DAY 5: The Sevona Completed
(August 02, 2004)
The break in the
Sevona's hull
Today we headed back to the Sevona to complete the bow section's survey. Overcast skies soon turned to bright sunshine and excellent conditions topside. Below the surface, conditions were much the same as our earlier visit, with visibility between 12 to 15 feet. Keith and Paul suited up and completed the video survey. After a brief surface interval Tami and Paul made the second dive, capturing still photographs of the
Sevona site.
Sand Island Lighthouse
Following the dive we headed over to the Sand Island Lighthouse, where in September 1905 lightkeeper Emmanual Luick heard the distress call of the
Sevona as she was breaking up. Approximately 2 miles west of the
Sevona wrecksite, lightkeeper Luick could hear the
Sevona's distress calls, but could not see her in the blinding storm. Today National Park Service volunteers man the now-automated lighthouse and tell the
Sevona's story to visitors to the light.
Park Service volunteers tell the story of the
Sevona's loss
Finn McCool's Machinery
In the late afternoon we stopped in Bayfield to examine the wreck of the barge
Finn McCool. The
McCool lies in 20 feet of water just south of Bayfield. Built in 1926, the
McCool sunk in 1964, and remains partially intact.
Paul explores the
Finn McCool
