working on the ship (captain and 1st engineer)

here is a shot of our trusty captain john and first engineer terry
making some adjustments to the radar equipment (i believe). since we
are simply mapping (and not coring, which would require much more from
the ship and science crew), the ship's crew is able to attend to some
maintenance of the ship. the thompson did recently spend about 3
months in port where they rebuilt all the engines and drive motors
(z-drives). they also completely rebuilt the cranes and many other
parts of the ship as well. they actually cut holes in the sides and
deck of the ship to extract the engines and motors so they could be
rebuilt! ill try to post pics of the welded up patches soon.