Admiral Sampson

[rjw]

I'd be intersted in knowing what it looked like back in the day. Our team has only been actively diving it for the last 5-6 yrs. The last couple of years it has seen some serious decay.

[loanwolf]

I'd be intersted in knowing what it looked like back in the day. Our team has only been actively diving it for the last 5-6 yrs. The last couple of years it has seen some serious decay.

lets get together with a few others and have a beer and talk about it. I have only dove the stern on OC so shit for bottom time . first dive orentaion second, dive was penatration on the cut decks, too much too look at. I have never been forward of thier. vyour id is of bow I have nver seen you have gottem me excitec and longing to dive it again as i have never seen what your vid is of.

[ljjames]

These guys did it on OC a fair bit too... I think they get 20 min on the wreck, which isn't to bad a bottom time at 300' with currents that switch around. I have a copy somewhere of a video that Walter shot where they scooter around the whole wreck.

http://www.scret.org/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=33

[loanwolf]

These guys did it on OC a fair bit too... I think they get 20 min on the wreck, which isn't to bad a bottom time at 300' with currents that switch around. I have a copy somewhere of a video that Walter shot where they scooter around the whole wreck.

http://www.scret.org/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=33

Love too see it Laura

Like I said when I did it we hooked the stern I have never seen the bow. If we can get the timming right some of the SD deep team want to come up and dive this one. Has anyone been to the stern recently? Lets see what is the saying?????? "OC no scooter, and lots of cool trinks,,,, no see much when you dive with comercial divers".

[bigsky]

so if you do a tech dive with laura j

Laura James
Director of Sales, Marketing and Education
She-P North America

what does she put on your tank valves?
make a cool picture
dan would have to add that one to the dcs website

[rjw]

These guys did it on OC a fair bit too... I think they get 20 min on the wreck, which isn't to bad a bottom time at 300' with currents that switch around. I have a copy somewhere of a video that Walter shot where they scooter around the whole wreck.

http://www.scret.org/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=33

I Would like to see the video sometime. Although I don't think I have the discipline to scooter the entire wreck on a single dive. Just too much cool stuff to stop and look at along the way.

[ljjames]

I Would like to see the video sometime. Although I don't think I have the discipline to scooter the entire wreck on a single dive. Just too much cool stuff to stop and look at along the way.

I'm not quite sure where it is, the move has discombobulated my office.

I guess they were doing the dives with the specific purpose, survey and document. At ~150 to 170fpm, if the wreck is, say... 400' long, you can plan accordingly and have time to do both in 25min (course i'm just talking out my ass for the most part, since i have not been on this wreck and would possibly be slowed down too by the cool stuff)

Video documentation is probably one the best ways to show the 'life cycle' of a wreck (something i'm always interested in). Take the diamond knot for example... amazing to look at the pre-collapse and post collapse videos..

I am so grateful that Dan is willing to 'give up' part of his dive (and his post production time after the dive) to share the wreck with us, because i know that pushing a camera along does "change the experience".

[rjw]

Our goal is also to survey and document as well but..........we have agreed to a somewhat relaxed pace that will allow a balance between the amout of ground covered and the amount of detail recorded. As a result it will take us a couple of dives to document the same area and hopefully see some of the small items that would otherwise be overlooked. If my memory serves didn't SCRET do their first dives in 2000-2001? It would be real interesting to see how the wreck has changed over the last 9-10yrs.

[ljjames]

Our goal is also to survey and document as well but..........we have agreed to a somewhat relaxed pace that will allow a balance between the amout of ground covered and the amount of detail recorded. As a result it will take us a couple of dives to document the same area and hopefully see some of the small items that would otherwise be overlooked. If my memory serves didn't SCRET do their first dives in 2000-2001? It would be real interesting to see how the wreck has changed over the last 9-10yrs.

I will ask Walter if he would be interested in making/letting me make a compilation video.

[Romer Treece]

I am so grateful that Dan is willing to 'give up' part of his dive (and his post production time after the dive) to share the wreck with us, because i know that pushing a camera along does "change the experience".

I figure if I'm going to "document" these wrecks, what good is filming it if you aren't going to show anyone. It may not be the best footage, but it's out there. :biggrin:

[ljjames]

Walter had a good idea as well, maybe i can get in touch with Kent and ask him if he'd be interested in sharing some of the sub footage from years ago... Add that to their footage and correlate with new stuff and see what we can come up with!!

[Mattleycrue76]

Congrats on an awesome dive guys. I can only dream about laying eyes on the Sampson in some far away distant future. The local tech instructors should get together and sponsor you guys Talk about dealing crack...

[Raydar]

I guess they were doing the dives with the specific purpose, survey and document. At ~150 to 170fpm, if the wreck is, say... 400' long, you can plan accordingly and have time to do both in 25min (course i'm just talking out my ass for the most part, since i have not been on this wreck and would possibly be slowed down too by the cool stuff)

Yeah, you might see a grunt sculpin that you'd have to stop and video.

[Romer Treece]

Walter had a good idea as well, maybe i can get in touch with Kent and ask him if he'd be interested in sharing some of the sub footage from years ago... Add that to their footage and correlate with new stuff and see what we can come up with!!

I just talked to Gary Severson a few days ago, I'll bring it up to him.

[Romer Treece]

The local tech instructors should get together and sponsor you guys Talk about dealing crack...

I like that!Those charters are expensive!

[ljjames]

Walter had a good idea as well, maybe i can get in touch with Kent and ask him if he'd be interested in sharing some of the sub footage from years ago... Add that to their footage and correlate with new stuff and see what we can come up with!!

that would ROCK!!

I just talked to Gary Severson a few days ago, I'll bring it up to him.

[Bric Martin]

The edit on the film was great! The highlights on the map made the footage even more enjoyable. This was very cool to watch.

[Romer Treece]

Walter had a good idea as well, maybe i can get in touch with Kent and ask him if he'd be interested in sharing some of the sub footage from years ago... Add that to their footage and correlate with new stuff and see what we can come up with!!

that would ROCK!!

I just talked to Gary Severson a few days ago, I'll bring it up to him.

From Gary:

Hi Dan,
Nice video, good job getting down there. I have some video, you can see a little more of the wreck because the sub ran a little higher off of the wreck. All the original footage is in storage own by the widow of the guy who shot it. He told me a week before he died that I could have it. Its a mess trying to get it. He ended up leaving it to his 16 year old daughter. He died about 10 years ago. I call his widow every few months to see if I can get it but she says she doesn't have time to look. I will give her a call again maybe she might come through.
Regards,
Gary

[ljjames]

lets cross our fingers then, and send some 'good searching' vibes her way

Walter had a good idea as well, maybe i can get in touch with Kent and ask him if he'd be interested in sharing some of the sub footage from years ago... Add that to their footage and correlate with new stuff and see what we can come up with!!

that would ROCK!!

I just talked to Gary Severson a few days ago, I'll bring it up to him.

From Gary:

Hi Dan,
Nice video, good job getting down there. I have some video, you can see a little more of the wreck because the sub ran a little higher off of the wreck. All the original footage is in storage own by the widow of the guy who shot it. He told me a week before he died that I could have it. Its a mess trying to get it. He ended up leaving it to his 16 year old daughter. He died about 10 years ago. I call his widow every few months to see if I can get it but she says she doesn't have time to look. I will give her a call again maybe she might come through.
Regards,
Gary

[Romer Treece]

What's one woman's trash is another man's / woman's treasure.

[ljjames]

totally!

What's one woman's trash is another man's / woman's treasure.