23 June 2005 Ocean Wave, Sevastopol
(June 23, 2005)
A windy day at Sturgeon Bay
The team got underway early this morning to install the
Ocean Wave’s mooring and anchor before the winds came later in the afternoon. The winds came earlier than forecasted, however, and soon after the R/V
Dawn Treader arrived on site the winds began gusting to 25 miles per hour from the south, with waves approaching 5 feet in height soon following.
Despite the teams'anxiousness to get the anchor and mooring installed on this very fragile wreck site, the decision was made to wait for a better day with calm seas. A radio call to the R/V Neeskay, enroute four miles away, turned the vessel back to the Sturgeon Bay Coast Guard Station, where the mooring buoy and chain was transferred from the R/V Neeskay to the R/V Dawn Treader. The R/V Neeskay then departed for her home port of Milwaukee, and the team returned to Sturgeon Bay where the afternoon was spent repairing the R/V Dawn Treader’s bilge pump, which failed on the return trip.
Tranferring the buoy
The R/V
Dawn Treader gets a new bilge pump system
In the evening the team met with members of the Jacksonport Historical Society and Jacksonport Town Board to discuss placement of the Reynolds’ Pier Maritime Trails Marker at Lakeside Town Park. Local community members will also donate a capstan and anchor that were recovered from the waters off Jacksonport in the early 1980’s. These items will be displayed alongside the Maritime Trails Marker and will aid in the interpretation of the Reynolds’ Pier site for visitors. The Reynolds’ Pier Marker will be unveiled on August 6th at the Jacksonport Cherry Festival.
Keith discusses the Reynolds' Pier Marker with Al Birnschein and George Bagnall of the Jacksonport Town Board, and Eileen Roberts of the Jacksonport Historical Society
The group discusses the mounting of the capstan donated by Jerry Cote. An anchor will also be donated by Penny Olson
WHS photos by Tamara Thomsen
