Diving to the Superior Producer

Location:  Curacao

Date: 14 February 2011

Oh my word.......WE DID IT! We saw the Superior Producer with our own eyes. After seeing many pictures of my dad and his buddies in and around the ship, this big boy was very high on my list to visit. We were a little jittery at first but as soon as we hit the water all of that vanished. What an experience it is to see that majestic ship lying on the bottom of the ocean (ok, so 30 meters is not that deep, but it did sound impressive when typing it). We saw some pretty cool fish, Shark teeth (unfortunately the sharks were long gone), lots of cool corals and of course the ship! We also sat in the “belly” of the ship which was a cool experience. 

To give you some detailed info on this majestic ship that we have discovered here is a little background story:

"The Superior Producer was a 200 foot, steel hulled freighter. In October

of 1977, she was about to begin her voyage from St. Anna bay, Curacao to

Venezuela. Immediately after leaving the harbor, she began to take on

water, listed and sank. At the time of her demise, the Producer was carrying

a mixed cargo that consisted of liquor, clothing, perfume, luggage and

wallets.

Within hours, local divers were in the water diving as many as six times in

one day to salvage all they could from the Producer's cargo. Unfortunately,

many of these divers lacked deep diving experience and many ended up

with the bends as safe diving rules were ignored. As the story goes, it was

the liquor that was harvested first, and there turned out to be some party

that night.

The freighter now rests on a sand bottom in 110 feet of water where the

current is sometimes strong. Sitting upright and intact, the top of her

wheel house is in 80 feet, and her bridge is in 90 feet of water."

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Remco and myself are now officially Open water ADVANCED certified, how romantic on Valentine ’s Day!!

Ayoooooo,

Marrem