ScubaDetector
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Was out working on my boat today getting ready to put it in the water for the summer and got a phone call. a plastic window went in the Clinton river off a 40 foot express cruiser. I was very hesitant to go for one reason. I have not yet been in the water and I was thinking I would turn into a bobcicle. They were desperate and since it was so warm out I told them I would get my gear together and come down. They were trying to find it with a fish net and I asked them to stop because I THOUGHT they would stir up the bottom.
I get to the river 40 minutes away and see this!
I have never seen this river this dirty. But with the wind and the rain we have been having this is what I get. So I am thinking great. Not only am I going to freeze but I won't be able to see a thing. I get my wetsuit on for the first time this year and need help. It always shrinks during the winter and I have no idea why. Anyway, after I get it on I decide to go down the ladder and see how bad I am going to freeze. I get in and after the initial shock of cold water entering my suit I feel it isn't that bad.
So I get out and put the rest of my gear on. I jump in right beside this white boat.
I come to the surface, straighten my gear and go down to around 11 foot and feel around. I find the window within a minute in pitch black water. I come up to some ecstatic boaters. Give them the window and swim to the ladder. I come out to take off my gear and get a 100.00 reward.
Well that swim put the wheels in motion faster. I have my new toy ready for swimming and I hope to have my boat done Monday or Tuesday so I can get it into the marina. I can now forget the flies and bugs at the campgrounds I have been playing in and enjoy the water!
My boat has a new radio, a ship to shore radio, new speakers and new gauges are on the way.
I am hoping for another fantastic summer.
I get to the river 40 minutes away and see this!
I have never seen this river this dirty. But with the wind and the rain we have been having this is what I get. So I am thinking great. Not only am I going to freeze but I won't be able to see a thing. I get my wetsuit on for the first time this year and need help. It always shrinks during the winter and I have no idea why. Anyway, after I get it on I decide to go down the ladder and see how bad I am going to freeze. I get in and after the initial shock of cold water entering my suit I feel it isn't that bad.
So I get out and put the rest of my gear on. I jump in right beside this white boat.
I come to the surface, straighten my gear and go down to around 11 foot and feel around. I find the window within a minute in pitch black water. I come up to some ecstatic boaters. Give them the window and swim to the ladder. I come out to take off my gear and get a 100.00 reward.
Well that swim put the wheels in motion faster. I have my new toy ready for swimming and I hope to have my boat done Monday or Tuesday so I can get it into the marina. I can now forget the flies and bugs at the campgrounds I have been playing in and enjoy the water!
My boat has a new radio, a ship to shore radio, new speakers and new gauges are on the way.
I am hoping for another fantastic summer.
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