‘Diver Ed’ and ‘Captain Evil’ show visitors new worlds underwater

Article from The Working Waterfront by Blake Davis

Edna Martin helps her husband, Ed Monet, as he prepares to dive. Blake Davis

Carving a wake in the early morning calm of Frenchman’s Bay, the Starfish Enterprise steams out of Bar Harbor on its maiden voyage.

Onboard, 11 passengers-parents and kids, all sporting duct-tape name tags-are sitting on long yellow benches.

Ed Monat, 43, known to his passengers as Diver Ed, stands by the cabin. A few kids begin to laugh as Monat, bulging his eyes, squeezes into his one-piece dry suit. The heavy neoprene stretches tightly against his thick chest and legs. His long tangled hair and most of his face are covered in a hood made of the same elastic material.

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