This week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, we cross our fingers to get a weather window to head South only Mother Nature had other plans. Its also Linh's birt...

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welcome back to se basic one standing

out here in the mouth just wanted to

come check out this wave action that's

coming in over the bar the bar is closed

right now there's the 12 to 14 foot

rollers coming in breaking you can see

them all the way across the bay but

what's unreal is the last six hours of

ties been going out when the tide was up

and those 14 footers were breaking on

the jetty here it's amazing how much

erosion happened just overnight

do you see this path I'm walking on take

a look at this

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all this debris

washed up as waves were breaking over

hitting this and piling up against the

tower here you can see it all the way

down the whole jetty those waves must

have been massive just massive I mean

look at this this is the path for all

this material to move

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I'm telling you winds was blowing 25 out

of the South Seas built to 14 s and they

were coming right in the mouth here

definitely not a good travel day okay

I'll head back to the boat looks like

we're gonna be here a few more days

doesn't I really don't see an end in

sight yet kind discouraging you know we

wanted to be way down the coast by now

way down the coast but this is life

right now for us weather's been

dictating our schedule so we'll camp out

in Westport till we have a safe window

you know we're not alone there's a

couple of the sailboats that are in the

harbor here they're looking for the same

windows and we've seen them here just as

long as we've been here

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so we came out to check out the bar

conditions again it's a little

misleading in the marina it's kind of

calm and winds out of the East today

maybe blowing 10 to 15 looks totally

doable as far as the wind goes tell you

tell you come on here and you see these

conditions my you want to head out maybe

not today

closer than cut a little sneaker on me

but boy it's all it's not bad the waves

aren't bad it's this swell coming in

right now there these are supposed to be

if you look at the NOAA site they're 15

to 18 cresting at about 20 to 22 s and

they're coming right out of the West

right here yeah and over here it was

nice and sunny and we were it almost

feels like you could leave in the

weather like this but then this happens

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it's that time of the year we're going

to talk about condensation and moisture

it gets into the corners of your boat

where there isn't any airflow and it's a

problem it's a problem with every boat I

guarantee you you know we are not alone

there are $10,000 boats and there's 20

million-dollar boats and they all have

some sort of condensation issue when the

temperature is at certain point right

now it's 45 degrees outside and it's

probably sixty five degrees in this room

walls feel dry that's because these

walls are staying above the dew point

but when I get down below the waterline

the water line is about right here on

the boat as I scan down this wall now

you go from the high 50s to about 48

degrees the dew point today is 50

degrees so as I come down you can

exactly feel where that moisture is

starting it's a constant battle for us

how we do it is air flow we have to keep

air flow on in these walls you know we

can insulate and that's something that

we will be looking into but I don't want

to insulate the entire boat it just add

so much weight and you know we're not

interested in doing a lot of cold water

sailing we'll be heading south so it's

an issue this year and maybe in years to

come but for now we're gonna try to use

our little tricks to combat the moisture

will show you what we do and if anybody

else has any other tricks please share

in the comments because this is a

constant battle not only for us for a

lot of people like we could all learn

from somebody's experience let me show

you a couple other areas that are

problems on our boat

you know I really love our new beetus

hatches with exception of one thing it's

an aluminum extrusion and this aluminum

really transfers that energy from

outside that cold energy through to the

inside and all around the perimeter

we are constantly battling this

conversation it's one of the worst

offenders on our boat and we have to

stay on top of it one thing that we can

do is when it's not raining which isn't

often right now just crack the hatch we

don't lose that much heat out but it

keeps out a little bit of airflow and

that little bit sure dries things out we

have 11 of these Vitas hatches and we

have nine port lights and they all do

the same thing they get that

condensation around the rim so airflow

again when we can and when we can't we

have to just block them dry if we could

stay up on it it's not so bad but if you

neglect it they're gonna start dripping

okay one of the worst places on a vote

is inside of lockers you know you're

heating your cabin trying to keep it

comfortable here but it's impossible to

get that heat into these back corners of

all these lockers especially if there's

exterior walls involved so we did a

couple things to help keep that moisture

down one thing I do is make sure that we

don't hang clothes against an exterior

wall never touch close to an exterior

wall they're just gonna get damp and

mold another thing we did was in our

hanging lockers I added these goldenrod

heaters and you know they they do okay

they didn't do as well as I thought good

they're low watt draw 140 degrees and it

does heat this area but it's not enough

you still need the airflow so we end up

leaving that little heater on shutting

it down and leaving this door open just

to get that airflow if we don't live if

we close the store we're still gonna get

condensation in here so a little fan in

here is probably my next move

you know it's little things like here

we've got this settee cushion but it

touches this exterior wall you know

we've learned it in the wintertime just

put a little air gap here and that

little bit keeps that condensation down

I know it's not as pretty as it is when

it's all sitting flat but I'd rather

have that then a mildewed cushion okay

your mattress is a big issue when it

comes to moisture especially on a multi

low on a Cameron this is sitting over

the bridge deck so in a sense this is an

exterior wall right below this mattress

and when you have the body heat going

through your mattress and condensing

against an exterior wall it creates a

big moisture issue under your mattress

so we've done a couple things to help

that out we haven't eliminated a hundred

percent but what we've done is sure

helped okay let me show you what it

looks like under the mattress here

here's the insulation and here's the

hyper vent the stuff works real well

actually we put that against the hole we

insulate on top that and then we put the

mattress on top of that it doesn't get

rid of a hundred percent of the moisture

problems but it does create a much

better situation in there you get all

these wrinkles out before Linda sees it

she's very particular with her bed

making there while we're on a dog we

always plug in our dehumidifiers to help

the situation we have three of them

placed throughout the boat and they're

tucked into some of the problem corners

of the boat and it's amazing how much

moisture is pulled out of the air but

it's still not enough okay last year we

were having quite a bit of condensation

in Emma stateroom her bunk is not does

not sit over the bridge deck but it does

touch to exterior walls and where it

touched we were getting a lot of

condensation you remember that yeah it

was wet I mean we had to pull her

mattress every couple days and actually

dried out in here so what we did is we

tried to put a little insulation here in

the form of indoor/outdoor carpet and

this was a test and I'm really happy

with how it's turned out this we went

all last winter and now we're getting

into cool weather this winter and it's

it actually probably pulls out what 95%

maybe I don't know it's hard to tell I

think I think it's just called down

there yes it's keeping most of that

moisture out so I like the performance

of this we'll probably do this in the

other staterooms on the exterior wall

where the mattress touches just to give

it a little more barrier between the

exterior hole and the mattress

we've a few these fans installed around

the boat but we don't have enough so my

mom and I got a few more and we're

giving the home to my dad as an early

Christmas present they keep the

condensation out and we love that so we

wanted him to install them before

Christmas hope you like some okay the

Sun poked its head out for a little bit

it's nice out Lynne's birthday and so

we're gonna go have a nice walk while we

can

okay it's about a mile and a half walk

from the boat be about a three mile

round trip it's a nice habit just wish

it was closer to the ocean well here it

we can we can hear the waves breaking

all around us you just can't see it

we're walking through a state park now

and we should get to the ocean at the

end of this trail we'll see I can hear

it it's coming Oh at least compasses

enjoying it

it's just nice for him

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well they haven't quite calmed down yet

but it's getting there a lot better than

the last couple days

yesterday was my birthday yes it was 20

29 years old right there 29 years and

plus talk about the age now we won't I'm

still getting a grip of it and just kind

of accepting oh how beautiful you are

it's just like breathe all kidding aside

though it was yesterday started out so

good ladies I don't know about you but

there's nothing better than waking up

after your husband and he'd already been

up here and he has been hard at work in

the galley scrubbing it top to bottom

that's right I know how to treat my

woman that was an amazing little

surprise it's the little things that

really make it for me I call us that

stove buffed it out yes yes that was

okay Lynn loves her galley and you know

I really do I figured you'd appreciate

that and I did it just it it just set

the whole day off to a great start and

then after that you know it's crab

season

so Ann teal is not a cook by no means he

does not enjoy cooking but I want but I

wanted to try I didn't want her to have

to cook her breakfast it was more of a

brunch brunch I don't normally eat

breakfast so this was something that was

it was a treat so I did my research I

looked on the internet I read everything

I could and he stressed he was like I

always always somebody in this court I

think I almost pulled it off

he may be eggs or crab eggs benedict

which was spectacular

I had yeah it was it was good it was

delicious Emma even got in on the action

so so Cheers that just to make her so so

white not killing you yeah yeah I'm

still here so obviously hit he did well

but he really

nails that poached egg he has his own

technique now I do I've read everything

on online and said no I'm just gonna

figure this out myself but it's a good

job thank you

so you notice Emma is missing right now

where is she

Oh funny that's because since we've been

here she actually has met some kids so

local kids that she it's they're about

the same age that she's gotten along

with and last week they invited us to go

and have a good family day at the arcade

which she had an amazing time that was a

lot of fun I had amazing time that was a

lot of fun somebody got a little

competitive

because it was like going to a carnival

I can't help okay anyways so tonight

they invited Emma over for dinner and so

we just wanted her to have her alone

time without us and it also was nice for

us also to just kind of kick back and

just enjoy a glass of wine and just plan

just be adults oh I know so that's what

we're doing last week when I made that

amaretto

I also made crab mac and cheese and we

didn't show it on the video we didn't

show it on the video for whatever reason

Oh actually I know why it's and the

reason is is because I've never made it

before and I wanted to test it out and

kind of play around with the flavors and

it turned out great it turned out better

than when we've gone to restaurants and

had crab mac and cheese one because

there's a ton of crab that we put in

there still I should complain that there

was or he didn't complained he just

commented that there was too much crab

oh it's amazing it was like it wasn't

crab mac and cheese it was like crab

with a little mac and cheese in it but

it was really good I promise you guys I

will show you how to do it yeah once I

start measuring it was rich it was it

was decadent it was it was but it was so

warm and cozy and delicious it was good

it was good eating it so - guaranteed

look forward to that one that one's

coming up yeah I enjoyed making it every

year

teal offers or tries to take me up to

dinner

my birthday yeah I do it and every time

I say no not I'm sorry not every time I

love happy hour having a couple orders

but ultimately I like having dinner at

home that's cuz you love to cook not

only do I like to cook but it's the best

place I mean we have Bar None the best

view it doesn't matter if we're on a

lake or an anchorage or whatever we have

the best view I mean you have 360 view

of the water you are in the comfort of

your own home and sometimes I may or may

not be in pajama pants that's right so

comfort factor yes there is a comfort

factor and I get to spend it with teal

and Emma and compass and have to worry

about being rushed off to another place

or whatever and and you get a half a

meal that you want and I get to have the

meal that I want cooked exactly how I

want it I'm not picky so that's the

other thing I plan ahead for these types

of special meals we don't have these

special meals all the time you know I

cook normal foods usually birthdays

holidays birthdays holidays

anniversaries anything that's big I

always have a special occasion meal in

the freezer and one of those is lamb

chops that I absolutely love from New

Zealand and root vegetables and herb

mashed potatoes that's what we have for

my birthday meal now my mouths watering

again the meal was amazing absolutely

perfect so I'm gonna show you guys how I

prepared it so first things first is

infusing the oil I'll take a good olive

oil and I'll have a couple cloves of

garlic and slice those up and toss those

in with the oil along with some rosemary

sprigs I'll let that simmer a little bit

and and cool that off before I go to the

meat the meat is already French I

purchased it French for a reason because

I like to look of it and then at that

point I will cut off any excess

fad and take it a step further and I

will cut them into individual chops I

like to infuse that oil into the meat

about six to eight hours prior to

cooking it now that the meat is

marinating I looked at what vegetable to

have on the side but I wanted something

sweet to go with the lamb chops and I

thought what better way to have an

assortment of organic carrots of

different colors and sizes I drizzled it

lightly with olive oil and some dried

herbs on top of that with a little salt

and pepper about 10 minutes before

everything is ready I'll take out the

meat and Pat it dry so then there's no

more moisture on there seasoned it with

light salt and pepper and get a pan out

get that thing searing hot and use the

same oil that is infused with the garlic

and rosemary the smell is amazing and

that first sear it just there there are

no words I'll then serve everything on a

bed of herb mashed potatoes the root

vegetables and one or two chops you

don't even need a side of mint jelly or

anything it really stands on its own

okay that nice weather was sure

short-lived very short-lived looks like

we're gonna we're expected in the next

three days five to seven inches of rain

and it's gonna blow 25 gusting to 35

tonight so we're hunkered down and just

getting all cozy yep this year has it's

been a lot of highs and a lot of lows

for us and we are so grateful to

everybody that has been following our

journey this year we have a lot going on

for next year and we cannot wait to show

you guys what is the store

well our family would like to wish you

guys a good here comes the wind we'd

like to wish you guys a Merry Christmas

and a Happy Holidays

so yes Merry Christmas you guys we'll

see you soon then so heavy will it feels

light

we lost our trap bucket that hurts

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