Jackson Blue Conditions?

[OFG-1]

Mmmmmm, humping donkeys and boy cooties....Wednesdays ROCK!!

I think I saw a stage show about this in Juarez about 30 years ago. The opening act was "Juicy Lucy and her trained Gila monster".

[Johnny Bailey]

Unfamiliar with the underwater lawn mower. what is this?

[sskasser]

Unfamiliar with the underwater lawn mower. what is this?

I wish I had pictures. It's a boat with what looked like a paddle wheel of sorts on the back that mowed the submerged grass beds in the basin. I'll watch for it and grab some photos next time.

[Kelly Jessop]

I wish I had pictures. It's a boat with what looked like a paddle wheel of sorts on the back that mowed the submerged grass beds in the basin. I'll watch for it and grab some photos next time.

"Watch for it" is the correct phrase. It tends to ignore the "rules of the road" for boating,and if your in a small craft,it won't see you,or will ignore you.

[TracyN]

They need to take that thing up the entire length of the millpond.

[Captain Bil]

We dove JB last night. Here's my impression: The flow is up tremendously as all have stated. We were on UV18's, SM with O2 and a stage. My prop is set at 8.5 and I have the venom electronics package. I was on speed 3 almost the whole dive.

Getting in wasn't too bad, we weren't moving real fast but made decent headway. I stayed low and faired okay there. Along the way to the chimney, there are plenty of things to hide behind so that was okay. Dropping down the chimney, you could really feel it and at the bottom it was really moving. Coming off the trigger got me moving backwards. Through the breakdowns the flow is particularly strong and will impede progress significantly. Once past the second breakdown, stayed far left and that was nearly no flow. However, when i got near the 1st tee, and had to move back out into flow, I was blown sideways. It's really hauling there. 2nd tee wasn't bad, as was everything else until the Rabbit Hole. There are plenty of eddies and hiding spots to make progress reasonable. The Rabbit Hole is a different story. It is SCREAMING through there! On prop near nine and full throttle, I still had to pull to get through! Also, in the trash room there is a section just past the stop light where it seems 2 or 3 currents are converging and creates an interesting vortex to contend with. From there, it's about the same as earlier described to our jump off at Sweet Passage. We left stages and scooters on Gold and swam a while in there. Still decent flow, but nothing like the main tunnel.

The return was a hoot! The rabbit hole was a particular blast, as it literally ejected us! During the long runs, I was full throttle and felt like I was going 30 mph! I know I wasn't but it sure felt like it.

Be careful at the chimney going up as the flow wants to help you maybe a bit more than you'd like.

All in all, a great dive. Tougher than we are used to but easily doable. However, those of you not on scooters, my hat's off to you! That must be quite a work out and lots of skin gone from the finger tips.

One final note: viz stayed the same throughout our dive at about 40'.


Sent from behind a pint of Guinness.

[next gen]

"Watch for it" is the correct phrase. It tends to ignore the "rules of the road" for boating,and if your in a small craft,it won't see you,or will ignore you.

This thing you speak of I have never heard of it nor have I ever seen it, but larger vessals have the right of way over smaller ones. And if to vessals are of the same size the slower and less manuverable one has the right of way. A larger vessal has even more of a right of way when in areas that restrict it's ability to manuver.

[MikeT]

Something like this for hyacinth management? I've never been to the mill pond...

[nakatomi]

One final note: viz stayed the same throughout our dive at about 40'.

Wow, the viz was that "bad" even back in the Sweet Passage? Are the two eels still in the rabbit hole or have they been ejected too?

[Captain Bil]

Wow, the viz was that "bad" even back in the Sweet Passage? Are the two eels still in the rabbit hole or have they been ejected too?

I didn't see any eels, but on the way in I was head down and looking for hand holds and on the way out, I was screaming through and trying to avoid head to rock wall contacts. There could have been an alligator in there and I wouldn't have noticed it!