Drydock Construction keeps moving

// January 15th, 2010 // Uncategorized

Once upon a time everyone that dove Kingston made a dive at the marine Museum. Before I stopped logging dives I had over 300 dives there. Bottle hunting got some good ones, training dives, checkout dives, ice dive, I learned how to scooter properly there, and even test ran almost every piece of gear I owned there.

New Years day dives netted 30 people and pizza and Hot Chocolate afterwards. We ran lines to the wreck, and naval anchors. One Year friends of mine raised an anchor and placed it into a car and thats when it all started to unfold. The community fell apart and went 5 different ways to sunday and now hardly anyone dives at the Marine Museum anymore. Now No one will see the ghastly appearance in March under a little of ice and all the chains hanging down from the boat markers, the big carp and pike that cruise the dock for easy pickings. And the easy in and out for those with handicaps. Tonight they drain her for the last time and the Alexander henry will be no longer in water and dry-docked.

Progress I guess, I will still have memories of diving under the ice for the first time, finding a rum jug, friends finding swords, rifles and many many bottles. Hopefully they will do something about shore access as for at least 5 years its been fenced off and only those illegally dumping garbage use the site. But there’s other sites to use and enjoy I guess and they will have to do. I will also look forward to the finish product and be one of those guys that say “remember when”