Well, we wont be needing to go to the gym for a while will we??
Great trip reports, and a memorable day for all of us. Its nice to be able to take some decent divers to some of the more remote locations where the wrecks aren't dived that often.
When we got up to Biscayne (and the heavens opened) there was only a slight current. By the time we had hooked the wreck, it had picked up significantly and the grapnel got pulled off the wreck. After this happened for the second time, we switched to the dankforth, which seemed to stick, then come loose and stick again. (It turned out that the current had pulled it a good hundred yards from the wreck before it got stuck again)
We splashed about 15 mins after the Rebreather guys, with a plan of coming back up the line as we like to be onboard managing the recovery of divers doing drifting deco as opposed to having two teams drifting 15 mins apart. The current had picked up even more when we got in and was now screaming. When we hit the bottom after a good work out pulling down to the wreck, we knew that the guys wouldnt bother trying to come up the line and would drift off for their deco. As we were obliged to ride it out on the line we headed up after a quick look around in order to minimize the deco. Sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, goliath groupers it was all happening!
The SG was its usual excellent dive. AJ and I did a bit of digging around by the engine room trying some new hatches that didnt want to let us in. Nice turtle on the way back up, which Adrian got some awesome shots of.
Next time we should do the Northern Light or the Queen of Nassau. I would also like to rent a small boat and take it down South and do the Wilkes Barre and the Curb etc, all are welcome! I have a friend in Germany who is writing a book and is desperate to get on the Wilkes!
Thanks Adrian, Eric and John for a good trip out - now where did I put that aftersun....