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  • Alex van Opstal survey, 3rd and 4th December 2011

    Alex van Opstal survey, 3rd and 4th December 2011

    Alex van Opstal Survey Divewierd pressure vessel

    I’m planning (weather-permitting) to run a survey dive on the Alex on the weekend of the 3rd & 4th December. Plan is to use the ‘new’ RIB out of Casteltown to shuttle to the dive site.

    Dive plan (provisional):

    Saturday 3rd

    Dive 1
    • 0830hrs launch RIB and begin loading kit.
    • 0915 hrs all aboard , ropes off.
    • 0945hrs – arrive at Alex and deploy shot
    • 1010hrs divers in – start of slack – tide running SW 0.4 knots
    • 1100hrs divers up – second wave in
    • 1150hrs all divers recovered, pull shot and return to casteltown
    • 1230hrs lunch at castletown, air fills etc

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  • Alex Expedition Plans

    A table showing ideal slack times on the Alex across a range of weekends

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  • Statistics on the Alex van Opstal

    A hold full of statistics about the Alex van Opstal, from code letters to dimensions…

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  • Alex September ’08 Expedition

    Alex September ’08 Expedition

    September 2008 Alex van Opstal expedition team photo

    The Target: Simple really – finally figure out where the various chunks of the wreck are with respect to one another and make a very crude map of the site to guide us when looking to prduce a more detailed map later on in the project….If only it were that simple….

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  • Weymouth Week Expedition Report

    Weymouth Week Expedition Report

    At the end of this year’s ‘week in Weymouth’ event we had one dive on the Alex – in amazing visibility and totally slack conditions. For once we could really see what was going on and get a better picture of the wreck site and it’s surroundings.

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  • Alex Expeditions Summary

    Alex Expeditions Summary

    A summary of the results from various expeditions, and links to some resources.

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  • The Alex Today (June 2008)

    So far this year we’ve dived the Alex twice and found two different views of the wreck. On the first dive we found the main section of the ship from just behind the number 2 hold to the engin rooms. Lots of wreckage was dotted about there.

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