Kim:
Great Book, got an autographed copy last July when we were
diving the andrea Doria...
He's had a very interesting and adventurous life !!
bob
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Great Book, got an autographed copy last July when we were
diving the andrea Doria...
He's had a very interesting and adventurous life !!
bob
Yes, I enjoyed it.Fort Collins Bob:
For the rest I'm not quite sure where the sport is, picking on a 15 year old....
Tough love it may be, but some seem to be rather enjoying it.
Like I said TAD....if you are serious, read the book I recommended....it's good.
I dived this wreck last august. I'll do a report later, too busy diving. 
The difficulty of this dive is not only depth, viz, currents, waves and temperature but the combination of all these factors. Also the fact that conditions can change completely during a dive. You could start with a calm surface, no currents and (relatively) good viz and end up in ripping currents with 2ft viz.
Still a great dive, wreck being in very good condition considering it's been there for almost 100 yrs.
here are some links:
http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/en/html/empress_of_ireland.html
http://www.lostliners.com/
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/
http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_of_ireland1.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/emp_report_main.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/empress_sss.htm
The difficulty of this dive is not only depth, viz, currents, waves and temperature but the combination of all these factors. Also the fact that conditions can change completely during a dive. You could start with a calm surface, no currents and (relatively) good viz and end up in ripping currents with 2ft viz.
Still a great dive, wreck being in very good condition considering it's been there for almost 100 yrs.
here are some links:
http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/en/html/empress_of_ireland.html
http://www.lostliners.com/
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/
http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_of_ireland1.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/emp_report_main.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/empress_sss.htm
The Natural
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I'm getting my adv eanx/deco hopefully early spring, diving like crazy all year, doing the Empress in early fall. I know a few who have dove it and from the description it is nothing but amazing.
...but cave training is coming first.
...but cave training is coming first.
wardric:I dived this wreck last august. I'll do a report later, too busy diving.
The difficulty of this dive is not only depth, viz, currents, waves and temperature but the combination of all these factors. Also the fact that conditions can change completely during a dive. You could start with a calm surface, no currents and (relatively) good viz and end up in ripping currents with 2ft viz.
Still a great dive, wreck being in very good condition considering it's been there for almost 100 yrs.
here are some links:
http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/en/html/empress_of_ireland.html
http://www.lostliners.com/
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/
http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_of_ireland1.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/emp_report_main.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/empress_sss.htm
Eric... thanks for the link list....a few I had not seen!
wardric:I dived this wreck last august. I'll do a report later, too busy diving.
The difficulty of this dive is not only depth, viz, currents, waves and temperature but the combination of all these factors. Also the fact that conditions can change completely during a dive. You could start with a calm surface, no currents and (relatively) good viz and end up in ripping currents with 2ft viz.
Still a great dive, wreck being in very good condition considering it's been there for almost 100 yrs.
here are some links:
http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/en/html/empress_of_ireland.html
http://www.lostliners.com/
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/
http://www.greatoceanliners.net/
http://www.sea-viewdiving.com/shipwreck_info/empress_of_ireland1.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/emp_report_main.htm
http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/empress_sss.htm
Which dive outfit do you think is the best for this wreck ?
gitterdun:
If I was dumb enough to ever have done such a dive.
You need more hair on your chest than I'll ever have to do such a thing, just for the sake of a thrill.
gitterdun
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Scuba_Steve:If I was dumb enough to ever have done such a dive.
You need more hair on your chest than I'll ever have to do such a thing, just for the sake of a thrill.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fort Collins Bob:
If you're looking for hassel free diving with the trip details taken care of for you my bet would be on Tyler Bradford.
He sets the charters with Dany or JP.
If you're looking to save a few bucks on a DIY then just contact them directly.
Fort Collins Bob:
It all depends on your goal. But if you want to enjoy and spend some time on the wreck, a big volume tank or doubles is necessary with redundancy. I had a LP 131 cf boosted at 3000 psi (so about 150 cf) with an H-valve. A stage bottle is also a good precaution. again if you want to spend some time, you'll have to do deco and the water temp is in the 30's °F so a drysuit is a (very) good idea.
Of course, if you only want to do a touch and go just to say you dived the empress, you can go with a single AL80...
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