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.

C22 2022 Final Haulout

The first boat to come out was little Still Time. 

She was the 7th boat out, so I left the house at 5am to get a parking spot before the gatekeeper would refuse entry to the property for non working boat owners.

It was 1 degree C, so all layered up.

The docks and the boats were VERY slippery!

The motor would not start in the cold, so I had a club rib tow me over the the haulout dock.

Some say a video is worth 1024 words:

I had my cradle backwards, so they had to lift the boat back in the air, and the crews swung the cradle around, and moved the pad between forward and aft.  You think after 14 years of owning this boat, I would have had this figured out!

Meanwhile in Toronto, Michael was tending to hauling ZAMBONI out.

Video of start of lift:

CS34 More Haulout Preparations

Getting ready for haulout in 2 days!

Went to Home Depot and got some foam board adhesive ($7 a tube):

Next I blocked the cradle to support the keel:

 Probably not required, but I don't want the cradle to bend when 12,000 lbs of boat is lowered on it!

Scott and I dropped the mast on the 22.

34 on left
22 of right

Spent a couple of hours power washing the 22.

Walter and I got the masts broken down and moved over to the mast racks.

CS34 De-Masting and Cradle

OK, so I had Covid for the past two weeks, and have not been able to get down to the boat!

My first negative test was 10 days after I had symptoms.

So, I have not been down to the boat at all.
We hoping to get out for a couple of sails.

Haulout is this coming Friday, so it was time to get the mast down!

Rita got down to the boat before me and remove the enclosure and dodger sides.

Looks different!

Brought the boat over to the pump out dock near the mast crane.

Walter and Stan helped me get the sails off the boat and folded up.

Got all the rigging off and loosened.

Cut the zip ties off the turnbuckles.

Removed the lazy jacks, stack pack, boom, and boom vang.

Did a final pump out, and moved the boat over to the mast crane.

With the low water levels, the windex hung up on the top of the mast crane.
Normally, the masthead is well above the top of the crane.
Ended up bending the aluminum bar holding the windex up.

The aluminum backet is bent and can probably be straightened.
The windex is undamaged.

This is why I take the mast down with the stern facing the crane: I would rather have a $50 windex get damaged than a $600 wind instrument!

Moving the boat back to dock 7, passed the two Catalina 400s in the club who's draft if too much for their slips:

Still Time looking less complete at her slip on dock 7:

Walter and I used his dingy to move the 22 over the basin.

Will take the mast down hopefully tomorrow.

Walter and I setup the cradle for the 34:

Got the pads greased.

Will have to re-attach some foam on 3 of the pads.