[innsertnamehere]

cool. I didn't know torpedoes could rip apart thousands of tons of steel so easily like that... learn something new every day!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It's not the explosives per se, it's the pressure wave from the water.

AoD

 

[Towered]

Finally - good riddance to this disgusting eyesore known as the worst restaurant in Toronto.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Well, I wouldnt count the chickens yet:

http://www.thestar.com/business/art...-toronto-waterfront-fixture-for-years-to-come

Looks like there is a high chance the dear captain will cost the city 250k on top of the 500 he woes. The gift just keeps on giving.

AoD

 

[adma]

To be fair, true Cap'nJohnophiles might claim it jumped the shark once the tugboat at the foot of Yonge sank 30 years ago and all the action shifted to the Jadran...

The Normac, and what happened to it thereafter

 

[uptown]

A museum? There once was something here with a real history: the HMCS Haida which was towed to Hamilton about a decade ago due to lack of interest in keeping it here.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Well, I wouldnt count the chickens yet:

http://www.thestar.com/business/art...-toronto-waterfront-fixture-for-years-to-come

Looks like there is a high chance the dear captain will cost the city 250k on top of the 500 he woes. The gift just keeps on giving.

AoD

All because this Place that claimed to sell "food" sits on the lakebed in a couple of feet of water.. God red tape sucks sometimes.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It would be great to grab a decommissioned navy frigate for a waterfront museum.

N'ah, we tried that with HMCS Haida and the city neglected the ship to the point it had to be rescued by the Feds and moved to HMCS Star in Hamilton. See Haida's move to Hamilton at http://hmcshaida.ca/restoration_photos_2003.html

I'd prefer it to be a live slip for visiting ships to Toronto. For example, when the RCN visits they always have to dock well east of Red Path Sugar. It would be much better for visiting warships to visit the Captain John location.

 

[Juan_Lennon416]

I should take ownership of the boat, call it 'Captain Juan' and then invite all UT members to destroy it

 

[gristle]

As in haul it out to the middle of the inner harbour and initiate the one and only Burning Boat Festival?

 

[someMidTowner]

I decided to take some pictures of the Ole Cap'n Johns while wandering today in the off chance I might never see it again. Although the thing is beat up, I'm going to miss that old rustbucket. I may have never eaten there, and a lot of you may have never eaten there either, but almost everyone knows it as a landmark.

 

[MetroMan]

As in haul it out to the middle of the inner harbour and initiate the one and only Burning Boat Festival?

I love this idea. A music festival could pay for removing the ship.

Host it at Centre Island and at Harbourfront. Centre Island would be paid access and would feature the main talent and Harbrourfront would play back the concert on a big screen and have other talent at Harbourfront stage. Both sites would benefit from the view of torching Captain Johns in the middle of the harbour which would then become a wreck attracting fish populations and become a diving attraction.

 

[hawc]

It's not the explosives per se, it's the pressure wave from the water.

AoD

Also, the explosion creates a void beneath the middle of the ship (where there is no water just air) and the ship breaks its own back, so to speak, as the middle of the ship falls into th void.

 

[ShonTron]

Thanks for the photos. Strange that the commercial lights are still lit.

 

[jaycola]

It would make a great paintball course. Board the ship by Zodiacs from the lake. Play a version of capture the flag with teams