Florida's newest artificial reef

[scubadada]

My impression is that Stuart could use a boost for recreational diving, unfortunately, this doesn't do it.

 

[diversteve]

What I want to know is who is the guy who has to run around the boat knocking all the patches loose then has to jump overboard?

 

[aue-mike]

The mission of the MCAC Fund - the group that raised the $150K for the project - is to make deep reefs in Martin County. Come up with the funds and the permits and you can place a reef where y'all want it....

 

[scubastingray]

What I want to know is who is the guy who has to run around the boat knocking all the patches loose then has to jump overboard?

They don't use explosives? Sorta disappointing.

 

[HalcyonDaze]

They don't use explosives? Sorta disappointing.

That can go overboard ... perhaps literally. My former Dive Safety Officer once told me about his time at a research station in the Caribbean; they had just gotten a new research boat and decided they were going to scuttle their old one. The vessel in question was a 40-foot wooden hull. The guy they put in charge of the planning decided eight pounds of dynamite would do the job ... and then added another 15 pounds. I think at that point any notion of this being an artificial reef went out the window; maybe the engine block became a nice coral head.

 

[iamrushman]

i assume the sand is 185'...kingpost 105'..rec limits are 130'........sounds doable.

 

[sportxlh]

Interesting article on TDI's website regarding the wreck and its sinking:

Sinking and Diving the Hailey Glasrud | SDI | TDI | ERDI