On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we spend an adventurous week in Ilwaco on our 435 catamaran SV basik. We get some projects done before taking a f...

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hey welcome back to sp basic boy

yesterday's sale was almost perfect it

was exhilarating

and we chose on yeah we just had a great

passage so we are here in a walk oh and

we're gonna spend a couple days here

because there's a couple capes and

beaches that we want to explore but

first things first we got to get the

salt spray off and teal has a couple of

projects that we got to get done

beforehand so Emma and I are going to

get going and wash down this boat and

get it all clean

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okay the girls have been hard at it

scrubbing the boat all morning felt a

little lazy so I'm gonna get some

projects done

you know when Lin sewed up the cover for

the exterior galley cooktop I didn't

have the right hardware to mount it feel

kind of bad port let's see back in

Westport the chandlery there was out of

that part I could have ordered it but we

had to hightail it out of it there's a

little chandlery just a few steps from

the boat I'm gonna walk over here see if

they have the pieces if they have it

I'll get that installed this afternoon I

know a little enjoy that believe it or

not I'm halfway there

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okay looks like they had my part I just

needed these little fasteners to connect

this canvas down Lin did an awesome job

so on this I think it's gonna work out

pretty good so definitely keep that

moisture out of that stove when we're

not using it she did such a great job on

all the other covers I think this one be

just as nice okay I made all my layout

and I need to pop these in just a matter

of pushing it through set in the backer

lining it up

pressing it on that's it that's how easy

they are seven more

good-looking machine man thank you

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well it's the next morning you know I

was working on my project and got a

little sidetracked a fishing boat just

came in from black cod fishing with a

load of black cod and he's walking by

our boat and he asked if we were

interested in a couple fish we said hell

yeah we jumped right on that and went

over and toured his boat so what was

your name James Darren Darren yep

Maryland Jay Maryland Jay thanks for the

Cod absolutely I hope you enjoy your

black cod gave us a couple of black cod

Lindh super excited she's never cooked

black cod so this will be a treat for us

came back and finished up my project had

to it would rained all night long and I

didn't want any more water getting to

that stove

it was pretty blustery to just winds are

kicking up out of the east and been

blowing probably in the 30s all night

long

so it was nice just to get the cover on

you know after I put it on last night I

see that I do need to tweak it a little

bit more I'm gonna add one more snap on

here but it worked perfectly already

keeping the water out I'm gonna add one

more snap here just to keep this from

folding down or folding up besides that

I'm pretty happy with it you know this

is just a temporary cover for us once we

get the hardtop on it won't need a cover

at all but for now should work just fine

hey you guys ready to go explore we're

gonna take the bus over to Long Beach

it's only about what three miles away

see if there's any action there cuz it's

pretty quiet here right now

you notice everywhere we go were the

only person on the bus

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it's a really nice day so we decided to

come off the boat and go to Long Beach

it's really hard to believe that it's

the longest beach ever and I like to

find a treasure for each Beach I go to

so I'm c-coming beachcombing

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well that was fun got about what two

miles on the beach maybe yeah Wow feels

good though to get out and walk you find

any treasure huh yeah I found one but

you guys didn't let me keep it it was a

great walking stick it was not a good

one it was a tree stump okay that's

enough let's head back maybe grab some

groceries on the way back to the boat we

do a lot of projects on board and we try

to share as many of the projects with

you as possible but when it comes to

little projects we don't share those as

much just because they're just small but

I have to take a moment to just share

this one and it's so simple and he teal

did something that Emma and I have been

wanting for so long back in Westport

Emma picked up this treasure this

lightsaber that she absolutely loves and

she wanted to be able to display it in

her cabin and also be able to access it

without it being ruined and I wanted

something as simple as toothbrush

holders so then I everything is stored

safely when we're underway so earlier

today teal used the same brackets for

both the lightsaber and our toothbrushes

it sounds simple but it just made a

world of difference and these brackets

are so versatile we use them all

throughout they come in different sizes

and I absolutely love it

I mean it just really made my day so

before we leave this area we want to

make sure we take advantage of all the

history that's around here so we're

gonna go to keep this appointment yeah

wonder why that's called that and we're

actually going to

visit the Lewis and Clark center to so

that should be really interesting yeah

and it's all within walking distance

it's about two miles from here but

unfortunately yeah we can make it

unfortunately couldn't bring compass

it'll be a big day for him and and they

don't allow him in the in the center so

it's not raining so let's go Northwest

located at the extreme southwestern

corner of Washington State on the

northern side of the Columbia River Bar

okay we're in Cape Disappointment State

Park we're heading to the North

lighthouse we're about two miles in

right now how do you guys feel maybe a

little over two miles we decided to loop

all the way around the park it's gonna

be about it eight mile walk now it will

be okay we're almost to the to the ocean

back to the ocean this looks a little

rugged out there today it's actually

yeah it looks looks like it it looks

huge okay we're coming up on the North

lighthouse we saw this coming in didn't

we look at this

Cape Disappointment is the only location

on the west coast with two lighthouses

within two miles of each other

okay this is the North Jetty right here

to the Columbia River and see all of

this land down here that did not exist

that was all filled in this huge amount

all this force down here here's a

picture taken in 1917 look at this

this is McKenzie head and this is all

ocean but if you look at McKenzie head

it's way over there all this has been

filled in that's crazy okay we have

about a two and a half mile trek down

this trail to the Cape Disappointment

lighthouse then from there I think is

about two or three miles back to the

boat so we're getting there just tired

the Cape Disappointment lighthouse was

built in 1856 and the North Head

lighthouse was built in 1898 because it

was not visible soon enough to provide

enough warning for the captain's

navigating the fierce currents of the

Columbia River

what is it Emma - lizard or a salamander

I really enjoyed the walk to the

lighthouses because of all of the

wildlife we encountered we saw birds

snakes and got chased by raccoon I even

got to hold a salamander while we were

exploring a tree cave

we heard some wrestling from inside we

got out of there really quick okay we're

about seven a little over seven miles

into this now we're now all the way back

down to the Columbia River entrance and

you can hear that big surf just rolling

in boy north of the jetty just looks

violent out there

I'm glad we're in a safe spot today the

views up here are sick tacular just

amazing view of the bar here you see

breaking waves coming two-thirds the way

across this thing okay keep pushing on

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okay we made it to Cape Disappointment

lighthouse with these amazing views of

the Columbia River now the long trek

back to LLL walk oh that's about two or

three miles I think from here let's get

in late fast well well we walked a lot

further than we thought we would I

thought it would be I don't know like

five or eight miles maybe

we walked 12 12.25 miles Jessie Emma

she's been last three miles she's been

dragging these past few days we have

done a ton of walking and our muscles

are letting us know yes they are but it

was so worth it because being stopping

in a wacko has allowed us to be able to

explore these beaches and these state

parks and the sights I mean there's so

much history in this area so we are so

happy that we were able to stop here but

it is time for us to go because we have

a lot of other grounds to cover we could

have stayed a couple more days but yeah

but there's a lot to see in the Pacific

Northwest before we head out so it's

time to cast off and head to our next

destination

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episode see you then we have walked and

our muscles are sore but it is so worth

it it's almost perfect