Wide loads are not allowed to travel in the centre of Plymouth between 4:00 pm and 6:30 pm. It was therefore after 7:00 pm that we arrived so we had to wait until today to be unloaded. Unfortunately, another job was being given priority today – dismantling an extremely large 130 ton crane. This involved using a fairly large mobile crane to dismantle it and then placing the parts: tracks, weights, cab, jib sections etc on a series of lorries. The delay caused by this process was easily occupied by watching this skilled and fascinating process.
At 8:30 am the travel hoist had lifted Jomima off the lorry so that he could proceed to his next appointment. We were then left in the slings, with Jomima’s keel gently resting on some wooden blocks, to await the area around the launching bay to be clear of crane parts. At 3:30 pm Jomima was lowered into Plymouth harbour and held there while I checked for leaks after her six months out of the water. All was well so, with the help of the friendly Mayflower Marina staff I navigated Jomima to her new home.
At 8:30 am the travel hoist had lifted Jomima off the lorry so that he could proceed to his next appointment. We were then left in the slings, with Jomima’s keel gently resting on some wooden blocks, to await the area around the launching bay to be clear of crane parts. At 3:30 pm Jomima was lowered into Plymouth harbour and held there while I checked for leaks after her six months out of the water. All was well so, with the help of the friendly Mayflower Marina staff I navigated Jomima to her new home.
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