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The wood pieces collected are in fact fragments of the hull of a catamaran that came off her mooring in a storm about 5 or 6 years ago. The vessel smashed into the break water and was crushed by powerful waves. The homemade boat was damaged far beyond repair. Anything of value was salvaged and the larger pieces of the hull were towed out of the ocean and went to a landfill. Smaller parts of the craft can still be found in the sea. Any bits that were buoyant have long since washed away.

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Sometimes everything goes as planned . . . and sometimes it does not. Nathan B was gifted a whole set of dive gear, including a drysuit. All very contemporary gear in good repair. Well except for the drysuit. The neck seal was too big. He found that out in the pool. So he got the fixed. The remained of his course mates completed their cert last weekend. He tried but was beaten down. The neck no longer leaks. But the holes in the knees did! He got real wet, so wet he had to call his dives that weekend. No time to waste, I have time and will help him earn his certs. Third time lucky? I hope. Saturday was a good day at the beach despite the breeze. He did great. We are starting today at 0900. At 0830 the day is wonderful. The temp is mild, no breeze and the seas are almost flat calm. I send a pick off to "Farmer" and "Poppy." They are pumped and are going to join us at the site in about 2 hours. We have our kit all set up and the dive briefed. This is Nathan's final OW diver course dive. He is going to "lead" the dives and we are going to explore the site while he navigates a triangle. Easy, 360, 240, 120, safety stop and home. I am taking a collection and lift bag along as we expect to collect some debris as we explore. Nathan starts of pretty good. At least on the 360 leg. We bag a few things, relocate an anchor were were looking for yesterday and are just bopping along when I realize Nathan is way off course. Those subtle hints that help me determine that he is taking me to the eastern shore. It is all pretty funny. I take the helm and get us back on track. We run 360 for a bit then turn to 150 for the homeward bound leg. Nathan is happy to relinquish control. His trim and buoyancy is sweet. He does not stir up the bottom as he collects some debris. Before we left the beach I almost said keep an eye open for slate. I did not. Well there was no need to keep an eye out, there she was, a large Thornback Skate and cuddled down on the sea bed. There was no chance Nathan was going to disturb her. He was happy to give here all the space she would ever want. Such a beautiful creature. I am happy to tidy up her playground. Farmer and Poppy were on the beach as we were waiting. The conditions were not what they were earlier. Rain, wind, waves, surge. The other lads bailed. We were good to do one more dive so Nathan could finish off his drysuit diver certification. I had him put his compass away and we used the breakwater for some "natural" navigation. The vis remained good. A huge lobster was hunkered down under a large rock. You could tell this was there boss man's den! Another lobster came running across the bottom. Crabs, starfish, conners, jellies, urchins, sand dollars, rock gunnels, lobsters, there is no doubt in my mind that Nathan has already forgotten about all the flooding he had to endure to get here. And even less doubt the he understands why we were making the time to collect the debit that spoils this underwater paradise. Congrats Nathan, you earned and fully deserve your certs. The conditions?? Yes they got worse. But we have safely dived worse only because this entry/exit point is so easy.