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| Madonna being towed into the slip where work will continue in readiness for sea trials in mid-May. (Jeff Cornell photo) |
Friday, April 24, Washington Island Ferry Captain Jeff Cornell visited the Fincantieri shipyard to witness the launch - in this case a gradual dip - of the new ferry Madonna.
He was there as a guest, and as such he had the opportunity to be on board as the ferry floated free and was later towed from the floating dry dock to a mooring spot in the slip, just south of the Bay Shipbuilding main offices. Since Jeff was there as a guest observer, and not in a working capacity, I think we can say that Jeff became Madonna's unofficial, first "passenger." He later sent me several photos of the day's activities. - Dick Purinton
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| Madonna pierside, early Saturday morning. (Rich Ellefson photo) |
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| Closing the pier where Madonna will moor for the next several weeks, Selvick tug on bow towline. Rich Ellefson ready on deck to handle mooring line. (Jeff Cornell photo) |
3 comments:
Thumbs up!!!
From Nancy came this comment: "She's yar!"
OK, so in my sailor lexicon I hadn't heard of this word YAR, nor seen its use. A little research reveals it can mean: "Lively in all respects; trim." And to that I would say, "Right on!"
Cement will be poured on Wednesday morning into a forward void, making Madonna even more "yar," as the ballast offsets the current list to port.
See, you never know when you'll learn something! - Dick Purinton
Yar indeed!
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