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At 12:30 PM 6/19/97 +0000, you wrote: > MRLUNGS, Ted, why so mad, ya gotta type in CAPS to call me.. > I think you may have the term "ship wreck" confused with >"artificial reef". A ship wreck is a vessel that was accidently >sunk and or destroyed with contense and people on board. An >artificial reef is a derelict placed on the bottom of the ocean >instead of being cut up for scrap! > After a quick look through "Florida Shipwrecks" , I find off >the East coast of Florida 10 artificial reefs and 1 ship wreck (Hydro >Atlantic) in 130 feet of water or more. Ted, You are so Wrong! Did you even think about checking the St Johns river, Panama City, Penscola, Jacksonville, Daytona, and the list goes on. Reading books just doesn't cover you on this. You know what you have up there, and I know what is down here. So I gess that we are at a point where we are going to stare each other down now, and make mean faces.. > The entire state of Florida including the Keys and the Dry >Tortugas, has only 15 to 20 artificial reefs and 8 or 10 ship wrecks in >130 feet of water or more. You are so miss informed dude. Try again. > The ship wrecks (not artificial reefs) off the coast of New Jersey, >New York, and Connecticut (a far shorter coast line than the East coast >of Florida) in 130 feet of water or more, are far more numerous and >have far more Technical Diving being done on them. Ever here of a >Wreck called the Andrea Doria? Tell me of a ship wreck in Florida >that even remotely compares to the Andrea Doria. Have you ever heard of the Ghost Wreck, located off of the coast of Destin.. btw Been there done it!! A nice 145' wreck, sunk during WWII after being hit off the coast of Cuba.. gotta have your head on tight for this one. > I have dove on the Hydro Atlantic, Lowrance (Mazon), and >Miller Lite off the Southeast coast of Florida. They are great technical >dives and can be quite challenging because of the currents. However, >the Andrea Doria they are NOT! Good, you have been here, but you only have done those few, try a few more. > I will grant you that Florida is the "Technical Cave Capital", >but you are not even in the running for "Technical Wreck Capital". >The small coast of North Carolina has far more technical wrecks than >Florida! You have to stop reading all of those books, you are making yourself look foolish. You are right, we are the Cave capital, but that is the mind set, you have to do more research., Look past what you read in books. > Pull out your drysuit ( if you own one), get some real >underwear, and a bottle of Argon and come North to the land of >technical wreck diving. Don't need a dry suit, I am not the one trying to do ice, cold water diving.. 1/4 works just fine down here!! > > Ted Green > > >Ted Green (owner) >Tidewater Aquatics (Dive Store) >Salisbury Maryland USA >TDI IT #029 >SSI MI #178 > >The world contains but three types of people: > 1. Those who make things happen. > 2. Those who watch things happen. > 3. Those who wonder what happened. BTW, which of the above do you fit into?? I know where I do, and will do it everytime.. J ************************************ Respiratiory Therpist PADI Divemaster Ft Lauderdale, Florida **** This is the real deal!!! ***** -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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