The voyage – 2nd leg – Jewel of Muscat

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The voyage – 2nd leg

101 The machine speeds up the work

102 One mast begins to take shape

103 Pushpadas Elamassery enjoys a fresh coconut break.

104 Hand shaping of the masts begins.

105 Tuanie Ismail works on the main mast.

106 Destination Galle - the masts are loaded up for transport south

107 It's a long drive to Galle but soon the masts will be fitted

108 A great day's work from the whole team

109 Loading fresh water into the hold of the Jewel of Muscat

110 A crane unloads the new masts at Jewel's berth

111 Babu Shankaran and Tom Vosmer working on the new masts

112 Ahmed Al Adawy makes sure a drifting sailboat doesn't collide with the Jewel

113 Drenched by rain, crew members work to pull the drifting sailboat away

114 The Al Khairat Mosque in Galle

115 Captain Saleh Al Jabri presents copies of the Holy Koran to the muezzin of the Al Khairat Mosque

116 Captain Saleh, Said Al Tarshi, and Ahmed Al Balushi with Koranic school students

117 Removing the main mast

118 The old main mast is lowered to the quayside

119 It takes a tall crane to lift a 17-metre mast

120 Removing the mizzen mast

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