Shameless Self-Promotion

Last year, as chronicled in one of my earlier posts, I dove the U-853 for the first time. To commemorate my dive, I purchased a shirt from the local dive shop that provided some gear we used.

The design was pretty awful. In fact, after searching for alternative designs, I found that there were virtually none I found acceptable. That spurred me on to give it a shot myself. I designed my own U-853 shirt and opened a store on Cafe Press.

I've created three other dive designs since. They're all available on a variety of shirts, as well as other clothing. some are even available on mugs, clocks, coasters, etc.

Have a look at scuba Sean's Dive Shop. Tell me what you think...Provide me with ideas for a new design.

Diving the Onondaga

Last weekend, Gary and I dove the Onondaga. For those who've never heard of it, the Onondaga is a shipwreck that lies in about 50 ft of water just off Watch Hill, Rhode Island.

She's 275 ft long, and sunk in 1918. Her entire crew escaped the wreck. Her cargo was varied. Lying at the bottom, divers see Model A tires, perfume bottles, plates, shoes, thread spools, and assorted other items.

It's a fun dive, though care must be taken to hit the water only at slack tide, as the current in this area is very strong. Diving at any time other than slack tide is dangerous.

We dove it last year, and visibility was poor, less than 10 ft. This year, conditions couldn't have been better. Visibility was about 30 ft. We dug around in the sand and found lots of interesting stuff, including a wooden thread spool that was fully intact, even after 90 years at the bottom.

Our ascent to the surface took an interesting turn when we were greeted by several Lion's Mane Jellyfish. It's never fun to be around these things. We had to hang on the line for a minute to allow them to pass before we finished our ascent. After moving past them, I managed to catch a shot of one from above. The picture isn't great, and doesn't do justice to the size of these things.

So, there you have it. The Onondaga in a nutshell. Summer is moving along so fast, and diving time is getting scarce. We're hoping to dive another wreck or 2 before the season ends. If we're lucky, another trip to the U-853 might be in the cards. Now that I think about it, my next post will probably be about our dive to the U-853 last year.

Welcome to the New Blog

After screwing around with the layouts and settings for quite a while, I think I've finally nailed down the look and feel I like.

I hope to post here regularly. Hopefully there will be a fair amount on SCUBA. If there is, it means I'm diving a lot!

Of course, there will be so much more than SCUBA. I have lots of interests. Lots of opinions too, I guess. A good place for me to introduce myself, I guess.

I'm Sean. Scuba Sean. I work as a Software Engineering Manager for a small technology development company in Connecticut. Actually, I work for multiple small tech development companies. It's been an insane year, work-wise.

In February, I thought I was going to be out of work. At the last minute, a new contract came through, and I stayed employed. Then things got interesting.

Things went well with the new contract. The customer was happy with my work. What was supposed to be a short-term project became a long-term project. New contract talks have matured with other customers. the work is flowing in, and things are looking up. Big Time!

Bottom line...as i stands now, I'm a minority shareholder in a small, privately held tech company with tons of potential. I'm also in the process of becoming a minority shareholder in another small, tech company. Work is lining up to keep me gainfully employed for a considerable period of time.

Yet somehow, I'm still dirt poor...