Wow... Just stumbled upon your channel, impressive quality ! The context + layout of the wreck at the beginning of the vid is very helpful and so are the subtitles ! Thank you !
another good one...very cool look into the past...I dove her in 2001 (three days before 9/11). Would be a blast to drag my sentinel over and really spend some time in Scapa! Pubs in the evening....wrecks by day! Thanks, Andrew
Hi - the video footage was shot a couple of weeks ago, it’s just the wreck illustration that is as she was in the 1990’s - to make it easier for folk to understand what they are seeing. Glad the videos are bringing back fond Scapa memories for you!
Hi Ron - Puget Sound is a famous place indeed! The Karlsruhe is the shallowest of the 4 remaining cruisers, lying in about 26 metres of water. The average vis in Scapa is 30-50 feet, but on bad days with the plankton bloom it can be 5-feet! You pays your money, and takes your chance!
Hi - kedging out is fairly common in sailing, you see folk rowing out in tenders with their anchor aboard to pull the yacht in a certain direction by winching the anchor line inboard. Likewise, if a ship in danger of sinking is being run aground bow onto a beach, the skipper can drop the kedge anchor at the stern on the way in, and when ready, he can winch in the anchor, which will have the effect of pulling the ship off the beach backwards. The famous west coast wreck of SS Shuna did exactly that as her bow was run ashore to stop her sinking. But she was too badly damaged and sunk stern first into deeper water.
Great dive with good subtitles pointing things out. Thank you 👍👌
Wow... Just stumbled upon your channel, impressive quality !
The context + layout of the wreck at the beginning of the vid is very helpful and so are the subtitles ! Thank you !
another good one...very cool look into the past...I dove her in 2001 (three days before 9/11). Would be a blast to drag my sentinel over and really spend some time in Scapa! Pubs in the evening....wrecks by day! Thanks, Andrew
Hi - the video footage was shot a couple of weeks ago, it’s just the wreck illustration that is as she was in the 1990’s - to make it easier for folk to understand what they are seeing. Glad the videos are bringing back fond Scapa memories for you!
Wonderful pics visibility is great, how deep is this?? I live in Washington state and it's rare to see like this in Puget Sound.
Hi Ron - Puget Sound is a famous place indeed!
The Karlsruhe is the shallowest of the 4 remaining cruisers, lying in about 26 metres of water. The average vis in Scapa is 30-50 feet, but on bad days with the plankton bloom it can be 5-feet! You pays your money, and takes your chance!
Kedge? Never heard this term.😑
Hi - kedging out is fairly common in sailing, you see folk rowing out in tenders with their anchor aboard to pull the yacht in a certain direction by winching the anchor line inboard. Likewise, if a ship in danger of sinking is being run aground bow onto a beach, the skipper can drop the kedge anchor at the stern on the way in, and when ready, he can winch in the anchor, which will have the effect of pulling the ship off the beach backwards. The famous west coast wreck of SS Shuna did exactly that as her bow was run ashore to stop her sinking. But she was too badly damaged and sunk stern first into deeper water.