Today's dive was dedicated to conducting research for Hannah Cole (Matt Cole's daughter) to complete a heritage project on the HMS Princess Charlotte, a War of 1812 wooden warship wreck lying on the bottom of Deadman's Bay. Hannah mustered 4 divers, including her father (pictured) to make a dive through the 14" (36cm) thick ice of the Bay and complete survey videos and measurements of the wreck. The party was blessed with excellent topside conditions (sunny, with maximum air temperatures of 7C (44F)). Frankly, for dry-suited divers, it was way too warm...
The water, on the other hand, fulfilled all expectations, showing 32F (0C) on the gauges.
Visibility below the ice was really good - in excess of 40 feet. All Hannah's tasking was successfully completed in two dives; each of about 25 minutes duration. A large, very sleepy turtle was left undisturbed on one of the wreck's main frames. The whole event was really satisfying. It's always important to have a good reason for a dive - and this one couldn't have been better.
More pictures can be viewed on the Club's Flickr site.
2 comments:
What was the water temp? Did you guys get to the other remains to the norhteast? Looked like a beautiful day to be in the water.
water temp was right on freezing, Chris - sorry, meant to include that. No, the tether wouldn't reach up to the other wreck. This was a focused activity concentrating on the Charlotte...
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