This week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle, we finish up phase I of our deck hardware and install our new Precision Headsail. We leave the Saanich Peninsula an...

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welcome back to sv basic well here we

are

Brentwood Bay British Columbia

Vancouver Island it's been a nice place

to be but you know last week's episode

we showed you we had a little hiccup our

Kiwi prop failed but we had the help of

a diver to repair it and I feel good

about the repair I've done some tests

and everything seems to be running

smooth so now it's time to direct all

our attention to finishing up this deck

hardware get this down get our new head

sail up and start preparing to get out

of here the weather's changing it's

getting cooler at night and we want to

start heading down the coast looks like

there's a nice weather window starting

in about a week so we want to be staged

in back in the US so we could take that

turn and go south so that's what we're

gonna do so the next couple of days we

are just gonna bust our butts and get

the rest of this project done and get

off this dock and start moving again so

stay tuned while we get to work

okay just a piece at a time getting

these all fit in here

everything has butyl on every layer okay

okay now with this cheek block in I

could run a temporary lead here to get

this exact position for this clutch I'll

mark it out and put this one in next so

I know there's these clutches aren't all

located right next to this winch and

that's all by design they actually are

all in a line here to get them behind a

bulkhead that is right here this is the

closest I could get it without intruding

into that bulkhead it also is good that

hides this one in a locker but

everything's easily accessible from one

station you could stand right here

you could winch and reach all the rope

clutches

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okay now that this is all starting to

take shape I've got all the rope

clutches in for phase 1 the first cheek

blocks in here and this is the lead for

our roller furling I need to put a

couple fairleads on because this is

rubbing on the deck

I want to elevate this up and I put a

little tension on that so I could get a

nice straight line and we'll put three

fairleads in should control that line

nicely so that's the next step

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all right so the deck hardware for phase

one is done it feels so good so teal and

I are just kind of going through and

just reading all the hardware what needs

to be replaced

we just took off this clutch on the mass

and it's broken so we don't really have

a use for it anymore because it's being

rerouted over here to our new weeds so

it just feels good just to just go

through everything

this rigging has been an eyesore and a

huge issue for us that we know that we

have to tackle but now that we have all

of our attention to it I feel really

good all right so phase one of the deck

hardware is done so this is just for our

head sail which means we get to put our

new head sail up Wow everybody is so

excited about it I know I am we get this

guest stateroom back into looking like a

stateroom instead of a sail Locker and

like it's another free room to just kind

of do whatever she wants and hey this

has made a great sail Locker where it

goes they all just go on boat not inside

the boat I know it's a big day ready

help me

there we go our brand-new gym I know

we've been waiting to get this thing on

but teal has just it's time yes it's

time happy let's do this

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so before we decided on our sales we had

to make that big decision on what sail

loft we're going to use because

ultimately this is going to be a

long-term relationship and we wanted to

make sure that we made the best choice

possible this was a project that I

decided to spearhead because quite

honestly teals plate was very full and I

really wanted to delve into this a lot

has changed in the last decade on sail

making so I visited some sail loss I

corresponded with them talked to on the

phone and emails and we ultimately

decided to go with precision sails and

we are so happy with our decision

so why did we decide on precision sails

well there's a lot of reasons why first

for me was that first email it was just

a quote and literally within 15 minutes

of me sending a request for a quote for

our head sail we got an answer back and

after that there was a follow-up and we

corresponded by email a few times and

then I get that email that says I'm

gonna call you so I get a phone call I

didn't think I was gonna get a phone

call and it didn't feel like a sales

call it felt like talking to a friend

Ron was so good about just trying to

find out what we needed what our

lifestyle is how we plan on cruising and

just really got to know us he didn't

know if we were going to buy a full suit

of sails we were just looking for a head

sail at this point I mean we know that

we're going to get a full suit of sails

but it made me feel really good about

talking to somebody who didn't make me

feel like I should know better because

the terminology sometimes is way over

your head especially when you feel like

you're under the gun when you're getting

in that call and they're asking all

sorts of questions but ultimately he

made me feel really comfortable and not

rushed to make that decision on what we

needed so

I for one am so grateful for them that

they walked us through it and just took

their time with us so from conception to

design to execution these guys delivered

I mean they gave us a timeline of when

we were gonna get our sale and not only

did they get it they beat it by a week

which is amazing I'm sure it doesn't

happen all the time but that was just

really cool then we opened it up it was

just like Christmas all over again

because the quality was there we loved

it it's exactly what we wanted and then

we go up to Canada and I shot them an

email saying that we were in the area we

were putting up the new head sail and

they show up they show up to see how

their product looked on our boat and

it's just really nice to put a face to

all the conversations and phone calls

and correspondence that we've had

throughout the months so this is just

the first of many sales that we're gonna

have with these guys it's just nice to

have confidence in your sail off it's

not sponsored we paid for this ourselves

but it's just me feel really strongly

that these are our guys these are our

sail makers and we're so happy about

that it's nice to have that confidence

in who is making your sails because

that's all what it's all about right

it's just beautiful this morning you

know it rained just buckets overnight

it's let up and it looks like we're

gonna have a stretch of nice weather

so excited the jib is up all the

hardware to run this sale is in so we're

getting close to leaving this is what we

wanted to accomplish in Brentwood Bay

looks like weather's going to be in our

favor - head up over the top of the

sandwich Peninsula and start heading

south

we're gonna go to Victoria and then over

to Port Angeles next be a good chance to

shake this sail down and tune it up

there is some adjustments we could do to

make it perform better number one has

replaced this jib track this one is 25

years old and we have our new gar Hauer

that is done and is shipping to us right

now we tried to ship it into Canada but

it was just too much Freight it almost

was half the cost of the track itself

just to ship it into Canada so we're

shipping it into the States and picking

it up in Portland Oregon we'll put it in

there so now we'll just use the old gear

it seems to perform okay it's not

perfect but we'll just keep tuning this

rig as we go speaking of I'm gonna go

through today

before we leave and look at all the

stays and shrouds and make sure they're

all tension correctly and in good

working order now that we're flying

sails that's going to be important

this will be our last full day here in

Brentwood Bay we'll spend the night

tonight and hang out tomorrow morning

looks like weather's gonna be actually

it's gonna be pretty nice no rain for

the next four or five days and light

winds on our beam or our back so we'll

run with it and give this sail a good

shake down and see how she does saying

goodbye to our friends it's been fun so

how you feel to you why do we always

travel on rainy days okay let's get the

fenders up and hit it

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we got to keep your eyes open out here

logs and debris everywhere

tons of spot prawn traps crab traps and

just dead heads got to be on your toes

but boy it's all worth it

the views are spectacular well did a

great time here but as you guys can see

is getting cold so I'm looking forward

to heading south and trying to beat this

weather I wish we did have more time

here when it was warmer much warmer but

you know you just got to enjoy it while

you can't did I mention how cold it is

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so we were gonna go to Sydney Island an

anchor right off a Sydney spit here but

there is I don't know literally two 300

crab pots right there just on the

approach and I'm watching all these guys

just drop in line after line and you

know what it's early enough in the day

we're gonna head to the next Anchorage I

mean look at this it's just as far as

you can see all around us we're just

sneaking through these

okay hard to port now

you got it

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gotta stand your toes here don't ya

literally

well our plans changed a bit

we were gonna anchor today off of Sydney

Island in a little place called Sydney

spit supposed to be a picturesque little

white sandy beaches but as on the

approach we just encountered hundreds

and hundreds of crab pots and commercial

crabbers all through there and it was

just we were dodging and weaving and you

know what it wasn't worth it it was

early enough in the day we decided to

just keep pushing on so we ended up

coming down to Saanich and Bay and it's

a nice quiet little Anchorage here we're

anchored in about 25 feet of water

it's a sandy kind of a mix and mud a mud

bottom so we got a good bite

winds are light tonight so it's gonna be

nice and peaceful it's been rainy and

kind of ugly all day the winds never

really came so we didn't do much sailing

actually kind of cold Lynne's downstairs

right now making a nice pot roast so

it's gonna be gonna be a good night

we'll get up and start pushing South

tomorrow it was a good little shakedown

for our prop though and you know that

key we prop

it is you know it was a the part that

failed was not a part that we serviced

it was a part that it says clearly in

the manual do not touch and so I didn't

but I did lubricate the fittings all

around that and I'm sure that did play a

part on lubricating that bolt and

wiggling it free but I can't complain

that prop was put on this boat 13 years

ago and it made it from Florida through

the Panama Canal all the way up to the

Pacific Northwest and thirteen years

later was the first problem it had so

you know what I trust it hopefully this

is an isolated incident time will tell

but we did what we could to do a

temporary fix and next haul out it's

gonna be a while but if it if it holds

up we'll be in good shape if not I've

got extra parts for it now you know what

kind of made me think maybe we need one

whole extra prop rather than just having

parts for it so I'm gonna look at

getting one more prop that way we could

pull the prop and keep moving and

service the prop that needs servicing

but we'll check that out and maybe get

one on order I don't know in the

meantime we're it's gonna relax and push

south tomorrow and hopefully started

getting some wind you know I always when

you're motoring around you don't want

wind but now that we have our head cell

up I'm just dying for a breeze of five

knots or more so we could start moving

oh well we'll just cozy up inside

tonight maybe watch a movie and just

relax

what's the next morning and it's raining

a bit outside should stop within the

hour and we'll pull anchor and head on

to the next Anchorage but I thought it'd

be a good chance to talk about these

diesel heaters you know we install these

almost a year ago and haven't run them

this past week is the first time we've

run them temperatures are getting down

into the 40's at night so it's nice to

wake up and have a little heat in the

cabin let's take a look at these I have

two units here these are five kilowatt

units we installed these the control

units here and the units themselves down

here we've got one unit running right

now and that's all we're running we're

running one at a time we can run two at

a time but it's use up a lot of fuel and

a lot of energy so by running one on low

it raises the temperature in our cabin

about 10 to 12 degrees so if it's 50

degrees outside we're in the mid 60s

they run real efficient on one of these

day tanks I can run the unit for about

24 to 26 hours it's real quiet you could

probably hear it right now but with

these doors closed you don't even notice

it one thing that did concern me was any

fumes or odors that came off this or any

carbon monoxide so I did put a carbon

monoxide detector in here and in other

state rooms that have ducts coming out

so we can monitor that and so far the

readings zero so it's it's a good thing

we do have a little bit of odor you can

smell a little diesel odor right on

startup and right on shutdown but you

know reading online over time that

should diminish and burn off a little

bit but we'll see we haven't seen that

yet it's not unbearable but it is I mean

it is you can't smell it let me get a

couple readings on this this one unit

here is on and this is my exhaust right

here this is the one that actually look

I'm touching it right now I've put a

wrap on here

you know even though it's reading 270

degrees it's kind of misleading cuz I

could touch this and it's warm but it's

not hot my concern was as it passed

through the firewall here so I can get

readings on this firewall and look at

that 94 degrees is all it's raising that

temperatures it goes through the

firewall so I'm happy with the

installation everything seems to be

running smooth Emma's in here enjoying

the heat right now I could get a reading

of her air temperature coming in here

147 degrees so it keeps it nice and

toasty in the areas for that they're

heating and overall I'm happy with them

I will be honest though of these two

units one of them starts up every time

bulletproof the other one has had a

couple hiccups I had to reprime the

system a few times but besides that I

think we'll be happy with these so we

left the Anchorage I don't know two

hours ago it was a little cold starting

to warm up Sun came out but the wind

just dropped off we only have about I

don't know 1.7 maybe 2 knots of breeze

barely moving out here but we're so

anxious to set this sail

we killed the engines flew our jib and

what's our speed right now 1.4 in 1.8

knots so we are gonna just mosey along

and enjoy this what do you think m it is

peaceful look at this

our first sail no engines

I know let's just uh let's just wander

into Victoria here you know who cares if

it takes us an hour to let's just do it

how far off are we about 40 degrees off

the wind right now

I thought you bad what speed are we

doing feels good huh it feels real good

look at this just quiet it's nice the

sun's out sales are up now Angie when we

get our main sail and Oh some more sails

up here you know choices for this jib is

pushing us up lead right now and we're

making ground I mean this is nice

I mean look at the flag into the

orientation of the of the wind we're for

3540 degrees off the wind right now and

we're still doing 4 knots

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this is what I've been waiting for

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