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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Exhibits, workshops, and presentations cover just about every aspect of maritime history and Great Lakes scuba diving. You can listen to and interact with leading dive industry professionals, extreme explorers, maritime historians, and Great Lakes authors!
We reserve the right to modify this schedule as needed. Please note that there will be presentations in two different rooms (Grand Ballroom West and Grand Ballroom East). Wristbands are needed to enter all presentation halls and are obtained with a paid admission at the ticket desk.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
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Silent Auction Rules
1. Please register for a bidder’s number at the raffle table located in the Pre-Function area
near the ticket desk.
2. Each item will have a bidding sheet. Please use your bidding number and not your name
to place a valid bid.
3. You must be present to bid or have a representative here to bid, pay for and accept the
item(s) for you. We will not ship any of the items.
4. It will be your responsibility to transport your winning items from the event.
5. The Auction will close promptly at 5:00pm. Winning bids will be posted at 6:00pm (or as
close to that as we can manage)
Thanks goes out to the many companies who made this Silent Auction a possibility. Without their support, the many projects and grants that have been given out over the years wouldn’t have been a possibility. They can take pride that they’re doing their part to help preserve. |
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Presented By: MSRA
| Nearly 25,000 schooners graced the Great Lakes during the age of sail. Today all that remains of those vessels are the hulks littering the lake bottoms. Travel underwater with Valerie van Heest and Craig Rich from Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates to explore the remains of two small, two-masted schooners, examples of Lake Michigan’s mosquito fleet. Independently owned, crewed by itinerant sailors, available to consign any cargo imaginable, these vessels were both on route to St. Joseph, Michigan when lost within a year of each other. While carrying somewhat unusual cargos, the William Tell went down in a blaze of fire, and the A. P. Dutton disappeared with all hands. It would be none other than nationally acclaimed author and shipwreck hunter Clive Cussler who, along with his crew from the National Underwater Marine Agency, would locate these shipwrecks exactly 140 years after they went missing during a joint venture project with MSRA to search for Northwest Flight 2501 lost in 1950 off South Haven, Michigan |
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Presentented By: Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association
This workshop will provide a basic understanding of how an underwater site is surveyed, mapped and interpreted using manual methods. The class will cover survey objectives and the use of trilateration, offsets and sketches to generate preliminary maps of underwater sites. The workshop will include hands-on practice using the tools and techniques covered in the discussion.
For further information or to register for the workshop go to the WUAA website at: http://www.wuaa.org
Fee: $35.00 |
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Presented By: Cris Kohl & Joan Fosberg
| The concepts of “shipwrecks” and “death” go hand-in-hand, even more dramatically so when they occurred at a place called Death’s Door, the most treacherous passageway between Lake Michigan and Green Bay. Dive to the remains of the schooners “E. R. Williams” and “Fleetwing,” and to the notorious Pilot Island shipwrecks. Thrill to exciting underwater explorations of the steamer “Frank O’Connor” and the scow “Ocean Wave,” and enjoy tales of lost shipwrecks awaiting discovery, featuring ground-breaking research, underwater video, and glimpses of the extensive maritime activity in this famous, as well as infamous, region. (Based on the book “Shipwrecks at Death’s Door” by Cris Kohl and Joan Forsberg). |
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Presented By: Ric Mixter
“The Wheelsmen” is derived on Ric Mixter's new book that chronicles the lives of four men who were involved in famous shipwrecks. It is a first-person account based on television interviews he conducted with the men, and it covers Great Lakes history from 1933 until 1966. The lecture includes video clips from these interviews along with historical footage and underwater images. Included are:
Ed Kanaby, survivor of the Great Storm of 1913 (featuring video of the Price, Wexford, and Regina)
Ray O’Malley, survivor of the USS Escanaba, which sank mysteriously during World War II near Greenland. The Esky had a celebrated career on the lakes, including help in the rescue of the whaleback Cort.
Lloyd Belcher, survivor of the 1940 Armistice Day Storm (the wrecked Novadoc was one of three ships totally destroyed by the storm. Lloyd was also aboard a Canadian frigate that was nearly sunk by a Nazi bomb.
Leonard Gabrysiak, survivor of the Cedarville. He survived the sinking to be placed in a mental health facility for recovery.
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| Food will be available for purchase in the Grand Ballroom foyer area. |
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Presented By: John Janzen & Brendon Baillod
On June 10, 1948, the venerable steamer M.H. Stuart was laid to rest in Lake Michigan's depths off Milwaukee. Discovered in the 1980s, the site lay undisturbed until the summer of 2009 when divers Jitka Hanakova, John Janzen, Tracy Xelowski and Ron Benson investigated and filmed the ship's substantial remains. Join marine historian Brendon Baillod and technical divers John Janzen and Jitka Hanakova as they explore the interesting history of Milwaukee's newest dive site and shows how it was identified through Janzen's fascinating hi-def video. Jitka Hanakova swims the length of the wreck in over 200 feet of water showing how this ship, once believe to be a schooner, turned out to be a steamship.
Additional Resources on the web:
Below is a link to the Milwaukee Public Library Digital Collections showcasing a few rare photographs of the M.H. Stuart
http://content.mpl.org/u?/MilwWaterwa,362
Below is a video posted on YouTube by presenter John Janzen. This is Underwater video of the M.H. Stuart shipwreck, previously known as the "Mystery Schooner". This video was used to help identify it as the Stuart. The site is about 8 miles east of Milwaukee in Lake Michigan. Depth is 190 feet. Video is a general overview of the shipwreck.
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Presented By: Marc Morale
| Simple advice to turn you from a frustrated underwater photographer to an excited underwater photographer. |
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Presented By: Mark Gehrke
Built at Sturgeon Bay in 1896 as the August F. Janssen, she was a landmark on the Milwaukee waterfront and participated in several notable fires over her 27 year career. She was a wooden tug of 100 ft in length with massive boilers to power her firefighting equipment. The 23 was scrapped in 1922 and scuttled in Lake Michigan on July 27, 1923. In 2005, her remains were located a few miles off Milwaukee Harbor by area charter captain and shipwreck hunter Jerry Guyer.
Join the WUAA & GLSRF, Inc. as they recount the final year of fieldwork on this historic Milwaukee vessel. The Milwaukee Fire Boat 23 survey project has spanned three years, with over 43 volunteers working on the project during that time.
The final drawing is currently being prepared and the team looks forward to starting survey work on the wreck of the NORLOND in 2010.
Please join us to hear the complete story on the Milwaukee Fire Boat 23 told by volunteer Mark A. Gehrke and Robert E. Lijewski
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Presentented By: Gregg Stanton
The workshop fee covers rebreather use, gases, scrubber material and handouts. The workshop requires a basic scuba certification and participants should bring a swimsuit, mask, fins and weight belt. The workshop will provide a basic introduction to closed circuit rebreather technology, discuss rebreather theory, present differences between closed and open circuit diving and explain the features of popular rebreather units on the market today. The workshop will include hands-on participation with bubble-free diving in the hotel pool (onsite, indoor, heated).
Participants will be allowed to sample from 12 different models of
rebreathers: KISS Classic, KISS Sport, COPIS Megalodon, APECS Megalodon, Inspiration, Evolution, rEvo, Sentinel, Ouroborus, Optima, Poseidon Discovery and the brand new Apocalypse. This is the perfect chance for the rebreather-curious to try out this next frontier of diving technology. It is a great opportunity for those with a basic knowledge of rebreathers to compare and contrast design and performance components. Additionally, this is the perfect chance to meet and ask questions of many of this area's local rebreather instructors.
To sign up for this workshop fill out the form at
http://www.diversions-scuba.com/rebreatherworkshop.html
or call Diversions Scuba 608-441-2545
Fee: $75.00 |
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Presented By: Frederick Stonehouse
Each shipwreck has a unique story. Perhaps it is one of a great storm, killing fog, raging fire or incompetent seamanship. But there are those ships that are an enigma wrapped in a mystery forming Lake Superior’s ghostly fleet of the “went missing.”
What really happened to the French minesweepers INKERMAN and CERISOLES, the bulker HENRY B. SMITH and canaler BANNOCKBURN? The dark and hollow eyes of their long lost crews stare back at us through the shadows of time but they tell us nothing of their terrible demise.
Speculate what really happened to these ships that “sailed through a crack in the lake.”
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Presented By: Paul Ehorn & Liz Jurkacek
The historical background and present condition of the possible wreck of the 132 ft Thomas Hume will be discussed.
The 3-masted schooner H. C. Albrecht built in 1870 was sold in 1877 to Charles Hackley and Thomas Hume of Muskegon, Michigan and renamed "Thomas Hume". The empty vessels Thomas Hume and Rouse Simmons left Chicago in May of 1891 on their return run to Muskegon. The ships encountered a squall which was strong enough to have the captain of the Rouse Simmons turn tail and head back to Chicago. The Thomas Hume sailed into history, remaining a mystery until the early 1990's when it was located by A&T Recovery during their on going search for naval aircraft. The present condition of the hull is excellent with all 3 downed masts still there, protruding out over the side of the ship.
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Presented By: David Trotter
The Great Lakes have many shipwrecks in remarkable condition, although Great Lakes divers and historians have never seen one of the most unique shipwreck disasters on the Great Lakes. It is the giant working dredge, “Hercules”, one of the largest working dredges to have been lost. These vessels normally live out their lives working in the protective harbors and close to shore. However, fate does intervene and provides shipwreck divers and historians with the opportunity to explore a working vessel, upright, on the floor of lake Huron for eighty years.
The views are magnificent of the vessel whose upper works begin relatively shallow, but extend 200’ to the floor of Lake Huron. Swimming in and around the giant “I” beams, cables and pulleys attached to the giant upright dredge is an unprecedented dive and exploration experience.
The Valentines Day Shipwreck
How does an intrepid shipwreck hunter discover a virgin shipwreck in the middle of a Michigan winter? Easy if you know how to do it….and it’s “ONLY” 10 years later that the explorers touch this long missing schooner to enjoy exploring our Great Lakes marine history.
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Presented By: Ken Merryman
| Resting on the bottom of the Great Lakes is a large number of truly great examples of the sailing ships that plied the lakes in the late 1800’s. A surprising number sit upright with masts still standing and remnants of their rigging and machinery intact. Enjoy some exceptional visibility and HD video as Ken tours several of these underwater museums, using animations and historic photos to help in the interpretation of the structures you are seeing. |
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Presentented By: Jerry Guyer
Join in the excitement of discovery. See how the latest in high definition side scan sonar provide a clear window to the bottom. Learn how to identify what shipwrecks look like in the varied topography of Lake Michigan. This workshop will also give you the opportunity to see many whole shipwrecks and their debris area.
To register for this workshop send an email to jerryguyer@msn.com with "Shipwreck Hunting 101" in the subject heading.
Fee: $75.00 |
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Presented By: Tamara Thomsen
Tamara will talk about how to do shipwreck mosaics, diving, filming and software needed to put these outstanding mosaics together she will also cover the work she and the State of Wisconsin has done with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and their development of shipwreck mosaics.
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Presented By: Brendon Baillod
| The waters off southern Wisconsin conceal a graveyard of ships, most still undiscovered. Join marine historian Brendon Baillod as he shares the top ten undiscovered wrecks from Kenosha to Port Washington. With details taken from his new book "Fathoms Deep but not Forgotten: Wisconsin's Lost Ships," Brendon will tell the tell the tales of ten missing ships that could still be discovered and dived just off our shores. For each ship, Baillod will discuss past search efforts, possible search areas and the vessel's historical signifigance. The presentation will reveal some little known wrecks as well as a few big surprises and is likely to spawn new wreck discoveries in the coming years. |
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Presented By: MSRA
While the sandy shores and wide-open expanse of clear blue water of Southwest Michigan have been a tourist destination for more than a century, scuba divers have headed elsewhere because the areas' few, shallow-water, broken shipwrecks, did not hold visual or recreational appear. Now, just a decade after Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates began its first annual shipwreck search teaming with three of the most renown shipwreck hunters, David Trotter, Clive Cussler, and Ralph Wilbanks, the waters in Southeastern Lake Michigan have become a playground for technical divers. With thirteen new deepwater shipwreck discoveries, the histories of which span the evolution of shipping on the Great Lakes, divers can explore a variety of vessels. Award-winning author Valerie van Heest and MSRA Technical Director Jack van Heest, will share the mythology of the teams search efforts, and history and underwater footage of these vessels, including the schooners the Hamilton and William Tell, the passenger propeller SS Michigan, the wooden freighter H.C Akeley, the car ferry Ann Arbor No 5, the Great Lakes very first self-unloader the Hennepin. |
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Presented By: David Trotter
Douglas 0-38 Biplane: Over Lake Huron, a pre-world war II military plane disappears. Seventy years later, an intrepid team of shipwreck hunters detects a tiny target........learn the outcome!
SS Michigan: The 212' iron hull steamer, on a rescue mission, was trapped in Lake Michigan ice for 40 days, sinking in March, 1895. Years of search efforts (with M.S.R.A) and the dramatic discovery on the final day by the wreck hunters is a great adventure story.
SS A. Everett: The 212' steamer, loaded with 48,000 bushels of grain, was the first vessel to leave Chicago in April, 1895. Her first run was to be her "final run" when ice stove in her bow on Lake Huron. For the first time, this "ice water museum" is discovered and explored by underwater sleuths.
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