Pinthis 5-27-06

[wreckedinri]

..... The vis wasn't bad but not the legendary Pinthis conditions people often report. Probably around 15 ft.

Sorry about the less than ideal vis. With all the talk about great vis I hope you all were not too dissapointed. We were out there also Saturday, we were the boat hooked to the wreck when the Daybreaker arrived on Saturday morning. I think the reduced vis was due to all the rain in the last couple of weeks. Even with the "crappy" vis - for the Pinthis - it was still a good day of diving. So, I guess no one made it out to the Mars? I would have been curious to know how the conditions were there.

I posted a photo of Fran's boat from Saturday morning on my site under "Daybreaker" on the "Dive Charters" page. Had to clear away all the fog in photo shop!

Great pics from the Pinthis BTW!

Capt. Dennis St Germain

 

[RIOceanographer]

Hey Dennis! That's funny, Ed and I actually had a conversation on the Daybreaker about how your boat looked familiar..... now I know why, we had seen a picture of it on your website!

And no I wasn't really disappointed. The vis may have been "poor" for the Pinthis, but it was still decent by New England standards. I still had a great time out there. If anything, this just gives me reason to go back.

 

[vetdiver]

I was being Sarcastic About the 120's, i actually own a set, but yes as you mention i will ran out of time before air.

SNORT!!! Hey, you know it's tough to tell on a message board...and I imagine there are plenty of people out there who could suck down a 120 fast as lightning...

Then again, it could be a blond thing.

Good luck getting the OK - I have been diving for a long time, but only in New England for 2 1/2-3 yrs. I love the challenge of diving in cold water, though I have to say, I am looking forward to diving in a 3mm wetsuit next week on vacation...feels like you're swimming naked after a few dives in New England, don'tcha think?

 

[wreckedinri]

. . . If anything, this just gives me reason to go back.

Chris,

That site IS certainly worth visiting again. We hit it several times a year. Under the right conditions, with good vis, she can be as pretty as any wreck anywhere. One thing that we took note of Saturday, was how WARM the water was. Sometimes - even in the dead of summer - we hit a thermocline - and then it's "icecream headache" time!

Glad you enjoyed your dive!

Dennis

 

[RIOceanographer]

...feels like you're swimming naked after a few dives in New England, don'tcha think?

You aren't kidding! When I was diving in Hawaii in February I kept having this nagging feeling I was forgetting something because it didn't feel like I had enough gear on.....

 

[paulthenurse]

And no I wasn't really disappointed. The vis may have been "poor" for the Pinthis, but it was still decent by New England standards. I still had a great time out there. If anything, this just gives me reason to go back.

So bang out of work of Friday and let's go dive her again!

Cough, cough. Sniffle, sniffle.

I'll get Ishouldknowbetter to write you a Dr's note.

<PTN's voice> Aw, c'mon Sweety, I know it stinks that you have to work while I go dive but you don't want me diving to 100 feet solo, do you? And I've got to try out the new pair of regs on my doubles, you don't want me doing that alone, do you? Do you mind if I borrow your 40 cf stage? You don't want me to to dive with brand new regs and not bring along a reg that I know for sure works, do you? </PTN's voice>

<img> John Belushi on his knees in a sewer, doing the eyebrow dance at Carrie Fisher, who is holding an AK 47 aimed at him </img>

We're in like Flynn, bro. Tell the wife your bringin' lobster home for diner!!
PTN

 

[RIOceanographer]

Chris and Ed, great pics. None of mine turned out at all... we didn't take the camera down on the first dive, and for the second one, the strobe wasn't firing for the first 10 minutes, so I was pretty limited. I think I had my ISO setting wrong...Chris, I'm going to pick up the book you recommended immediately. I do OK in shallow water with good ambient light, but once I am in deeper water, I am useless. Think I'll keep the exposure on auto for a while - or switch back and forth and fiddle a bit.

I am not sure you'll get good results if you switch to full auto for ambient light pictures on darker dives. I find with my camera if I leave my camera on auto for doing ambient light pictures, it seems to be biased toward slowing the shutter speed rather than changing the ISO. The result ends up being motion blurred pictures in poor lighting, which is far worse than slightly grainy pictures from using a higher ISO. One of the bits of advice in that book is not to be afraid to use as high an ISO as you need. Of course, if you are using the strobe for the shot this advice doesn't apply.

 

[Rafael]

SNORT!!! Hey, you know it's tough to tell on a message board...and I imagine there are plenty of people out there who could suck down a 120 fast as lightning...

Then again, it could be a blond thing.

Good luck getting the OK - I have been diving for a long time, but only in New England for 2 1/2-3 yrs. I love the challenge of diving in cold water, though I have to say, I am looking forward to diving in a 3mm wetsuit next week on vacation...feels like you're swimming naked after a few dives in New England, don'tcha think?

Well you are right, i'm sure is plenty of people who may need the 120's, and for me i love it, you know looooong shallow dives, plenty of time to look for bugs.

And regarding the cold diving, you are just right, sometimes when i go back home (Cancun) i just wear my shorts and nothing else, the guys down there think i'm crazy, if they just know how cold is here.

How far on the year can you visit the Pinthis? is a year around dive? is better during the Summe? what about October?

Do you know if it is a book about it or some place where i can find information about the wreck? I will like to start doing my homework, so when i have the chance to go i know as much as i can about her.

Thank you.

 

[vetdiver]

I am not sure you'll get good results if you switch to full auto for ambient light pictures on darker dives. I find with my camera if I leave my camera on auto for doing ambient light pictures, it seems to be biased toward slowing the shutter speed rather than changing the ISO. The result ends up being motion blurred pictures in poor lighting, which is far worse than slightly grainy pictures from using a higher ISO. One of the bits of advice in that book is not to be afraid to use as high an ISO as you need. Of course, if you are using the strobe for the shot this advice doesn't apply.

Crap. Now I really don't know what happened. I had the camera on ISO100, but I was using a strobe - maybe the strobe firing was off? But still - the pictures were - literally - black, even though with ambient light alone, that shouldn't have happened!! Something is definitely awry. We have only had the camera for a few weeks and 2 diving days - this was the first time I had switched it to manual exposure settings (the first time, I took it down and worked with the manual focus alone in shallow water - I got a couple of really nice shots). Do you have any ideas? Maybe I'll ask on the photography board.

I have to agree, after playing with the camera in the yard yesterday, that's what I was noticing - that the auto exposure settings seemed to simply slow the shutter time.

I did order that book yesterday - thanks so much for the recommendation. I know what I'll be reading during my long flight!!

 

[Rafael]

Crap. Now I really don't know what happened. I had the camera on ISO100, but I was using a strobe - maybe the strobe firing was off? But still - the pictures were - literally - black, even though with ambient light alone, that shouldn't have happened!! Something is definitely awry. We have only had the camera for a few weeks and 2 diving days - this was the first time I had switched it to manual exposure settings (the first time, I took it down and worked with the manual focus alone in shallow water - I got a couple of really nice shots). Do you have any ideas? Maybe I'll ask on the photography board.

I have to agree, after playing with the camera in the yard yesterday, that's what I was noticing - that the auto exposure settings seemed to simply slow the shutter time.

I did order that book yesterday - thanks so much for the recommendation. I know what I'll be reading during my long flight!!

What kind of Camera you have? the most of my pictures in Cancun i used a 200ISO so i will like to think you may need even higher here.