"Sink her somewhere off shore as part of a dive park" is way out ahead
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http://today.seattletimes.com/2011/12/k ... nadequate/
Sounder wrote:Under normal circumstances, I would never tell another man how to shave his balls... but this device should not be kept secret.
Not if we get to her first *insert evil laugh*CaptnJack wrote:You'd need at least 140fsw to provide enough clearance. She's probably 60-70ft from keel to bridge.
The Corps will be scrapping her though.
That's What I was thinkin'!dwashbur wrote:I'd lean toward Owens Beach on Point Defiance. Maybe there'd finally be something interesting to see there. And there's loads of parking. It's on a 90 degree hill, but it's there!
It's not what I think they should do with it ... but based on what happened to those other ferries, I think what they will do with it is send to Mexico to be cut up for scrap metal ... we simply don't have the infrastructure, expertise, or political muscle in Washington state to get something like this prepared and permitted as an artificial reef. That's why we all end up going to Canada, Florida or California when we want to dive on one ...BASSMAN wrote:So then, what's your solution? What do you think they should do with it?
After all ###***%%% has been removed, cut the darn thing right down the center and drop it in two halves, like a big clam.Grateful Diver wrote:How many of you who want this thing at Mukilteo or TTN are qualified to enter a wreck? How many of you think you wouldn't ... or some other unqualified diver wouldn't? How many have a clue what you must do to assure yourself you'll be able to find your way out before you drain all the air out of your tank? Then what ... you won't be able to do a CESA from inside the ship... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Well, find someone to commit a half million dollars to cleaning it up before it goes down, and the "environmental types" won't have much to complain about.Dusty2 wrote:Sadly I must agree with Bob, There just ain't no way it's ever going to happen. Given the green front to deal with and the environmental types. It's far easier to just say no. We must remember that the biggest hurdle is the permitting process. No publicly elected official is going to put his job on the line to assist in any effort to sink a vessel of any type. It would be political suicide. We might be a very vocal minority but we are still a very exclusive minority.
We will just have to live with the reality that it ain't gonna happen! :angry:
Before or after her refrigerant caught fire for 3 days?ljjames wrote: (rumor has it she was scuttled for insurance money)
Sounder wrote:Under normal circumstances, I would never tell another man how to shave his balls... but this device should not be kept secret.
Sounder wrote:Under normal circumstances, I would never tell another man how to shave his balls... but this device should not be kept secret.