We are back! This past month has been a bit of a challenge for the SV basik crew. We took some time off to reflect, regroup and spend some much needed time with family. We have a little hiccup with our starboard engine, but didn't put a damper on our spirits. We resolve the issue and set our sights towards southern ports. Come back next week to see what we're up to...see you then!

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[Music]

previously

on onboard lifestyle emma finishes up

her ortho treatment

and her smile says it all yeah i think

that's great

okay so did you do these yeah

those are a little a little difficult

but charlie said huh

they were tricky we picked up our new

helm top posts

installed them and our new cover slid

right into place

we could not be happier with how it

looks

lin's stack pack was installed along

with our new lazy jack system

the girls scrubbed up the aging dinghy

just in time to hear this

we need to get out of here out to a nice

anchorage

and really see how these new lithium

batteries perform

did you hear me lynn i heard you were

going today

today i want to go this morning let's go

now

you didn't tell me just let me wash my

face and then we can go

so we left richmond to give our new

lithium batteries a shakedown

we dropped the hook in paradise cove for

a blustery week

and learned so much about our new system

as it stands right now yeah

we could be off grid indefinitely

that is cool i mean smiles on our face

well here comes the wind again

here we go so here's to more power

well last week was pretty eventful to

say the least

uh we spent the week before that at

anchor

to just kind of test out our systems and

trying to see how long we can be

off-grid without

having to come in it was it was really

fun i slept really well the only

downside was that i didn't catch any

fish but i will next time

yes emma we all slept so well at anchors

and we feel really good about the

performance of our lithiums

so after that we got a notification for

emma's second shot

yep so we headed over to berkeley and it

gave us a great opportunity

to schedule our first patreon meetup

yeah

in person that was great that was so

much fun it was nice to finally

meet the people in this area and we plan

on doing that a lot more as we go down

the coast especially since i get new

taste testers because i

get the opportunity to cook for more

than

emma and teal yeah so that was fun so we

provisioned and

we were scheduled to leave that next day

we were sailing

towards the gate

and then this happens

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what happened to you well i'll tell you

what happened

well our steering failed again

pretty discouraged aren't you a little

bit thank you

this i tell you what i have

zero faith in that pump now

well it is really old and we're trying

to salvage and

use what we can is it are we getting

close to those boats no i'm watching

we're okay it's actually it's really

calm right now so

we're just kind of drifting okay so

what happened was we're sailing over

uh from berkeley and you know we had a

little stiff wind it was nice we had the

jib flying we're scooting along

get behind the lee of angel island and

so we go into irons and we're gonna

raise the main

lin cranks the helm over hard and it

locks

same problem we had same problem i've

cursed the steering because every single

time it seems like i'm at the helm

and i don't think it's my fault

are the how are the boats are we getting

close to them no no we're good

so we're drifting it's pretty calm

behind the island right now

uh it was a good timing i guess for this

to happen

i'm sure glad this happened here rather

than out to sea

our plan was to head out out of the gate

tomorrow morning um

we're just gonna have to make some

choices because either we fix this

again and fingers crossed that it works

[Music]

and it doesn't fail anymore or i don't

know

i'll have this done in about 15 minutes

let's go

over and drop a hook in paradise

and just kind of think about things okay

okay

we spent the next day at paradise cove

near tiburon

and lynn was able to source a new

capilano 1250v

helm pump located in florida the unit

shipped out

and was in route to richmond so the next

morning we pulled anchor

and sailed off the hook

[Applause]

[Music]

so i'm at the tail end of the install of

the brand

new helm pump and i'm glad we went with

a new pump

when i was breaking the old pump out i

was going to reuse all the fittings so i

started

breaking all those down and there was a

lot of debris

from who knows when 25 30 years ago

there was sealant and teflon tape and

debris inside of those fittings

you know that may have been the the

culprit to all of our problems who knows

i guess we'll find out later so i went

put

all new fittings on this helm pump

installed the unit

we're just getting ready to uh button up

the last few things and bleed the system

and put the helm back

on but that old pump we're not gonna

throw it away

when we get down to san diego we'll uh

send it in for service

they'll be able to tell us what really

happened with that and get it in tip

top shape so we have a backup pump i

don't want this happen again boy

when that helm locks up we're usually in

a situation where

we're under full sail or trying to

anchor

or you know coming up to a situation

where you you really need steering

no fun so having a brand new helm pump

gives us a lot more confidence

especially since uh we're starting to

work on the autopilot

gonna have that up up and going here

real soon and

with the new pump i'll feel much better

about it

i can do this with my eyes closed now

broke the system now so many times

it's routine

feels good uh the new helm pump is in

that finishes off replacing every

component

of our steering system we have a new

cylinder new

lines new fittings we have a new helm

pump

new helm every single thing with except

for one little thing

which is the little deck fill cap we're

gonna we're gonna keep that percent on

metal

reasons right we are we talked about

our uh steering situation that's

been resolved we got our new pump in as

you know

and i feel good about it i always feel

good about it

anyway so the other few things that

happened around the same time

was i had a dental emergency that

had to be taken care of before we left

and on top of that we got a call about

kiel's grandma

and another family member that was

having some health issues

and you know that saying when it rains

it pours well

it poured hard and it gave us uh kind of

a reset

kind of you know we were we've been

running around working on the boat

and trying to get videos out and and

travel

we were all set to uh just head out and

go south but

everything just kind of dominoed at the

same time and we knew that uh

the smartest thing for us to do was just

kind of just hold tight

get these issues resolved and just take

a

a short break and that was

it was that the right thing to do i

think so it was it gave us a chance to

kind of clear our minds and on top of

that

we were planning on being down in

southern california in

june

okay you got it

come here buddy

oh that's in my face

calm down buddy

on top of that we were um the original

plan was being down in southern

california

um by mid late june

and because we were having a little

family reunion on my side

i haven't seen my parents and my family

in almost two years yeah it's been a

long time

so because of that it would have made us

rush down the coast

instead of leisurely going down and kind

of stopping at the ports that we wanted

to stop at

rush down the coast with no steering yes

anyway so we decided to just take a

little road trip

down to southern california to see them

and we just got back

it was so much fun to see everybody yeah

it was super fun to see my cousins we

had lots of fun

the trip to southern california was

awesome spending time with family was

long overdue

we went to universal studios had so much

fun

we actually broke a few of the rides

okay here we go

[Music]

again

[Music]

we spent almost a week swimming eating

bowling

singing eating and catching up with

family did i mention eating

it was super fun and we

we ate a lot and we slept very little

so and i'm sure there's a few videos of

me singing some awful karaoke songs

it was a successful trip it was great to

see family and

um we plan on doing that again i want to

give a shout out to uh

josh they who are patrons as well

and they were so kind to

lend us their car so that we can drive

down to see them

so thank you so much you guys it ran

smooth

so what are our plans well our plans are

now

the boat we've actually done a couple

projects during this time we've

done oil changes we've done gear loop

changes on the sail drives

we've done some basic mates yeah we've

changed belts and everything

steering's going everything seems uh the

mechanically the boat is ready to go

uh mentally i feel like that break was

what we needed to

get going we are heading out of here

tomorrow

everything looks good for us to head

south so we're gonna

leave richmond and probably go camp out

in sausalito

one night and head out under just one

night in sausalito

because i want to ride the tides uh

going out under the golden gate bridge

and heading south our first stop will be

half moon bay

and we'll do that uh that that evening

so that's uh after that we'll be

watching weather

and exploring and but our our long-term

goal is to keep moving now

this summer is uh just starting and we

want to

make sure that we're taking full

advantage of uh

every attraction we can from uh from

here on south

and and get some fishing in get fishing

in and

just start enjoying uh traveling again

it's

it's time we're we're long overdue and

after all this time of working on the

boat we're getting to that position

where we can

really experience um our surroundings

and

just kind of to start i don't know

having fun we've been itching for this

and

and uh we deserve it i think yes

departure day you excited

i decided oh my gosh yes

are you set i think so we have our

checklist everything stowed everything

stowed

we're not going that far but i know but

it's still

i know routine

gotta get those routines down

making it comfy for everyone

i can't wait to get into areas where we

don't have to deal with dew

i know soon a couple weeks i think

how's it feel deal

looks good gage is all good

kind of cold outside though i know say

goodbye to this richmond wind

are you gonna miss it i will

but no this is a nice area with friendly

people

but this wind i gotta say

i'm not gonna miss that one yes

[Music]

um

[Applause]

[Music]

well we left richmond yesterday morning

you know had a nice little trip just

went a few miles over to

paradise cove we wanted to stop there

because it was such a beautiful day

77 degrees just beautiful

beautiful we dropped the hook

and just enjoyed ourselves this was nice

to relax for a little bit

[Music]

but on the way over there we noticed

that when we left the marina

our starboard engine was running quite a

bit warmer than it should

and have a feeling i know why you know i

checked

the sea strainer it was clear i pulled

the impeller

it was perfect you know i could see the

water flowing

through the engine but it was still

running warm

that leaves one thing these systems

aren't very complicated there's just a

few parts to them

the last thing to check is the heat

exchanger you know this marina we're in

that we were in had a lot of growth we

noticed that if you dropped a fender in

the water for

a day or two you'd get growth on it so

i'm suspecting there's growth

in that heat exchanger so we pull into

sausalito

because this could be the last stop

before uh

we hit the high seas and heading south

for us to get parts

gonna walk over to west marine just uh i

don't know

close to a mile from the where i left

the dinghy

and i'm gonna pick up some barnacle

buster or barnacle blaster

anyway it's designed to clear out

those heat exchangers so off i go

a little walking trip get some barnacle

blaster

[Music]

buster

[Music]

so today was supposed to be departure

day

and basic had other ideas for us

apparently she is not ready to leave the

bay area just yet

i'm sure to let you guys know that as we

were leaving

we noticed that our starboard engine

temperature started having some issues

so obviously we killed that down and

so we took a little detour to richardson

bay

and teal is now down below trying to get

that address

before we head out it's kind of funny

when things like this happen

i don't really i don't stress too much

about it because i know that teal is

going to be able to fix it

he's pretty good about that kind of

stuff it's nice to have him around

pretty handy guy um but you know it's uh

when life gives you lemons make another

cup of coffee

we're on i'm on my second one now and

we're warming up some scones that we got

from our friends denton and chrissy

before we headed out of richmond which

was really nice so

we're just gonna go with the flow and

hopefully we'll get this fixed

and back out there again i can't tell

you how excited i am to get back

out to sea sailing further south so

i'm gonna go check on teal now because

even if i can't help at least i'm here

for moral support

to see if he needs anything

well this is a familiar position for you

it's getting old okay look at this it's

gonna work

here's the idea ready i'm ready got my

bucket look down

inside here i've wired in a bilge pump

the idea is to put the barnacle buster

solution in here

it pumps it up and it's going to run

reverse through the engine

it's going to go into the heat exchanger

on the top and then come back out the

bottom

and we re-circulate this for about four

hours

and i'm hopeful this will work

i am too i have no no doubt this will

fix it

okay if not just do it again i'm almost

ready here i'm just a few minutes away

from firing this up

okay here's the lead i've uh

taken this fuse panel put in my

temporary

line put in a fuse and this

should start pumping hey there it goes

let's check it out

okay here we go

look at that debris already let me see

the flows coming out

okay time 8 45

4 hours to go come on buster

blast those barnacles

well we are two hours in

to our flush you know reading the

directions it says at least an hour i

looked at some online tutorials and

if you have a lot of uh debris coming

out up to four hours wouldn't hurt

but two hours is looking pretty good we

went from this

kind of this windex blue to this swampy

green

so it's definitely uh breaking something

out of there

everything's looking good went over the

belts tightened everything up while i

was waiting

we'll get this emptied out put a fresh

water flush on this

and fire up and see how see how she runs

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