[Winnipesaukee Divers]

Apparently you think it was me that was diving there that day of your encounter… It wasn’t. I haven dove there in ten years and I don’t expect to dive there anytime soon either.

I always dive with my flag because it’s the law. I even go the extra step and modify my flags to make even more visible and legal. I dislike using the flag because it seems to get me in more trouble then it saves me from. Just last summer, a well meaning young MP officer yanked my dive flag out of my hand, his only defense was: “I though it was adrift”. Pretty dumb of him don’t you think? His parting comment was, “You should be more careful where you dive”. I’ll bet you, he didn’t write himself up on that infraction of the law, now did he?

I suppose you want to know just where was I diving when I got the lectures… The first 2 were at the Lady of the Lake. The next was in Wolfeboro Bay near the mouth of the river. I was actually working on a mooring and the tether on my flag un-spooled itself and drifted near the channel. The one in Mexico was during the Pan-American talks when a group of us on a night dive, got caught in the current and drifted into a restricted area. Our lights gave us away and they had nothing else better to do then escort the dumb Americans back to our hotel. Once the hotel manager had identified us they let us disembark their boat… who knew there such a long step down to the dock and our dive gear? Well, we needed new stuff anyways.

As for my comments about the lake MPs, you’re right, they are well educated and the pay scale dose attracts the best of the best. I actually did pressed the officer because it was time to settle this in the court. I missed the part in the definitions about just where was that boundary line that I stepped over. I also wanted to know, just who actually dose own the lake and why I have to give up my recreation so others can do theirs. Maybe you can answer that one for me?

Don’t worry about damaging your prop on me… I’m a believer in that old saying: There are old divers and there are bold divers, but there are no old bold divers… Even though you may not think so, I do think about the impact my dive flag may have on others and make sure I dive in hazardous areas when no ones else want to be there.