SS Sapona Shipwreck Photograph on this Stainless Steel Can Holder with Screw On Cold Locking Rubber Gasket Top
SS Sapona Shipwreck Photograph on this Stainless Steel Can Holder with Screw On Cold Locking Rubber Gasket Top
Island Vibes Inc Stainless Steel can holders feature a double wall construction and a locking gasket that screws onto the stainless steel base for superior can insulation. This allows our drink holders to keep your drinks ICE COLD and refreshing for an incredible amount of time even during the hottest sunniest days of the year.
Stainless steel construction with a double wall interior, resistant to rust, staining and corrosion.
“No Sweat” technology that prevents condensation and won’t leave water rings on any surfaces.
Can holder is outfitted with locking gasket that screws onto the stainless steel base. This locking gasket doesn't let the cold air escape. Keeping your beverage ICE COLD for an incredible amount of time!
Island Vibes drink holders are perfect for 12 oz cans or bottles. Anti-slip surface with smooth metal finish. Dishwasher safe.
FEATURES
- Stainless Steel Double Wall Interior Construction for Superior Insulation
- Screw on top with rubber overlay to lock in cold air
- Fits 12 oz cans or bottles
- Stainless Steel construction with excellent resistance to rust, staining, and corrosion
- Anti-slip surface with smooth metal finish
- Height 4.85 inches
- Diameter 3.12 inches
- Dishwasher Safe
- “No Sweat” technology that prevents condensation and won’t leave water rings on surfaces
- Stainless Steel can holder is outfitted with locking gasket that doesn’t let the cold air escape keeping your beverage cold for an incredibly long time!
Photograph on can holder is of the SS
Sapona shipwreck taken by Captain Aron Stano. This shipwreck is a wold famous Bimini
and Cat Cay Bahamas landmark. It was used in movies, TV shows, and has inspired
countless stories from boaters that visit her every year. This ship was built
during world war 1 under a Woodrow Wilson plan to create more shipping during
war time. Since it was built during the war, steel was scarce so this is
ship was primarily built out of concrete with metal reinforcing beams.
This ship was originally 282 feet long (86 m),
46 feet wide (14.02 m), with a draft of 28.2 feet (8.61 m) deep. The wreck is a
little shorter now as part of the back section came off and is laying under the
water behind the main visible portion of the ship.
Originally it was going to be used mostly for
shipping troops along with some goods, and materials during the war. But the
ship was completed after the war had ended. So Carl Fisher the world famous
developer in Miami Beach bought it to use the engine out of it in a different
project. However he eventually sold it to a former British War captain named
Bruce Bethell.
Bethell used the ship as a floating warehouse
for liquor that was produced mostly in the Bahamas during the prohibition era
in the United States. Liquor and primarily rum was produced in areas like
Nassau then transported to this ship anchored off Bimini. From here the liquor
would be distributed throughout South Florida, primarily Miami and Fort
Lauderdale by bootleggers to the areas speakeasies.
In 1926 the ship ended up near its current
location during a hurricane as the wind and waves ran the ship aground onto the
shallow reef and sand bars south of Bimini island.
During World War II the ship was used for
bombing practice until December 1945 when five torpedo bombers that flew from
Florida to the shipwreck disappeared. They went to the shipwreck then turned
north towards Hen and Chickens rocks by Great Isaac Lighthouse. When these five
bombers mysteriously vanished all future bombing runs to the ship wreck were
stopped. Those five airplanes disappearing were one of the catalysts to the
Bermuda Triangle mystery becoming a well known unsolved mysterious phenomenon.
The 282 foot Sapona shipwreck sits in 15 to 20
feet of water and is visited by scores of people that travel to the islands of
North Bimini, South Bimini, or Cat Cay. Getting there either on their own
boats, by plane, or traveling on the casino cruise ship run by Resorts World
Bimini. Lots of tropical fish call this shipwreck home so its a great location
to snorkel around. You can swim around and through the wreck. And if you are
really adventurous you can climb up the side (being careful while wearing shoes
or at least flip flops to avoid cuts) and jump off the bow which is about 40
feet high into the water below.
