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They had attached additional outrigger pontoons to provide support, but the poles for attachment were
far too weak. (It’s easy to inadvertently imagine pontoon supports needing to be strong enough to bear the
weight of the pontoons, as they do on land. But once you enter the water, these same supports need to bear the weight
of the entire sculpture and pilots.)
First the outriggers bent upward. Then since all remaining floatation was in the center,
the sculpture rolled easily, backward in this case, until it completely inverted like a re-enactment of The
Poseidon Adventure.
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