[Ian]

We went out this morning and had no luck. Barb & Jack dove a shot line on the Tiller. Vis was bad at the surface and absolute zero from about 30’ down. It wasn’t just black, it was thick sediment. The kind of stuff that the better the dive light, the worse it gets. They couldn’t even read gauges with lights when held in front of their faces. Jack knew he hit bottom when he ended up laying on top of Barb. Rather than try to survey the wreck by feel, they decided to abort.

Next we moved over to the numbers where the Coast Guard retrieved the buoy. The Niagara region police boat was already there using their side scan. They dropped the shot on the numbers and thought they saw the arch of a floating line about 60’ out on their scanner. I geared up and went down. Hit bottom at 75’ with the same Zero vis. I did a 360 off the shot anchor at a 100’ radius but had no luck. Decided that with the conditions the way they were we were just wasting our time and John’s fuel.

The Police boat was out yesterday and scanned the Tiller with their sonar. And said everything looked normal on the scan but when they tried to use their drop camera system they could see nothing. They couldn’t tell if they were on the wreck or on the bottom. While I was searching for the block and line, they were heading back to the Tiller to do another scan. They were hoping for more detail with the smoother water.

The only good thing about today was that it was the warmest Tiller dive we’ve ever had. No thermocline, same warm temp all the way to the bottom, which was just as well because Jack left his underwear in the car.

Don't know if we'll make it out again this year or not as we still have to get the buoys off Lake Erie. If anyone else makes it out, let me know. Ian