Lucky to dive the Prins Willem!

[Dean810]

What a difference a day makes! The dive shop said I would probably be diving Haigh today, since seas on Lake Michigan on Saturday were 10 to 12 ft. But the dive was a go, and seas were about 6 inches! Beautiful day. Water is very cold though, at about 35° at best. Viz could have been better, but it was still a great dive. It was my first time on the Prins Willem, and I can see there is a lot to discover here. I will be back.

Second dive was on Fireboat #23. Very cool wooden boat that was scuttled in 1923. Viz was a little worse, but cool anyway. Huge boiler on this thing. I did find a piece of a china plate in the sand. Left it there for whoever wants to see it.

Very good day.

 

[O'Malley]

Dean, great to read you made the charter dives. I'll be looking into this once I'm more comfortable with the drysuit. I dove the quarry today with Tony and a couple other nice folks, Dave and Mia. The temperatures are warming, 44-48 degrees F this afternoon with the visibility anywhere from 10-25 feet. Thanks to Tony for the drysuit tips...each dive gets better than the last.

 

[Dean810]

I think you are going like this drysuit thing! It was really COLD in Lake Michigan today, so consider Haigh tropical! See you next weekend??

 

[scubamanny]

Living artifacts where they are is not only a cool thing to do but is something you can be proud of. Thanks.

 

[moneysavr]

, since seas on Lake Michigan on Saturday were 10 to 12 ft. .

Wow Dean,If the seas got 10'-12' we would have the perfect storm!

could of told you vis would be about a few feet:14: , keep and eye or ear on your ears as it can cut into your dive season if you get a ear infection and well the mud from the river's the worst I have seen in years,and we have real got no major major rains,
I hope to run a easter weekend dive but as of today it looks like dry dock and booze!
Dive safe,
Brad

 

[moneysavr]

Living artifacts where they are is not only a cool thing to do but is something you can be proud of. Thanks.

I second and 3rd that!!!!!!!!!!!! Leave em lay or see the coast guard/DNR at the dock! we have other generations that will dive these sites some day and it our job to save them,
The days of If I don't take it someone else will are over,Now when these old farts die "The Great wreck hunters/salvagers" and they will! The stuff gets tossed in the trash,no one needs or wants old artifacts they mean so much more on site!
Take only photos-If you don't have a camera take a mental note,leave only bubbles!
Dive safe
Brad

 

[Dean810]

I don't think this site has been dived that much yet, so I was glad to see something down there. Seeing something like that makes it special. I remembered seeing fragments at the Niagara diving with Moneysavr, and thought I was looking at history