When boarding a ship, wait until permission is granted to cross from the dock to the boat on the gangplank. Passenger boats will usually have personnel on hand to advise passengers and help them if necessary. In choppy waters, when both the gangplank and the ship may rise and fall at diff...
your boat. Never mind what it will take to get back on the dock after your fun. The smartest addition I’ve seen with a stationary dock in fluctuating waters is a set of steps. When the lake is full, steps are under water, slick as…well, you know what slick means. But, when the...
We look at them. They look at us. Nobody waves. On the deck of the Tichy, a 150m cargo ship just pulling into port, stand dozens of migrants. Some of them lean on the railings and peer over the side. It is a hot July lunchtime in the Sicilian port of Trapani, and below, on ...
In simple boats, a gangplank may be a thin and flat plank of wood that can be easily be stowed out of the way on deck. Some are built into the fittings of the ship, and can be pulled up from a slot and extended toward the dock when needed. As efficient use of space is an ...