On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we take advantage of a stretch of beautiful weather and venture outside of our 435 catamaran SV basik. We have be...

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hey guys welcome back to SV basic today

the Sun is finally shining we've been

quarantined inside for three weeks and

it's been miserable and raining out the

entire time so we get to come outside

and do some projects

as you can see my dad is up on the mast

and I guess I'm not as strong as I look

that was very hard that was hard for you

it was these guns baby

these guns I got him up there okay

of course it only took half an hour but

we got him up there I think with money

had to investments something else to get

him up because that was brutal oh can

you believe this weather Here I am 61

feet up right now girls had a little bit

of a tricky time getting me up here I

tried to climb as much as I could have

two safety lines on I feel real secure

up here and the view is spectacular

okay while I'm up here I'm gonna get a

few things done the main halyard has

some damage to it so we're gonna drop

that and measure that up and replace it

usually I would tie a messenger to the

halyard as we pull it out so I I leave a

messenger inside the mass but the main

halyard has a wrap around the topping

lift inside the mast so I'm gonna have

to restring that when we get the new how

your did I'm gonna get some measurements

while I'm up here and just kind of take

in all that information that John had

given me earlier did start ordering up

some custom pieces for the rigging but

today is all about the mainsail I want

to get this new halyard on order so we

could get that installed and get the

mainsail out later today I want to get

that up and see how she looks

okay let's get to work

how're you guys doing down there compass

compass

you guys look like ants are up here

while I'm up here I'm taking

measurements for all new blocks new

ships and some other custom pieces we're

gonna make sure our rigging is safe some

of this stuff it's starting to show its

age I'll need to get a new whip and ten

up here as well looks like here's an

older whip antenna I'll be taking this

off it's quite a bit to do up here I

would love to do this on the ground but

we're not dropping this mast anytime

soon while I'm up here I'm taking

inventory of all the lines and halyards

you know these are starting to show

their age I think to be safe we're gonna

have to just replace them all it's gonna

be a big expense but you know what I'd

rather feel safer up here this high your

time on it doesn't look like it's in bad

condition but I mean it is probably 15

years old it's had a good life I'm

looking at this topping lift over here

it's topping lift I could see where the

mains been rubbing on it we've got a

pretty full Roach on the main and I

could see where it was dicing into this

topping lift

that has a good nick in there that's

gonna happy replaced this topping lift

alone it's going 60 feet down 60 feet

back and then 60 feet down the mast and

probably another 20 feet to the winch so

that is one long line to replace cap

just pulled the main halyard out got it

right here I don't want to crash this to

the deck so I've tied a lead to it and

I'm lowering it down to the gals right

now you got it go ahead and untie it

don't pull too hard you'll pull me right

off here if you step a little closer

it'll slack it there you go

okay thank you

well the first thing we're doing is

working on the mane and to get the main

going I need to have that knew how

you're to put in the one that we just

took down has some damage on it so it

was a must

next thing I want to get this topping

clipped replaced and these blocks I want

to get to new hazards so I feel safe

going up the mast I want to have one

halyard to hoist me and one halyard is a

safety those are the items I'm going to

work on first so let's get back down to

the deck and get to work

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we just got the dock card because today

is a fun day it is sunny out and we have

decided to take the mainsail out of the

guest day truth well and take it up the

dock and do a an inspection on it

whoo kind of windy an inspection on it

so that we can either take some hard

measurements for a new sail or see if we

can salvage this and get going on our

rigging in the meantime compass and Emma

are having a little fun yep I'm really

excited to see our mainsail it's been a

while since I've seen it and once my dad

it puts it back on it and then I'll be

able to move the back into the guest

room well

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katie'll is rustling this heavy main out

and onto the dock so I don't know if

he's gonna need help or not I think I

got it

it's heavy are you okay

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it's awkward I'm nervous

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okay I'm good I'm so sorry it was such a

slow motion fall okay we're gonna lay

this main out at the end of the dock

here there's a nice flat spot we'll be

able to inspect it look at the condition

and get some hard measurements

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okay at first glance I am happy with

this main it's a north-south main it's

in great condition that's been in

storage for ten years and we've rolled

it out and everything looks great it has

five baton sleeves has two reef points

and the condition is I would say

probably an eight or nine out of ten so

we will be installing this main it looks

like and we'll run it for a couple of

months this is our chance before we

install this to get all our hard

measurements because we will be

upgrading to a new precision main in the

future and for us to lay this out and

get all these hard measurements get our

reef points find out how much for

roaches on this main these are all

important figures that we need to be

impossible to measure while it is

installed so we'll do that next and I'm

smiling because you know this is in a

lot better condition than I remember

it's been a decade though go to the the

very tip of that you got it

okay so the foot is a hundred

forty-seven inches

is that funny okay next let's get the

luck okay which is from this mark all

the way down to the head so you ready

got it right there

okay so this is the lock tab on this

side here so this is a total of 25 feet

plus 19 feet four inches

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okay now let's get the leash okay so see

this not put that knot right on the end

down now that one over there is called

the clue keep on hey now stretch the

sail tight make sure the pull it tight

get perfect now hold it right on the

clue got it dawna stretch it tight to

this head

okay now let go got it now see this line

I'll be able to measure from that line

out to the tip of the sail and that

gives me the roach okay

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twenty-one inches teal is now getting

the last of the measurements and we're

going to flake it and bring it back to

basic I have never seen him so happy

with the condition that our main isn't

and actually I am too I mean I didn't

remember it being this nice before you

know I'm glad we pulled the mainsail out

today we were able to get all the

measurements we need and this is

important information to have before we

put the sail up the condition of the

sail looks like we'll be able to use it

for a couple months at least maybe

longer we'll see but if not having this

information will make ordering a new

mainsail much easier thanks for watching

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fast because we've had some pretty

amazing weather and we were able to go

outside and keep ourselves busy and not

remind ourselves that we are isolated

and on our own for the time being

speaking of isolation I've been working

on the song that kind of reflects how we

feel and how everyone else is feeling

right now

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