Just got back from All Marine Services where the FADs working bee was held. I met a few new faces with the PGFC including Rhyss who has been posting here a little lately.

We had to drag each of the float out of the container where it has been stored since last year and assemble it in the right order; float, 10m chain (to prevent fishing lines cutting through the anchor rope, a shrouded swivel, a long length of rope, a small chain, another long length of rope, more chain, then 2-3 anchoprs, each separated by chain. These were all shackled together, and the shackle pins wired up.

Next they were loaded up onto the truck whole, a feat in itself given the length of the rig and how cumbersome it was.

Then we had to unload them at the dock. The last pic shows them lined up at the dock, ready to go!

The work completed, I picked up a t-shirt, mag and a couple of beers and had a chat with a few of the members. If any PGFC member has any better pics to put up, please do! With people working away in a couple of locations, I never really got a chance to get snaps of the many people there.