Aboard Dignity (Lagoon 420) Blog

At noon today, Helen will be retired.  Not that she’s got any teaching to do today but that’s the time she will be done.  Lucky bugger.  I’ve got 37 work days left to go.

The two biggest items yet to buy are going to be the water maker (we know we’re going to get a Spectra) and a decent downwind head sail.  The latter is taking some thought.  My mind is turning more and more to a parasailor.  They seem to perform well at many wind angles, reasonably easy to handle and less prone to tearing.  But boy are they expensive.  Over a long period of time, this may turn out to be a good proposition.  We’ll see.

In addition to the Hookah, we will be taking our scuba gear too.  We’ll be taking our BCDs, regulators, tanks, weights and computers.  Prior to deciding on the Hookah, I had been looking at compressors – both electric and and gas powered.  The idea being to rid ourselves of the dependency on land.  In the end I felt the combination of Hookah plus dive gear without a compressor met our needs.  In addition we are able to take folks diving on the Hookah with a basic briefing, avoiding the necessity for extensive PADI training.  (Some would argue this is not necessary either but I disagree.)

If you’re reading this blog – please feel free to comment.  I would love to hear your feedback.