.... thanks to a lift bag and dive reel. Or we may have been looking at a reenactment of the movie "Open Water."
I was the diver that fed the fish after re-boarding the boat and I agree with Tavi's assessment of the sea conditions.
For those that weren't there, we spent about 45 minutes trying to drop anchor. The idea was for my buddy and I to go in first as we had doubles with tri-mix and deco bottles. We were going to shoot a lift bag on the wreck to mark it for the other three intrepid explorers of our group.
My dive buddy backed out (smart move on his part), so I went in solo. The vis was about ten feet and the wreck was nowhere in site (Thanks Martha, LOL.) My theory is that Martha kicked up the current as there was one heck of a trail where the anchor dragged bottom. Then Martha killed my canister light. No big deal.
I may have been on top of the wreck and not realized it with the vis. but the bottom was roughly 100 ft. where I came in. The mud on the St. Peter is about 120 ft. as listed. I looked around for a while with the realization that finding my way back to anchor line with the current wasn't likely to happen. After about twenty minutes, I shot a lift bag from my reel and did my deco while hoping that I was still close enough to the boat that they could see my lift bag. Training held true to form and that worked just the way that it is supposed to.
I gather that the other divers had issues as well and had quite short dives as well. As the whitecaps were building, we pulled anchor and headed to Orbacher's for some well-deserved lunch.
Let me know when you want to dive this wreck again. Oh, and make sure that the Captain didn't have any bad luck before the trip even started this time, LOL.
