Kure Day 2

Today we did a whole lot of running around. We started out back at the Dunnattor Castle again to run a few transects. The winds died down which was nice, but it was still cloudy and really cold. After a dive on the D. Castle, we went over to a new wreck that the side scan sonar guys found. Only the archeology team got in the water here though. Next, we went for another dive on the Parker. Derek found some new parts to this wreck so we ended up staying there for a while. We then went to a sailboat that wrecked in the lagoon called the Grendel. This is kind of a sad story. It was captained by a 79 year old man that solo sailed across the Pacific. Apparently, he was lost at sea and his sailboat just showed up here with all his stuff still in it. The family signed the boat over to the state so that they can remove it from the monument and return all his personal belongings back to the family. Finally, at the end of the day we went to a reef near the D. Castle to take some control transects. Sorry that this post is kind of short and sweet. I'm pretty beat after 8 days of straight diving and we are doing a very deep dive tomorrow morning so I need to get to bed early! Tomorrow we arrive at Midway atoll!

Cheers,
Nyssa