The final steps in the process had all of us wondering. How would the heavy equipment pull us out onto the lock platform without getting trapped out there themselves? Well, at least one did pull us forward as close to the entrance as possible. Then it disconnected and joined its partners at the back to work us forward. There must have been some complications, as there was an interval of some time while we were parked halfway onto the lock platform. We are bigger than most of the ships they have in this yard… Anyway, we finally made it, and they lowered the platform, and we are now sitting in the lock, afloat, waiting to test our engines, etc. so we can leave the lock and tie up at the outside of the dry dock.
This is the ship’s fifth year of service, so we have many tests we have to pass (five-year surveys). The Spanish take a siesta in the afternoons, so no one will come until tomorrow morning to complete our surveys and release us to sail to Tenerife…
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