Matt, Earl and I dove the Troydon today. It was a sunken clam dredging boat with a max depth of 129ft at the sand. THe deck is mostly in the 120ish range. although points of the wreck rise significantly higher. It is upright and intact on the bottom with a bit of a list. We tried it a couple of weeks ago but missed the hook and dove nothing but sand. This time we got a bullseye on the first drop.
It was a fantastic dive. Great vis and plenty of ambient light even at 130 ft. The vis up near the surface was probably in the 40-50ft range. Down on the wreck at 130ft it was probably more like 20ish. I shot some video and will put it up once I get it edited together. In the mean time to give you an idea, this is a picture looking up at the bottom of the boat from 25ft down on the anchor line..... yep, that's Rhode Island water and yes it really was that blue at the surface and not just because of the camera's white balance setting.
It was a fantastic dive. Great vis and plenty of ambient light even at 130 ft. The vis up near the surface was probably in the 40-50ft range. Down on the wreck at 130ft it was probably more like 20ish. I shot some video and will put it up once I get it edited together. In the mean time to give you an idea, this is a picture looking up at the bottom of the boat from 25ft down on the anchor line..... yep, that's Rhode Island water and yes it really was that blue at the surface and not just because of the camera's white balance setting.
