Jim & Pat Stayer
Jim & Pat
have
shared their love for diving for the past 27 years. The Stayers along
with
their good friend Tim Juhl formed Out
of the Blue Productions and have discovered and documented
several
shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. From these adventures the trio has
authored
2 books ("Shipwrecks of Sanilac" and "Sole Survivor") and
produced over a dozen videos. Their work has appeared on all
major
commercial networks. Jim is a licensed U.S.C.G. Captain, and together
the
Stayers run a dive charter boat in the Great Lakes.
Pat is a marine artist and computer graphics professional. Jim is a
past president of the Michigan Underwater Preserve Council. Out of the
Blue Productions, also puts on "Shipwrecks Remembered", the second
largest
shipwrecks show in the midwest.
The Wexford...A Victim of the Great Storm of 1913
In November of 1913, the worst storm to ever strike the Great Lakes
claimed numerous ships and hundreds of sailors. In Lake Huron,
eight
large steel ships were lost with all hands during a 16 hour
period.
One of these ships, the Canadian freighter Wexford, was discovered in
August
of 2000. Out of the Blue Productions will tell the tale of
that terrible storm and take you
underwater to view the Wexford as she lies today.
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