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My Last Full Day at Cambrian Foundation
We started off the day finishing up a few final things that need cleaning. When we were done Josh Boz and I went out for lunch. I then sadly started packing up all my cloths and dive gear. I didn’t remember bringing this much stuff. That night Amy’s parents came home and we celebrated her…
Bonaire: Getting to Know the Island and It’s People
The island of Bonaire had lots to offer as a unique destination to explore. In between dives, I had the opportunity to visit ‘downtown’ Bonaire a number of times. Lining the tight, colorful streets were lots of shops and restaurants. In one store, I found my favorite flavor of soda: bubblegum. Throughout the course of…
Commercial Diving with Rick Simon
After a storm swept through New England, I got invited to join Rick Simon again to help salvage a mast that had broken off a sailboat in the storm. He and Shoreline Diving had been contracted to recover the mast and bring it in for parts. The harbor where the mast had broken off was…
Fairhaven Day 1
This past week, from Tuesday to Thursday I went up to Fairhaven, Massachusetts to visit Eric Takakjian and his wife Lori. I arrived around 10 o’clock on Tuesday and Eric gave me the grand tour of his house, which is chock full of artifacts recovered from shipwrecks. Eric does all the restoration himself, which takes…
Undersea Divers!
So my summer has begun! My first real experience for the internship is spending three days at Undersea Divers learning to fill tanks and generally how a dive shop works. Undersea Divers is basically a dive shop in Beverly MA that offers tank fills, gear maintenance and all sorts of training. The shop is run by Bobby…
The Giant Ocean Tank and More!
Today was another special day at the Aquarium since I would get to dive in one of the most well known exhibits, the Giant Ocean Tank (GOT)! Before we got to that however, there was work to be done and things to see. I started off by observing and helping with the food prep for…
