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aquatiker · 30th July 2007, 07:01

Quote: (Originally Posted by Drmike)

Its a huge amount of hard work to try to do it manually. I wouldnt even try on anything but the smallest portion or recent net

To clean up heavily netted wrecks we often tie a strong (tight) line from the netting to the anchor chain and let the ships movement (sea swell) tear off the net overnight/day as were diving. You can also use the anchor whinch (or rising boat) to pull it off. Be aware that pulling netting off can cause significant damage to the wreck/expose new stuff (which is sometimes the motivation)

Thanks Mike: Yes it will be a lot of work, done by several teams and several dives.
In this case i believe that using force would defenetly cause damage, plus there are several spots where they´re entangled as you may imagine. It could be done spot by spot, but even so the damage could be significant.

Anyway that way would be the safest! Thanks for your reply.

30th July 2007, 07:01	#5 (permalink)
aquatiker New Member Current Rebreather/s: Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 15	Re: Tech.s to clear up fishnets entangled on a Wreck Quote: (Originally Posted by Drmike) Its a huge amount of hard work to try to do it manually. I wouldnt even try on anything but the smallest portion or recent net To clean up heavily netted wrecks we often tie a strong (tight) line from the netting to the anchor chain and let the ships movement (sea swell) tear off the net overnight/day as were diving. You can also use the anchor whinch (or rising boat) to pull it off. Be aware that pulling netting off can cause significant damage to the wreck/expose new stuff (which is sometimes the motivation) Thanks Mike: Yes it will be a lot of work, done by several teams and several dives. In this case i believe that using force would defenetly cause damage, plus there are several spots where they´re entangled as you may imagine. It could be done spot by spot, but even so the damage could be significant. Anyway that way would be the safest! Thanks for your reply.
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