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Vancouver Skin Divers Club, from left: Phil Nuytten, Pat Molony (behind), Jim Willis, and Cam Porteous after a day's spearfishing at Whytcliffe, BC. C1955.
Constable Pat Molony, Vancouver City Police, wears a home-made oxygen, Dolphin front entry dry suit, Voit mask and modified Barrakuda fins on a dive to recover a murder weapon. C1954
Pat Molony with a Canadian spear fishing record, a 37 1/4 lb ling-cod, speared at Garrow Bay, BC. This specimen was taken while free-diving and the record was broken a decade later by a 50 lb ling-cod and then again by a 60+ pounder! C.1954.
Phil Nuytten with a Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) aircraft oxygen rebreather converted for underwater use, Arbalete speargun, Bel-Aqua dry suit and Squale mask. Horseshoe Bay, BC. C1955.
