Dredging...from the horse's mouth

I just left the new dredge. It is quite a piece of equipment and obviously brand new. According to Gary (on the crew) there were a lot of production problems, thus shipping delays, on the new dredge. As I left they were gassing it up getting ready for a pressure test of the installed outflow lines. If the test goes well the dredging may start later today (Friday.)

Gary said they have had a few problems with skiers using the buoys as slalom courses and one boat hooked a cable that anchors a buoy, breaking the cable. My understanding is the area of the discharge tubes will be no-wake until the end of dredging so that will not continue to be a problem.

These are darn nice guys that are in a hurry to get the job going so I am sure things will be humming soon.

Ken Dillenburg