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Did a lot of work in port on this trip. We got into Richmond late on Tuesday, and immediately went to work bringing down the starboard boiler. Some contractors would be in to work on the furnace refractory on Wednesday and Thursday, so we needed to start ahead of time to allow the inside of the boiler to cool enough that people can work inside without melting. Most of this is accomplished by removing most of the water from the boiler, but you can't just open the bottom blow drain and empty it (as the tubes would likely melt), so its a patient process of waiting for pressures and temperatures to come into line and removing water as quickly as you can safely. By about 0330 we had it drained well enough that we could let it sit until morning.