http://www.techthailand.com Technical Diving and Expeditions Wed, 07 May 2008 02:09:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to  MV Trident’s website, the only dedicated Technical Diving Operator in Koh Tao, Thailand. This is all we do to try and make a living, when we’re not diving wrecks, we’re trying to find them or training new tec divers and instructors. We’re sorry if you’ve had to battle through ... http://www.techthailand.com/2008/03/welcome-to-mv-tridents-real-website/   Our first crew were from New Jersey - used to diving cold water and strong currents so Thailand was going be  easy for them. We started with a wreck we knew, the Nanmei No5 Maru and then moved on to a mark we hoped was going to be the Araosan Maru. We ... http://www.techthailand.com/2008/03/march-trip-and-new-rib-has-arrived/ Recently we've attracted some bad press about the  above trips, it's quite good reading and hopefully we'll get some exposure out of it. I especally like the bits about lots of divers paying big money to dive with us. The issue of artifact recovery has been around for ages and there's no right ... http://www.techthailand.com/2008/01/engine-room/   The Trident has just returned from the yard, the 'brief refit' turned into three weeks but at least we can see where some of the money's gone this time. The paint job's new, new roof and weather blinds, new cushions, overhauled generator, some welding in the bow and a new dive ... http://www.techthailand.com/2007/12/new-buddha-for-mv-trident/ [youtube]rpYjKmMILyQ[/youtube] http://www.techthailand.com/2007/10/john-chatterton-and-richie-kohler/ We found our first new wreck in  March this year, the Seacrest Drilling ship sunk in 1989.  We thought we had found this one   last year but it's a nearly identical sister ship . see our wrecks page for details. The 'real' Seacreast is a great dive, she lies upside down in ... http://www.techthailand.com/2007/10/65/ Check out the original Trident promo! [youtube]GGZpZrSITOA[/youtube] http://www.techthailand.com/2007/02/trident-promo/ In June the MV Trident rendezvoused with the USN ship USS Salvor above the site.this was the first time the USN have ever dived a WW2 wreck , let alone a 86 man submarine wargrave. The Salvor is one of four USN Rescue and Salvage ships worldwide, she has a ... http://www.techthailand.com/2006/12/us-navy-dive-on-the-lagarto/ Jamie spoke at the USS Lagarto memorial in Manitwoc, Wisconsin in May 2006.the event was attended by three hundred family members , WW2 Submarine Veterans and USN officers from Pearl Harbor. Admiral Cassias, Commander Submarine Force US Pacific Fleet, thanked the MV Trident team for locating the submarine, and at ... http://www.techthailand.com/2006/12/lagarto-memorial-2-may-2006/ John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, the Deep Sea Detectives, have done it! They came and did 4 days of hard core CCR dives with us on the USS Lagarto. And they loved it! Look out for our documentary with them as the front men and the camera crew from the ... http://www.techthailand.com/2006/12/article-in-bangkok-post-2-july-2005/