, Sunset House, in conjunction with Tortuga Rums and Cayman Airways, launched a 'one of a kind' promotion. Twelve Tortuga Rum bottles, each filled with 3 gift certificates-including a 4 day/3 night stay at Sunset House, a bottle of Tortuga Rum, and a one way ticket on Cayman Airways, originating from any of their gateway cities, were set 2 miles off the shores of Grand Cayman at exactly 4:00 p.m.
The bottles were coated with liquid plastic and epoxy sealed to ensure durability in any weather that they may encounter during their travels. Inside each of the bottles was a message typed on Tortuga Rum Company letter head describing when and where the bottles were set to sea and what to do with the bottles once found, where to send the bottle and stating the date and location where found, to claim the prize!
What was thought was the currents would carry them on shore anywhere from the Florida Keys to even possibly the European shoreline.
The idea came about when Mr. Robbie Hamaty, owner of Tortuga Rums, Mr. Mike Adams, operations manager for Cayman Airways and Sunset House owner Adrien Briggs were sitting around My Bar one evening drinking Tortuga Rum.
Four of the bottles were recovered and booty claimed with in a year. Not in Florida or Europe, but Texas! Now, over 19 years later, the 5th bottle has popped up!!! Again in Texas!
John Reed has been fishing off the gulf coast for years and it's that love of being near the water that's brought him some luck.
Now John is currently spending his honeymoon, July 22nd for a week at Sunset House, with a case of rum and two round trip tickets from Cayman Airways!!!!
For more on this great story, follow this link to KRIS TV in Corpus Christi, Texas. Make sure you click on the video, too!
Message in the Bottle!!!
And remember, there are 7 more bottles that have not been recovered yet? Could they be in Davy Jones Locker on a Dead Man's Chest? Could they be on the shores of Texas? Keep your eyes open! You never know!
Meet the Staff! |
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(Each month, this section will feature one of many amazing staff members at Sunset House! Their stories and backgrounds are all unique and intriguing as the next!)
Sam is the longest serving staff member at Sunset and as many of you know is a firm favorite with staff and guests alike. Sam is our native Texan, raised in Marshall TX. Sam has had a truly enviable life. Although independently wealthy, Sam chose to work his way around the world the hard way. He has built highways, operating huge earth moving equipment. A professional guide and hunter in the heart of Texas coupled with being a blue water fishing consultant in the Keys
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