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Systems & Procedures

Fuel, Genset, Air Con & Tanks

Fuel transfer, air conditioning, genset, waste tanks, engine & prop.

Fuel transfer

  1. Valves in engine room — open the supply valve from the tank you want to empty
  2. The valve to the CTR tank on the return manifold is always open — you can check it
  3. Turn on the fuel transfer pump — CZone

Air conditioning (a power hog)

  • Never run with the watermaker running unless the genset is ON
  • Turn on the breakers desired
  • Turn on the main switch by the companionway
  • Turn on room by room as desired
  • Turn off when not needed

Genset — startup

  1. Turn on — Start button by CZone
  2. Wait 4–5 minutes (set a timer for warm-up) — look for at least 65 °C temp
  3. Easy View 5 — press button — Genset 29 amps
  4. Verify amps are outputting to the 48 V batteries

Genset — shutdown

  1. Easy View 5 — press button, Genset 3 amps
  2. Cool down — wait 3–4 minutes — look for temp to drop to 73 °C or below
  3. Press STOP on the panel by CZone

Waste tanks

When over 40% or full, dump carefully so the pump does not run dry — running dry causes pump failure. It only takes a few seconds to dump.

  • Turn on the pump — CZone
  • On B&G / CZone screen, monitor amps on the pump
  • When FWD amps drop below 6 — tank is empty — turn pump OFF
  • When AFT amps drop below 4.5 — tank is empty — turn pump OFF

Engine — Yanmar

  • Startup: in neutral, let her warm up 5+ minutes at 1100 rpm
  • Shutdown: cool down at low rpm (~900–1000) for at least 5 minutes — set a timer

Stopping the shaft while sailing (feathers the Bruntons Autoprop)

  1. When you turn the engine off, immediately gently pull it into reverse
  2. If reverse does not work, try gently forward with engine off
  3. Alternative: with the motor on and in forward, slowly bring rpm below 1000, then stop the engine with the gear engaged — the prop will feather
  4. To get back to neutral, you may have to bump the Yanmar starter to free the gear shift

Autoprop note: with the gearbox locked the prop feathers, but if left in neutral it can un-feather over time. Keep it in gear (whichever direction locks the shaft) while sailing.