Wa ga Na wa Umishi - Vol. 14 Ch. 137 - Yet a New Thrill

[MangaDex]

 

[pluki7]

I know nothing about oil drilling, but I thought it would be a little more precise than this.

 

[norctune]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ8ZFt_zm0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVNJumteHcs
Turns out it is more complicated than just letting it sink to the bottom.

 

[subliminal]

@norctune
In their defence youtube was barely a thing when this was originally written.
also I came across this the VB10000 aka "the claw"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsj-qWCUU4s

 

[norctune]

@subliminal
Fucking hell that looks like a modern day Archimedes claw, its fucking monstrous. Also I see that thing requires two ships, what if one breaks down dead in the water? Could you decouple it and let the other one return to port?

Edit: Nvm, on closer inspection they look more like barges.