Samuel Swisha (Ghana), one of Logos Hope’s deck crew, has had his work cut out for him while the ship has been in dry dock. He and his fellow deck hands have been doing maintenance work on mooring winches and the anchor capstan on the outside decks. Inside they have been removing walls from cabins and the Visitor Experience Deck so that vital pipes can be accessed. Besides this, they have to do ‘firewatches,’ to make sure welding and other hot work does not cause a fire. But the benefit of dry dock for Samuel is that the community is always together to encourage each other. “I thought dry dock would be just work,” he said. “The difference from normal ship’s life is that dry dock brings you closer to people.”