Once upon a time, I was president of the Boracay Association of Scuba-diving Schools (BASS). For four years, in fact. I was personally trained, mentored and groomed into leadership by Dirty Harry who was president before me. In
La Famiglia, which is how I fondly think of the BASS, I was Michael Corleone.
I initiated quite a few projects during my term, but I was constantly hounded by the entire Boracay diving community's desire to create another wreck dive. (The first one was the Camia, a fishing/cargo vessel that we sank in 2001.) No matter how good I was at my job, all I ever heard was, "When are we gonna have a new wreck? Huh? When?"
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The Camia is one of Boracay's best dive sites, and IMO one of the Philippines' best wreck dives. |
So. In 2009, the universe gave us one.
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15 December 2009, the first time I saw her. What a beauty. |
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Her radio call sign is Tri-bird because of the three jet engines. |
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But in my heart, she's always be "YAK"! |
But it was not the right time.