On this episode of Onboard Lifestyle we tackle the diesel tank fills and breathers and add a little bling to the guest stateroom of our custom 435 catamaran ...

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Oh take advantage of this sunshine what

do you think it is nice it's not over

let's say yeah I'll have a productive

week you just let's take it easy a

little bit we've been on the go all week

kind of thinking we need to move outside

though

I agree take advantage of this nice

weather I mean look at this it's just

beautiful out here the outdoor stuff I

agree I'm thinking first thing now that

we have it finally a week with no rain

let's tackle the engine control cables

get the engine controls all going and

also the diesel bills and the diesel

breathers

well of course do it let's go I'm just

kidding I know you could just let's take

it easy I'll hit it hard tomorrow and

then I'll let you know I definitely will

need your help though

what what are you doing

okay my little project for today is get

these guys in my new diesel fills and

then put in my breathers the breathers

will be a little trickier though because

the holes about an inch thick there and

I can only expand this out to about I

don't know five eighths so I'm gonna

have to get creative putting this

through the the hole here I'll show you

how I'll do that but first tackle these

days the easy ones these are when I

built these staterooms

I built into the headboard an access

panel and I left this on here with a

four inch space between it so I have

room for electrical on the other side I

have room for plumbing for the upper

head but it also gives me a spot but my

diesel no way through so it's gonna tuck

right into this right up in here not

much room but that's where it's gonna go

and my breather

I'll route that up over this way and

right out through there it'll be tight

but that's what this space was for I'll

have to get a I'm gonna help me

okay you know what to do right okay I'm

gonna fire up the drill here in a minute

so get your vacuum all ready

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okay here's a little trick I always do I

always take ideal for automotive marinas

it's a self-sticking weather seal and I

don't use it to seal things down I

always put a little beat of this around

perimeter so when I add all my adhesive

in here you don't get that terrible

squeeze out all over the deck and all

this does is control where your sealant

is going or your 5200 or your caulking

or whatever you want to use everybody

uses something different but that's how

I do it

and it controls it nicely

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the foam tape will come out a little bit

around the perimeter but it's a lot

easier to deal with than that

using sealant okay one down one more to

go right over here okay start it up

they hold it right there in the center

right there

okay here goes again the same idea and

it doesn't matter it's kind of a small

application to do this but I do the same

thing when I do hatches holds it in

nicely you don't get squeezed out

anywhere

nice clean okay it's the next day I've

got my sealant is cured so I can make

the connections under the deck now

this fitting I know was a little close

to this bulkhead here but I had to put

it here because remember when I built

the stateroom I put a four inch wall

back here and I wanted to tuck and hide

all the plumbing for this fitting behind

the wall as well as the breather which

this wall continues all the way over

here so I'm gonna put the breather and

here's the breather right here I'm gonna

fit it about right in here and I want it

to fit it here rather than on the other

side of the boat because if we do have

an accidental spill it'll spill down

here in where I could control it but

this will be tricky and here's why it'll

be tricky see this port light I cut this

port light out

and here is that core right here

if you look at my breather and I back it

all the way out that's about it can't

quite make it it's about a half inch

short so what I end up doing is from the

inside take a hole saw I'll bury the

hole saw 90% through then remove the

plug without damaging the skin on the

far side I'll then take vaulteq mat and

insert it in there and build it up with

epoxy to my desired thickness then I'll

give me a nice strong substrate to drill

through to mount this so that's the plan

but first I'll make the connections

under the deck or my diesel film

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okay now that I've made the connection

behind the headboard here and it's nice

and snug I feel good we have the

breather now for the tank they used to

come straight up next to it here but I'm

moving it over here so I don't want to

do that for a couple of reasons

I don't want an accidental moisture to

come straight down and into the tank so

I'm going to bring it up at a nice big

arch bring it high up here and then

bring it down and exit over here so if

water ever does go into breather

it would have to travel uphill right

here to get into the tank and it would

naturally just run right back out well

keep them just another way to keep a

little moisture out of there only I'll

be working in this tight little space

back here you know I've made this a 4

inch thinking it's plenty of room and it

probably is it's just gonna be tough to

get my hole saw in here drill a hole X

giving it out and then do some glass

work back in here but I'll manage

hope I didn't go too far I didn't

I Rizzoli was gonna go dead center in

here but I figure if I could get my

whole sighing I might as well scooch it

over a little bit give me a little more

room off the wall okay

now to excavate this out without

damaging the exterior

okay now manually take the rest out okay

it's getting there just take a look at

this thing now just need to clear out

those rogue cells get it nice and flat

so I could get some epoxy in here

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getting closer okay I've got it all

cleaned out

it's ready to go I left a little bit of

texture in here because I'm gonna use

thickened epoxy in here as well

so it gives it something to grab to you

here is what's left of my car pretty

amazing stuff trying to pull that out

it's pretty strong let's go look outside

- it looks like okay let's see how we

fared out here yeah just what I thought

it's probably strong enough now but I

still just want to be a little safe I'll

put some more backing in there okay now

I'm gonna do my little ball take Matt

insert here the stuffs amazing actually

look at this

you can't tear it can't rip it can't do

anything it's just strong and it's like

a little sponge you just soak it up with

epoxy and it is durable check iein laid

this whole deck right here this whole

carpets made of this so what I need to

do

trace out a couple of circles I'm going

to go to layers on the inside two layers

will give me another about 3/16 of

thickness use my hole saw

because that's the size of the hole just

kind of

Pam

don't go out so far come back in here

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thank you

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oh that one's gone

and you'll see a little circle floating

out in the water will you grab that for

me please

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get breezy today

thank you

how's the water how's the water nice

okay I just prep the other side drilled

through cut my full saw on the backside

here remove the core and prepped it for

epoxy so next is I'll get the epoxy one

okay doing the epoxy work take a look at

this this is just West system 105 with

the 205 hardener I'm putting my discs in

here and I'm gonna saturate these things

and get them all let these soak for

about five minutes in here

these will expand up and get fully

saturated

let's use one pump of each smallest

increment I can measure this right here

is same one pump of each with a

colloidal silica additive to make it

thick you do not want these to blow in

the landing so we'll let the soap for a

little bit then I'll get these inserted

see what I'm doing here

okay that's what it looks like let's get

this up in here this is the first layer

the next letter goes in much easier they

know thicken epoxy on the next layer

and I should do it one more layer and

we're ready okay let's take a look at

this I have put an end to layers I also

push back and crush back the honeycomb

by an eighth of an inch and filled it

with thick and epoxy as well we'll let

this fire off and I'll sand this out in

the morning and we'll be ready to drill

for the vent

okay it's the next morning and let's see

how this did

two layers of Baltic mat laid in behind

epoxies cured now I need to bore a 7/8

hole right through there and I did the

same thing on this side here

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okay QC how much thickness I've added in

here brought it from about about 3/16

thickness all the way to almost 3/8 by

adding that ball Tech mat plenty strong

now that feels good

clean

okay back from the marine store let's

see if we got rest of my fuel line for

the breathers I moved it about five feet

from the original location so I had to

pick up ten feet extend over new hose

clamps I needed some screws I can show

you what this is for in a minute and the

Marine store didn't have my brass

fittings I bought these nylon wants to

temporarily fit these in so I can get

all the hoses cut to the right length

and I did find them online I'm shipping

them in and have these replaced to the

right Parker about four days but we'll

get it all hooked up today anyway okay

let's see what the stands I just

finished this side here's my access

when I built these headboards I bought

this b9 for a reason hide all the

plumbing and electrical ok so now I've

got my fill on this idea my breathers in

this is actually leads for the shower

and it's all done and the screws I

bought earlier are actually these screws

right here those go to hold up a few

pictures now we're gonna do the same

thing on the other headboard just dress

it up a little bit we picked these up

from a local artist quite famous in the

area oh that's me just kidding

well it's me not famous

so let's go check out the other side and

I'll show you how we did all that

am i doing her schoolwork what are you

doing right now math yeah any questions

pretty self-explanatory okay compass in

is a little ray of Sun let's go down

here

well setup here's the three pictures

I'll be mounting and I'll be doing the

breathers on this side and put some

little hand so I'll get this all manner

it up

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okay now to lay out my hand my little

handles and lay out the three pictures

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nice okay I know that I know it's in

well the pictures are in this looks

pretty hey it's a lot harder than you

think hit those things straight I know

where's everything else it everything's

in everything's in go check it out

okay I'm gonna test you on this okay

I see the feel line that's the diesel

fill that is the breather to the diesel

tank so we're all done we're done we can

go outside we could go outside all right

good job

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