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Okay… just picked up the new compressors for the dive shop in Panama…
I have a pair of Worthington 15CFM 5000psi compressors for filling tanks. I need to adapt them and set them up for the shop. Wooohoooo… getting closer…
Yep, they were kinda heavy, surprised even me…
Capn Scott
It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 30 years since the Blackthorn sank. They had just arrived at their new home across the dock from the Valiant in Galveston. And, immediately they were off to the yards in Florida for an update. I hadn’t seen SNGM Barnaby since we were in boot camp together. He had the locker next to me. I was happy to finally have someone that had spent 13 weeks of hell with me in boot camp to hang with. We were all devastated when we learned that, as they were returning from the yards, they were hit by a freighter and sank instantly with most hands…
One evening, we were all sitting around in boot camp, and the question of “why did you join” came up. His answer was, “I’ve got a wife and a couple of kids, I got tired of washing dishes to support my family and joined”. Little did he know that his real job would kill him.
I remember the burial at sea, the 13 gun salute, and the casket, dropping into the deep. I saw his pregnant wife crying, along with her two children, as they watched it slip into the sea also…
I passed the memorial in Florida, and stopped to see it. It brought back old memories…
Via con Dios Randy…
“Mourn not for him, He sails with one more divine”…
Capn Scott