Things have picked up some. They have cut off one ice deflector on the port door. To make it somewhat easier they just cut the bottom one third of the door off, since we were going to have them rebuild the bottoms anyway as both doors have deteriorated. They left part of the door by the hinges so to keep the alignment. They almost have the deflector cut off the stbd door. Stern tubes, Cutlass and Stbd bearing in great condition, no reason to pull the shaft or replace it. Port bearing, bottom half shows some wear and will be replaced, top half of bearing does not need replaced. This is a surprise to me as we replaced the port bearing in benders in 2004. We did not replace the stbd bearing?
The yard was aboard Saturday morning and looked at our work list and located most of what the CG has recommended we fix. The Emergency Fire Room needs work and we will replace the bottom of some bulkheads there. The 4 holes we have in the bottom in the ship will also be worked on Today as will the Rudder Guards (the pipes that stick out around the stern) and keep tugs or whatever from getting to close to the propellers and rudders. The engine room was thought to be done Saturday, but the boss of the cleaners was down and said it was not good enough! So they will continue work there. This had to be done to fix the one hole in stbd shaft alley escape trunk as the metal cut out ( a minimum of 18" or until you get to good metal (1/4 inch at least) runs into the engine room about 6 inches - estimated that is. So gas freeing was mandatory to get the hole fixed!
The big ship the "Charleston" left Saturday afternoon. The Captain and Chief Engineer and another Mate came aboard and toured the "T", as they were initially held up by fog in the Gulf. So a few of our guys went over and had a tour on their ship. Just to put it in perspective they have an elevator to go up to the bridge! With no cook, the crew went out Friday night to a place called Crazy Larry's -- Larry's French Fish House. A big place, waited for almost an hour to get seated, but great food. Everyone paid their own way. Saturday night we ordered out Pizza and Harry Zillon went and picked it up -- found his way there and back! The crew is tired as we are working everyday cleaning tanks, de-watering some tanks; getting ready for the yard workers. No wake-up call in the morning -- a big deal for them, but they will be up early anyway. Today the yard comes at 0600. I pick up Jim the cook in Houston at 1730. Weather is great. Capt. Bob
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