adventures aboard our CS34 sailboat

Category Maintenance

Engine Problems

It is REALLY hard to find an available diesel mechanic these days!

360 Video – CS34 Interior

Here’s a great video put together by Adrian Philpot, United City Yachts. It’s a 360 degree video that you can control to explore the interior of the CS34 Sailboat. He does a great job covering all of the things I… Continue Reading →

Launch 2022

Foggy finally gets launched! Feels like we have distractions every year that limits our time on the boat. This year we had some good distractions (a new baby in the family).

Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses

It sounds like these hoses have rotted out on all of the CS owners at about the same time. If you haven’t done this yet on your boat, now is the time to do it!

Haul Out 2021

After spending three days slowly travelling from Cobourg to Loyalist Cove we prepare our boat to be hauled out and stored over the winter. We spend the morning getting ready for liftout: Remove dodger and bimini Lower and fold up… Continue Reading →

Repainting Our Steel Boat Cradle

Our poor boat cradle was looking a little neglected. We found some time to give her a new coat of paint.

Propane Switch Replacement

This is one of those projects that violates the rule, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The propane switch worked perfectly, but I wanted to do this since the existing switch was drawing so much power. This was a… Continue Reading →

Video: New Precision Sails

Playing around with the GoPro video editor on my tablet and created a short video of the first "real" sail with our new sails from Precision Sails.

Service Lewmar Winch

We were lucky to meet a very knowledgeable Lewmar rep at the Toronto Boat Show a few years back (pre-Covid) that showed us how easy it is to service a Lewmar winch. We finally find some time to try it… Continue Reading →

Rudder Damage from Ice Over Winter

When we first checked on our boat after winter, I noticed two rust spots underneath our rudder. Looking closer at the leading edge of the rudder I could see there was some water damage.

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