Attention bookmakers, an Egyptian official promises Ever Given will be freed over the weekend!

[Towlie]

 
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Time to start taking bets and calculating the odds! I'll bet "no".

Cargo ship still stuck across Suez Canal, but Egyptian official says it will be freed over weekend

Mohab Mamish, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's advisor on seaports and the former chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, told the AFP news agency on Thursday that navigation through the canal "will resume again within 48-72 hours, maximum."

[soothsayer]

1. Gonna scuttle it?

[Ritabert]

2. They can't. The canal is too narrow and too shallow.

They might have to unload some cargo containers.

[soothsayer]

4. Yep, I've been following it with great interest!

[taxi]

3. Navigation throuh the canal is pretty much a given; $2.10 on a $2 Win bet

Passage through the canal is more complicated. Like tonight's Florida Derby

Box the 3-7-10-11 for the Tri and Super.
Don't play ALL-ALL-ALL - there could be a scratch, and they won't all run... (track humor)

7 - Greatest Honour @ 6/5
10 - Spielberg @ 4/1
11 - Papetu @ 15/1
3 - Jirafales @ 30/1

[Chautauquas]

5. They just need to get this bad boy on the job

[Brother Buzz]

6. I'm wagering Boaty McBoatface makes it to the rescue first

[jmowreader]

7. It's very possible

CNN reports that they’ve dredged 706,000 cubic feet of sand from under the ship, the rudders and screws are working, 9000 tons of ballast water have been jettisoned, and they have the most powerful ocean tugs available tied to her. When the tide rises enough to lift the ship even an inch off the bottom, they’ll just nail the gas on those tugs and...out she’ll come.

[Towlie]

9. I don't think so. Right now it's about 10:30 PM Sunday evening in Egypt.

 
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But I'll admit, they still have an hour and a half.

[csziggy]

10. High tide for the Suez Canal is at 11:23 PM EET

Maybe they can move it then?

If not, let's see what Plan X is!

Tide info from https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Suez-Egypt/tides/latest

[2naSalit]

8. ALi Velshi was talking to an expert last night...

About the logistics of the whole thing. He said that the forward third of the hull was on sand and that the removal needed to be done in a methodical fashion to keep the whole thing from rolling over or breaking the hull.

What a mess.