On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we prepare for our last winter in Seattle aboard our custom 435 catamaran SV basik. Condensation is a huge issue ...

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hey guys welcome back to as we visit

today an unwed lifestyle I will be

picking the project it's been starting

to get kind of cold outside and you know

that means condensation in my room is

the worst place so we will be moving

this to priority to this to a priority

one Milo's all right let's fix it so I

must write condensation is a big issue

on boats and anybody that has one in

cold weather knows that it is something

that they have to battle every winter so

I'm going to show you what we have to do

with we're gonna tackle Emma's stateroom

first because obviously this is

something that's really important to her

and to us and if you notice anywhere

where the the air hits it's dry but it's

when you come up against a mattress or a

blanket or a pillow there's a little bit

of an air gap so that will create a

little condensation and some moisture

and we don't want that in our mattresses

so teal has built this border and he's

going to put in some headliner in here

in hopes that this will fix our

conversation issue and it actually

worked on our last boat so we're going

to do the same technique and we're going

to show you how we do it

okay

and that has spoke so looks like I have

my project cut out for me let's be busy

doing her cleaning huh let's head down

here it's get on mid floor

okay so here's I'm a stateroom let me

back this up a little bit

taking the bedding off and those flash

back to be building the stateroom

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I did put this trim up about a year ago

and originally I put in a whole liner in

here and it lasted about a year I didn't

like the performance of it it's just

started falling apart so I've stripped

that out and we're going for something a

little more durable this is the same

product we put on our last boat and I

was happy with it it stopped the

condensation beautifully so that's we're

gonna put in today hey em what's your

Eden okay do you like it okay are you

staying warm enough it's cold outside

okay okay speaking of I want to show you

something okay so even though it's warm

in your room in your stateroom right now

and you know why it's staying warm

because we put in our new heater are you

excited

this thing's keeping us nice and toasty

okay okay but what do you notice about

your stateroom yeah because outside it's

about 35 degrees inside here it's about

65 70 degrees so so what happens is the

air is getting to here but not below

your sheets and so it and so what do you

see happening down there yeah see it

starting to condense on the walls okay

so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna tear

your mattress out because we could dry

this every day if we want to but it's

just a lot of hassle let's fix it right

so I'm gonna turn out and you can help

of course okay so let's uh let's get

going on this new project it fix it

right you wanna okay

go all the way over there see the Mart

right there

yeah yeah hold this right there all the

way up against the corner can you hold

it good okay

you can draw I'll draw this half you

draw that happen

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we've got done with the molding this

will capture the edge of the whole liner

I kind of shifted gears this week hold

off the guest stateroom weathers

changing it's been 33 34 degrees every

night and we could about handle it get a

little bit of conversation here they're

both days plenty warm but next week 23

degrees so get a couple of these

projects that we put back from done make

the family happy actually the

condensation in this room only happens

on the walls not under this mattress the

mattress has air underneath of it from

the cabin so it stays nice and dry it's

just the perimeter of this mattress so

that's why I'm going to attack actually

let me have you look at the problem we

have with a mattress that touches the

exterior of the boat like in our master

stateroom

those are queen-size bursts but they're

over the bridge tank let's take a look

at one of these oh there you are

don't make the bed I'm gonna tear it

apart right now just got done sorry okay

want to help me

I won't too bad Hey sorry just just for

a minute I got a dry it out

I haven't dried it in two days so here's

what happens

hold this up we get a little bit of

moisture in here now we've done

everything we can

this is foam insulation under that we

have dry debt it's not dry deck what are

the compass I don't know it's made for

mattresses yeah

anyway it gives a nice little air

barrier between sapota hole and then we

put an additional and I don't know that

works or not but everything helps

anything we could do to insulate helps

so this is a lot better than it was when

we had our mattress sitting directly

against it with that cool air traveling

under the bridge deck this will just

soak it in a matter of hours but now it

takes a couple of days so about every

about every two days in the winter we

use some high technology to empty

two-liter bottles a little portable fan

and I'll let this run for about two

hours every couple days and it keeps it

nice and dry that's my trick and my bed

making skills I've been obliterated

sorry

condensation in some of these little

corners of the boat you know we know we

have problems down here but they also

gathering like look at this now with

this new metal extrusion you get a

little bit of condensation right around

here that cool air outside that energy

travels through the metal hits this

interior with a warm air and condenses

so we get a little bit on the metal here

it's always a constant battle

so since this weekend I get to do a

little help myself and get this all

cleared out so then teal can get to work

with lining the holes okay this is

exactly what we're talking about look at

this get this little bit of condensation

this will waterproof fabric so it's not

going through but we want to stop this

while Lynne is prepping my surface here

I'm gonna take advantage with a nice day

and get these mattresses out in the Sun

during the winter I don't get to do this

but winter hasn't hit yet so we're gonna

get everything nice and dry

before we put it back in so there we go

beautiful day here in like you and look

at this we're into November and it's

just gorgeous out here

of course the nights are getting into

the 30s now day times in the 50s and

that's why we're getting that

condensation issue but I can't complain

life's not too bad

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Emma's all done with their homework get

a little fun time yeah okay I'm gonna

start down here next thing I need to do

now that Lynne has this all polished up

for me is get the the new hole liner on

a couple ways I can do it I can make a

template for this whole area or I can

just take the mattress outside and trace

around it and just cut it divide an inch

over that way could have a smaller piece

of liner in here to fit into place and

that's what I'm gonna do make it nice

and simple I've got my liner here my

matches here so I'll just set this all

up outside trace it out

there we go take advantage of these

nights days don't let it fool you

looks beautiful out here right now but

it was 33 degrees this morning God feels

like it's 60 right now but it's probably

only 50 just beautiful out though now

systemic cut it out and fit it in

guess go see other states

see how it's fits should be slightly

oversized

yep

three quarters of an inch all the way

around so I'll trim it in now so to mark

this out now all I do is fold it right

where I want it

a little mark about every four inches

now that I have my marks on here I'm

gonna need a little help

that's where Emma comes in

if I'm gonna bend this ruler since the

hole is not straight as I bend this just

trace right on the inside of my line

here when I tell you that yet right

there

perfect come all the way to piston

tunnel to this thumb right here start on

this though right below it right there

yeah

good

now let's do a little more

okay that looks good okay so here we go

with Emma's help I was able to trace

this out and this should be real close I

would say this is within 1/8 of an inch

I'll probably just cut on the outside of

my line and fit it in just to be sure

okay this should be a little bit closer

it's looking real good just a little bit

of fine

it looks like maybe right here it's

gonna maybe it's a touch right here here

I'll ease the corners a bit and glue it

down just a few more fine adjustments

and we are sitting pretty oh this should

be the last time yeah it's looking good

what I need to do is get this glue down

first because I want this to cure

overnight so I get work on this

perimeter tomorrow so I'll glue this

down now and then I can start working in

the garage down here I want to also line

this whole area so here's all I need my

ten trial the adhesive have some soapy

water on standby so just try this out

lay it down and keep heat on it

overnight

keeping the hatches open get some

ventilation here while I'm doing this

and this should go pretty quick okay

a nice layer down working time is about

30 minutes so I got to get this down

this has been about five minutes

and just like that and it's the next

morning let's check this out

Oh through the extra little space or

heater in here

just to give it that little extra heat

to cure this flue everything feels real

good so now I'm going to tackle this

perimeter like a little sample piece

here aqua measurement just to check it

and it looks like it's gonna fit nicely

everywhere let's sample this all the way

around that's nice so I'll go rip those

pieces and we'll get those glued in

right now and then I'll start working

down below here okay I have to button

this project up today it's the last nice

day on the lake God looks gorgeous out

here

look at this

looks like it's 70 out but it's 49

a beautiful

so if I button this up today I kind of

have to actually it's gonna rain for the

next 14 days so get this done while I

can but with the rain comes warmer

weather so there's that I guess here's

my little test piece to calculate the

width I'm just gonna place this on here

mark it out and take three rips off this

that'll be plenty material to finish up

that upper bunk

Hey ready ready go get it okay

have these ripped up now it's just a

matter of just whittling them in like I

did the other piece I'm not gonna bore

you with that but pretty simple just

line it out trimming up so it all fits

nice and snug now I'm ready for the glue

okay

now we're all set for this adhesive V

notch trowel soapy water ready my pieces

are all trimmed in the trick is not

getting any adhesive on this so I'm

gonna be just scooch it along with a

little pad here and just take my time

everything's looking real good I got a

tackle down here tomorrow but I need to

pick up some more of this trim so AM and

I are gonna run to tech plastics and get

some more of this and let's go let's go

it's trying to look good

now we need to go down below into the

garage I don't want to bore you with

putting that carpet up it's a tight

squeeze so I just put it all in myself

just now now we need to put the trim up

all the way around

that's the trim and I just went and got

just that square starboard lumber or

radius two edges mark it out and piece

it in kind of a tough one to picture

here because the hole has a little bit

of a curvature to it so I cut it an inch

long and then Whittle it in

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now that the trim pieces are cut it's

time to mark them out and drill the

holes in so here we go pull it out all

the way across this whole thing ready

stick it to the very end overlap it yeah

I try to put it right in the center now

push it all down right there draw the

line right down that okay

I'll just drill all this out and we are

almost found

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this is my favorite part

hey so every winter we learn a little

bit more about our boat and how to I

guess winterize or prep it for the cold

season and this year is a project that I

am so excited about teal doing a little

carpeting or lining the hole so then it

doesn't sweat as much is pretty cool so

we have now put away the outboard we

have put away the dinghy and covered it

because the rain season is coming we

have put away our paddle boards which is

a little sad but necessary I'm not going

to be taking those out anytime soon and

teal is wrapping up the bunk down below

how's it going well the trick is don't

drill too deep

oh thank you to the hole yeah just don't

use such a long screws yeah take it down

without it did you do that already

no holes it's looking really good in

there I'm excited to get the references

back in and Emma back in here her

favorite remove a little hideaway area

as she gets all snug in there to read a

book or just hang out

with all her friends she actually

believe it or not started sleeping down

here first and then moved up here this

is looking really nice hey this is in a

good mood always in a good mood

yes okay this all buttoned up let's take

a look at it looks real nice

we'll see how this does already feels

warmer in here we'll let this cure for a

couple days before we make up the beds

but another project down let's pull that

post it

looks like I get to move back into my

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