dulpit wrote: » Every time I see this thread has a new post I expect good news. Fingers crossed for you fergal.b! (the image means nothing to me though)
Car99 wrote: » When will you get to investigate this finding? I've wondered has enjoyment derived from the thrill of the search overtaken the disappointment of losing the boat yet?
fergal.b wrote: » I will be back out this weekend if the weather allows it and will go over the boat from different angles to get a range of different images I didn't see it when I was out on the water only when I got home and played it back on the sonar viewer, I don't get much enjoyment or thrill of the search looking at small screens for hours on end while out on the water and then doing the same when I get home the first few boats were exciting to find but now with near 40 it's getting a bit OTT Pat McManus and the guy's dived on another one just south of Rindoon point, in the right area but not to be so on we go with the process of elimination
josip wrote: » Do you need someone to dive to confirm or is there an underwater camera on a cable option that would provide sufficient detail?
Deleted User wrote: » Joking aside, I wonder if you got onto the engineering departments of the various universities could they work out the various factors at play when it sank? As is if buoyancy is x and current is y, the boat should be in this section of the lake type of thing. Seems it would be a good project for a lecturer to set for a few students with different scenarios. Or alternatively, is there anything in the boat material (engine block I suppose) that they could search for that sonar wouldn't necessarily pick up, what type of equipment would be needed to find an engine underwater etc, if such a search is possible. Maybe they are idiotic suggestions on my part but God I feel for you, I really hope I read good news on this thread some day.
SCOL wrote: » Maybe your onto something, you could always try one of those strong magnets that people use magnet fishing. you would soon find out if it had an engine if so investigate it more if not move onto the next one.
Deleted User wrote: » I'm not going to lie, I spent a considerable time yesterday after I posted that googling underwater metal detectors, including magnetic ones as you suggest. Seems to be some pretty advanced ones you can drag behind your boat. I'm wary of offering (further) idiotic suggestions but I wonder could the OP join up with (say) an archeological department to maybe fund one? I'd support a crowdfunding drive for one, all the moreso if it was being donated to a college or historical society afterwards. Anyhow, don't want to drag this thread off topic, good luck OP!
fergal.b wrote: » that boat I found last week was right in the middle so I must have passed by it a thousand times over the years it just depends on what angle you hit it at as to weather or not you see it.
fergal.b wrote: » Sorry again guy's but believe it or not it hurt's me more than you to keep posting no good news over the weekend I had the diver down to check on one of the speedboats I had found but unfortunately it turned out to be a "Broom Aquarius" maybe Old's Cool is playing games with me as my current boat is called Aquarius :rolleyes: Through the help of facebook the owner was found, it turns out the boat sunk 28 years ago after hitting a rock while in the trough of a wave. Big thanks to the Athlone sub-aqua club and James Donnellan for checking it out for me, on we go.
fergal.b wrote: » I am open to all idiotic ideas at this stage I will even try dowsing I have looked at magnetometers that you use a tow-fish behind the boat and even "satellite nuclear magnetic imaging" like they used on "oak island" my problem is not with my gear as I am well able to find boats and can even tell if it has a metal engine as it will show up brighter on the sonar my problem is the amount of boats I am finding, up to 40 now and I am only looking on the navigation line and to each side of it I'm sure if I went around the shoals and islands the count would be a lot higher. When I built her I worked out how much floatation I would need to keep the V8 and gearbox afloat and even if the whole boat was filled with air it still would not float so even with the few spare lifejackets in the bow I don't think they would have made much of a difference :eek: when she went down it was fast and I was pulled down by the kill cord it was only when the lifejacket went off that I popped back up. My big problem is not having a point of reference on land the last thing I saw before the hailstones hit was a beached yacht at the entrance to Lecarrow that was about marker 6 and I followed in the other boats wake for a while after that speeding up and slowing down according to the waves and head on wind so hard to know what distance was traveled. I turn on my sonar from Coosan point and record to the top of the lake, that boat I found last week was right in the middle so I must have passed by it a thousand times over the years it just depends on what angle you hit it at as to weather or not you see it.
Thargor wrote: » What did the owner think when you contacted him? And how did you find him?
Not quite the pirate look I always wanted but at least " I can see clearly now the cataract is gone" Hopefully I will get back to the sonar again soon now that the fog has been lifted.
Speedy recovery, Fergal!
Holy **** Fergal!
Was under the knife myself not so long ago, I wish you a good recovery!
Still on the hunt 🙄
I spent 7 hours doing a run back over all the boats I found so far to see if anything new popped up but no joy 😔 Not to worry I will keep on going till she decides to show her self.
This is a 40 foot boat just off Hare Island looks like a big debris field so might have been carrying a cargo.
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