On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle the flu takes over 2/3 of the SV basik crew and we struggle to stay focused on our projects on our custom 435 cat...

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there you go

here just my

one of guys welcome back to SP basic I'm

alive barely

so Kela Emma are still recovering from

the flu which took them out for about a

week maybe we could have almost no fun

let me tell you we gotta get better I'm

almost there anyways this is kind of new

to us just because I'm now here and at

the office so I like to get an idea of

what needs to be done and now I get to

help a lot more than I have been in the

past and this will help teal get on with

the boat projects well I keep me focused

in her own way no but I get to do all

the things that I kind know it's a push

to the side that we really need to get

done so I like this idea don't get me

wrong because now that she's here

this is kind of our time in the morning

for Emmet Emma's up

I hear her Stern down in her stateroom

she strikes I mean she's readin we let

her do her thing for a little bit we

have a cup of coffee and we get a game

plan and this is something we're gonna

do every day from here on out it was

plan out our day that way I'm not just

running in in five different directions

and we could work a little more

efficiently there's a lot of factors

though that play into this weather's

huge factor for us right now and so it's

hard for us to plan I'm gonna be

glassing this week I mean this week it's

been snowing and miserable and rain and

wind but today we may get a break for a

little bit so but I'm still feeling

lousy I don't know we're gonna sit down

talk this out and get a good game plan

for today

well since I'm not feeling too good I'm

gonna try to knock off an item or two

off the board here that are easy indoor

items and this is one that's been

bugging me right here and you know what

now that I think about it I don't gripe

much I don't complain much but I have a

little grievance with West marine right

now let me tell you about it

I bought these VHF a little handheld

waterproof VHS great little units I

fired him off when I first bought him

perfect loved him but I bought him

premature bottom a few years ago and put

them in storage thinking you know what

when we need him we need him I bought

two of these because they had such a

sale on the price was just amazing I

said that's a great price let's buy to

throw a storage well I pulled them out

the other day put a charge on them pull

them off the charger nothing both are

dead batteries are gummed so I call West

marine let's crack one of these open

let's look at these suckers the battery

little lithium-ion battery right here

look at this even has a West Marine part

number on it to reorder a new battery I

think that's great

I'll call West Marine order a couple

batteries call west brain they don't

stock those batteries and that's my

grievance if they're gonna sell an item

like this that you know that a battery's

gonna last a couple of years why not

stock the batteries for a couple years

five years after that sold ten years

when you can great little radios now I

can't get the batteries so I gotta throw

these brand new radios away and that

really really bugs me I'm gonna hate to

throw something away

especially if it's perfectly good it's

just the battery so I do contact West

Marine West pain was actually pretty

nice I caught I emailed their customer

service then they got right back to me

and said you know what this is what they

tell me those units usually only last

five years anyway I think it's time to

buy new units but here's the name and

number of the manufacturer where we

purchased these from so I contact the

manufacturer they don't have them they

suggest that I go to a custom battery

manufacturer and have a few of these

batteries made oh well I could do that

but to make two of these batteries cost

more than these units so now I'm back to

square one throw the units away well I'm

not gonna do that I'm gonna come up with

something else because I'm not throwing

these brand-new handhelds away I'll show

you what I did let's crack this open and

see we got okay there's a 12 volt

charger charging cradle

here's the unit itself well this is the

little belt clip nice and tight

here's battery let's take a look at this

okay

it's a lithium battery seven and a half

volts like I think of something I could

stack in batteries in here maybe I don't

know let's take a look at this let's

diagram the sound suit will fit okay

here's the unit turn it over and open up

the waterproof housing here's the

battery fits goes right in has a nice

ring in here it's waterproof it's great

if I could get this so here's my options

it's a 7.5 volts so to get seven half

volts I need a linked five

one-and-a-half volt doublea's but the

footprint is way too big to fit into

that little case so I said well if I

link five triple A's in a series I could

get seven half volts again I tried every

way possible is no way to get it into

here so look at option three ah a 9-volt

battery same height same width

sure it's a bolt and a half higher but

I'm sure there's a little bit of

variance that is allowed inside this

unit and if it burns up it burns up then

I have an excuse to throw it away so I'm

gonna try this see how a nine-volt works

in here if it does work all I have to do

is replace it with a rechargeable 9-volt

battery and I have a rechargeable VHF

it's worth a shot

okay for my test I need to get this

9-volt in here

these contacts need to make contact down

here on the pins but it's pretty loose

in here obviously I'm not going to get

the battery life that I would out of a

nice lithium that I would with a 9-volt

but at least I'll have an option to use

these

so let's Pat this in and see if this is

going to work

okay this looks like it's padded in

nicely it's gonna hold that nice and

secure right above the contact points

now I need to look at the battery and

the positive is on the left and the

negatives on the right and I know this

because this has this little spot on the

battery so you can't flip the battery

upside down but you could flip a 9-volt

upside down so I want to make sure that

I I mark this correctly so I'll just

print out a quick label

and place this in here next to the

terminals that way I know the the

battery orientation every time I put it

in okay this is look looking pretty good

I'm happy with that so we make sure we

put the positive on the positive

terminal and the negative on the

negative terminal see if I get it in

there

looks like it fits nice see if it closes

up in here

perfect

tear the plastic off give this a test

let's see well hang on one second

we'll get this ready just in case either

it's gonna pop on or it's gonna work

there we go one working VHF now I'm

gonna test how long this 9-volt will

operate this if I could get five hours

out of a 9-volt that'll make a nice

backup handheld then I can recharge them

obviously these are gonna be my primary

handhelds I'm gonna get another set of

nice ones but I will use these as

backups and I didn't have to throw them

away okay sorry I got so fired up here

must be the cold medication but darn it

West Marine if you're gonna sell a

battery operated device that takes a

custom West Marine battery at least you

could stock the custom battery so people

could use your product okay my rant is

over I'll get on to the next project

keep writing Emma I will

we're just finishing up a little ela had

a little lunch and tail thought he could

do it it's passed out again

don't laugh at him

he's gonna kill you I know are you doing

okay

Portillo

the copis is always right there mark a

lie it's hard to get motivated when you

don't feel well they're gonna need to

stay inside one more day

this one got put on the board dear today

I'm just gonna knock it out got a little

leak in one of the seals on our Japs go

ahead

I don't blame it we've been using those

five years now three people using the

same head five years this is the first

seal that failed not too bad and that's

one reason we went with jobs go it's cuz

we could get all the parts and pieces

real easy okay

this is an easy quick fix as long as you

find the parts these parts are real

simple and that's a big reason we chose

that Japs go this is off the shelf at

most marine stores here is the seal

housing assembly we had a little bit of

leak just popped up to the day and most

everywhere stocks these parts just need

a wrench some rubber gloves a little bit

of Lube and some paper towels gonna get

a little bit of water on this one well

hopefully it's water

this actually should be pretty easy

perfect for a day like this actually let

me show you what the problem is it's

right here so here's what's happening

when you flush see this little bit of

water a seal right here is starting to

get wet and you can see it spraying out

just a little bit we want to attack this

before it becomes a big issue okay to do

this okay not a very gloves gonna be a

bad idea

pull the plunger straight up nothin late

again I just saw it I noticed a little

drip right here's how I knew it was

becoming an issue okay pull up me a full

upright position

get a couple napkins ready cuz this is

where you may see a little moisture

rather than unscrewing it all four of

these you just give this a little turn

right here

this is the only time you're gonna see

any moisture this little bit of water

that's on the very top up here if you

don't get it out now it's gonna be on

the ground usually takes a napkin or two

okay pull this out it's that easy

this is the piece for replacing this has

the seal in it use unscrew the handle

pull the piece off

clean it up and we'll put the new piece

on put the handle that's the seal right

there that failed everything else looks

real good this must be the piece for up

here it is so now I'm just gonna put a

little bit of lubricant on this we'll

put it right here

give this a quarter-turn

never done ok let's take a look and see

if that fix a problem

it sure did look at that now it's dry

again okay quick easy fix on a nice

simple toilet and that's why we went

with these simple toilets they're not

real fancy not many parts but we could

get the parts anywhere and they're easy

to install I almost forgot the easiest

part

replacing the decal at the end

maybe it isn't the easiest part oh there

you go

okay now we're done okay that project

wasn't too bad

these light duty projects are nice when

you're not feeling well I think it's

time for a nap

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it is so nice to have fresh herbs and I

think my purse makes that had to hike

well

so you guys know from last week's

episode that teal and I celebrated our

20-year anniversary and my plans for a

romantic dinner were boiled by the flu

so this week we're going to try and do

it again and I'm gonna make the dinner

that it was originally planned on board

we love to go out to eat but we love to

eat at home more than anything you guys

know that I like to cook so I'm going to

recreate one of Till's most favorite

meals this is a special occasion because

it is our 20-year so we're gonna have

filet mignon potato fingerlings and rose

tip roasted Brussels sprouts with ample

Salamanca production

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okay he'll put down the camera it's time

to eat okay okay I'm coming

it's like delicious

so this past week has been a little

brutal for us between coming home to a

winter storm with icy conditions and

then teal and Emma getting sick with the

flu it was hard to get motivated to get

some projects done on the boat

so hopefully this week will be much

better now that Emma's on the mend and

I'm thinking teals not too far behind

her we'll get some projects done if not

I think I'm gonna go ahead and just pick

up that sander and start working on some

projects maybe drill a couple holes um

maybe not maybe I don't order them to

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