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Hi Phil.
Exciting work. Thanks for the info.
Bill Akins.
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Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 3:02
PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] DeepWorkers
to explore ferry sinking
Dear Psubbers:
I've received a TON of private emails from Psub members regarding
status of
sunken ferry survey - so I'll try to cover the basics, to date,
in one
response:
The 350 foot+ vessel 'Queen of the North' hit a steep, rocky
shoreline and
sank last wednesday, on a scheduled run from Northern
Vancouver Island to
Prince Rupert, near the southern tip of the. Water
depth is about 1300
feet. All passengers amd crew got off with the
exception of one couple, who
are missing and presumed drowned. Nuytco
Research Ltd., was contracted by
the owners, B.C. Ferries Ltd., to locate
and survey the wreckage and carry
out a high-def video survey of the vessel
or the various pieces of the
vessel. It is likely that the vessel will be
in several pieces, based on
information from the survivors and from
commercial fishermen in the area,
who relay that their sounders indicate
that there are several large 'rocks'
on the bottom - that "weren't there
last week!".
Our crews are
operating two Newtsubs of the 'DeepWorker 2000'
series - rated for 2000
feet operations. They are equipped with dual 600
watt HMI lights, hi-def
video cameras with on-board drive storage for about
50 hours of
uncompressed video, Imagenex dual ultra hi-rez sonar, acoustic
tracking and
navigation with surface electronic grid , and long-range
digital comms.Subs
also carry full-function 'newtarm' manipulators,
hydraulic cutters,
etc. Battery capacity is 6-8 hours per dive, depending
on manip
usage. They are working from a 100+ self-propelled barge with two
10 ton
cranes onboard.
Subs and crew
are currently en route to the site and will arrive
this evening and begin
diving operations in the morning.
For more info on sinking, etc., I suggest
you google 'Queen of the North'
sinking', 'mini-subs to survey sunken . .'
B.C. Ferry sinks' etc., Also
check out www.nuytco.com for specs on the subs ( this
site has been
revamped, for those who haven't visited it in a while)
Regards
Phil Nuytten
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