I thought that Emma was your official line splicer for Basik... Teal, great job holding your own working at high altitudes. Having a spare cotter pin was a game changer!
YAY, it’s so good to see you back again! Really started to worry. I have to say its very sad when Saturday or Sunday comes & there’s no knew video to view😔 What happened? Too busy? Weak connections? Well, just know we all miss seeing your episodes each week. Really look forward to them. Here’s to getting a new dinghy soon too! ⚓️⛵️ It’s a lifeline boaters can’t be without. Take care, God bless☺️
Always so enjoyable watching the whole Basik crew working together. Fixing and upgrading the ship to make it more efficient and easier to sail. Glad to see Teal's arm is healing. Steady winds and smooth sailing to you all.
Hello Basik! Teal I noticed that you didn't use a washer for the cotter pin to ride on. Doesn't a washer reduce the sawing effect on the cotter pin, your thoughts? Saw some light corrosion on your linesman pliers (the thick wire cutter ones). FYI, IMHO, one product you should never use unless you really have to is wd40. It eventually dries like shellac, learned this back in my automotive days. The products that I use for a penetrant or water displacement are either PB Blaster or Seafoam. If I have something that I want to lubricate and leave a protected film behind like tools on a boat, I use Boeshield T-9. Developed by Boeing, to keep corrosion from starting on airframes during the build process and I think wiping down the exterior of completed planes. In a nutshell, it's a paraffin like wax dissolved in solvents that also has penetrant and creeping additives, but it's pricy. Found it when all other products failed to keep my metal-on-metal slides for the mainsail sliding nicely on our 1966 Tartan 27'. Lastly, what a potty mouth you have! LOL I would have used a different 4-letter word 40' up! Some close-ups on your old rigging would have been nice but rust was apparent at the swages. Yikes! Keep the videos coming, your camera and editing crew does amazing work, thanks Linh and Emma!
WOW! That looked hard up there at the top of the mast. losing that carter pin made me think loosing your pliers could happen almost as easy. have you ever thought about putting a clip string to the end of tools when you work high up. It could prevent a big hole if dropped. Be careful up there we don't want to lose your great stories as we live vicariously. Happy sailing!
The Rigging Doctor has a lot of experience with synthetic rigging, they've been using it for close to a decade, if not slightly longer. Good luck to in this exciting move. Fair winds all, may the seas be kind.
What a stressful job. Thought i was going to lose it hearing Teals breathing up on the mast, and his shaking hands, almost gave me a panic attack. I dont like heights either so i feel your anxiety. Good job Captian.
Okay, i was worried something bad might have happened. There was no video last weekend. But i am glad to see you posted today. Had to get this in before i even watched the video.
Sorry about that! We will be uploading new videos bi-monthly until we transit the canal because it has been a bit difficult to find a good balance between filming, editing all day inside, traveling and being present in our surroundings. All that and of course your normal boat chores and the time it takes to maintain our vessel as we sail south. Thanks for understanding!
Wow, I can't believe all that's holding the bolts in are cotter pins. At the top of the mast no less. Okay, I used those on my Radio Flyer wagon wheels in the 60's. But they did not last. I still love your channel. Last saw you in Alamitos Bay.
Teamwork makes the dream work! I once changed the mast light on a 40ft sailboat and I tell you its a scary process going up the mast looks easy but I assure you it’s not any movement of the hull and you feel like your gonna flip over. Give Compass a hug for me !
Welcome back! [I really missed you guys]... Loved the jazzy Hammond organ music [@5:00]... You all never cease to amazing me with the skills. Beautiful work! [and the way you all work together as a family and a crew!]... Happy New Year! [2/10 YOTD]... Love you guys! See ya next time! Charlie
Hello there! Some things we missed about Lodi....wine and the nearby food festivals. I (Linh) fondly remember the Asparagus food festival. There was a vendor there with the best hickory smoked almonds I still dream about. Cheers!
I have also made dyneema running back stays for my mizzen mast, but I haven't gotten around to replacing the old ones yet. The sticking point was that the new stays with thimbles are bigger and bulkier than the old, SS ones. I like your solution of using triangle plates, and I think I'll do something similar.
I think it was Tula's Endless Summer who did the synthetic lines, and one of the things they talked about and did was stretch it really hard to make it less stretchy. My point is you all might want to keep checking the tightness of these till they are set. Actually, I guess you do that with all the rigging!
These were purchased pre-stretched, but you are right about being able to tension as it stretches out. If you notices, these are our running backstays which we now have a designated winch to adjust them as they stretch out. So far, it has been working flawlessly.
Knows it's long done, and you did great. Only tip, next time, always face your bolts towards the rear.. that bolt/ cotterpin should have gone in the other way. Aircraft maintenance 101.... bolts alway face,,, back & down when installed... But really, great work. Your splicing is really a good talent...
Replacing the steel back stays with dynema ones. Dropped a safety split pin but was good for a spare. Can't leave until nesting family vacates the boom sail bag.
Hey Teal just something I noticed when you were putting the triangle fitting together at the top of the mask When you put the sheer pin through the two cheek plates of the fitting The cheek plates moved to the centre of the pin which puts the pin in a bending motion instead of in sheer In my experience as a rigger there should be a spacer between the two cheek plates so they stay in sheer Just saying😅 Also love your videos cheers 🍻
I see you work with material that looks the same as we have for railing lines.. unless it’s additionally pre stretched you’ll be surprised about the stretch. It’s strong ( we have it for 5 years ) but any point it might shave it needs protection. We live in Asia… uv does not seem to impact it so far. Hope you have good long tensioners in between. Would I use for my back stay? Nope. I’d look for the lines used for anti torsion in code zero as that’s way stronger. Btw great to see you have actual back stays on a cat that’s not common.
Should have sent Emma up the mast to do it. I'm not sure when you changed the mast light last, but that would have been a great time to do it. I know from experience whenever you work in a difficult spot to get to and don't take advantage of to some minor up keep you end up having to go back in a few days or weeks to fix the minor thing you could have done when you were there.
Glad to see you guys are doing well. Neil taking slow and easythe girls needed So don't reinjure yourself. PS gotta hate those slippery Carter pins, especially when you're 60 feet in the air.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Take care he's god bless
Curious and just a question. I’m starting to learn splicing…at the bottom / tight side of the splice at the “thimble?” Would it be good to do a whip around it to keep it tight at that spot? Just asking, and trying to learn. Thank you for your videos, I love them and watch them all. Cheers to you(s)
No, the legs of splice will open when the line is tensioned, this is called the 'throat' of the splice. If you stitch them together then the stitches will break under load if the throat is made too long. Look up 'throat angle' and 'throat ratio' in a rigger's book. It's somewhat similar to scope of chain/rode when anchoring. When you splice the correct size eye for a given size of line and mated thimble you should be able to pop the thimble in with some effort and remove it with a little effort. If its impossible to get the thimble into the closed slice its too tight, conversely if the you bounce the eye around and the thimble falls out then the eye is too loose.
IMO carbon/composite is the future of rigging even for cruisers. I worry about a bad actor or mischievous person cutting a line with nothing more than a scissors or a knife. Synthetic rigging has a shorter life than stainless too. Also, Some insurances will not accept Synthetic rigging for off shore use.
Capt!!! No disrespect!!! Why did your crew lose focus of the job at hand on the stay when it slipped??? Because they are worried about you!!! Been here 4 something years??? Sir!!! Your wife, your child needs you. Get yourself well, Sir!!!! Your such a freaking hard ass. 🤣😂🤣😂!!! If you're not here, they are heart broken, Sir! Love you guys!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
Why did you send the whole bag up? you only needed to send up the tang plates and the mast head ends of the back stays, not the whole length of the back stays, I know Dynema is lighter than ss rope but it still has some weight.
We did that just in case it slipped and dropped down onto the deck or worse, on one of the girls. Plus it was easier to manage with all the moving parts.
Great work! One suggestion I have is to try to do you and Emma's voice overs in more acoustically friendly locations. I know how much work it takes to put these things together, but the boxy voice overs don't match the rest of your production value.
I don’t think dyneema is quite there yet. Yes it’s lighter, stronger and is a diy project but it still has its downsides. Dyneema stretches and can lose 60% of its strength due to UV degradation.
I understand the logic of replacing the older heavy stainless main rigging stays with the Dyneema product, but how do you tension the replacement synthetic lines? The old stainless rigging had turnbuckles to finely adjust tension. You fabricated and spliced the Dyneema lines to a specific length, how will they be tensioned and periodically adjusted? Can you please show the hardware for tensioning the Dyneema lines.
Your videos are great and inspirational!
Thank you Brian! Cheers buddy! 🙌🙌🙌💗
@@OnboardLifestyle thickened epoxy!
Hi guys! If we were to buy a boat and you happened to be selling yours, we wouldn't hesitate to buy yours due to your diligence in caring of it!
My hero dropped a cotter pin. I feel so much better. I really thought you were infallible.
So great to have you back. Saturday mornings aren’t the same without you.
Wow, thank you! Great to be back. We may be on a bi-monthly uploads until we transit the canal. Thanks for understanding!
I thought that Emma was your official line splicer for Basik...
Teal, great job holding your own working at high altitudes. Having a spare cotter pin was a game changer!
YAY, it’s so good to see you back again! Really started to worry. I have to say its very sad when Saturday or Sunday comes & there’s no knew video to view😔 What happened? Too busy? Weak connections? Well, just know we all miss seeing your episodes each week. Really look forward to them. Here’s to getting a new dinghy soon too! ⚓️⛵️
It’s a lifeline boaters can’t be without. Take care, God bless☺️
Just read the reply message about bi-monthly feeds until you’re out & away…makes sense 👍😉
Splicing double-braid “Samson” line made me some money on the side when I was in the Coast Guard. It really is easy once you learn how.
Always so enjoyable watching the whole Basik crew working together. Fixing and upgrading the ship to make it more efficient and easier to sail. Glad to see Teal's arm is healing. Steady winds and smooth sailing to you all.
Hello Basik! Teal I noticed that you didn't use a washer for the cotter pin to ride on. Doesn't a washer reduce the sawing effect on the cotter pin, your thoughts? Saw some light corrosion on your linesman pliers (the thick wire cutter ones). FYI, IMHO, one product you should never use unless you really have to is wd40. It eventually dries like shellac, learned this back in my automotive days. The products that I use for a penetrant or water displacement are either PB Blaster or Seafoam. If I have something that I want to lubricate and leave a protected film behind like tools on a boat, I use Boeshield T-9. Developed by Boeing, to keep corrosion from starting on airframes during the build process and I think wiping down the exterior of completed planes. In a nutshell, it's a paraffin like wax dissolved in solvents that also has penetrant and creeping additives, but it's pricy. Found it when all other products failed to keep my metal-on-metal slides for the mainsail sliding nicely on our 1966 Tartan 27'. Lastly, what a potty mouth you have! LOL I would have used a different 4-letter word 40' up! Some close-ups on your old rigging would have been nice but rust was apparent at the swages. Yikes! Keep the videos coming, your camera and editing crew does amazing work, thanks Linh and Emma!
Compass is super cute as the Supervisor! 🐕♥ Teal your running backs are a work of art!👋
We are very happy with the upgrade!
WOW! That looked hard up there at the top of the mast. losing that carter pin made me think loosing your pliers could happen almost as easy. have you ever thought about putting a clip string to the end of tools when you work high up. It could prevent a big hole if dropped. Be careful up there we don't want to lose your great stories as we live vicariously. Happy sailing!
I kept a tight grip on the hand tools but did have the ladies step inside for safety reasons.
The Rigging Doctor has a lot of experience with synthetic rigging, they've been using it for close to a decade, if not slightly longer. Good luck to in this exciting move. Fair winds all, may the seas be kind.
Well, hi there. I didn't expect to see you back so soon, but I'm very happy.
Excellent job, team! You all are just great. I love your episodes. Teal, I'm impressed. I can't wait to see how the rigging works out.
Thanks!
Thank you! 💗💗💗
Thanks guys!
Our pleasure!
Great rigging job. Super upgrade. kudos Captain and first mate Linh. Ready for ocean sailing ⛵️ 🐻🙏🇺🇸
What a stressful job. Thought i was going to lose it hearing Teals breathing up on the mast, and his shaking hands, almost gave me a panic attack. I dont like heights either so i feel your anxiety. Good job Captian.
I thought I was going to pass out up there from heat exhaustion.
You could feel the tension! 😂
Okay, i was worried something bad might have happened. There was no video last weekend. But i am glad to see you posted today. Had to get this in before i even watched the video.
Sorry about that! We will be uploading new videos bi-monthly until we transit the canal because it has been a bit difficult to find a good balance between filming, editing all day inside, traveling and being present in our surroundings. All that and of course your normal boat chores and the time it takes to maintain our vessel as we sail south. Thanks for understanding!
Good job, glad it was you 😮
Quite the team!!!
What a great project video! I didn't even freak out too much when Teal was up the mast. The new rigging looks great.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Gene!
Sail on 😊
Cheers !
Wow, I can't believe all that's holding the bolts in are cotter pins. At the top of the mast no less. Okay, I used those on my Radio Flyer wagon wheels in the 60's. But they did not last. I still love your channel. Last saw you in Alamitos Bay.
Teamwork makes the dream work! I once changed the mast light on a 40ft sailboat and I tell you its a scary process going up the mast looks easy but I assure you it’s not any movement of the hull and you feel like your gonna flip over. Give Compass a hug for me !
Done and done!
Nice job guys!!
Spotted my boat in a couple of the shots 😊
Great job Teal and crew!!
Welcome back! [I really missed you guys]...
Loved the jazzy Hammond organ music [@5:00]...
You all never cease to amazing me with the skills. Beautiful work! [and the way you all work together as a family and a crew!]...
Happy New Year! [2/10 YOTD]...
Love you guys!
See ya next time!
Charlie
Exemplary cruisers! Well done, and thanks for the videos :)
Our pleasure!
Good Morning from Lodi, California. Enjoyed the video.
Hello there! Some things we missed about Lodi....wine and the nearby food festivals. I (Linh) fondly remember the Asparagus food festival. There was a vendor there with the best hickory smoked almonds I still dream about. Cheers!
I have also made dyneema running back stays for my mizzen mast, but I haven't gotten around to replacing the old ones yet. The sticking point was that the new stays with thimbles are bigger and bulkier than the old, SS ones. I like your solution of using triangle plates, and I think I'll do something similar.
www.fisheriessupply.com/schaefer-marine-triangle-plates
Hi to all. Great video as usual. We miss you guys in Barra De Navidad. Happy Trails,
Go, Team Basik ! Best wishes and safe journeys from Montana !
I think it was Tula's Endless Summer who did the synthetic lines, and one of the things they talked about and did was stretch it really hard to make it less stretchy. My point is you all might want to keep checking the tightness of these till they are set. Actually, I guess you do that with all the rigging!
These were purchased pre-stretched, but you are right about being able to tension as it stretches out. If you notices, these are our running backstays which we now have a designated winch to adjust them as they stretch out. So far, it has been working flawlessly.
Looks perfect... nice job. 😊
Thank you! Cheers!
I would have needed at leàst 6 of those little cotter keys 😅
😂
Yeah!
Happy new year fam! Hope ya have a wonderful one
Same to you!
Knows it's long done, and you did great.
Only tip, next time, always face your bolts towards the rear.. that bolt/ cotterpin should have gone in the other way.
Aircraft maintenance 101.... bolts alway face,,,
back & down when installed...
But really, great work.
Your splicing is really a good talent...
Thankyou
I'd wager that folks would pay well for a boat inspection by Teal, when purchasing or upgrading.
Replacing the steel back stays with dynema ones. Dropped a safety split pin but was good for a spare. Can't leave until nesting family vacates the boom sail bag.
Luckily the doves where already two weeks into their three week stay.
Great effort :) ;) looks cleaner.
Thank you! Cheers!
safe travels
Great to see the episode!
Great to be back!
Well all I can say is that Custom is in great shape, but are you guys planing a crossing of some kind in the future, I would really like to know..
They are going through the Panama Canal before too long.
Hey Teal just something I noticed when you were putting the triangle fitting together at the top of the mask
When you put the sheer pin through the two cheek plates of the fitting
The cheek plates moved to the centre of the pin which puts the pin in a bending motion instead of in sheer
In my experience as a rigger there should be a spacer between the two cheek plates so they stay in sheer
Just saying😅
Also love your videos cheers 🍻
Did you find the cotter pin? They don't fly very well, except down. Happy to see this video.
They found it on the deck the next day.
I see you work with material that looks the same as we have for railing lines.. unless it’s additionally pre stretched you’ll be surprised about the stretch. It’s strong ( we have it for 5 years ) but any point it might shave it needs protection. We live in Asia… uv does not seem to impact it so far. Hope you have good long tensioners in between. Would I use for my back stay? Nope. I’d look for the lines used for anti torsion in code zero as that’s way stronger.
Btw great to see you have actual back stays on a cat that’s not common.
Should have sent Emma up the mast to do it. I'm not sure when you changed the mast light last, but that would have been a great time to do it. I know from experience whenever you work in a difficult spot to get to and don't take advantage of to some minor up keep you end up having to go back in a few days or weeks to fix the minor thing you could have done when you were there.
⛵️⛵️⛵️❤❤❤safe travels 🥃🍷☕️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾👍👍👍⛵️⛵️⛵️
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Glad to see you guys are doing well. Neil taking slow and easythe girls needed So don't reinjure yourself. PS gotta hate those slippery Carter pins, especially when you're 60 feet in the air.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Take care he's god bless
is there newer Dyneema that is UV protected ?
Of coarse Teal had a spare pin with him. My question is, how many spare pins did he take up and what else did he bring a spare for?
I need your notes on splicing? Where is your source for Dynema?
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Take care of that arm Teal
Curious and just a question. I’m starting to learn splicing…at the bottom / tight side of the splice at the “thimble?” Would it be good to do a whip around it to keep it tight at that spot? Just asking, and trying to learn. Thank you for your videos, I love them and watch them all. Cheers to you(s)
No, the legs of splice will open when the line is tensioned, this is called the 'throat' of the splice. If you stitch them together then the stitches will break under load if the throat is made too long. Look up 'throat angle' and 'throat ratio' in a rigger's book. It's somewhat similar to scope of chain/rode when anchoring. When you splice the correct size eye for a given size of line and mated thimble you should be able to pop the thimble in with some effort and remove it with a little effort. If its impossible to get the thimble into the closed slice its too tight, conversely if the you bounce the eye around and the thimble falls out then the eye is too loose.
Linh with shorts
I didn’t see you using seizing wire on the back stay.
🧿👍
IMO carbon/composite is the future of rigging even for cruisers. I worry about a bad actor or mischievous person cutting a line with nothing more than a scissors or a knife. Synthetic rigging has a shorter life than stainless too. Also, Some insurances will not accept Synthetic rigging for off shore use.
... even for cruisers...
I would use screw and bolt rather than cotter pin to secure rigging
No second safety line !! Tired of life?
We always use a secondary safety line. The captain is a stickler on safefy first.
Remember me on Vilamora
Fact be told...keep them in the sun .
Nice upgrade, are you sourcing the materials locally or shipping in from the states?
We are shipping in from the states. The quality is much better and we know the brands we trust.
Capt!!! No disrespect!!! Why did your crew lose focus of the job at hand on the stay when it slipped??? Because they are worried about you!!! Been here 4 something years??? Sir!!! Your wife, your child needs you. Get yourself well, Sir!!!! Your such a freaking hard ass. 🤣😂🤣😂!!! If you're not here, they are heart broken, Sir! Love you guys!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
I did not see a safety back up like on Teal ? I never send anyone up on just one line .
They always use a safety line.
Why did you send the whole bag up? you only needed to send up the tang plates and the mast head ends of the back stays, not the whole length of the back stays, I know Dynema is lighter than ss rope but it still has some weight.
We did that just in case it slipped and dropped down onto the deck or worse, on one of the girls. Plus it was easier to manage with all the moving parts.
Teal was chad in this episode
Great work! One suggestion I have is to try to do you and Emma's voice overs in more acoustically friendly locations. I know how much work it takes to put these things together, but the boxy voice overs don't match the rest of your production value.
I hope the pin didn't hit the dove!
We actually found the dropped pin the next morning on the starboard deck...no blood or feathers detected😉.
I don’t think dyneema is quite there yet. Yes it’s lighter, stronger and is a diy project but it still has its downsides. Dyneema stretches and can lose 60% of its strength due to UV degradation.
Your paper work needs renamed from cheat sheets to smart sheets.
Lol, Yes! That sounds much better. 👍👍👍
I understand the logic of replacing the older heavy stainless main rigging stays with the Dyneema product, but how do you tension the replacement synthetic lines? The old stainless rigging had turnbuckles to finely adjust tension. You fabricated and spliced the Dyneema lines to a specific length, how will they be tensioned and periodically adjusted? Can you please show the hardware for tensioning the Dyneema lines.
That was a running backstay so tension will be applied when needed via the winch.
Why cruise and enjoy the journey when you can just let Teal satisfy his OCD with another never ending project
'Promosm'
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