Salvage has to wait until next spring tide

The operation to refloat the "Lucky Seven" may have to wait till the next spring tide on Aug 7, as the draft at high tide was inadequate to tow away the ship on the River Mandovi at Miramar beach on July 16 this year. The weather conditions have improved with the sea calmer than in mid-July when choppy conditions with wind speeds ranging from 25 km per hour to more than 50 km per hour slammed the vessel on the sandy beach. The ship needs a draft of at least 1,5 meters. While it will continue to be a landmark for at least a week, the beach was likely to continue to undergo more erosion. After a week of the vessel's presence on the beach, the southern side of the stretch towards Caranzalem suffered erosion on a roughly 100m stretch. Experts have said that the beach morphology will largely restore naturally if the ship is towed away soon.