How many engine hours this year so far

[bud37]

Well it has been a couple years since the last poll, so I thought to try again with a slightly different slant.....how many engine hours so far....

It has been a good summer so far for most ( sorry Hans) and with so many more CYO members it will be interesting to see the results....so have at it........ ....

[Midnightsun]

Sadly only about 25 but will catch up in a couple of weeks.

[Cooler]

41 blissful hours. Most of my cruising occurs in August, so that will change. Probably put 10 hours on over the weekend! Perfect weather for the next 4 days! er

[PJHoffnet]

52, being retired is a good thing. Would have been more but some electrical system upgrades cost almost two months of cruising time.

[Viper]

Qr Bbpost.....some electrical system upgrades cost almost two months of cruising time.

Wow Paul, what did they do?

[PJHoffnet]

Wow Paul, what did they do?

Installed an Victron MultiPlus 3KW inverter (took about a month because the installer received a two bad graphical display units from Victron - I would have hung it on the installer, but I was sitting right there with him while he was on the phone with a Victron Rep trying to boot up the second one), three 150Ah LiFePO Smart Batteries, and the associated monitoring electronics. Then we went cruising for three weeks. Really loved the thing while underway and on the hook. Aside from the AC, we run everything just like we're at the dock on shore power. Batteries charged up every day from the engines. Only ran the generator a few times when we were on the hook for a couple of days without moving.

Did a little daily ops stuff for a week or so after we got back and the house/engines battery charger (an 6 year old old ProMariner 1240) started whining like a Banschee (cooling fan bearing). I tried all sort of little tricks to milk it for a while, but it eventually died while we were away for ten days. Needless to say those six year old batteries didn't like being un/under charged so they slowly died. Took about a week or so to get the new charger (ProNautic 1240) and batteries (Victron AGM Super cycles) and then another week to line up strong dudes to help me get the old ones out and the new ones in.

So, while things are like new in my electrical world it did cost me a bit of underway time, which of course led to a barnacle fiesta on my running gear that I took care of with a short haul and scrape last week.

Oh, almost forgot. Twelve year old Bimini got ripped pretty good in a microburst. Took about three weeks to get that replaced (busy time of the year for one of the areas best canvas guys), but that didn't slow down the boating - just a bit wet at times

[tomschauer]

We went from a rainy spring to a stifling hot summer. High temps and humidity. The wife like the A/C. so only about 8 cruising hours so far.

[Viper]

Qr Bbpost

Wow Paul, what did they do?

Installed an Victron MultiPlus 3KW inverter (took about a month because the installer received a two bad graphical display units from Victron - I would have hung it on the installer, but I was sitting right there with him while he was on the phone with a Victron Rep trying to boot up the second one), three 150Ah LiFePO Smart Batteries, and the associated monitoring electronics. Then we went cruising for three weeks. Really loved the thing while underway and on the hook. Aside from the AC, we run everything just like we're at the dock on shore power. Batteries charged up every day from the engines. Only ran the generator a few times when we were on the hook for a couple of days without moving.

Did a little daily ops stuff for a week or so after we got back and the house/engines battery charger (an 6 year old old ProMariner 1240) started whining like a Banschee (cooling fan bearing). I tried all sort of little tricks to milk it for a while, but it eventually died while we were away for ten days. Needless to say those six year old batteries didn't like being un/under charged so they slowly died. Took about a week or so to get the new charger (ProNautic 1240) and batteries (Victron AGM Super cycles) and then another week to line up strong dudes to help me get the old ones out and the new ones in.

So, while things are like new in my electrical world it did cost me a bit of underway time, which of course led to a barnacle fiesta on my running gear that I took care of with a short haul and scrape last week.

Oh, almost forgot. Twelve year old Bimini got ripped pretty good in a microburst. Took about three weeks to get that replaced (busy time of the year for one of the areas best canvas guys), but that didn't slow down the boating - just a bit wet at times

That's boating

[bud37]

Qr Bbpost We went from a rainy spring to a stifling hot summer. High temps and humidity. The wife like the A/C. so only about 8 cruising hours so far.

Funny you should say that, much the same here and we have been waiting for the new top as its unbearable on the bridge with what we have....gettin old....

The transition was maybe a couple days from furnace on to air conditioning.....

[bud37]

Interesting so far, almost three weeks with 220 visits, only 13 votes in the poll, with the 10 hours and under tied with the over 50.......