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Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS
There are also dry tow vessels... I'll see if I can find a few pics and post them up... These vessels flood down, (basically they sink... in a controlled situation most of the time) and the rig is floated over them, and then they unsink, (is that a word?) and the rig is then high and dry... Believe me, these mofo's are some seriously big ships... They are Post PanaMax Vessels, or ships too big for the Panama Canal...
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Saw that on Discovery Channel, cool stuff, they transported an oil rig and sweated bullets... it was a balancing act during loading and rough sea can make it tip pretty easily apparently. Surely you don't stay onboard during that???
