Crossing the Atlantic
Hookah (Diving) Unit. Whilst in Portimao biding our time before haulout at Sopromar Boatyard in Lagos, we had an opportunity to purchase a second hand diving hookah unit. This is essentially an electric motor driving a small compressor to which you have breathing regulators (in your mouth) connected via air hoses.
It’s the same as SCUBA diving except, rather than having a tank on your back, you are supplied directly via air hoses. The compressor is in a bucket, with its 12 volt battery, which is inside a float and this sits on the surface of the water, or it can be in your dinghy or indeed on board WJ3. It supplies air for one or two people and the length of time you can use it depends on whether there are one or two divers and to what depth one is diving. I’ve wanted to get one for years but have yet to use it as, to be honest, the diving in the Med is a bit limited ie not much to see unless you are wreck diving perhaps. Even then, diving can be illegal unless you meet many stringent rules. So, I’m looking forward to using it when back in the tropics, however.
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