waterpirate
Contributor
Well the report looked good for Su nday morning, the weather did not. We went out of zone 1 with conditions as promised, zone 2 was getting sloppy, and zone 3 was snotty with rain and 3 footers at about 4 sec and the occasional 5 footer. Destination was the reefed tug martin. A ocean going tug 100' long sunk upright 75fsw. I managed to hook something on the first try but we were off our numbers by about 85'. Martin went in to do the tie in and found we had just caught the rail at the stern, pool was open. Gearing up was a challenge with those rollers but I made it in. Vis was a delightfull 15-20 with bottom temps in the 49-50 range. I liberated the alpha males off the wreck for dinner, and was sad that the wheelhouse is now missing? The deck has collapsed, and it will soon be a bug and flounder wreck as she gets broken down further. I managed a run time of 50 minutes with 62 on the hang even with my leaking water in inflator valve on dry suit! lol
I knew from the ang that the topside had gotten worse. The capt. went by me on my way up and I hoped he cut it short. Topside was way snotty by now and I chose to gear out in water to prevent ladder issues. The 5 footers were more frequent now. Capt. Ray tripped the hook and we were drifting, in the trough.
Dive 2. As I was getting the granny line aboard as Martin pulled up the hook I prepared the throw line to retrieve Ray. Ray got the line and I pulled him to the back of the boat. Then it happened. I saw sky and my feet at the same time and thought to myself this is going to suck!!! Splash!!! Fully clothed shoes and all a swell pitched me out of the boat. Total run time 3 min. Temp on surface no drysuit? F***ing cold. I usually am more polite on the ladder but Ray said I climbed up and over him in my rush to reboard the boat!lol All is well that ends in borrowed dry clothes for the slow ride home into the snot. All in all it definately beat being at work.
Eric
I knew from the ang that the topside had gotten worse. The capt. went by me on my way up and I hoped he cut it short. Topside was way snotty by now and I chose to gear out in water to prevent ladder issues. The 5 footers were more frequent now. Capt. Ray tripped the hook and we were drifting, in the trough.
Dive 2. As I was getting the granny line aboard as Martin pulled up the hook I prepared the throw line to retrieve Ray. Ray got the line and I pulled him to the back of the boat. Then it happened. I saw sky and my feet at the same time and thought to myself this is going to suck!!! Splash!!! Fully clothed shoes and all a swell pitched me out of the boat. Total run time 3 min. Temp on surface no drysuit? F***ing cold. I usually am more polite on the ladder but Ray said I climbed up and over him in my rush to reboard the boat!lol All is well that ends in borrowed dry clothes for the slow ride home into the snot. All in all it definately beat being at work.
Eric
