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We splashed 2 teams off the Aluminator. Team one consisted on Dan Warter, Rob Wilson, Paul Hangarter, and myself. Second team was Eric Foreman and Albert Candelaria. Ken Gustafson was good enough to volunteer to be a safety diver. (Thanks, Ken!) We met up in Kenmore this AM after a few of us got our wires crossed and showed up in Kirkland....
![d'oh! #-o](./images/smilies/eusa_doh.gif)
Anyway, by 8:15, we were headed towards the wreck site. Dan had the coordinates locked in pretty tight, and after a few passes over the wreck, working closely with Captain Howie, he dropped the downline. It turned out to be a direct hit! No need to tie off to the line and navigate to the wreck for this crew.
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Team one splashed first, followed closey by Eric and Albert in team two. After What seemed like a really long descent, we all joined up right on the afterdeck, and marvelled at the precision of the line drop- Dan had placed the "monkey fist" right on the deck! Paul and Rob secured the line, while Dan and I worked our way forward slowly. Vis was, I'm guessing, 12 feet or more, which is more than one can hope for in the Lake. According to my OMS bottom timer, which is callibrated for fresh water, my max depth was 187'. We slowly swam around the wreck, for bow to stern, while Dan filmed everything on his new camera, (that he appreciates now more than he did when he first got it, I'm guessing!). The wreck is in really good shape, much as you can see it the link to Dan's site, above. We hunted for clues to it's identity, but found nothing conclusive. These efforts are a work in progress, and I feel that it's just a matter of time until her identity is revealed. All too soon, our bottom time was up, and we headed towards the upline to commence our long decompression. Water temps were just about balmy, although I didn't record them on my computer. Anyway, Deco was as pleasant as you could ask for around here, and the entire dive passed withjout any drama, or need for Ken to do anything but help us gear up, and get back on the boat. I want to thank everyone who was there today for a great dive- I couldn't ask for a better group to do what we did today; Let's do it again, soon!