Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Nautical Disaster!
I was planning on moving Still Time from Whitby to Midland to salvage some sort of boating season this year. The cost to ship her was $1,300. The cost for a slip at Wye Heritage Marina was $3,850 for the year. This includes a slip, lauch, haulout, and winter storage. The cost to keep Still Time at Whitby Yacht Club is approximately $3,200 a year.
However, the Government of Ontario has mandated the closure of all marinas and yacht clubs to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Good call.
This photo is from the British Virgin Islands in February.
Access to the club will be shutdown at midnight tonight, so I went down to the club to check on the boat in the afternoon.
The cover has held up very well:
However, I went to check on the batteries, and they were down to 10.6 volts.
This is very bad for the batteries.
When I got back from the BVIs in the end of February, the batteries were down to 11.7 volts, but I could not charge because my shore power cable was buried in snow and ice. 11.7 volts is low, but I couldn't do anything about it until there was a bit of a thaw.
Then the pandemic hit and I couldn't leave the house.
So for today, I plugged the shore power cable to get the battery charger going.
I got Brad from the club to unplug me later that night.
Hopefully the batteries are not pooched.
However, the Government of Ontario has mandated the closure of all marinas and yacht clubs to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Good call.
This photo is from the British Virgin Islands in February.
Access to the club will be shutdown at midnight tonight, so I went down to the club to check on the boat in the afternoon.
The cover has held up very well:
However, I went to check on the batteries, and they were down to 10.6 volts.
This is very bad for the batteries.
When I got back from the BVIs in the end of February, the batteries were down to 11.7 volts, but I could not charge because my shore power cable was buried in snow and ice. 11.7 volts is low, but I couldn't do anything about it until there was a bit of a thaw.
Then the pandemic hit and I couldn't leave the house.
So for today, I plugged the shore power cable to get the battery charger going.
I got Brad from the club to unplug me later that night.
Hopefully the batteries are not pooched.
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