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May 2[edit]

Uprighting a vessel[edit]

Since the Seacor Power capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, how would the vessel be uprighted?2603:7000:8100:BD38:B1D2:A177:5B7E:4979 (talk) 23:34, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See parbuckle salvage. Alansplodge (talk) 00:18, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A parbuckle is an external hoisting device, using cables attached to the vessel. There are several patents for using inflatable bags to salvage sunken vessels. It seems to me that they could also be used to right a capsized vessel, but I do not know if they have been used in practice for that purpose. --Lambiam 10:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Specifically, a parbuckle lifts by using cables to exert a rolling action on the load to be lifted. Alansplodge (talk) 15:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is helpful to have a powerful sister. The current plan is to use the Seacor Eagle, a sister liftboat to the Seacor Power, in the salvage operation.^{Blacklisted link; to follow it, add "https:" in front of "//gcaptain.com/seacor-power-response-to-transition-to-salvage/"} --Lambiam 10:26, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]