I found this article and am posting the pertinent part - has anyone heard anything about this?

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/26397.htm

Kohler and his wife just filmed a diving documentary with author Clive Cussler, and have their fingers crossed that "Shadow Divers" will be made into a "$100 million blockbuster movie," like "The Perfect Storm."

Now that was a very fascinating story. I surely hope they make that into a movie. I love to watch anything that involves diving and wrecks, etc. Great find Sherlock!

Damn good find Sherlock!

For anybody interested in this kind of field, there's a great book called 'Dark Descent' by Kevin McMurray which chronicles several dives on the wreck of the Empress of Ireland, the ship Clive used as his plot in Night Probe! and in fact Clive is interviewed in the book.

This other book 'Shadow Divers' sounds like its definitely worth taking a look at.

I know of another book that is related to the U-869 that a friend of mine told me about called "The Last Dive," by Bernie Chowdhury (published about 10 years ago). He told me "The Last Dive" is a true story about Chris and his son Chrisy Rouse and that they were well known for their cave/deep diving. The story follows them through their end, diving on the U-869. He said this story is well known in the professional diving community and it's a classic example of what not to do. And how when something goes wrong at depth, the poop usually hits the fan and everything goes wrong at the same time. He also said that he noticed all the great divers of that time eventually died, even a few after the book was published. Sounds like it would be another great read.

Another good book is Red Sky In Mourning by Tami Oldham Ashcraft

I listened to the audiobook, read by the author. She's a horrible reader, but the story is fascinating, so buy the book instead.

Experienced boaters, Ashcraft and her fianc‚, Richard Sharp, had been hired to ferry the four-masted Hazana from Tahiti to the U.S. mainland. The jaunt seemed simple enough, until the pair unwittingly sailed into the throes of a hurricane.

Sent below decks during the worst of the storm, Ashcraft was knocked unconscious; when she awoke 27 hours later, all that remained of Richard was his broken safety tether. Thus began Ashcraft's horrifying 41-day solo journey toward civilization, which makes up the bulk of this book.

Having lost all radio contact, Ashcraft made the best of her rudimentary celestial navigation skills and sailed for the shores of what she hoped was Hawaii. Facing fatigue, injury and almost certain death, Ashcraft suffered a near mental breakdown. She survived on canned food, beer and cigars, endured minor squalls and mirages of ships on horizon and was finally rescued off the coast of Hilo by a Japanese touring vessel.

As she recounts her story, Ashcraft emerges as a fiercely independent, strong sailor (she is now a 100-ton licensed captain with more than 50,000 offshore miles). Some will find the self-consciously inspirational tone of the book a little too saccharine, but others will appreciate Ashcraft's remarkable courage; in any case, the story certainly has enough adrenaline-pumping action to satisfy nautical adventure junkies.

th: It does sound like a good book. Kinda scary to think that a U-Boat got that close to the continental U.S. <_<

I just finished reading Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson and I can definitely see why Clive Cussler endorsed this book. This is a book that I would recommend all Cussler fans to pick up and read. It is hard to believe that this book is based on a true story. The whole time I felt I was reading a good fiction novel and could not bear to put it down. I now understand the two main characters also host the t.v. show Deep Sea Detectives and I have enjoyed this show also. I hope that the movie based on the Shadow Divers is able to make it off the ground because this would make a great movie about diving, mystery, and danger. This book has also left me with a greater sense of respect for the sport of scuba diving since I am a new diver myself. I would recommend this book to any Pitt book fan as it seems to come from the same mold. If you would like a book about an exciting adventure of the exploration of history go and buy yourself a copy of Shadow Divers.

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Hello All

Just found this thread and wanted to add my comments, I would happily endorse this book as a great read, "Shadow Divers" as an excellent account of a gripping tale. I picked it up last year and could not put it down a very comprehensive tale of a true story.

After reading the book I purchased the other related book called "The Last Dive," by Bernie Chowdhury and I do not believe it was anywhere near as enthralling. It follows the exploits of Chris and his son Chrisy Rouse who were sadly lost in the search and location for the U - 869. I felt that in the latter book more emphasis was placed on the authors side to the story in his relationship with the father and son and I felt that the book was let down by such a heavy input. I accept that he had a tale to tell but the story tended deviate away from the book topic too much.

For many years I was a sub aqua diving instructor myself and the story of the U - 869 drew many parallels to my own exploits. Following the location of a deep U - boat here we dived it many times, that is until we lost a diver on the wreck. I was the person who found and recovered such a close diving colleague and his loss affected the whole town. Last year John Chatterton was over here filming part of the "Deep Sea Detectives series for Sky television and dived with a local diving team not too far south. The DVD I was given from the show is quite good as it follows my own interests in the diving world. The local divers were the same team that I introduced to Dr. Cussler and Dirk last year in his search for the Bonhomme Richard.

Like my relationship with Dr. Cussler I have exchanged correspondence with John Chatterton and found that we have much in common. When we discussed Dr. Cussler I was quite surprised to be told by John that Richie Kholer, another of John's team had recently located another U- boat in American waters with Dr. Cussler. We both found it rather amusing that our lives were connected in our own unique way. I was very grateful for a copy of Richie Kohler's report into the search for the U - 869, something I cherish immensely!

In relation to the current search, Dirk is now back on home turf but the charter boat is continuing the search until the end of the month. They have covered quite a bit of ground but have yet to find anything positive.

I have been aboard a number of times and enjoy the company of the team even though Dirk and Dr. Cussler are not aboard. A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to find the 2003 expedition for the Bonhomme Richard on the Sea Hunter Series and shot a new tape in the VCR as quick as I could. I have now transferred this to digital camcorder tape (Mini DV) and presented the crew of the charter vessel with their own copy, something they thoroughly enjoyed. I have been invited to call over whenever they are in port and will get over before they conclude this years search for an update and farewell drink.

I will of course update the forum on news as it comes in.

Regards To All

Colin snor:
Dive Whitby

You've talked me into chasing this book up. Looking forward to it!

It is a great book, I think I found a birthday present for Tony, this book is easy to chase down. I guess that's where my being a shipwreck fanatic comes in handy because I have all of the dive books, I can find. My ear doctor still wont give me permission to take diving lessons so I tease myself with the books. "The Last Dive" was great and heart breaking, "Fatal Depth", "Dark Descent" "Deep Descent", "Submerged", the list goes on and on with first account great dive stories.

I have both books. Shadow Divers and The Last Dive. Both are books that all people who are interested in wrecks and the sea should read. There is much to discover under the waters of our planet. The secerts are there to be discovered. b: