Summer 2007 Newsletter:

Having the Study of our Maritime Past Benefit both the
Present and Future
 

Jupiter Coins with Captain Dominic A. Addario at the helm is charting a trail blazing course into history books - yet to be written.   Although undersea exploration is more of a passion than a business, Captain Dom, is embarking on a business plan to clearly illustrate how Palm Beach County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may – in the future, save taxpayers millions of dollars at the Federal, State and local level. 

In the process of digging probe excavations, to determine the scattered pattern of the Jupiter Shipwreck site, a direct benefit Jupiter Coins now has, is the knowledge of knowing how much sand exists off shore, immediately south and adjacent to the Jupiter Inlet.  This sand overburden just happens to be of the highest quality beach and dune restoration sand available.   It is the sand that is eroding off the dune. The permits are in hand, from government agencies, to dredge and excavate this sand, to explore for artifacts and the main cultural deposit of our mid 17^th century shipwreck.  A by-product of these investigations can be the relocation of the ten’s of thousands of cubic yards of sand to where it is actually needed – back on the dunes, at a substantially lower cost. This year the County is importing up to 25,000 cubic yards of sand by trucking in sand, from an inland source.     

Captain Addario has requested a well-known and respected local marine engineering firm, to assist in presenting the above concept to the Department of Environmental Resource Management. Together, they plan to illustrate the ultimate benefits of mining the near shore inventories of high quality beach and dune sand currently available. Charles Isiminger, of Isiminger and Stubbs Engineering, agrees it is a great idea and an opportunity for the public to benefit from the knowledge gained by the study of this historic maritime event.

Captain Addario has incorporated a 501 (C3) corporation called, ‘The Coastal Historic Undersea Management Society, Inc.’  It’s mission statement is: To educate and benefit the public’s present and future, while exploring historic undersea events: channeling our efforts toward reef mitigation, dune and beach restoration and helping to enhance turtle nesting habitat.