Dive Log: Trug & Ten Fathoms (05/03/2010)
Dive #36 and #37, diving off Mount Lavinia with Colombo Divers , Boatman Ravinda, Divemaster Jehan and buddy Daniel. Trug: Bottom time � 36 minutes; Depth � 29.2 meters It was time for a bit of a change. The Trug was our poison of choice for our next dive, a barge in about 30m of water which due to its relatively small size is sometimes difficult to find in rougher seas. Today was however a flat calm day and Ravinda navigated and hooked onto the wreck without any issues. The water here wasn�t the deep blue that you usually see on the Cargo but had more of a greenish tinge, out of which the wreck appeared, like a spaceship rising out of the depths. The difference in scale was the first impression I received, almost a tinge of disappointment after being spoilt by the immensity of the Cargo Wreck looming over me on most of my previous dives. I was soon however intrigued by the different spatial look of the wreck, since the boat had sunk upside down the keel rose like an aquatic spaceship ...