So things have been moving along on Andiamo. Sjelle and I have finally gotten things organized down below to an acceptable level. Repairs and stuff have also been moving along nicely. Luigi should have my sails done by over the weekend, and hopefully by end of next week, we should have Andiamo completely ready to go. We’ll more than likely leave Mario’s soon, as there is no reason to be here other than for the internet. And I can live without 24/7 internet, barely, I’m sure.
Had an interesting experience the other night. While we were just winding down a busy day of cleaning and organizing the salon and a couple of cabins, I noticed our power went out. When I looked outside, I saw that the lights were on at the marina, but I also saw alot of smoke. A second later, I saw that there was a FIRE on the transom of the boat. The shore power cable had gotten rather hot, and started to burn some duct tape I had around it on one joint to keep the contacts dry.
By the time I got to it and hit it with some water, the cable had been fried to extra crispy. It was a pretty big flame on it, and that resulted in a nice little burn mark on the transom. Probably nothing that can’t be fixed or painted over easily. It could have been FAR worse. This is now the second fire onboard Andiamo, and hopefully it will be the last for awhile.
Anyways, I spent the next couple of hours repairing the burnt shorepower cable to get things working again. I’ll be keeping a close eye on it.
In other news, Sjelle still continues to try to sell off her boat, and hopefully she’ll nail down a buyer in good time. She’s had some good interest this past week, so that’s encouraging. We’re hoping she can get the boat sold off soon. I’d really like to get Andiamo back out in the deep blue by end of this month. I’m really itching to get out of here.
More later…