Anyone like boats or ships that used to float?
 

Being partial to the ocean, I tend to have an eye for just about anything that can float and transport people. Anyone else enjoy this, too? Here's some photos from the island of Bimini. This boat was on the main drag up against some buildings. I had to stop and soak in the colors.

http://www.tropicdiver.com/b1.jpg

Bigger isn't always better or is it?

http://www.tropicdiver.com/b2.jpg

Man, I really like the second shot. It's got that "Man vs. Nature" feel to it. I would love to see more shots like these if you have some!

Oh yeah... I have 'boatloads' of photos of this wreck. It is up against the southwest iron shore of the island of Bimini and right next to a graveyard (which I captured, also). Give me a few and I'll put up a few more.

Thanks. Those are really cool. Do you have a website of them somewhere? I'm not sure if you're allowed to post the link on here, but if you have a site, PM it to me. I think they are really great!

Here's viewing the wreck from the edge of the cemetary.

http://www.tropicdiver.com/twograves.jpg

Here's a close up of the wreck, also. You can make out the name of the ship if you look closely.

http://www.tropicdiver.com/biminighostship.jpg

How fitting it crawled up to die at a cemetary. Great stuff, TD. Always look forward to your posts.

Man that is a cool wreck, and a cool picture of it. Nice work.

the water is just the right color...and the rust of the bow compliments it so nicely. excellent work....thank you.

I especially like the one with the grave.

Not quite ready for the grave yard...but close

wow i also like the second photo of the first post... bimini is such a cool place...

talk about cool photogenic ships, have u been to the Sapona right off bimini? its really cool, i recommend checking it out if u havent

love that second pic, nice contrast of colors

The blue vs. red in the second pic is amazing! Great work!

I like the second one! looks like there's a story behind it!

nice TD! i like the first pic -- would make a nice greeting card for a coastal gift shop.

there's an old "concrete" ship sitting off the coast of one of the beaches just south of santa cruz.

i'll snap a pic the next time we're there walking our dogs. i've snapped a few of it before, but some are analog & lost in an album somewhere & i have no idea where i've stashed the digital ones. i'll just snap some more :D

I like looking at old wrecks there is somthing quite mystical about them, or is that just me?

I love pictures of wrecked and abandoned man-made things!

Holy crap those are amazing Tropic.. as usual :)
Something about the 2nd pic thats just amazing. The soft clean water against a dead rusted boat, just a really cool contrast.

Keep up the amazing work!

I saw some amazing banked, dead boats when in the Turks and Caicos area on one of those bird reserve things. I really wish I had had my camera. :(

The pics of the rusty ship are amazing man!

I wonder if we could arrange a TFP GT and meet in Bimini and 17 of us (that's how many souls that Chalk's seaplane will hold) could spend the day taking photos of the wreck? It is just a 22 minute flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Bimini.

http://www.tropicdiver.com/b3.jpg

wow, those are some great pics. I wish I could see something like that in person. I've read a lot about the caspian sea drying up, and all the ships there becoming landlocked. That'd be my next stop if I were really interested in shipwrecks.

TD, what equpiment do you use? Those pictures are amazing beyond recognition...

I have two cameras. My film camera that I took the shipwreck photos is an old Nikon 8008s with a Nikon 20mm lens. A very sweet lens that gives me lots of joy.

I've been playing with my digital for nearly 1/2 year, now, and the 8008s has been collecting dust. I bought a Nikon CoolPix 5700 that has one heck of a learning curve, but I am figuring it out. I love going out and shooting hundreds of photos, culling them down to just a few nice ones and not being out a dime for the photos. ;)

Wow.. i'd never thought i would appreciate pictures of abandoned ships :) thnx!

I was out on Sanibel and Captiva Island, yesterday, saying my goodbyes, for a while. Happened upon this scene and had to shoot a picture of the newest shipwreck out there. :D

http://www.tropicdiver.com/sanibelwreck1a.jpg

hahah, the last one is funny.

yup, I too like the 2nd pick..
but i 'm partial towards any man vs nature shots.. where nature has once again proven victorious.
The first one is something i'd rather see on my wall, in a nice frame however.

A boat owner myself, the first one is just so ageless - makes me want to repaint it, slap some oars on and take it out. As for the last, I wonder what those guys told their wives or SOs about the boat :)

loved the first shot, is the pink the sunrise or the colour of the buildings?

The shot was taken near lunch time and the building was painted pink. The last time I was in Bimini, someone put a white fence in front of the boat, I guess to protect it from tourist and others from sitting on the boat. The photo opportunity will never be the same, again, unless someone had a really wide angle lens and could get between the fence and the boat. The lens I used was a Nikon 20mm, so I think it would be tough to get the shot, nowadays, unfortunately. It's been nearly 2 1/2 years since I last saw that boat and it might not even be there anymore. Hope I'm wrong.

Some very nice pictures here...
It is approx. 10 degrees out right now; these are warming me up just looking at them. :p

:lol: @ "3 embarassed fishermen" + "fishing trip gone real wrong"

nice one, TD. :thumbsup:

here's one tropic.......my boat took a beating last year in a storm......this is how i found it the next day.........it still floats though........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...that_night.jpg

The Sapona
 

Tropic, here is my contribution to the collection. You probably recognize the Sapona from your trips to Bimini.

For those that don't know, the Sapona is a ship that served the US during WWI. It was constructed mainly out of concrete, wood and steel. The ship was sold by the military and was used for many purposes including a floating liquor warehouse during Prohibition, a nightclub and brothel. During WWII, Navy pilots used the ship for target practice. The ship ran aground in shallow water near Bimini in 1926. Today it is a cool shallow dive.

These are a few of my shots from the dive.

Crew
 

Here is the crew of my dive boat.

Rusting Bucket
 

Another shot

The approach
 

A diver jumps into the drink.

Tanks
 

Scuba tanks ready for our adventure.

Sunset on a wreck
 

Sunset on another Bimini shipwreck.

Yeppers, I recognized the Sapona. The 'other' wreck... is that the remains of the wreck I have photographed on this thread, previously? It's been near 3 years since I've seen it and I was just wondering if this is all that remains, now? Is it up against the cemetery south of the Chalk's terminal?

Remains
 

Yes, I believe this must be the remainder. The sea has really beaten it down.

It was the only wreck that was up against North Bimini, when I was there, but at least I was fortunate enough to see the complete hulk. Amazing how it disintegrated in some 3 or 4 years versus how the Sapona has survived for well over a half a century.