Andiamo!

Andiamo had to go through an arduous healing process to get her bow repaired after we slammed the dock. Thanks to the great work from Dave and Kevin, our Pier 5 neighbors, she was brought back to her glorious splendor, and for a fraction of the cost of a boatyard’s estimate! 😉

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After we gave up our slip at Dinner Key, we hung out in the anchorage off Coconut Grove for a couple of days before we decided we were ready to head off to Key West. Dave and Shauna, our neighbors from Zia Lucia, talked us into staying over for 4th, and since we heard boat traffic was kinda kooky during the holiday weekend around the Keys, we figured what the heck. So before pulling up our hook on July 5th for Key West, Mahi and I held a small informal maritime ceremony (for lack of a better word) to give Andiamo a seafarer’s blessing and prepare her for all of the adventures that were to come. All it took was a bottle of relatively cheap champagne, a little attitude, and a complete lack of knowledge of what the actual ritual was supposed to be…

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Shortly before giving up our slip at Coconut Grove, we decided that it was high time we take Andiamo out for a mini “shakedown” sail to make sure that everything checked out ok before we were to head out into the open waters. Especially since we had not sailed her since our first sea trial, which happened before we even BOUGHT her! So, it was a nice Saturday, with a brisk wind blowing about 15 knots, so this was as good a time as any to get her out on Biscayne Bay and see what she can do. We were not disappointed…

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Ok, we’ve been getting ALOT of grief over the fact that we have not posted enough pics on the site. So in an effort to quell the whining, I just posted a bunch of photos in the photo section of the blog. We hope you enjoy them. We have a few more batches of pics to put up, and should get them up within the next day or so. And no, whining about it will not get them up any faster.

Once we get these remaining pics edited and up, it should be pretty easy for us to stay current. Thanks for bearing with us in the meantime!

Ok, we’ve been getting ALOT of grief over the fact that we have not posted enough pics on the site. So in an effort to quell the whining, I just posted a bunch of photos in the photo section of the blog. We hope you enjoy them. We have a few more batches of pics to put up, and should get them up within the next day or so. And no, whining about it will not get them up any faster.

Once we get these remaining pics edited and up, it should be pretty easy for us to stay current. Thanks for bearing with us in the meantime!

Shortly before giving up our slip at Coconut Grove, we decided that it was high time we take Andiamo out for a mini “shakedown” sail to make sure that everything checked out ok before we were to head out into the open waters. Especially since we had not sailed her since our first sea trial, which happened before we even BOUGHT her! So, it was a nice Saturday, with a brisk wind blowing about 15 knots, so this was as good a time as any to get her out on Biscayne Bay and see what she can do. We were not disappointed…

After we gave up our slip at Dinner Key, we hung out in the anchorage off Coconut Grove for a couple of days before we decided we were ready to head off to Key West. Dave and Shauna, our neighbors from Zia Lucia, talked us into staying over for 4th, and since we heard boat traffic was kinda kooky during the holiday weekend around the Keys, we figured what the heck. So before pulling up our hook on July 5th for Key West, Mahi and I held a small informal maritime ceremony (for lack of a better word) to give Andiamo a seafarer’s blessing and prepare her for all of the adventures that were to come. All it took was a bottle of relatively cheap champagne, a little attitude, and a complete lack of knowledge of what the actual ritual was supposed to be…

After the grand ceremony was over, we pulled up our anchor, and we were off to the Keys…