Net on the beach at Marineland

[MaxBottomtime]

I managed to cut the large steel pencil away and haul it up the beach, but my shears broke while cutting the small piling away. I'll work on it a little more tomorrow. The net itself is buried under a lot of mud and rock, so I may need to bring implements of destruction along.
The good news is that the waves have also deposited a lot of sand and removed the gravel, cobbles and boulders that were in the surf zone. We now have a temporary sandy entry/exit.

 

[TwinDuct]

A temporary sandy entry/exit at OML will always be welcomed

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I had help from Reverand Al, Regular Joe and Merry this morning at Marineland. We managed to remove the final two pilings and move them uphill, but it was harder than I expected. The net is hopelessly caught in steel, rocks and mud. We'll need heavy equipment to remove the net. Hopefully Divebum Don can get his friends at Turner Construction to help.

Attempting to drag thousands of pounds through the mud

Oh, what a tangled web we weave...

At least we conquered the wooden pilings

Merry and I stacked rocks to help protect the piling from any high surf

The net, minus the pilings

Our booty, recovered from the pilings

The new sandy beach

 

[drbill]

Wow, Al Sharpton is a diver and helped out? That guy is everywhere.

Good work Phil, Merry and others.