Saturday, October 21, 2023

17 October 2023 Parga: Into the Bowels of the Ship We Go

 


The ship would not go anywhere without the work that is done below decks.  We took the tour and saw the master control panel, the engines, the AC units, the water desalinization plant, the hydraulic system used to deploy the stabilizers.  There were two workers in bunny suits and masks working on the exhaust system or the air intake system that we almost missed since they blended in so well.  We went through our tour which lasted about an hour.  Oddly, most of us felt a bit off at some point in the tour.  Later we found out that a squall with 55 knot gusts had hit the boat.  It must have spun the boat around giving our inner ears a real work out. 


Behind the Crew Only Door


Controlling behavior


Our guide


The brains of the operation


Synchronizing 


A warning sign came up while we were in the room


Escape oxygen


The exhaust that needs to be insulated 


One worker of two


In an emergency think positive


Engine #1


So many wires


So much water to shuttle around


Valve after valve 


Brown water if part of the system


Engine 2 of 5


The oil filling station


The escape hatch to the top of the ship


Engine #3


Leslie was enthralled 


The osmosis system


Here are the stabilizer units


Hydraulically driven 


More water management


Are we on a canoe trip or what?


Precautions for the watertight door


Upon our return upstairs, we saw this mayhem 


The bad weather continues




It has been 1 year and 133 days since we began our Migration