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Post by janiemou on Nov 13, 2017 14:02:14 GMT 2
Late yesterday afternoon saw the arrival of the dredger, being toward to the outside of the harbour by a tug. There was a barge on tow behind the dredger. It seemed to have a preliminary dredge of the sea bed before settling down for the night. This morning it was busy dredging, still outside the harbour. There seemed to be quite a few crew members on the harbour as it got dark. We will watch with interest. In the background is a small ?Chinese freighter that has been stationary in the channel for over a day now. Sometime we get shipping staying in the channel if really rough weather is forecast, which is surprising in such a small sea.
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Post by janiemou on Nov 27, 2017 22:27:39 GMT 2
Today we have had high seas, storm force winds and very big waves. This has resulted in the dredger and its barge breaking loose from their moorings at the entrance to the harbour. I couldn't take a photo of the dredger but here is the barge. It is grounded alongside the sea wall outside the Coral hotel. It looks like it has missed Sam's Boats jetty, and every now and again a big surging wave happens and the barge is afloat. We will have to see what is happening when there is light in the morning. The dredger itself seems to be stuck on a sand bar just off the beach, it was too far out and it was too dark to see properly. Some people, probably from the dredger were in the harbour car park watching. But there was little they could do what with the waves being so large and the tug boat absent.
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Post by janiemou on Nov 28, 2017 11:33:28 GMT 2
The storm has petered out and left us with a glorious clear day. Steve got up early to check on how the grounded dredger and its barge were getting on. As you can see the barge, though having moved a bit, is still stuck against the sea wall by the Coral Hotel. The dredger was stuck in the middle of the harbour with a couple of workers on board. | bit later on I saw that the tug had returned and had managed to get the dredger afloat and were seen heading towards safety, maybe at Imerolia.
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Post by artisans on Nov 28, 2017 11:39:08 GMT 2
The platform was very near to the boats sheltering in the harbour, and it was swing around with each set of waves. The barge narrowly missed Sam's jetty, and I expected to see him rush out and paint 'Sam's Boats' down the side!
Steve
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Post by daveh on Nov 28, 2017 14:09:09 GMT 2
There is a small boat from the harbour, smashed at front, beached up nearer to Ninos.
The barge so near the wall, water so shallow, may become Rodas shipwrecked beach! Cannot lift by crane as too big to take on local roads, maybe to grounded and shallow water to be dragged out by tugs. Time will tell what happens.
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Post by artisans on Nov 28, 2017 17:53:39 GMT 2
I think they will need to remove the barge or secure it very well, Dave, especially with severe southerlies due in the next couple of days. This is part of the same weather system that is threatening Western Europe with bitterly cold northerlies - we could all be in for a rough time. One local fisherman told us that the wind was 7Bf when the barge broke free ... it could be even stronger on Thursday/Friday.
Steve
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Post by daveh on Nov 29, 2017 9:18:43 GMT 2
Agree it will need to be secured until weather improves. My understanding is they will have to dig a trench, so tug can get near enough to pull. Then use a crane to lift and turn barge so facing to sea ready to be tugged. Apparently something similar happened at Asteraki several years ago where the tug was also grounded.
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Post by daveh on Dec 4, 2017 8:08:09 GMT 2
The barge was finally dug out and towed away yesterday when the weather was more pleasant.
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Post by janiemou on Dec 4, 2017 11:50:02 GMT 2
The barge was finally dug out and towed away yesterday when the weather was more pleasant. I have taken a few photos which I will put on soon Jan
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Post by janiemou on Dec 4, 2017 17:28:30 GMT 2
On Sunday morning the dredger was in position to finally get the barge off the beach by the coral Hotel The previous day they had managed to get the barge turned to face the sea, but it was still well and truly stuck. The next day they returned and used their bucket to create a channel for the barge to get free of the seabed. We didn't see the actual moment of release, but we saw the tug arrive and move the dredger with the barge safely roped alongside head off to sea and, presumably, head to a safe harbour. Apologies for the night time photo, only using a basic camera.
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Post by kaz on Dec 5, 2017 15:43:07 GMT 2
Thanks janiemou, very interesting
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