Reef Balls Are Rolling: Reefballs are rolling
By Laura Lavin
Peninsula News
Review
Jul 26 2006
Reef balls will
be on the move
through Town
this coming
Friday. One
hundred and
fifty of the 300
pound under
water crittercatchers
will be
hauled onto
tractor trailers provided by Slegg Lumber and Ramsay
Machinery. They will be unloaded on Beacon Wharf, which
will be partially closed to traffic until Sunday when they will
be put underwater to form an artificial reef.
A barge is being donated by Trincomali Transport and divers
from Advanced Subsea Services and the Canadian Fleet have
been organized by Liquid Heaven Diving Experience.
“We really want to recognize Slegg Lumber and Ramsay
Machinery for their help on this,” said Burt Minter, who with
partner Troy Hawboldt, has been making the reef balls with
their new company Artificial Reef Structures.
The new reefs will form part of the new underwater marine
park which will eventually include two airplanes.
“They’ll help protect the airplanes from the tide and
currents,” said Minter. “When you put a rock under water,
you’ll see barnacles growing on it in six months. With reef
balls, you see growth within weeks and in a few months,
they’re covered.”.....
