After a few days of eating out every night, and getting Ouest’s little toe surgery taken care of (it healed up perfectly), we were off again. Along this particular stretch of water there were hundreds of these fishing boats zooming along with a line or two trailing out the back. … Read More
Diving in Komodo
Near our anchorage was a drift snorkel (ride the tide) that looked like fun, with shallow coral dropping off quickly down a slope into a trench between islands. We hopped in and it wasn’t long before we started to see the turtles that call this place home. We can both … Read More
SS President Coolidge
As mentioned in the last post, the SS President Coolidge hit a couple of “friendly” mines as it came into port here on Santo, and the captain then ran it up onto the reef along the beach. When it sank, it slid backwards on the steep slope, settling with the … Read More
Leaving Savusavu
We didn’t want to leave Savusavu without doing at least a couple of dives. Unfortunately, heavy rains day after day had kept us out of the water around our normal haunts, and I wasn’t sure it’d be better anywhere else, but we decided to go out and try diving Natewa … Read More
The Clan McWilliams Wreck
The Clan McWilliams is a 423′ long copra steamship that sunk in Neiafu harbor way back in 1927. A fire started in one of the holds and once it was out of control everybody on the ship took off. Everyone but the captain and an engineer (who may or may … Read More
Hilma Hooker
The Hilma Hooker came to Bonaire with mechanical problems. When authorities offered to help and the ship’s captain declined, customs got suspicious and decided to investigate. Surprise, a load of drugs was found, and the ship was confiscated. With nobody taking care of the ship, it began to sink. They … Read More
