Then 2 on the Corwall, one on the Sheyboygan and one on the Davie makes for a good dive week. Hopefully we can repeat this performance seeing Andre is off for the week.
4 in the Quarry,
- May 31st, 2010
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Category: Diving
Spent most of the day in the Quarry helping Vinnie certify students. Was good to get out and spend the day with students and the DM’s and DMC’s. Sean and Nancy had the pleasure of running the charter for the Seamonkeys.
100 feet of vis was the treat of the day, I even got shots off at 6 in the evening. Very Rare but worth the 30 minutes with a leaky glove.
It seemed that everyone that wanted to do some cross border shopping was heading south as well and all at the same time. 45 mins waiting at the border then off to Watertown for some food and drink. The mall was very busy and filled with Canucks taking advantage of the high dollar.
New Year and a new training cycle for area divers, David gets the first one out of the way this weekend with a 6 OW and 3 Rescue students for me to train in everyone’s pools sessions. I keep forgetting how much I hate chorine and time and time again I put my self into it. Almost daily actually.
Lately I have been run down and the dr. thinks my thyroid needs adjustment but wants to do more tests, low thyroid problems is a product of side effects from Depression drugs, so yet another present to remind me that being normal is a job and a half on behalf.
In the pool I tried out the 28mm lens I got to get it dailed in for underwater mosaics, which is going to take some work but I think it’s going to be doable in good vis conditions. After the pool we hit the Oarsman like normal and hosted a pint.
After 293 dives last year it’s going to be hard to top that but I am sure that Chris will be up for the task. 
. So today we did the deed and first dive, at first I thought it wasn’t going to happen as everyone was either working or skiing today. At 9 am I got the call and 4 more shortly afterwards so I was diving today.
Off to Richardson’s beach and to the wreck that lays about 10 mins from shore. The strange thing was with the visibility and grace of those that made it all away out the wreck looked totally different then previous visits.
Large fish were out in force and I kept thinking that John came diving today instead of fishing his loss maybe, but the vis made up for everything.
So after 4 years of saying so and finding a bunch of like minded divers willing to explore a new diving hot spot I embarked on a trip to Grenada. Andre, Serge, Nancy and I headed to Grenada for a weeks of diving and Nancy liked it so much she stayed an additional week.
Not many of us can say we dove a 600 foot cruise ship standing upright in 170 feet of saltwater waiting for explorers, and I got to do that finally last week, the only thing other then wow was I could not imagine how hot it must of been 48 years ago when the Bianica C caught fire and sunk 3 times in St George. The From 2/3s of the ship have collapsed into it self but plenty can be seen still. The Swimming pool on the top dec still survives and is the blunt of all the dm’s and guides jokes. “It still has water in the pool” and other one liners”.
Just like the Florida Keys you can dive a wreck everyday and like bonaire you could dive a reef instead every day. There is no shore diving and all dives are done with DMs and Guides all of which are not accustomed to the serious wreck diving crowd, and try to lead and force your dives to their plans. Only a few days of this before it came apparent that it was not the way most of us dive and things changed for the better. The have at least 7 freighters the size of the Keystorm, belly dumpers, barges and sailboats all the size of lake Ontario schooners so we all were at home with the type of diving.
I enjoyed myself and decided that future trips maybe the same idea with going somewhere new or where something new has been found or added to a location.
Grenada now has a non stop flight from Toronto in the 600$ price range and food on the island is not to pricey but more then what one gets here. Shell fish for those that can eat it or like it is at a premium as well. Like most Caribbean destinations beer is cheap as well, one thing that was odd was Diet Coke or Drinks were not readily available and when so only in cans unlike the rest in larger bottles.
A cross section of my photos are here.
And thanks to Andre, Nancy and Serge for putting up with me for the trip. I am looking at details for my next adventure now.
So on Monday morning a ship heading towards Montreal and lost power. 100 meters from the wreck of the Conestoga in Cardinal, Ontario. Divers were all hoping she would sink but she had already moved north and sank in 20 feet of water. Unfortunately theres still 50 feet sticking out of the water.
Sean and I headed out this morning to see and when we got there a couple of more ships made appearances. Talking to a local the funny thing about the ship is when it sailed in the 70′s it had the same problem in the same area. This old guy was out taking shots and telling me stories about the connie and wee hawk wrecks. He also thinks that there are at least 2 more in the deep channel on the us side as he always loses his fishing stuff there.
Here in Kingston, Ontario we normally know the end of the wetsuit season is closing when we host the annual underwater Pumpkin Carving contest. This years event like most was held in the quarry. Surprising the water was a full 5 degrees warmer then last week when I ran the OW checkout dives.
Upon arriving to the quarry the base club was exiting so we missed them, we would have been there at the same time but a few customers came in.
Also most of the moorings are now down with the exception of the Munson and Wolfe which we will drop his week after a photo shoot take place.
So thanks to all those this season that enjoyed yet another great season, and for those coming with me to Grenada at the end of Nov the countdown has started. Don’t forget about the night dive on the Munson this week.
So yesterday was my birthday and my regular dive buddy, John and Pat Coyne from Pat’s Charters in Kingston took me out to the Comet and Marsh for some birthday diving. That was after my Dr’s appointment where he announced that it was time for a drug shakeup. I got my ticket paid for to head to Grenada and some apple pie to boot. Life yesterday was simple and today when I finally crawled out of bed I went for a drive instead of the Gym.
I also started uploading pics to the site mostly Scuba ones and soon more then that but little bit at a time.
