On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we take a hard look at the materials we have onboard our 435 catamaran SV basik to keep us moving towards our goa...

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welcome back to onboard lifestyle well

as you can see in the background here

we've got some just ugly weather and

it's been like that for the past about

seven days now and it looks like at

least for the next week as a matter of

fact last night not too far from here at

Cape Disappointment they clocked a

sustained wind of 62 and gusted to 72 it

was uh it was humpin here too we were in

the 50s last night with driving rain so

sweet up to get these projects done on

the exterior not to say it's impossible

once in a while we are seeing a little

Sun break like right now it hasn't

rained in an hour but I can see this

next weather system getting ready to hit

us I've just got a few minutes outside

it's not to say we're not gonna get

projects done I've got plenty of things

inside in fact I'm starting to lay those

out and see what we have material wise I

don't want to be heading off to the

marine store and wandering around town

to get parts so I'm really gonna 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

so it's definitely not boring

we're not getting cabin fever well not

yet but let's head inside get to work

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okay here we are in the salon and we're

here for a reason because there's quite

a bit of storage in and under this salon

seating and we built the salon back in

episode 35 seems like so long ago and

actually it was but I keep it for more

long-term storage it's not real

convenient to pull up the cushions and

move the pillows and let's face it this

is our living area so I use it more for

just access for occasional items but

there's so much stuff packed under the

salon seating that I need to start

working through it anyways I know Lynn's

been eyeballing all this real estate for

four years now eyeballing we have a deal

and so I should be happy if I start

busting out a few of these projects so

let's dig into this and I'll just start

pulling out a project-by-project and see

which ones I have enough material on the

boat to start finishing I think there's

gonna be a feel so let's get going

okay looks like I have most everything I

need for this project I have three sets

of Waterproof Speakers look at the meat

salt fog and UV exposure standards I've

got my marine signal wire and I have all

the connectors let me show you what this

project is all about okay this is our

entertainment system and you know we've

been using it for years we installed it

a few years ago we use it every day this

is our fusion ms AV 600 this handles the

music and DVDs for the monitor and for

zone 1 which is inside of the salon here

this also has another unit down here

which is an iPod dock or device dock we

also have Bluetooth smart dongle on here

so we could stream music from any device

it's been working real well but we only

have one zone which is the salon this is

able to handle multiple zones up to

three zones on this unit so those

speakers I would love to add more zones

maybe down in the head or EMA stateroom

Emma's cabin zone 2 just saying

definitely we're gonna add one exterior

when we could do the hardtop we will put

one in the cockpit so we have options I

know Emma would love to get some music

down in her stateroom

ok installed two speakers in this zone

which is in the salon one goes in then

entertainment pot and one goes way down

about 19 feet away in the nav station

pod there facing away from the the room

which kind of resonates nicely

throughout the salon it's worked out

pretty well

okay adding a zone to this unit it seems

simple but there's a lot that will go

into it I need it tight leads back to

the head unit here wrap them through all

the wire chases find locations for them

and well actually now that explaining it

seems pretty simple axis is really nice

I just pull these pods open and I have

wire chases already inside of these

here's that first speaker tucked in

nicely here and you know what no excuses

I probably should get this one dents in

okay here's another project we have it

is our inverter to two thousand watt

pure sine-wave with built-in AC transfer

switch i've never installed this it may

be a good time to do this I think I have

everything I need

I've got my two gauge 12-volt leads

coming from the battery to the unit I

have the correct lugs and shrink-wrap I

have the status monitor all the other

additional wire I need to hook it to our

system with all the connectors compass

are you doing

you look guilty

John please wanna play don't you okay

that's enough buddy

thank you you know there's a good reason

we haven't there's a good reason we have

not installed our inverter yet and that

is because SP basic is wired 12 volt

everything is 12 volt the TVs are 12

volt the lighting is 12 volt every

feature on the boat is 12 volt you know

we do have a 110 system onboard and you

we can run that with a generator or

plugged into Shore power but when we're

underway is 12 volt we got this a while

back knowing that yeah we probably will

need to have a 110 while we're underway

so this might be a good project for me

the hardest part about this is finding a

place to put it you want to put it as

close to your battery bank as possible

because there's quite a bit of power

that runs through this thing and the

short of the lead the lesser the gauge I

haven't installed this unit yet because

in my mind it needs to be in the perfect

location

it needs to be close to the batteries

and our battery compartment is already I

mean it's pretty full now and I want to

make sure I don't overcrowd our battery

compartments I do want to expand with

more batteries or lithium here in the

future but I need to put it as close to

the batteries as possible to keep that

from keep that gauge down I don't want

to go any larger than 2 gauge I have two

gauge here and if I could keep that

distance down I can keep it on two gauge

I have all the parts for that so it's

just finding that perfect location close

to the batteries to mount it and I know

that's why I haven't done it yet because

I'm still struggling with that but maybe

that's something I got to work my way

through and get this thing installed

you know it's kind of easy to just

really sit around and do nothing during

this time because you don't really have

a choice but watching teal pull out his

projects and kind of get a grip of what

he needs to do inspired me and motivated

me to do my own I know that there's a

ton of projects that I can do and really

I can't sit idle for very long anyways

so I'm kind of excited to jump on these

and see what I can accomplish besides

eating and cooking

as you can see I have more than enough

material to last me a long time I had

purchased back in Seattle a whole vault

of sunbrella charcoal gray canvas as

well as some screening it's phifertex

and i had anticipated or I planned on

just doing a few projects here and there

as we travel but since we are practicing

social distancing and we're gonna be

here for a while might as well start

tackling some of these projects now I

plan on making covers and screens for

everything so all of our hatches

I'll make covers for I'll be making the

screens for all of our windows for a

little privacy and also I'm gonna be

making a lot of bags

I love making bags I like it because it

organizes everything inside and outside

and also covers to make sure that

everything stays protected and dry on

our last vote I think I went a little

crazy because I'm a covers and bags and

sun shades for just about everything on

board we wanted to keep all of our

equipment well protected from UV damage

so I make covers for everything when

you're in an anchorage and you're not

using your equipment you want to make

sure that those things are all covered

even our clutches and our winches if we

weren't using it we were gonna cover it

and one of the things that I think that

was the best investment was making

sunshade for your boat when you're down

in the tropics and you want to be

outside you know that Sun is intense so

having that sunshade makes your life so

much more comfortable I'm not sure

exactly how we're gonna do it on this

one because I don't know how it's gonna

be incurred just yet but once the

hardtop is built I can start going from

there in the meantime I'm gonna hone my

skills and get better because the other

project that I'm really excited about is

our stack pack one steel gets that

mainsail on then I can start measuring

up and figuring out how we're gonna do

our stack pack I don't like or I'm not

very good at use

patterns so I'm curious and and excited

to see how teal and I are going to

design this one to make it our own so I

got a lot to do time to get busy

everybody knows that I absolutely love

my galley I love everything about it

until did an amazing job of designing

and building this for me with one

exception I don't know if you guys ever

noticed but I have 12 cabinet doors and

I have 11 that are completed teal has

yet to finish that last cabinet right

over here so I'm hoping that since we're

here that he will note that one I gotta

chime in okay I mean this door is unique

you know that everything's unique oh

you're right every door is unique in

this entire galley um you have to

understand I'm doing flush-mount doors

yeah that adds an element of detail

right you like that yes

but this door is different than all the

other doors I know it's because I'm

short okay because of Lynne's height

restrictions I've opened all her cabinet

doors on the upper cabinetry up like

this because I know I can't return it

because if it comes down I can't no

great now close the door it's nice yes I

know I know that's nice this door over

here is a little different yes and I'll

let me explain why when we designed the

galley we we knew we didn't want to just

take the easy route and put overlaid

doors and drawer fronts on I mean that

would've went fast it would have been

I'm sure it would have been fine

but it's that extra detail that's what

we were going for to flush out the

drawer fronts and the cabinet doors and

get even review

all the way around it took an amazing

amount of time and that detail is what

we envisioned we wanted to have a nice

streamlined modern galley and all that

extra work

I think lit appreciate ok this cabinet

door is a little different than any

other door in the galley and that's for

one reason it is wider than it is tall

in the rest of the galley

I used a continuous hinge for the action

on all the doors and if I have to put a

continuous hinge on here it'd only be

like a 10-inch hinge it would be too

much torque on this door to open it up I

mean this door would actually open up

about to here so by their option was to

put continuous hinges on both sides and

do a French door system if I did a

French door this door would stick

straight out and you'd be forced to look

around the door to get into this cabinet

and I think that would be annoying after

a while the other option is to do it

just like I did the other doors and put

a long continuous hinge here and it

opens up but as it opens up it'll cover

two lights so it'll be a dark area here

so I came up with this idea of doing

this as an accent door and that's why I

haven't built this yet is because I want

to do an inset acrylic lens on here so

as you open it up the lights actually

shine through and you still get the

light shining through I think it'll be a

fun project and I want to do it

not only on this door but another

cabinet door down below on our water

closet I have LED lighting inside that

water closet I don't think be kind of

fun to do that one as well at the same

time so I think that's how I'm gonna go

so let's take a look to see if I have

enough material to do this project

okay I've dug all this out it looks like

I have my substrate here plenty to do

this project I've got a krill exceed for

the lens I have my West system epoxy

primer and my bright side topcoat here

are the hatch Springs and all the

hardware I need so it looks like this

project can be done so these are some

crazy times but obviously we have plenty

of projects on board that we can do to

keep ourselves busy whether it's inside

projects or outside ones pending weather

we're going to stay pretty busy in the

meantime we are going to continue doing

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