On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we finally get our weather window to lay down paint on our custom 435 catamaran SV basik. Life on the hard has be...

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well good morning welcome back to SD

basic you know it's finally happened

we've been waiting for this for a long

time we've been fighting whether it's

been ugly kind of rain drizzle over the

past month here now we finally have ten

days of good weather that means we are

gonna get busy getting the rest of this

paint down we've got a lot of topside

paint but down and the bottom paint put

down give it paintin as much as we can

over the next week try to get this

project buttoned up so we could splash

we'll see how much we get done it's

exciting though we better get busy

so this bootstraps been drying now for

four days

I feel good about it

it's no good this

it's cured enough that when I peel the

tape it's not gonna pull the bootstrap

off

but I guess we'll see

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what is it about fresh paint than is so

gratifying and so exciting it's pretty

early this morning we got started about

7:00 7:15 now about 8:30 teal is almost

done with this side with the first coat

but it is looking so good

laying down pretty good actually yeah it

is and this is just the first coat - one

more coat tomorrow will peel the tape

and then we can catch this rub rail

project that would be

all these projects are just finally

coming together

I know painting a turbo with a four inch

roller but you know what there is not

one roller mark here I just like the

control coming up and around like cool

things

I'm just used to it I guess kind of

thinking we should go up to the six inch

I mean I cut but it's looking perfect

and I like using the four so perfect we

don't like that word right perfect

wheeze it opens up a whole can of worms

okay keep going

you're almost there

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okay got the coat on first coat both

sides lay down pretty good boy I like

working in the shade a lot better I

think I'll get an earlier jump on it

tomorrow finally got rid of the cream

all the cream is missing from the boat

now well except for underneath I guess

Oh

Oh what do we got nice I don't like this

they're good for me

I think I'm taking a break okay I'm done

anyway

we'll let that uh setup for the day sand

and other coat tomorrow thanks for lunch

and good morning got up early this

morning sand it out this whole side with

220 wiped it down with three three three

and got the second coat on I knew that

the Sun hit it Sun rises on this side

now I'm over here

it's nice working over here in the shade

I've now scuffing this entire side with

220 by hand just lightly going over it

it's a good chance to double check your

work make sure there's no debris that is

in it buds

and if you did get a drip it's your last

chance to stand out a lot of debris in a

boatyard it's tough to get a Bristol

finish I mean it's impossible plus we're

tenting this thing off this is good as

it's gonna get

but you know what doesn't look at that

so we'll get the sanded out wipe down

and second coat on this side all right

so that's another day another painting

project we started about three hours

prior to this and trying to get all the

paint down before the heat intensifies

and we had direct Sun on the holes so

teal is I know

here we are praying for sunshine and now

it's like too much Sun but I'll take it

well it's not too much Sun you just want

to make sure that yeah so we got to get

up early before it but here's the thing

that you guys don't know about tea I

mean I'm sure you guys know this about

tea he has been painting for the past

couple days

and do you see this I think I found one

and a half or just one and one small

drip at all this is a pretty clean

painter I got to say you don't want to

waste it after this we're gonna jump on

to other projects because we're not

gonna just hang out and it wastes

theater yeah well you paint dry just

waste the entire day because you can't

touch this after after painting for at

least 24 hours so we're gonna jump

inside and do one through hole I guess

start building this rubber oh that's

gonna be pretty cool I was terrified

they'll be peeling off my new boots

drive

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I shouldn't speak too soon what's the

last foot peels off the tape and the

boots right no I'm actually really happy

with it yeah it's coming off clean

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you're happy we're all happy I think

your your worst critic I love it it

looks good

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okay rather than just sit here and watch

this paint dry I'm gonna get a couple

other projects done

I need that wire in my navigation light

my Stern light so I could get the

scaffolding out here so I need the

scaffolding to paint the front of the

boat that's one project today here's the

other one here's my new engine exhaust

those are gonna be located right about

here but I'm gonna wait to paint before

I drill through that way don't have to

tape them off but this one has to go in

down this is our seawater lead it's

gonna go to a seawater strainer and feed

both heads and the water maker that

fitting actually goes real close to

these two ones that just shaped out this

was an inch and a half to haul it was

too large and this was a 3/8

through-hole it was too small and this

one was located in the wrong spot it was

way too close to the cabin sole for me

to turn off and on the seacock properly

so I want to raise it up and actually

move it over it and about this position

right about here when I glassed these in

I actually extended the glass on the

interior

a little bit further so I have

additional backing for this new

through-hole fitting so I need to start

preparing the surface drill this out and

fill the core that's what I'll do today

so I could get that fitting in tomorrow

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okay I just went in - this is the only

unfinished room on the boat this will be

our sail Locker when it's complete I had

put a patch in here and drill a pilot

hole to mark where the new through-hole

fittings gonna go now I just lined up

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and plunge it out whoops I just spent

the last I don't know 20 minutes half

hour drilling the hole dishing out the

core I could get that polypropylene NIDA

core honeycomb out of there and I dished

it out about three-eighths finish around

and then I filled it with West system

epoxy I used the 105 epoxy with the 205

partner and the 406 colloidal silica

filler just packed it in there cleaning

up my mess let this cure overnight I'll

be able to sand this and then grind this

back so I could apply that through all

fitting tomorrow and glue it in oh

really

while we're waiting for the paint to dry

Till's gotta hurry up and get the

navigational lights set up so then we

can move this scaffolding forward and

get painting on that next phase next

phase teal just got to get this in I

mean I need this scaffolding to reach

out here well the reason why we had to

redo the NAP lights is because we moved

the stern light which originally was

over there on the corner

but because the solar panel kind of

hinders that we moved it over here which

works out anyways right then it's right

and center well you like that

symmetrical I do the only trick now I

was thinking about this changing this

bulb you're putting an LED bulb in here

but if it ever goes out you know who's

changing it me you have to lay on the

panel and reach over the top okay I can

do it okay

or you can we'll see Duke well Emma will

we just grab the bosun's chair and just

string it hey that's a great idea

yeah it's lapping left yeah she'll love

that you're right we can do that

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that quick pretty simple okay so I hate

to ask what but are we keeping all these

wires exposed no actually

once I still have to wire in the solar

yeah I'm gonna make nice looms here and

put protection over everything so we'll

be good okay UV does major damage got it

covered

don't worry you want to go hit the board

let's test this okay okay I don't have

my LED in here yet I just put the stock

bulb and we're picking those up later

today let's check it out though go ahead

hit it on yep perfect it works

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okay I've got the scaffolding set up in

the front here and I've spent all

morning so far prep in this area here

next

I'm doing this one over here and there's

quite a bit to do here take a look at

this

so what I'm doing is just going through

and just finding any little chip or Nick

or cut and standing it out and I will

spend the whole day doing this so I want

to get paint down tomorrow I'm not gonna

bore you with step-by-step of sanding

for 12 hours so I'll just get at it one

more thing I do need to do though this

has kicked off now so I need to sand

this out grind this out and get this

through-hole fitting in it's important

to get that in now because the sealant

takes about four or five days to cure I

want to make sure it's plenty cured

before I get the bottom paint down

because I want to paint right over that

through-hole fitting keep any growth

from happening on the fitting itself so

I got a busy day

we'll check in a little while so this

behind me as you can see is probably

batch I'd say 15 or 20 of us going

through and finding all the little

divots and cracks or anything that are

imperfections so then we can fill it and

sand it down so then we can paint it is

so hard because it seems like every time

we swipe through you think that you got

everything but I'm teals extra set of

eyes so I go back and I can look for it

and then he goes back and he looks for

it

we could go on and on and on and do this

but we're not looking for perfection

we're just looking for the really

glaring defects of our boat keels up

here right now at the bow and just doing

the final touches yeah whatever whatever

we get today is it I mean tomorrow is

paint on these inside of these holes so

this is the last chance the other thing

I forgot to mention is I feel really bad

but Emma and I have planned a girls

weekend with my sister's months and

months ago and we are leaving tomorrow

so teal and compass are on their own and

is there just batching it it sucks

because I don't get to be here for this

final paint years we'll be fine we'll be

fine

I'll get a lot done

you

I'm exhausted but look at that all the

blue tape is off the interior size of

the holes are all prepped and ready for

paint so I'll be hitting that tomorrow

getting late fast and I still haven't

attacked this through-hole I pocketed it

yesterday

I need to prep it and get this installed

tonight because I don't want to be

creating dust on the new paint tomorrow

so I'll just muscle through and get it

done

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this is a below the water fitting so I

wanted to make sure I was down to the

raw glass for the sealant to bite on I

don't want to trust just adhering it to

old paint I put a nice bead of sealant

on here this is what I'm using notice

I'm not showing you the label when you

talk underwater sealants on YouTube

it's like talking religion or politics

so I'll just keep that to myself are you

in there okay we're gonna put this in

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I'm all ready for paint tomorrow

everything's prepped we get up early and

start hitting this through holes in just

put it on finger tight just so that

sealant isn't squeezed out of there

we'll let that cure four or five days

and we'll be ready to do the bottom

paint but tomorrow we hit this hard

first thing

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I'm tired good night

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so I've been practicing the drone flight

simulator for a while now and this

morning I was really excited to fly it

around but I can't because we're it's a

restricted flying zone and we're really

close to the Indian Indian Island Naval

magazine so we have to fly it somewhere

else so where do you want to go um maybe

Port Gamble that'd be a good part that's

cute

let's go there

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you

yeah we can't do it here either

man let's go try somewhere else

look power down well good morning it's a

new day a nice sunny day the girls left

yesterday for five days I'm gonna try to

have I'm gonna try to get everything

done we'll see how I do I had a big day

today I did about eight hours of

painting already today I got up boy it

was uh 5:30 in the morning I was taping

wipe the boat down and was painting by

6:30 did pretty good I think it's our

first coat I'll just keep at it until

this boats white get another coat on

tomorrow and then started on the bridge

deck bridge Dick's gonna be a little bit

of work but boy I am just happy with how

it's turning out take a look at this

this is our first coat here kind of

gives us an idea for what we're gonna

look like and I'm liking it

liking it a lot okay is a big big day

working off the scaffolding sure helped

last time we did a scratch coat on here

we actually painted in the water by

dinghy that was a lot of fun actually

but not the best way to get a good

result

we knew we were coming here to be hauled

out to do the final coat and I'm glad we

did I know it's tough to make a video

about paint and make it not boring but

to me this is exciting

we are just that much closer getting

paint down is a huge step for us I mean

look at these sugar scoops these repairs

have death

it just like look like they were never

there so we've made some big steps made

big strides and I'll just keep going I'm

gonna paint every day until the girls

get back and hopefully I get it all done

hope you guys enjoyed this video I'm

gonna take a break get some editing done

and hit it hard tomorrow see you guys

next week

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