According to wgxa.tv, authorities determined that “it’s not possible to safely right and re-float the Golden Ray fully intact.” So instead salvage crews will have to dismantle the ship and remove it from the water piece by piece. In the meantime, they are removing hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel to prevent it from leaking into the ocean. In October, the Coast Guard reported that they had also recovered about 500 gallons of oily waste from the water after the capsizing.
The recovery process will take a long time, and until then golfers enjoying the courses at Sea Island will have the ship as a backdrop. It will certainly make for some interesting photographs of this year’s RSM Classic.
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