We finalized cargo around 2:30-3am this morning and the cargo guys basically shoved us off into the bay. The tugs came up, grabbed us, took us out and helped us "make tow" (connecting our tug to the towing bridle). Once we got everything set up, the harbor tugs released and sent us on our way. 10 minutes later, as we were putting away tools, I noticed smoke in the engine room. I yelled up to the Chief Engineer, who was still busy tightening the brake on the winch. He came down and descended into the smoky abyss with a nasty look on his face. We ventilated the smoke and he determined that we smoked the clutch in gear reduction on the starboard main engine. Apparently a throttle sensor had gone bad, and was "fixed" but not good enough. We called the harbor tugs back out, they hooked up with the barge and a few hours later, we were tied back up.
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| Tied back up in Anchorage... |
After securing everything and powering down our remaining engine, a few of us gathered in the galley for a breakfast of epic proportion. We cooked: Eggs Benedict, hash browns infused with cheese and bacon, biscuits and gravy, bacon, fried eggs and ham steaks and of course fresh coffee. By the time I got in my rack, it was about 7:30-8am and I managed to squeeze off 5+ hours of solid coma sleep.
Now, we wait. The company is flying in the main engineer from Washington to assist the chief in the repair endeavor. We won't know until later tonight what our next step is. Probably needing to overnight some parts, but most likely going to be here another day or two, three, etc...
I'm going to go test out my new DVD player and get spooked while watching "the strangers"... :-)
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