My tools were craned off the boat at 6:30 PM. Good timing since at 7 pm it was scheduled to leave for the fuel dock and from there to Oregon to fish. Everything came down to the last minute. Before I disembarked, they moved the boat to the other side of pier 91 while I was welding some last minute brackets. Picture this. I am standing at a large machinist's vise in the machine shop. I have one foot on my TIG foot pedal, so I am balancing most of my weight on my left foot. I am butt welding 1/2" stainless hydraulic tubing, and the boat is moving, with big rolls and pitches. Let's just say if I ever teach welding at a school again, I just came up with a new training exercise. Kind of like TIG welding on a roller-coaster.
I will post some pictures soon, but for now, after 19 days of continuous work on 10 - 14 hour days, I just want to sleep for 2 days, and talk to nobody.