your fortnightly boat

remember that cruise ship that tumped over a while back? they've been working on salvaging it, and today they're going to try to un-tump it.

Italian officials have given the go-ahead to an attempt to right the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that capsized off the island of Giglio 20 months ago, early Monday morning. The operation—a maneuver known as "parbuckling"—is risky in that its never been tried on a ship this size and once initiated can't be stopped. It's one-and-done, regardless of the result. (via)

here's a detailed description of the process, and here's a live stream of the salvage.