Tweets,
A couple years ago I rolled my canoe and my Swarovski 8x30 SLC's
went to the bottom of the channel between Jetty Island and Port of
Everett. They were in about twenty feet of salt water. I was not
happy. I went home and tied a long pole to a garden rake and went
back to the area and attempted to snag them with the rake but the
water was too deep with the current running. The low tide was
about 5am the next morning and I returned with the long rake.
After about an hour I was ready to give up and go get the
snorkeling gear when they finally appeared on the end of the rake.
They were just fine after spending about 18 hours at a depth of
around 20 - 12 feet of water. No leaking or fogging at all.

As the sun warmed up the fog lifted, so since I have binos handy I
continued birding by canoe and came upon a flock of 30+ Common
Mergansers. When I got home I rinsed the binos in the kitchen
sink with fresh water and lots of little tiny shrimp-like
crustaceans came out of the eyecup sleeve gaps and focusing knob
area. A day that ended better than it began.

Ed Schulz
Everett, WA
eschulz at gte.net