This entails digging down around the mine so that a grapnel can be attached and the mine pulled out of the ground my men under cover. |
The skipper rigs a 45m line with a grapnel to place it as close to the bridge as possible. |
With the grapnel and rope attached to its antlers the animal struggles to get loose and breaks the rope, but not before it pulls the hydrofloat over to a wooden dock. |
This proved invaluable for accurately plotting the outline of the wreck and positioning our grapnel line exactly where we wanted it. |
Additionally I have found that the typical grapnel often does not provide sufficient holding power. |
Furthermore, the weight of the inertia parts unnecessarily increases the weight of the whole grapnel. |