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Laita

Laita reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler, clam dredge, USA
Built:
1948, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA
Specs:
( 117 x 24 ft ) 195 gross tons
Sponsor:
Eirek's Dock, Fisherman Magazine
Sunk:
Thursday October 16, 1986 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:
38°51.860' -74°42.965'
Depth:
65 ft

engine & pilot house removed, clam dredges added

Laita was one of twenty sisters built at Bath Iron Works. They were given to the French government under the Marshall Plan, to make up for losses to the fishing fleet in World War II. Laita is sister to Winthrop, cousin to Bad Bob's Big Boat.

a sister

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Diving Myths

From way back when in 1996 ...

NJ Scuba
Diving Myths
by Dr. Jolie Bookspan, author of Diving Physiology in Plain English

Myth 1 - The Dive Reflex Protects You

diving myths

In the dive reflex, heart rate and limb blood flow decrease. Careful science ( that means we didn't accidentally step on the thermisters ) shows time and again that the dive reflex does not reduce the need for oxygen underwater as it does in marine mammals. Field studies ( where you're allowed to step on the thermisters ) indicate that the dive reflex does not extend breath-holding time. Occasional cases of human survival after very cold water near-drowning are not due to the dive reflex. Cold is the likely mechanism behind the reduced metabolism that permits survival.

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