ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date

hchoat · 2nd March 2006, 20:58

Quote: (Originally Posted by Crazyduck)

Heather,
Any chances of you having mixed gas training dives taking place on the USS Oriskany? Not like that would be a selling point.

I think that from North Texas it is about 12hours drive!

YEAH! Andrew

Welll... I'm actually semi-retired (and considering not renewing my insurance this year)- but I imagine we could work something out

(I'd have to dive nasty OC though....

).

J.R.Gauthier · 3rd March 2006, 15:23

Heather,

Do you have any information on trips to the site once it's cleared for divers?

J.R.

hchoat · 3rd March 2006, 15:26

Quote: (Originally Posted by J.R.Gauthier)

Heather,

Do you have any information on trips to the site once it's cleared for divers?

J.R.

My recommendation would be Capt. Dave Mucci at Blue Water Adventures. His website is http://bluwateradventures.com. Capt. Dave's boat isn't real big (27' cat hull 6 pack) but it is fast, and he is a pleasure to dive with. He was involved in the survey for the sink site, and has some info on it on the website.

Heather

TheMacallan · 3rd March 2006, 16:52

Quote: (Originally Posted by Crazyduck)
I think that from North Texas it is about 12hours drive!
Closer than me then

ahhhh but you have HMS Campania a first world war aircraft carrier less than 12 hours away.
OK vis is bit iffy and and you are on the very edge of a very busy shipping channel

but this wreck is of historic importace.
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sgg...e/Campania.JPG

Bazza · 4th March 2006, 01:47

Okay guys ... how does one organise a dive trip from Oz to this beast???

I would like to get the ball rollling now for 2007.

Any direction gladly accepted.

regards Baz

pchanning · 4th March 2006, 15:15

Quote: (Originally Posted by Genesis)

How many scooters do you want to bring?

Its funny how you can go off some people, and really quite quickly too.

hchoat · 5th March 2006, 00:06

Quote: (Originally Posted by Bazza)

Okay guys ... how does one organise a dive trip from Oz to this beast???

I would like to get the ball rollling now for 2007.

Any direction gladly accepted.

regards Baz

Baz-

I'm a lifelong resident of Pensacola. I'd be happy to help you put something together, put you in touch with hotels, boat info, etc. I also have a gas account with the local supplier and can give you a shipping point for sorb, etc. Let me know what kind of info you want.

Heather

Bazza · 5th March 2006, 20:57

Heather .... I have a stack of questions but you seem to have an email blocker in place ???

Please email me offline so that I can follow this up.

regards Barry

kozmik · 5th March 2006, 23:20

Hi there Jim kozmik here..... from Sea of Steel tv series..we are the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC underwater and topside film team,we are also all rebreather divers with evolutions,inspirations and optima units which will all be on camera and deep inside on trimix to film the belly of the beast..we will be the first divers to film the ORISKANY and wil let you know of our results
The team is: Jim Kozmik,Dan Mauro,Val Ranetkins,Kostas,Cornel and Rob Tsuyuki and others may join the dive team as we preceed..
Just never planned a dive penetration dive to 210 ft. to the engine room inside a 900 ft. ship..any suggestions ..should we bring scooters and huge lighting..Koz

Dell Motes · 6th March 2006, 12:46

Quote: (Originally Posted by kozmik)

Hi there Jim kozmik here..... from Sea of Steel tv series..we are the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC underwater and topside film team,we are also all rebreather divers with evolutions,inspirations and optima units which will all be on camera and deep inside on trimix to film the belly of the beast..we will be the first divers to film the ORISKANY and wil let you know of our results
The team is: Jim Kozmik,Dan Mauro,Val Ranetkins,Kostas,Cornel and Rob Tsuyuki and others may join the dive team as we preceed..
Just never planned a dive penetration dive to 210 ft. to the engine room inside a 900 ft. ship..any suggestions ..should we bring scooters and huge lighting..Koz

Hey there Jim, long time, no hear.
Scooters from the surface to your hull entry point. Clip 'em off, swim the rest. Individual lights on the divers and spread them out.
Works well in the underground, should work well in the confines of that ship.
You should not have much to skew your vision, cause' there should not be any real particulate/silt in a newly sunken vessel. You might have stuff stirred up from the nooks and crannies from the sinking, but it should settle quickly. Save the high power lighting until you get in the huge areas, which I can imagine the engine room will be..................
I would take plenty of support divers to help ferry cameras, scooters, bottles and get that stuff back on the boat while you're decoing.

Dell

2nd March 2006, 20:58	#11 (permalink)
hchoat Resident Selkie Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL- USA Posts: 227	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Quote: (Originally Posted by Crazyduck) Heather, Any chances of you having mixed gas training dives taking place on the USS Oriskany? Not like that would be a selling point. I think that from North Texas it is about 12hours drive! YEAH! Andrew Welll... I'm actually semi-retired (and considering not renewing my insurance this year)- but I imagine we could work something out (I'd have to dive nasty OC though.... ). __________________ Duct tape is like the force... it has a light side and dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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3rd March 2006, 15:23	#12 (permalink)
J.R.Gauthier New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Evolution Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 20	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Heather, Do you have any information on trips to the site once it's cleared for divers? J.R.
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3rd March 2006, 15:26	#13 (permalink)
hchoat Resident Selkie Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL- USA Posts: 227	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Quote: (Originally Posted by J.R.Gauthier) Heather, Do you have any information on trips to the site once it's cleared for divers? J.R. My recommendation would be Capt. Dave Mucci at Blue Water Adventures. His website is http://bluwateradventures.com. Capt. Dave's boat isn't real big (27' cat hull 6 pack) but it is fast, and he is a pleasure to dive with. He was involved in the survey for the sink site, and has some info on it on the website. Heather __________________ Duct tape is like the force... it has a light side and dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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3rd March 2006, 16:52	#14 (permalink)
TheMacallan New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 47	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Quote: (Originally Posted by Crazyduck) I think that from North Texas it is about 12hours drive! Closer than me then ahhhh but you have HMS Campania a first world war aircraft carrier less than 12 hours away. OK vis is bit iffy and and you are on the very edge of a very busy shipping channel but this wreck is of historic importace. http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_sgg...e/Campania.JPG
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4th March 2006, 01:47	#15 (permalink)
Bazza New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution rEvo Other CCR Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Sport Kiss Classic Kiss MK 15.X rEvo Other CCR Dolphin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 161	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Okay guys ... how does one organise a dive trip from Oz to this beast??? I would like to get the ball rollling now for 2007. Any direction gladly accepted. regards Baz
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4th March 2006, 15:15	#16 (permalink)
pchanning PFO free :) Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: fixed! Posts: 454	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Quote: (Originally Posted by Genesis) How many scooters do you want to bring? Its funny how you can go off some people, and really quite quickly too. __________________ Cheers Paul The key to enlightenment... is survival.
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5th March 2006, 00:06	#17 (permalink)
hchoat Resident Selkie Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pensacola, FL- USA Posts: 227	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Quote: (Originally Posted by Bazza) Okay guys ... how does one organise a dive trip from Oz to this beast??? I would like to get the ball rollling now for 2007. Any direction gladly accepted. regards Baz Baz- I'm a lifelong resident of Pensacola. I'd be happy to help you put something together, put you in touch with hotels, boat info, etc. I also have a gas account with the local supplier and can give you a shipping point for sorb, etc. Let me know what kind of info you want. Heather __________________ Duct tape is like the force... it has a light side and dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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5th March 2006, 20:57	#18 (permalink)
Bazza New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution rEvo Other CCR Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Sport Kiss Classic Kiss MK 15.X rEvo Other CCR Dolphin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 161	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Heather .... I have a stack of questions but you seem to have an email blocker in place ??? Please email me offline so that I can follow this up. regards Barry
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5th March 2006, 23:20	#19 (permalink)
kozmik New Member Current Rebreather/s: Evolution Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: canada toronto Posts: 13	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Hi there Jim kozmik here..... from Sea of Steel tv series..we are the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC underwater and topside film team,we are also all rebreather divers with evolutions,inspirations and optima units which will all be on camera and deep inside on trimix to film the belly of the beast..we will be the first divers to film the ORISKANY and wil let you know of our results The team is: Jim Kozmik,Dan Mauro,Val Ranetkins,Kostas,Cornel and Rob Tsuyuki and others may join the dive team as we preceed.. Just never planned a dive penetration dive to 210 ft. to the engine room inside a 900 ft. ship..any suggestions ..should we bring scooters and huge lighting..Koz
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6th March 2006, 12:46	#20 (permalink)
Dell Motes New Member Current Rebreather/s: Other SCR Other Rebreather/s: Other SCR Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake City, Florida Posts: 21	Re: ex-USS Oriskany has a sink date Quote: (Originally Posted by kozmik) Hi there Jim kozmik here..... from Sea of Steel tv series..we are the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC underwater and topside film team,we are also all rebreather divers with evolutions,inspirations and optima units which will all be on camera and deep inside on trimix to film the belly of the beast..we will be the first divers to film the ORISKANY and wil let you know of our results The team is: Jim Kozmik,Dan Mauro,Val Ranetkins,Kostas,Cornel and Rob Tsuyuki and others may join the dive team as we preceed.. Just never planned a dive penetration dive to 210 ft. to the engine room inside a 900 ft. ship..any suggestions ..should we bring scooters and huge lighting..Koz Hey there Jim, long time, no hear. Scooters from the surface to your hull entry point. Clip 'em off, swim the rest. Individual lights on the divers and spread them out. Works well in the underground, should work well in the confines of that ship. You should not have much to skew your vision, cause' there should not be any real particulate/silt in a newly sunken vessel. You might have stuff stirred up from the nooks and crannies from the sinking, but it should settle quickly. Save the high power lighting until you get in the huge areas, which I can imagine the engine room will be.................. I would take plenty of support divers to help ferry cameras, scooters, bottles and get that stuff back on the boat while you're decoing. Dell
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