We decided to sink large tugboat and a massive metal sailboat and the scuttling event needed to be visually documented. This one shot filming opportunity would require several cameras and angles to capture the intense and cinematic moments of these boats succumbing to the ocean waters. This was the last time these ships would see direct sunlight and be exposed to air so we just had one take to capture these climatic moments.
These boats were sunk intentionally to create artificial reefs off the coast of northeast Florida. The concept is that the rigid steel structures provide substrate for marine organisms to colonize. Eventually organisms including coral and sponges grow on the sunken ship structures and provide resources to other marine life including fish. An area of marine life abundance is created benefitting the ocean environment while creating a recreational destination for scuba divers.
Sink cameras were strategically attached to the vessels prior to their sinking. Each ship had 3 "sink cams." After the ships sunk divers recovered all of the sink cams. When footage was reviewed it turned out only three of the six cameras recorded the actual moment of sinking. My assumption was the cameras that did not record ran out of battery life however this was not the case. Three cameras stopped recording with plenty of battery life. For some reason they stop recording.
The ship mounted cameras that did capture the sinking moments resulting in some epic visuals as you will see in this video.
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