Customer Webpage Comment by super diver
Updated: 2010-09-30 18:34:03
<td align="left"any good dive spots up there by super diver on 9/27/2010
NCIS mulls probe into vandalism of sunken U.S. warship off Okinawa
Updated: 2010-09-30 11:07:00
From urt Reese/Special to Stars and Stripes
By Travis J. Tritten - Stars and Stripes
Sometime in the past three months, a group of unknown scuba divers drifted 135 feet down into the deep blue waters here.Their destination was the ghostly wreck of the USS Emmons, a World War II destroyer battered by kamikaze planes and scuttled by the U.S. military in 1945.The divers slipped inside the Emmons, pried loose an engraved metal plate, and disappeared again into the blue.The looting of the Emmons...Mother and Child Fighting it Out in the Pacific
Updated: 2010-09-30 05:39:48
La Niña kicked El Niño to the proverbial curb early this Summer. This caused Summer to never really arrive in Southern California. Now “the baby” is predicted to stick it out into the Winter which is predicted to cause drought conditions during the only period of the year that SoCal counts on for rain. A [...]The sinking of H.M.S. Schooner The Speedy
Updated: 2010-09-30 05:39:40
By Tara Lember - oshawaexpress.ca
On the evening of October 7, 1804, the HMS Schooner The Speedy left the port at York en route to Presqu’le. The passengers aboard the ship were some of Toronto’ elite citizens and law makers. Combined with crew members, there were estimated to be more than 30 people aboard. The following day, a fierce storm swept across Lake Ontario disabling the schooner, and the vessel was never seen again. It is assumed that the ship sank on October 8, 1804, after...Box found in Arctic has no Franklin, Amundsen items
Updated: 2010-09-30 05:39:40
From BC News
A box unearthed in a Nunavut community along the Northwest Passage earlier this month contains nothing related to Arctic explorers Sir John Franklin or Roald Amundsen, government officials have announced.The wooden box, which was believed to have been buried for decades in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, was opened by the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa on Friday.The box was purported to contain either documents related to Franklin's ill-fated attempt to navigate the Northwest...Sunken WWII destroyer plundered by divers
Updated: 2010-09-30 00:52:32
A group of scuba divers have stolen from the USS Emmons, a World War II destroyer which sunk off the coast of Okinawa. Sometime in the past three months, a group of unknown scuba divers drifted 135 feet down into the deep blue waters here. Their destination was the ghostly wreck of the USS Emmons, [...]Happy National Coffee Day – Coffee, Edward Lloyd, Ships and Shipping
Updated: 2010-09-29 21:34:21
Happy National Coffee Day! I don’t know who decided that today was National Coffee Day, nor even why we should necessarily be celebrating it. However, as a confirmed and happily contented coffee addict, perhaps this is a good time to reflect on coffee, ships and shipping. Coffee may have had a far greater impact [...]Best Divers Demo Metal Keychain - $11.95
Updated: 2010-09-29 13:29:04Shipping Rates Security Privacy Order Status My Account Wish List Cart Call our certified SCUBA instructors 800-34-SCUBA 7 days 8AM 6PM PST Price Protection Full Warranties Scuba Resources Happy Customers Search No Sales Tax 150 Price Protection Full Manufacturer's Warranty Scuba Equipment Packages Personal Gear Packages Diving Systems Camera Packages Snorkeling Packages Wetsuit Packages Product Categories Bags Books Videos and CDs Boots Buoyancy Compensators Cameras Clips and Reels Closeouts Clothing Communication Compressors Computers Dive Skins Dry Boxes Dry Suits Fins Gauges Gift Certificate Gift Items Gloves Hood Hookah Systems Instruction Online Kayaks Kidz Gear Knives Lights Masks Miscellaneous Octos Spare Air Regulators Safety First Aid Scooters Snorkels Spearguns Surfing SwimmingThirteen Refugees Drown after Rescue Attempt by USS Winston S. Churchill
Updated: 2010-09-29 13:28:51
Given all the reporting on piracy off the Horn of Africa, we hear very little about another crisis – the flood of refugees fleeing the instability and chaos of Somalia’s clan wars. Last year 74,000 people crossed the Gulf of Aden in smugglers’ boats to reach Yemen, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. On Monday the USS Winston S. Churchill attempted to [...]Electrolux’s ‘Vac from the Sea’ Turns Ocean Plastic into Vacuum Cleaners
Updated: 2010-09-29 13:28:50
Yesterday we posted that scientists are not sure where all the plastic floating in the vast Atlantic and Pacific garbage patches is going. Sadly, the answer is probably not that a big vacuum cleaner is vacuuming the stuff up to recycle it. Nevertheless, here is a great story about Electrolux, which is facing, believe it or not, a shortage of recycled plastic with which to make vacuum cleaners. Electrolux [...]Endangered Species – Watermen of the Chesapeake
Updated: 2010-09-29 13:28:48The Mariners Museum in Newport News, VA has a new exhibition: Endangered Species – Watermen of the Chesapeake, featuring extraordinary B & W portraits of watermen who work the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. For those of us not in the area, the website includes photography and video of the waterman, including clips from “The Last [...]Ship Photo of the Week
Updated: 2010-09-28 19:09:29
Image taken by Rob Almeida at Galena Park, Houston. This bulk carrier was taking on grain bound for Port Sudan. Digg this! Share this on Facebook Post on Google Buzz Share this on LinkedIn Email this to a friend? Share this on Reddit Tweet This! Buzz up!Passengers Should Embark and Disembark by the Gangway Only
Updated: 2010-09-28 00:34:24
Passengers should embark and disembark by the gangway only. Three stories, two of them tragic, of unusual arrivals and departures from cruise ships last week. On the Holland America cruise ship, Prinsendam, passengers were shocked when a powered hang glider made a crash landing on the upper deck while the ship was docked in Portimao last week. The 25-year-old Brazilian pilot [...]MV Lugela Hijacked then Freed off Somalia after Crew Retreats to Engine Room
Updated: 2010-09-27 16:28:59
Well planned passive resistance proved to be an effective tactic for the crew of the MV Lugela this weekend. Earlier this month we posted about the hijacking and subsequent recapture of the M/V Magellan Star from Somali pirates by US Marine commandos, after the crew had disabled the engine and hid in a safe room. On Saturday, 900 [...]SS Robin, World’s Oldest Steamship Returns to London
Updated: 2010-09-27 16:28:57
An update on our post from last June on the SS Robin, an 1890 built steam coaster, the last of her kind and the oldest complete steamship in the world. She arrived in Tillbury last week aboard a a custom built pontoon barge in time to celebrate her 120th birthday. World’s oldest steamship returns to London SS Robin, the world’s oldest [...]Stately Portuguese Visitor Sails Calmly Into Jakarta
Updated: 2010-09-27 06:57:00
By Ismira Lutfia - Jakarta Globe
The Portuguese training ship Sagres sailed into Jakarta with great fanfare from the Indonesian Navy on Saturday to begin its its five-day stopover here. Arriving at the Tanjung Priok port after a week-long voyage from Dili, East Timor, Sagres will be open to the public until Thursday before it continues on its journey to Bangkok as part of its 11-month circumnavigation as “a floating embassy of Portugal,” said the ship’ captain, Comr. Luis Proenca...September Frolic Warm ‘n Windless
Updated: 2010-09-27 00:19:08
Summer suddenly made an appearance in Southern California this weekend. The temps jumped into the 80′s at the beach and the timing appeared perfect for our monthly Full Moon Frolic get together. We had a nice contingent of members and their friends assembled for the event. Alas, the wind failed to show. It was noted [...]At Sea Memorial for AHS Centaur 67 Years After Being Torpedoed
Updated: 2010-09-27 00:19:07
The Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 14 May 1943. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilian crew aboard, 268 were killed. The exact position of the sunken ship was unknown until December of last year when the ship wreck was positively identified. On [...]Heating homes to reduce climate change
Updated: 2010-09-25 15:48:47A radical new heating system where homes would be heated by district centres rather than in individual households could dramatically cut the UK's greenhouse gas emissions. In a series of reports to be presented at a major conference this week, researchers at The University of Manchester claim using sustainable wood and other biofuels could hold the key to lowering harmful greenhouse gases........Bronze Age victim of violence found on Isle of Man
Updated: 2010-09-25 01:01:59
A 3,000-year-old skeleton bearing evidence of a violent demise has been found on the Isle of Man. During excavations at Ronaldsway in 2008, three burial sites and the remains of a village were unearthed. Archaeologists found that one skeleton bore the marks of a violent death. Allison Fox from Manx National Heritage said: “We found [...]Dive In Festival
Updated: 2010-09-24 15:34:14Scuba Diving Event September 25: Harleysville, PA, USAOn Saturday, September 25, 2010 , join us at our second annual Dive In Festival, an all day event designed to bring divers and non-divers in the community together to learn about the mission of the International Association for Handicapped Divers, and to support the IAHD-Americas programs. The Dive In Festival, will be held on the grounds of the Academy of Deeper Education, located at 601 Yoder Road in Harleysville, PA on Saturday, September 25th. The festivities are scheduled to start at 7:00 a.m. and will be going on late into the nightAuthor Claims Steering Error Sank the Titanic
Updated: 2010-09-23 07:14:00
By Robert Mackey - helede.blogs.nytimes.com
The granddaughter of a senior member of the Titanic’ crew has revealed in a new book what she describes as a family secret kept for decades: that a simple steering error caused the ship to strike an iceberg and sink during its maiden voyage in 1912.Louise Patten, a novelist whose new book, “Good as Gold,” mixes fact and fiction, told The Telegraph that her grandfather, Charles Lightoller, the senior surviving officer from the...Mother Earth could have parted sea for Moses' escape
Updated: 2010-09-22 08:53:48
By Brett Israel - snbc.msn.comMother Earth could have parted the Red Sea, hatching the great escape described in the biblical book of Exodus, a new study finds. A strong east wind, blowing overnight, could have swept water off a bend where an ancient river is believed to have merged with a coastal lagoon along the Mediterranean Sea, said study team member Carl Drews of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. While archaeologists and Egyptologists have found little evidence that...How the Titanic tore apart
Updated: 2010-09-22 08:53:47
By Alan Boyle - cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com
Experts are still analyzing their newly made 3-D maps of the Titanic shipwreck site, but they can already see that the great ship’ breakup was messier than most folks, including "Titanic" film director James Cameron, may have thought. “It wasn’ quite the way Cameron showed it in his movie,” expedition co-leader Dave Gallo observed.In a post-expedition interview, Gallo said the fates of the 1,517 people who died in the 1912 tragedy...Fifty Years of Shipwreck Excavation Opens New Windows on History
Updated: 2010-09-22 08:53:47
Photo courtesy of Institue of Nautical Archaeology
By Fabio Esteban Amador - Natgeo Newswatch
2010 marks the 50th anniversary of George Bass's first-ever submarine mapping and excavation of a complete shipwreck and the dawn of modern underwater archaeology.Transoceanic explorers throughout time have traveled in relatively fragile vessels, often carrying their personal belongings, items that reflect who they are and where they are from.Their ships transported resources, tools, knowledge and technologies....Saving cannons with electrolysis at Blackbeard shipwreck site
Updated: 2010-09-21 14:21:00By Scott Pickey - waytv3.com Three hundred years on the ocean floor can be pretty rough on a body. The Underwater Archaeology Branch (UAB) of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources will dedicate its fall dive to treating some large bodies of iron in the Atlantic Ocean. Researchers, from Sept. 22-Oct. 29, will be on wreck site of the likely Queen Anne’ Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’ flagship, which sank in 1718 near Beaufort.They will try to change the electrochemical process...Titanic exhibition gives rise to truths of the 20th century
Updated: 2010-09-21 12:48:00By Robert Reid - The Record.com The Titanic has docked in downtown Kitchener.Most people know about the “unsinkable” steamship sinking after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, even if they don’ know the date — April 15, 1912.Thanks to The Museum, history and mystery collide with an exhibition of more than 150 artifacts recovered from the world’ most famous shipwreck.Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition is being unveiled Thursday at an invitation-only gala. It...James Cameron and the next Avatar
Updated: 2010-09-21 01:57:00
By Michael Hanlon - Daily Mail
Five thousand fathoms under the waves, a deafening clang rang out through the cramped, freezing submarine, causing the whole vessel to shake like a leaf. Squinting through their tiny Plexiglas window into the abyss, the two explorers’hearts missed a beat. lsquo;It was a pretty hairy experience,’they said afterwards with some understatement. The outer layer of their porthole had cracked under the unimaginable weight of six miles of seawater —...Newly discovered Arctic graves could be tied to Franklin Expedition
Updated: 2010-09-21 01:01:00By Randy Boswell - Montreal Gazette A British adventurer has piqued the interest of the Canadian government after reporting the discovery of skeletal human remains on a small, unnamed island in Arctic waters close to where members of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition are known to have disappeared more than 160 years ago.Bear Grylls, star of the popular Man vs. Wild outdoor survival TV series, claims to have found bones, charred wood and other artifacts earlier this month during a charity-fundraising...
Annual Beach Clean-up Day Coming
Updated: 2010-09-19 20:58:24
Every year, a number of organizations come together to create Coastal Cleanup Day. This year, it’s Saturday September 25th. It is the 26th annual event where volunteers clean up beaches and inland waterways throughout the county. In 2009, over 3000 volunteers showed up to help out. They picked up over 17,000 pounds of trash across [...]Used Scuba Gear: Ocean Reef Used Underwater 2-Way Radio Communication Unit - $419.95
Updated: 2010-09-19 12:53:36Shipping Rates Security Privacy Order Status My Account Wish List Cart Call our certified SCUBA instructors 800-34-SCUBA 7 days 8AM 6PM PST Price Protection Full Warranties Scuba Resources Happy Customers Search No Sales Tax 150 Price Protection Full Manufacturer's Warranty Scuba Equipment Packages Personal Gear Packages Diving Systems Camera Packages Snorkeling Packages Wetsuit Packages Product Categories Bags Books Videos and CDs Boots Buoyancy Compensators Cameras Clips and Reels Closeouts Clothing Communication Compressors Computers Dive Skins Dry Boxes Dry Suits Fins Gauges Gift Certificate Gift Items Gloves Hood Hookah Systems Instruction Online Kayaks Kidz Gear Knives Lights Masks Miscellaneous Octos Spare Air Regulators Safety First Aid Scooters Snorkels Spearguns Surfing SwimmingNew Scuba Gear: Billabong Sacred Cargo Wet/Dry Sack - $59.95
Updated: 2010-09-18 02:58:30Shipping Rates Security Privacy Order Status My Account Wish List Cart Call our certified SCUBA instructors 800-34-SCUBA 7 days 8AM 6PM PST Price Protection Full Warranties Scuba Resources Happy Customers Search No Sales Tax 150 Price Protection Full Manufacturer's Warranty Scuba Equipment Packages Personal Gear Packages Diving Systems Camera Packages Snorkeling Packages Wetsuit Packages Product Categories Bags Books Videos and CDs Boots Buoyancy Compensators Cameras Clips and Reels Closeouts Clothing Communication Compressors Computers Dive Skins Dry Boxes Dry Suits Fins Gauges Gift Certificate Gift Items Gloves Hood Hookah Systems Instruction Online Kayaks Kidz Gear Knives Lights Masks Miscellaneous Octos Spare Air Regulators Safety First Aid Scooters Snorkels Spearguns Surfing SwimmingShipwreck discovery could be one of five
Updated: 2010-09-17 05:23:00
By ominic Feain - Northern Star
The mystery shipwreck discovered at Lighthouse Beach in Ballina last week may be one of five steamships that came to grief in the area, experts say.News of the discovery has spread, exciting more than just local shipwreck spotters. Experts from Sydney plan to inspect the site next week if conditions are favourable.Heavy seas expected this weekend may scuttle hopes of identifying the wreck before it is reclaimed by the ever shifting sea floor.Tim Smith, deputy...B-29 Superfortress at the Bottom of Lake Mead
Updated: 2010-09-17 05:06:00
By Jim Burnett - ational Parks raveler
A Hollywood writer would love this plot…but it's true. The "largest, most advanced aircraft of its day," modified for a secret research mission, takes off for a flight over the desert. Painted on its nose are the words, "Cosmic Ray Research." The plane ends up at the bottom of one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, Lake Mead, where the wreck becomes a prized find for underwater archeologists. The plane was a B-29 Superfortress,...Arctic sea ice reaches lowest 2010 extent
Updated: 2010-09-16 18:38:14Net World Directory listing Net World Directory Your personal directory for the internet Net World Directory : Arctic sea ice reaches lowest 2010 extent Back to the main geography blog page Subscribe To Geography Blog RSS Feed Arctic sea ice reaches lowest 2010 extent Arctic sea ice reached what appears to be the lowest 2010 extent , making it the third lowest extent in the satellite . record Credit : CU-Boulder National snow and Ice Data Center The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year , the third-lowest recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice extent in 1979, as per the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center . While this year's September minimum extent was greater than 2007 and 2008, the two record-setting andBack from the depths... The RMS Titanic Collection
Updated: 2010-09-16 17:53:00
From aul Fraser Collectibles.com
Collectibles related to the disaster are greatly coveted, and many are now part of a travelling exhibitionThe RMS Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world when it set out on its maiden voyage in April 1912. With advanced measures built into the vessel to keep it afloat in the teeth of any eventuality, its sinking caused astonishment and horror round the world.The event has passed into public consciousness, and whilst it is no longer in living...Royal Navy sub plundered by thieves
Updated: 2010-09-16 09:03:00
By Andrew Dagnell - Daily Mail
The wreck of an historic Royal Navy submarine has been plundered by thieves who dived 90ft to the sea bed to remove part of it. HMS Holland, which sank in bad weather off the Sussex coast while being towed to a scrapyard in 1912, is protected by law because of its historical importance. Now police are investigating after divers from the Nautical Archaeology Society discovered during a routine check that its torpedo tube hatch is missing. Thieves are thought to...Medal for a saviour of the Titanic goes under the hammer at Bonhams
Updated: 2010-09-16 07:26:00
From aul Fraser Collectibles.com
A bronze award for a crew member of RMS Carpathia heads their Marine Sale.Tomorrow, Bonhams is holding a Travel and Exploration sale at which they're offering an exceptionally rare signed scrimshawed whale's tooth from Charles Darwin's voyage on HMS Beagle.Not prepared to leave it at that, however, the auctioneer is preparing to offer of the largest scrimshaw collections in recent years at their Marine Sale at the end of the month, including a massive English...US Navy searches for John Paul Jones ship
Updated: 2010-09-16 06:39:00By Bert Houston - News & Star The US Navy has launched a search for a ship involved in a legendary Solway sailor’ most famous battles. John Paul Jones, who launched his maritime career in Whitehaven, and is now regarded as the founding father of the US Navy, was the swashbuckling hero of a clash off the Yorkshire coast at Flamborough Head in 1779 – one of the key battles in the American War of Independence.Jones, who was born near Dumfries, was captain of the Bonhomme Richard when...Research on suspected shipwreck in Lake Michigan moves ahead
Updated: 2010-09-16 06:34:00By Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki - Free Press The effort to confirm whether a suspected shipwreck site in Lake Michigan is the long-lost Griffon, the first European sailing ship on the Great Lakes, just took a step forward.Virginian Steve Libert, who discovered the site that could be the Griffon, has selected the Center for Maritime and Underwater Resource Management from Laingsburg, near Lansing, to do the Phase II archeological work on the site, it was announced today.CMURM is a nonprofit group specializing...Dive right into Gallipoli history
Updated: 2010-09-16 06:29:00
By atthew Deans - Coffs Coast Advocate
Photographer and diver Mark Spencer will give a presentation tonight on a recent expedition to Gallipoli that documented the underwater battlefield at Anzac Cove.Dr Spencer's work with Australia's leading maritime archaeology team helped uncover a number of new shipwrecks, including a hospital ship on the sea bed.In a remarkable family tie, his great uncle Victor Markey served as a stretcher bearer during the World War I campaign and quite possibly...McNish Classic Regatta 2010
Updated: 2010-09-08 22:01:17
After more than 30 years of racing around old boats, Dick McNish and his partners at PCYC have created a legendary event for classic yachts to gather at on the West Coast. This year’s 33rd edition happens on Saturday, July 30 out of our Channel Islands Harbor. Early arrival I couldn’t see the name of [...]