In June of 2006, I took my gear along on a business trip and dove in Lake Erie. I had heard that the vis was good, and that old wooden sailing ships were well preserved, but that didn't prepare me for the excitement of seeing this wreck as I decended to it on the mooring line. The foremast is still up, the bowsprit is intact, and the railing is still so strong that the mooring line is tied to it. The Washington Irving sank in 1860.

In June of 2006, I took my gear along on a business trip and dove in Lake Erie. I had heard that the vis was good, and that old wooden sailing ships were well preserved, but that didn't prepare me for the excitement of seeing this wreck as I decended to it on the mooring line. The foremast is still up, the bowsprit is intact, and the railing is still so strong that the mooring line is tied to it. The Washington Irving sank in 1860.