Work Boats

To actively work a shipwreck site within a high energy surf zone a number of vessels, skiffs and specialized equipment is required. Vessels may often stay on station while others may be used for supply crew and equipment transfer and survey purposes. Below is a list of vessels Jupiter Coins has available to perform its mission.

Work Boats

MRV ENTERPRISE

The beauty of our 65' foil assisted aluminum catamaran the Motor Research Vessel “Enterprise” is her spaciousness. Twelve feet of tinted curved lexan windows provide incomparable open ocean views.

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MV PHENOIX

This is a mobile work platform for receiving the material (overburden) that covers the wreck sight. Deck material and fiber glass protrusions are made from the material used in construction of chemical plants, is fire retardant and the vessel is virtually indestructible.

The MRV Phenoix is made of sectional polypropylene foam filled pontoons. The only steel are the 316 stainless steel bolts that fasten the aluminum angle beams to the pontoons. The deck is made of nidacore.

MV SEA EAGLE'S RIDE

This is a 25' LOA aluminum catamaran that will be our press boat and be used to as a shuttle craft between vessels in our home base.

MRV THE TANK

1984 Master Marine Construction fiberglass 35 'work/crew boat. Detroit (GM) v6-cylinder diesel turbo after-cooled, 475-hp. Installed is a 34 " fiberglass prop wash device/ mailbox.


Equiptment Below are the pieces of equptment that is needed to run the operations at the Jupiter Wreck site.

Sub bottom profile was preformed on the wreck to pin point exactly where the 3 solution holes are, that need to be investigated. We are using state of the art sub bottom profiling technology that is called a chirper system. This system sends many acoustic signals, sounding like a "bird chirp" to the bottom; measuring the depth of the sand down to the original reef coral line structures having been buried as sand migrates southerly, from river estuaries along the eastern seaboard. This technology was originally designed to locate anti-personal mines underwater for naval seal amphibian landings. It is our plan to use this map to more accurately point point - then excavate for the main cultural deposits (motherlode) of our near shore historical mid 17th century shipwreck site.

Sluice Box that will be installed upon the phoenix to catch any artifacts that may make it through the diver's inspection and through our 8 inch dredge pump being used to excavate the big hole.

Two large deflectors that deflect the prop wash down and away from the bottom, creating a large hole.

Mailbox or "prop wash" device that serves the same purpose as the deflectors only they surround the props and push down and away thrusts of water to push away sand from the bottom, creating large holes.