The Pride is a large barge, approximately 200' in length.
The Pride was a a bulk product barge (e.g., coal,
phosphate) that was beyond repair, towed offshore and sunk
probably in the 1970s. The hole in the port bow reveals where the
fatal charge was set. However, the old barge refused to sink
where she was intended and drifted off. Temporarily lost, Capt.
Charlie Clymer, a local fishing captain, happened upon a good
fishing spot and managed to pull up a piece of railing with his
anchor. Curious, Capt. Clymer recruited a few local divers to
check out the spot who confirmed the presence of the Mexican
Pride.
She rests upright in 130' of water, though her upper deck is
reached at 100'. Home to a wide variety of marine life, her
distance from shore (~35 miles off St. Petersburg) usually
supplies clear, clean water.
