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Originally Posted by Raellus
Regarding the Cougar, I would think that towing it would swamp it. You've got a choppy wake from the tug's screws and dragging the APC at high speeds might run its nose down, making the swamping problem worse.
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The cougar should have sump pumps (the LAV-25 which is based on the chassis has 2), but running them would either require the engine to be running, or drain the battery. The barge could hold it easily, so I agree with the others, it should probably go there.
Offloading it without a crane might be problematic due to weight distribution issues. Might want to do that only when run aground or in very shallow waters.
It is so funny where this games takes me research wise. When the week started the likelihood that I would be reading Barge Stability documents from New Zealand was probably pretty small
http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Public...guidelines.pdf