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2010 Dive Reports
September 10th, 2010 - Well, with the 100th anniversary of the
Great Storm of 1913 right around the corner, I've decided to embark on
a small project. I am hoping to use the rest of this dive
season and next dive season to gather footage on all/most of the
wrecks in the Sanilac Shores Preserve. This footage will then be
turned into a presentation DVD of the wrecks. Ultimately, I am
hoping the completed DVD will be ready for the 2013 dive season and
that I can get local dive shops to carry the DVD for sale.
Either way, this should be a good resource and documentation for the
preserve. I am also hoping that if I can get the DVD available
for sale, to take a portion of the proceeds and donate it back to the
preserve. Stay tuned for more details as the project gets up and
running.... August 20th to August 22nd, 2010 -
A group of divers from the Great Lakes Wrecking Crew did a trip up to
Tobermory Canada for some cold water wreck diving. The divers on
the trip were John Craig, Dennis Wisniewski, Johnathan Smith, John
Choby, Todd Oxner, Terry Lyons, Bruce Williamson, and myself. The trip was
planned for 2 morning wreck dives and the afternoons off.
Friday's dive plan was the Forrest City (150 feet) and the Niagra II (100
feet). Saturday was the Arabia (105 feet) and the Philo Scoville (85 feet). Sunday was the James C. King (90 feet) and the
W. L. Wetmore (20 feet). Doing 2 dives in the morning was a great
decision. The dives were enjoyable and you were not wore out by
the end of the day. The group scheduled all of the dives with G+L Watersports aboard their charter boat the "Lark". The Lark
is a decent boat for a dive platform. Only issue with the boat
is that it has a somewhat narrow beam, so any wave action can really
cause the boat to roll. On Saturday we had some decent
rolling waves. On the way out to the Arabia, the group had to
hold onto gear as the boat was pitching and gear was trying to slide
across the rear deck. Since this group was mostly technical
divers, our gear did not fit in the typical wire tank holders for
recreational diving equipment.
Overall, this was an excellent trip!
Check out the video that was compiled by John Choby in the video
gallery!
May 16th, 2010 - Dave Lohr (owner
of Divers Den in Lake Orion), Ian Shaffer, and myself went out on
Daves boat for a couple dives on the Regina. The weather was
absolutely perfect for diving. It was a sunny and very
calm day on Lake Huron. I would estimate the visibility on the
Regina was about 50+ feet. The wreck was marked off of the bow
anchor chain. One the first dive I left the anchor chain and
followed the starboard side of the hull. Not much to see on this
side as it is mostly pushed into the clay bottom. Followed the
starboard side to the stern and viewed the always impressive
propellers and rudder. Then did my customary touch and brush off
of the stern REGINA nameplate. The remainder of the first dive
was then looking over the debris field to see of anything new was
uncovered. Really didn't see much in the debris field this
dive. The second dive on the wreck I took pictures to
start documenting the state of the wreck. The hull is definitely
slowly starting to collapse on itself. To me it seems much
more collapsed that it did last year. The pictures from the dive
are posted in the 2010 Photo Gallery.
Here is the direct link to the Regina
Picture Gallery Page! |
