30/30 for 30 on a 110 foot wreck = Good

// August 29th, 2009 // Diving, photography

So now that Chris has finished his tech one training allowing him to dive mix gas and giving me an off training season dive buddy we headed to the Kattie Eccles for a dive.
The Katie Eccles has been known about by a select group of divers for years but was only opened to the public in 2002 due to the fact the numbers where taken by diver and published or the old guard of kingson would have never allowed locals on it. More profitable for taking out of towners then to build your own community.

If I had to choose a wreck to find or build in Kingston one of my choice would be one with the bow of the Eccles on the stern of the Sheyboygan. The stern is busted wide open so she must have come down stern first and in doing so the Bow escaped the damage most get. Unfortunately the first year of diving the very front of the bow was damaged. No matter what happened or why she still is a beauty.

When getting to the end of the wreck being on 30/30 with a clear head I spotted a squarish object near a couple of rocks. Upon checking it out I turned out to be a sewing machine from the 1920′s, i placed it with the other artifacts and a little research netted that it was most likely for repairing sails. So the wreck gets another artifact for all to enjoy.

More photos here.