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Just another non-expert, but I wonder if the simplest approach might be to pump water under it to wash away the sand it's beached on. Googling, it seems that t
by ajb 6y ago
Just another non-expert, but I wonder if the simplest approach might be to pump water under it to wash away the sand it's beached on.
Googling, it seems that this is a recognised technique for dredging: https://www.iadc-dredging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/facts-about-water-injection-dredging.pdf https://www.iadc-dredging.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/fac...
Whether it works might be dependent on what kind of soil its sitting on and whether the current is strong enough to take away the dislodged particles.
I guess it would also be hard to work out exactly what you've removed and hence whether you leaving the ship in a position that will stress its structure too much.
- BrianOnHN 6y agoCan someone explain why dredging alone isn't sufficient? Is it too slow?
- Havoc 6y agoReally deep keel in not much water. At shore zero water. Ie It’s properly stuck
- crazyjncsu 6y agoI expect dredging will be the main solution. Dredges are just slow moving, so they’ve taken a while to arrive. I’d also expect some long reach excavators and/or draglines to be working from the shore and/or barges. They probably just underestimated the stuckedness at first. Throw in some ineptitude and corruption, and you have this royal mess.
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- ajb 6y agoAre dredges normally expected to access underneath a ship? I thought under the typical use cases they have a clear work area.