Is dynamite (and a boom and barge to catch and hold the debris) an option?

Brian Whatcott wrote:

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 06:00:55 GMT, "Mikel Warehime"
wrote:

What is the best way,To Raise a 50' Wooden Boat.
It is sitting in 15' of water. This boat has a concrete keel &
the weight is around 40 tons. The Keel will be removed,
after it's out of the water. It was added in the late 70's
I forgot that it is a 1967 Navy Boat. The only thing,
above water is the radio antenna.


[thinking out loud]

40 tons of lift - say 50 tonnes of water displacement.
50 thousand kilograms is 50 million ccs
that's a volume of a box dimensioned
4 meters X 4 meters X 3 meters

that's eight bags of 2 X 2 X 1.6 meters
Eight BIG canvas bags, with plastic liners.
And four ten ton webbing straps.
And some bottles of air.

And a tug.

Sounds like all kinds of fun!

Brian W