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Old 11-21-2005, 01:52 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by KCook
Ok. Speaking as a total amateur , I would stabilize it by surrounding it with floation bags. Then inject high pressure water under the hull to break it free. Then tow out to deeper water. Then recover with a conventional barge and crane(s).

That would be a solution *IF*... she wasn't several hundred yards away from deep water. It was the storm surge that carried her into the flats. Can't duplicate that by other means. A full-moon, high tide might help, but it's doubtful the keel could be raised above the reef's sub-surface level.

Anyone else have an idea? CH-47 Chinook? Sikorsky Skycrane? Probably not. Dredge a path?
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