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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Shipwreck Diving in North Carolina" Calabash to Southport

A new book is out by local authors Fred R. David and Vern J. Bender. It is a 66-page paperback and can be bought for $14.95.

Just looking at the highlights, I find it interesting and may have to add it to my collection.

** Stories on the last voyages of ships that sank off Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, Oak Island and Bald Head Island.

** Pictures of the ships including the Sherman, Hebe, Raritan, Governor and City of Houston.

** GPS of many of them.

** Color photos of wrecks and descriptions of marine life.

** Locations of local shark tooth beds.

** Links to YouTube videos.

** How and Where to catch spiney and slipper lobsters.

** Information on the wrecks, including depths, visibility, currents, types of artifacts and marine life.

** Shipwreck histories ranging from pirate ships, Civil War blockade-runners (Hey, that's me) and World War II U-boat victims.

** The Story of the Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower and Light Ships.

Nice and Short, Too. --Old B-Runner

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