On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we take a break from the daily build and do some much needed maintenance on our 1993 custom 435 catamaran sv basi...

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okay this is our lazy Sunday most people

think that that's all we do is relax on

a boat but what they don't understand is

there's a lot of boat maintenance that

is involved in the systems of our boat

so we actually do a lot of installs but

at the same time we have to remember

that we have to maintain them too so I'm

gonna go see what teal is doing since I

did laundry and I clean some other areas

what are you doing it's battery day do

this three times a year every four

months what are you doing in there well

first I wipe all the batteries down get

them all nice and clean make sure

there's no battery acid bleaching out

everything looks good so it's nice keep

them clean before I get started

are you gonna do - its batteries well I

have to check the fluid level in each

one and top them off so that's what I'm

doing right now put this thing in there

yeah water distilled water and these are

about clean so that's so see how that

works okay so we have six six volt

Trojans and I had leaked them in series

into three separate series to get 12

volt out of six volt battery there are

225 amp hours for each Bank here so we

have 675 amp hours of battery right here

good yeah and we'll start with this and

maybe a upgrade to lithium one day but

for now this is gonna work just fine

it's works so there we go

maintenance day maintenance day

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okay down to batteries let's see how

much we used a little over half the

gallon we add six batteries with three

cells each that's 18 cells about 1/2 a

cup each that's 9 cups total that's

about right

right where we should have been ok next

project it's gonna be the fridge freezer

I need to defrost it I usually do it

every couple months a little overdue and

I noticed that the fridge was getting a

little bit warmer and I kept having to

turn up the thermostat to cool

everything down but it looks like

there's some blockage I'll show you what

I mean all right so this is the culprit

starting to grow down like an iceberg oh

yeah

and so it's blocking the flow down to

the fridge excellent does the same thing

down here doesn't it yeah it does

ok well how do you clean that out empty

now I'm just happy that I don't have to

fall into my counter to try to dig

everything out so I'm gonna take this

out defrost it with a hairdryer and put

everything back together ok let's do it

all right I'm gonna turn off the fridge

first

then time to unload

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all I need are four items I need a hair

jar extension cord and a towel oh and a

spatula actually for scraping and that's

it that's it okay let's get at this

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give me this pig one I'll get it out

here all right this is that big piece

the thing that's blocking in all the

coals this set that down take it under

here take a look at this sucker this is

amazing it really is amazing

thanks gotta wait seven eight pounds I

know this is why it's not getting cold

in fridge wait a bit monster open the

door let me get rid of this thing it's

into the lake right oh it's like an

iceberg

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okay so now what just cleaning up and

putting everything back in okay that was

an easy job so you didn't take too long

no it doesn't actually take long I was

like super intimidated the first couple

of times but it takes about half an hour

I know it's just getting that last chunk

of ice out of there yeah that thing is

huge

I still want to damage anything

everything looks good but nobody looks

perfect okay let's get the thing stuffed

full of food and on to the next project

time to eat yeah let's have lunch okay

hey you guys look real busy we are yes

it's a relaxing day yeah well I have to

surface ahead so you know what that

means somebody has to polish it first

I say now that you should do it yeah

you're old enough do you want to do it

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okay I can't hey I'll tell you what

let's draw straws okay

come on pick wisely okay hold them up

who's polishing today Emma's is that Oh

yours teal mine is the shortest okay

okay let me see yours it's longer than

that let me see let me see okay I'll go

get the gloves okay that's clean tag

you're it

get to servicing that head okay I will

okay now that lin has this head all

shiny and clean and looking pretty I'm

gonna do my bit which is do it just

basic maintenance on it um it's actually

pretty simple I don't tell her how easy

this only takes me a minute so I let her

do the hard part every month so here's

what I do

okay it's pretty simple first thing you

do is open up the lid pull the plunger

all the way out and you feel lost if

this thing is most people try to take

off all these screws to get into here

but it is actually much easier than that

make sure the plungers in it all the way

up position just give this a little turn

right here the more before I open this

always have a couple napkins ready

if you don't have it in the upright

position

you lose quite a bit right here okay so

what I do just use a little synthetic

grease drill simple just put it right

around on this o-ring right here I do

this about once a month maybe every five

weeks

then that's it then put it all back

together push it down in here make sure

your o-ring seats correctly

finger-tight

time to back up loop it up and now it's

just smooth butter

it's that easy okay I'm giving a try

what do you think is it easier or harder

easier yeah okay so that'll work for a

couple more weeks for you yep okay so

everybody wonders when you flush the

toilet where does it go well goes into

your holding tank and once a week we

have a pump out service hit us up and

empty racks

maintenance day it's never over see what

Till's doing

what's going on trying to keep the mold

from growing on this side of the book

it's easy to bad a little work out

would it be better if we were just in a

dingy and scrubbing yeah but then I'd be

getting all this mold all over the dingy

and then have to watch the biggie so

tell this give me a watch the ding you

two think it'll work up me drop this

stuff line off hey well good for you for

you lot further down to the water than

you thank you I know let's see what my

parents are doing

hi

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hey how you doing I can't

I'm not down there soon as I get this

tip off okay

take it into these nice days I know

yep summers coming we do the site and

when you do the deck okay we do topside

okay do it

yep okay the ladies are out here still

scrubbing away nice to keep that new

paint nice and shiny

oh you'd love it

hey you gotta admit these new decks are

much easier to watch than the old day

remember all the dots and whatever that

stuff was on there I don't know it was

Emma

yeah I'm fine keep scrubbing find help

it would a ladies what happened I got

hurt real bad

how'd it happen well we're clean in the

side of the boat and my nail got caught

on the edge of the cleat and it almost

ripped it off so I'm just just trying to

salvage it and figure out how to sew sir

you get'em it I'm not the only one that

gets hurt on board first time was not

your first time don't you remember last

year when you tumble down the stairs

that was your fault my fault you are

running in socks you didn't have

non-skid on the boat oh okay so really

it is your fault right

it was cold okay let's check this out

see what you did so I cut it down as

much as I can and it's lifted all the

way down to here and it was bleeding oh

my god the pain is so bad okay I'm gonna

go get the superglue no superglue okay

we're out of my favorite I really like

this band-aid okay well let's just tape

it up and get this thing stable let me

split this hold this over here

okay let's put it on here so it's not

all the way on the tip guess it's a

little finger surprise you to rip your

whole finger off you know I don't want

to do too many laps I think that's

probably gonna be enough you sure yeah

okay that's gonna keep it from pulling

oh yeah that looks bad

what do you think sing that work well

you treated your pinkie for might be

cheating that's it the same hand yeah it

is nice

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maintenance on SP basement let's get

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see you then you're amazing high five

good job