I bet they used a wrench or 3  here.

I have been captivated by the refloating of the Cruise ship in Italy for a while. today they are "parbucking" or standing it upright.

live video here:

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Raising_the_Costa_Concordia

I read about this yesterday. Looks like it is working-what a giant project!

It's truly amazing what CAN be done!

Top 10 things you don't want to hear while refloating a cruise ship:

1) Oops.

I heard about that earlier on the the news

That had to be one expensive mistake that was made.

Just the salvage fees will be over $1Billion.

That doesnt include the ship, contents , environmental damage, or loss of 32 lives

Quote from: rusty on September 16, 2013, 05:54:16 PM
Top 10 things you don't want to hear while refloating a cruise ship:

1) Oops.

and from your tattooist ..

two "O"s in Bob , right?

Top 10 things you don't want to hear when you are piloting a 1000 ft cruise ship near an island.

1)  Oops.

Next week it will be a Carnival Cruise ship!

Quote from: skipskip on September 16, 2013, 07:35:26 PM

Quote from: rusty on September 16, 2013, 05:54:16 PM
Top 10 things you don't want to hear while refloating a cruise ship:

1) Oops.

and from your tattooist ..

two "O"s in Bob , right?

Or your dentist.  Bill Cosby had a great routine about this, in relation to dentists.  When I asked my dentist about it, he claimed that dental students are taught to say, "there!" as if the awful pain they just caused by letting the tools slip was a necessary part of the work.