The view from Van Damme State Beach, Mendocino County, CA.
Sofia, my kayak, is a great dive workhorse, as you can see by all the gear secured here. Luckily, I prefer free diving, for a tank and BC set-up (with the additional weights) transforms my plucky duck into a land turtle attempting to swim. (Well, perhaps, not that bad. I do have to dig, dig, dig, when I strap that tank on the back.) She's a tough kayak, wonderfully stable as a dive platform and in rough water, though she certainly doesn't like windless, flat days as much as her sleeker cousins do.
