Dave Trotter was here for 9 days and, for the first time in nine years, we had perfect weather every day! The lake was glassy calm with no wind and no rain.
I spent 24 hours on the lake with Trotter and Jack van Heest. We started out on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 10:30 am and went all day and all night. We arriver back home on Sunday at 11AM.
The shipwrecks eluded us this year but we must have covered another 35-40 square miles of bottomland.
We were using the 5o khz fish (side scan sonar) and specifically looking for large vessels, nothing small. We covered a tremedous amount of territory. Better luck next year!
17 June 2007
23 May 2007
Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 crash site still elusive
The NUMA crew has left West Michigan and flight 2501 remains elusive. Windy weather plagued the search this year, with only about 14 days of coverage during the month long search period. Ralph Wilbanks says they'll be back in 2008.
The MSRA 2008 shipwreck quest happens June 9-17 this year, with David Trotter joining the team for a ten day search period. Our target: The Andaste!
The MSRA 2008 shipwreck quest happens June 9-17 this year, with David Trotter joining the team for a ten day search period. Our target: The Andaste!
12 May 2007
Annual shipwreck show
MSRA's annual shipwreck show "Mysteries & Histories beneath the Inland Seas" was a success. the May 5, 2007 event attracted about 250 people to Holland, Michigan's Knickerbocker theatre. Funds raised are used to finance the annual "Shipwreck Quest" -- this year focused on the discovery of the Andaste which sank in Lake Michigan in 1929.
The highlight of the show was a $1,000 grant presentation by Kimm Stablefeldt of Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation to assist MSRA in documenting the Hennepin, discovered in 2006. The Hennepin will be the subject of a National Register of Historic Places application.
The highlight of the show was a $1,000 grant presentation by Kimm Stablefeldt of Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation to assist MSRA in documenting the Hennepin, discovered in 2006. The Hennepin will be the subject of a National Register of Historic Places application.
22 March 2007
Ghostships
This weekend is the Ghostships festival in Milwaukee. Stop by and introduce yourself!
MSRA is presenting two programs on Saturday and we hope to see you there.
MSRA is presenting two programs on Saturday and we hope to see you there.
04 March 2007
2007 schedule
Ralph Wilbanks and the NUMA team will be arriving late in April to begin the 2007 search for Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 -- the DC-4 airliner which crashed into Lake Michigan June 23, 1950. MSRA members will team up with the NUMA crew to explore the lake bottom with side scan sonar throughout the onth of May.
Then, in June, Dave Trotter arrives to team up with MSRA in the first effort to locate the wreck of the Andaste. The Andaste is next on the list after MSRA members discovered the H.C. Akeley in 2001, the SS Michigan in 2005 and the Hennepin in 2006. After a season of hard work, and a little bit of luck, hopefully we will have another discovery to talk about this year.
Then, in June, Dave Trotter arrives to team up with MSRA in the first effort to locate the wreck of the Andaste. The Andaste is next on the list after MSRA members discovered the H.C. Akeley in 2001, the SS Michigan in 2005 and the Hennepin in 2006. After a season of hard work, and a little bit of luck, hopefully we will have another discovery to talk about this year.
12 February 2007
A web log about Great Lakes shipwrecks?
Well, it's probably not the first.
This is where I will catalog the expeditions launched by Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates -- a non-profit Michigan-based group whose missin it is to research, discover, and document historic shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. We've had some success over the years but the search goes on.
2007 will mark the retuern of Ralph Wilbanks, Steve Howard and Harry Peccorelli of Clive Cussler's NUMA organization as we again combine forces to search for the lost DC-4 airliner known as Northwest Airlines Flight 2501.
Following that David Trotter will arrive for a week-long search for the remains of the semi-whaleback Andaste.
Stay tuned for updates and opportunities to get involved!
This is where I will catalog the expeditions launched by Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates -- a non-profit Michigan-based group whose missin it is to research, discover, and document historic shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. We've had some success over the years but the search goes on.
2007 will mark the retuern of Ralph Wilbanks, Steve Howard and Harry Peccorelli of Clive Cussler's NUMA organization as we again combine forces to search for the lost DC-4 airliner known as Northwest Airlines Flight 2501.
Following that David Trotter will arrive for a week-long search for the remains of the semi-whaleback Andaste.
Stay tuned for updates and opportunities to get involved!
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