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Marine Salvage

A Guide for Boaters and Divers

George H. Reid

While the word "salvage" conjures for some visions of the recovery of a treasure from the wreck of a long lost Spanish galleon and for others rescue tugs driving through mountainous seas to aid a stricken vessel, in reality plenty of small salvage operations occur all the time and they have now become a very busy industry. Patching and refloating a sunken skiff or towing in a disabled yacht are as much an act of salvage as refloating a stranded supertanker.

Information on this subject is hard to come by for non-professionals. This book will encourage the seasoned boater or diver to expand his activities to include engaging in salvage for commercial purposes. All aspects of refloating stranded vessels, salvaging sinking or sunken vessels, conducting rescue tows, raising sunken vessels, and recovering submerged objects or material are addressed in detail. The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer provide assistance to those in distress unless there is a life-threatening situation aboard a vessel. This development makes it all the more important to know something about salvage.

176 pp. 58 line drawings. 1996 0924486996

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