Day 10

 

15 July 2020

Sunset on another day in the ship yard. Photo by Thomas Scian

 

By Wednesday, 15 July, shipyard day ten, the major components of the SL radar maintenance platform, the bullhorn mounting bracket, and the whistle platform had been hoisted to the mast and tacked in place. On Thursday, production welding continued on all the pieces that had been tacked into place by that point. By Friday, 17 July, the replacement gaff support was made, and was tacked into place. The blocks in dry dock 5 were positioned for us, and the yardarm was stripped, blasted, and primed. The yard brace and middle ladder support were also installed.

In Albany, the gang completed a thorough inspection and repair of the aft gangway, got it painted and continued repairs to the transformer box.