Cooler weather and yesterday's paddle roused me from my tropical depression and on to the water again today. 25 hours after I left them yesterday, the salvage boats were still working the same spot. I decided salvage crews must be paid by the hour! 5 large air bags were bobbing on the surface and about three feet of the boats antenna/light mast stuck out of the water. You could tell with each swell that passed by that the rest of the boat was not too far under. Occasionally two pods that might have been radar assemblies would pop out. They had deployed a couple hundred feet of floating boom to contain any possible leaks, but it was pretty much just floating where ever it wanted. They seemed to be using a lot of plastic 50 gallon drums for some purpose I couldn't figure out. They had fired up a compressor on one of the boats, so I waited to see what I could see, but after 15 minutes nothing looked any higher, so I headed off. I wonder how much it will cost to refurbish that boat if at all possible. Maybe I could by it cheap just to stick it on a lot somewhere as a summer house! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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