Greg MicKey, 49, became separated from friends near Frying Pan Shoals last June and his body was never found. Friends and family decided to commemorate MicKey by buying an 183ft former fishing vessel, Coastal Mariner. The $46,000 they managed to raise was combined with $29,000 from the Long Bay Artificial Reef Association.
The ship will be re-named Capt Greg MicKey in a ceremony on 16 June and sunk on 18 June - Father's day. It will be towed through the Intracoastal Waterway to its final resting place a quarter-mile from Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower, where it will be sunk in 22m.
Fittingly, the first person to dive the site will be Andy Illobre - who was diving with MicKey the day he went missing - along with MicKey's two sons and wife Julia. |
