Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Coral Reef StillLife
2009
Jim Wheeler's observations for a week between Christmas and New Years
The wreck of the Hilma Hooker - N12 06.236 W68 17.387
"1984 -
Perhaps it was just the name that made someone suspicious or perhaps an inside tip. Regardless, when she lost power just off the coast of Bonaire and was towed to the main pier on the island, it was not too long before a search was conducted. Soon after that the cargo ship Hilma Hooker went into the history books as a drug smuggler: 25,000 pounds of marijuana were removed from between a real and a false bulkhead and placed on shore by the authorities. The Hilma Hooker was a general cargo ship with a length of 71.8 meters. She is about 11 meters wide, her tonnage, 1,027 and was built in Holland in 1951. Prior to being the Hilma Hooker the ship was known as the Doric Express. Before that she was the Anna and before that the William Express. Before that she was the Mistral and before that, the Midsland!" from http://www.caribinn.com/hilmahooker.html
Here I am headed to a dive site on Harbour Lady, one of the fleet of dive boats operated by Buddy Dive - Bonaire.
This photo was taken by new friend and fellow diver / shooter Paul Selden
