Diver1111
05-13-2010, 10:13 PM
I decided this morning to dive and check out an object-of interest I found on side-scan a few weeks ago in Paugus that I caught on side-scan-sonar/SSS but had no time to confirm at that time; Left work and just went.
What had my interest that prompted my trip today was what appeared to be one huge log (I est. it at perhaps 45 feet) but I as I studied it beforehand I wondered-how could a log cast such a big-and triangular-sonar shadow?? Plus the white “up-rights” to the right of the image-what were those? Answer: Even after diving the object-don’t know what the white vertical images are.
I navigated to the target-of-interest/TOI and dropped anchor; Due to the wind my anchor dragged about 25 feet before catching-no problem as I had a good feel for where to head once on the bottom with my scooter to connect with it.
When I hit the bottom I landed on…the wreck of a barge, not mud as expected (this is called a “good start”); I knew when I hit it it was not what I was looking for-nice, though; I measured this barge-wreck by hand at 25 feet long-images attached; Short, square…a barge I never knew about. Maybe other folks do but not me.
So I then headed towards the primary TOI and came across a 78 foot vessel-so much for the log theory. Looked like it had been split in half down the middle with a saw, at least the stern was-just spliced in two pieces, flip-flopped left and right.
Gunwhales at the bow were about six feet off the mud. No names on the vessel that I could find anywhere but it appeared she was painted white.
A large metal pipe lay across her bow to the east-perhaps 20 feet long continuing into the mud; Don’t know what it was but it was about 4” in diameter.
Later in the day I visited a friend to do a dock inspection and while there he showed me a map (not a Bizer map) from 2003 that showed 4 wrecks in this area nearly side-by-side that I think are what I found (some of). It showed 3 un-identified barges and the wreck of the “Scamp”-according to the map the Scamp was 82’ +- so I think I have it identified as I hand-measured this wreck at 78 feet.
About 4 years ago I met with Jack Irwin to interview him about my historical research of Winni and he told me that the Scamp was 77 feet long (close enough for me as I measured it at 1-foot intervals) and located in the area I was diving. He said one Harold Whiting owned it many, many years ago and Jacks’ Dad took the Scamp as payment for a debt; How it came to be where I found it I do not know-any help here folks??
The images I now post have names I gave them-but I don’t know if the names will appear on Winni.com.
If they don’t please work with me here-These are general descriptions of what might appear as a random pictures on the web you need to interpret on your own:
- Image: Nearly square 25 foot long unknown barge with cursor on right; Bow at 45 degrees; Nice sonar shadow;
- Shot of same barge with nice sonar shadow;
- Crude shot of what I now believe to be the Scamp; Cursor on right;
- Good shot of Scamp?, cursor centered amidships;
- Crude shot of both the barge wreck and the Scamp? wreck-that’s how close they are together;
- 2nd shot of both wrecks close together
- Original shot of target that had me thinking about what it really was with cursor over the “log” part; Top of image reads “126ft/Cursor, Depth/(blank), 116/Distance, 296T/Bearing
If anyone has any information about wrecks in general in Winni I would like to hear from you.
What had my interest that prompted my trip today was what appeared to be one huge log (I est. it at perhaps 45 feet) but I as I studied it beforehand I wondered-how could a log cast such a big-and triangular-sonar shadow?? Plus the white “up-rights” to the right of the image-what were those? Answer: Even after diving the object-don’t know what the white vertical images are.
I navigated to the target-of-interest/TOI and dropped anchor; Due to the wind my anchor dragged about 25 feet before catching-no problem as I had a good feel for where to head once on the bottom with my scooter to connect with it.
When I hit the bottom I landed on…the wreck of a barge, not mud as expected (this is called a “good start”); I knew when I hit it it was not what I was looking for-nice, though; I measured this barge-wreck by hand at 25 feet long-images attached; Short, square…a barge I never knew about. Maybe other folks do but not me.
So I then headed towards the primary TOI and came across a 78 foot vessel-so much for the log theory. Looked like it had been split in half down the middle with a saw, at least the stern was-just spliced in two pieces, flip-flopped left and right.
Gunwhales at the bow were about six feet off the mud. No names on the vessel that I could find anywhere but it appeared she was painted white.
A large metal pipe lay across her bow to the east-perhaps 20 feet long continuing into the mud; Don’t know what it was but it was about 4” in diameter.
Later in the day I visited a friend to do a dock inspection and while there he showed me a map (not a Bizer map) from 2003 that showed 4 wrecks in this area nearly side-by-side that I think are what I found (some of). It showed 3 un-identified barges and the wreck of the “Scamp”-according to the map the Scamp was 82’ +- so I think I have it identified as I hand-measured this wreck at 78 feet.
About 4 years ago I met with Jack Irwin to interview him about my historical research of Winni and he told me that the Scamp was 77 feet long (close enough for me as I measured it at 1-foot intervals) and located in the area I was diving. He said one Harold Whiting owned it many, many years ago and Jacks’ Dad took the Scamp as payment for a debt; How it came to be where I found it I do not know-any help here folks??
The images I now post have names I gave them-but I don’t know if the names will appear on Winni.com.
If they don’t please work with me here-These are general descriptions of what might appear as a random pictures on the web you need to interpret on your own:
- Image: Nearly square 25 foot long unknown barge with cursor on right; Bow at 45 degrees; Nice sonar shadow;
- Shot of same barge with nice sonar shadow;
- Crude shot of what I now believe to be the Scamp; Cursor on right;
- Good shot of Scamp?, cursor centered amidships;
- Crude shot of both the barge wreck and the Scamp? wreck-that’s how close they are together;
- 2nd shot of both wrecks close together
- Original shot of target that had me thinking about what it really was with cursor over the “log” part; Top of image reads “126ft/Cursor, Depth/(blank), 116/Distance, 296T/Bearing
If anyone has any information about wrecks in general in Winni I would like to hear from you.