Part of our duties well-being on Thacher Island is to land the visitor/work crew boats and to launch them. Visitors come out on Wednesdays and Saturdays, typically 4 boatloads. The visitors will have 2 hours to stay on the island. On Wednesdays, there are usually 2 extra boats (sometimes 3) bringing out docents and work crew. The following photos will show the steps to land a boat. The captain is Seth, crew mates are Meredith and Rich.
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| Thacher Island II approaches the island and ties off on a mooring buoy. |
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| Meredith throws out the front harness. |
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| Scotty attaches the winch line to the front harness. |
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| When the dock person has their arm up in the air rotating, it means pull the line up. The dock person gets their cues from the boat captain. |
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| The dock person crosses their arms in the air which means stop. |
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| Scotty is looking under the boat to see if the back wheels are on the ramp. |
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| Scotty puts the cleat on the ramp. Rowan will do the same on his side. Meredith wraps the line around a hitch on the boat. |
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| Now that the boat is secure with the 2 cleats, Scotty gives the signal to let out the line. (Downward rotating motion). |
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| Scotty brings the winch line up a but on the ramp. We want it loose. If it were tight, somebody could trip and get hurt. |
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| Scotty gets the front harness line thrown at the very beginning to give back to Meredith. |
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| Our visitors have arrived! |
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| This is me operating the winch. I stand behind the metal cage in case the line comes flying back. |
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