I found an article about the removal of the capsized car carrier in Georgia that has a lot of detail on the process and lot of photographs.
https://jalopnik.com/a-chain-just-cu...d-w-1845784581
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12-01-2020 06:32 PM #1Senior Member
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Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
Michael & Beth
Hull Number CV312
63’ Cockpit Motor Yacht
1986 model launched in August 1987
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Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
Incredible. Thanks for sharing. I wonder why they couldn't right it? And I wonder how much this costs?
Although its does seem like some of the cars may be salvageable if they weren't submerged.Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
As you can see from the better pictures of the first section, almost all cargo shifted. No way to bring it back up with such an imbalance. Trying to cut holes and lift the wrecks out would have been incredibly dangerous.
There is nothing to salvage in there, it s all wrecksPascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
Some insurance company is hurting right now.
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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12-01-2020 11:22 PM #5Senior Member
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Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
I have a friend who was a captain on the crew last winter.
They are still pulling cars out!Aperture
1977 53' MY Hull #492
Barnegat lighthouse, LBI NJ
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Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
Some video coverage on this guy's channel.
https://youtu.be/PgjavFqKpvs
It's a pretty entertaining channel too, if you want to kill some time watching boneheaded boaters at someone else's marina.--- The poster formerly known as Scrod ---
I want to live in Theory, everything works there.
1970 36C375
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12-02-2020 11:09 AM #7
Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
If you find this stuff interesting there's a ton of Youtube vids about the Dutch salvage companies Svitzer/Wijsmuller and Smit-Tak doing jobs a LOT more challenging than this one...... It's what we watch instead of the mindless drivel these days...
Start here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQJ6IMREvz81978 53' Motor Yacht "LADY KAY V"
Hull number 524
Chesapeake Bay
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12-03-2020 05:37 PM #8Senior Member
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Re: Wreck removal, Brunswick, Ga
The engine room guys are lucky the ship tipped over in the USA. They were trapped and rescued days later.
FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6cbqpXdoKk
So close.
But oil is everywhere now and the cleanup is thin.
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We keep our second boat in Brunswick Ga. and we cruised by the wreck last month. It’s amazing to see up close how big that cutting machine is. John
Mahalo V
1974 53 Motoryacht
Hull Number 406
San Diego, Ca. Ready 32 Nordic Tug, Brunswick Ga.