On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, the crew of basik kicks around Avalon and Emma gets to hang out with other cruising kids...FINALLY! Our plan to sail to Ensenada is interrupted due to an unexpected health issue. Come back next week to see what we do next...see you then!

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Closed Captions (CC) :
[Music]

previously on onboard lifestyle we

worked on our autopilot while we were in

alamino's bay and it kicked my dad's

butt i've got it to this point right

here it's not working

with all of the electrical connection

complete we were able to fire the unit

up it turns on

okay it's on hold on

hold on it's on it's on

compass needed a routine checkup and get

his shots up to date before leaving the

country we purchased backup ground

tackle and get it set up for a quick

deployment

okay i like it

the crew has a nice sail from alameda's

bay to avalon on catalina island where

we pick up our mooring ball with amazing

views

[Music]

too excited for his walk

and here's a little gift for you emma oh

thank you okay lynn's gonna try to start

the new outboard

okay you feel strong hang on are you all

set yes

everything

your those clothes you're closer

compass is all worked up

okay go yeah you're in reverse

neutral

and forward keep the rpms down when you

go shift into forward

but you got it

i don't care what anybody says i like it

with my right hand

oh

so captain

yep let's go did the pilot do okay

i mean look

they're both still floating hey hey now

that was a hard pull

well here we are avalon harbor

we missed it on that first trip

but we we're hitting it on come back

we had to you got to experience this

it's a it's a little touristy look at

this cruise ships out here

but it looks like it looks like we're in

a hollywood set like a movie set you

know it does it looks unreal here

so it is a great experience and we're

having a good time we're just trying to

stretch our legs and

take a little walk that feels good to

walk doesn't it yeah

i love all the little golf cart stuff

so cool they have so much personality to

every single one of them

after all this time i finally get to

hang out with some cruising kids in

avalon

it seems we all kind of understand each

other and our awesome life so there's no

weirdness when we meet it was really fun

to hang out with my new friends and be

goofy

[Music]

you like doing that randomly

oh hello what are you guys playing

we're playing minecraft

was that minecraft it was minecraft

whoa it's minecraft

wow

we first went snorkeling in the cold

waters at casino point with danica and

addie

i did the sip and paint with coco on

basic and pet putt golf with the crew of

simplicity cars two on this

oh man

we are all heading to mexico so i'm

really excited to meet up with all of

them again at future stops

[Music]

life is a winding road

no telling where it goes

through days and nights

won't stop for traffic lights

[Music]

okay we're gonna drop our

mooring system here in avalon

you know basically you have a forward

and a rear houser

and they're connected by a spreader line

we're gonna drop the aft houser first

these lines are weighted with lead

weights so it sinks to the ground so

it's important to make sure your engines

are in neutral while you're sinking this

all the way down as soon as it's clear

then you could start control of your

vessel

there's quite a bit of pressure on this

so this is going to go pretty

pretty quick

then i'm gonna run forward

okay there it goes it's gonna sink down

i'm going forward

[Music]

we're going to drop this

at the same time i drop this

this is the pickup stick

and the ford houser

okay lynn

reverse

reverse hard

perfect

okay reverse over there

okay we have drop okay neutral

[Music]

my hand signals are pretty simple

whichever corner of the boat i'm

pointing at

lens

controlling the engines

[Music]

and we're clear the mooring

we'll just get out of the mooring field

there's not much wind in this harbor

right now we'll be probably a mile or

two offshore before we set sails

okay we're clear

standing underneath the lights

look into each other's eyes

tired snowflakes are coming down

collapse into water when they hit the

ground

i hear the sound of empty streets

yesterday

so all that's left is

close your eyes

[Music]

okay the sun's just

peeking out right as we get to dana

point harbor

here's the entrance here

we'll be in uh shortly we're actually

not tying up to a dock we're going to be

anchoring in here

and we'll be here for a couple days just

taking care of a little business

our plan was to anchor in dana cove for

a few days

but the anchorage was a lot smaller in

person than it appeared on the charts

it was a calm night and basic drifted

around the anchorage setting off the

anchor alarm multiple times because i

had to tighten up the parameters to

accommodate the confined space

so we are now

inside an anchorage in dana point

this was a unplanned stop

but it's a necessary stop so our

original plan was to sail straight from

avalon to ensenada and do one overnight

passage

into mexico

but

um right before we were supposed to go

teal finally confessed he wasn't honest

or he hasn't been honest with us

he has not been feeling great and he's

been feeling really tired and lethargic

and just not himself

so

we made a family decision to head over

here so he can go see a doctor get some

blood work done

so then he can get the okay

and then we can continue on but i'll be

honest this has been really stressful

and i've been really quiet on social

media

and everything else and i apologize for

that but

you know i just need to process this and

just kind of get a grip but i have every

faith that

we'll get an answer and uh

teal will be okay

in the meantime

just trying to enjoy our surroundings we

are going to go into the marina

sometime tomorrow

just so then it's easier for us to get

to and from

the

the hospital i guess or the doctors or

urgent care i don't know we're trying to

figure it out and figure it out

the next morning we moved into the

marina just in time for teal to make his

appointment for his physical and blood

work already feeling much better after

talking to the doctor it was back to

business as usual on board basic after

noticing intermittent coverage we

replaced a connection to the ais antenna

at the masthead

i'm

ready yeah i made the connection

you look teeny

as soon as you let me down

we had a lovely dinner at the dana west

yacht club with some sp basic viewers

that is

huge

go ahead emma

during our short stay we had some

friends stop by to visit that some of

you may recognize

but it was time to prep for our next

stop so we had a few errands to run so

evan and i have decided to uh do a

little excursion

around the marina

and also pick up

some extra field this is probably the

last

marina that we're gonna be in for a

while before we get into mexico and

check in

we're gonna try to take a full advantage

of whatever anchorage is from here

and in between

as we can save a little money

it's been

kind of hard since there's not very many

anchorages around here

we're just picking up 15 gallons last

time we fueled up was

i don't even remember

so it'll be good

you look a little too cool emma too

chill

all right i'm just relaxing

like you usual yes

that was kind of fun to meet those kids

right yeah we've had a bunch of kids in

avalon finally

i can't wait to get to mexico

yeah just a few more days and we'll be

there hopefully those guys will meet up

with us

as well they're a little behind

but it's okay that just means that

there's kids

in your horizons

[Laughter]

that's muscle baby

we are just taking a quick walk before

we head out of here we're still waiting

on teal's blood work but there's no

reason for us not to go a little bit

further south it's really expensive here

and

that just means that we're getting that

much closer to mexico

yeah and i'm feeling much better already

yes both my boys are

feeling much better compasses blood work

came back clear and he's all healthy and

ready to go now we just need uh this guy

to be uh

i'm getting there i feel much better you

know why

this is actually a really nice place it

was an unexpected stop like most of our

stop but

um

yeah it was uh

we met great people yeah we had a good

time yeah but look at this weather you

know we had a little bit of weather

while we're here it's all cleared up a

little lumpy out there from the north

we've had that huge bomb cyclone that

hit it's kicking up waves to the north

of us 30 to 40 footers

but we're getting a little bit of the

remnants but it's every day the the sea

state's dying down this

i swear this year has tried to kick our

butts but

we're gonna kick it right back that's

right today

yesterday it was eight feet at six

seconds

today

five feet at ten seconds much more

comfortable so this is our window to to

scoot on south a little bit further

every little step we're getting closer

one of the things i look forward to

is prepping and making sure

that we are ready to hoist our main god

i love this thing

makes a huge difference for our

performance

even though today's calls for light

winds

i don't know what it means but there's a

smile upon your face

and i see something shimmering in your

eyes

and they say if you want to glimpse the

future you need space

and you said you'll put down your

morning guns

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out see you then