On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we start the new year with a complicated new project on our custom 435 catamaran SV basik...steering. This projec...

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okay welcome back to SB basic sun's

peaking out it's been a blustery winter

tons of wind tons of rain so far not

real cold had a little cold spell but

for the most part and it's been

tolerable we're gonna shift gears down

and do something I've been putting off a

long time

that's the steering we took the steering

out of about seven eight years ago I did

build the sugar scoops and remove the

rudders it's a hydraulic steering with a

tunnel linkage and it's pretty

complicated system especially since now

that the sugar scoops are done we'll

have to re-engineer it and put it all

back in got the girls back here

scrubbing up the sugar scoops for me get

me a nice clean platform to start with

how's things going

I know wintered Seattle green stuff

grows doesn't it how's that going in

okay keep going

you're doing good

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oh good morning new day

look at this

fogs burning off

that means it's time to get to work

the steering

I'm not gonna lie it's intimidating

there's a lot to it

I've been hall mourning been digging out

parts and pieces out of this locker

a bunch of linkage here got my hydraulic

pump here's my autopilot all these

pieces need to be cleaned up see if we

could use anything I know they're gonna

have to be modify it off to cut some

down but everything seems like it's in

great shape so we're gonna try to use as

much as we can I mean I've got parts and

pieces sitting everywhere

I hopefully I could find them all look

at this here's a stripe this has been

sitting here for seven years just

strapped to the rail it's 20 feet long

this ties balls rudders together

we'll do what we can to clean this up

I've got boxes of little bits and pieces

pretty a little bit of a challenge to

put it all back together here's our

Capilano pump definitely be isn't that

here's our system that's kind of

sketching it out this morning and trying

to find all the parts basically here's

our helm we have a pump an autopilot

hydraulic lines that go to the RAM here

the RAM is tied to the main strut from

there it's a system of linkage that ties

it to each runner seems simple

this is 20 feet apart

I'm gonna break this into different

categories when I do it I've got my

hydraulic system I've got all the

linkage I've got the rudders and I've

got the autopilot it's a lot of work

it's intimidating

but we gotta get it done so let's get

going okay I'm gonna get a lot of

questions like why did I remove all the

steering system well for a couple of

reasons one reason is we had to build a

new steering station the helm was

located over here on a small wheel I

built a new steering pedestal and

actually moved the location so that was

one reason yeah the big reason was cuz

we had to build these sugar scoops when

we bought the boat it looked drastically

different than this it was no stairs

this lower deck right here you would

walk to that over to hear it and then

crawl up a for almost four foot rise to

get up onto the deck and there was a

little step in there somewhere just to

help you get up over it but it was

awkward it didn't utilize any of this

area so we end up doing was building the

stair system putting a actually a deck

hatch in there so we have access into

there for storage and for access to the

steering this encloses you know 80% of

the steering this way and protects it

from the elements it was a big project

and actually let's flashback and I'll

show you how I built it here's a shot of

the original sugar scoops I am in the

process of removing all the linkage and

hardware to remove the runners there

kick up runner so I was able to remove

them in the water

I removed the deck and cleaned up all

surfaces and then started laminating 90

core and carbon fiber with epoxy resins

to restructure this whole sugar scoop

you see the trough going in for the

linkage the first step going in here and

there's quite the process actually I

used kerdi-board

for these radiused edges and just built

it up with layers and layers of glass

cloth here's the deck going in and the

final step once the final step was in I

was able to sand it smooth and prime and

paint the last step was to put in the

hatch and the swim step and everything

went in pretty well we did it all

sitting in the water using a dust

collection and happy with how it turned

out

okay designing these scoops

who's interesting they're not mirror

images of each other and that's due to

the fact of what has to happen inside of

these scoops and how the linkage travels

through them look at this as you come up

the staircase the upper step is here and

the hatch is here that's because my

linkage is running through here and if I

if I put the hatch over here you would

be able to get in see what I mean by

looking at the other side they're not

mirror images of each other

they're actually identical I put the

steer here and the hatch here that's

because the linkage has to run on the

same side here and that has to happen to

get the rudders to run parallel with

each other

there's a lot of calculations and I

guess time will tell if I did it right

let's take a look at these hatches

though Emma and I had a lot of fun put

these in let's flash back to that don't

bring your pencil in the hole sit over

here then go all the way in a criminal

just like a jet

push it down take it

there you go yeah I get

good

now we're gonna cut it out

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- or one of them

and again

straight in

are you in okay here you go here's your

asking started cleaning everything out

here

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perfect thank you

hey guys it is New Year's Eve and Emma

and I are trying to finish up some

school work and after that we are

heading out for a dinner party with some

friends in the marina which is gonna be

fun and was gonna stay up I think till

midnight

we'll see what do you think oh well you

think so

how much you want to bet we're gonna try

it a penny Anna a penny oh come on

anyways umm teal is outside right now

polishing up our linkage and steering

which is going to be a big project so I

want to go and see what he's doing

check it out and maybe help them a

little bit this is something that we

have been putting off for quite a while

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so nice out

that looks shiny yeah that's getting

there huh can we use everything most of

it actually zoom up right here I'm going

to show you what I've got going these

little bronze end pieces are in great

shape got these polished up this outer

sleeve is in great shape this inner

piece here it's threaded and it's got

some deterioration on it looks like I'm

gonna have to have that replaced so it's

just a matter of pressing this pin out

and replacing this threaded insert you

make it sound so easy but I highly doubt

it's gonna just press in and pull out

yeah I'll probably take that to a

machine shop and get this pressed out

and get this piece if not I may have to

have this whole piece looks good though

yeah this is great shape but for now I'm

gonna get these polished up see what I

have see how many pieces need to be

replaced and get all this installed at

least Joey they help you well yeah yes

sometime I got some time before we get

it we have to get ready okay love it

come on

okay here's what I've got going kind of

working all these surfaces over with a

400 grit then I'm gonna work it up to a

600 grit and then I'm gonna polish it

out but this 400 knocks down all this

corrosion nicely I mean it is just a

world of difference actually knocks it

down pretty quick too

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getting all these little pieces apart so

I can inspect what's going on

that looks pretty good

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that's pretty beefy probably too beefy

but being 25 years old it's coming apart

pretty good

everywhere it was stainless on stainless

it looks great it's where the aluminum

and stainless and bronze touch that's

where I had the issues well everything

was going smooth of course into the last

one I couldn't get it out

got some penetrating oil gonna let that

soak in there well I have a look bitey

come back out and try to muscle this one

off Oh delicious

what do you think it's nice having me

home huh mmm

so what's next

a little muscle on this and try to get

this to break free but I can do it on

the talk

you need my help you know what you think

the muscle is right

I'm using such a fine grid on this this

is a

but it does polish

I have a couple of corroded zerk

fittings I gotta have to get those out

of there

I let this penetrating oil soak into the

zerk fitting comes out like butter now

it's amazing stuff okay this is what

four hours of polishing looks like

everything's looking pretty good I'm

happy with everything

with exception of these fittings here

and I will address those there's one

other issue I'm missing four pieces of

this puzzle there are four callers I

can't find I have looked everywhere on

the boat I've torn his photo site down

looking for him today the only thing I

could think of is we have a small

storage unit in eastern Washington about

a hundred miles from here

that we kept a few things in there

actually the rudders are in there and

have to go get the rudders anyway they

better be in there because

they're pretty key pieces of this

installation so looks like I'm taking a

road trip first thing tomorrow morning

and I'll check it out

okay I think I I did good today

starting to get dark temperatures are

coming down again start cleaning up this

mess because it's New Years Eve and we

have a party to go to

okay where are we heading off to where

are you into a pie its ears so compasses

Matt he's not going he wasn't invited oh

we got our bottle bubbly and it's time

to ring in the New Year pants so happy

day everybody happy new year

we can't wait to show you what next

year's all about okay let's head off to

the party all of about what six lips

down such great neighbors they have we

have love being here but we cannot

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and over the past and start you need to

pick up the rudders the Cascade company

gotta make a good day to come over

sundae's you have to chain up this time

but

later today

grab the rudders

and hopefully find those missing

sleeves that are

of this rate we're a little

most beautiful rival

okay we're coming up on two hours

and we are about there

okay we're here

our little storage unit it's got a lot

of little boat parts and they're still

that we have to install so I'm hoping

those pieces are in there they gotta be

in there but more importantly there's

something behind this door that I

guarantee you nobody is expecting

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Wow 2018 has been amazing

we started our channel and shared with

you some of our boat projects while we

prepare for our world trip we wanted to

say a huge thank you to our subscribers

and especially our patrons yes the

patrons your support has really helped

us a lot and we want to say that 2019 we

won't disappoint you

so we're gonna take this project on the

road and share with you more adventures

and hopefully obviously more projects

right oh yeah always projects yeah

anyways guys come back next week to be

one of our cool new videos see you then