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·Check this out - one of our 2Cool site sponsors, Panga Marine Corporation, was commissioned by Mote Marine Laboratory to build one of its 28-foot Aventura's for some of Mote's research. Here's part of Mote's press release and photos of the new Aventura in action doing C&R with a bull shark:
" . . .[We had a special Aventura] built for use in deploying and recovering submersible vehicles designed to find red tide. The vehicles are untethered torpedo-like devices called Slocum Gliders that monitor Florida waters for 15-30 days at a time. They are battery operated and equipped with Mote created BreveBusters that automatically test water samples for the presence of organisms responsible for red tide. The Aventura was chosen because of its maneuverability, its high performance in heavy seas and its fuel efficiency, according to Peter T. Hull, Mote's Vice President for Marine Operations. "When we need to pick up a vehicle that has surfaced, for whatever reason, we can't wait for the weather," he said. "Sometimes they might be as far as 30 miles off the coast." The Aventura was extensively tested by Mr. Hull and his staff professionals. [Mote also has the largest dedicated shark research facility in the world and will use the Aventura for catch and release research as well catch and transfer of sharks to the lab via a portable / removable onboard shark tank ]. . ."
" . . .[We had a special Aventura] built for use in deploying and recovering submersible vehicles designed to find red tide. The vehicles are untethered torpedo-like devices called Slocum Gliders that monitor Florida waters for 15-30 days at a time. They are battery operated and equipped with Mote created BreveBusters that automatically test water samples for the presence of organisms responsible for red tide. The Aventura was chosen because of its maneuverability, its high performance in heavy seas and its fuel efficiency, according to Peter T. Hull, Mote's Vice President for Marine Operations. "When we need to pick up a vehicle that has surfaced, for whatever reason, we can't wait for the weather," he said. "Sometimes they might be as far as 30 miles off the coast." The Aventura was extensively tested by Mr. Hull and his staff professionals. [Mote also has the largest dedicated shark research facility in the world and will use the Aventura for catch and release research as well catch and transfer of sharks to the lab via a portable / removable onboard shark tank ]. . ."
