How to shoot a 2,000lb lift bag: Raising the anchor crossmember of the Oregon shipwreck

Capt Pat Rooney (videographer) and Technical Rebreather Diving Instructor Andy Favata shoot a 1,500lb anchor crossmember from the RMS Oregon aboard Tempest Dive Boat.
Skip to 18:00 minutes if you only want to see the bag lifting. If you listen closely you can here the poly line that was anchoring it snapping! Definitely not intended.
Be careful if you ever try something like this and never underestimate the anchoring power of mud! (Warning! This is not an actual How To video!)
-Capt Tom McCarthy
www.EastCoastWreckDiving.com

[@Reyfox1]

Way to go Pat!!! Now, when I come back to the States, I'll never find the Oregon!! Congrats to you and everyone involved!! Miss you guys. Anthony, now living land locked in Poland!

[@addohm]

Spoiler alert, 18:09 is when something happens. lol

[@pathfinderLXXIV]

What was the weight of the crossmember being lifted? Good to know that it takes around 2 AL80's to lift that.

[@DogDamour]

good footage. What was the depth?

[@pq5905]

DogDamour 130' (40m)

[@DogDamour]

+Andrew F Thanks, by the way... which reabreather and gas mix are you using?

[@pq5905]

KISS 20/20 is my "regular" mix.

[@clarencedavismba5042]

Guessed 150'. So relaxing.

[@Tabucito]

No bubles! Nice equipment!

[@greg77389]

Rebreathers?

[@jackgrant4795]

@@greg77389 Rebreathers!

[@ZS6JMP]

Does the bags have an auto deflator valve to ease pressure as the bag rises?

[@goodsir2551]

+ZS6JMP Smart thinking ^ :)

[@blueocean1152]

dont you see it on the video??? take a look at 12,17 sec

[@ZS6JMP]

fire blade Nope. I dont see anything except a large inflatable bag. I'm not a diver.

[@Eastcoastwreckdiving]

It does have one. It was actually leaking a bit on this dive and we were concerned about dropping the anchor at the surface.

[@stephenbray9816]

ZS6JMP I used to use a queen size waterbed mattress inside a net to lift heavy stuff. It worked, but you have to be carful doing these things.

[@ekat_023]

0:41 FUCKING SUBMECHANOPIA IM SCREAMING 2:23

[@greg77389]

Lol that's one of the dumbest phobias I've ever heard of, you're just a scaredy cat!

[@poppetrurazvan3900]

Hi. Betteruse open water scuba circuit. At maimu 60 feet. My very best regards. Awsome.

[@BIBIWCICC]

Shoot a lift bag? You mean fill it with air?

[@COM70]

Lol😂 gun culture !

[@tekksavvy2242]

!

[@COM70]

Heliox ?

[@SeattleRingHunter]

From what I could find this wreck is at 130'. At least one of the divers was on a rebreather and by the signs of their voices they had helium in their mix.

[@COM70]

@@SeattleRingHunterthat’s what I thought too !

[@SeattleRingHunter]

@@COM70 Looks like the diver chimed in some time back, "KISS 20/20 is my "regular" mix" KISS rebreather 20/20 that is 20% O2 and 20% Helium (for our non divers) Trimix is used in very deep dives instead of air to reduce the partial pressure of oxygen (to avoid oxygen toxicity) and nitrogen (to avoid nitrogen narcosis). Heliox is a mix of helium and oxygen (“heli” and “ox”). These days its called Normoxic Trimix (min 16% Oxygen) and Hypoxic (anything below 16% Oxygen) Trimix.

[@dennisthemenance5433]

After Scuba Diving to Hunt for Treasures? I returned to Fresh Water Skin Diving in 20-40 Ft of water instead.. It was more Fruitfull and Scuba? Its saturated market for hunting

[@пэдро-о7п]

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