Delivery of a Tanzer 22 for friend

Spent the day delivering a Tanzer 22 for friend Scott

Picked the boat up at Presquille Yacht Club in Brighton, Ontario, delivering it to Port Whitby marina.

Tanzer 22 weighs 3,000 with trailer.

My Colorado truck had no problem towing it.

CS34 Waterline Stains and Barkeepers Friend

Waterline scum is a problem on any white hulled boat.
It is really noticeable on Still Time:

This is after powerwashing, and washing with soap.

The only thing I have found that will take this off is Oxalic Acid in the form of Barkeepers Friend:

It is like $4 from Canadian Tire.

All you do is spread this gel on the stains and let sit for a couple of minutes.
Miraculously, the stains just wipe off!

One final touchup was done with a Magic Erasure product.

This is after a buff and wax of the hull

CS34 Rudder Repairs

I damaged the rudder on the 34 during haulout last year:

https://svstilltime.blogspot.com/2019/10/cs34-still-time-haulout-2019.html

Damage is not too bad:

First I took a random orbit sander to the damaged areas:

The damage was limited to the fairing on the bottom of the rudder.

Next I mixed up a small batch of  Interlux Watertite Epoxy Filler:

Basically, you mix an equal amount from each tin on a piece of cardboard, and spackle it on:

I let it cure for 3 days (Covid-19 yard restrictions), then sanded it smooth:

Turned out pretty well.

2020 Sailing Season BACK ON

The provincial government is now allowing yacht club and marinas to open to prep our boats for the 2020 season!

Launch is now set for June 12/13 2020.

The Whitby Yacht Club has announced a schedule for access to the yard.
The yard is split into three groups: red, yellow, blue.
Boats on the hard are tagged with a colour to ensure compliance to social distancing.
The clubhouse is closed.

The Still Times are both YELLOW, so I can go work on them every third day.

It is still not known when will will be able to sail our boats.

There's Still Time for the 2020 Boating Season

This weekend was supposed to be our regularly scheduled 2020 launch.

The Ford government just announced:

"Marinas may also begin preparations for the recreational boating season by servicing boats and other watercraft and placing boats in the water, but not open to the public. Boats and w atercraft must be secured to a dock in the marina until public access is allowed."

So it appears that Monday May 04, the lockdown on access to the club will be lifted.

Don't know when launch will be, but there is lots to be done before the club can launch boats.

Time will tell.

SDYC

Found this burgee for the "Social Distancing Yacht Club":

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.