Video of 25' motorboat off Weirs

[fltsimguy]

Originally Posted by Diver1111

At the time I found this boat wreck and the wreckage nearby I didn't own my towed EdgeTech commercial sonar just the helm-mounted Humminbird 1197 SSS.

Attached are some so-so EdgeTech images showing the boat and what is very likely another piece of the Mt. Washington approx. 80 feet away. I've found and dived enough of pieces of the Mount-like 10 of them-that I am confident it is more of her.

The approx. length of this wreckage is 24 feet so it's big and I can tell from the image it's a mess-likely from the explosives used to dismantle her as Senter Cove Guy and I have seen numerous times when we dive these finds.

Senter Cove Guy asked me today if I dove this other piece of wreckage nearby and I really don't remember.

They blew up the remains of the Mount to dismantle her? Never knew that!

[Descant]

Originally Posted by fltsimguy

They blew up the remains of the Mount to dismantle her? Never knew that!

The first time I read the post, I thought the explosion was on the 24' motorboat. Two seconds later the Prevagen kicked in and I was back on course. Makes me curious how/why the motorboat sunk. Sinking big boats that had no more life expectancy was not uncommon. By the sixties, not so much.

[Senter Cove Guy]

Attached is a brief newspaper article about the blowing up of the Old Mount into pieces that were then loaded onto barges before dropping them in deep water.