On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we go "Freaky Friday" trying to keep our spirits up during some pretty crazy weather on our 435 catamaran SV basi...

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hey guys welcome back to SB basic looks

like 2020 is starting out off with a big

bang because we got another winter

system hitting us here and we are just

gearing up in time for mines just making

sure that we don't have to deal with any

surge but it's blowing about 30 knots

right now and this supposed to fill to

about 45 later tonight this should be

interesting

luckily though there's no rain so that's

pretty good how's it looking I know this

is overkill but you know what I'd rather

put out an extra few lines just to make

sure

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hello winter in Washington right here we

are strapping ourselves to the dock but

all the other fishermen came down and

got their boats secured as well so they

must be seeing the same forecast I am

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so we'll hunker down tonight and ride

this one out okay it's humping out here

now it's only about six o'clock

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probably sustaining thirty fives close

to 40 right now

and it's popping in close to 50 I would

think it's hard to stand on the deck

right now but we're riding pretty solid

well it's the next morning

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I thought I was gonna sleep well I

didn't just hail and rain and wind all

night long I mean look at this

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okay another gale today we've actually

moved slips over to this position here

with the scale blown in Marina needed

room for all these crab boats to come in

they didn't want us being it away it's

only supposed to get worse today it's

ugly out here okay this storm this with

a punch last night blowing horse tan out

here right now

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was a rough night I really had to put

some extra lines out because we were

getting so close over here I did

everything I could to just pull the boat

forward mill the night this is gonna

keep up for the next Gees at least the

next 10 hours oh crap

a boat went down over here I better call

that end

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it's ugly out here Harbor Coast Guard

Grays Harbor Coast Guard Grays Harbor

Coast Guard this is sailing vessel basic

over okay I quickly placed a radio call

into the Coast Guard that came out in a

snap they're just located in a couple

docks down there gonna check the

situation out okay it's getting violent

out here

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you know we're still holding pretty good

I did turn around this tale is pelting

me in the face and fifty miles an hour

close the die down in a couple hours

here this has gotta be Bowlin

mid-fifties God take the 60 asked me

I'll check it on the weather station in

a second okay it's the next day you know

what's crazy

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these people nicely mixed afford the

camera a little hair

just even this low down keep the

pressure on a1 clean just crazy here

absolutely crazy

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look at this

okay everything looks good I'm gonna

head inside

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Oh

these past few days have been brutal

it's been really windy especially at

night

why doesn't always get really windy at

night and none of us have really gotten

real sleep just because teals going up

every couple hours just to check the

lines we're in a slip that is not quite

large enough for us we need probably

another I'd have to say five to ten feet

but because he's going out and checking

the lines all the time and needless to

say it's not comfortable just to get up

every couple hours and making sure that

everything is good but it's an adventure

deals out there right now checking the

lines how'd it go looks real good

actually it's it's only blowing like 45

now we know that Till's wearing a life

jacket it's doing much better about 40

45 I would say outside but it feels much

better that's much better than last

night last night it was like 63 yeah

today we hit 60 once but

I think we'll sleep well okay get some

rest

huh good morning I actually slept pretty

good last night wind died off at about

1:00 or 2:00 in the morning

and it got down to just about 10-15

knots all night got up this morning

started assessing all the little Nick's

and scars and battle wounds that we got

from this little storm nothing too major

just a couple of scuffs in the paint

we'll be able to fix those up this when

the weather gets a little nicer I'll

show you what I'm talking about

everywhere where a line had to rub near

the boat I zip tie a towel on it just in

case but this one actually wore through

a towel I had another line coming over

here or through the towel here

I know I need rub strakes

in areas of this boat but every docks a

little different it's impossible to put

a rub strike down this whole side so

this is kind of an isolated situation

winds were pretty severe I'll touch

those up when weather gets a little

better meantime I get a stare at it

every day oh well nice calm day compared

to the last few days here so we'll be

able to get some projects done today and

gear up for the next one looks like in

another day we're gonna hit even worse

winds but the good news is instead of

from this direction that is pushing us

into the dock to be coming out of this

direction and I'm in the Lee of this big

fishing boat and it's gonna be pushing

us away from the dock so it should be a

much more comfortable ride on the dock

and into much more comfort all right in

my mind just knowing that I mean we had

all that force if you think about it

trying to torque our boat I mean we're

basically a box that we're tying up on

one side here so let's think about all

this force pushing this hull into these

pilings at times we're getting pretty

close but

now that the winds cut down and it's not

stretching all those dock lines well

we're sitting pretty good I think I'll

leave the boat here because the next

wind is going to be pushing us the

opposite direction so let's get inside

get some projects done okay we know

we've been here a lot longer than we

anticipated so we got to get creative on

ways to entertain ourselves while we're

waiting for a good weather window what

better way to have fun is to swap roles

I suggested to teal that for one day I'm

gonna do all of his projects and he's

gonna do all the cooking so this should

be really interesting I mean really how

hard can it be to drill a couple holes

on the boat he makes it look so easy so

I've watched him for years and I've

assisted so I think that I'll do pretty

good for my project I've decided to

tackle an area that teal hasn't gotten

to yet and that is another USB charging

station we have scattered all throughout

our boat but with the exception of the

media this area is something that Emma

and I are usually camped out at doing

schoolwork and other projects so it's

nice to be able to plug in and also it's

a really dark area so we can use our USB

lights as well when we're not charging

but this is something that I've been

wanting for a while and I think I have

everything we have our USB chargers we

have our wire we have our connectors and

all the tools that is needed for this

project the first thing I did was figure

out where I'm going to be placing this

and I figured having it centered works

fast so I already put down a piece of

tape and measured it up and found my

Center so these are both ready to be

drilled now the rule is is I have to

double check my hole saw to make sure

that it matches up to our charger before

we drill and we use these blue seed

systems USB chargers which we really

loved it's a two point one charger so

let's get going on the measure

got Till's trustee calipers it is 1.11

and the whole saw that I think that

we've used before is one point two two

so this gives me a little wiggle room so

this to make sure that this thing goes

in perfectly so before I get started I

opened up both of these pods so then I

can put a bowl underneath to catch any

debris I did a pilot hole to start out

with and then I removed the tape now I

can drill the hole through I think I'm

doing pretty good so far so good it's

pretty smooth going I'm going to attach

these in and secure them before we start

the electrical end all this left is to

put the decorative trim plate on there

and we're using a stainless steel number

six square head screw half-inch

so it doesn't go through all the way so

a lot of people are intimidated by

Electrical on on the boat but believe it

or not I'm not after all these years of

watching tail and helping him I'm not

scared of it because I understand our

system instead of stringing everything

back to the main panel he has placed all

these sub panels all throughout the boat

so I could switch something off on the

main and I can work on whatever it is

I'm working on and the rest of the

system is live so for this project we

just need two short runs and the 16 two

will work perfectly we always use marine

grade wire and we love using the inker

brand what I'm doing now is I'm making

the first connections outside of the of

where I'm running it through that way it

is much easy

here than being in those tight little

areas and doing both connections also I

can string this out cut it to length and

it cuts down on waste okay these look

pretty good to me

I feel good so let's start pulling wire

here's the sub panel that we're going to

be using I'm going to make that first

connection into this underneath the fan

so all I have to do is string this

through to the furthest USB charger to

make that first connection this last one

was so short that I was able to make

this outside of this little compartment

looks like a little jumpers and it's

perfect because it's getting really dark

and I get to put my new lights and today

I'm making the last connection we're

going to use three amp fuses and then

we'll make the label and then we are

live

my project is complete and I think I did

a pretty good job plus the lights work

perfectly so Lin did an awesome job on

her project and for my end of the deal I

am preparing dinner tonight and I'm

gonna do something a little special it's

something that brings me back to my

childhood something my grandfather used

to make and it's razor clam fritters I

haven't had them in 40 years and I'm

looking forward to it

I don't think Lin or Emma have ever even

tasted a razor clam so this will be a

treat for all of us and besides that

we're sitting in Westport the beaches

from here south into Oregon are some of

the best razor clam digging areas on the

planet so this should be a treat

now the galley is not my domain and I

feel a little uncomfortable in here

I know Lin makes it look easy so I'm

just gonna try to remember how she does

things how she chops how she cooks how

she slices ooh first thing she always

does I know this for a fact some us help

pour a glass of wine she says it makes

everything taste better so let's get

going

okay I'm not crystal-clear on my

grandfather's recipe but I've watched

Lin make her crab cakes enough that I

think I can handle this I'm gonna start

with a full pound of razor clams

scallions an egg for binding panko and

the think I'm gonna do potato wedges I

think that would be a delicious with a

meal maybe a little green salad on the

side I should keep everyone happy

okay I start by dicing up these

beautiful razor clams and the vegetables

should go pretty quick you need to be

dicing these into quarter inch pieces I

don't want them too small and I don't

want them too big so I'll see how I do

okay I got a nice chop on that that was

a full pound of razor clams it's about 9

or 10 razor clams per pound they're

pretty good size

now I'm gonna mince up the garlic and

slice the scallions

okay we're almost done I'm gonna add a

little salt not much fresh ground pepper

just a squeeze of lemon oh okay here is

one egg to help bind this together now

we're just gonna start mixing this

together

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this smells amazing just like fresh

ocean air take that Julia Child's okay

start adding a little panko at a time

here stir this in just like adding

filler to my epoxy we're gonna hit that

sweet spot where that texture is just

perfect you mix up a little batter and

just add a little bit of batter until I

get the right texture so I can form it

into nice patties oh this could be

delicious just a touch more

and I think we're set oh yeah

grandpa would be proud okay that little

batter just made the consistency perfect

to make nice little patties I'm gonna

refrigerate this for a couple hours it's

a little early for dinner still right

before dinner

I'll pull these out and start frying

these up I think it's gonna be delicious

on stormy days like this we can't take

compass out for a walk because he will

fly right off the dock so I thought of

some pretty creative ways to keep them

exercised and keep me entertained

it's really funny shake down Berlin down

and what did I mention that compass

loves his vegetables

this is what I do when he wears me out

and I need a little break it seems kind

of mean but it's funny and it tires

about

look at this spread

I tried and your lights look at this I

know I think we did pretty good yep well

those look good let's see if these taste

good I'm sure it tastes good okay I got

a trial in a Spence

been too long I don't have to admit this

is gonna go great with your homemade

tartar sauce really nice so husband that

was fun it was fun do we want to do it

again no I want my gallery back now on

my projects back we made it look so easy

taking on each other's jobs but it

wasn't we've struggled a bit just a

little that looks about right

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shallots this is huge

cute little these cute little screws

look at how small they are not cute this

one nope nope nope you got lint all over

no no no you smash it first and then you

slice it no do it that way it's just too

weird

now I'm gonna mince up the garlic and

shallots scallions scallions

ah geez

and I think this is the right one that

teal uses all the time apparently I'm

supposed to be using calipers I've used

all lemon juice in there this is no I

did it's like within a quarter of an

inch I'll just put this in there is no

room so this should be good there's

electrical there's you need to stop this

is driving too

you know the good thing about cooking is

there's no such thing as mistakes right

and then this one no project CD perfect

I think that's gonna work not going

didn't go far enough

here's my do well I don't have very

strong fingers okay

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he's really funny watching my parents

try to entertain themselves in the

stormy weather

my dad cooking and my mom doing her

project and I think come with have some

fun too anyways guys come back next week

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