On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we drill into the hull of our custom 435 catamaran SV basik near the waterline...measure thrice drill once. This ...

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good morning welcome back to SB basic

look at this seasons are changing it's

foggy on Lake Union

kind of neat but that forces me to get

projects done inside so that's what I'm

doing gonna get some plumbing done today

so you know what that means

off to the marine store get some parts

feels a little crisp this morning

these mayflies you know it's October

when these guys are all over the decks

crows land on the deck and just walk

around all morning eatin those guys okay

let's go

let's get to work

ran my errand got my parts

time to get busy doesn't look like this

fogs gonna burn off today that's okay

I'm inside

now that have my parts let's take a look

what we're gonna be doing okay back in

the master head I want to button this up

get these sinks operational so I'm gonna

cut in the faucets permanently mount the

sinks everything's still just loose we

get get these countertops secured down

put in the drain package in there and

well let's go over this one over light

over here bringing up of drains down and

there's my target hole right there and

that gets me enough drop to to actually

have nice drainage but before I plunge a

two-inch hole through the hole

I want to go double-check and calculate

out from the outside where that will be

coming through if I can get it down

another inch I would love to so let's go

outside and make a couple measurements

let's

head under the boat it's scary over

there over the years we've replaced the

decks and got them all painted we've

done all our repairs on the sides

painted those actually we were only able

to paint down to the rub rail I didn't

want to go any closer to the water till

we Hall odd and we haven't painted under

the boat I just don't want to do that

sit in the water it's gonna make quite

the mess I want to make sure we're on

the hard in a nice controlled

environment for that so you a little

treat coming up here we're going under

okay first thing I want to do is measure

the bridge decks clearance from the

water to the bridge there

we're going to working in this area

right over here

at 27 inches here is the old rules for

that head I'd fill them from the inside

when we haul out I'll put a layer of

class cloth over this I have multiple

layers on the interior now so it's

roughly gonna be in this position but I

want to drop them down closer to the

wand on it because that quite a bit

deeper sinks so if I have a 27 inch

bridge net clearance own to be up six

inches I want to stay probably 21 22

inches off the bridge deck down that's

my goal at least now the runner here you

can see

some of the paint look at this looks

like it's just been primered never had a

topcoat put on we'll be handling that

next spring

okay

want to do one more thing I'm gonna run

a light through the hole and have a my

market out next thing I want to do is

get an accurate visual through the hole

we're in a 14-foot kayak something nice

about our boat I can pivot a 14-footer

like a pine pivot at 16-under here

let's get over in position here

okay here's the old through-hole was

either this or this one I'm not sure I'm

gonna have to Emma mark these out on the

inside okay Emma take the pencil when I

shine it through and just put a circle

right on the hall ready make a mark

right there you see it okay circle it

okay now here's the other one

can you see that one okay I'm gonna go

one more is this one in the cabinet

right there okay can you give your

pencil with you

okay I'm gonna shine the light ready

when I shine it make a circle right

where you see that right on the wall you

see it okay now I'm gonna go straight

down

right there make a circle right there

okay how about right right there can you

see that one yes put a circle right

there

you got it okay no it's somewhere else I

I remember seeing a circle

wait yeah the first one idea is right

here right here yeah okay dump the

camera okay let's do one right here

okay you can take the light off of it

yeah I got it

okay okay that's it thank you okay

I circled the old through-hole from the

insects I couldn't tell where it was

we've glossed over it and we've made our

target mark on there and that will be

not six six to seven inches above the

waterline so we'll be safe

here was the first mark that I made if I

shifted it over here six inches so I'd

be lined up better with the drain so

getting a visual on this now my target

sighting down it looks like about four

inches below the bottom of the sink

that'll give me plenty of drain and what

I'll do is come down here and make a

loop and out before I drill an inch and

a half hole I'm gonna put a guide hole

with a eighth inch bit through here

first and then go out one more time and

double-check much easier to stop the

water coming in with this hole it would

be an inch and a half hole

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okay there we go I'll do this under Bowl

sinks then head out there and if I need

to do a fine adjustment up or down I

have to hold each and a half radius to

to work with so just to run it evenly

off the bootstrap I'm a fudge one up and

a third down and eight

here's my through-holes

it's gonna go quick there's a little bit

of chop on the lake so I wanna drill and

get these in fast I've plugged these

with foam just so after I install them

in case a weight comes by and splashes

up its not coming in the boat it's

actually an inch and 3/8 hole that'll be

drilling so let's get this done and do

it quick I'll need to Emma's help on

this

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there we go

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waters right there let's get going what

I'm gonna do

let's put sealant on the exterior first

get it in here and Emma will just hand

tighten it I'll let it cure overnight we

don't back those threads off and seal

the interior and then have double seal

and it looks good we'll let that cure

overnight I'll back it off and seal this

side as well

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and there's the second one

okay head out and get this other one in

and just like that it's the next morning

the through-hole fittings dried

overnight so I had just backed those out

and put sealant on the opposite sides

and just hand tighten those again so

while those are drying I'm gonna prep

these sinks get the drain baskets all

installed and tear this countertop out

so I'm just gonna bring this all up in

the salon so I have a little more elbow

room

sinks are out ready to roll

here's the drain baskets I'll be putting

in and I needed these additional

fittings to neck it down to a

three-quarter inch drain hose and I have

that right here these are my fittings

for the water leads the hot and cold

that'll come off my manifold and feed

the mixers right here here's the

three-eighths lead so I think I'm all

set I have everything I need

these actually will end pretty quick one

thing I really like these are scam

fixings and I got the scam Vic drain

these things fit perfectly they were

made to fit these things I installed

this same drain system and the upper

head we've had that in for four years

now it's been bulletproof can't complain

at all they're going real quick

please put that on there yeah

and that

put your little set screw in there the

system has its own gasket in the

direction doesn't even suggest putting

out on tape on but I did anyway

I just think it grabs this a little bit

better there is an internal seal in here

so it's just hand tight that's same with

this one

and that's it goes from the drain down

to my three-quarter one more and I'll be

said

the next step is actually laying up

where the possums are going to go

purchase these about six years ago

they'd just been in storage

one of those defenders all a lot sales

and these are the same box inside used

in other places on the boat and

happiness

I mean quality feels great

don't break these apart and figure out

the hole I need a drill I don't remember

but it doesn't say I'll just figure it

out

I'm going to place the faucet right in

here and I measured the other faucet and

it runs three and a half inches in on a

45 now I'm just gonna mark it out with a

small little rope now I just scored the

underside of the counter and now I'll

drill the face

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that lined up nicely now that'll mean

another mess let's take a look at this

both faucets are drilled in I'm not

going to mount them now because this is

rock worn out so I'll put a little poxy

on that and let it cure overnight I'll

put the faucets in in the morning I can

work on the sinks though and getting

this countertop permanently installed

and our drains so plenty to do we'll

just keep pushing

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okay now I need to prep the underside of

the counter just a few things to do

okay compass did you see what I just did

huh I took this it's actually a closed

cell foam and it's says it's made for

marine use I've been using it all over

the boat what I have to do is under the

counter this is all treated with epoxy

and if water ever got in it probably

wouldn't do anything but I'm gonna put

this bead around just in case any water

gets under the counter I don't want to

sit in here for years I still will be

sealing the perimeter of this with

silicone and sealing the perimeter of

the sink with silicone just to keep the

water out but just another little way to

keep the core nice and dry and clean

before I bring the counter down here for

the very last time I need to think about

how I'm going to secure this down

actually I'm going to secure from inside

the cabinet up into the counter and I

want this removable I'm gonna put a set

screw in each corner this corner I don't

need to worry about because when this

clamps down it'll hold this nice and

secure with that foam on there and

securing this down this will never slip

now it's just a matter of fastening it

down could be tricky finding the whole

way up in here

Oh one down three to go

now that the counter is secured let's

take a look at this

it's not going anywhere it's going to

press that foam down and it is gripping

hard I'm gonna silicone tonight but I

don't want to be working in here while

there's live silicone so what I'm gonna

do now is get the drain going

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train is all and I've been through a

couple straps in here secured this hose

just in case you know we use this what

we will use this for a storage locker as

well I don't want this hose being loose

in here keeps it from ever working

itself free okay we're down let's do the

other sink just a few more things I want

to get done tonight

now that bolts drains are in mixed up a

little epoxy little best system with a

just a touch of black pigment I want to

treat these let these fire off tonight

so I can get the faucets in then the

last thing I'll do is silicone around

this perimeter and around each sink just

a little fine beat

everything's taped off and ready to

apply the silicone we'll see how well I

do this could be messy but the tape

helps contain it

it's time to get this tape off here it's

starting to set up fast

I'm liking it looks good just look at

the speed nice and clean let that cure

overnight let the epoxy care and button

this project up tomorrow we'll have

running water it is now the next morning

and it's gloomy out just eerie calm dark

oh well a lot of my project all the

silicone is set up the epoxy kicked off

so it's good these faucets in the

hardest part of these is access it's a

small little cabinet through the hole

here there we go and now reaching under

and blindly getting this fastener on

here we go wasn't too bad let me give it

a couple turns and this should do it

make sure it's straight you got it sewn

there

I'll snug it up and I'll be done

I know I'm gonna get a firestorm of

comments about having an outlet this

close to a sink but didn't have many

options and this is I've made my own

GFCI outlet this this outlet here is

independent from all other outlets

I have three of these onboard I have

three outlets near sinks and all three

of those have an independent trip

mounted off the board so it's not

connected to any other leads but with

that said I'm still gonna move this to

this position just get a little further

away because I don't want damp hands

near this so I will move to the outlet

over here oh do that here in the next

couple days faucets are in starting to

look a little more finished so let's get

these water leads in to do that we start

in the water closet I don't have a door

on this one yet let me get some look let

me get some light on this I'm gonna

build up a translucent door so I could

see though the water controls pretty

simple system here's our dock water

coming in we are actually on city water

pressure with this in the dockside

position with a pre-filter just for a

hard sediment comes in and actually

splits here this goes to our cold system

this runs through our hot system so I

could even turn these off independently

here if I want if the hot water tank

springs a leak I could turn the hot

water off and still have a cold water

system or vice versa

I switch this dock off and I switch the

tank on now I'm running from the tanks

these are pumped from the tanks up to

here Kuehl inner tanks up here and will

run through the same system and I still

have the same controls now let's go down

below

here's the water tank and here's the

manifold so the one water lead comes

straight to my cold water lead the hot

lead goes into the hot water tank and to

my hot lead now from here I can

independently turn off and on anything

on board let's say the galley sink

Springs elite I could turn off the

galley sink I can off the hot and the

cold so what we're doing now is I have

two more stations to put in here's the

head down sinks right here so these will

come right off of this here's the shower

that's going in in the future and I'll

put that in when we put that in so all I

have to do now is just tap into right

here right here run my leads to the sink

this I made this slot here for it's

gonna be for electrical and plumbing

chase and I will build a door on this

but this plumbing needs be held to the

wall so I'm gonna put these little

straps on finer B's six seven inches

across this run that way I can run the

water in

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now it's just a matter of okay

leaves are tight into the sink through

here and now they're going to go into

this cabinet and through a chase that

I've built that goes under the stairs

and into the cabinet so it's just a

matter of pulling this through and

making that last connection

three Ito's onto a pecs fitting I just

heated up a little bit it's a tight fit

but it goes right on just got to get it

started

oh there you go

put a hose clamp on that it's not going

anywhere okay my connections are made

now it's time to pull these plugs first

they kill the water on the boat here's

my main coming in ah I'm gonna kill

everything everything's off now pull the

cap off and hopefully not too much

water's in the system here

just a few drips not bad at all

but it is time to fire these up waters

on hot cold on just turned on my

manifold no drips no sprays no noise

yeah let's see how these things work

looks like I get to take another post it

off the board I love doing this

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