First Wreck Dives

[Riverrat Dave]

Oh, yeah my LDS is planning a run down to Gilboa the 24th, so maybe I'll tag along... A good place to practice skills I hear. This will give me a chance to work on some stuff.

 

[Dean810]

Well, the first day we got blown off the Nordmeer and Montana... we turned for barge # one, but... half of us were green and stayed on-board. First time I ever got sea-sick.

On Sunday we tried for the Grecian but wen't back to the Montana again because of the conditions, I wasn't real comfortable with the swells but tried to get in anyhow... Lessons learned: If you nervous about the conditions... abort the dive. I don't want to go into it but...
The Montana dive for me was my "Pay Attention" moment, after the Montana the group went to the Monohansett, a relly nice site, (calm waters) one of the other guys got some good pics, This site has a large debris field, a large boiler, prop, and scattered artifacts.

The Montana... more experience, some adjustments to my equipment, and I'll be back. This one pretty much changed the way I think of diving... added humility and took out some invincibility. (I needed that.) Thinking about writing it up for the incident thread... lessons to be learned, have not decided yet.

Sorry you missed your dive on Barge #1. I've been diving Barge #2, its twin, several times this year to survey it down in Indiana. It is a twin, but in worse condition. Would love to see the one up there some time to compare. They were the biggest barges in the world in their day.

 

[JEScholz]

Sorry you had a rough day, but that is Michigan diving. Furtunately there are enough sites in Alpena that there is always something to dive, unless the wind is out of the east, then you run up to rockport and do the beach or head on up to Cheyboygen and dive the lumber mill. Hope to see you at Gilboa this next weekend. I will be in the well used camper with the Fire Dept. dive sticker, or look for the lift bag with a dive flag and diver below painted on it!