Tina Martin, who sells Shrovetide memorabilia in her shop, Crew Deck, said many people return year after year - even though the event can be "baffling" to understand.
Mr Lochrane, skipper of the Vertrouwen, said he had to call his crew off the deck "as it was unsafe".
But there was no indication the ship was taking in water at this stage, he said, although five of the crew were on deck.
The problem for the flight deck crew is that they are working hard to resolve the situation, and usually do not have time to explain what's happening.
On the main deck, crew members using a crane transferred several tons of steel beams and plating to the other ship.
While the crew on the flight deck were frantically trying to figure out the cause of this freak failure, many passengers were largely unaware that anything was wrong.
On the deck the crew of the R Tucker Thompson are helping other passengers into safety harnesses, so they too can fulfil the childhood fantasy of climbing the rigging.
The fire started on an aft mooring deck and spread to the fourth deck at the crew lounge area before it was extinguished, U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Marilyn Fajardo said.
Twelve crew members line up along the teak deck of the 96-foot yacht Mariquita with a thick, braided rope in their hands.
The crew lifted another portion of the line on deck and, this time, brought it to an eyelet at the bow, through which it could be threaded and brought on board with minimum danger to the propellers.
As the boat is slammed by searing winds and tumultuous seas, he staggers around, sliding over slippery decks, seasick, bruised, exhausted and wholly in awe of the crew's ability to work on the roiling deck, in the pitching gutting room and the ice-filled hold.
It added the captain believed the crew had been interrupted pre-flight by someone visiting the flight deck, which had distracted them.
Gautier will rediscover his trimaran Foncia after modification work to improve the layout of the deck, which should make manoeuvres much easier to perform for the crew on board.
The crew described the dramatic moments when the hijackers burst onto the aircraft's flight deck, brandishing guns.
Beneath the two passenger decks of this modified super jumbo is an Air Force One-style air-stair -- allowing access to the tarmac without the need for a sky-bridge or external staircase -- and a crew dining area, crew gallery, crew bathroom, sleeping quarters for eight on bunk beds, a communications room and spiral staircase leading to the main deck.
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