[Senter Cove Guy]

Even though I've been certified for almost 25 yrs, it's only been the past 3 yrs that I've taken up diving seriously. I'm a cautious diver and try to do most everything by the book. I have never had a decompression problem but did have a few moments of anxiety last summer while on a dive with Grant. We were diving at Diamond Island looking for the "Empty Pockets" wreck. We were in the 55-60 foot depth range and my mask had fogged a bit. I decided to lift my mask from my face to let some water in to clean it and then purge the water by blowing air from my nose. A procedure that I've used many times before. However, this time, my hood was lower than usual on my forehead and when I tried to reseat my mask on my face it was overlapping on the hood and I couldn't clear it. There I was at 60 feet and everything is blurry. STOP, BREATHE, THINK, ACT. After a few seconds all I really had to do was push my hood back a bit, reseat my mask and clear. Ahhhhh, I can see again, but where is Grant? Well...he wasn't very far away and we finished the dive. Alas...we were unsuccessful in finding "Empty Pockets" even though we've both seen it before.

I did the St. Lawrence River wreck diving trip with Dive Winnipesaukee last summer. It was fantastic. In mid-July the river was 72 degrees from top to bottom. The deepest most of us went on the trip was 110 feet. Like Grant, the deepest I've been in Winnipesaukee is about 70 feet. There is a known wreck at about 85 feet off of Ship Island that I'd like to try and find next summer.

I've done approximately 75 dives total:
65 in Winnipesaukee
4 in Dutch Springs Quarry (Bethlehem, PA)
4 in the Caribbean (Grand Cayman & Cozumel)
1 in Long Island Sound
1 in Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park (A quarry in Portland, CT.)

I'm looking forward to possibly doing some diving in the Mediterranean Sea next summer and to going on the St. Lawrence trip again as well.

But, I will confess, I'd really like to newly discover something else in Winnipesaukee.