Capt Johns Restaurant Toronto Harbor

roastbeef · Oct 13, 2012

After 48 years Capt Johns restraunt down at the city harbor the big white ship has gone out of business. The ship is for sale my god it would make a wonderfull shipwreck off Toronto for divers, you don't find ships like that anymore. It would be a shame to see it sold for scrap.

just yapping.

shoredivr · Oct 14, 2012

How much to buy, clean and sink I wonder. Some of the dive shops should make an association like Tobermory did to prep and sink the Niagara II.

Dr Dog · Oct 14, 2012

i have never eaten there and have not been to that area for a long time, but that is a landmark to me.. Would be awesome to see it sunk in Humber bay

mhosts · Oct 20, 2012

I ate at that place 10 years ago. It was the absolute worst food I've ever eaten. I'm happy that tourist grab finally went under!

Sinking it would be awesome though. But that thing is huge (not to mention it's been retrofitted as a restaurant). I'm sure the costs to gut it would be huge.

fred3798 · Oct 20, 2012

Wouldn't a demolition company make money gutting it? Maybe there is a deal to be made with the Toronto Harbour Commission and a demo company - win-win?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_John's_Harbour_Boat_Restaurant

I work in the insolvency field in Toronto and have contacted a couple of people who might know something about this. If the boat is mired in mud, it will need to be towed out and sunk. If there is anything left on board to salvage, perhaps a salvage company will pay and the money can pay for the tow. How one sinks a boat in an environmentally sound way to be a scuba wreck is a question. Is there a forum on ScubaBoard where we could look for that expertise?

rjkrob · Oct 21, 2012

Hmmm...I don't think they would let us scuttle her in Toronto Port Authority Jurisdiction waters....that means we'd have to secure permission from Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Land Management Branch, and get Environmental Assessments for proposed sinking sites, and possibly First Nations blessing, and for sure we'd want to clean that ship cleaner than the proverbial whistle...lotta work!

But WOW, wouldn't it be cool?

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scubamitch · Jan 4, 2013

I called 640am radio talk show about this very subject. I got thru as they were asking what to do with her? Lots of ideas were called in about what to with her, mine was to scuttle it! With my tonguein cheek, they bought it. I could hardly keep from laughing all the while on air they listened as I explained the salmon swimming thru the hallways , as fish were still on the menu. lol x 2

fred3798 · Jan 6, 2013

If there is enough interest it would be a great addition. Not sure that Captain John's would work, but there are armed forces boats that may be easier to clean. Anyone interested????

roastbeef · Jan 13, 2013

fred3798:
If there is enough interest it would be a great addition. Not sure that Captain John's would work, but there are armed forces boats that may be easier to clean. Anyone interested????

The diving industry is dead for about it.

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