On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:34:55PM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>
> My power cord enters the boat through a 2" deck plate on the side of the
> deckhouse. A rain loop keeps rain from following the cord inside, and duct
> tape keeps out falling/splashing rain and bugs.
That's a good idea, Norm. Mine is inside the pilothouse as well as
protected from above by an overhang of the engine control panel.
> The most ironic boat fire (thankfully inside a steel boat) I know of
> happened at the Stono Marina in Charleston SC where I lived right after
> launching. A gentleman had purchased a steel sailboat boat after it had
> been burnt out and was in the process of rebuilding the interior. It was
> in the winter and he had just finished varnishing some of his new joinery
> when he went ashore for morning coffee with his neighbors at the restaurant
> across the street leaving an electric cube heater going to help the drying
> process along. Shortly afterwards he noticed a number of fire engines
> arriving at the marina. Fortunately, steel boats do very well at
> containing fire.
I shouldn't laugh, but... really. That's definitely black irony (and
"irony" does not mean "like iron", either! :)
Less amusingly, I was talking to someone whose friend was redoing the
headliner inside his boat in Venezuela with a very volatile glue, and
decided to take a break by lighting a cigarette. They buried the guy the
following week. :\
Folks, please stay very, very aware of your environment. On boats, we
deal with a variety of dangerous chemicals, tools, and mechanical and
electrical power and force in ways and in situations that *never* occur
in the life of a landlubber. THINKING LIKE A LANDLUBBER WILL KILL YOU.
Never forget that.
Ben
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