DIY Pool Wreck
Does anyone have any experience in building a fabricated "wreck" for a swimming pool?
I've been asked about creating an wreck or swim through for use in our club pool which has a large 25m x 15m swimming lanes with depth between 1.2m and 2m and separate dive area of 15m x 15m and 3.5m. We have hoops on weights for practicing buoyancy with students, but the team wanted something more interesting. I was wondering if PVC pipes with T connectors could be used to build a collapsible wreck with some verticality or turns within it. The top parts could be filled with some foam or have air pockets, and the lower parts weighted slightly (or ropes and weights) so the thing stays oriented - and have a number of holes drilled in to allow water ingress and egress. It would also need to be collapsed for storage.
I was thinking that connectors would all be loose push on ones, so that the whole thing can come apart easily underwater if needed. This could even be part of the dive for divers to set the thing up while NB. We could leave the whole thing open, and just use the frame or run some bungee across some parts to suggest that part cannot be passed through.
If anyone has done something similar, or has some learnings to be shared, let me know.