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The Adventures of Captain Don
Tales of Bonaire Diving
(Guaranteed 85% True)

by Donal A. Stewart

Bonaire diving is unique and virtually unspoiled with over 80 dive sites - and a wild tale to go with nearly every one. One man knows all those stories. In fact, he was there when most of them happened. A man called Captain Don.

Sailor, actor, writer and yarn-spinner, inventor, gardener, tinkerer extraordinaire. Don is all these and more. He is also the visionary who conceived the idea of protecting the Bonaire reef, a concept now copied around the world. Don made it happen and he did it long before hugging trees became fashionable.

Who is this man? How did he change from a fish-spearing, coral-selling hell-raiser to become the protector of the reef? Read on and get a feel for what it was like when the dive "boats" were garbage trucks and the "computers" just strips of ribbon.

So grab a cold beer. Kick back. And enjoy some great dives with Captain Don.

Dedication

Table of Contents

• Landfall

• Magic of the '60s

• Heit's Pier: the First Dive

• Playa Pabou

• A Reef Called Knife

• La Dania's Leap

• Snake Valley

• Windjammer

• Regatta One

• 1,000 Steps

• Oil Slick Leap

• Sampler

• Blueprint for Reef Ecology

• Recognition for Captain Don

"The Adventures of Captain Don" is published on CaribSeek with the kind permission of Donal A. Stewart - Captain Don himself.

Captain Don is also the founder of Habitat Dive Resorts.