My Disappointment in Discovery’s “Shark Week”

Me and My Friends

I have been fascinated with sharks since I was a kid.  Everything about them intrigued me.  I read every book I could about sharks and shark behavior.  I wanted to study them, swim with them, I think even deep down I wanted to be one.  Then in 1982 when I was about 10 years old… Read More

Spearfishing the Globe – Helping Others

An Aquarium

Colleen Gallagher, founder of Diving For A Cause (DFAC), recently contacted me and asked if I would be interested in coming to give a presentation on freedive safety at her dive events hosted around the world.  Colleen and I were both involved in the Blue Water Hunting workshop in Portugal this year so I had… Read More

Another Marathon Treasure – Our Wreck Named “The Thunderbolt”

Is

First a little trivia…Why are all boats (a.k.a. vessels) referred to as “She”? One source from Europe states (Europeans like to take a lot of credit for a lot of different information) “That a ship was nearer and dearer to the captain’s heart than his mother, his wife, his girlfriend or his mistress.”  Hence, the… Read More

First Dives on the Vandenberg

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In this podcast Shawn Hull, one of our magazine’s regular contributors, tells us about his experiences diving the Vandenberg.  The USS Vandenberg is a 522 ft. long ship that was sunk off of Key West a few months ago.  Shawn, who is an avid diver, was there to witness this ship go down, and he… Read More

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