Just wonder what "dry dock" means??

[kiraryker]

I've read that Triumph will be in dry dock later this year and we are sailing in March 09 - just wondering why they do and does it change anything?

 

Thanks

[s318830]

It means they are going to take her out of the water and work on her. I don't know specifically what kind of work - whether it's a refurbishing/update of some of her amenities or if it's just a scheduled maintenance.

 

The way dry dock works is this... they pull the ship into a special dock and then pump all the water out. It's pretty cool.

[jhale]

It's a pretty neat sight, these are the Ecstasty back in 2006 I believe...

[Gayle V]

Fascinating photos jhale. Thanks for sharing them.

 

It kind of looks like the ship is balancing on a very large balance beam.

[Senoj84]

Thanks for posting the pics up. The people under the boat look like little peons.