On this episode of Onboard Lifestyle we start our big push to button up as many projects as we can before we start our migration South on our 435 catamaran SV basik. Astoria has been a nice place to hide out, but we are READY to leave! Come back next week to see what we are up to...see you then!

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well here we are still in a story organ

we've been here a lot longer than we

anticipated

but that short-lived we're looking for

windows to head south main sales not up

yet

we've been since we've got the boom in

we've ordered a bunch of material to

finish this project a lot of its come in

and we'll start working on that today

some is on back order but I think we'll

be real close to getting this mainsail

up at least functional it's gonna be

exciting it's gonna be a necessity as we

start hopping our way down the coast

regardless will I think we'll be able to

get this to work for now and just keep

improving it and tweaking it as we as we

sail we're all in great spirits it's

it's been a tough time just hiding out

here in Astoria but it's time to go so

we're gonna get as much done as we can

this week and start looking for those

weather windows so let's get to work

the first project I'm gonna tackle is

this traveller track this is our

traveler for our main it runs across the

top of our davit system here and it's

integrated into this real beefy

structure you know the problem with it

was this is a Harken track and it was a

little short we wanted to extend this

all the way to the end to get a little

more travel on this

so we knew we wanted to upgrade because

our old harken travelers those blocks

we're at the end of their life and

needed to be replaced

we've been upgrading all of our hardware

to Garr Howard so we approached Garr

Hauer to get a new track and a new gar

Hauer traveller system unfortunately we

approached them about three weeks ago

and I'm not sure if they're understaffed

or if they are just backlogged but they

haven't got back to us with a quote with

contacted them multiple times so we're

forced to use our existing track and

just replace the cars so we ordered new

Harken cars actually got those in about

a day it's a big expense for a temporary

fix but it's the only way we're gonna be

able to get this main up so I'm gonna

work on that first eventually we will be

upgrading this to a gar Howard track and

Garf our system and extending it out to

full-length but for now let's get this

harken assembly installed

okay so I've laid everything out here

are the new harken traveller cars right

here and you know these feel really nice

I am I'm happy of these and they're

probably gonna be fine

it does bother me a little bit that you

know we are mixing harken with gar power

but you know in this case it's something

that has to be done right now I have all

the hardware laid out here's our control

lines and our mainsheet this is stage

one the mainsheet actually will travel

down the boom

it'll go through these double blocks

first and then travel down the boom

through these blocks and route forward

to a winch that's gonna be part b of

this project but first let's get all

this in and see how everything looks

reading the directions they want this

end piece flush to the outside of the

track but in order to do that it's

running real close to this bar here so

I'm going to slide it back to the first

position here I'll remove this screw and

just replace it through here does get me

within an inch and a half eventually

when you get a longer track that won't

be an issue because I'll be sliding it

way out here

okay before I slide this car on what I

want to do is attach my control line and

I want to do it now because I have to

take this apart and take this stack off

here to get my eye splice onto this

position here and I don't want to do

that over the water all these little

pieces I just don't want to risk any of

them going going overboard so I'll do it

over a table connect this first before I

slide this in last week Emma and I had a

fun time I was teaching her how to

splice these eyes I didn't show how I

did the Yale wiploc so why don't we look

at that right now

well I'm preparing this to install so I

just completed this small little eye

splice in this 3/8 dura long double

braid you know this eye splice actually

you could feel it it goes look at that

all the way back into here that's how

far back that splice goes but it's nice

to put a Yale whip lock stitch in here

to keep it from moving and I've seen

people put it in multiple locations

anywhere along this will certainly help

I like to put it closer to the eye I

think it helps keep the eye shape a

little better but you could put multiple

on here if you want I'm just gonna put

one in for now right near the eye and

that's gonna do it for this application

I'll show you how I did it I like to use

a one millimeter waxed whipping twine a

number 15 needle with a big eye all I

need is a pair of scissors pair of

pliers or vise grips you forgot to

mention he uses my cutting board cuz

once in a while the needle will get a

it's hard to push it through it's nice

to have something to help assist it

first thing I do

it's a spool off

about a meter 40 inches something like

that and this is how you get it started

I fold my line just like that I do about

10 revolutions and I try to make it as

tight as I can keep one right next to

the other

and you're working your way away from

the I let's do one more okay it feels

real good this loop you pass the last

revolution and I'm holding this with my

finger to keep nice even pressure on

there now it's as easy as pulling this

in watch this this is gonna lock it in

make sure it doesn't twist up and you

give it a pull so you can feel the knot

pull about halfway through okay it is

locked on right there now before I start

with the needlework I'm gonna straighten

this out and make sure that all these

are nice and orderly just kind of work

them do you feel happy with how they

look get them as tight as you can okay

there we go now thread your whipping

twine on your needle there's many

variations of the stitch some people use

a 45 degree angle some people go

straight across I kind of tend to like

the straight-across it's easier to keep

track of what you're doing

you could double the thread at this

point or single I like a single but do

twice as many stitches that gives me

more penetrations through here so I

start by plunging it through now the

tricky part is once you plunge it

through you have to come out at the

right spot on the other side and it

takes a little practice there you go

pull this nice and tight now to start

working my way around we'll do the next

stitch straight through here and I just

keep working my way around till I have

two layers on each one each time pulling

it as tight as I can

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okay now you'll see that I have two

layers two two and two

each one is going through the splice

locking this in there's no way that

could ever move ever starts to slip all

it will do is tighten this stitch up so

now to terminate this I'll plump through

one more time and exit as far as I can

up the line try to go the full length of

the needle this is where you have to

grab it

I don't like tomorrow my needle so I put

a little tape on there give a little

pull

and trim it off I'll do the same

with my starter I'll plunge it all the

way through first and then terminate it

as far as I can again up the spice cinch

everything up trim it off

and there we go

looking at this your natural reaction is

to just remove this and slip it on and

there's a set screw right here but after

reading the directions it says do not

remove this actually remove these to

pull this assembly up and slip it on try

to hold this assembly together lift it

straight up slip this on

okay there we go okay both that and cars

are done now we're gonna direct our

attention to this bad boy here you know

Harkin has the new CB traveler system

this had the retainer clips on it that

hold all the internal bearings from

falling out this piece of foam is the

only thing that's holding them in now

cuz I had to remove these it's made for

a more modern track we're putting it and

we're retrofitting this onto an older

track that does not accept this retainer

clip I'm going to save these clips

though because if we upgrade to a harken

track I'll be able to put these back on

if we move on to a guard our track then

well if you nice to put these back on

regardless just to hold the bearings in

place let's get this first sight on it's

nice having a lanyard on this that's

just a four anyway okay it's gonna slide

into that position there it's a 3/8

stainless bolt with a fender washer and

a locking net goes on the back side

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before I slide this main car on Lynn had

a great idea to put just a tape dam

around this case I lose one of those

bearings it's not going anywhere

okay this foam is the only thing holding

in all those bearings so as I slide it

on I need to pull the foam out well that

didn't work

okay let's to try number two

and there it is main car in I take my

tape off and install the last bar okay

now I need to route this control line

I've whipped the ends and I'd like to

just give it a little bit of burn on the

end I don't like it totally melted

because it travels through your hand I

don't want to get cut up but it feels

real good

I use that same whip stitch that I do

for the Yale that I do for my my ends

and then works out pretty slick okay to

get this thing routed I'm doing a four

to one purchase

there's quite a bit of line on here you

know reading the directions it says take

the length of your tract multiply it

times four and add one meter so that's

what I did

it seems awful long but we'll see how it

works there's a particular order that

this goes in and this is the largest

line that I could put on here it's three

eighths but it's a high strength low

stretch it's the same drill on line that

I've been using throughout the boat

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okay that's going in pretty smooth so

far leads come out in a nice place to

control them but look at this quite a

bit of extra line you know it takes that

amount of extra line because we have a

four to one purchase as the main car

travels to one side it's gonna chew up

the majority of this but we need a nice

place to store it

so Lynne's inside right now making a

custom bag and you know we came up with

the design we're gonna set the bag out

to this edge and make a longer skinnier

bag

so with this traveller on here now the

line I'm going to one side of the bag

and when we extend the traveler out

it'll go into the other side of the bag

and that line should flake inside of

this new bag nice and clean

thanks are done

okay to the right my right oh you're

right you're right

keep keep going yeah keep going keep

going keep no no no keep going almost to

the end it's like right in there okay

come back a little that no it has to be

a little further has to be almost to the

end right there it's about three let's

go back it up a little right there I

know go to the right yes right there

perfect I do

I like how we kept it low profile so we

have visibility under it that is gonna

be pretty cool

okay let's get it installed I'm really

liking these bags at Lynne's making they

work awesome for keeping your lines nice

and dry with mesh on the bottom all the

hardware we're using these twists

turnbuckles so we could remove these if

we need to I have all the tools laid out

I'm using aluminum pop rivets because

it's going into an aluminum structure

eighth inch drill bit and my pop rivet

tool

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perfect

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you know this isn't as nerve-racking as

it looks except when you when you have

an OCD husband who is watching your

every move every single time you drill

something I guarantee you who's gonna

come out here with calipers to make sure

that they're all lined up they look

perfect

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I caught you

Oh what are you doing I'm just kidding

really

Hey look good scampi give you the

calipers walk of shame whatever they

look good I think we got a great jump on

all these projects and I'm hoping that

we could push through be ready to shove

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