I really don't mean to attack anybody here, but this has strokery written
all over it.  I hope the detailed report will include an explanation of the
gas selection, especially the air, the 230' EAD and 1.454 po2 bottom mix
and the 80/20.

And you can sue me if you want.

Trout

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From: Chris A Crumley (VaBchVA) <Chris_Crumley@co*.co*>
To: TechDiver Message <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Panam Dive 10/25/98
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 11:30 AM

Message to members of the techdiver listserv:

On Sunday, October 25, 1998, Ken Clayton, aided by a three person support
team, successfully dove the wreck of the Panam, approximately 42 nautical
miles northeast of Morehead City, NC at a depth of approximately 500 fsw.
The dive was to the stern section just forward of the superstructure.

The dive was done using air, Heliair 9/52 and Nitrox 40 and 80 for deco.

The Panam, described in Gary Gentile's Shipwrecks of North Carolina from
Hatteras Inlet South, was a 438' tanker torpedoed by the German U-129 on
May 4, 1943.

The October 25 dive was accomplished in the first available weather
window/boat availability/support team availabliity since an ill-fated
attempt 6/4/96 when Doug Summerhill did not return from the dive. In the
1996 attempt, Clayton reached 456 fsw and the bow section was visible,
however he did not reach the wreck or the bottom.

Message language on the techdiver listserv following the 1996 attempt
prompted Clayton to file a lawsuit in a Delaware court against Roderick
Farb which was later dismissed for improper venue.

A detailed account of the dive is being prepared by support diver Jeff
Hewlett for release on the internet.

Chris Crumley
ccrumley@ch*.co*
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