Seizing the opportunity presented by yet another brilliantly sunny and calm day, Dianne and I ventured out from the Kingston Yacht Club beach to explore the breakwater and retrieve an abandoned anchor spotted last Sunday. Our first significant sighting was a large, sick Carp in the shallows close to the entry point. It showed the fungus infestation on its fore end that so many fish seem to be afflicted with recently. The sighting raised our expectations and we weren't disappointed. Around the rocks that mark the corner of the Yacht Club wall, there were many Bass and other fish, some in small shoals of up to 6 or 8 individuals.
After checking out the car wreck, we re-located the 7Kg anchor that we had discovered last Sunday and freed it (very easily) from its entrapment between two rocks. Removing it from its 3/4" line was no great challenge for my sea snips. Recovery was then straightforward - with great care being taken not to let it go once lifted from its place of rest.
Despite a lot of surface ice around Kingston's other sites, there was none on this sheltered area. The only downside of the dive - dealing with very cold temperatures on exiting the water. An issue alleviated by the opportunity to warm up briefly in the Yacht Club lobby. All in all - a dive worth doing. For the record, visibility was about 35' and the water temperature a brisk 33F (1C).
3 comments:
Nice photo.
Did you use a lift bag for the anchor or just use your wing?
Jim
My buddy (perhaps incautiously) found neutral buoyancy without external assistance. I had considered a lift bag, but would have had concerns about inflating a lift bag without inducing a free flow.
For information's sake, Agencies usually recommend lifting no more than 10lbs without the use of an independent source of lift.
10 lbs is about the maximum a well practiced diver can control with the swing of their lungs. After that you would be doing an emergency dump if you dropped the object.
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