Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck

Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck

http://www.cdnn.info/safety/s031023/s031023.html

In article <3f974646$0$33372$45beb828@newscene.com>, "Dive News"
<always@on.topic.always> wrote:
> Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck
>
> http://www.cdnn.info/safety/s031023/s031023.html

That's interesting. I'm scheduled to make this trip in December.

"Steve Wilbur" <ultramafic@cluemail.com> wrote in message
news:ultramafic-2310030012410001@192.168.0.100...
> In article <3f974646$0$33372$45beb828@newscene.com>, "Dive News"
> <always@on.topic.always> wrote:
> > Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck
> >
> > http://www.cdnn.info/safety/s031023/s031023.html
>
> That's interesting. I'm scheduled to make this trip in December.

instructor didn't come back up in an earlier trip, shark attack, now this,
dosen't sound too good.

rhys

On 22 Oct 2003 22:11:10 -0500, "Dive News" <always@on.topic.always>
wrote:

>
>Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck
>
>http://www.cdnn.info/safety/s031023/s031023.html



From the news report: "Detectives last night interviewed 50 people --
all of the passengers and crew -- from the dive boat."

And today, Mike Ball's cowboys herded all of the cattle back out to
the reef!

Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

"rnf2" <rnf2@waikato.ac.nz> wrote in message
news:3f979766@news.iconz.co.nz...
>
> "Steve Wilbur" <ultramafic@cluemail.com> wrote in message
> news:ultramafic-2310030012410001@192.168.0.100...
> > In article <3f974646$0$33372$45beb828@newscene.com>, "Dive News"
> > <always@on.topic.always> wrote:
> > > Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck
> > >
> > > http://www.cdnn.info/safety/s031023/s031023.html
> >
> > That's interesting. I'm scheduled to make this trip in December.
>
> instructor didn't come back up in an earlier trip, shark attack, now this,
> dosen't sound too good.
>
> rhys
>
>

Erm... you didn't bother reading this bit then...

"Police communications co-ordinator Sergeant Nick Sellars said there were no
suspicious circumstances with the death..."

Shark attacks, I suspect, happen regardless of the operator (assuming of
course that they do shark feeds).

As for the instructor who died snorkelling after a "duck-dive"? Although I
can't find anything on the net about it, IMO that sounds very much like
"I'll just show off to these holiday snorkellers by showing them how deep I
can freedive.... Oh, bugger"

CAS

PS. Have a look back through the CDNN archives for exactly why they have a
chip on their shoulder about Mike Ball...
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Steve Wilbur <ultramafic@cluemail.com> wrote:

> That's interesting. I'm scheduled to make this trip in December.

You will have a great time. Some if my pics from the same trip are at

http://meekings.net/diving/selected%20pics/index.html

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not much helpful information in this post....doesn't indicate exactly
what might have happened.

I've dived the Yongala and there are currents there. The wreck is lying
upside down like the ship in the Posideon movie and I seem to recall
that those big groupers hang out at about 90 feet, maybe the bottom is
125 feet or 40 meters -- can't recall exactly. Then there was that
wondeful big ray that kept going back and forth on top of the wreck.
The viz is not the greatest there because of all of the scatter in the
water from the GBR excessive tides, washing in and out with fine
particles all stirred up in a thick broth.

I've also dived Flinders which has much clearer water and is quite a
considerable steam out there towards the Coral Sea, but not as far as
Marion Reef which is a very, very long steam. Don't recall any shark
feeding at Flinders, must be some new gimmick. It, too, is a rather
shallow reef, if I recall but maybe there's some portions where it gets
deeper. But if you're looking to take pix of beautiful corals, you just
go overside and there are huge and beautiful bommies all clustered with
exquisite corals all around that are easily accessible. I cant' imagine
how a diver, if experienced, could get into trouble there.

Dive News wrote:

> Mike Ball Spoil Sport guest dies diving Yongala wreck
>
> http://www.cdnn.info/safety/s031023/s031023.html

Is it still safe to dive near Townsville then? Going on my first trip next
year!

Daniel Kessler wrote:
>
> not much helpful information in this post....doesn't indicate exactly
> what might have happened.
>
> I've dived the Yongala and there are currents there. The wreck is lying
> upside down like the ship in the Posideon movie

No it's not. It's on its' starboard side.

>and I seem to recall
> that those big groupers hang out at about 90 feet, maybe the bottom is
> 125 feet or 40 meters -- can't recall exactly.

90 ft to the bottom. I usually found the Groupers at around 75ish.

> Then there was that
> wondeful big ray that kept going back and forth on top of the wreck.
> The viz is not the greatest there because of all of the scatter in the
> water from the GBR excessive tides, washing in and out with fine
> particles all stirred up in a thick broth.

Sometimes true. Often not.

Brian
Edmonton, Alberta
www.mossmanscubaventures.com

Godsdefeat wrote:
>
> Is it still safe to dive near Townsville then? Going on my first trip next
> year!

Why wouldn't it be?

Brian
Edmonton, Alberta
www.mossmanscubaventures.com