Shipwreck project, moving a 200 ft Landing craft off the beach

[SADS 669]

This landing craft was washed ashore during the recent hurricane.

I'll post photos as we progress...

 

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[Darren in NC]

Great to see you're getting back to "normal," SADS!

 

[ARC]

Sads,,,
Ehhhh no biggy...

Just get behind it and push :P

 

[Jason in Enid]

Liberal application of high explosives!

I'm not expert, but I would think digging a trench around it on the land side, and then a dredge barge to excavate under it from the water side until its floating again.

 

[CaptEsteban]

Tie a rope to it & the other end to your waist , & tow it out by swimming !

 

[SADS 669]

Progress....60 ft long bags went under nicely and we moved it a boat length for practice before the big push tomorrow or the nex day ( cos of possible weather

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[ARC]

Time the tide.

 

[ScubaFinder]

That sure would make a nice salvage vessel Kev!

 

[SADS 669]

Vessel being pulled on the bags by a bulldozer

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[TreasureCDave]

That should be a great episode for Nat Geo's "Salvage Code Red". Livin the dream huh Kev!

 

[thetigers2]

 

[Salvor6]

Hey Kevin, once you pull it into deep water, will it float or has the hull been breeched?

 

[SADS 669]

Pete, it tapped the seabed hard a couple of times when it got there in the hurricane. but the Naval Architect guy gave us the all clear and we put it in the water (22 ft deep) yesterday. Photos to follow, too dark when we got it in.

They even let me dive to shackle up the huge anchor they put down ( about time I got some fun out of this ....ha ha)

 

[old man]

Pete, it tapped the seabed hard a couple of times when it got there in the hurricane. but the Naval Architect guy gave us the all clear and we put it in the water (22 ft deep) yesterday. Photos to follow, too dark when we got it in.

They even let me dive to shackle up the huge anchor they put down ( about time I got some fun out of this ....ha ha)

Kevin, Great Job. I was going to run over and offer some help, but Like usual, you did a Great Job.

 

[SADS 669]

The foods great on the salvage vessel, that photo is not far off the truth....ha ha.

Had an easy day today wind blew too hard ( weather day, salvage wise) so I was diving all day marker balling the anchors so we can get em back when we move it tomorrow or Sunday.

 

[AUVnav]

the anchor is a great way to bring it along, tow the anchor out with another vessel, drop it, then use it to pull the vessel along..a Fred Devine trick.

Nothing beat the Salvage Chief! Check into some of the New Carissa salvage..
Before it broke..

after..not fun...

 

[hobbit]

the anchor is a great way to bring it along, tow the anchor out with another vessel, drop it, then use it to pull the vessel along..a Fred Devine trick.

Nothing beat the Salvage Chief! Check into some of the New Carissa salvage..
Before it broke..

after..not fun...

Using an anchor to get underway is called "kedging off". It is not a "Fred Devine trick". It is basic semanship. I am sure a veteran of the Royal Navy is familiar with the idea.

 

[agflit]

Kevin, quit screwing around and padding the project...just hook a Zodiac up and yank that skiff!!

Geesh...what some people will do to dive........

Ag

 

[AUVnav]

Using an anchor to get underway is called "kedging off". It is not a "Fred Devine trick". It is basic semanship. I am sure a veteran of the Royal Navy is familiar with the idea.

Whatever....it was a great way to pull things along with the Salvage Chief...I see a trick in dropping anchor out, then beaching yourself next to the wreck, and using the props to wash out a channel, then pulling yourself and the ship out...

I forgot about all of the know-it-alls here....

(btw...that would be seamanship)

 

[SADS 669]

The vessel is off and floating at anchor ready to take to the dock 3 quarters of a mile away.