Method of lowering a floating body of a floating foundation

A method of lowering a floating body of a floating foundation and carrying a structure projecting above a water surface to an end position located beneath the water level, and of securing the floating body in the end position, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming in the floating body, which floats above the water surface, at least three through-openings in corner points of an imaginary triangle;
• securing, to the floating body above each of the through-openings, an upwardly projecting tube;
• treading, through each of the upwardly projecting tubes one of cable and rod and connecting the one of cable and rod to a set-in-ground anchor;
• providing, in a region of an upper end of each of the upwardly projecting tube, an uptake device connectable with a respective one of cable and rod;
• lowering the floating body, with the uptake devices, to the end position thereof beneath the water surface against buoyancy of the floating body;
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• fixidly securing the ones of cables and rods, in the end position of the floating body, to the floating body and cutting off sections of the ones of cables and rods above fixation points of the ones of cables and rods with the floating body and removing the tubes which upwardly project above the respective through-openings.