Cracked Rudder

Took the pintles off, and there are some major structural cracks

Uhhh Ohhh

Stripping Rudder

Spend a couple of hours scaping and sanding the bottom paint off the rudder.

Spinlock Triple Rope Clutch

Picked up an unused Spinlock Triple Rope Clutch off Kijiji

$75 didn't even barter; lucky because the guy had many offers, and I was the first to respond to his add.

My buddy Neil picked it up in Baltimore (near Cobourg).

Will go on Still Time 1.0

Boat Stuff from Kijiji for Still Time 1.0

Picked up the following:

These will be added to the coach roof to bring all lines back

Older foot blocks, don't know where I will use them

LED Anchor light

Got all three items for $80

Charging Batteries

My surveyor noticed that the voltage of the house batteries were below 9 volts, not even enought juice the power the interior lights.

Got down to Mimico, and met the previous owner David.

The boat came with a 70A Balmar alternator with an external regulator and battery isolator.  These and the house batteries came with the boat when he bought it in 2007.

I added about 1L of distilled water in each of the house batteries, hooked up the boat to yard power, and charged the batteries for about an hour.  After turning the charger off, the voltage was up to 12.5 volts.

Time will tell, but I think the purchase of new house batteries may be in order for a piece of mind on an extended cruise.

Still Time 2.0

We are officially the owners of a 1990 CS34:

Designer: Tony Castro

LOA 33 ft 6 in
LWL 27 ft 8 in
Beam 11 ft 3 in
Draft 4 ft 6 in (shoal)
Disp 10,500 lb
Ballast: 4,200 lb

I 43 ft 0 in
J 13 ft 6 in
P 37 ft 0 in
E 13 ft 0 in

B/D 40%
D/L 221.4
SA 529 Sq Ft
SA/D 17.65

We decided to make the jump to a cruising boat:

• 20HP Yanmar 2GM
• Dripless shaft seal
• Hood main with two reefs
• Hood 140% genoa
• Harken Mk 3 furler
• Double spreader mast
• Whisker Pole
• Dodger/Bimini
• Sugar scoop swim platform
• Enclosed aft cabin
• Enclosed aft head
• Separate shower
• Hot water
• Propane stove/oven
• Silva depth/speed/wind instruments
• Autohelm 4000
• Garmin 130 GPS
• Standard Horizon VHF with cockpit remote mike
• 12v Refrigeration
• Electric windlass with 20kg Bruce anchor
• Electric deck wash system
• Teak cockpit table
• Marine stereo with cockpit and salon speakers
• Amplified TV antenna on mast
• Cockpit cushions
• Winter cover

The new boat is in Mimico and will launched and commissioned April 28th weekend.

She will be called Still Time, and will be a cruising only boat.

Still Time 1.0 will have her keel re-attached, renamed, and put in the water.

I will be racing her this season.

She has been a great boat for us to learn on.

I plan on teaching my daughter to sail, so who knows!

2012.01.17 Marina Cay to Trellis Bay

Trip Odometer: 12.16 miles
Moving Time: 02:45:43
Moving Avg: 4.4 knots

Google Earth track: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120117.kmz