Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Time Bandit



I have a knack for naming boats.

Several years ago a friend had a small black RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat). It must have looked pretty menacing to see a couple of guys dresses head to toe in black dry suits on a black boat. We used to get big stares from the passenger ferries in the Puget Sound. I named this boat The Jihad.

My friend Scott has a boat which he modified specifically to go wreck diving. Up until today Scott's boat did not really have a name. Today we dove the wreck of a WW2 Navy bomber called the PB4Y. This airplane sits at the 150ft depth of Lake Washington and is considered by some the Mount Everest of Lake Washington. This airplane almost looks like it belongs in a museum.

Scott's boat has a pirate flag on the bow. It is used to chase ghosts from the past that very few people ever get to see. I named this boat The Time Bandit.

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