Florida officials have just released details on when the Vandenberg will be scuttled - here's a link to the story: Vandenberg Sinking Update
Vandenberg Sinking Update!
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aue-mike
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They just announced the afternoon of May 27 (weather dependent) as the tentative sink date.
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Who is going to be down there? This should be FUN!
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Hopefully we will make it. I am not taking my boat though and probably hooking up with a charter
I had the opportunity to walk the ship yesterday. WOW!!! This is going to be an incredible dive for the prudent recreational diver and smart tec diver.
For the rec diver there is so much structure on the extertior many dives can be made and still see something new.
For the tec diver many passage ways and cut outs. A word of caution according to the demolitions guy doing the cutting charges, expect the cuts in the lower hull to be VERY sharp.
My worry as a public safety diver is the rec diver with tec fantasies, for them, this ship is a certain death trap. When the missing diver happens, there will be no such thing as a quick search.
As a PSD the passage ways scare the #@*! out of me, I can only hope that they have a similar effect on Joe tourist diver.
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trtldvr
Florida Keys Safe Diving Initiative
For the rec diver there is so much structure on the extertior many dives can be made and still see something new.
For the tec diver many passage ways and cut outs. A word of caution according to the demolitions guy doing the cutting charges, expect the cuts in the lower hull to be VERY sharp.
My worry as a public safety diver is the rec diver with tec fantasies, for them, this ship is a certain death trap. When the missing diver happens, there will be no such thing as a quick search.
As a PSD the passage ways scare the #@*! out of me, I can only hope that they have a similar effect on Joe tourist diver.
Safe dives
trtldvr
Florida Keys Safe Diving Initiative
The cuts in the upper sections have been done by torch and the lower sections will be done by cutting charges.
Safe dives
trtldvr
Florida Keys Safe Diving Initiative
Safe dives
trtldvr
Florida Keys Safe Diving Initiative
Because they are going to cut with a charge, not a plasma cutter. The cut with the charge is going to quick so that is why it is going to sharper. This is my story and I'm sticking to it.
I volunteer to bring a metal file down with me and give it a few pulls if I can get free boat rides..
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