The weather's just too good these days to pass up diving. Today, it presented an opportunity to make a check dive on the line out to the Stacked Hulls. It's become such a straightforward trip with the new route that there's no wasted effort in locating or following the guideline. But, caution should be exercised. This is still an each way trip of about 1000 feet. If you're going to attempt it - and have any time to spend on the wrecks, which deserve it, then make sure your air consumption is modest, if you're diving a single 80 cu ft cylinder. The line was in good shape. The weeds are all dying back and the interference and drag they had been causing is all but past. For the record, the water temperature was 50℉ (10℃). With a bit of wind playing across the Lake and generating a slight swell, the visibility was down on the weekend, but still reasonable at about 25-30 feet.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Stacked Hulls Line in good shape...
The weather's just too good these days to pass up diving. Today, it presented an opportunity to make a check dive on the line out to the Stacked Hulls. It's become such a straightforward trip with the new route that there's no wasted effort in locating or following the guideline. But, caution should be exercised. This is still an each way trip of about 1000 feet. If you're going to attempt it - and have any time to spend on the wrecks, which deserve it, then make sure your air consumption is modest, if you're diving a single 80 cu ft cylinder. The line was in good shape. The weeds are all dying back and the interference and drag they had been causing is all but past. For the record, the water temperature was 50℉ (10℃). With a bit of wind playing across the Lake and generating a slight swell, the visibility was down on the weekend, but still reasonable at about 25-30 feet.
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Mike did you clean up the line from the anchors to the new line?
I was going to do it on the last dive we did there (Oct 29th) but I hadn't filled my tanks so I was running the dive close on gases.
It would be nice to have a final stake out by the new line to do a proper tie in of the two lines.
It should be mentioned that this dive is not really able to be completed on a single 80 (especially during boating season) with a reasonable amount of safety built in. Not saying it can't be done but more safety would be nice.
Corey - I'm not sure who connected the new line, which runs from the grounds of the Providence Care facility just West of Portsmouth Harbour to the line from the anchors, but I haven't investigated it.
An earlier line that led directly from the anchors to the Hulls has not been complete for most of this year.
You're quite right about the distance involved in this dive, even using the new line, which is substantially shorter than previous guidelines. I'm going to put a halfway marker on the line, so that divers can make a call at that point, if they find themselves in danger of running low.
I wholly support the idea that, in boating season, this should be considered an overhead dive - with surfacing undertaken only in extremis and with great care...
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