22 June 2005 Daniel Lyons, Algoma
(June 22, 2005)
Paul B. and Keith with the installed buoy
Today, with assistance from the
Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation, the team installed the
Daniel Lyons’ mooring buoy. Kimm Stabelfeldt joined Paul Bentley, Tamara Thomsen, and Keith Meverden for another day of fantastic conditions on Lake Michigan.
The mooring chain was attached to screw anchors and laying on the lake bottom, so the team first dropped a weighted buoy line, or shot line, on the wreck site. Kimm and Tami then descended the shot line and attached the end of the shot line to the end of the mooring chain, which Paul B. and Keith then pulled to the surface to attach the mooring buoy.
Kimm pulls the mooring chain out of the soft bottom and attaches the buoy line
The team then removed old rope mooring lines that were attached by private divers that had become entangled in the wreck and abandoned. Removing these old lines makes the site safer for other divers, eliminating an entanglement hazard.
Kimm removes old, abandoned mooring lines from the
Daniel LyonsTomorrow the R/V Neeskay will be on site of the Ocean Wave to drop a 2,000 lbs. mooring anchor for installation of a seasonal WHS mooring buoy. A list of all WHS mooring buoys with GPS coordinates is available online.
A special thank you goes to Beach Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay for providing the crew with a wonderful dinner with a gorgeous bay view. Thank you John!
WHS photos by Tamara Thomsen
Kimm searches for abandoned lines
