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Howard's Way yacht Flying Fish refloated

  • Tue, 13 Oct 2009

Hamble Yacht Services
Lining up to lift out
Lift bags recycled from the Apollo space program, perhaps...
RS Divers admire their handiwork as lift bags keep Flying Fish afloat
Flying Fish continues slowly up river
Flying Fish returns - Hook Park in background as clouds threaten
Easy does it - Flying Fish with Fawley refinery in background
Hamble point spit and oil jetty in background
Starting the slow tow back up river
Surely worth every penny after a smooth lift completed causing no further damage
'I'll send you an invoice!' Four divers, a rib, four lift bags, preparation, then hourly rates... Lowest astronomical estimates?
Benign conditions made the lift easier
Slowly lifting the keel off the bottom
Two 12lt dive tanks were used to fill the lift bags with air
Lead diver and RS Divers owner Ruben Stephenson
The bags are roped together and around the keel

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