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Launch
041 Cameras waiting for the launch
042 The rail runs right under the wheels now
043 The back wheels are just touching the rail
044 A digger drags completed sections of
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track down the beach
045 The track under the wheels and the rest of
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track are misaligned
046 But a team soon levers them into position
047 The anchor for the cables to hold the ship as
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she rolls into the sea
048 As night falls the team struggles to assemble
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sections of track in the sea
049 Luca Belfioretti fights against the surf as he
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tightens bolts
050 Meanwhile the rest of team hold the section of
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track steady in the waves
051 Eric Staples tightens the other set of bolts
052 The section is attached - but there's 4 more to go!
053 Up the beach, the rails are being finished
054 It's after 10pm, but work won't stop tonight
055 All the rails have now been fitted under the ship
056 The cameras are ready as lowering begins
057 It's a small distance, but difficult work
058 Vertical and horizontal hydraulic jacks lower the
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ship and keep it straight
059 The lead engineers watch over the slow,
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delicate work
060 The rear wheels connect with the rails first
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