P15-D24 Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 live video feed here Pretty impressive engineering challenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Quite and ingenious ballasting system they've devised. Looks to be a fair amount of it out of the water at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 (edited) Amazing to see all the prep work and how its coming to life. Anyone know what the plans are for it once its upright and floating? Is it scrap or going to be fixed and put back into service? I imagine the owners would want to put it back into service but who is going to want to take a cruise on it? Edited September 16, 2013 by Young Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 the ill fated cruise was human error I believe. Poor ship did not have anything to do about that.....it's not the Christine of the cruise liners....else it would have self righted.....money to build, money to outfit and now money to salvage..then money to rebuild....it may go down in history as the most expensive cruise liner.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 With several deaths on board and two still unaccounted for, I believe she is destined for the breaker. Even the best marketer could not beautify that stigma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P15-D24 Posted September 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 It's going to be scrapped. Question is where they will tow it as the primary harbor for scrap job is not yet ready to accept it. Budget for recovery is 600 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 well...its upright..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P15-D24 Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 That was all this operation was suppose to do. Next they will attach the starboard "floats", then re-float it for towing and scrap. Don't think they will have it re-floated till spring 2014. WIth it upright hopefully they can find the two missing bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) On this topic some asked why it would not be repaired and reused.After looking at the pics on the damage it would appear that maybe they could off the front 1/3rd, middle 1/4?, stern section 1/4" put it back together and make a ship for a Saudi prince. Cheap for them? NOT!!I sure hpoe they do find the missing for some closure for the familys!The engineering is impressive. Glad you posted on some future timelime to refloat it as i have not seen any. ThanksDoug Edited September 18, 2013 by DJ194950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Watched a program on one of th Discovery Channels last night regarding the ship. It was mentioned several time that modern ships are not designed to be any thing but vertical, and that from lying in its side had narrowed the ship by about 10 feet vs its design width. The construction of the ship featured a steal hull but the super structure ad accommodation decks were of aluminum and built for vertical stresses only. Kinda gives on pause wondering how it would fare against a large wave hitting it from the side. I guess that's why them keep them in little ponds like the Med and Caribbean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 modern showboats....I just will not entertain the idea of a cruise....(cave painting are meant for dry land) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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