Al is a multi-talented guy. For years he worked in the environmental field as level 1 confined space rescue leader. In the winter of 1993, he took his first scuba course in Cancun, Mexico, and continued to dive there for the next five years. Not until 1999 did Al achieve his first real "C" card with PADI as an Open Water diver. He stayed with PADI through five specialties, Advanced and Rescue, and then was awarded his Master Diver.

Now hooked on diving, Al began climbing the instructional ladder and is presently an Instructor with NAUI. He holds Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Extended Range. His primary interests are wreck diving, spear fishing, and technical deep diving. Captain Al has dived in many places around the world including the deep wrecks of the Great Lakes, but still insists that there's no place on Earth like North Carolina wreck diving. He began diving the blue, clear waters of North Carolina in 2000 and soon found himself mating on one of the local dive boats. His crewmates nicknamed him “The Magnet," because no matter where they dropped him, or in what visibility or current, he always found the wreck.

After a near fatal accident almost took away the captain of the vessel he worked for, Al obtained his USCG Captain's license...just another license for him. He also is an instrument-rated, aerobatic, and commercial airplane pilot, and holds a commercial driving license for tractor trailers as well. If it has an engine, Al can drive it. Al keeps a winter home in Baltimore, MD, where he still does environmental work for the Coast Guard. His summer home in Morehead City keeps him close the sport he loves.

Trivia: Al owns a Piper Arrow II. Al owns three spear guns. His USCG license has a towing endorsement. He owns a dog, two ferrets, and once hit a parrot with a football. AND, Ray Lewis once called him “shit dog.”

Amy began diving in Cozumel, Mexico, after sampling a suicide course (more commonly known as a resort course) in 1999.  Immediately hooked, she and husband Wade returned to VA and were properly certified and have been diving ever since.

For years, she dived the wrecks off the coast of Virginia Beach, and reefs in various Caribbean locations (Gucci diving, she calls it).  During this time, her preference for wreck diving developed, and after a giant stride into the clear water over the Schurz in 2002, Morehead City became her exclusive dive destination.  Numerous certifications followed, and she earned her USCG 50-ton captain's license in 2006.  Amy currently spends her time enjoying the Mutiny II and bossing people around.

Trivia: Amy: is a CPA; holds professional ice skating credentials; plays the piano; is an avid marksman; loves dogs; hates Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and the Olsen twins; enjoys scrapbooking; is allergic to oysters, once owned a chinchilla named Aqua Velva (that's right, because she was a chin chilla!  BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  I slay me); is a compulsive ironer; enjoys quoting movie dialogue in lieu of original thought; and once got butted by a billy goat.  Probably some other stuff, too.

Captain Jim Smith got his start in diving during a resort course in Cancun, Mexico, during Spring Break 1995. He got his PADI Open Water certification in August 1997 and did his first ocean dive out of Hatteras, NC, on the wreck of the Dixie Arrow. Becoming hooked on wreck diving, he began working as a mate in Morehead City in 1999, and earned his Dive Master certification in March 2000. He became a USCG Captain in July 2004, and holds a 50 ton license. He has traveled to a multitude of diving destinations in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Red Sea, but still ranks coastal NC as one of his favorite destinations. He is an avid underwater videographer and has recently become interested in spear fishing as well. He resides in central Pennsylvania where he is in a group practice as a general dentist.

Trivia: Jim was a squirrel in a former life. He spends an inordinate amount of time on the internet researching “why.”

Mike Daniel began diving his freshman year at East Carolina University, and during his senior year, finished up his NAUI Assistant Instructor and dive master ratings. After graduation in 1987, Mike accepted the staff dive master role at Nags Head Pro Diver Center and was hooked for good, staying with NHPDC for 3 summers before graduate school, and eventually a career as a molecular biologist at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, pulled him a little farther away from the coast. For nearly 20 years, however, Mike has worked as an active dive master, including the past three years as co-captain, and has dived the many wreck sites throughout coastal North Carolina. He became a USCG-licensed Captain in 2002 and continues to serve as dive master and master captain aboard vessels operating out of Morehead City. He currently lives in Durham, NC and is a Assistant Director of Operations/Resourcing for Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Trivia: According to Mike, nothing of interest.

Clint has been a certified dive master for several years but has been diving for well over 20 years. He has dived all over the world including the Red Sea, the Pacific, the Caribbean, along with many other destinations, but by far his favorite kind of diving is North Carolina wreck diving. Above the water, Clint lives with his wife and dogs in Greensboro, NC. Clint also holds a OUPV (six pack) U.S. Coast Guard captain's license and serves aboard the Mutiny as he gains hours to upgrade his license to 50-ton.

Trivia: Clint is an avid car and art collector. His home looks like a super nova during the holiday season. Clint holds the world speed talking record. It’s rumored that he can sometimes be found not using his phone or computer, and studies show that he bounces very well.