From the Water Magazine » Capt Bob Roney-Dive Charters http://fromthewatermagazine.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:49:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Diving the Thunderbolt http://fromthewatermagazine.com/2009/09/diving-the-thunderbolt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-the-thunderbolt http://fromthewatermagazine.com/2009/09/diving-the-thunderbolt/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:42:59 +0000 Dianne Scott http://fromthewatermagazine.com/?p=316 Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

The Thunderbolt is a 188′ research vessel sunk about 5 miles southeast of Marathon.   She sits upright in  120 ft. of water and is an awesome dive for the more advanced diver.  There is usually a fair amount of current so most dive shops are going to want to know that you know what you’re doing before they take you out on this one.

This ship had an interesting former life.  Before she was scuttled, she was used by researchers from Florida Power and Light to  study lightning strikes.  They used jet engines to blast ionized gas into the atmosphere to attract lightning strikes on the boat.

In this podcast, Captain Marlin Scott talks with Bob Roney of Captain Hook’s Marina and Dive Center about the wreck and what it takes to dive it.

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