On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle Mother Nature lets us know what we need to do to keep our 435 catamaran safe and dry. Lessons learned as we corre...

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welcome back to SB basic looks like a

beautiful day out here perfect

conditions to head out got a nice light

breeze blowing 12 to 15 out of the

Northwest it would appear to be just

ideal for us to leave but we're trapped

here the port is closed to recreational

and UPV that's uninspected passenger

vessels and that's been our problem is

these river systems and their bar

conditions and the sea state out there

if one opens up for a short minute the

next one South may not be open and

that's been our case right now they're

all closed the larger fishing vessels

could travel in and out but not us you

know I'm I'm I feel confident in our

boat and us but there's a lot of things

to consider yeah we could probably make

it across the bar but with the bar

closed insurance becomes an issue if

something were to happen we would not be

covered and these are things we have to

consider

so for now unfortunately we wait we need

to wait for better conditions that

multiple bars open up so we have options

when we start heading south the first

day hasn't rained in a while it has been

brutal here 28 out of 31 days it rained

and it rained hard here I learned a lot

about our boat things that we did well

and some things I need to improve on and

that's what I want to look at today is

start looking at some of these places

that with this driving weather

I mean days we were having three inches

of rain and blowing 40s and 50s we found

a few little spots on the boat that need

some attention so I'm gonna jump on

those today while I have the weather and

see if we get some of these fixed

so let's get to work okay with all this

extreme weather we've had you know we

did learn quite a bit about our boat

things we did right and things we need

to improve on so we are taking a look at

some of these spots that that obviously

we need to make adjustments if this

happened once it could happen again and

here's what I'm talking about some of

the issues were having is because

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rain is coming against this bulkhead

here and it's driving when it's coming

out of the South is driving here 40

miles an hour and just heavy rain this

window here this window here they both

had a small drip coming out of them I'm

gonna pull this window and reseal it and

this one wasn't as bad but I think I'll

pulled out at the same time with the

rain driving in here look at this my

engine controls have fogged up a little

bit Moisture is getting in here even

though I put these weather covers on so

we're gonna build some covers for these

I'd like to build a cover for this keep

some of the moisture out of the inch

controls and this I put a piece of

plastic over this but so much water is

coming in through the stove look at this

it is not good for it we're gonna build

a cover for that we just have to start

protecting this boat if we want it to

last and this was a good good test for

us this was extreme weather this past

month and you know we learned some of

our weak spots so we're gonna get those

corrected okay let's address this window

first it's a nice simple window to fix

because it it's just clamshells onto

this bulkhead and with a seal on it

obviously some part of the seal has

failed because when that wind was

pounding out of the south with that

heavy rainfall we've got a small little

trickle here and I got maybe a quarter

teaspoon 1/2 a teaspoon of moisture that

landed down on the counter here so we'll

tear this out and just put a new seal on

it shouldn't take long but I want to get

it done because I don't want that

moisture coming around and potentially

getting into the boat anywhere

now the trick is

removing this without dropping too many

pieces

okay I could see the moisture already

under here here's what was coming in

right at the bottom here so we'll get

this cleaned up and reseal this

okay I've got this all cleaned up now

I'm gonna go look at that actual window

frame and see if I could detect where

the water was coming in okay after

looking at this real close I could see I

had nice compression on this gasket with

the exception of right here on this

corner it looks like that's the culprit

there was only maybe a sixteenth of an

inch of coverage there so I'm gonna

reapply this gasket and install this

window

I think that'll solve our problem

okay have the new seal put on this

window I feel good about this

you know there wasn't that much water

that came through but as I see these

little issues popping up I'm gonna fix

them as fast as I can I want to make

sure this this boat stays clean and dry

so let's pop this back in start to

finish this project one tip in 15

minutes

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okay this is all done well we're getting

big winds out of the south again

tomorrow with driving rain so I'll

report back and see how I did okay I

feel real good about replacing the seals

on that window there so I just pulled

that one out and did the same thing next

quick project I want to do well this one

may take a little longer is attack this

stove top this is a forced n stovetop it

is a marine stove but it's not designed

to be out in this kind of weather I did

build a cutting board that goes over it

but water intrudes around this perimeter

so we need to build some sort of cover

and that's where Lynn's coming in she's

gonna put her sewing machine to use and

start sewing up a nice canvas cover for

this we need to stop this water from

coming into this it's not designed to

have this much weather

okay the first thing I want to do is

clean all this water out here I mean

there's a half inch of water in here get

all the water out that's the easy part

now I'm cleaning it up and then I'll

test fire make sure everything's running

smooth before we start getting

measurements for this new cover in the

summertime we use this thing daily so

far this winter not once but we've got

to keep it nice and clean and

operational because we have big plans

for this as the weather gets better

it's nothing better than cooking out

here sitting out on a nice day and just

enjoying the sunshine

it's just been a while for us okay she's

all cleaned up let's test-fire this oh

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yeah

fires right up okay I feel good about

that everything is working perfectly

it's all cleaned up I'll get some hard

measurements now on this tomorrow's

gonna be a miserable day the good day to

start sowing covers I'll try to protect

this as much as I can but I'll get some

hard measurements now so we have

something to go by okay while we're at

it I think it's a good idea to make a

cover for the engine controls I don't

want to get tons of moisture down inside

these so we'll make a nice cover for

this as well as the engine control

panels

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it sounds like Till's about done with

his project and we just finished a unit

so we're gonna take full advantage of

sunshine which is really rare around

here these days and we're gonna go for a

walk come did you go for a walk you need

to go for a walk this gets really

excited yeah he always good super

excited when he sees his collar and it's

really adorable cuz he could still pause

in

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let's go

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this is so nice it feels so good to get

some vitamin D

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what do you think looks good okay let's

go

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feels good

get a little exercise doesn't it it does

I mean I feel like we've been cooped up

inside for a month or so I mean it feels

like hibernating because the driving

rain doesn't allow us to get out and

stretch our legs and just get some

exercise it it's just I mean we normally

usually average about 15 to 20,000 steps

okay and now I think we'd be

hard-pressed to get 5,000 steps in

actually I'll check our stats when we

get back I'm I'm curious it feels like

about that though so she says we're

still eating quite a bit I don't want to

have extra poundage we have to keep that

insulation up I know tonight I'm making

lasagna you know does this extra ten

thousand steps is gonna really kind of

make me feel less guilty that's right

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so teal helped me out and took all the

measurements yesterday so then I could

start my sewing project it's it's kind

of funny it's been a while since I've

sewn anything for our boat I did the

last one which was kind of funny because

we were down in Mexico and we started

noticing that all of our our stuff was

starting to get a lot of UV damage so

that and the fact that it was super hot

so I got busy and I started making sun

shades covers for our clutches for our

winches and I mean just about everything

for our sail banks and I thought I did a

pretty good job but boy it's a lot

different now than what it was before

because before I just I used scraps and

I didn't really actually know I didn't

measure and I thought I did okay I mean

everything turned out and it fit

properly but this time around is

different because now I think I know a

little bit more even though I'm a little

rusty and I'm doing other things that

are different such as using a tape

measure a straightedge I'm even using

the right marking tools the soapstone

pen or pencil and I'm even using the

Basking tape I get to now also cut with

one of those hot blades which really

helps out so nothing fray so this is the

first of many projects and

I'm excited and I'm starting small

because I think that I will get better

over time so we'll see this one is

actually I'm doing the sails it's

actually a cupboard floor of the control

panel outside because you're noticing

that with the south wind and being at a

dock we're getting a little waterlogged

out there so we want to make sure that

nothing deteriorates while we head south

so the first of many projects

well the first cover is done and I gotta

admit it I'm a lot rustier than I

thought but that's okay because this is

just the first of many projects I got

two more to complete and I'm gonna pass

this off to teal so then he can put the

hardware on you know we're gonna have a

lot more sewing canvas work to be done

and at that point maybe we'll be able to

justify the purchase of a sail right in

the meantime this singer is going to do

just fine

well what do you think I think it'll

work

not bad for the first time in a long

time right that's not your best work

I'm just kidding it looks good actually

suck I think um oh good better this is

good practice because once we start

getting into the major step Oh major

stuffs coming so this huh I like it

get the rest this Hardware on and I'll

test fit it see how we did all right so

the second cover just about done

I thought this would be a lot harder

than than it was but it was it so I feel

pretty good about it the third one is

gonna be a hard one because I don't even

know how I'm gonna do a box so you'll

just have to wait till next week to see

how well I do because I guarantee you

I'm gonna be pretty frustrated with that

one bad okay it looks like these covers

are going on nice and smooth so far just

a little bit more hardware and I'll be

done for the day

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deep and more crab so it looks like I'm

going to be making something special

tonight for everybody and I'm thinking

it's going to be a coconut curry soup do

you guys next week