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From: Charlie U
Category: Shipwreck Research
Date: 22 Jul 2004
Time: 03:48:31
Remote Name: 68.40.184.141
Ok, I'll chime in here. We dove the Glenorchy a couple of years ago, just to see which description was correct: upside down or right side up. Sure enough, it is completely upside down. There were no buoys on it so we had to hook it. After about an hour, we managed a good hook. When we dove down to it, we found that the hook had caught on a single rivet!?!?. Needless to say, our main objective at that point was to find a secure spot for our line. We freed the hook and began to swim with it. After a few minutes, we were finally pulled off the wreck, without finding a spot to secure the line, so we ended the dive. All I remember about the dive was steel plates, rivets, and zebra mussels. I have heard that it can be penetrated, but I don't remember if it's the bow or the stern. The fellow that we heard that from is a hard core cave diver, and he said that it is truly of cave dive caliber, so be careful.