masterblaster
X-H2
Sounds like the lock ness may be down there holding onto it,:biggthumpup: I wouldnt let go either:haha:
Need help finding sunkin' ski (Not Anymore!!!)
- Thread starter SKYWALKER
- Start date
oxnard111
Creative RE Purchasing
- Location
- so Cali, Ventura/Oxnard area
Damn Nessy:rant:
Rickster
Matakana Menace
- Location
- Bay of Plenty, NZ
jetskiking
Im done sanding!!!
- Location
- Dallas Georgia
Havnt you watched Myth Busters. You just need to fill the hull with ping pong balls:biggrin: . Glad you located it. Ive been watching this thread thinking how pissed I would be.
douglee25
m3booooy
- Location
- South Jersey
Sanford
ECF
- Location
- Freeride capital of the world
Keep tailgate of truck up while raising this ski.
On a serious note, I would buy a heavy fish net and 3 or 4 truck tubes. A scuba tank fitted with an air chuck should be able to raise Moby's dick!
On a serious note, I would buy a heavy fish net and 3 or 4 truck tubes. A scuba tank fitted with an air chuck should be able to raise Moby's dick!
Moondance
Just plain me....
- Location
- Ridin' the Crazy Train
:bigeyes:
Ollie Rastabean
TWIST GRAPHIX
- Location
- St. Pete, FL/Freeport Bahamas
I worked at a dive place in the bahamas for 3 summers when I was in high school / college.
You dont need to buy a big, expensive lift bag. We used to use small plastic garbage bags. They are strong enough to hold the air they contain. You just need more of them. Also fill em with your octopus.
It is the equivalent of lifting your lawn chair with alot of smaller balloons instead of a hot air baloon.
-Ollie
You dont need to buy a big, expensive lift bag. We used to use small plastic garbage bags. They are strong enough to hold the air they contain. You just need more of them. Also fill em with your octopus.
It is the equivalent of lifting your lawn chair with alot of smaller balloons instead of a hot air baloon.
-Ollie
The Penguin
triple secret probation
- Location
- down by the river
plastic garbage bags might not work if it is stuck in the mud :wink:
Moondance
Just plain me....
- Location
- Ridin' the Crazy Train
no, but it might work for moby's ----:dunno:
accbr
addicted
- Location
- Lexington, KY
The air will expand as it comes up, and flow out the bottom of the float/garbage bags too. Looks cool if you can see what you're doing. Just keep it level, and you can bring it all the way up like that. I'm sure you're just wanting to get it loose enough to tie a rope to it though.
Ollie Rastabean
TWIST GRAPHIX
- Location
- St. Pete, FL/Freeport Bahamas
Huh, lift is lift is lift.
We used garbage bads to lift a lead keel off the reef floor so we could tow it in + melt it down for dive weights.
NOTHING is gonna work if you dont break the suction. Then you prob only need 50-75 lbs of lift to get the ski to the surface once the suction is gone.
i.e. less than 10 gallons of air should work. to life 75 lbs of negative boyancy.
Use 5 heavy duty garbage bags and put 2 gallons of air in each. You will be right as rain.
-Ollie
Rickster
Matakana Menace
- Location
- Bay of Plenty, NZ
I'm going to have to agree with ollie on this one...
The ski was found 1/2 mile away from where it sunk, so it would be fair to say it is only slightly negatively bouyant at depth.
Yuou will have to break the suction, then I'll bet it will be very easy to bring to the surface.
The ski was found 1/2 mile away from where it sunk, so it would be fair to say it is only slightly negatively bouyant at depth.
Yuou will have to break the suction, then I'll bet it will be very easy to bring to the surface.
The Penguin
triple secret probation
- Location
- down by the river
what I was getting at is that an inexperienced diver would try to overfill a plastic bag trying to break it free instead of using multiple bags
lift is lift - but if it's stuck in the mud - you have to break it free, and that's where a real lift bag has advantages
lift is lift - but if it's stuck in the mud - you have to break it free, and that's where a real lift bag has advantages
Idok
F1pro
- Location
- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
why not swim down, put a HEAVY duty carabiner on the nose/azz (if yoiu can...)
put some pressure on it, then blast around the edges with spare air.......shouldnt take much to lodge it loose expecially with pressure on it...
put some pressure on it, then blast around the edges with spare air.......shouldnt take much to lodge it loose expecially with pressure on it...
Ollie Rastabean
TWIST GRAPHIX
- Location
- St. Pete, FL/Freeport Bahamas
If anyone is going to use the bags to break the suction they run the risk of getting very hurt or maybe even killed.
The suction needs to get broken and then the bags used for lift only.
That thing gets broken loose and charges to the surface very bad things can happen. A diver gets yanked to the surface and bent. Or the ski breeches to fast, dumps the bags and goes to the bottom (again).
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
what about a prybar up under the hull to clean and loosen the suction
Ollie Rastabean
TWIST GRAPHIX
- Location
- St. Pete, FL/Freeport Bahamas
michael950
for me to POOP on!
- Location
- Houston, TX
Rent some kind of high pressure water pump, or use a cylinder of compressed air and go to harbgor freight and buy 50' of hose.
What ever you do, make sure to attach a bouy to it while you work. That way you know where it is if it moves.
What ever you do, make sure to attach a bouy to it while you work. That way you know where it is if it moves.
Superjetjim
X-
Couldn't you connect the bow eye via a rope to a tow boat and move forwards slowly to free it off? Once free then connect the bags as mentioned or simply winch it to the surface?
Maybe I'm over simplifying things?..
Maybe I'm over simplifying things?..