This week we plan to make a few gulf dives. We are looking at St Pete Beach Reef, & the Sheridan. We have a few of Slidell's finest dive team joining us for some training.
We'll let you know how it goes. We're going to try our new Ocean Reef full face masks & dive computers.
Laura and Bill Borchert on board the 1985 Vista 52 foot sundeck trawler will leave Bayou Bonfouca in Slidell, Louisiana on the adventure of a lifetime, America's Great Loop! The trip is at least 6,000 miles and should take us about 3 years to complete. We are excited about the many opportunites that will present themselves to us, the many old friends joining us, and the many new friends we will meet along the way. See you on the water!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
The HEAD Mechanic!
I really don't like this Monday!
It started out with Bill taking the day head apart, piece by piece, and then reassembling it, only to find out, it still doesn't work.
He made a few calls to Casadaban & Raritan, but neither had the answers. Looks like we'll be heading to UPS tomorrow to see what BROWN can do for our Brown disposer.
Well, got the day head back from Ft Lauderdale. It worked twice. Bill might need to check the power drop at the head motor next.
Well, got the day head back from Ft Lauderdale. It worked twice. Bill might need to check the power drop at the head motor next.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Diving with the sharks ....continued
WOW!
What a great and exciting time. Laura, Bill, Katie & Adam all had the opportunity to scuba dive in the Tampa aquarium with the SHARKS. We had to arrive at the aquarium at 8:15am, watch a video, listen to the simple diving rules, then put on our wetsuits and diving gear & get into the shark cage.
After we entered the shark cage, and the coast was clear (no immediate danger) we swam out of the cage to the bottom of the aquarium and enjoyed the beauty & serenity of the sea life. Sea turtle, sharks, barracuda, grouper and lots of smaller fish.
We highly recommend it.
While we were at Bill Jackson's we went ahead and bought the ocean reef full face masks, in blue. We are excited about being able to use them next month when the Slidell PD comes down for some training.
See y'all on the water. Or maybe even underwater next time.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Diving with the sharks at the Florida Aquarium
Last time we were in St Pete we stopped by Bill Jackson's. They were offering trials on the ocean reef full face mask. We're probably going to get a pair!
Anyway, Rich began to tell us about the dive at the aquarium with the sharks. Before he could finish Laura had us signed up. After we told the girls about it, Katie & Adam decided to join us. Saturday morning we'll be diving with the sharks.
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