MSRA annual show announced
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Oldpirate
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I need to get in there. I haven't visited Advance Scuba yet, but someone said Tim might do drysuit repair and I need a new hood on my DUI before it rips.
By the way, if any of you guys are affiliated with dive shops or have any other types of newsletters, email lists, etc., we'd appreciate some promotion of the MSRA show on May 3. I can supply a little blurb or you can just point them to the web site. PM me. We'd appreciate it -- especially as the local preserve group scammed us by scheduling a show 3 weeks before ours in the same small town. Geez! So much for co-existing nicely! (Can you tell I'm just a little miffed?) Imagine another group scheduling a shipwreck event in Milwaukee right before Ghostships!
I can guarantee you that, as a non-profit, the proceeds from our show go directly to finding and documenting shipwrecks and producing educational documentaries about them. This benefits everyone in the shipwreck/diving community and eventually ends up putting money into the pockets of local dive shop owners and charter operators. If our show isn't successful, the search simply will not occur. So come on down! Thanks!
By the way, if any of you guys are affiliated with dive shops or have any other types of newsletters, email lists, etc., we'd appreciate some promotion of the MSRA show on May 3. I can supply a little blurb or you can just point them to the web site. PM me. We'd appreciate it -- especially as the local preserve group scammed us by scheduling a show 3 weeks before ours in the same small town. Geez! So much for co-existing nicely! (Can you tell I'm just a little miffed?) Imagine another group scheduling a shipwreck event in Milwaukee right before Ghostships!
I can guarantee you that, as a non-profit, the proceeds from our show go directly to finding and documenting shipwrecks and producing educational documentaries about them. This benefits everyone in the shipwreck/diving community and eventually ends up putting money into the pockets of local dive shop owners and charter operators. If our show isn't successful, the search simply will not occur. So come on down! Thanks!
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Oldpirate
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OK, so this is a lame, self-serving post to get this topic bumped back to the first page... 
so we can promote our show...
...but I wanted to give you folks a heads-up about a news release that's going out this weekend. The Hennepin has just been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places, which is quite an honor. We think it's the first shipwreck on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to receive the listing -- although many of our Wisconsin brethren have been successful in nominating shipwrecks on the leeward side of the lake.
You may already know that the Hennepin was the world's first self-unloader and now lies in 230 feet of water off South Haven, Michigan. She sank in 1927. We found her in 2006 and will release the numbers this spring. Learn more by coming to the Shipwreck show on May 3 in Holland, michigan. Thanks!
so we can promote our show......but I wanted to give you folks a heads-up about a news release that's going out this weekend. The Hennepin has just been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places, which is quite an honor. We think it's the first shipwreck on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to receive the listing -- although many of our Wisconsin brethren have been successful in nominating shipwrecks on the leeward side of the lake.
You may already know that the Hennepin was the world's first self-unloader and now lies in 230 feet of water off South Haven, Michigan. She sank in 1927. We found her in 2006 and will release the numbers this spring. Learn more by coming to the Shipwreck show on May 3 in Holland, michigan. Thanks!
Craig I can not wait I was going to be out of town on the 3rd but plans have changed so I will be there! Also I will diving her the 4th, it will be a bit chilly but we will get a short dive on her if all goes well.
Thanks
JT
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JT
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Comment tward the SWMUP uncalled for. I belong to both organizations.
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Oldpirate
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You're right, Glue. Maybe too strong a word. I apologize. But it sure felt that way!
There used to be an "edit" button on this forum, but I don't see it now.
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Oh, there it is...but you can only edit until someone responds, I guess. Oh well....
There used to be an "edit" button on this forum, but I don't see it now.
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Oh, there it is...but you can only edit until someone responds, I guess. Oh well....
Hey Craig
Since I represent are the “local preserve group” that “scammed” you “by scheduling a show 3 weeks before” your show, in this same “small” town I guess that’s an invite for a PR plug.
DIVE INTO MARITIME HISTORY
LINKS TO THE FORGOTTEN PAST
PRESS RELEASE
On April 12, 2008 the South West Michigan Underwater Preserve will be hosting a multi-media presentation. The program will have a dual focus on the sinking and recovery of the bell off the Carl D. Bradley and the Titanic and its connection to the Great Lakes.
Speaking will be Frank Mays, surviving crewmember of the freighter Carl D. Bradley. On the night of November 18, 1958, Frank was the watchman aboard the Bradley when a terrible storm swept Lake Michigan breaking the ship in half, taking it and the crew to the bottom of the lake. Four crewmen made it to the raft that night, but only two survived the freezing cold and multiple capsizing through the night. Frank Mays and First Mate Elmer Fleming survived the storm in the open life raft until they were rescued the next day. Frank never returned to service on the Great Lakes but was part of the expedition in 2007 raising the bell of the Carl D. Bradley.
John Scoles and John Janzen, will be presenting the story of their dives for the recovery of the bell of the Carl D. Bradley, including underwater video showing the bell recovery dives. The video, shot by Alan Williams, is breathtaking and sure to thrill any shipwreck enthusiast.
Scoles & Janzen began diving the Bradley in 2004, becoming the first divers to reach the stern section of the at a depth of 370 feet in Lake Michigan. Since then, they have each completed 14 Bradley dives, making many discoveries and donating all of their resulting video and documentation to the Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City Michigan. In 2006, under contract from the museum, they began a two-year project to recover the Bradley’s bell and place a memorial bell back on the ship. Although there were many technical and political obstacles, the project was completed in 2007 and the Bradley’s bell now resides in Rogers City as a memorial to the lost crew. A replica of this bell is now on display at Adventures In Diving, and will be on display the evening of the show.
Also featured will be Cris Kohl, noted author and shipwreck enthusiast and his wife Joan Forsberg. They will help us commemorate the Titanic sinking April 15, 1912, ninety six years ago. Cris & Joan will regale us with the stories of the Great Lakes connection to the Titanic, for the sinking of the Titanic had a great effect upon the Great Lakes. With 345 Titanic passengers heading to Great Lakes destinations, 128 survived and 217 perished. This link to the past has been forgotten, so let Cris bring the voices from the past alive and help remember this tragedy that affected not just the East Coast but the whole nation.
The show will be held at the West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 1024 136th Avenue, Holland MI on Saturday, April 12, 2008 with displays, and book signing beginning at 6:00 pm and the show starting at 7:30 pm.
Tickets are available on our website at Welcome to the Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve or Adventures in Diving or at the SWMUP Supporter Dive Shops listed on our web site. If you have any questions please contact us at 616-994-3483, 616-886-3484 or peggy@swmup.org or peggy@swmup.org.
Hope to see you and the MSRA at the SWMUP show, as I am sure many members and board will be at your show. Sorry I personally can’t attend, I’ll be in Egypt!! Thanks Craig for the opportunity for the cheap PR plug!
Since I represent are the “local preserve group” that “scammed” you “by scheduling a show 3 weeks before” your show, in this same “small” town I guess that’s an invite for a PR plug.
DIVE INTO MARITIME HISTORY
LINKS TO THE FORGOTTEN PAST
PRESS RELEASE
On April 12, 2008 the South West Michigan Underwater Preserve will be hosting a multi-media presentation. The program will have a dual focus on the sinking and recovery of the bell off the Carl D. Bradley and the Titanic and its connection to the Great Lakes.
Speaking will be Frank Mays, surviving crewmember of the freighter Carl D. Bradley. On the night of November 18, 1958, Frank was the watchman aboard the Bradley when a terrible storm swept Lake Michigan breaking the ship in half, taking it and the crew to the bottom of the lake. Four crewmen made it to the raft that night, but only two survived the freezing cold and multiple capsizing through the night. Frank Mays and First Mate Elmer Fleming survived the storm in the open life raft until they were rescued the next day. Frank never returned to service on the Great Lakes but was part of the expedition in 2007 raising the bell of the Carl D. Bradley.
John Scoles and John Janzen, will be presenting the story of their dives for the recovery of the bell of the Carl D. Bradley, including underwater video showing the bell recovery dives. The video, shot by Alan Williams, is breathtaking and sure to thrill any shipwreck enthusiast.
Scoles & Janzen began diving the Bradley in 2004, becoming the first divers to reach the stern section of the at a depth of 370 feet in Lake Michigan. Since then, they have each completed 14 Bradley dives, making many discoveries and donating all of their resulting video and documentation to the Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City Michigan. In 2006, under contract from the museum, they began a two-year project to recover the Bradley’s bell and place a memorial bell back on the ship. Although there were many technical and political obstacles, the project was completed in 2007 and the Bradley’s bell now resides in Rogers City as a memorial to the lost crew. A replica of this bell is now on display at Adventures In Diving, and will be on display the evening of the show.
Also featured will be Cris Kohl, noted author and shipwreck enthusiast and his wife Joan Forsberg. They will help us commemorate the Titanic sinking April 15, 1912, ninety six years ago. Cris & Joan will regale us with the stories of the Great Lakes connection to the Titanic, for the sinking of the Titanic had a great effect upon the Great Lakes. With 345 Titanic passengers heading to Great Lakes destinations, 128 survived and 217 perished. This link to the past has been forgotten, so let Cris bring the voices from the past alive and help remember this tragedy that affected not just the East Coast but the whole nation.
The show will be held at the West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 1024 136th Avenue, Holland MI on Saturday, April 12, 2008 with displays, and book signing beginning at 6:00 pm and the show starting at 7:30 pm.
Tickets are available on our website at Welcome to the Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve or Adventures in Diving or at the SWMUP Supporter Dive Shops listed on our web site. If you have any questions please contact us at 616-994-3483, 616-886-3484 or peggy@swmup.org or peggy@swmup.org.
Hope to see you and the MSRA at the SWMUP show, as I am sure many members and board will be at your show. Sorry I personally can’t attend, I’ll be in Egypt!! Thanks Craig for the opportunity for the cheap PR plug!
UWDoc
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I hope these events will interest more people in diving so the charters can stay in business.
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Oldpirate
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Doc: Finding wrecks will do just that! And that's what we do with the proceeds -- search for wrecks. I hope we can maintain our audience and continue to build on past succcesses. With gas preces, it is going to take even more money to accomplish that this year. But, as always, we need to put 300 people in the hall and generate an additional $2,000-3,000 in large donations. Sadly it will all be spent by July!
We do offer our larger donors the opportunity to spend a day on the search boat learning the shipwreck hunting process. It's a great time! If anyone is interested, just let me know!
We should also be able to announce our official designation as a 501(c)(3) that night too, if all goes well. Dealing with the IRS has been a treat!
So donations will be fully tax deductible from now on.
Between what we do with the NUMA team in May and Dave Trotter in June, we hope to cover a lot more territory. We're bound to pop one this year
Who benefits monetarily? The dive charters and the dive shops!
We'll be releasing the Hennepin numbers at the show too, and I understand there is a charter scheduled for the following day already! As far as I know less than a dozen divers have seen this wreck so far. It is fully documented and has been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places. We'll be placing a plaque on the wreck, and hopefully a full size historic marker on shore.
I hope the first boat on the wreck establishes a mooring. That's beautiful ships wheel is very fragile and tossing an anchor or grapnel on this wreck will destroy it.
We do offer our larger donors the opportunity to spend a day on the search boat learning the shipwreck hunting process. It's a great time! If anyone is interested, just let me know!
We should also be able to announce our official designation as a 501(c)(3) that night too, if all goes well. Dealing with the IRS has been a treat!
So donations will be fully tax deductible from now on.Between what we do with the NUMA team in May and Dave Trotter in June, we hope to cover a lot more territory. We're bound to pop one this year
Who benefits monetarily? The dive charters and the dive shops!
We'll be releasing the Hennepin numbers at the show too, and I understand there is a charter scheduled for the following day already! As far as I know less than a dozen divers have seen this wreck so far. It is fully documented and has been accepted to the National Register of Historic Places. We'll be placing a plaque on the wreck, and hopefully a full size historic marker on shore.
I hope the first boat on the wreck establishes a mooring. That's beautiful ships wheel is very fragile and tossing an anchor or grapnel on this wreck will destroy it.
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