Lots going on at the Boat, but not too many photo ops. They are power washing the topside superstucture, still working down in the control room on the hyro testing of the air banks and more painting going on in the engine rooms. I did however get a couple of neat pictures of the all the bow tubes open. Don't think we would see this very often, so I took quite a few shots. They are inspecting and replacing the outer door seals. I also took one at the turn of the bilge showing that they had moved the Boat aft about 3 feet and they had sandblasted and painted where the blocks were.
It looks like they are going to work the weekend because they are falling behind schedule. Best guess now for bringing her back to pier 45 is "0 dark thirty" Thursday morning Feb 8th. High tide is about 3:30am and they have to flood down at high tide because the drydock actually sits in the mud on the bottom of the Estuary.
They will probably get to pier 45 just after daybreak and that will give them the daylight hours needed to get her tied up correctly.

DBF Harry Nystrom

P.S. The last picture looks like the Boat and the drydock has a port list. I think I was the one with the list!!

There was a couple more good shots on my other camera, so I thought I would send them out also.This camera has a 5X zoom and it got a little closer to the bow tubes. I am standing on another old drydock that is not in use taking these pictures, and it's about 50 yards away.

DBF Harry Nystrom