Nerve Wracking! We watch as our home is lifted onto a yacht transport ship by a huge crane! Ep. 115
Today is the most nerve-wracking day for us as we watch our home lifted aboard a yacht transport ship by a huge crane. Our home, Gargoyle, a Beneteau Oceanis 50, is off on a 14,000 nautical mile journey from Auckland New Zealand to Cork Ireland aboard Sevenstar Yacht Transport Happy Dynamic. This week we follow the loading step by step as divers set the slings, a crew manages the slings from our deck and the experienced crane operator lifts her softly into the air. In a two-hour process, Gargoyle goes from floating gently at sea to being strapped and welded to the deck of the five hundred foot plus transport ship. Come along on this nerve-wracking journey.
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As You Fade Away – NEFFEX
Birds in Flight – Dan Lebowitz
Soul Search – Silent Partner
Viking – Aakash Gandhi
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Title Track Crazy About You by Liam Aidan
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Kevin & Carla
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Captain is very nervous
01:23 Carla gets the call from Sevenstar Yacht Transport
02:02 Heading over to the transport ship
02:13 Approaching the transport ship
02:36 Start of the lift operation
03:25 Gargoyle is at deck level
04:06 Turning Gargoyle in midair with mooring lines
04:25 We have lost Carla
04:49 Gargoyle is being moved into position
05:32 Check out that propeller
05:51 The ships quarters behind Gargoyle
06:02 Vampires!
06:40 Gargoyle is in her cradle
07:37 Shutting off the power
08:51 Final step is welding the cradle to the deck
09:06 How do we get off this boat
09:22 Kevin leaves Carla behind again
10:07 Our final glimpse of the ship
10:31 Farewell celebration with bubbles
10:48 Bloopers
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