Annual General Meeting drawing near...

Please make every effort to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Organisation, which takes place this Saturday at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston. There will be an illustrated talk on nautical archaeology in Australia and light refreshments for those attending.

Nominations for the Board and the submission of agenda items are now closed.

New video shows off the Princess Charlotte..

The latest in a series of short, amateur videos showing off our wonderful wreck sites was completed today. It features the Princess Charlotte in Deadman Bay. Click here to view the film. Please advertise these short films to friends and colleagues who know little about our underwater riches, but probably have an interest in them.

The Charter Season comes to an end for 2010..?

The First Mate's smile says it all as Anne removes her dive gear after two great dives on the Munson today. The result - at last - the block has been re-positioned a little further off the wreck, where it will not drape the line across the wreck in any weather conditions (we hope!). The buoy was removed, effectively marking the end of the 2010 charter season. The last of Kingston's charter boats is likely to be removed to Winter storage in the next ten days or so. Great work from all concerned - and a really good way to mark one of the last boat diving opportunities of this year.

Most Moorings are down...

Hard work by our mooring team and local divers has resulted in the successful recovery of most buoys and the dropping of associated mooring lines. Only a couple of lines remain useable. These are on the KPH and the Munson. Expect them to be available for only a couple of weeks though.

Cris Kohl article featured in Lakeland Boating Magazine..

It's always good to see the boating community made more aware of the underwater environment and the fact that divers share the waters with them. Cris Kohl and his wife, Joan Forsberg are profiled in the latest, September, edition of Lakeland Boating. They have also contributed an excellent article on wreck diving in the Great Lakes. Click here to download the magazine and to enjoy the articles.

U-Boat Tales..

This weekend saw the long-awaited visit of a dive group from the Washington, D.C. area. Sea Ventures, a dive store based in Fairfax, Virginia, has a marvelous program that studies the German wartime U-Boats sunk off the US coast, and then dives the ones that are accessible. Members graciously invited us to join them on charters aboard Proteus and to hear a presentation about their U-Boat course. The talk was excellent. Video, still pictures and historical input were all combined to create a fascinating account of the Battle of the Atlantic, the U-Boat development program and the particular fate of the Boats visited by Sea Ventures.

There is an opportunity to join Sea Ventures for a dive on the U-1105 - off the Maryland coast - on September 18th. Please contact info@powkingston.org, if you are interested in this.

NAS Course a great success.. again.

Despite rather unhelpful weather, last weekend's Nautical Archaeology Society Level One Course in Kingston, was a great success. Very professional tutoring, combined with the huge enthusiasm of the eight students, made for a really good atmosphere and a great outcome. It was also rewarding to see several former graduates of this programme turn out to assist with the practical aspects. Full report forthcoming in the next Newsletter, which is very close to issue.