Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Anastasis gangway refurbished

Do you remember the main gangway on the Anastasis? I wonder how many times I walked up and down that in the two years we lived on the ship. It passed over to the Africa Mercy when the Anastasis sailed off to India, and was used as the patient gangway at the aft of the ship during the 2007 and 2008 Field Services in Liberia. However, the wooden planks became rotten beyond repair, and during the sail from Tenerife to Benin they were replaced with plastic planks, the whole gangway was repainted, and the hand-rail replaced with pipe.

Above, Lourens Lessing (South Africa) and Karl Schmutter (Australia) cutting off the old handrail on the sail.
Above: as good as new.
The quality of the refurbishment is top quality; I reckon the new and improved gangway will far outlast the Africa Mercy. Olly

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