This week as I waited for my generously donated Otter dry suit I borrowed a suit from Vin Malkoski. While changing out the seals to fit I won the tiniest neck trophy! I am so honored to have gotten this valued trophy from Wayne at Divers Market. In all his 40 years of cutting neck seals I’m the smallest he’s ever cut! But what a wonderful job he did, and I was immediately ready to jump in the water.
The week started with a swim test where I was taught breathing techniques to get across the pool in one breath and felt like a child again free diving down and swimming around the pool. Then we had lectures, pool time, and ocean diving the rest of the week! Kim has been amazing helping me with my training, taking things slow, and making me fully comfortable in a dry suit and new gear. Finally, my loaned camera from Backscatter came! I am so grateful to Becca and the Backscatter crew for setting me up with the camera and housing. It was so exciting to pull it out and set it all up. Vin took me to dive around with it and get used to having it in my hands. I love it and can’t wait to use it!! Vin also showed me around the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries which was so cool to see their location and all the native species of the Massachusetts coast. Thank you so much to the Malkoski family for a great few weeks! And one bonus photo of me at the Mayflower!
