Hello all . . .
Up here in BC we've sunk a number of ex-military
ships (e.g.: Chaudiere) specifically for artificial reefs. I've yet to
dive on the ship I worked on.
The whole thing was a success. The ideal, of
course, is to sink one in an area of little current so we can dive on it with a
psub. That would be a class act. A wreck laying in water that
provides a variety of depths leaves room for divers of all levels.
Rick
Vancouver, Canada
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Ship reefing for
tourism
HI
all,
Not every old ship is destined for the scrappers...
apart
from dreams of building subs I have actually been carefully extracting parts
of an old warship to preserve the rest of it as an artificial reef of the
coast of Wellington, New Zealand.
This project has taken me 6 years
and we are now less than a month away from sinking a Batch 3 Leander Class
Frigate, complete with her guns...
see
www.divewreck.co.nz
If you
want to stay in touch and keep posted on the days leading up to and
preceding the sinking....
email
<subscribe@divewreck.co.nz>
Next mission is
to build a sub and go play on it and the many others shown on our website.
Kind Regards
Marco