Hi all,

For grins & giggles I signed up for a wreck class. Anyone who knows me would be saying now, "you've got to be kidding, you hyperventilate in a crowded elevator". But we all have to push our comfort zone sometime.
Our class dove the "HMCS Saskatchewan DDE 262" off of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada. One of the 'wrecks' of the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia. More at:
http://www.artificialreef.bc.ca/dive_sites/262_saskatchewan.html

I did 2 dives on Saturday & 2 on Sunday. 102fsw, 101fsw, 101fsw, & 91fsw in that order, bottom times about 30 minutes each, my dive buddy was using AL80s & I was diving HP100s, I averaged 1100psi at the end of the dive. The Saskatchewan sits on an almost even keel at 130fsw, the main deck at 100fsw (depending on the tide), and it is 366 feet long.
"Tech" divers describe this type of 'wreck' as an underwater jungle gyms, screw em I say, I had a kick ass time and can't wait to do it again. And the McKenzie & the Chaudiere<sp> and eventually the Yukon in San Diego.

I'm still pumped from the dives.  Unfortunately my computer got seriously bent on the 3rd dive. Poor thing<g>. I blame it on operator error, but the computer I was born with told me I was to finish the dive & even do a 4th. I knew the risks & accepted them as any self-sufficient diver should.
Alive & kickin...well kind of,
Ed