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World'sToughest Fixes

mackcranemackcrane Member Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
They drydocked a cruise ship, cut a hole in the side,installed a new engine, weighing 600 tons, put a new exhaust system in, pulled the the propellers and put new bearings in. Then they put it all back togerher and back in the water in 20 days. A little hard to swallow for me.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    They had all the parts right there.....[:D]
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  • mackcranemackcrane Member Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No Dought.[:)]
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  • buckstarbuckstar Member Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Couple grand for a ticket, a thousand or more passengers at a time, turn around time is a week or two... 20 days is a long time for a cruise ship to not be making money. I'm sure they spared no expense to get it in and out of the shop fast.
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  • slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats because it was a private project. If the government did it it would take months to study it first and years to complete.
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,194 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You think they would make access for that when it was built?
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    During WWII they use to build a liberty ship in 42 days national average some ship yards alot quicker
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  • KEVD18KEVD18 Member Posts: 15,037
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by roswellnative
    You think they would make access for that when it was built?


    There's no safe way to leave an access patch big enough to pass a ships engine through. It can't be done on that scale. The best option is to do exactly what they did.

    I have no trouble believing they pulled it off that quick. It's private enterprise. The workers were probably being paid top dollar and then some to get it done most ricky tick. I've seen that show. I've seen various types of workers flown in from all over to work on ships I've worked on. They've worked round the clock to get it done.
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