Yes, it is a ratboard. Yes it is on the dock, right next to the ship. No, it is not supposed to be there, it should be in the shrouds 12 meters above deck.
And here is the spanker mast from which it fell. I was up the top of the lower mast, just about half a meter under the crosstrees, when a ratboard lashing snapped under my foot. It was expected, everything is in a slightly dodgy condition here. There is a reason that we are scheduled for almost another year in refit...
Click the picture by the way and take a closer look at it. The middle shroud is... well... not very straight... The shrouds and stays are tensioned like it was a natural fibre rig on a 10 meter boat. Ratlines are attached with thin whipping twine, in a remarkably clumsy fashion.
A picture of the port topside. Our welders are kept busy whith a lot of different projects. The dark marks here are burns from welding on stringers on the inside of the hull. I know nothing about structural dimensioning and solid mechanics of steel ships, but I am pretty sure those extra stringers are well needed. The present situation is rather severe, but around the beginning of next year this ship is going to kick some serious Singaporean ass!
And here is our workshop, where a lot of the magic is going to take place. A big tarp roof, surrounded on three sides by shipping containers.
Another little job we did today. Disassembling some hydraulics in the engine room. This tank was one of few items still fitted in the otherwise very bare ship.
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