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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

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