Great advise on lubricating the bucket! The pump works much the same way as our windmills on the ranch.

Ooo thanks for the advice! I'll definitely try it next time it starts acting up!

Olive/vegetable oil on leather. Smear/rub veg oil, coconut oil, on half your spare leather sheet, enough that it penetrates, both sides, not immersed. Like you would your leather motorcycle jacket or boots. Elk skin or goat skin much better than cow leather skin. (Cow leather stiffens when dried out after soaking (like in Maine). Elk & goat stay more flexible. Elk more abrasion resistant. btw same thing for 'leather' deck gloves. But I'm not a leathersmith.

No judging here. I would have done the same... ;-}

Above all, don't waste freshwater!

Hey Jason, excellent observation. I had to go down and free my anchor once from a crab pot. My depth finder was reading 52 feet, more than I cared to free dive so I used my tanks. I get down to the pot and somehow the crab pot rope got hooked on the top of my tank. I took diving lessons back in 1974 when I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, I instinctually pulled my knife and cut the line. After I got back on my boat the realization hit me about how close I could have come to being eaten alive by Neptune. I was actually shaken more after I got back onboard. I absolutely still think about that to this day. I could grab the line, but I couldn't reach back to my tank to free it. I'm retired now and live outside of Branson, MO. and still dive by Table Rock Dam. That same knife is always with me.

@@CombatDoc54 , I used to do a load of wreck diving off the east coast. Unfortunately wrecks attract fish and fisherman and are always covered with webs of old fishing lines. I've had a hook rip into me once, and been tangled up several times well over 100ft down. Just gotta stay calm and always have a knife, and a backup knife. I always carried two, one with a flat pry end and serated edge , one for sharks. .

I'm 75 and i saw her first ;-))

Thanks so much!!

It seems easier to hold your breath in deep water. The pressure forces gas into your blood.

And you lose buoyancy so there's less effort. But she's a good mermaid too.

So cool!! Thanks! And good luck! How exciting

Reparadise? 😜

When I was younger went down to 60 feet free diving. Could hold my breath for 4 minutes.

Obviously feels she’s been judged once or twice before 🤪

oh YES! :-)

Go Hollie you rock

Oh we judge her alright.... judge her to be the badass queen of the DIY sea