In this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we take advantage of the summer-like weather to really crank out a few projects on our custom 435 catamaran SV ba...

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good morning welcome back Jesse basic

it's kind of nice weather's change was

raining yesterday and I'm looking at the

forecast we have ten days it looks like

of no rain I heard birds chirping this

morning the seasons are changing fast

we're actually going to have

record-setting temperatures coming up in

a few days from now so that means we're

gonna get a lot done on SD basic so

let's jump aboard and see it we're in

for

look at this the rudders

this was the last little bit of glass

where a guide to do I'll trim this up

sand this down and these are ready for

fairing barrier coat and bottom paint

and we're done

these cassettes I got a little work left

I'm starting to build this ends up

there's a little bit of damage on these

so making sure those are nice and clean

we'll sand these up one last time get

glass on those and those will be ready

for fairing Oh a lot to do before we

haul out less than two months now but

look at that the sun's trying to burn

through these clouds and once it does go

up nice weather to get a ton of work

done so let's get going okay I want to

get these rudders set aside they're

about done all I need to do is just trim

this loose glass off and to do that

let's take a sharp razor and just run it

right along the edge take a little piece

of sandpaper

Mehcad can sand this down really

carefully and hide the seam right on

that radius be real careful you're not

burning through anything I mean the

whole goal of this was to get protection

on this and these edges are so

vulnerable I just keep working it down

until it's smooth

okay that didn't take long at all

alright fifteen twenty minutes and look

at this it could run your hands over

this just smooth as can be and that seam

is hidden right on this radius okay

this rudders ready for fairing compound

now work this one over and get on to

those cassettes okay now that I felt

good about the rudders let's get you up

to speed on these rudder cassettes okay

remember when I was taking these apart

there was a little bit of gap but a

quarter-inch maybe a little bit more gap

so what I'm doing is taking core mat

this is core mat here and I've laminated

a piece on top on bottom and that's

gonna give this cartridge probably about

an eighth inch more height which should

take up most of that gap this core mat I

just cut out a couple pieces here and

laminated them in now I'm gonna shape

them in with thick and epoxy you know I

need to do that first before I lay my

glass cloth because I want the glass

cloth to sweep up and over this and just

make this all one solid piece I still

need to fair the other side so I'll

shape this and fare the other side at

the same time cam just filling this in

with west system

with a colloidal silica which is their

4:06 product

just kind of shaping this in I need to

get this real close this is very

difficult to sand

so the smoother I get it the better

okay now that I've shaped these in with

my thickened epoxy

I'm going to go through and look at

these little teeny gouges and little

imperfections I'm gonna try to just

smooth some of this side out there's a

little Ridge here that we have my glass

cloth will lay down much flatter without

any voids behind it I'll just go through

work this over for a while and get this

just a little bit smoother I'm not too

concerned about making this real pretty

under need to fair this afterwards this

is all this whole piece gets buried

inside the hole at the end I just want

to make sure it's sound

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it's nice to have these just camping out

here I'm not touching those again tell

fairing just spent the better part of a

couple hours sanding these down just

want to make sure the surface is in good

condition so I could start laying the

glass cloth I am putting a lot of extra

work onto these ends this is where those

nylon bushings for the rudder posts land

so I had been building these up and

shaping these in I'm gonna start

layering class cloth on that and I will

pay attention more to these ends as I

start shaping this in but let's get this

class cloth down so this will cure

overnight okay it's a real irregular

shape and I want to do two different

pours one from this side fold it over

down to this bottom edge and then I'll

flip it tomorrow fold it up to this edge

so this whole perimeter will have two

layers and each face will have one man I

wish I grabbed the camera just earlier

chills run around and I can see why he's

laying up cloth right now on these

cassettes and they're kind of difficult

just because there's lots of little

bends on them and the sun's hitting it

in the Sun City I'm trying to get this

all down before it fires off and that

one took me about 20 more minutes than I

thought it would it hasn't fired off yet

but it was close do you need any help

no I got it now I got it now but I guess

gotta work at a faster pace on this one

you notice how I asked to or I offer to

help you after after here no way still

got one to go

you were running fast but I would be

probably cursing or something you don't

curse

I quit curse

but it looks good there

okay I'm not gonna lie that layup was

fun

and why it was is because I I tried to

tackle quite a bit all at once this face

this edge that edge this edge this edge

lapping it over folding everything

around and all the way around these are

pretty intricate shapes and I did it

with a 205 partner so it was I had

probably a 25 minute working time and

these took me about 20 minutes to get

that to fold down so I was humping it to

get this finished off but they're both

done I'm kind of babysitting them right

now until they start to far off make

sure nothing kicks up I don't want any

bubble starting and some of these really

crazy areas like this right here so I

just sit here with my little cards and I

just kind of make sure these are all in

place want wait for this to fire off

should be a few more minutes

okay we'll check on this in the morning

see how they look I was inside a minute

ago heard of the crash so I came out

here thinking I don't know what I was

thinking like a goose hit the boat

Canadian geese are all around right now

it was a big crash beautiful morning

something looking around the decks

trying to find anything then I look up

there's the culprit

a bald eagle he came in hot

so fast look at this you broke our wind

indicator jerk

hey buddy

and then even paying attention to me

he's bending the whip antenna now

oh well pretty majestic animal I'll let

him stay

looks like a beautiful day though

let's get to work it's a new day nice

and calm

sun's out we're gonna get a lot done

look at these cassettes laid that glass

on last night it's fully cured I'll be

able to trim these ups and these up and

get the cloth on the other side these

look much flatter than they did remember

that big hump that was on here let's

sight down this now let's look at the

sheen of the Sun see look at that you

could barely see my insert now that's

gonna work out nicely

these should ride in those trunks much

smoother now we'll get those in and

mount them permanently so my goal today

get these flipped over sand these out

and get some cloth on we'll start with

that

okay got all that trimmed off now we'll

just sand the smooth and I'm ready for

glass

okay just spend about an hour maybe 15

minutes sanding these out cut them all

wrapped around nicely and remember I ran

this wild right up this edge by oh you

know dying off my glass cloth right on

this sharp radius when you sand it it

just goes right away now when I lay this

one over it'll come down and I'll die it

off on this edge and then I'll stay on

that away that way I get a nice layer of

cloth here here and a double layer here

with a nice two inch overlap okay got

the cloth all cut using a 10 ounce cloth

on these cassettes this is the last

layer that I'm putting down so I'll

check back in in about an hour takes

about a half hour

percocet to get this to lay down right

and I'll show you how I did okay let's

take a look at these just finished this

one it's still a little wet this one's

starting to fire off now on the Sun here

let's take a look at this it's all

wrapped around nicely this is the last

layer of cloth on here we'll get this

curing today and I will trim this up

sand it tomorrow but for now we got to

get out of here

got an appointment this morning so we

got a lot of stuff to do in the next one

of them is let's count out a new head

sail yeah our head sail is old or it's

stretched out looks like something from

water

actually it does they said that too so

there's a lot of great sale lofts here

in Seattle and we're going this morning

to meet with nor sale and just talk with

them a little bit see what they have to

offer so this is exciting it's another

step getting us closer to you know to

feel like it makes it really real it

does unless you want to keep our old

sale keep it from this tell Jenna hey

baby we'll take a picture that was new

blanket so let's head on over there see

what they have to say

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and then it has this taken

before we there's also another track

exactly is shorter compared to the

height of the sail whereas if we do a

Genoa which is a sail that overlaps the

mass or those for their app then that's

a lower aspect say and that produces

lower loads whereas the high aspect is

going more straight up and the highest

loads are between the head and the clew

of the sail so we have to handle those

for ice and I would assume sail material

plays that they roll that yes in what in

what it can handle so

webbing at the head attack

raccho ruler and

but smaller and tighter

and then

this has the briefie patches so you see

how this patch out and beyond Rolly

marks right I'm afraid we have to redo

our mains are you trying to tell me

something

but sales have changed in the last 10

years so we have to be at home work oh

ok we got nice weather look at this

right next to fisheries we'd better go

shopping I need some epoxy

you got everything you needed kind of I

can afford a sale now spending all your

money I know right okay I think

you think yeah thanks better than it

ending up all over the ground I'm gonna

be on your blog I know okay so what a

lot of you guys don't know is I actually

do most of the epoxy

on board but today I'm thinking it's

time to turn the reins over to teal and

let him do this layup so he is going to

be laying up you're gonna watch it lay

up fast because it's hot in here right

now this is a learning opportunity for

you we gotta move fast cuz it actually

is pretty warm which is weird because

it's only about 55 degrees out but the

sun's beating on this and it just warms

up so it's kicking huh yeah I can kick

now the epoxy yeah I just gotta move

quick I've got a lot to do here in the

next few minutes all right well in the

meantime I'm going to stay here and wait

for him to tell me when I needs more

epoxy

and enjoy a little Rosie

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nice dehydrated

let's get them

let me know if you need more epoxy so

yesterday my dad laid down the glass in

the sugar scoops and my mom was

supervising me so he's working right now

and we're gonna go check out to see what

so I think he did a pretty good job you

can see right here hey a plus for me now

that these are all sanded out

I need to drill a hole back in here

where their rudder shaft goes through

it's a two inch hole it goes in right

here I'll show you how I do that

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okay let's see how now on that search

there right in nicely now that these are

bored out I notice in here these are

fiberglass tubes but they look a little

dry in there so before these go back in

the water I'm gonna put another coat of

epoxy on the inside and to do that Lynne

came up with this idea to straighten out

one of my roller cages and I could reach

way in here look at this and all this

work my way out

ingenious

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okay last night I put my second coat on

the interior of these cassettes and then

went through with some thickened epoxy

and touched up any little Nick's or

defects in my glass work and I spent an

hour to this morning sanding them out

these are done no more epoxy work the

rudders are done no more epoxy work that

means the only thing left is faring well

a barrier coat and bottom paint but

bearing is next i use a 3m product there

3m platinum i like it because it's

really lightweight it flows out smooth

it's a little expensive but it's really

easy to work with when I did these

rudders I really paid attention to keep

this glass work as flat as possible I

mean here's a transition see right here

you can't feel it so it's not gonna take

much fairing at all most of the fairing

is just gonna be getting you know this

little bit of stipple that you feel from

the glass cloth so what I'll do is skim

coat these really lightly with that

fairing compound it's not gonna take

much

I'll get Lynn to help she'll mix up the

faring compound as I'm applying it it's

a warm day so it's gonna go fast

let this one dry fire off here in about

a minute or two just a thin layer maybe

1/32 of an inch thick

most of this product will be sanded off

let's get the next one set up here

don't really take a break

I like this I like this new routine yes

yo perfect perfect

okay spent about 20 minutes you can see

on this after about 20 minutes if I was

putting on this product thicker and I'm

trying to go over an uneven surface I

would be using long sanding borders but

since my substrate was so flat all I'm

doing is filling in just the grain of

the clock so I'm able to use an orbital

sander a mess

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okay it's that easy

this first face is done you can see all

I did was fill in than Carina the glass

everything else came out perfectly

smooth and this feels just smooth is

convenient

okay I'll just keep repeating I'll flip

this over do that side sand this one up

and just keep going until I feel good i

stuff to do the edges and the tops it's

like a little ways to go

we have things turning out real nice

that's the last side iced up a little

bit of details on the edges but these

are turning out as good as they could

get they just feel smooth as can be here

you know I'm sure that a lot of people

don't have comments about sanding

fairing compound with an orbital sander

and you could never get it flat but I'm

telling you I've had enough practice

with this I'm really happy I did that

same method on a thousand square feet of

decks and look at these suckers all done

with Norville

I'm not suggesting everybody use Oh

Norville takes a lot of practice but for

me it works

get this once and it up a little more

details and I'm ready for barrier code

getting excited

looks like you guys are getting a sneak

peek of the barrier coat that my dad

puts on next episode

he also tackles a pretty big project in

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