A Travel Lift is a device with which many sailors are familiar. Basically, it looks like the outline of an enormous cube made from large steel beems and put on wheels (two huge tires per bottom corner) in between the upper sides of the cube are slings, which, with the assistance of a scuba diver, are positioned underneath the ship. The operater of the Travel Lift can then use the machine to take up on the slings by means of giant wire pulleys. In this way a boat is lifted from the water, and the machine carries the ship inland.
I stood on the aft deck of the Kwai facing away from the Travel Lift and watched the pavement move smoothly underneath the ship as if we were flying.
(The purpose of this is to be able to do work on the hull.)
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The Owner (very hands-on) looks dumpster and pulls out a large metal pipe with a wheel attached. "Why did this get thrown out?" he asks. The question is directed at no one in particular.
I look at the piece. It's obviously a part of something, and it's big, too big to have gotten wrapped up in some other garbage and thrown out by mistake. Besides, no one would be so careless.
"Oh, it's broken," the Owner continues. "But it's worth $5 in scrap."
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