On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our travel plans aboard our 435 catamaran SV basik. We are in a...

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welcome back to onboard lifestyle you

know this world has been crazy the last

few weeks and doesn't look like there's

a end in sight at least not yet this

situation with Cove in nineteen has

affected the entire planet it is it has

affected us to our long-term plans are

up in the air right now it is tough to

forecast where we're gonna be six months

from now a year from now you know we had

a good idea a month ago we had it all

laid out but now it has changed you know

our short-term plans is about as far as

we can see into the future right now

with this virus we're gonna have to

change things we're not gonna travel

when we want we're not going to do

projects when we want everything's up in

the air so we're you take some time and

talk a little bit about how it's

affecting us right now and what we think

needs to happen for the safety of our

family in the near future

you know we're in a very unique

situation here on sv basically we're in

Oregon and we have hot spots Washington

state to the north in California another

hot spot to the south Oregon has about

ten times less infected people and

that's going to play a big part in our

decision-making on whether we travel

south or not I mean ultimately we wanted

to be in California here in a couple of

weeks but I don't see that happening

right now we're in our storia and this

county doesn't have one case yet that

plays a big role in our decision-making

this is probably the safest place we

could be on the whole West Coast right

now so we'll probably be here for at

least another week

and then make a decision do we stay

another week or do we start traveling

south and these are things that we're

gonna have to decide week by week right

now it's a no-brainer this is about the

best place you could be and we're

staying that means we have to prepare

before any cases hit Astoria and I'm

sure they're coming I mean this is a

worldwide epidemic and you know we're

not gonna be isolated here for very long

we want to make sure that we're prepared

limbs inside right now going through our

provisions and getting a game plan for

food for over the next month or two for

us we want to make sure that we stay

quarantine on the boat as long as we can

I think it's the safest thing for us

it's the safest thing for our family

it's the safest thing for this community

we want to do everything we can to stop

the spread esti basic is sitting in a

good position in this marina we're way

out on an anti there isn't any boats

within hundreds of feet of us I have

been watching the traffic in this arena

there's maybe one or two liveaboards

that I've seen and that's it and there

are a couple docks down traffic flow

occasionally we'll see somebody walk up

and down the dock but not in recent days

so where we're at is going to be a

pretty safe place at least for the

immediate future

so you guys see I have my pantry all out

this is so I can just kind of take an

inventory I try to find any excuse

possible to pull this out Hill doesn't

like it because it takes up everything

but this will give me a good visual of

our inventory levels um yesterday I race

started with our fridge and freezer and

I defrosted and cleaned everything out

and gave me a sense of what was in the

freezer and what we were low on for the

most part we're not low on much in the

freezer in regards to protein but we are

a little low on fresh produce

I like having as much produce as

possible and we don't really know what's

happening right now

so we're gonna go to the store today to

go pick some of that up and then also

top off anything that we're low on for

the most part we are well provisioned

for the next two months if we had to and

it wouldn't even faze us but you know I

mean it's better safe than sorry what I

have here is about actually it's 50

containers and each container is 16 cups

or 4 liters of things I can fill up I

like having these because they're only

one it's uniform and I can see

everything plus I can unpackage all of

our containers

and have less garbage and waste when we

head out but all of these containers

hold just basics

I have migraines I have my flour sugars

and a lot of spices I don't do anything

pre-made

so it just kind of to me it's a lot more

versatile to prepare meals on board

instead of having specialty items I

tried to steer clear away from cans

because I don't like the rust and I just

don't like just having those clink

around so buying things in bulk actually

also saves me a lot of money you know

it's pretty amazing after all this time

how many of these containers fit into

this I mean 39 containers isn't awful

lot and I'd like doing these little

inventory checks on all of our

provisions because sometimes I changed

things out and you guys saw that I

relabeled some some items and it's

because sometimes I have more pasta or

you don't want to accommodate for some

tin canned foods so it's it's just

really nice to have and I can access and

see everything from right here I love my

pantry

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we usually take the bus to go to the

grocery store but because I'm practicing

social distancing today we're gonna take

the dinghy

Emma watch your head duck down

we just picked up a couple items at the

store wasn't too bad I think it's about

a two mile trip each way so about four

four and a half miles and winds starting

to pick up and skin being kind of chilly

so I'm glad to be back I think we did

pretty good um this will last us about I

don't know probably a couple weeks maybe

three weeks if we can stretch it in

regards to fresh produce we're pretty

good it's not as if we're scared we just

want to limit the amount of times we go

to the store as a matter of fact when we

took the dinghy ride teal and Emma

stayed in the dinghy and I went ashore

and wash my hands I went about doing

whatever I need to do and we came back

and I watched everything prior to

bringing it on board it's nice to have a

sink outside by the way but you know

it's better safe than sorry you know

these are uncertain times and we just

don't know there's a lot of unknowns

with this virus and we just it's just

better to just err on the safer side

because of copán 19 schools all around

the United States closed except for mine

I've been homeschooling for about two

years and I don't get weekends off or

teacher meetings off or like late starts

or anything but that's okay because I

still really like school and I have the

most amazing awesome teachers in the

world I think we need to redo that last

scene again okay because we're

practicing social distancing I can't

just go out and meet kids and just hang

out with them so I've gotten creative

and I do group chats and FaceTime with

my cousins and my friends and that is a

good way to stay in touch and it's

better than nothing so Oregon State has

just announced their stay at home order

orbits for the entire state of Oregon

how does that affect us well it affects

us actually it's a great area okay it is

it really is a great area because okay

we're not residents of Oregon for one

that doesn't mean that we would not

abide by their rules and their laws but

how does it affect a cruiser that's

traveling through yes and so we

approached the port office here and

asked that question right so I called

over there and because all their offices

are closed at this point and you know

what they said they would rather that we

stay here we can continue moving but

they do not recommend us going to the

next protocol unless

we contact them and get clearance

because who's to say that once we get

there that they won't turn us away or -

right and I did call them I called them

numerous ties already and right now the

next port of call their office is closed

until April 1st they said that they're

on a scale back crew in light the co fed

19 crisis and just leave a message

they suggested that we leave a detailed

message on what we want to do it's kind

of hard to explain that we just are

passing through but you know I'm keeping

my fingers crossed that they'll at least

give us some guidance because you know

right now in the county that we're in

there has been one case last night so

yesterday there was one case the next

county that we want to go into has zero

as of today that doesn't mean it's not

gonna change right and then look at the

number change today for right and then

the next port O'Call is also zero the

coastal Taos for the most part are not

as affected not yet all the way down to

Northern California for what we're

looking at right now so our hope is that

we could get clearance and start moving

once we get this information back we

would love to just start hopping down

and get through Oregon and into at least

Northern California these are not hot

spots

it looks like it's safe for us to travel

it's just getting that clearance before

we enter each port but at the same time

we want to be as safe as possible we

want to you know be cautious in our

travels you know for the you know we are

self quarantined already this is our

little entity it's a nature of our

lifestyle yeah and you know but trying

to have other people understand that

while we're traveling because it's

almost like an oxymoron it is your

social distancing and you're moving at

the same and you're moving at the same

time but we we're just trying to make

sure that the boat stays only provision

so

if we do get the clearance that we can

continue moving we're going to take

every precaution that we can when we go

into port and limit our contact with

other people because who's to say we

don't have it we don't have it we don't

know this if you don't solve any

unknowns with this and it is scary out

there but you know what we're not gonna

let this get us down and we're not gonna

sit here and sulk and do nothing we

still have a lifetime yeah we still have

plenty of projects that we have to here

we have energy you have each other we're

so lucky that you know we have our

family in place with us you know there

are other people that are separated

right now some in different countries

you know we have friends that are in

foreign countries that they can't even

swim in the water they can't go to shore

and they're stuck on their boat so we

have a pretty easy oh we have it pretty

good I'm not gonna complain too much you

know it's I just feel like we're we've

had so many obstacles and it's very easy

to stay negative but I'm gonna choose to

stay positive about this because if we

all do our part then we can get back to

normal life and and be able to travel so

in the meantime in the meantime we wait

for information and if we get that

information I think we just start

trickling our way down the coast if it's

possible if we're allowed to if not we

stop plenty to do on this boat well we

have plenty to do but this also will cut

into our our sail plan project because I

don't know how to get materials and

materials in because everybody is on

scale-back plans right so this may give

us a little hiccup it doesn't mean that

it's going to stop no and we do have

plenty of projects on board with plenty

of material that we can we can stay busy

for weeks

gosh I'm lucky

so that's where we're at right now and I

know that you so basically we talk for

five minutes said we're in limbo it is

what it is yeah I mean everybody out

there has their own hardships but we're

trying to share ours with you guys and

we hope you guys all stay safe so in the

meantime we are drinking our sorrows

away you have to stay hydrated so there

you go

we're watching this week's episode of

onward lifestyle The Cove in nineteen

biros has turned the world upside down

and we will do our best to stay safe and

healthy we hope you guys will do the

same so that we can all get back to our

normal lives how about next week to see

how this pandemic affects our travels

remember to be kind and see you then