C22 Prep for Launch and Sale

Poor little Still Time: she has not be sailed much since before Covid.

I was planning on selling her last season, but I was too busy with the RBC Canadian Open, the Newport Bermuda, racing on ZAMBONI, and moving the 34 to Trident Yacht Club.

First step was to take the vinyl name stickers off with a heat gun:

Proceeded to wash/buff/wax the hull:

Even after several hits with polishing compound, you can still make out where the decals were. 

Got about half of the bottom painted before I ran out of steam at 7pm.

There's Still Time!

CS34 14 Days to Launch

Whitby launch is two weeks away.

The weather has been cold and rainy, so this is first chance I got to get the boat ready for 2023.

It was sunny and warm (over 20 degrees celsius).
I was going to tackle painting the bottom, but as I looked at the weather for the next 7 days, it was going to be cold and wet the entire time.

We have had a couple days of dry weather, so the cover was nice and dry, so I decided to get the cover off and into the truck.

I power washed the bottom, as I missed a couple of spots in the fall.

Proceeded to wash/polish/wax the hull.

Turned out pretty nice!

The frame will come down sometime next week.

CS34 Engine Hours and Fuel Consumption

Putting the boat to bed for 2022, I try to remember to record the engine hours each year.

Here are the engine hours when we got the boat in 2012:

637.8 hours

So that is an average of ~30 hours over 22 years for the previous owners.

Here are the engine hours after launch this year:

1046.2 hours

So that  is 508.4 hours in 10 years, an average of ~50 hours per year. 

Hour meter after haulout:

1211.3 hours

So we have put 65.1 hours on the motor this season.

We tried to sail as much as we could, but there were many windless days.
With the deliveries to/from Trident, we did a lot of motor sailing in light winds.
The trip back from Mimico was a motor all the way.

When at anchor, we would run the motor every couple of days for an hour to charge the house batteries.

The Yanmar 2GM20F diesel engine has been reliable.
It has not burned or leaked any oil.

Yesterday I filled the diesel tank:

Gauge showing full on fuel tank in starboard lazerette

Took 80L (qty 4 20L gerry cans).
That is about $200 of diesel @$2.21 per litre.

I did fill the tank this year at TrentPort marina for like $100 (40L).

So that is about 120L of diesel for the season.

So Still Time burns about 2L of diesel per hour.

The fuel tank is approximately 100L.

CS34 Cradle for Sale

Anybody need a 4 pad folding cradle?

CS34 Winter Cover

Another perfect day to be working on coving the boat!

Stopped at Princess Auto to get a package of zip ties to attach the frames to the toe rail.

Stopped at a gas station to get 20L of diesel.
Still Time's tank was down to 1/4 full. 
I always try to fill the fuel tank to avoid condensation putting water in the fuel.
Will need another two 20L cans to fill it.

Finished putting up the cover frame, and installed the cover:

Other tasks:

• dropped the anchor to the ground
• ran electrical chord for shore power
• cleaned the waterline scum with Barkeeper's Friend
• power washed a couple places I missed on the bottom
• put the boom under the cradle
• put the bimini frame under the cradle
• winterized the motor

Here you can see the repair from a partially deployed anchor a couple of seasons ago:

https://svstilltime.blogspot.com/2021/08/cs34-can-you-sail-with-anchor.html

https://svstilltime.blogspot.com/2022/04/cs34-anchor-ouch-repair.html

View of Still Time's cover from the pumpout dock:

Couple of tasks still to complete:

• fill diesel tank
• tie cover down to cradle
• remove food from cupboards
• empty fridge (drink the beer)
• drain hot water tank
• winterize water system
• winterize head
• winterize washdown pump
• charge and isolate house batteries

CS34 Winter Frame

Got down to the boat mid morning.

Still Time has been moved in the yard: a little further east and north.
Works well as I am closer to power and water, and also sheltered from the prevailing SW/W winds.

Beautiful day, sunny and 20 degrees C:

Murray on Shark "Not 2 Bad" went out for a sail:

Spent the day:

• removed the dodger/bimini canvas and frame
• power washing the bottom
• power washing the deck
• power washing the hull sides
• removing the black streaks on the hull
• erecting the cover frame

The new cradle is working well, as I am now able to drop the rear pads:

Could not do that with the old cradle

I couldn't get all the frame up because I left a couple of connector pieces at home.

There's Still Time as the weather is supposed to be awesome again tomorrow!

CS34 Still Time Haulout 2022

Still Time was the 26th boat to be hauled out on Sunday.

Got down to the club around 11am, and had 5 boats in front of me.

UNBELIEVABLE how low the water levels are:

Walter and I left the dock a little after 12pm.  
We had to better mark the sling positions with electrical tape.
We also removed the fenders and stowed them in the locker.

Rita and grand daughter watched from shore:

Heading over to the haulout dock:

Start of lift @12:30pm:

Video of the haulout:

https://youtu.be/X2nKpgr3j9c

Some damage to the bottom of the rudder from stern tie on Camelot this summer:

Will be a fairly easy repair with some grinding, fiber glassing, and fairing.