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Finally a scuba dive

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Even an unwanted one..... We anchored near lagos for a swim at one of the beaches which you can only reach via boat. When we wanted to get the anchor up i realized that it was stuck completly. Should we call for a scuba diver? NO WAY! So we opened the compartment with the diving gear and i got a 10L tank with a backplate and a wing out. Of course one o-ring failed on one of the regulators but this was fixed quick. Then i only had the turtlefins which are HUGE so i put on one pair of my boat shoes in them. The sailing gloves and a fishing knife and the old topping lift line should do as tools. The idea was to install a trip line on the anchor and pull it out from the other side. Maybe with the Dinghy. But when i decided i felt at home. I had a BIIIIIIGGGG smile doing my first dive after 3years. Visibility was around 6-8m and some small fish were around. The anchor was jammed under a rock plate but i could move it out and it digged into the sand. Back up to the boat, anchor up and off we