What can we say about 2020?! Well, a picture is worth a thousand words so we packed our entire year into one video. Life was sure different for the crew of SV basik this year and we are so excited to put 2020 in the books. Our team is definitely looking forward to an adventurous upcoming year as we continue our migration south to destinations unknown. Come back next week as we start this new year with high expectations...see you then!

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i figured

since we can't be out there in the glitz

and glam why not bring it to the boat

weather's getting colder and

condensation has been an issue

i think emma and i did really good

getting teal

an amazing christmas present what i want

to do is install three of these

caframo ventilation fans

these fans are now 100 installed this

one works

looks like 2020 is starting off with a

big bang

because we got another winter system so

we'll hunker down tonight

and ride this one out it's popping in uh

close to 50 i would think

just hail and rain and wind all night

long

okay another gale today it's ugly out

here

this storm hit us with a punch last

night

it's blowing force 10 out here right now

so close over here

i did everything i could to just pull

the boat forward

these past few days have been brutal oh

crap

a boat went down over here what better

way to

have fun is to swap rolls that looks

about right

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shallots those are green onions or

scallions

okay i'll do that again

i missed that one right there this one

oh no nope nope nope nope

yep we've been getting a lot of the same

questions in the comments section of all

our videos

so today we're going to answer them we

have

the trojan t105

batteries they've been working quite

well for us

we do have a fan in here that sucks the

air out and talk a little bit about our

diesel heaters

we have two 5 kw so that's a total of 10

kilowatts of diesel heat where does

compass go to the bathroom

he's trained to go on the p-pad

lunch is almost ready this is what i'm

talking about

but that's what we're about it's not a

race for us

it's a lifestyle look at that

keeps the lines out of the bucket let's

talk solar

on a full sunny day we put out about 20

amps of power

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as you can see we're not on the boat

we're going to show you

a female's perspective of what it's like

to live on

sb basic yup it's all about the girls so

compass

you gotta go teal and i have been

involved in the cruising community for

over 20 years

our starter boat was a 41 foot trimaran

named savannah and we absolutely loved

her

we did not have an indoor shower we

showered outside we were so happy to

have that boat and

she taught me how to sail actually that

was where i learned how to cook

they brought over this monster crab

so you know what i'm making tonight i

always look forward to lunar new year

it's all about food family and best of

all all the kids

get lucky money

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

i'm gonna pull this window and reseal it

this is all done this is a force

10 stove top it is not designed to be

out

in this kind of weather

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this is the first of many projects it's

a very special day here on sv basic

it's our hundredth episode

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okay onboard lifestyle 100

videos finally had our weather window

please make it into ilwaco tonight

the bars are open for the first time

uh both the grace harbor and the

columbia bar are both open at the same

time

since i can't remember so this is it

let's go

we're just sailing along here

so we've been trying to sail from bar to

bar

and i think that we've been doing pretty

good so we are now

entering the mouth of the columbia river

emma's at the helm took it over the bar

we'll be in soon

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it's a good day i feel good about it so

we are

here in oahu and we're going to spend a

couple days here

hell yeah we jumped right on that and

went over and toured his boat

yeah so thanks for the cod he gave us a

couple of black cod

lynn's super excited okay you guys ready

to go explore

that's enough let's head back we do a

lot of projects on board

as simple as toot brush holders we're

gonna go to keep this appointment

it's gonna be about a long route eight

mile walk

made it to cape disappointment

lighthouse

plan this morning was to head to

warrenton so we're gonna divert and go

over

to astoria it is freezing out here

a little tight just a bit

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so they gifted us with these amazing

prime ribeye steaks do a pan sear

and finish it off in the oven

i'm so excited today we're going to

astoria's maritime museum

come on emma let's do it the museum

highlights the rich history

of this area it's time to get to work

first project i want to tackle is a

quick one

all my hardware lined up and my tools

okay first one's in and

this hatch right here and just started

pissing water out of it

lynn has sewed up a nice canvas cover

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main thing that we are focusing on

getting a new boom that's made

and designed for our boat is none other

than john kuhn

who is the best that you can get to

check out your rigging john inspected

every inch of our rig

and went into great detail of his

findings there's five big takeaways i

got from

our meeting tonight i'm going to be

making crab mac and cheese

let's eat this situation with covid19

has affected the entire planet

we wanted to be in california here in a

couple of weeks

but i don't see that happening so where

we're at

is going to be a pretty safe place at

least for the immediate future

because of covert 19 schools all around

the united states closed

except for mine

so you guys see i have my pantry all out

i like doing these little

inventory uh checks on all of our

provisions

so i'm really going to take a look at

what future projects i have

all the materials for and see what i

could get done while we're being

quarantined

i know lynn's been eyeballing all this

real estate eyeballing

we have a deal and so i should be happy

if i start busting out a few of these

projects

these guns i got him up there here i am

61 feet up right now how you guys doing

down there

until just the other day we had a little

problem

and here's what failed look at this

and i'll be able to fix this entire

handset for four dollars

let's go check it out and see what our

spinnaker looks like

teal is good at a lot of things

singing is not one of them

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thank you very much i'll be here all

week i think i need an advil

yeah it's gonna work out nicely

pretty sharp i think she did a great job

on this bag

we've been quarantined on board for over

a month and let's face it

life is so different recently he

challenged me to learn as many digits of

pie that he knows

314.159

i think i have a game plan

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let's stop right there in tears i am so

happy

with this new boom

boy these thread in nice okay lay it on

the side right here

here it is the new boom

is on i plan something really special

for my mom because

it's mother's day ah miss gobin

i see you've selected the quarantine

mother's day package on salon basic

today is splicing day now we're going to

do is pull this out

put a double yale lock stitch

in the eye splice i've been asking lynn

for beef wellington for years

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she absolutely nailed it still in

astoria oregon

we've been here a lot longer than we

anticipated

but that's short-lived we're looking for

windows to head south

yes i've laid everything out lynn had a

great idea

to put just a tape damn around this in

case i lose one of those bearings

well that didn't work

bags are done right to the right my

right or your right

i caught you oh what are you doing a

weather window

opening in the next few days it is

crunch time right now

we're going up to do the topping lift

and then i'll bring you back down okay

got it yeah i'm freezing my butt off

i've been keeping lynn real busy haven't

i

yeah i'll get up if you need me to

but really my body is sore that rigging

is hard work what do you think compass

you ready to go

feels good to be underway yeah it feels

really good

okay we're getting close to the mouth of

the columbia we're good to go to cross

the bar

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it's just light winds out here right now

but we're doing about six

knots we're just gonna drift on down the

coast

and we should be uh tucked into newport

here in a half an hour

here we are newport god it feels so

good to be out sailing again three

beautiful

dungeness crap going to be making us uh

crab asparagus omelets with avocado

a new port to explore

i'd say that's about four feet deep we

officially now have a teenager on board

thank you tl gobin is the most handsome

talented best dad in the whole world

happy father's day to all the dads out

there

looks like somebody is sick

the water stream on our outboard

was a little low this is a bigger

project and it's really outside of my

comfort zone

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here we come

six and a half knots and we hit a thud

and it was

a shark we pissed it off i'll tell you

that

we're timing this bar crossing on a

flood tide

emma is forward on crab pot watch

well here we are tucked into the

charleston marina

so we and we're gonna enjoy some good

seafood while we're here we're going to

explore around

i know you want to go right in there yes

please

i gotta say outboard has never run

better i have an addiction

to oysters right now while the girls are

off

getting their oysters i've got a full

foot of back splice at least

and i can honestly say that i am

very satisfied with our oyster intake

but it's time to go get about a ten hour

eight to ten hour run

okay we're heading across the bar

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between kate blanco cape mendocino a lot

of people get beat up in this

area of the pacific northwest no i've

been through here a dozen times

by sailboat this is by far the nicest

life's not too hard on this kid

seas are still flat we got lots of wind

and

tons of speed just on a jib only we've

made our turn around the orford reef

about 6.2 knots just with the jib

this is awesome here we are tucked into

port orford

nick of time it's blowing 25 now

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anchors up let's keep going it's a calm

day out here

supposed to be blowing 30 to 55

for the next five days

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so we'll round that and enter the chetco

river this is brookings oregon

something really unexpected happened to

us last night while we were anchored in

port orfur

you guys you guys look

a drone a drone

a drone

but the coast guard is flying double

red triangle flags that's a gale warning

out there so we'll be here another two

days

clear she and teal drop the dinghy

because we are gonna go for a little

boat ride and explore the czecho river a

little bit of fog this morning

california here we come baby

it's so much more comfortable going

south than it is north right now

well here we are in the saint george

channel

visibility is still about at least a

mile

literally around that rock for the

entrance to crescent city

ideal conditions to enter the harbor and

i get to go fishing again i'm so excited

tucked into crescent city california

i've never seen a marina that has built

this stout

i mean take a look at this the real

magic begins because guys

i have been waiting for this i am making

vietnamese bun meat sandwiches so

we're finally in california now that

we're in california

we get a new fishing license

you know the rules don't come back

without a fish

we're going fishing

hooked like 10 of these but this is the

one that i actually landed

we're coming back with our bounty this

makes me

so happy we're having tacos tonight yeah

this is

seven inches that's what i do i know

that teal

is doing some route planning do i need

some wine for them

i think you know the answer to that due

south

about 45 miles is trinidad head that's

where we hope to anchor tonight

this was a calm and leisurely sail down

the coast

that is until the last 10 minutes

tucked in behind trinidad head i hate it

and i love it we catch a nice big rock

in the rocna and we lose steering

so i disable the ram

it's time to get out of here we'll uh

limp on into

eureka took me a minute to balance the

rudders

i could just use the engine controls to

somewhat navigate a straight line

we are on limited steering as we enter

the harbor

these types of situations don't worry me

because my parents

always have a great handle on things not

bad

we are now in eureka california teal now

is working on disassembling the ram

gonna be hard to get out no it should

come right out i think

looks like it's perfect look at this i'm

gonna put my best mechanic

on it emma you ready i'm ready

let's do this it's all done and ready to

install

i think i did a pretty good job

it's been getting worse and worse it's

just been degrading down to

no signal at all

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looks like that was a successful

installation

i checked the weather it looks really

good i've been watching it does that

mean we get to leave tomorrow

i don't see why not

this is dead calm and foggy you know i

don't really

care that it's this calm because cape

mendocino is my nemesis

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the wind's finally picked up and we are

about 15 miles from shelter cove

we're doing about six and a half almost

seven knots

this is our home for the night it was a

beautiful anchorage but we're on a leash

or in a roadstead anchorage

so it's a bit unnerving i was watching

my

anchor watch system closely and we're

off to fort bragg

this bird hit our boat i want to see if

it can fly now

that it's all dry

at one point the fog lifted just in time

for us to pass through

a large pot of blue whales like eerie

out here i keep seeing like water crash

where i didn't even know there were like

rocks we're coming in on a

flood tide 93 feet i think is the

clearance on this

but look at this entrance well that

seemed easy

there is nothing better than that along

this coast

okay thanks for the fish guys all right

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for today we're just gonna do a quick

easy sear on the tuna

okay this looks delicious let's dig in

everyone

finally we're getting some sunshine so

that we can do some exploring and not be

socked in fog

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we have been up since 5 30 this morning

getting ready to

leave because it's time i am so excited

i can smell bacon right now

and yeah constantly cooking for this

crew

not making any speed records today

but we're getting there we're off of uh

point arena right now

still not gonna make it before dark it

looks like

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the water pump had blown so we

ended up sailing all the way into the

bay last night

i'm gonna change out the water pump this

morning

then we'll head in to the harbor

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parts are on order it's going to be a

couple days before we get it so

might as well explore this area before

we head out

that's the king yeah a little one

i think i'm a little excited make

something

great with it tonight this lasted 1367

hours

okay let's get this installed

okay i want you to start the port engine

starting port engine

looks like we're ready to go well here

we are leaving bodega bay

that's not fog you see in the background

that's wildfire smoke

we've been camped out inside the boat

just trying to get some fresh air

no i'm not filming in sepia mode just

smoky

and i mean look at these decks

off to drake's bay just when we thought

that we would be out of the fog we hit

all of this smoke and haze at one point

during the passage

a talented warbler hung out with us for

about an hour amazing how many

whales we've seen point reyes right here

we're gonna swing wide around this and

be dropping a hook in drake's bay

so how does it feel to drop anchor in

daylight hours

it feels warm here we are in drake's bay

fun fact drake's bay was first visited

by sir francis drake it was a nice night

at anchor

very calm protected anchorage we're

about 27 miles from the golden gate

bridge

this is so cool we're finally in the san

francisco bay

i just love this approach

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at anchor in sausalito so we

are just settled in anchorage in

richardson bay

so happy that the smoke and the haze

has lifted teal went over and he's

getting our tanks filled there's the

captain

so here's our home for the night

paradise cove

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i have the worst fear of bridges

a but skid

okay we dropped the hook in china camp

so the wind's picked up looks like he's

dragging right into us looks like they

handled it

let's get them into shore and uh they'll

go exploring

okay you girls have fun really good hike

right emma it's so beautiful

and we actually saw a bunch of deer so

i'm going to give this anchorage

a two out of ten but it's time to go

so we're gonna sail across the san pablo

bay well my morning just got a little

better

i could smell what do i smell in there

there's a new wildfire not too far from

here you know we've dropped the hook

here in

venetia try to get inside and uh keep

the smoke out of the cabin it was really

nice to be on a dock again after being

on the hook for almost two weeks

the water is so much warmer cannonball

ready to head back out again for

probably another week and then at that

point it's the big move

to napa marina are you a little nervous

yeah

i'm nervous look at this that gives us

about five feet of clearance

crash we did it

okay let's go

super graceful

it's a bunch of plastic wrapped around

the prop

so this is a big day for us we are

heading into

napa marina

one of these always looks so narrow when

you come in

we have a couple hours before our haul

out time nothing like a clean dinghy

though come on

there you go again oh god

we're gonna be stationed here and

probably within the hour we'll be

out of the water

this is a great place for us to finally

get a couple of these big projects done

i know it feels like we were just pulled

out but it's been over 14 months we were

due for a haul

out first i want to take a look at the

paint

some more hits some are misses our

bottom paint

we use the interlux fiberglass bottom

coat aqua

is our top coat and our bootstrap

we use interlux brightside it's a single

part enamel

it's a polyurethane actually we didn't

even put a paint on the bridge tank

we only primered it we used the interlux

interprotect

2000e okay we use a different product

on our sail drives it was the interlux

trilox 3-3

paint has 100 failed it does not stick

hang on hold still stop stop you got

some paint on you

yes yeah yes 100 times yes

i'm gonna be standing the heck out of

this cockpit

who says you can't eat well all the hard

right

we went to the store and got all the

wood for the temporary framework

for the hard top

well this is exciting finally starting

the hardtop

double checked uh with the national

weather service they actually

increased it to 55 to 70 knot winds are

starting to ramp up a little bit more

we're doing pretty good

we're shimming and shaking a little the

height of the storm is still about four

or five hours away

supposed to pick up another 20 to 30

miles an hour wind

no he inadvertently hits the wrong

button

and takes a hundred creepy pictures of

himself

but you gotta admit that storm it was

interesting

it was not a natural feeling because

we're not supposed to be on stilts and

jacks it's just the boat

shook lynn's anxious to get this up so

let's do this

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well this feels massive up here

we started the structure this is just a

temporary structure to form

our new hardtop over this is going to

add so much more living space for us

are you enjoying this cockpit i'm

enjoying this cockpit

it's amazing teal is out there right now

talking to

our aluminum fabricator i had to call

them my muscle already

to lift this out of here

just spent the last few hours filling in

the majority of these strong backs

it's all complete and ready for the

panels

tl says thicken epoxy a lot when you

hear that

take a shot spent the good part of

yesterday

laying out these panels this is not my

idea of a romantic

afternoon lynn added some colloidal

silica to thicken up my epoxy

sticking to foxy this is the last of the

panel seams

we'll let this thickened epoxy thicken

the foxy

fire off we have our fabric

this substrate is all tied together with

thickened epoxy

sticking epoxy we're all set to start

laying the fabric down

we laid down this cloth nice and flat

just keep working it eventually it all

lays down

okay it's time to see on the field now

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and fair just a small amount

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let's get at it

he's been a little grumpy

look at the size of this one let's get

to work

we have three layers now down of

10 ounce cloth there's not one layer

that lines up with one

previous to it time to release the top

from the mold and flip it over

blocking this up now so we can use the

same form

i want to inlay a more durable material

that handles compression much better

and that's how i do it teal is

now up in our stateroom down for the

count

it's going to be me today working on

some projects so let's get to work

how's it going down there it's fine

don't worry about it

i'm gonna come down and check out what's

going on not if you can't move

no i think we did

so good we know teal's gonna come down

and check it out

he just can't help himself well i gotta

hand it to the girls they really did

step up

lynn has me on light duty so i could do

a couple things

faired the seams every layer it's

getting more

and more solid feels good

carl and curtis are grounded so we went

and bought one

go forward on this and really slow

been feeling a little bit like

groundhog's day just lamination after

lamination

start shaping this top in

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not heavy lifting mister feeling much

better

feeling spry ruth and garrett were

generous enough

to lend us a table sauce

thank you so much you guys really light

yeah this is our light soffit just tack

it to

my outline here with a little hot glue

this should go pretty quick

oh and bonus check this out

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our post came in let me just say i am so

so happy that teal is back to his normal

self and i can be back

up here doing what i love which is

cooking we started

the edge detail around the hard top

called in

the birthday girl it's so cold down here

and curve the corners so then we can

bend them

it's my mom's birthday so we're gonna

make her a cake from scratch

it's like we're just gonna make it out

of a box but we're gonna cover it

in love just kidding frosting so let's

get to work

hot we gotta make it look smoother happy

birthday

to you beginning of each day

i like to get another layer down on the

inside of this light soften not too

worried about

making this look pretty

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boy that just feels like glass right now

it's all been sanded out smooth

and we're getting there we're going to

start working on

the cap of our soffits got news for you

there's more glass layup on that too

and it'll hold its shape what do you

think lid

looks good convincing

i think this was a successful layup

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here they are this panel stands at 22.5

ounces someone's a little excited

more nervous okay let's hit it

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thank you so much dr payne happy

holidays happy holidays

we wanted to wish you a very merry

christmas and happy holidays

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you