Brian Lawrene’s recoveries from hisBrian first dive. Lawrene’s recoveries
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breakfast, we set out to stabilizer prior to making the trip. She started finetoin stabil breakfast, we setjust out the parking lot eager to the driveway the day before I had fulllot confidence theso parking eager toin the d get back underway. But a its ability in the open water.get Well, it seems the back underway.engine But ain its ab faulty fuel injector in my truck would stall us for over faulty the boat in cahoots thewould enginestall in my this the b fuelwas injector in mywith truck us truck for over a half hour. Now, this crew has assembled before and aday. here we has go again. Of course, was day. half Sure hour.enough, Now, this crew assembled beforeIand experience teaches us that if anything can go wrong experience “in for it” from the rest of the crew..... “Back it down teaches us that if anything can go wrong “in fo with a winter diving trip, it will. Between dive shop with the ramp a little further into the water....And whatever a winter diving trip, it will. Between dive shop the ra owner Dave Labreque, myself, and the others, we have owner you do....Don’t shut the truck off!” I guess I had that Dave Labreque, myself, and the others, we have you d enough spare parts and gear coming. Then after five or six enough spare parts and gear to outfit a whole other diver, unsuccessful starts of the boat to outfit a whole other diver, but issues with the vehicles motor, it was “Whatd’ya do but issues with the vehicles to get us there presents a difto get us there presents a with dif- that starter fluid we used ferent challenge. Fortunately on ferent challenge. Fortunatelythe truck? Get Doug over for me, diver Doug Kato is here for me, diver Doug Kato is again!” Off comes the mechanically inclined. Formechanically inclined. engine For- cover, as we break out ty-five minutes and one can the ty-five minutes and one cantools again. All I can say of starter fluid later we were is thank heavens for starter of starter fluid later we were back underway. We started as fluid. back underway. We started as By now, Tony Dacosta a group and we’ll always finsunbathing over on the ina group and we’ll alwaysisfinish as a group. After another flatable boat and I think I hear ish as a group. After another hour of riding, we arrive at the hour of riding, we arrive athim the say something to the eframp and it’s time to launch fect of “At this rate we’ll be ramp and it’s time to launch the boats. doing a night dive.” the boats. As this was the first time in As this was the first time inWith Simon Liu, Glen the water for the boat this seaDoug Just back from the bottom, the water Glen for theNeto boat this Neto, sea- and Just backmanipulatfrom the botto son, it made sense to change ing all the moving parts shows off two nice recoveries. son, it made sense to change shows offwhile two nice re the plugs and add some fuel just about everything the plugs and add some spraying fuel Nov-Dec 2010 American November-December 2010 AmericanDigger DiggerMagazine Magazine 51 51 www.americandigger.com 65 www.americandigger.com 65
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