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// June 21st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // USA Dive Guide
In the Cold War of the 1950s, the U.S. and Canada ringed their borders with powerful radar installations designed to detect incoming Soviet bombers. Some of these stations were perched atop offshore platforms similar to the drilling rigs of the Gulf Coast.
// June 21st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // USA Dive Guide
My very first ocean dive was off New Jersey – I forget exactly which exit. I do remember the experience vividly. The boat was an old, deep-sea fishing charter converted to handle divers by the addition of a rinse bucket that smelled strongly of squid. We chugged out of Barnegat Inlet, a bunch of guys from Philly, New York and Jersey with names like Porthole Pete, K-Valve Vito and Two-Finger Franny, the lousy lobster hunter. It was the first time I’d seen anyone use a dry suit, double tank rig or a pony bottle. The BCs were all horsecollars and the gear was either black or rust brown from the assortment of chisels, sledgehammers and hacksaws that hung from belts and D-rings.
// June 21st, 2010 // 2 Comments » // USA Dive Guide
Eat, sleep, dive. What could be better than the routine of live-aboard diving? Maximum bottom time, minimum travel time. All the comforts of home, on the reef.
