A new project!
In a BVI Dive Operator meeting about a year ago, all the dive operators in the BVI were discussing ways to promote the dive industry in the British Virgin Islands. One chat lead to another and our PADI Instructor Ben came up with the idea to make an artificial kelp forest or sponge forest. Divers installing the lines As Sunchaser Scuba maintains the mooring field at the Bitter End Yacht Club, in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda, where we are located, we know how amazing the growth on the mooring lines is. Whenever we replace the lines, normally the old lines get discarded. So instead of creating more trash, could we reuse or re purpose these lines and create an artificial reef. Making sure the lines are secure As the mooring field hasn’t been used since Irma in 2017, a lot of the mooring lines were due replacement anyway. So we asked Bitter End Yacht Club if they were happy to donate the old mooring lines. They were thrilled about the project and told us to go ahead and star...