Please Note:

• Group size is limited on most projects so feel free to call the Project Leader to discuss opportunities.  They can provide a detailed description of the project, what your time commitment will be as well as any requirements for participation. A detailed description and registration for each project is available by clicking on the name of the project in the above schedule or via the Events Calendar.
• Registration is required for each project to secure your spot!
• Any youth between the ages of 10 and 17 years old that has their Official Dive Certifications, will need to have a Parent or Guardian sign the Liability Releases, Waiver and Medical Forms 24 hours before the event.  A Parent or Guardian must be present with the youth on-board the RV Preservation.  A Dive Master, Instructor, Parent or Guardian must be able to supervise the youth while diving.  (In the water supervision).
  
• All divers will need to provide all their own cold-water diving gear including scuba tank and redundant air supply.
• The Tools and Techniques Class completion is required whenever stabilization work is necessary.
• Since these are work projects, supplies and fuel are provided by the GLSPS.  Food expenses will be shared by the participating members.
• Each project has a Project Level associated with it.  Please check the index below to see if you qualify.
• It is required to have your own health insurance to participate in projects.
• DAN diving insurance (or equivalent) is highly recommended and may be required to participate in certain projects.
• Liability Releases are required for each participant.  Print, read, complete and sign the GLSPS Master Liability Release, Waivers - Medical Forms for Projects Updated 4-14-2020 at home 24 hours before the project/event starts, so you will have ample time to read and understand all forms, agree to the terms and conditions and sign.  Starting in 2021, a new safety protocol had to be added for members.  We had to add an additional form/questionnaire about the Covid-19.  Please click on this link to obtain a copy of the form.  DAN - GLSPS Declaration Form For COVID19  If you ask for forms at the boat, you will not be able to attend or dive that day.  A 24 hours grace period is required.  DON'T FORGET YOUR FORMS!!
• PLEASE Note:  If any questions on the Medical form are answered "YES" this will require the second form to be completed and signed by your doctor, so please plan ahead. The boat cannot leave the dock or be able to dive until all forms are signed by participant and reviewed by a GLSPS representative!

Project Levels:

• Level 1 – Non Diving Project or Program
  
• Level 2 – Basic Open Water Scuba Certification - 20 Logged Dives Minimum - Max 60 feet
• Level 3 – Advanced Open Water Certification – 30 Logged Dives Minimum - Max 120 Feet
• Level 4 – Technical Diver / Advanced Nitrox and Deco Procedures - 60 Logged Dives Minimum - Max 150 Feet
• Level 5 – Advanced Trimix / Open Circuit and Rebreather Deep Diving
• Level 6 - Special Project - Restricted to invitation only because of special requirements  
• TUD - Tune Up Dives
• ARC - Archaeology and Drawing Class Recommended 
• TT - Tools and Techniques Training Required
• OE - Overhead Environment
• ID - Ice Diving Certification Required to dive but not limited to Surface Crewing

Yearly Summary:

• In April every year, (the last weekend in April) we plan a joint above water project between Superior Public Museums, WUAA, LSMMA, and the GLSPS.  It involves a weekend of preserving and stabilizing the S.S. Meteor Whaleback on Barkers Island in Superior, WI.  This is an above water project for all non-divers and divers to enjoy.  (Although encouraged, you do not need to be a member to join us)!
• Three to five weeks before Memorial Day, we begin preparing our project boat, the R/V Preservation, for summer projects on Lake Superior.  If interested in joining us to help prepare the boat, please contact us.
• The first weekend of June is when all the fun begins.  We launch the R/V Preservation, perform the annual shakedown cruise on the boat then a thorough review and training session for all Captains to keep them sharp. After that weekend, the GLSPS transports the RV Preservation to Silver Bay Marina where it stays close to most of the dive projects.  the GLSPS encourages registering and participating in our various projects. All programs and projects are educational, entertaining, fun and ultimately rewarding.
• The GLSPS would also like to hear if you are interested in becoming a boat Captain for the RV Preservation Research Vessel.  This requires being a crew member for about a year.  Go through the USCG Boating Skills and  Seamanship Class (It is 6-weeks long one night a week) and at least 60 hours of running the vessel with one of the other Captains.  After that criteria is met, the Board of Directors vote and the President of the GLSPS signs you off.  After all that, you  will be required to write your Resume' to send to Insurance Company to be assigned as a Captain on the RV Preservation.  If interested, please let one of the current Captains know.  They will be happy to start you off as a Crew Member and build from there.
• We offer an Underwater Tools and Techniques Procedures class whenever there is enough demand. Please let a Board Member know if you are interested in taking this class. The GLSPS will only run the class if we have six or more students.
• June through the middle of October is when our underwater projects occur. As most of these projects occur in or near Lake Superior, a common launch point is on the R/V Preservation, docked at Silver Bay Marina in Silver Bay, MN. (North of Two Harbors) or Spirit Lake Marina where the boat ends up at the end of the season for the last few projects and winter layup.

Members, this is your opportunity to get involved and participate! The GLSPS research vessel, the R/V Preservation, will be available for use on many of our projects.  Divers must have a certification from basic scuba diving to Advanced Open Water Diver or comparable experience, depending on project level. (See levels above).  Stabilization Projects will require proprietary training and skills with preservation techniques and underwater tool handling.  The GLSPS will offer this as demand allows.  If you are interested in any of the above projects, please contact the project leader or any of the Board Members.  Sign up early as projects can fill up very quickly if a group decides to join.  Please remember, any of the above programs and projects can be changed, postponed or canceled at any time because of weather, underwater visibility, scheduling, or lack of personnel or volunteers. 

If you have and idea, suggestion or want to become a program or project leader, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss your ideas. 

We hope GLSPS Members will be able to join us as a volunteer on these projects.  We are certain you will find the projects educational, informative, are very organized and most of all, have a lot fun.  So please join us as a member and on a Program or Project.  You could make a difference in helping preserve maritime history!

Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society - Board of Directors, 
Committee Chairpersons
Project Leaders