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> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:25:01 -0400
> To: "Ted Green" <scuba@md*.co*>
> From: Bill Bott <aquadart@ix*.ne*.co*>
> Subject: Re: TECHNICAL DIVING CAPITAL?
> Cc: tech Divers List <Techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Bill,
You will get no argument from me about how great Great
Lakes diving is. Send me directions and I'll pack my gear. My point
was that saying you have the"Best" is shorted sighted if you haven't
left home and seen what else is out there.
Safe Diving
Ted Green
> Ted,
>
> I don't wish to start an inane debate about where the real "land of
> technical wreck diving" begins or ends. However, since I have nothing
> better to do until 5:00pm, if one uses the density of wrecks, water temp,
> depth, or logistical difficulty of the dive as the measure, perhaps you
> would like to grab your drysuit get some MORE real underwear, a BIG bottle
> of Argon and your electric chaps (if you own them) and come way North to
> the Great Lakes. With the highest concentration of ship wrecks in the
> world, preserved in 38 degree fresh water, with no coral, sponges or algae
> hiding the original features of the Great Lakes Ghost Fleet. Depths of the
> KNOWN wrecks range from on shore to more than 500'. Vis ranges from <5' to
> more than 50' (Okay that is a rare day). And currents ranging from none to
> nearly 12 Kts. (no that is not a typo).
>
> Let me just say you are right about the South Florida "wrecks". After
> diving the "best" South Florida had to offer (the Hydro, the Miller Lite,
> the Clinton, the R.B. Johnson/Corey & Chris and others) I moved back to the
> real wreck diving capital of the world (technical or non) the Great Lakes.
>
> At 12:30 PM 6/19/97 +0000, you wrote:
> > MRLUNGS,
> > I think you may have the term "ship wreck" confused with
> >"artificial reef". A ship wreck is a vessel that was accidently
> >sunk and or destroyed with contense and people on board. An
> >artificial reef is a derelict placed on the bottom of the ocean
> >instead of being cut up for scrap!
> > Pull out your drysuit ( if you own one), get some real
> >underwear, and a bottle of Argon and come North to the land of
> >technical wreck diving.
> >
> > Ted Green
> Bill (aquadart) Bott
>
>
Ted Green (owner)
Tidewater Aquatics (Dive Store)
Salisbury Maryland USA
TDI IT #029
SSI MI #178
The world contains but three types of people:
1. Those who make things happen.
2. Those who watch things happen.
3. Those who wonder what happened.
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