Yesterday we succeeded in flipping the largest of the 6 drums left on site, but when the Lift-All lifting sling snagged on a large chunk of concretion attached to the drum wall, the sling was torn. Still, Orkan’s system worked beautifully and we were able to rig drum 8 before the lodos winds began to blow in the early evening. For safety’s sake, we relocated the Virazon to Telekom Bay and overnighted there. Today the seas are quite rough, with waves 1.5 m high and a strong wind.
I had hoped that the weather might subside long enough to permit us an afternoon dive, but in the end it seemed unsafe. So we departed for a two-day weekend, necessitated by the Turkish parliamentary elections on Sunday. Next week will be our second full week of dives at Kizilburun and we still have 4 column drums to prepare before the crane boat comes to pick them up and take them back to Bodrum, so stay tuned!!