Diving PBM-5 Mariner

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:10 am

When viz is great and the tides are perfect...what else can one do but dive in Lake Washington??

Actually, the owners of Arrowcat boat manufactuers offered to take us out on the lake to dive all seven planes in one day. Oddly enough, every plane wreck diver on my boat also had a pilot license...pretty cool!

Dropped on the Mariner...viz was good, the wreck was amazing. I highly recommend this dive to anyone interested!

http://vimeo.com/97635240

CaptnJack · Post by **CaptnJack** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:42 am

All in one day? I am not really that firm a believer in RNT but I don't think that's really possible... Well unless you had multiple buddy pairs aboard each doing different dives.

Looks like you had a nice day on the Mariner. There are much closer (and better) ramps than Magnuson though!

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:53 am

What is RNT?

CaptnJack · Post by **CaptnJack** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:04 am

Jeremy wrote:What is RNT?

LOL that was covered in your OW class big boy, "residual nitrogen time"

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:05 am

Jeremy wrote:What is RNT?

Residual nitrogen time.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:14 am

Memories.

thanks

Yes, the seven planes in one day adventure was carried out by several dive teams with Arrowcat transporting the teams

kdupreez · Post by **kdupreez** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:00 am

we "base camped" out of magnuson with 10 divers and a 30ft luxury power cat capable if 50 knots!

dives commenced at 7am and concluded at 6pm and dove in this order: harpoon, valiant, pb4y, avenger, corsair, wildcat, mariner.

All 7 planes in one day from one boat!

mz53480 · Post by **mz53480** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:26 am

Nice vid!

GearHead · Post by **GearHead** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:08 pm

That's pretty epic!
This sort of thing is my incentive for advancing my tech diving skills.

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:13 pm

GearHead wrote:That's pretty epic!
This sort of thing is my incentive for advancing my tech diving skills.

Nothing wrong with wanting to learn more, but this ain't a tech dive- it's in +/- 60 feet of water. Lake Washington is a challenging environment, to be sure (crappy viz, dark, lack of visual references, etc) but any decently skilled OW diver can enjoy this particular wreck dive.

kasi · Post by **kasi** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:40 pm

I realized through the video that dive in Mariner is very dangerous and i think mostly visitor have much experience then they all go to the tour of different dive centers..

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:09 pm

kasi,

Your posts seem filled with much of the success. Do you think too that it is IN? There is much danger for the tourists.

Regards,

Northwest Dive Club