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Ship of the Month - cont'd. and pipes, which were stored in open wells on the rig. Original­ ly the pipe and drill rod were stored on open beams above the lake, but after a few man overboard situa­ tions, and lost pipe and rods, the storage area was enclosed. There was an addi­ tional set of smaller davits for the rig's lifeboat. tug GAS well at Ontario, was used rig from location The company's LONG POINT (C. 310444) was con­ structed by Steve Po- Dunnville, in 1957. She to tow the one drilling to another, which happened about every three weeks. The tug also trans­ ported drilling mate­ rial and supplies to the rigs, and was used to change crews. Because the tug was slow, and the crew wanted a faster mode of transportation, the company purchased a 20-foot Grew motor­ boat which was used for crew transport in good weather. When TRANSLAKE NO. 1 first came out, the only to get aboard, it was jacked up, Photo from the Owen Sound paper of June shows TRANSLAKE NO. 2 being completed. In ground is one of the feet, or air tanks, attached to the bottom of each spud. 27, 1958, the fore- that was was to support; the way when hull and the leg making the first step an adventure When the TRANSLAKE NO. 2 came landing stage, about four feet by en bumpers which extended into manner that it could be raised up pensate for different heights off climb first out up a series of iron rungs welded to the rung was about four feet off the water, especially if the lake was a bit rough. the boarding procedure was modified. A six feet, was added to the rig, with wood- the water. It was constructed in such a and down with a set of chain falls to com- the water, and it could be raised when the rig was floating, so as to reduce the draft. Because TRANSLAKE NO. 2 was working in the west end of Lake Erie, near Erieau, a small fish tug was used as a tender. The tug LONG POINT GAS was sold to Con-West Petroleum in 1964, and went to its subsidiary, Underwater Gas Developers Ltd., in 1969. Eventually the tug ended up back in her builder's hands. Steve Powell cut off the deckhouse and put it aboard his floating drydock S. G. POWELL LIFTER NO. 1 (formerly the Welland Canal GATELIFTER NO. 1) as a control booth. The hull of the tug cur­ rently lies just north of the drydock in Port Maitland.