Force-E presents TDI Advanced Wreck Diving with John Chatterton

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Learn Advanced Wreck Diving from Legendary diver, John Chatterton!

[INLINE=right]http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/coming_in_4-small.jpg[/INLINE]Take your training to the next level while enjoying the beautiful wrecks in warm blue water of South Florida. During this course, John Chatterton will teach you the proper techniques for locating and planning a penetration dive. The course covers topics and skills such as:

  • Use of guidelines
  • Overhead emergency procedures
  • Redundant equipment requirements
  • Locating and identifying wrecks
  • Hazards of wreck diving
  • Surveying of wrecks

Course prerequisite:

  1. Minimum age is 18
  2. Certified as an SDI Advanced Open Water or equivalent
  3. Provide proof of a minimum of 50 logged dives
  4. Be certified as SDI or PADI Basic Wreck or Cavern Diver or equivalent.
Note: If you are not certified in Basic Wreck diving, contact Force-E today! We have a special this August! 954.943.3483


Cost
: $900. Cost includes; book, classroom, certification card, 3 days of two-tank diving, and nitrox fills.

Date
: Sept 14th - 16th.

Location: Force-E Dive Center, Pompano Beach, FL 954.943.3483

Required equipment
: Contact Force-E for equipment requirements

About John Chatterton

John Chatterton is one of the world’s most accomplished and well known wreck divers. He was one of the co-hosts for 57 episodes of the History Channel’s Deep Sea Detectives television series. He is also a consultant to the film and television industries and has worked with 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, and CBS. Prior to his career in television, John spent twenty years working as a commercial diver in and around New York City, and was actually working on a project in the water underneath the World Financial Center, across the street from the Tower #1, on September 11, 2001.

His passion has always been researching, locating, and diving the world’s shipwrecks. The discovery in 1991, and subsequent identification, of the German submarine U-869, off the coast of New Jersey, was the subject of a television documentary, Hitler’s Lost Sub, a two hour special for the popular NOVA series on PBS. This same story was the subject of a Random House bestselling book by Rob Kurson, Shadow Divers. It is currently published in more than 21 languages. The movie rights to the international bestseller have been purchased by 20th Century Fox.

Chatterton was a member of the first technical diving expedition to Ireland and the legendary wreck of the RMS Lusitania, in 1994. A few years later, at a depth of 400 feet, he was the first diver to use rebreather diving technology on the wreck of HMHS Britannic, near the island of Kea in Greece. He was also the sole American on a British expedition, sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, looking for the historic shipwreck Struma, deep in the Black Sea near Istanbul. These dives in Turkey were chronicled on the HBO documentary Struma. Chatterton has also managed to make over 150 dives to the well known wreck of the Andrea Doria.

In August of 2005, John and his partners put together an expedition to the most famous shipwreck in the world, Titanic. They dived the wreck to a depth of approximately 12,500 feet in the MIR submersibles from the Russian Research Ship, Keldysh. Their Titanic exploration has been featured in two History Channel specials, Titanic’s Final Moments – Missing Pieces and Titanic’s Achilles Heel. The programs were produced by Chatterton, fellow Shadow Diver, Richie Kohler, and Emmy Award winner Kirk Wolfinger. Chatterton returned to Britannic in 2006 with his partners for another production, this time on Titanic’s sister ship. Author Brad Matsen brought the story of these expeditions to bookshelves with his bestseller, Titanic’s Last Secrets.

For another NOVA television project in 2009, John traveled to Hawaii where he participated in dives aboard the Pisces submersibles operated by Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory. This project documented the Japanese Midget Submarine I-16tou, from the infamous December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor. These dives, well in excess of 1000 feet of seawater, were part of the NOVA program, Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor.

Chatterton has testified in court as an expert on two occasions. In 1995, he testified as a friend of the court in Admiralty Court in Norfolk, Virginia, in a case involving the arrest of the RMS Lusitania. Several years later he testified as an expert witness in a workman’s compensation case involving the Jones Act.

Currently Chatterton and his partners are working in an ongoing partnership with the government of the Dominican Republic, in a multi faceted commercial project that involves locating, documenting and salvaging colonial era wreck sites in the Dominican waters around Hispañola. At the same time, he is once again involved with Robert Kurson on a book project.
 
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If you have been considering an Advanced Wreck Diving class and need some inspiration, check out this video of Shadow Diver, John Chatterton, diving the Lusitania.




It says "part 1", so there is more fun to come!
 
I have heard of classes taught by him which were a week long and $2500.00. Good opportunity to train with a living legend
 
[INLINE=left]https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/261119_176440625821142_335315464_n.jpg[/INLINE]Advanced wreck Diving requires Advanced Open Water and Basic Wreck Diving (or cavern or equivalent). If you are considering taking this opportunity to learn from a legend like John Chatterton, and you don't meet the prerequisites, there is no time to waste.

Good news, the August PADI Specialty of the Month is Basic Wreck Diver!

Join us on Aug. 18th and 19th, 2012 for Basic Wreck Diving at Force-E Boca Raton located at 218 N. Federal Hwy.

Class Schedule:

Aug. 18th: Class session 9am - 12pm, then two wreck dives in the afternoon
Aug. 19th: 8am boat trip to two wrecks

Prerequisites: Min. age is 15 years old and Advanced Open Water (or equivalent)

Diver needs the PADI Wreck Diver manual before the class, diving equipment, wreck reel, slate, knife, and primary & secondary light. Missing any of these items? Sign up for the class and take advantage of the student discount!

Price: $280 which includes; classroom session, 4 wreck dives from a boat and certification fee

To sign up, stop by or contact the Force-E Boca Raton store at 561-368-0555
 
so is this a PADI Wreck diver course that he is teaching? What equipment is required?
 
It's the TDI Advanced Wreck class.

This is John's Required Equipment list:

Required Equipment for the Force E Advanced Wreck Class


1. Cylinder volume(s) appropriate for dives planned to 120’, considering the students individual SAC rate, are required. Cylinders can be rented for this course.
2. Dual valve single, double manifold or independent double cylinders are suitable. Side mounts are acceptable.
3. All cylinders are to be labeled according to TDI Standards.
4. Divers may use Travel or Deco Cylinders, if they wish, but they are not required.
5. Regulators:
a. Primary and Primary Redundant on primary gas supply
b. SPG required on all first stage regulators.
c. One Second Stage Regulator, on a “long” hose (6’ minimum).
d. We also suggest an extra inflator hose with a “Doggie Dick” inflator, dedicated to filling your SMB.
6. You need a Buoyancy Compensator suitable for the Open Water environment.
7. One Primary Dive Computer, or Bottom Timer and Depth Gauge combination, plus a back up means to measure depth and time.
8. You will also need a means to plan your dives using your dive computer, Smart Phone, laptop, or tablet. Examples of popular dive planners are IDeco, V-Planner.
9. Lights:
a. One Primary Light. Pistol grip is not suitable as a Primary Light, because it cannot be used with a reel.
b. One Back Up Light.
c. One Strobe Light.
10. Reels and SMB’s:
a. Emergency Ascent Reel/Spool (150’ line) with SMB (minimum 25# lift).
b. Primary Penetration Reel (minimum 150’ line)
c. Safety Reel/Spool (minimum 50’ line).
d. Backup SMB or Lift Bag
11. Two (2) Line Cutting Devices are required, and they need to be sharp.
12. An underwater slate, wrist slate, or notebook with minimum 24” Square Inches (both sides) of writing surface, and a writing implement are required.
13. Have a Jon Line (6’ minimum length, sisal preferred).
14. Bring two carabineers, or double dog clips, but no gate clips.
15. Bring a working Underwater Compass.
16. You will need a neoprene hood, skull cap, do rag, helmet, or some sort of head cover for the wreck environment.
17. You will need gloves. You can use neoprene dive gloves if you like, but Atlas rubber coated work gloves are adequate for the warm water environment.
18. You need a warm, adequate, comfortable, exposure suit.
It is always better to ask questions, if you have them.
 
Thanks! Howard!
 
John Chatterton just did the same class in Milwaukee and received great reviews. Just imagine how nice it will be in the warm waters of South Florida?

Check out what people are saying about the class:

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