On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we make progress on our custom 435 catamaran SV basik as we travel from Lopez Island to San Juan Island. Mother n...

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so here we are

another day another Anchorage we are

currently in fisherman's Bay on Lopez

Island we pulled in about a day or so

ago right yeah and it's been great we

went into town we explored a little bit

it's a really cute picture ass Island to

go to and we were planning on staying

just a few days and then heading out but

it looks like the tides are not

cooperating with us we have to leave at

a high tide and for the next few days or

so it's gonna be a high tide at around

midnight or two o'clock in the morning

so I really don't want to leave at that

time so in the meantime we are going to

be here and maybe tackle on some

projects this is deck hardware so teal

is just kind of getting all the parts

ready this will be the backup late for

our jib track and then these are the

risers and backer plates for our

clutches and weights we also really

lucked out because as we were leaving

Port Townsend a couple fishermen came up

and gave us a couple fresh crab which I

am going to make into a crab dip tonight

so I kind of want to get started right

away but we got some other projects to

do before that

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okay I built this riser for our jib

track Oh a year and a half ago and I've

never installed the jib track itself so

we're gonna do that today

this jib track is four inch on center

we'll be drilling down through the riser

through the cabin top into the cabin and

putting a backer plate on the inside and

putting these quarter inch bolts every

four inches across this would be a fun

project for today it's a great place to

do it

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man you ready to hold the bucket ready

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okay everything's all ready here

everything's pre-drilled and ready for

the track lens down here setting up the

hardware to attach the the track let's

see how she's doing

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you brought ready give me a second

I barely understand what you're trying

to get it it's pretty self-explanatory

this pork to starboard I remembered wine

through 26 right yeah no I got it I'm

just trying to figure it out this is

just like each Bowl it's a different

length I know then you guys look

beautiful behind it you're almost there

there that's the order yeah tap him even

make sure one doesn't get too far ahead

although as a beautiful smear perfect

well it actually went pretty easy wasn't

too hard to put this in good thing

because it's all coming back out in

about three weeks this is a Harkin track

and it's not compatible with our new

Garr how're cars that are coming we have

a new Garr Howard track they're both

four inch on center so we'll be able to

just unbolt this and bolt the new one

right back in we had to put this one in

temporarily so we could get the rest of

the deck Hardware down not too much work

not too bad but we're gonna do it all

again in a couple of weeks next thing we

have to do is after the GAR Howard track

is in we'll cut off all the rogue bolts

we ran them wild on purpose because I

want to make sure that the new gar

Howard track it's a little bit thicker

than this one and so when we put it in

we'll be able to get an accurate

measurement on the bolt length cut them

off put a decorative acorn nut and a

lock washer on

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so the Sun poked out so the girls just

ran into town took the dinghy over the

dinghy dock which is right over here

then it's a half a mile walk or so into

town they're getting groceries we're

getting a little low on a few items they

should be back I would thinking in hour

and a half two hours so that was my

window of opportunity to make a mess so

I set up my cut booth I'm back onto

making these back our plates and risers

for the deck hardware I've got so many

to build and every chance I get I'm

gonna try to make them

I set up this little booth here to try

to contain some of the debris it's a

little breezy today and I don't want it

blowing all over the boat or blowing

into the water this way I could contain

it and sweep it up when I'm done so

that's what I'm up to

we'll try to get it all I'll try to get

a big chunk of it done and cleaned up

before the girls get back we'll see

though

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okay that was a nice little push got a

few more components built for our deck

hardware and the girls just called so I

got about 15 minutes clean up my mess I

think I'll make it well we'll see you

know I walk a fine line with the girls

sometimes you know they understand I'm

trying to finish finish the boat and I

understand that this is their home so I

really have to make sure I clean up my

mess but I'm working on very dirty

things I try to do it out of their sight

I mean this is their home and I want to

you know respect that and want them to

come back and and want to be here I

think they appreciate it too in fact I

know they do keeps everybody happy keeps

our spirits high

and with spirits are high there's

nothing better

coming in hot perfect nice like being

from the Pacific Northwest we are so

blessed with access to all this fresh

seafood and most specifically Dungeness

crab it just so happens that it is crab

season so we are taking full advantage

of it and tried to incorporate it into

our meals because it is my absolute

favorite I always try to cook with fresh

local ingredients and this is no

exception you guys know I'm a little

obsessed with food and I love to cook

for family and friends so for tonight I

made a special crack-tip served

family-style this is a time for us to

decompress and just unwind from our busy

day I have to say the crew enjoyed it

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so it looks like our stay here on Lopez

is over because we just got off the

phone and it looks like our parts for a

deck hardware has a right and it just so

happens that our friends are heading up

to Friday Harbor in the next day or so

so we're going to head over there and

meet up with them to get some of that

stuff it's been a great stay here even

though it could be warmer but not too

bad I mean we got to sightsee around the

area and just kind of relax and get into

cruising mode I guess we were still

doing work but it's different now

because we're on the move all the time

there's set plans but not quite set

plans so it's been fun but I'm kind of

excited to get out of here we're leaving

in probably about an hour or so because

it's still low tide it's an incoming

right now

and you don't want to leave at low tide

because it's it's like a 12-foot tide

swing so teals just checking all of our

systems since obviously we're motoring

over to Friday Harbor making sure that

everything is tightened up or loosened

up or everything looks good so super

excited I got to get back to work - I

got to make sure that my job is done of

course I had to pick the time to leave

right as the rain comes I know okay well

look at this we got a couple of projects

in while we're here

got a bunch of those risers built I have

a horn it's been foggy in the morning so

we put a new horn in we also got our

second depth sounder end so now we can

read depths off each hole and it's

raining and it's raining

it's a tight Anchorage here to make your

way out of but we'll be fine ten feet

look it's high tide it's less than 10

feet under it's eight feet little

intimidating especially with the 12-foot

tide there's no way you could get out of

here at low tide these are days that we

really need I know this is my incentive

to get it built okay eight feet under us

right here

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just taking it nice and slow and just

inching our way out of here we got to go

around this marker here and then we'll

be in deep water

so this is just a real quick trip should

only take us about an hour just hooking

it around the corner over to Friday

Harbor

there's a nice Anchorage here it's a

little deep though it's a couple of nice

marinas we'll cruise through and make a

decision that clicking is not our

engines

that's Lynn trying to stay warm okay

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here we are you know we rolled into

Friday Harbor last night in driving rain

it was just crazy conditions you know we

went through the Anchorage and it's

right here you can see it in the fog it

was pretty tight you know we probably

could have anchored there but it was

awfully wet so we decided we'll grab a

slip for a night or two the ferry

terminals right here so when our package

gets here it's just a short walk you

know we made it but was half a month off

a dock and our power was never an issue

our solo was keeping up fine even on

cloudy and you know overcast days I

really didn't have much issues we

weren't putting out a lot of energy but

our batteries were in good shape from

the previous day or previous days never

had to start a generator or the engines

once to top off the batteries we did

motor between Anchorage's and I'm sure

that certainly helped but for the most

part the solar so far

you know as a matter of fact we plugged

in right now just to run some additional

heating to dry things out from that

rainstorm last night but I didn't even

plug in the battery charger batteries

are fine and the solar is gonna keep up

even in this but it is nice to have

unlimited water right now we all took

extra long showers last night and we'll

enjoy being on the dock for a dare to go

check out Friday Harbor Friday Harbor

has ferries coming in and out all day

long from Anacortes Orcas Island Shaw

island and Lopez aye we had fun walking

the docks browsing through the shops and

exploring this historic town Friday

Harbor is a bustling port with lots of

boat traffic sea planes

ferries and small cruise ships coming in

and out all day long throughout the

summer months

visitors often take advantage of the

many restaurants gift shops art

galleries well watching charters trails

and bike paths this is a very cute area

to visit year-round so on the run from

Port Townsend up to Lopez Island we

develop some steam and exhaust on this

engine so after we resolve that issue

I've been paying attention to this

engine a little bit more so on our run

from Lopez over to Friday Harbor here

I'll watch it real careful and I noticed

there was a small drip coming out of the

water pump I didn't know if it was

coming from the water pump or one of the

hoses so I just took the hoses off

inspected the hose that they look great

I put those back on but I did notice

that this o-ring that seats the housing

together here looks boy it just feels so

flat it's been flattened down I suspect

that's my problem there's been a small

drip which creates a little bit of air

which drains my seawater strainer

luckily I have 1000 rings in inventory

I'm gonna put it over hang in lube it

with impeller lubricant put it all back

together and see if that resolves this

issue hopefully it does

well I replaced the o-ring replaced this

hose hose clamps fired it up still a

little bit of water coming out but I

found the problem my water pump has a

hairline crack on the bottom of it it

was hard to see I was able to get a

camera under there to see it so luckily

we keep a spare water pump on board I'll

throw this in and get another one I want

to have another spare

this one's toast and that fixed it no

more leaks okay we're good to go our

deck hardware is in on that ferry going

to meet him to get the package girls

already up there somewhere

hopefully I'll run into him on the way

okay we got our components and parts

from Seattle bikini in by ferry some

friends of ours were kind enough to

bring him up on the ferry they're

heading back now Thank You dick and

Susan that was very nice you guys

meanwhile our plan was to leave tomorrow

morning but having a little bit of a

weather event here tomorrow actually

they're calling for a gale everybody in

the Marine is buzzing about it and tying

and retying their lines setting out

extra fenders so we're gonna camp out

here one more night should go away

pretty quick it's gonna be a short-lived

event looks like it's gonna start up

three in the morning and be done by late

afternoon we'll just enjoy Friday Harbor

one more evening not a bad place to stay

then we'll head out early the next day

now that we got the rest of the parts we

have just enough time to go explore the

rest of town we went up to the Center

for whale research an orca survey

outreach and education center the cwr is

dedicated to the study and conservation

of the southern resident killer whale

population in the pacific northwest as

of July 1st 2019 the extremely

endangered southern resident killer

whale population has dropped to 73

individuals due to the scarcity of

suitable chinook salmon prey we learned

so much by talking with the natural ists

and researchers we watched amazing

videos listen to whales vocalizing otter

and became immersed in the world of

whales through interactive displays and

virtual reality goggles if we all do our

part with education and conservation we

can keep these beautiful animals off the

endangered species list

a storm starting to ramp up out here

wind's coming out of this direction it's

blowing 30 right now and it's gusting 35

maybe once in a while we get a big burst

coming across there you can see one

coming now

I wish the wind is coming out of this

direction a little more but a lot of

this patch

but we're holding pretty good

can set out a bunch of extra lines even

though I won't need it we're being

pushed into the dark but I've got a lot

of fender job

and here comes right

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well we're still ramping up a bit here

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but the sun's coming out you know we

probably have only about three more

hours of this little weather event and

then it'll start dying down

but feel pretty good

it's actually kind of fun

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okay I think we're at the peak of this

wind event

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probably blowing 30-plus now the gusting

into the 40

but sun's out now it makes it feel like

it's gonna be over soon

we're still riding nicely here

we're not going anywhere it's amazing

what one day different makes conditions

are perfect the Sun is out and we are

untying the lines now to head off to our

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