King Kong Matt
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I know there was another thread about Sea Rovers, but as we are only a couple days away, I thought I would start a new one with the expectation that most people have probably firmed up their plans as to whether they going or not, what they want to see when they get there, etc...
My wife and I purchased a Sat. combo pass which means we will be there for the exhibition on Sat. and for the film festival during the evening.
Things I really want to see:
Salvage and Saturation on the S.S. Republic
This expedition was mounted to document the wreck and recover artifacts and possibly a US Navy payroll from the White Star Liner, SS Republic, which broke in half while being towed to Boston following a collision with the SS Florida. Aboard the TWINDRILL, a four man dive team saturated at a equivalent of 240 feet sea water on Trimix gas, (Helium / Nitrogen / Oxygen) and spent thirty days at pressure with up to 16 hours bottom time per day surveying the vessel and salvaging several thousand items, including the Bursars safe using a builders plan and color SONAR. An actual operational original Edison Light Bulb was located and many other amazing artifacts that are pictured in the slide presentation. The REPUBLIC was the First ship to use the new Marconi Radio to send an SOS. The salvage was the first time that liquid oxygen and helium was used for diving operations offshore. This is a very interesting program for people interested in Gas mixing- and mixed gas physiology as it provides full graphic explanation.
Deep Adventure: A dive to the Carl Bradley
On November 18th, 1958, the freighter Carl D. Bradley broke apart and sank in Northern Lake Michigan. This past summer, Mirek Standowicz became the first diver to succeed in diving the wreck, which lies in 372 feet. Hear the story of this historical dive and see close-up video of Bradley's pilothouse area.
Caving in Australia: The Nullarbor Region
The Nullabor is a dry region on the south coast of Australia. The area is very remote and the environment is extremely arid. The water table is found 300' below the surface. This creates an interesting challenge since expeditions must be completely self-contained. Medical emergencies may require evacuation by plane. The team explored five caves in the area including the famous Cocklebiddy Cave, the longest underwater cave in Australia. Lamar Hires was the first American to make the dive back to the breakdown room 1200 ft from the surface pool.
If anyone is not going to the show, but would like to see the program for the show, you can take a look at:
http://www.searovers.org/ws.exe/PublicDaytime03
(This link should work...if not, you can find everything off the base URL)
What is everyone else planning on checking out?
My wife and I purchased a Sat. combo pass which means we will be there for the exhibition on Sat. and for the film festival during the evening.
Things I really want to see:
Salvage and Saturation on the S.S. Republic
This expedition was mounted to document the wreck and recover artifacts and possibly a US Navy payroll from the White Star Liner, SS Republic, which broke in half while being towed to Boston following a collision with the SS Florida. Aboard the TWINDRILL, a four man dive team saturated at a equivalent of 240 feet sea water on Trimix gas, (Helium / Nitrogen / Oxygen) and spent thirty days at pressure with up to 16 hours bottom time per day surveying the vessel and salvaging several thousand items, including the Bursars safe using a builders plan and color SONAR. An actual operational original Edison Light Bulb was located and many other amazing artifacts that are pictured in the slide presentation. The REPUBLIC was the First ship to use the new Marconi Radio to send an SOS. The salvage was the first time that liquid oxygen and helium was used for diving operations offshore. This is a very interesting program for people interested in Gas mixing- and mixed gas physiology as it provides full graphic explanation.
Deep Adventure: A dive to the Carl Bradley
On November 18th, 1958, the freighter Carl D. Bradley broke apart and sank in Northern Lake Michigan. This past summer, Mirek Standowicz became the first diver to succeed in diving the wreck, which lies in 372 feet. Hear the story of this historical dive and see close-up video of Bradley's pilothouse area.
Caving in Australia: The Nullarbor Region
The Nullabor is a dry region on the south coast of Australia. The area is very remote and the environment is extremely arid. The water table is found 300' below the surface. This creates an interesting challenge since expeditions must be completely self-contained. Medical emergencies may require evacuation by plane. The team explored five caves in the area including the famous Cocklebiddy Cave, the longest underwater cave in Australia. Lamar Hires was the first American to make the dive back to the breakdown room 1200 ft from the surface pool.
If anyone is not going to the show, but would like to see the program for the show, you can take a look at:
http://www.searovers.org/ws.exe/PublicDaytime03
(This link should work...if not, you can find everything off the base URL)
What is everyone else planning on checking out?
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