Is that ship still stuck?

Re:Is that ship still stuck? by tiborsaas on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:15PM (#26586229)

We have the luxury of just throwing around ideas and not caring about the consequences (because nobody in power will read it). It's just fun to think about how you'd solve a problem like this.

For example I'd try to attach a two Raptor engines to the ship and blow it back to the water :)

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by TeMPOraL on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:23PM (#26586341)

Or tear the ship apart :). Which makes me think - why not cut the ship in half? Two pieces will be easier to dislodge and tow away :).

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by gregoriol on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:28PM (#26586403)

Someone actually is trying that idea in Georgia right now (https://www.thedrive.com/news/34648/capsized-cargo-ship-in-g...) but it really is not easy!

Many likely problems: equipment avilability to do so, time it will take, debris falling off and from the operations, risk of capsizing, probably need to load pieces on barges/crane but canal is not much large

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by prof-dr-ir on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:33PM (#26586457)

in half? I would not go for less than nine pieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ENOJBLVgjw

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by ampersandy on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:56PM (#26586683)

What a fascinating watch! That they were able to produce such clean cuts through the entire ship with the cutting wire is absolutely incredible.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by nullsense on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:14AM (#26589225)

The salvage company hired to fix this problem is probably just reading this thread and nodding along like yeah that could work. Great idea HN!

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