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Congratulations on a Job Well Done!
We accomplished a safe and successful relocation of the ship
Saturday and I want to thank each and every volunteer crew
member who participated. On very short notice, we fielded
a large crew (40-50?) of deckies, engineers, stewards and
supercargo. We had some VIPs onboard - Howard Levitt (Interim
Superintendent of the Rosie the Riviter...NPS) and Rachel
Dragolovich and her husband (Richmond City Attorney who
is now developing our berth license/lease).
At our brief organization meeting in the morning, it was
clear that every crewmember present was ready to assist
in whatever role was needed to get the job done. I was especially
impressed with the skill of our engineers handling lines.
With the extraordinary effort by George Immisch and his
crew to get the Iron Genny running, we had power to the
capstans and the cargo winches.
The easy part of the day was casting off and enjoying the
voyage upchannel with the Pilot navigating and directing
the two assist tugs. The more difficult effort was mooring
at Berth 6A, and attaching the electrical shoretie, the
water hoses and especially getting the mooring lines in
their new locations. Then the doubleups. Then some more
doubleups. The Stewards Dept provided a breakfast and an
early lunch that helped immensly. It turned out to be a
long day, but highly enjoyable working with our fully motivated
crew.
The only negative I heard all day was what a pity it was that
our first voyage in years had to be ass-backwards up the
channel. Well Done to All!
Rich Brandes
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