On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we try to find a balance between always working on our 435 catamaran SV basik and still carving away a bit of fam...

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welcome back to SD basic well this

weather is amazing we've had a few days

in a row now and we're taking advantage

of it that means we get to continue with

our mainsail project last week was

pretty exciting

we actually busted out our mainsail out

of storage laid it out and inspected it

the condition was much better than we

hoped for but there was a downside after

doing all our measurements and

calculations that mainsail is terribly

undersized for this rig probably about

30 percent undersized so a mainsail will

definitely be in our future but for now

you know we could fly it and use it but

it won't be the perfect sail for this

boat we also had a chance to go to the

top of the mast and start working on all

the lines and leads that are associated

with our mainsail the next thing we're

gonna do is is this project here and

that's our boom this boom we've been

weighing back and forth what to do with

it do we keep the old boom and rebuild

do we source out a used boom do we buy a

new and looking at those three options

well this boom is 27 years old and the

hardware and everything associated with

it is showing its age to rebuild this

boom will take quite a bit of effort and

is it more effort than it would be to do

the other two options well we're

starting to think so looking at some of

the blocks and the clutches and the

winches all the hardware associated with

that out haul everything needs to be

replaced oh and updated and is that

gonna surpass the price of a used boom

probably but if we go with a used boom

how much modification do we have to do

to make that work

and that's something that is

intimidating to think about if we find a

used boom across the country ship it in

here what is the condition are we

upgrading are we spending more money to

modify it to make it work for this boat

you know those are all unknowns so we're

still looking at buying a new boom

buying a new boom is it's a lot to

swallow there's a it's a big expense but

at least we need to look into that this

boat we have a it's a big investment for

us and to get the right boom on here is

going to be important we want to make

sure that it's safe and performs

correctly so we are we are looking at

new booms we have contacted spar

manufacturers and we'll see what that

expense may be if it fits in our budget

we will jump on it if it doesn't we it's

hard to say what we're gonna do at this

point because I want to see those

numbers first but for now there's plenty

of things we could do we can still be

working on our gooseneck our topping lip

are lazy Jack the traveler and mainsheet

all these things need to be upgraded and

those will be items that we need to do

on SV basic regardless if we have this

old boom a used boom or a new boom but

before we get started on that I have a

little project I got to jump on

our cockpit door failed on its the other

day and I want to get that fixed so

let's get to work

okay about seven years ago we installed

our diamond C glaze door and it was

quite the process the original door on

SP basic was just this it was a four

foot wide Plexiglas door with the Knox

cutout in the corner it was what was

hideous and we knew we had to upgrade so

I had it did quite a bit of a fill in to

get this bulkhead nice and flat and

strong a lot of glass work to accept

this new door and this door has

performed perfectly for us for the past

seven years until just the other day we

had a little problem here's where the

problem lies this is a trio ving handset

and it feels quality this is heavy duty

all stainless you know we're seven years

into this and I mean it feels brand new

still with exception of where it failed

and here's what failed look at this the

return mechanism broke inside of here so

let's get this apart and I'll show you

how I'm gonna fix it but getting us

apart is a puzzle the this was a bit

tricky trying to figure out how to

disassemble this in the door turns out

the key to disassembling this whole

thing lies in these two holes right here

there's two set screws that are buried

about an inch and a half in there once

you back those out you're able to take

your lock sets off once the lock is off

you're able to loosen your handsets once

those are off you could pull it apart

you know it really bugs me having

something this high-quality and just

ordering a new piece rather than try to

fix it I mean obviously this is an

expensive item here probably a couple

hundred dollars I mean it certainly

feels like it so it's just gonna take a

little bit of effort to get inside this

and see what failed let's open it up see

what it is there it is right there this

is my there's a spring here that it's

broken off it's that easy okay I'll be

honest with you I knew this was a

problem three days ago so I took this

handset apart and I found the broken

item I called diamond seed glaze they

sent me to their parts department and

within one minute he had a schematic

emailed to me and I was able to identify

the broken part and for four dollars

they shipped me a new part here it is

right here took two days to get here

and I'll be able to fix this entire

handset for four dollars their customer

service was amazing I'm happy with it

they're of knowledgeable and it looks

like they sent the right part so it's

just a matter of reassembling this and

our adorably functional again let's see

if it goes in smooth

well that was a pretty easy thing so far

now it's just a matter of putting this

all back together make a shrimping lines

up and reinstalling it in the door

and for the last little detail a little

trim ring for the key feels pretty good

I like that

easy project didn't cost much and the

result well the result it works Lin's

been sewing inside all morning

I hear that so machine humming along in

there let's go check out what she's up

to

I have been so productive today you guys

I feel like I am on fire I've been

sewing all morning while Till's outside

and I have to say I'm feeling more and

more confident with every item that I

make for the boat a couple weeks ago you

guys saw that I've made some covers

outside and I didn't make a cover for

the propane locker so I made one that

matched the generator Locker and since I

was working on that anyways I've made a

cover for the generator we don't plan on

using that often so might as well make

sure that it is well protected from any

ocean spray or anything because it is in

a wet locker so I made that earlier here

and I'm gonna test fit it but I wanted

to have another project so that when I

go outside I'd have another one to do so

this one here is a sail Bank and if this

fits I am going to be officially you

guys can call me the bag lady I don't

care because I love bags

I love having something that holds any

miscellaneous item so we know exactly

where to grab it and this one will go

underneath the helm seat and it'll

probably hold like our sail gloves or

binoculars or just anything

kind of just randomly out there and you

know a lot of people have asked me how I

like my sewing machine and to be

perfectly honest I do like it I like it

for most items and most projects but I'm

seeing now that if I do continue making

more canvas projects outside I'm gonna

have to upgrade to a sailrite because

this one does well but I see this over a

struggling with four layers so I can't

imagine what's gonna happen when I have

to reinforce things with leather and and

heavier items because it is going to

happen especially with the sail with the

stack pack so for now I'm going to do as

many projects as I can with this and

before we upgrade so in the meantime I'm

going to go outside and check things out

and see how it fits

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perfect for this bag I made this

specific to go underneath our helm seat

and it should go right here I think it

looks pretty good I did put the

phifertex on the bottom so then if it's

wet it will drain out and be able to dry

so there's no sitting water in there so

my job is done now the balls in Till's

Court he is in charge charge of the

hardware or straps I don't know what

he's gonna do but I'm sure he'll do

something great we have had a productive

morning I have to say because between

school and projects and videos we've

just been on the go even though we are

quarantined here I just feel like we

don't really have a break because

there's always something to do so I

think this afternoon we're going to go

on a little excursion and have a little

picnic and what is a picnic without some

margaritas so earlier today I made lemon

bars because that's one of Emma's

favorites and I also made some guacamole

so I've got to go with the theme with

lemon in mine and make us yummy drinks

to go on our picnic these might be a

little heavy-handed because I spent that

kind of morning

I really like these silicone ice cubes

they're super pliable they make some

good size ice cubes and I use them for

everything I can use them to obviously

make ice cubes but also I like to

squeeze if I'm my lines or my lemons are

getting to the end of its life I won't

waste any of it and I will squeeze them

into these so I can use them later on

and I also take the rind and zest them

so then for later on I can put those in

for cooking and obviously

I cannot wait it's been so long since

we've been on an excursion

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that was a long walk but I'm glad we

came here because it's like the best

self-quarantine picnic spot I mean it's

right by the water we have a nice view

of the bridge and I don't think anyone's

ever been here like I can't see anybody

right now

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thanks for watching this week's episode

on droid lifestyle it felt so good to

take a break from everything and go on

our little quarantine picnic I think we

should do that world anyways guys if you

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