Removing Submerged Navigation Hazards

Mee-n-Mac · 10-17-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Weirs guy

As a half-an-engineer, I think the real question all of us geeks at heart should be asking is this:

When do we get to blow up the rock, and how much explosives do we get to play with?

Sadly the answer is probably not as much as you'd like. A few bore holes and just a tiny bit would no doubt do the job. Wasn't there a MythBuster's episode where they re-created the water-in-a-safe + explosives to "crack" it ? I'm thinking T.H.E. Binz might be better off enlisted a squad of UDE rock bass. I mean they must be called rock bass for a reason !? Perhaps they could be enlisted to peck away at the rocks

Then it's all due to "nature" and he couldn't be blamed. Until then I' thinking the old Chlorox bottle(s) on a string is a legal alternative.

ITD · 10-17-2006, 07:16 PM

A series of holes with wedges tapped in could also be done, has worked for hundreds (thousands???) of years. Probably a little tougher to do underwater though.

Pineedles · 10-17-2006, 09:14 PM

Exactly, a few wedges and in a couple million years the rock will split. Problem solved.

10-17-2006, 09:14 PM	#3
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,548 Thanks: 1,073 Thanked 669 Times in 368 Posts	ITD Got the Answer Exactly, a few wedges and in a couple million years the rock will split. Problem solved.

10-17-2006, 07:16 PM	#2
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,937 Thanks: 480 Thanked 695 Times in 390 Posts	A series of holes with wedges tapped in could also be done, has worked for hundreds (thousands???) of years. Probably a little tougher to do underwater though.