Sunken Cost by Norman Holtzhausen
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When the 12-meter-long aluminium charter boat DiveCat sank while on the way home from a trip to Auckland’s Great Barrier Island, many people thought that was the end of her. With her exact position uncertain and in at least 43 meters of water, both officials and salvage experts alike said it was too risky and too expensive to try and recover. She would likely stay there until she eventually crumbled away.
Then the first Covid lockdown struck New Zealand, and her owner, Norman Holtzhausen, had plenty of time on his hands. Time to research salvage methods, buy or build the specialist gear required, plan how to find her and then dive down to the depth she was at, and ultimately get her safely back to dry land where she could be rebuilt.
The search and salvage took two years, two months and 10 days from the day she sank to the day she was lifted out the water again. A further two years of rebuilding followed, resulting in her being relaunched more than four years after she first sank beneath the waves.
PUBLICATION: November 2024
RRP: $35.00
SOFTCOVER: Large Trade 148 x 210 mm, 300 pages
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