Today we crane-lifted a Volvo diesel engine out of a pretty big boat.  I’m sorry if you were hoping for more technical specs — as I said, I’m learning.  “Diesel” and “pretty big boat” is about as technical as I get right now.  Did I mention I’m learning? I’m learning tons, actually, and I really, […]

I started a boat maintenance internship this week. It’s something I’ve been looking forward to immensely —

Hi!  My name’s Myfanwy, and I’m the 2009 North American Rolex Scholar of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society.  You can call me Von for short. Up until now, I’ve been posting my photo blogs here.  I’m now posting to this location so that my fellow scholars (European and Australasian) and I can all be a […]