In this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we remove a two decade old hardtop from our custom catamaran sv basik. This project has been a long time coming a...

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okay welcome back to SB basic you can

see a little bit of a grin on my face

today that's because we're taking this

down finally after eight years the hard

top goes away I've kept it on just so

we'd have nice protection for the

cockpit we could use the cockpit in the

Sun and the rain

but it's time it's time

over the years I've cut this out I had

to cut this out right here just so we

could get down the stairs I felt these

used to post straight down to the deck

here and here and again over here and

here but I had to cut those out to do

the deck work this whole thing

has been hanging from the boom

for eight years

this is gonna be fun okay

so taking this down it looks

like it was constructed with drywall

screws I'm not sure that rusted out so

bad this is an FRP panel that looks like

has the texture on one side and it's

been glassed over on the top I mean this

thing is I don't know 20-plus years old

it's been here forever held up pretty

good but it's time to do just take it

apart I think what I'll do is all OH

break all these off first and get the

FRP skin off and then I'll be able to

just cut this all up I'll have to cut it

in place because this is all just welded

in

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okay now that all the bracing has been

cut free from this top feels loose I

think it's gonna come right off here

yeah

so what I end up doing is subdividing

this up into small little two-foot by

two-foot chunks so I could get this

hauled away

it sounds better throwing some

gear

let's do this

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hey it's coming off just like I thought

it would nice and smooth so far

just keep going

okay I can't lift this anymore because

of this line comes across here right

here and I have to leave this on to

carry this load of this whole structure

so let's cut around it

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so now that I've cut these free I could

raise this up enough to cut it off

oh it's getting there hey here's a trick

I always do anything you're cutting in

your cockpit always stuff little paper

towels and all your scuppers

just another way to keep the debris out

of the water all my skippers recovered

there's your little tip of the day

my dad has been outside almost all day

how you do it good you ready for lunch

okay I'll be right in

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okay what's that much okay well this is

definitely changing things quick I mean

look at this I mean we have some light

in the cockpit it's crazy

new views for sure let's go up here and

take a look at what it's looking like

except lis going to change the look of

the boat

ah

you know I was actually surprised how I

thought that FRP panel was light pulling

those little two-foot by two and a half

foot chunks off you're quite heavy so

we're gonna gain a lot of weight by

removing this it's nice it's rays that

water line okay next is this segment

here this will come out in probably four

to six pieces

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let's take a look at this now

now the fun part I think that's enough

for today

I'll get up tomorrow and start dicing up

this aluminum structure I'll need help

with that Alinsky help me out on that

one

we're getting there

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okay we're gonna find out my mom's

reaction on this she's coming home from

work hello

oh that looks so weird they look crazy

oh my gosh

this is crazy

wasn't it cool naked yeah I'll be down

tomorrow that's where you're gonna help

okay I think that teal had a very

productive day

here's my sleeping beauty should I be me

anyway to luck

I think he deserves a break

so excited that the hardtop is almost

gone and I can't wait for us to design

and build this new one I don't know if

we're gonna be able to get it done

before summer is over but we got a good

start check this out

Alden an aluminum served its purpose but

it wasn't very attractive or streamlined

so we're gonna have to come up with

something that follows the lines of the

boat and lightweight enough that we're

all happy with it I'm gonna let him

sleep for a little bit more before I

wake him up

you

okay it's early the next morning

look at this do everywhere time to haul

this stuff away before we get started on

the next project which is taking down

the aluminum surprisingly heavy they

must put a lot of glass on here and for

the faring compound save that one for

last

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okay it's seven o'clock

get these decks dried off

I get to her

good morning guys it's Saturday and it

is a big day today for us

so teal has been really busy throughout

the week and he took down the skin of

our hard top as you can see he's pretty

much naked today is gonna be fun as well

so since I'm here we're gonna be able to

tag-team and cut down this framework all

of this aluminum will be coming down by

the end of today I don't know I feel

really excited and scared at the same

time just because we've had this for so

long but it has to go so the plan is is

we're going to cut all of this down in

small chunks and fit it into and this

bin all of this will go to the recycling

Danny all of this will be going down to

the recycling plant or what is it called

recycling center ok anyways so by

Kiehl's calculation I don't know if you

can see this so by his calculation the

skins

was at a hundred square feet it weighed

after he took everything off 360 pounds

the tubing were estimating based on the

lineal foot is about 145 pounds you

factor in the fiberglass

epoxy fairing compound on top of the

skin and that was about 50 pounds so a

total of roughly five hundred and fifty

five pounds of weight that's a lot in

the back end so I'm sure that what we

come up with and design that will go

with the flow of the boat will be much

lighter and much more streamlined and

kind of go with the design the new

design of our boat so super excited and

I think since teals going lighter then I

can sneak some fun stuff on there too I

mean no

okay

this is gonna be a long day between

adjusting all the lines and making sure

this doesn't fall down on us and

sweeping between every cut because we

don't want the aluminum shards to

scratch up what we have done could be

fun

so we tested a couple different saws on

this and this all's I'll cut it a lot

faster but it through debris into the

air quite a bit a wider range than this

did our little jigsaw actually would

drop the debris straight down so Lynn

can hold a box under it and weave catch

probably 95% of it after each cut though

we stop and sweep the cockpit and make

sure we're not standing on any debris

good thinking are your arms rubber yet

have you only just started

come here come closer to me

look your shoulders are all do I got a

little dandruff there it's like stripper

glitter really I've never seen that

before

pretty good progress so far

as you can see that the bucket is

filling up but we knew that there was

going to be some casualties as we

progress and that's our first one don't

worry

tada we got another blade

let's check this out sewer rat

it's starting to get some daylight too

there

still have this left

what I think plan

tired and grumpy and grumpy and grumpy

okay maybe we break for lunch soon well

let's cut a little bit more than what

break for lunch

it's getting there

it's crazy looking love it alright so

it's time to rerigged the lines as we

get further back into the arch so teal

is gonna move all the lines down so then

we can cut and it doesn't fall back down

on us

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so we're getting to the tail end of the

cut-offs doing the last rungs as you can

see we don't need any more supports

Till's pulling them off and then we can

cut these last bars down and today's

project is semi complete alright today's

project

today's it never ends on this boat I

swear okay we're trying our best to keep

these little shards under control try to

put drop cloths down but you just slip

on those Glen's doing a good job

containing most of them but

unfortunately I don't know if you could

see this a couple of them got under my

feet and we scratched off the deck a

little but it doesn't really matter

because we have a whole nother coat of

paint going over this whole area couple

coats yeah one more coat and then coat a

non-skid yep

let's take a look at this see where we

stand okay

looking crazy huh pretty naked yeah she

is

okay

just one last push get that little

ladder over there cut off and we'll be

set

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okay top is off and it is looking clean

look at this just amazing just loving

how open it feels actually it feels

bigger for some reason I don't know why

but getting this top off is the first

step and it's a little bit too much Sun

so we're gonna put some shade up we'll

put some shade up today so the cockpits

not so vulnerable so that's the next

thing to do but I'm just trying to take

all this in right now

what are you doing silly

okay let's get that shade up all right

so it's getting pretty bright outside so

teal and Emma is getting our Sun Shade

up every temporary Sun Shade yeah oh it

is so bright out I can't even imagine

not having something here looks huge

back here that's coming do you need help

okay grab me I'll take this hand me two

more zip ties okay

a little better give us a little

protection

we'll keep the rain off it'll keep the

Sun out

I think my parents did a really good job

taking off the hard top I'm really

excited to see what new ideas they have

in the storage of our places well if you

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