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Ship Wrecks
In April’s Baht & Sold, we took a look at the monsoon season in Thailand, establishing the general rules to follow to find the best areas in certain months to dive. Patterns were formed as are highlights in each area for specific types of diving. For example the Similan islands boast huge granite boulders creating incredible backdrops. Phi Phi islands are mainly limestone composite allowing for great wall diving as the island faces plunge straight into the sea to depths of around 18 meters. In the Gulf, off of the coast of Chonburi and Rayong provinces there is a
startling amount of ship wrecks all concentrated in a fairly small area. Some
of the histories behind the ships wrecked are really quite something. The Pak One sank very quickly killing the majority of the crew and settled
in a very odd position. With the bow nearly touching the surface at 5 meters
depth the stern lodged itself in to the seabed at 60 meters. This was a sad
loss of life and a vessel but the famous ‘vertical’ wreck dive sight was born. Locals and far a field divers feared that one day the gas in the bow assisting
to buoy the ship ‘into position’ would leak out and the Pak One would finally
rest like many of its ‘normal’ counterparts. During the early stages of it’s ‘rebirth’ some local divers were lucky enough
to have dived the wreck whilst in transit and reported diving 50 meters depth
under the stern and being able to look all the way through the hull to the surface. Success they thought but the desired affect was not quite achieved. Instead
of sending the Pak One to the bottom a 300 Ton LPG tank was blown from the wreck
now making the vessel 300 Tons lighter and sending it careering an additional
20 meters out of the water. Once settled and steady at the surface, attempt
three was successful in laying the restless voyager on the seabed once and hopefully
for all. Submitted by : Peter - www.learn-in-Asia.com 24-Jan-05
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