Great Lakes Wreck Diving - The Northerner, Port Washington, WI 8/11/13 скачать в хорошем качестве

Great Lakes Wreck Diving - The Northerner, Port Washington, WI 8/11/13

When diving the Northerner wreck near Port Washington, WI, the joke among our dive buddies has been keep a good bite on your regulator, or it might just fall out of your mouth when you first see the ship -- the dark waters of Lake MI open up and you come upon this gorgeous wreck for the first time, sitting near perfectly intact, upright on the Lake Michigan lake-bed @ 130+ feet - it's an awe-inspiring dive. ... as dive buddy Dan C said after we surfaced - THIS is the dive all the practice (40 degree water temps, dry suit, deep dive, unpredictable lake conditions) is for! This dive was held on Sunday, Aug. 11. Dive charter operator was the awesome Mai Tai Adventure Charters out of Milwaukee with amiable and all-things-nautical knowledgeable Capt. Rick. Divers include Mike B., Dan C. and Joli C.. Our group was in full agreement - this is one of THE wrecks on west side of Lake Michigan (or anywhere) - truly a world class wreck dive. Takes a little work to find an operation out of Port Washington (20+ miles north of Milwaukee), but it's worth it - dive this wreck! The Northerner history (from Wikipedia): The Northerner was built in 1850 in Clayton, New York by John Oades. It was originally owned by Henry T. Bacon, a New York merchant, and co-owned and operated by Russell Disbrow. At that time, the Northerner mainly traveled on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. In 1859, the Northerner was damaged in a storm on Lake Ontario and was reconstructed at Wells Island, New York. In 1863, the ship was sold to interests in Chicago. At that point, the Northerner became involved in shipping lumber on Lake Michigan. In 1865, the Northerner was sold to Nicholas Ronk and Andreas Ryerson. Ryerson would be the captain. In November 1868, the hull of The Northerner was damaged at Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, while taking on a cargo of timber. The ship made it to Port Washington, where temporary repairs were made. Then, it was towed back to Milwaukee by another ship; the Cuyahoga. The Northerner capsized en route to Milwaukee on November 29, 1868. The crew managed to escape to the Cuyahog I created this video with a GoPro2 camera and the YouTube Video Editor (   / editor  )