Reefball project Bosmolenplas, Holland
As the first dipping school outside of Switzerland (and/or in Europe) STINGRAY, the dipping school of the Dutch 5-Star Divecenters implemented AEGIR STINGRAY a Reefballproject.
After STINGRAY owner Geert Huyskens on that established BOAT `01 in Duesseldorf the first contact with this AWARE project, it suggested and saw the possibilities, which this project offers, as promising that PADI Europe and Project AWARE offer hereby a unique chance, in order to some extent to enrich the underwater world in our dipping waters “Bosmolenplas”.
After the entgültige resolution was calm, in Utrecht, during the Duikvaker with Béatrice Schafroth Natschke of Project AWARE, the whole thing one ausgeknobelt and the data was determined.
Afterwards the struggle for the grants began and one must say: Perseverance needs humans. Literally in last minute the grant arrived. The responsible authorities have seen that it is important, our gravel pits, which exhibit a flat and hopeless sandy soil in the reason only to arrange new.
They were with official Einwässerung to 23 June natural invited and gentleman van Soest mayors von Heel, who municipality, under which the Bosmolenplas did not have itself taken resortiert, it, in order to reveal and in the water bring before met press the Reefballs officially.
From there took over divers the places intended of the STINGRAY DIVER SOCIETY with the help of a lifting platform and a Zodiac life boat transport to.
In order to prevent and a maximum of security grant the normal dipping enterprise in the lake as few as possible, with the cause at 16.00 o'clock was only begun in radiating weather. After the last one of the 50 large Reefballs lay in the water, the day with a large grill party for the members of the STINGRAY DIVER SOCIETY was terminated.
Here we thank the sponsors, who made this Reefballprojekt at all possible.
Geert Huyskens
Master Instructor M19391
