Re: [HOE] To raise the Kidd

[Matt Crawford <matt@severian.chi.il.us>]

I suggest one of two ideas.  First, the mundane, stolen from Verne's
Mysterious Island: fill the ship with a bag (or bags), and inflate
it.  You can do your patching at the bottom or when it comes to the
surface.

Then the arcane: patch the uppermost holes, make sure internal
watertight doors are all *open*, but upper hatches are sealed.  Make
sure the keel is still heavy, or attach ballast so it remains roughly
upright.  Have Doomsayers and/or Sykers boil the water inside.  The
steam forces water out the remaining holes in the hull, which you
patch latter.