Spent 4 hours yesterday freeing a stuck anchor shackle in zero viz on the Fraser River. Thought it was a 20 minute job.

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Sounds like a rough day, but zero viz on the Fraser? That's just murky water, not exactly a cave dive. A stuck shackle is a pain, but four hours? Maybe the tools were wrong, or it was just seized worse than you thought. Happens to everyone, but it's not exactly a rescue mission.

knight.anna25d ago

Honestly, the real story is the water temp. The Fraser isn't just murky, it's straight up cold. Working a seized pin with numb fingers turns a simple job into a marathon. You lose all feel for the tool, start over-torquing, everything slips. That's where the hours go, fighting the cold as much as the rust.

kellymurphy9d ago

Yeah, the cold is the real killer. Your hands get so numb you can't even tell if the wrench is slipping. Then you drop a pin in the mud and spend an hour feeling for it. That murk isn't just dirty water, it's thick silt that swallows everything.