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http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/8954923.htm
Sunken boat raised by pingpong balls
By KEVIN HOWE
Herald Staff Writer
A 24-foot sailboat was raised Thursday from the murky depths of Monterey Harbor by divers who filled its hull with pingpong balls.
The salvage operation was part of a stunt put on by the Discovery Channel TV show "MythBusters." The boat was sunk next to Wharf No. 2 late Wednesday. Work to raise it began at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
"We brought 60,000 ping-pong balls, and we used 27,000," said "MythBusters" executive producer Peter Rees.
The balls were fed into a hose through a funnel down to the boat and divers packed them into the hull.
"I would not choose this as a method for raising a ship, but it works," Rees said.
Rees said the vessel, christened Jalapeno, has a checkered history. It had been boarded by several sea lions during an influx of the beasts into the harbor, but it did not sink at its moorings, he said. It was also, coincidentally, owned by one of the top finishers in the 1964 World Ping Pong Championships.
The show tries to prove or disprove urban myths, including an account that reported a man had raised a vessel by pumping pingpong balls into it. The show was testing whether that could be done.
The operation involved a dive vessel, a crew of divers, who marked off the spot with floating buoys, and an equipment truck.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/8954923.htm
Sunken boat raised by pingpong balls
By KEVIN HOWE
Herald Staff Writer
A 24-foot sailboat was raised Thursday from the murky depths of Monterey Harbor by divers who filled its hull with pingpong balls.
The salvage operation was part of a stunt put on by the Discovery Channel TV show "MythBusters." The boat was sunk next to Wharf No. 2 late Wednesday. Work to raise it began at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
"We brought 60,000 ping-pong balls, and we used 27,000," said "MythBusters" executive producer Peter Rees.
The balls were fed into a hose through a funnel down to the boat and divers packed them into the hull.
"I would not choose this as a method for raising a ship, but it works," Rees said.
Rees said the vessel, christened Jalapeno, has a checkered history. It had been boarded by several sea lions during an influx of the beasts into the harbor, but it did not sink at its moorings, he said. It was also, coincidentally, owned by one of the top finishers in the 1964 World Ping Pong Championships.
The show tries to prove or disprove urban myths, including an account that reported a man had raised a vessel by pumping pingpong balls into it. The show was testing whether that could be done.
The operation involved a dive vessel, a crew of divers, who marked off the spot with floating buoys, and an equipment truck.
