Thursday dawns with good weather so we aim for 2 dives catching the tide first thing with a 6am ropes off followed by another dive early afternoon.
We'd spent a good chunk of time on wednesday reviewing video and stills and this let us improve our map. Being able to work through the video actually allowed us to spot certain items that might have been overlooked on a dive. By also including shots of the lines and markers we'd installed it was also easier to ensure we had some accuracy. Dive teams and objectives were
Team 1 - Al, Clare, John Kendall
Video South and south east assisted by one of the HMI lights
Team 2 - Andy, John Grogan, Rich, David
Head west and north west with video and stills
Team 3 - Rob, Osama, Ricardo
Head north east and lay new zig zag line to fill in a blank space on the map
Team 4 - Joe, Gareth
Investigate bilge pump and area under the deck in an attempt to find specific features which might help id the wreck
We got some more stills and video, couple of examples are below
If any of the guys would like to post a personel view of what they acheived on this dive that would be great.
We chilled out on the surface for several hours and had lunch before getting in for dive 2.
Team 1 - Al, Clare, John Kendall
Video north and north line assisted by one of the HMI lights
Team 2 - Andy, Rich
Head north west with goal of adding line
Team 3 - David, John Grogan
North west line with goal of finding Capstan and surveying
Team 3 - Rob, Osama, Ricardo
Perform survey of South and south east lines.
Team 4 - Joe, Gareth
Concentrate on hull photos
Overall we had some very solid diving today and when reviewing the footage felt we'd obtained some very promising leads. The whole team was pretty excited at the prospect of friday's diving.