Gangplank

A nice feature of the ship is the gangplank. It is fairly important that we provide a way to get on and off. At first the ship only had some wooden planks that were laid out to cross over to the ship from land. We soon realized that it was shaky and abit dangerous. So Bill had a company build these stainless steel sections that could be raised and lowered for access. Side bars were attached for people to hold on to. I’m sure you have seen it in past pictures. Anyway, during dry dock a winch was put on top of the ship to help maneuver the plank and would help pull it up along with the crew using ropes. Before they were just using ropes. There were still some problems with lifting but Rick and Russ put their heads together and figured out a system that would hopefully turn a 20 minute procedure into 5. It worked great! Maybe alittle more than 5 minutes, but certainly a lot easier. gail