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Blue Water Ventures International Launches New Project and Begins Identifying Targets
Blue Water Ventures International Launches New Project and Begins Identifying Targets.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nJACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Water Ventures International, Inc. (OTC:BWVI) announced today that it recently launched the Ghost Fleet Project and has discovered certain yet to be identified underwater anomalies during its first days of operations. Company divers will investigate targets found by the survey team over the next 30 days.\n\n\tThe Ghost Fleet Project is targeting richly laden ships that were lost in deep water in the Florida Straits over the past 450 years. This project has been years in development and is the culmination of extensive efforts in a variety of scientific arenas, including; detailed historical research in record repositories throughout the United States and Europe, computer simulations of wind, wave and storm patterns, compilation of anecdotal information from divers and fishermen, and correlation of all scientific data with known shipwreck locations.\n\n\tHistory\n\n\tFor centuries ships transported the wealth of the Americas back to Europe. Over the years navigators learned the easiest way back to Europe was to follow the powerful Gulf Stream current which took them past the Florida Keys and up through the Florida Straights; the narrow body of water separating Florida and the Bahamas. Once past these areas ships could plot a course across the Atlantic and back to Europe.\n\n\tHurricanes and Northeasters regularly come through this region creating huge seas and devastating winds. When these conditions collide with the powerful Gulf Stream current ocean waves can grow to mountainous proportions. Once in the grip of these powerful forces ships were helpless as they were driven by the winds and blown ashore against the coast of Florida which is evidenced by the countless shipwrecks lying in Florida waters.\n\n\tThe storms in this area can be so devastating that entire fleets were lost at a time. The Great Spanish Treasure Fleets of 1622, 1715 and 1733 were destroyed and scattered their treasure along Florida's coast. Treasures from these ships are still being found to this day.\n\n\tGhost Fleet Ships\n\n\tWhile untold numbers of ships were lost along Florida's coast, many more ships were not so lucky. These ships were lost out at sea and never made it far enough to wreck on the coast. Witnesses on board ships that survived these powerful storms often recounted stories of oth...