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DO WE HAVE A NIBBLE?—Dragging for a lost tripod involves hanging a grappling hook over the stern and, knowing the Global Positioning System fix of the tripod, piloting the boat back and forth over the area, in hopes of snagging the hook on the tripod. Senior Research Assistant Jay Sisson, right, keeps tension on the grappling line, while Tioga Captain Ken Houtler (blue shirt) and WHOI scientist Rocky Geyer help secure the line. After several hours of unsuccessfully dragging for the tripod, it was decided to send divers to find the tripod, just 20 feet down. But they had to wait for slack low tide, at 5 a.m. the next day. Otherwise, the divers might not have been able to maneuver in the swift current.
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Posted: March 7, 2007
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