The Thistlegorm, best wreck of the world ?

[Rock Hopper]

I think the hold near the stern was hit and obliterated, contents spread all over.

Possibly not. Because of their nature, the contents were probably removed in the years before the wreck was "officially" discovered.

 

[passeparici]

Navigating the wreck itself as a whole isn't difficult at all. It's finding your line. With over a half a dozen liveaboards moored to the wreck, each with at least two lines, it's like spaghetti down there, made worse by lots of silt created by divers as they begin and end their dives. When we dived the wreck most of the boats were tied in near the blown up area which doesn't provide a great reference. Some boats put a flag on their lines so you know which line is yours, but most don't. I remember looking at several lines and doing the 'eeny meenie miny moe" thing, we ascended and found ourselves at a nearby dive boat.

Pay some attention when you go down to where is your line tied. That helps a lot. Unfortunatly, very often, we forget to do that as we concentrate at seeing the wreck for the first time

 

[passeparici]

You know, I did exactly that. I took a really good look at the spot, observed the location, position and orientation of the line and committed it to memory. And when I got back to it I couldn't remember a freaking thing.

Hehe it happened to me from time to time. Put your own mark to the line ?

 

[admikar]

Cut all the other lines at dive start?