@VsubT and I dived the Lady Luck with Hydrotherapy this past Sunday.
Since it was our first technical dive together we planned a pretty modest profile with 30% EANx and 50% for decompression. @VsubT led our planning and knocked my socks off with his knowledge of Subsurface in a desktop application. With my little iPhone DPS, I kinda felt like the kid with the semi-flat soccer ball showing up to varsity soccer practice.
@VsubT is smarter than me (he's an Engineer) and can handle multiple tasks so he handled photography.
Captain John dropped us right on top of the pilot house which was nice.
Aft of the pilot house is a cargo access to the engine deck and it's wide open. This is where we penetrated. Where the spot of my beam is pointed (aft, towards the stern) was an odd bulkhead. It had a unusual bend to it and there was a second traditional bulkhead right behind it where my light is spilling. Either it was bent at some point or what I think is an intentional cargo access is really a cut made during the prep to sink the vessel, made especially for easier penetration by divers.
Once down inside this cargo hatch, the engine room is to the right (forward) in the above picture.
Inside the engine room it gets tight. There was a lot of structure left in place.
This photo below is making our way forward along the main deck. Below the deck is the engine room and to our right was probably a crew commons area. There's a big swim through that's excellent for Advanced OW students but there was a diver in it already so we opted to keep going forward. The stairs to the right of the frame lead up to the pilot house.
I love this shot @VsubT took below. It shows the frame tower over the deck that sits a little bit aft of amidships. Last time I dived here, this tower was guarded by a large school of barracuda.
@VsubT has a much better eye for the variety of marine life than I do. This is looking back up towards the frame tower. The Lady Luck was a sludge boat and has an abundance of pipe left intact on its deck so this is what you're looking at.
Since it was our first technical dive together we planned a pretty modest profile with 30% EANx and 50% for decompression. @VsubT led our planning and knocked my socks off with his knowledge of Subsurface in a desktop application. With my little iPhone DPS, I kinda felt like the kid with the semi-flat soccer ball showing up to varsity soccer practice.
@VsubT is smarter than me (he's an Engineer) and can handle multiple tasks so he handled photography.
Captain John dropped us right on top of the pilot house which was nice.
Aft of the pilot house is a cargo access to the engine deck and it's wide open. This is where we penetrated. Where the spot of my beam is pointed (aft, towards the stern) was an odd bulkhead. It had a unusual bend to it and there was a second traditional bulkhead right behind it where my light is spilling. Either it was bent at some point or what I think is an intentional cargo access is really a cut made during the prep to sink the vessel, made especially for easier penetration by divers.
Once down inside this cargo hatch, the engine room is to the right (forward) in the above picture.
Inside the engine room it gets tight. There was a lot of structure left in place.
This photo below is making our way forward along the main deck. Below the deck is the engine room and to our right was probably a crew commons area. There's a big swim through that's excellent for Advanced OW students but there was a diver in it already so we opted to keep going forward. The stairs to the right of the frame lead up to the pilot house.
I love this shot @VsubT took below. It shows the frame tower over the deck that sits a little bit aft of amidships. Last time I dived here, this tower was guarded by a large school of barracuda.
@VsubT has a much better eye for the variety of marine life than I do. This is looking back up towards the frame tower. The Lady Luck was a sludge boat and has an abundance of pipe left intact on its deck so this is what you're looking at.