Steamship Volund web page

[munromh]

If you're bored, itching for the start of the 2008 dive season, and want to watch a short (9 minute) documentary video on the Volund, I finally got around to adding a Windows Media video to the web site:

The Volund

Best regards,
Mark

 

[Tampico_ED]

Excellent video...Shall this season be full of nice videos from your ScubaBoard friends...OneFin (UNA Aleta), GrabShellDude, RIO and company!

 

[munromh]

>Excellent video

Thanks Ed.

> Shall this season be full of nice videos from your ScubaBoard friends...

I can't speak for anyone else, however, I heard yeaterday that Bill (aka One Fin) hasn't been in the water in a long time. I understand this is very unusual for him and he's typically in the water all winter. Maybe he's selling his gear/boat, taking up other forms of diving, or just choosing to stay very warm over the winter months .....

 

[RIOceanographer]

Great video. Actually more of a documentary than a video!

I am guessing you've got to be that friend Mark that my buddy John S. always talks about.... anyone who'd do that much research on a wreck has to be friends with John!

I heard yeaterday that Bill (aka One Fin) hasn't been in the water in a long time.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bill is out diving today because the snowstorm meant he didn't have to go work.

 

[munromh]

> Great video. Actually more of a documentary than a video!

Thanks, I put it together a few years ago for the Fishers Island Museum. They had a local shipwreck exhibit and wanted something interesting on the Volund.

> I am guessing you've got to be that friend Mark that my buddy John S.......

That'd be me.

> anyone who'd do that much research on a wreck .......

As far as I'm (we're) concerned that's one-third the fun. Research'um/find'um/dive'um.

> I wouldn't be surprised if Bill is out diving today ...

If I had to bet on that one .... never mind I'll leave it at my last post

Maybe Bill can let us know what he's been up to lately, he's been very quiet. No new videos, just compilations of old stuff.

Bill, I saw Scuba J. at UCONN the other day and he misses you.
(BTW, this is just some good natured ribbing on my part)

Best regards,
Mark

 

[Gilldiver]

Who did the video and what time of year was it? If I was to make a bet it would be early spring before the water got above 45F or so as I have never seen the Volund that clear. I also know who has the bosses from the helms, and they do name the ship and home port.

I was on the TJ a few days after they found it and when they told me that they had found a large wreck in the Race I thought - Maybe Lee Prettyman did find the Surcouf right up to the point when they showed me the sidescan and multibeam. A few days latter I was talking to Gery Gentile and told him about it and his reply was "They found the Volund" which was the first time I heard the name. The research after that was fairly easy.

But you guys had the sidescan and beat us all to her.

Byt the way, have you ever blown up the photo of the Volund in port and taken a good look at the emblem on the stack right under the Black band? Remember, she was lost prior to WWI when this emblem was just a good luck sign.

Also, have you ever seen ther large anvil right infront of the engine? Every time I have tried to get a good photo of it I either had real bad vis or camera/strobe problems.

Pete Johnson

 

[munromh]

> Who did the video and what time of year was it?

As mentioned in the credits, Heather and Dave from NADE.

> what time of year was it?... spring ....

Yes, I believe it was in the spring.

> I also know who has the bosses from the helms

Yes, I'm quite aware of the turn of events around this subject and I'm quite happy for them, I've told them myself. I'm honestly glad of their success. I'm also glad I could be of assistance with the publication of the helm shot. Nothing like a long off season of anticipation and wondering .... did they or did they not ..... But of course we're speaking hypothetically here since no one I know would recover artifacts from shipwrecks in NY, CT, or RI state waters.

> A few days latter I was talking to .....

Not exactly what I understand to have transpired with regard to whom had knowledge of the wreck possibly being that of the Volund, but we'll agree to disagree.

>have you ever blown up the photo of the Volund in port

Yes, one of the guys did do some research on that, interesting history.