My Shot 2

Borut Furlan · Issue 124, Jan/Feb 2022 · pp. 58

Products mentioned: Nikon D850, Seacam housing, Nikonos RS 13mm f/2.8 lens

My Shot 2 by Borut Furlan Soon after Slovenia and Croatia were separated from the former Yugoslavia in 1991 diving was free and without regulations in a new country Croatia (and there were nearly no diving centres as well). Since I have my own boat and compressor, I was amongst the first Slovenian divers who dove in the island Vis after separation from Yugoslavia (diving in the island Vis was prohibited in former Yugoslavia due to military reasons). I was based in a small fishing village named Rukavac (in 1994) on the southern coast of the island Vis. A local fisherman Mate Brajcic, a very friendly old man, told me that when he was a young boy (1944), he saw the plane (B-17) which was landing in the sea just near the coast of the island. He explained me the position where the plane crashed in the sea and my diving friend Davorin Zupanc started to cruise in this area with his boat equippe…