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Webster's Dictionary defines a "Corps" as, "a body of persons acting together or associated for a common mission". Aqua Corps is the name of our "body of persons acting together for a common mission". Our mission is, to work for a cleaner environment for future generations (my children and yours!), particularly with regards to water issues and "sustainable living" practices.
Since childhood I've always had a deep love of the ocean. So naturally, since forming Symbiosis Dive Services the primary corporate goal has always been to foster a more "symbiotic" relationship between humanity and our environment. Indeed, it's at the very root of our name. (Founder, USCG Licensed Captain Jim Hinckley, has owned and operated Symbiosis Dive Service since 1988.)
Some time ago, and after much "reasoning", I decided to to sell the retail / store portion of the business (aka: Aqua Shack) to devote more time to my family and environmentalist causes. Since the sale of the Aqua Shack me, Kim, our 2 children Karina and Zack, and I have moved to Hubbardston, MA and are enjoying life immensely! Click Here to read letter of Thanks and Appreciation from Capt. Jim and Kim. ( and check out some of the many personal & family links on the site) |
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Early pic of Dad with Karina.
Symbiosis Dive Service / Aqua Corps
new home in Hubbardston, MA
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Capt. Jim assist a student in training.
Taking Kayaking class at Zoar Gap.
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Since the sale of the Aqua Shack store. Symbiosis Dive Service continues to operate as a "service only" business. Our goals remain the same; to educate people about SCUBA diving and the need to Save our Water Planet by stressing minimum impact and sustainable living practices.
Enjoying life since the sale of the Aqua Shack.
 
Kim, Zack & Karina at Hampton and Jim climbing Mt. Monadnock (Jim's Backpacking Adventure's) 2/6/05 (Bob Marley's birthday). |
SCUBA diving is one of the most exciting, dynamic and energizing outdoor activities, with the unique ability to appeal to different people from differing backgrounds, with differing ages, interests and lifestyles. Unfortunately, 90% of the general population has yet to pull on fins and a mask, bite down on a snorkel or regulator and discover the biggest portion of our world.
Value is subjective, but it means that the consumer wants the "most bang for the buck". Diving has tremendous value. It offers exploration, access to nature, fitness, boating, social activities, lobster dinners, new avenues of creativity (UW Photo or Video), challenge and most important, relaxation. It's accessible almost anywhere you are, and anywhere you go. It offers a variety of different activities suitable for different ages, physiques, interests and motivations.
Consumers today don't want to look back when they're 70 and feel like they let life pass them by. They're not interested in cheat-death thrill seeking, but they want to live - to feel their pulse pound as they stick their necks out and taste adventure. They want a recreation they can enjoy together as a family, one that still offers something for everyone's abilities. This is a crucial part of the values people look for in recreations and activities. (continued below)
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Capt. Jim on the Keith Tibbets -
Click on pic for more of Jim's underwater photo work. New England & Caribbean! |
Karina, Kim & Zack prepare for the Patriots 3rd Superbowl victory.
Click here for more family shots. |
Kim on The Tibbets - click photo for more Pics of our Cayman trip |
Diving accommodates this with excitement, adventure and challenge, coupled with one of the most diverse, accessible and widespread of life styles. There are few other activities that offer so much for so little. Symbiosis SCUBA Academy has trained thousands of safe, confident and happy divers, from entry level to instructor, including many specialties. We are acknowledged experts in SCUBA Instruction & Training, the field of "Technical Diving" and dive equipment servicing. Let Capt. Jim and his staff of highly trained Instructors introduce you to the adventures of diving!
Click to check out Bill Whitney's Pics and Steve Howard's Pics of the Aqua Shack Little Cayman Trip.
Shopping for a "deal" or a "cheap" scuba class? Consider this wise old statement... it still holds true today!
Too Much Or Too Little?
"It is unwise to pay too much, but is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money. When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It cannot be done. There is hardly anything in the world that someone can't make a little worse and sell a little cheaper . . . . And those who consider price alone are This Man's Lawful Prey". John Ruskin 1819-1900
Students preparing for their first Open Water Dives at Back Beach in Rockport, MA. Thanks everyone for a great day! We hope you all have as much fun diving as we do teaching it... we're confident you will!
       
©2006 Symbiosis Dive Service
If Germany can evict tens of thousands of Jews, if Russia can transport millions of people from one part of the continent to another, a few hundred thousand evicted Albanians will not provoke a world war.
Vasa Cubrilovic, "Expulsion of Albanians," 1937
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If you kill one person, you are a murderer, if you kill ten people you are a celebrity, and if you kill a quarter of a million people, you get invited to a peace conference.
Haris Silajdzic, referring to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic |
