{"id":1220,"date":"2010-06-08T21:24:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T02:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2010-06-08T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T02:24:13","slug":"wreck-of-the-rhone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1220","title":{"rendered":"Wreck of the Rhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my recent trips, I had a few days in the lovely British Virgin Islands.\u00a0 Great place!\u00a0 Well, in BVI there is a fabulous wreck dive to be done.\u00a0 Its the wreck of the RMS Rhone which sank in 1867 during a hurricane.\u00a0 Along with the 310-ft ship, over 100 people lost their lives in this maritime disaster.<\/p>\n

For more information on this fascinating story, see:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RMS_Rhone<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, she is one of the most popular wreck dives in the world.\u00a0 The movie “The deep” with Nick Nolte was largely filmed at this wreck.<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures of two (the wreck is so big that it takes two dives to see the whole things) dives I did.\u00a0 The stern is in +-80ft of water and the bow in +-50ft. Thanks to Jen & Mark for these underwater pictures.<\/p>\n

From inside the bow<\/p>\n

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A school of fish hanging around an engine part of some sort.<\/p>\n

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Very weird looking fish. Anyone know what this is?<\/p>\n

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A very large Barracuda named “Fang”.\u00a0 He has been around for so long that he now has a name. There is even mention of Fang in the Wikipedia page. When we saw him, he was just hanging under some wreckage.<\/p>\n

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A porthole with the window still intact after 150 years. Impressive!\u00a0 The legend is that if you (the diver) rub your hand on it in a circular clockwise motion it will bring good luck. I did it, have not seen any additional luck yet \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Below that diver is one of the propeller blades.\u00a0 HUGE!<\/p>\n

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Returning to base after two amazing dives.<\/p>\n

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