Italian authorities were able to raise the boat and tow it to port, where it could be examined.
The Vos Sailor is still adrift in the North Sea and a salvage team will tow it to port.
Better to knock it off course or tow it away using the gravitational attraction of a spacecraft sent to divert it.
Police said the vessel suffered "significant damage" and that a tug boat had been sent overnight from Invergordon to tow it to port.
If your vehicle is rear-wheel drive, backing into your driveway will also make it more difficult for a thief to tow it away.
Officials now hope to have the ship upright by late June or early July and to tow it to some port by September.
"It's a big ship and to tow it, to move it across the waters, is a heavy task, " said Seychelles presidential spokeswoman Srdjana Janosevic.
On Tuesday, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 readying for takeoff at Boston Logan International Airport sprang a leak from its main engine, spilling about 40 gallons of fuel onto the runway and causing safety workers to tow it back to the gate.
NASA's slice of the pie includes a plan that would improve detection of near-Earth asteroids, send a solar-powered robot ship (like the NASA concept above) to capture one of the space rocks and tow it back to a stable orbit near Earth, where researchers could study it up close.
Astrium's plan to tackle defunct satellites is to use an unmanned chase spacecraft to get in range, fire a barbed harpoon into the body of the rogue hardware and then use a smaller propulsion unit attached to a tether to tow it back towards the atmosphere where it will burn up safely on re-entry.
This time, he had a wife and family in tow, but it made little difference.
The locomotive is being refitted with vacuum brakes to enable it to tow the steam engine and carriages.
It will, however, be put to the test this summer when a team attempts to cross the Northwest Passage with it in tow.
Putting their 2013 Arctic drilling plans into doubt, Royal Dutch Shell announced Monday that it will tow its purpose-built drilling rigs from Alaska to Asia for major repairs.
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An RNLI spokesman said the crews faced strong south-south-westerly winds and rough seas as the inshore lifeboat pulled the yacht off the rocks before the larger lifeboat took it under tow.
"A big tow truck came, lifted it off the house and winched it away from the wall, " she added.
The next man had parked his truck on the street where the signs describe it as a tow away zone from 4-7.
Despite "atrocious sea conditions", the crew managed to connect a tow line, but when it broke, Crewman Simon Emms went on board the fishing vessel to connect a second line.
When it was time to tow the duck to its temporary home next to a waterfront shopping mall, traffic jammed nearby streets.
Because the Triumph is under tow and moving so slowly, it will take seven to 10 hours for the ship to travel up the channel to the port where passengers will be able to get off, Carnival Vice President of Revenue and Planning Terry Thornton told reporters.
Since being decommissioned in 1960 it has been used to tow vehicles and runs on special tours.
Always use your emergency brake when parking, which ensures safety and makes it difficult for a thief to tow your vehicle away.
He had won or placed in his section four times with Outrageous, and he was out to do it again, with this reporter in tow.
Hightail it out of there with your kids in tow, most immediately.
Photos and video taken of the rescue show Kelly and others placing a tow line under the horse's saddle and securing it to the boat.
Paul Legendre, the Newhaven coxswain who led the operation, said his crew of seven volunteers had launched the lifeboat within five minutes of the alarm being raised, but it took half an hour to attach a tow line.
Carnival initially planned to tow the ship to Progreso, Mexico, but strong currents that pushed it 90 miles north by Monday night prompted the decision to move the ship to Mobile instead.
Carnival initially planned to tow the ship to Progreso, Mexico, but strong currents that had pushed it 90 miles north by Monday night prompted the decision to move the ship to Mobile instead.
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