May 3, 2006:
A quartet for crane, grapple, shear and diver
This is Manny, Michael, Jackie and Ryan doing their thing. You figure it -
how can Michael see what his grapple sees - and having done a bit of scuba
in the Cooper River, how can Ryan see 1 ft in front of himself. And then
there is Manny - looking for all the hand signals and Jackie - just as blind
as Michael and Manny.
This is that I call crane fishing - Manny looking for the big one.
Here is Manny and his cap
doing a bit of fishing
lifting
This is a crane fish fish
and Jackie
taking a small bite
Here is Michael - eating?
displaying the art of gapple fishing
in the submerged configuration
and Michael, taking a break
while Ryan
prepares to enter the deep
Here is Ryan fishing
with 50 ton test line
the fishing line
Manny's swivel is in place and Jackie and Michael in the ready position
Meanwhile, Mickey's guys are still drilling C-3
Ryan has finished coupling the fishing line to the Grace segment
and Manny lifts
and lifts
a piece of Grace
Michael opens his jaws
and starts to lift
more lifting
and the Big One
finally pulled on the barge by Jackie and Michael