Nevermind Bastille Day, this weekend
my diving club ( Aughinish ) along with the
local diving club in Kilkee were organizing a scubathon:
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| Poster Scubathon |
By Scubathon this meant 24 hours diving, with diving in the water all the time, rotating by one hour slots.
The event coincided with
the maritime festival in Kilkee, so the town was busy.
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| Maritime festival in Kilkee |
I started off by trying to help setup the camp early in the morning, then I was off to do the first 2 hours of cox duty over Newfie, bringing divers to the site, watching over them and recovering them at the end.
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| The last boat to get in the water |
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| Covering diver over newfie |
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| Covering boat in newfie, george's head in the back |
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| Flags |
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| Sunset in kilkee ... :D |
Later during the day, it was my turn to dive, 62 minutes of easy diving in 10 meters of water, with a nice blonde mermaid. We saw a couple of flat fishes, some pollock, and tiny fish hiding in the sand.
I was actually quite annoyed by my main regulator which was leaking, and i was not sure i could make the full hour, by loosing air permanently... but it ended up ok, finishing with 50bar on the dot.
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| my mermaid ... buddy |
After a night sleep, in kilkee under the tent, I went back to Limerick, leaving the others close the event.
And it was time to close the weekend with a nice chowder, some tunes and some stout in the Curragower:
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| The End ... |
