David Trotter and the Undersea Research Associates will be presenting at the Heritage Festival at the Pointe Aux Barques Maritime Museum with the presentation "The Morrell Encounter". This presentation will commemorate 60 years since the sinking of the vessel. After the presentation there will be special guests discussing their involvement with the reporting of the incident, the search and recover, and the care for Dennis Hale, the sole survivor.
The team will venture to the west side of Michigan to present at the 26th annual Mysteries & Histories, Beneath the Inland Seas at the Kickerbocker Theatre. We will be presenting on the Great Storm of 1913 and the ships that were lost in Lake Huron. The presentation will feature the discovery of the James Carruthers.
The Undersea Research Associates will be again presenting at the Ford Sea Horses festival on February 28th, 2026. The team will be presenting "The Great Storm of 1913: Lake Huron's Final Chapter" where the team will document all 8 lost vessels from that storm in Lake Huron, culminating with the first ever presenation of the newly found James Carruthers.