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kingcruiser1

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telken22

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You've got a point. The deck that was above water clearly on the Giglio live feed is now underwater again, I hope its just some adjustments they are doing or if they are lifting the stern higher?

 

EDIT: I think its just an illusion as its rolled more to starboard.

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SomeBeach

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Thanks for that CTH

Just waiting for TPP to tweet that the operation is over, but I think the English guy there has gone for his lunchtime pasta.

 

Clive, tweets I saw on the TPP site:

 

2 hrs ago, "the ship is detached."

1 hr ago, still another meter to rise before she will move off.

 

Sounds more like some drifting since she's not resting on the platform.

 

She does look lower in the front. Possibly a result from the how they are using the sponsons to allow her to rise. (Dang, brain dead on the proper word I want.) Hope you get where I am going on this.

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Uniall

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I've lost it, too. Hunting for another one.

 

Back up, but here is another link just in case.

 

http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/costa-concordia-il-recupero/la-concordia-torna-a-galla-la-diretta-dal-giglio/172219/170762?ref=HRER3-1

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10965351/Costa-Concordia-Watch-live-as-the-operation-to-salvage-the-stricken-cruise-liner-continues.html

 

Another Live Feed.

 

Twitter is lighting up, too, but I wonder if I am the only one in the US who is watching judging by all the tweets from Europe. ;)

 

Present company excepted.

 

 

Thanks for the alternates.

 

To coin an old ecpression: "works for me." :D

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clive and anne

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Good Morning to you Micki.

She has bee listing to port since the parbuckle. At the start of today's operation she was lifted so for a time she had a starboard list, this was corrected and she was level with that row of cabins looking to be out of the water.

I agree that now she seems to be slightly lower and with a starboard list.

Perhaps its a problem with the weight of water draining away that's causing an imbalance.

I would have thought that if there was any major problems there would be much more feverish activity.

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clive and anne

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This from the TPP site.

 

12.00 : The Concordia’s stern and bow are now detached from the false sea bed by about 1 meter. The wreck is floating thanks to the sponsons. Before being towed 30 meters East, the Concordia will need to be refloated of another meter. Technicians have now begun to tighten the chains on starboard sponson S14, as planned.

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SomeBeach

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Clive, imbalance was the word I wanted, thanks.

Thanks also for confirming the tweets I reported earlier.

 

I really wish this live feed had been set up from the parbuckle view for this part of the project. That live tv shot the LaRepub link had this morning was great. It would have been a better view for when she is moved off.

 

 

LaRepub link has a news conference going on now. Wish I understood Italian.

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clive and anne

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Glad to help Micki

I am using this and the Giglio news feed.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10965351/Costa-Concordia-Watch-live-as-the-operation-to-salvage-the-stricken-cruise-liner-continues.html

 

Not even thinking about the sail away, I should be somewhere around Greece at the time.

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SomeBeach

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Glad to help Micki

I am using this and the Giglio news feed.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10965351/Costa-Concordia-Watch-live-as-the-operation-to-salvage-the-stricken-cruise-liner-continues.html

 

Not even thinking about the sail away, I should be somewhere around Greece at the time.

 

What I'm getting on the UK link is the live viewing has ended for today and will resume in the morning.

 

The "move" I was talking about is the slide off.

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MorganMars

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While searching for more detail on the refloating, I came across this video of divers repositioning Pinna Nobilis (pen shells to the casual beachcomber) as part of the effort to preserve the environment.

 

http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/multimedia_detail.php?eid=UEQCEwdeA24EOg%3D%3D&cat=ambiente&type=video

These are some amazing bivalves! I had never seen them before and I have done my fair share of exploring the underwater world. It is no wonder that there are people deeply concerned about protecting this beautiful area.

 

More info on Pinna nobilis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinna_nobilis

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_silk

 

The bivalve shell is usually 91 cm (3 feet) long, and its shape differs depending on the region it enhabitates. Like all pen shells it is relatively fragile to pollution and shell damage. It attaches itself to rocks using a strong byssus composed of many silk-like threads which used to be made into cloth.

 

This species is the origin of sea silk, which was made from the byssus of the animal.

The cloth produced from these filaments can be woven even finer than silk, and is extremely light and warm . . .

 

In recent years, Pinna nobilis has become threatened with extinction, due in part to fishing, incidental killing by trawling and anchoring, and the decline in seagrass fields; pollution kills eggs, larvae, and adult mussels. The noble pen shell has been listed as an endangered species in the Mediterranean Sea.

 

http://theparbucklingproject.com/files/large/8pinna%20nobilis%202.jpg

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clive and anne

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As I understand it they are now going to fit the chains underneath the hull that secure the sponsons.

I wasn't expecting anymore lifting of CC out of the sea further until these chains are done. Not a clue how long that will take.

After that I thought she was going to be raised deck by deck allowing time for each deck to drain and when CC is at its sailing height she will sail off pulled by two ocean going tugs Blizzard and Resolve Earl.

But there again I have been wrong before.

I must admit I am waiting for the bow to rise out of the water

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MorganMars

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As I understand it they are now going to fit the chains underneath the hull that secure the sponsons.

I wasn't expecting anymore lifting of CC out of the sea further until these chains are done. Not a clue how long that will take.

After that I thought she was going to be raised deck by deck allowing time for each deck to drain and when CC is at its sailing height she will sail off pulled by two ocean going tugs Blizzard and Resolve Earl.

But there again I have been wrong before.

I must admit I am waiting for the bow to rise out of the water

 

Here is says that they will be raising the ship to deck 3. http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/article/87/CostaCrociere:_last_hours_to_beginning_of_refloating

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