Alas, Greg could do little for our compressor, but he stayed for a bit as we chatted after his diagnostic efforts. Following a tour of Equinox and learning of our passion for diving, Greg asked if we wouldn't help him out, and use Equinox to host some dive photographers on the aforementioned shark dive!! The dive photographers? None other Douglas Siefert, a well-known, award-winning dive photographer, as well as Australians Ron and Valerie Taylor!
We took Equinox out early Easter Sunday, and spent the day alongside the Tiburon, diving with sharks. We hung a floating shark cage off our transom, and put a "shark bone" in the water: a perforated pvc pipe filled with fish guts, which attracted the dozens of sharks that circled the boat. It was an amazing opportunity to watch the sharks in the wild.
For those who aren’t dive enthusiasts, Ron and Valerie are true pioneers in the world of scuba, ranking among the top elite in shark and underwater photographers. Working alongside Peter Gimbel and Stan Waterman, their underwater footage for the 1971 shark classic, Blue Water, White Death showed the world images never seen before, from diving among feeding Oceanic Whitetip sharks to the first-ever 35-mm footage of an encounter with a Great White Shark. Icons in the underwater film making business, the Taylors’ diving and shark expertise has been called upon for films such as Jaws, Jaws 2, Orca and others. Douglas, along with his girlfriend Emily and the Taylors, were only in the Bahamas for a few days, returning from the 2008 Explorers’ Club Annual Dinner gala in NYC, which had as its theme "Exploring Planet Ocean”. They were en-route to some further shark filming adventures in Fiji after this brief Bahamas stopover. Ally really enjoyed meeting the Taylors and was captivated by their stories.
Ally and her friend Claire Messano were the first in the dive cage while the rest of us were on scuba gear, checking out all the sharks. You can see the Claire's exuberance at being in the shark cage...she and Ron's co-worker Liz McMann were our newcomers to the amazing realm of the shark.
Ron spent hours in the water taking photos with his new camera gear, while I just snorkeling with the girls initially, then dove amongst the lemon sharks in the clear Bahamian water. Every time I turned around, there was another shark passing by, close by! While the weather wasn't the best (namely, torrential rains) and the current really ripping, it was still truly exhilarating.
We would do it again in a heart beat!! We had a fabulous day, and didn't return until well past dark. Once back in the slip, we hit the restaurant there at West End for a delightful dinner to celebrate the great day and fun new friends.
We took Equinox out early Easter Sunday, and spent the day alongside the Tiburon, diving with sharks. We hung a floating shark cage off our transom, and put a "shark bone" in the water: a perforated pvc pipe filled with fish guts, which attracted the dozens of sharks that circled the boat. It was an amazing opportunity to watch the sharks in the wild.
For those who aren’t dive enthusiasts, Ron and Valerie are true pioneers in the world of scuba, ranking among the top elite in shark and underwater photographers. Working alongside Peter Gimbel and Stan Waterman, their underwater footage for the 1971 shark classic, Blue Water, White Death showed the world images never seen before, from diving among feeding Oceanic Whitetip sharks to the first-ever 35-mm footage of an encounter with a Great White Shark. Icons in the underwater film making business, the Taylors’ diving and shark expertise has been called upon for films such as Jaws, Jaws 2, Orca and others. Douglas, along with his girlfriend Emily and the Taylors, were only in the Bahamas for a few days, returning from the 2008 Explorers’ Club Annual Dinner gala in NYC, which had as its theme "Exploring Planet Ocean”. They were en-route to some further shark filming adventures in Fiji after this brief Bahamas stopover. Ally really enjoyed meeting the Taylors and was captivated by their stories.
Ally and her friend Claire Messano were the first in the dive cage while the rest of us were on scuba gear, checking out all the sharks. You can see the Claire's exuberance at being in the shark cage...she and Ron's co-worker Liz McMann were our newcomers to the amazing realm of the shark.
Ron spent hours in the water taking photos with his new camera gear, while I just snorkeling with the girls initially, then dove amongst the lemon sharks in the clear Bahamian water. Every time I turned around, there was another shark passing by, close by! While the weather wasn't the best (namely, torrential rains) and the current really ripping, it was still truly exhilarating.
We would do it again in a heart beat!! We had a fabulous day, and didn't return until well past dark. Once back in the slip, we hit the restaurant there at West End for a delightful dinner to celebrate the great day and fun new friends.