Welcome back to Onboard Lifestyle! This week the weather lightens up (meaning it stopped raining for a hot second) and we are able to tackle some outdoor pro...

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hey welcome back to SD basic well here

we are

Astoria organ and we've been here a few

days and really enjoyed our stay so far

we'll probably stick around a couple

more days before we head off to the next

destination

weather has been a little ugly but today

the Sun finally poked out so it looks

like we might be able to get something

done you know a lot of people ask why

haven't we built the hardtop why is the

boom not rebuilt

why is your may not up well these are a

lot of projects that take a few days of

nice weather and we simply haven't seen

it yet it's been a pretty ugly here in

the Pacific Northwest and let's face it

I'm human it's a it's tough to take on a

month-long project like building a

hardtop in driving rain 30 degrees it's

just not gonna happen so we're waiting

for the weather to get a little better

and hopefully as we work our way down

the coast we'll find a place that the

weather's decent and we can get the

right materials so we can build the

hardtop it's coming definitely has to

happen before we hit Mexico and Mexico

is gonna happen a little bit later this

year so stick with us and we'll see but

for now I have one or two days of nice

weather

so we'll start buttoning up a few

projects and starting a few new ones

while we have a chance we're taking

every chance we can with these little

small little weather windows to get

projects done that are gonna get us

towards that end goal so I think with

the Sun out today here in Astoria it's

time to get to work

okay the first project I want to tackle

is a quick one and it's addressing this

tote that's been sitting in our cockpit

since Seattle inside of this tote is all

of our dock lines and a few extra

hundred foot leads I keep it here for a

reason it's nice to have lines available

in an emergency or when you're docking

you know I'm not rummaging through a

locker or a lazarette to find them

they're right here

but the downside is this tote it's

always filled with water water gets

trapped under it

it's I mean it's awful the lines inside

constantly stay wet they're not

breathing so I want to address that and

get this resolved get rid of this tote

and come up with a better solution and I

think I happen

so my dad asked me if I wanted to tell

both the project and I was like sure

he's like okay clean out the PSD locker

I thought I was gonna drill something so

I've got this all laid out this is gonna

go real quick rather than have a tote

I'm gonna actually put a couple of line

organizers one exterior in the cockpit

so I have four lines that I could grab

quickly and I'll mount the other one

inside of a locker this way the lines

are hanging there air drying all the

time and they're handy to get to I've

got all my hardware lined up and my

tools the first one I'm gonna put up is

actually you know right here it's out of

the way it's under the edge of the table

it'll keep them dry in the rain so I'll

mount this a stand off and the line

organizer as high as I can probably

write a button here

now I just have to drill these out I

think I'll let mi help me on that she'll

get a kick out of that now that's what

I'm talking about

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okay I put a little starboard lumber

stand off on this before I put it on and

then I'll just elevate it off of this

table base keeps the lines off of here

and I think it'll help the lines dry

plus it looks nice see how she did hey

not too bad okay as this bolt came

through it came really close to the

radius of the corner of his face so I

just gave it a little bit of a bend I

should work out perfect

okay first ones in I'm happy with that

I'll be able to store four lions right

here it stays nice and dry and they're

handy to get to now I'll get to the next

line rack but I can put that inside of a

locker days like this just reenergize as

you the sun's out it's nice and dry and

that means we can get some projects done

so Emma and I have been sent to the

marine store while teal works on his

projects in the cockpit so we are armed

with compass and a calipers so hopefully

I won't get the wrong size who knows it

may happen but the researchers just

within walking distance so I'm really

excited this is what we've been waiting

for in regards to getting some outdoor

stuff done

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okay so that are open so that means we

got some shopping to do

so I'm gonna try to remember everything

because I forgot the list

okay got a few more to go

one down Helen went off to the chandlery

to get a few items for me to get these

projects going today and one of them was

deckplates I didn't know it was

available so she's gonna call me and she

should be calling any second now

so before I buy this I'm gonna call teal

and just double check the sizes because

I don't want to have to come back let's

see if she's got okay what you got okay

so they have a 4 inch 6 inch and yeah so

is it a 4 inch cut out or a 4 inch plate

plate I think it's the cut it's the cut

out definitely no it's perfect I have a

4 inch here I have a 4 inch and a 4 and

an 8 so we have options okay grab grab

one of those and I'll see you little bit

all right okay sounds good love when we

go to a store and we get everything that

we needed so

time to get back and get working again

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well put the next holder right in here

that'll be a great spot easy to get to

from the cockpit and in a dry location

I'm actually gonna use this locker for

something I'm gonna do that project in a

minute but first I have to tackle

something something that sprung up the

other day actually it sprung a leak the

other day we were in a middle of some

driving rain and this hatch right here

believe it or not that was put in about

two and a half years ago and it's been

just working flawlessly and for for some

unknown reason just art of piss and

water out of it so now that it's dry

today I'm gonna tack that so I'm gonna

take me about an hour

get that thing rebated I don't want

anything leaking on this boat so as

these little things come up and I know

there's gonna be items and we've got a

lot of hatches a lot of port lights a

lot of ways for water get into this boat

so as these little issues come up I'm

just gonna jump on them as soon as I can

so I'll tear that out and get a fix

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it was amazing how well butyl holds down

the hatch even with all the hardware

removed how I clean this up and got it

nice and pretty then I put a new layer

of butyl tape around the perimeter and

we'll get this reattached hopefully that

will fix the problem I'm sure it will

okay the hatch is in and I'd like to

throw some clamps on here to get some

compression going on that butyl tape

before I put the hardware in okay that

should do it

get these clamps off and I'm sure mother

nature will give us a test here real

soon well now with my line organizers in

and that hatch is repented and Lind has

got me all the parts for my next project

I'll be able to jump on one more the day

is getting longer and I'll take

advantage of this sunshine I'll be able

to button this one up and it's a one

that I've been thinking about for a

while let me go over what I'm gonna be

doing okay while I was cleaning out this

locker here you know this lockers just a

catch-all anyway so it felt good to find

homes for everything I'd been stuffing

in there for the past month I figured I

might as well put the generator in there

we have a little backup generator and

you know what we haven't used it yet but

it's nice to know that we do have one we

fired up well every other week or so

make sure it's running smooth because in

an emergency situation should be nice to

have I don't have a hard door on here

yet I will be building that when I build

the hardtop I'll use the tails for that

project to build inset doors here but

for now lynn has sewed up a nice canvas

cover and I'll put that on today it'll

keep most of the rain water out of there

and it doesn't matter so wet locker

there is scuppers in the bottom of this

locker I need to cut a deck plate in the

end so the cord set could go from the

generator out the deck plate and

straight up and plug in over here to our

Shore power Inlet that'll give us the

option to fire up the generator and

charge batteries in an emergency

situation

okay I have everything I need Lin sewed

up the cover I just have to put a little

bit of hardware on that here's my deck

plate so I'll be able to pass the shore

power cord through this without opening

the door here is going to be the shore

power cord and an adapter to plug right

into our current system

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okay that was real easy to finish this

project up I took my power cord and put

the right connection on the end to

accept into our Shore power lead so now

this is real simple you undo the deck

plate feed the cord through plug it in

fire up the genset and we're ready for

any situation okay this projects done

I'll just button it up and call it a day

now it's just matter putting this in

snapping a cover on okay now I'm just

putting on the hardware on this canvas

cover I should work these past projects

that we've done has been great it's been

nice to just be in the cockpit and

outside and working on our boat but you

know aside from that the main thing that

we are focusing on now that the weather

is nicer and we can feel that summer and

spring are just right around the corner

is one glaring thing that you guys have

all been asking about and that is our

main when it's gonna go up in our

hardtop first off nobody wants to see

our main go up board than we do you guys

after having that jib go up and seeing

how well it performs just all the small

itself you know teal and idem are so

excited to see how well this boat is

going to perform with the Maine but one

problem we have an old boom that teal

and I've been kicking a couple ideas

about there's a couple options for us

number one is to modify and fix our boom

so then we can put the main up number

two is to buy a used boom and modify it

again to make it work for our our main

and number three the most expensive of

all is scrapping all those ideas and

just getting a new boom that's made and

designed for our boat this boom I don't

even know how old it is it may be the

original boom we don't know but it's

been modified changed over you know

things have been added on and it just

doesn't work and for me you know

everything happens for a reason maybe

there was a reason why we were stuck in

port for so long maybe there's a reason

why the weather hasn't been cooperating

because something happened yesterday in

this marina at this exact time that

completely changed what our plans are

yesterday morning when Emma and I were

deep in her schooling I happen to look

up into my back galley window and I see

this beautiful massive catamaran pulling

into the peel dock

so she lets me know and I look out the

window and I'm like how did that even

fit in this marina it was huge it was a

it was massive 65 foot Morelia Melvin

designed catamaran built locally here in

Portland by schooner Creek and it was

built for a charter company destined for

Hawaii

they were here loading up with fuel to

make the journey and they we had to pick

up just a few gallons about 900 gallons

of fuel it was impressive the scale of

this boat is amazing

so we had to go check it out we walked

down the docks and just standing next to

it was impressive well first I had to

wipe the drool off of Till's chin it was

pretty impressive in here

it was so we got chatting with the

captain and the crew and they invited us

on board to take a look around and a lot

of fun it was it was nice and it just so

happens the captain of this boat is none

other than John who is well

respected and well known in the multi

whole industry he is the best I get for

me he's just about the best that you can

get to check out your rigging yeah he's

got a great reputation he flies all over

the world this guy knows his stuff and

he he does specialize in cameras and

this guy after chatting with him he

offered to come over to our boat and fly

up into our rigging and check it out so

we couldn't say no John's knowledge and

credentials are extensive and after

spending three hours with him I could

not get enough I tried my best to keep

up by taking mental notes to everything

we discussed

John inspected every inch of our rig and

went into great detail of his findings

he gave us information to help guide us

in the right direction to improve the

safety and performance of SV basing

we will be taking his advice and direct

our attention accordingly

thank you John for taking the time

to share your valuable knowledge with a

student like me

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