However, on Britannic at least, at the head of the central
companionway - the main thoroughfare between the deckhouse and the saloon below - was what is variously described as a large room or a large lobby, provided with sofas, adjacent to the smoking room.
A thin unpleasant drizzle had begun to fall and the deck as they came up the
companionway was slippery and dangerous.
The opening storm, usually seized on as a big production number with crashing masts and sails and sound effects drowning out the dialogue, is glimpsed through a large porthole, the characters squeezed together in a small
companionway below decks.
So they talk about going upstairs or downstairs to the next floor, now often named Biscayne or Dolphin, instead of ascending the companion or
companionway to B Deck above or descending to D Deck below.
Rachel also keeps referring to the
companionway hatch as the "welcome hatch" for some reason.
He included a black sailor standing on the quarter deck at the base of the
companionway down which Nelson is seemingly being carried--though as it is well known that Nelson received his wound while on the quarter deck itself, this element of the composition is rather confused.
The boys race along the covered promenade deck to the forward
companionway. We do the tour: the engine-room with their big water-tube boilers (Yarrow Co.
We came down the center
companionway into the corridor leading to the saloon.
At best, smaller yachts might have a flimsy
companionway door lock, and larger yachts might be outfitted with a closed circuit television surveillance system.
The
companionway is a very neat and impressive piece of engineering.
Sailor Girl balances between salty action with lyrical perception, as when Kate meets the antagonist: "...he came toward her along the
companionway, wearing a white tee, light from the portholes strobing across his cheekbones.
The removable door handles in the heads, the handrails along the
companionway, and the nonskid deck allow people to move about unimpeded.