Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Meanwhile, down below


















Niels, the insurance inspector, checks for thin plating by hammering and listening. He then measures the bits he's not sure about using an untrasonic gauge. We scored 5+'s and 6+'s, and since the barge was built with 6 and 7 mm steel both we and the inspector were happy with the results.
Tomorrow the blackening, International vinyl stuff, gets sprayed on - a first for us.