Sail Life - This is BANANAS! 🍌😉
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Ava is nuts! Nuts about bananas! This week we tour martinique, hike and of course go to the BANANA museum. Happy wife, happy life.
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As a guy who knows that benefit...I can't emphasize enough attaching the kill switch lanyard to yourself each and every time...before you start the outboard motor. Great video! Cheers!
You guys are a bunch of fun together. Rather than using straps, prevail on Ava's crocheting abilities and have her knit a "basket" out of dyneema. This can be left on the motor all the time.
That is such a fun idea! :D I've already made a temporary harness for the outboard but maybe that would be a fun project for Ava :)
What about sewing a canvas cover for the outboard that has the straps integrated into it?
Tiny dyneema line is pretty cheap and super strong. Even overpriced Worstmarine has 2.5mm Amsteel singlebraid for US$0.39/foot and you can get it much cheaper from other discount chandlers like Hamilton Marine online. 2.5mm is like yarn but has a minimum breaking strength of 650kg.
I've never bothered to make a harness to lift my outboards, I just grab a bit of rope. I tie a loop around the midsection just below the power head, finishing it with a bowline. I run the line over the top of the power head, then tie another loop around the midsection, from the other direction.
As long as the loops are smaller than the power head the result is secure, and I trust bowlines more than I trust fabric store hardware.
I vote for macramé in dyneema. Well it certainly makes our single seatbelt loop with a single stainless ring look like it was designed by Occam. Has worked for 10 years so far, but I'm looking for macramé videos now.
I love Ava’s energy, it’s infectious!
As you were explaining the outboard lifting plan I was thinking "you need a safety line" then your next words were "we're going to add a safety line". Smart man! One additional layer of safety you may consider is to tie a knot or something on the end of the red lifting line so if it slips from the hands it won't go through the top block. The engine may drop into the water but at least it won't be on the bottom. Cheers!
I would have a safety line connected at all times even after the harness has been tested. "Always tie for storm", my father used to say.
We have a 10' tether line on our outboard that is ALWAYS tied to something sturdy on the sailboat or the dinghy whenever the outboard mounting screws are going to be loosened and isn't untied until the mounting screws/bolts are tightened again on the destination mount.
The only exception is when I beach the dinghy to clean the bottom where the outboard needs to come off (on land) to flip the dinghy over to scrape the bottom. Unless the outboard is over land the tether is tied to something secure in case it is dropped.
Every outboard I have ever owned has had a hole in the mounting bracket to tie a 1/4" line to -usually one on each side, one for the tether and one for the lock that goes to a security cable.
I am not really paranoid. I have witnessed an outboard going into the water and to the bottom (it wasn't mine, I was just there when it happened.) It's not going to happen to me. It may get wet but it isn't going to go all the way to the bottom or get lost. It's not the end of the world if it gets wet if you can take it apart and rinse it all inside right away. 2-strokes are even easier than 4-strokes in this regard. Another plus in their favor that should be added to the previous video.
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What a fun vlog. Eva.. you are such a great fun presenter.. a great duo. So many factoids…. Happy that Mads got to geek with his doohickies
I was in Prince Edward Isle in Canada and we took a long trip to go to their potato museum. Learned quite a bit about potato’s on that trip. Tanks for taking us along. Now I know more about bananas. Nice job Admiral.
Ava, I love your commentary and joyfulness and I always learn something new. Keep exploring.
Bro-mill-iad = bromeliad...emphasis on middle syllable. Neat plants in pretty area.
Or, in Europe, 'bro-mee-lee-ad' - emphasis on second syllable.
Apparently I've been using the European pronunciation all my 58 years. but I talk funny.
One note is that the SE Sport 300 hydrofoil (shown in the opening minute) is best suited to larger outboards (30hp to 50hp). For smaller OB's (9.9 thru 20hps), the SE 200 is the size you'll want. It's a great product, and make a significant difference in controlling bow rise and promoting early planing. A right angle drill adapter and stubby 1/4" bit is all that's needed for install.
Aren't you two sailors the most cutest and most brainiac sailors in all of UA-cam!..love the banana's tour, very informative...SUBSCRIBED!
Most impressive Mads. Called the wife "Banners" and lived :) You a brave Man Mate....
I recommend that you keep your safety strap in place. We started out with a factory made harness for our Tohatsu 18HP. One day, after about 8 years of use - one of the straps failed, and the motor fell. I was standing in the dinghy, and the motor was over my shoulders. I caught it. It never touched the dinghy or fell into the water. Lesson learned - used two independent harnesses, or at least the second safety strap.
It sure is nice to just pick up our little Honda 2.3hp and effortlessly carry it in one hand while I climb down into the dinghy with it.
Sure it is a little slow and noisy but we are usually within site of the dinghy dock anyhow. We can make about 5kt with the two of us aboard and fully loaded with groceries, water jugs, or whatever.
As usual, Ava's travel log was the highlight of this video.
A simpler lifting harness can be in the form of a 'Choker Rig'. Two long straps with eye loops at either end can be set up so the end loop of #1 passes through the end loop of #2 and then loop #2 passes through the end loop of #1. When laid flat they look like two 'L' shapes with the short leg of each slid over the long leg of the other. When placed over the motor so the long legs are on the sides and the two long leg loops are attached to the lift, pulling upwards tightens the harness so it 'Chokes' the engine housing. The 'Choker' cannot open up to slide over the engine until all weight has been removed...
I love Ava's "Dad" jokes.
And perfectly deliver with no slip ups!
Small and obscure attractions...like Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen.
Regarding the hoist, instead of the webbing, I'd use dyneema-line. Then you don't need those buckles, but can integrate soft shackles into the line. That way the harness can stay on without scratching anything, and only has to be opened when you want to remove the cowling Alternatively, you could start off with making a sun protection cover first (with a zimperlich at the front so it can be removed easily when you need access. Then integrate the lift-point and strapping into the cover. Then the buckles would be on the outside and the weight is evenly distributed and the harness can't slip off even when you have the engine in some awkward position (servicing the impeller, by lifting it with the boom into the cockpit for example.)
*zipper instead of "Zimperlich" - somehow I can't edit it 😮
As always, you made a great video. Cooking bananas like Plantains are popular in the Caribbean, especially Puerto Rico and Cuba. They are fried in cubes, flattened, and then sprinkled with said. They're very tasty.
This is one of the best episodes I have seen in a while! I'm glad you have hit a stride. Complete with some cap'n dumb dumb, I suppose there are some Danish curse words in order. Cheers.
Watching you two makes me smile.
There used to be a great banana farm on the coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara in CA. They had a fat little sweet banana called an Ice Cream Banana. They had dozens of others, but it sadly closed a while back. Bananas and plantains are awesome.
Hey Mads, just wanted to say thanks so much for all the effort you put in to these videos. I've been with you since your mum and dad had a saloon sanding party aboard A! Not to mention stop motion dancing deck screws 🙂 Seems like a lifetime ago.
I've been spending the winter refitting a (new to us) Najad 370. I've put in Trudesign seacocks, Victron inverter/mppt/shunt, remodelled the aft cabin from two singles to a king size double and a 1000 other jobs. Every time I hit a problem, or momentarily consider taking a short cut, I say to myself "what would Mads do?". You are both still a bit ahead of us, I am a Marine Traffic stalker, but you're still providing great motivation and more importantly fantastic guidance! Thanks again.
Seeee yoooo 🙂
Hi guys, for the dinghy, maybe an idea to have two anchors for beaching, with one on the beach and one in the water, and use a 'clothesline' pulley system to leave the dinghy floating away from the beach in order to save chafe from dragging the dinghy on land, grinding in the surf (waves splashing in), or be afraid it floats away. The Mantus 1.1 kg anchors seems good with small size but with good holding power. Then a thin but strong dyneema line. Check SV Panope's UA-cam channel for tests of the Mantus. And you do the best guided tours by far. If you thought cruiser's tours was used up, don't.
My favourite salmon fishing lure pattern. NO BANANAS
Looking forward to see your visit to Dominica. Yrs ago I worked there for 4 months, and to this date, that island with its nature/scenery and people/food is the best 4 months of my life.
We visited a banana plantation in Madeira a couple of years ago. There they explained that the purposed of bagging the bananas is that it protects the bananas from insect damage. The practice has proven to be essential to improving the quality and yield of the fruit.. The bag creates a microclimate that maintains a high temperature and prevents chill damage. The blue plastic also blocks UV light which prevents burning of the peel. I seem to recall that the practice was developed in 1956 in Guatemala,.
Ava you may have already read it but "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World" by Dan Koeppel is an excellent book about the history of bananas and if you haven't read it, I am sure you will enjoy it.
If I am ever in Martinique, I will definately go to the Banana museum - Thank you
Great tour of the islands! Really cool to see the history! And cool setup for the outboard.
The flowers are edible too guys. Vietnamese people use them in a lovely salad.
Bro-mi-li-ads - biologist here. Great video - these tour videos with Eva in charge are sweet and delightful. Please continue!
Great episode.
Regarding the outboard hydrofoil. Do not get up the expectations up too high.
I've had these on a number of engines over the years. Second hand engines that had them when I bought the engines. The hydrofoils never worked as well as hoped, at all.
If you decide to try out the doohickies I hope you have more success than I did.
Get yourselves familiar with the engine without the hydrofoil first. Speed, fuel consumption etc. at different speeds and rpm. To serve as a baseline for comparison.
I look forward to your results and I'm ready to change my mind ;-)
I never thought about bananas before but now I want to go to a banana museum
I lived in west Africa as a kid 50 years ago. Premium fruits. 3 major types of bananas there. One very similar to what we eat in the states. There was also a short fat that kinda left an aftertaste of bitterness. My favorite was a tiny banana that was about the size of your fingers. The peeling was very thin and the fruit was very high in sugar. Strong banana flavor.
good to hear that with bananas, facts also come in bunches
Great commentary Ava, cheeky fun banter with a smile to match! Outboard, personally I would not attach anything to it, extra surfaces create drag and will affect economy. There is one exception and that is the safety enclosures that stop the blades contacting soft fleshy things... removable though for normal use. I am envious though and I can only dream about 15hp! Sad!
If you like oddball museums, if you're ever in Minnesota you should visit the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. They have a phrenology machine...
Look at the hydro shield brand foil. Gets it on plane faster, but more importantly protects the prop. It has saved me buying a new prop countless times.
Hey are you two stopping in Puerto Rico on your way up, culebra island is a greatstop over just to chill out the best beaches in the island see if the carnival is running its a great time!!! Heve fun and safe travels
Hi there !
Another nice video thank you for that !
Just a small advice from a sailmaker : prefer polyester webbing to nylon because there's more UV resistant...
A considering that you have the sailrite and the skills to use it : sew a nice acrylic cover for the outboard when it's outside.
The harness and the outboard will last more !
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I'm loving the shorts BTW. Awesome
Thanks guys so much fun touring with you both!
I never thought I'd learn so much about bananas from a sailing channel
Hi ,The hydro foil worked wonders on ours , would get on the plain and could throttle back , where before ours was either flat out on the plain ,on or off . Thanks for another interesting video , enjoy your selves .😉👍👍
I enjoyed the banana museum. There, I said it. (I always enjoy Ava’s tours.) 😎🥰❤️❤️❤️🥰😎
Ava, yes!!! Banana 🍌 Laffy Taffy is my favorite too! Loved all the banana facts! 👍
I loved banana laughy taffy!!!
You don't need that hydro foil, don't drill the motor. If the dingy is planning and it is NOT porpoising (which dinghies don't) then you don't need the foil. Besides, you will be using stainless bolts on aluminum.
Re: whaletail or trim foil.You dont need it with that small dingy and large in comparison motor.CHEERS from HERE!
No for the foil.
From Minnesota, we know boats!
Very timely. I just finished a project where I made an outboard work stand that mounts very quickly to the same mounts that our cockpit table mounts on. This will give me a convenient and handy place to do the scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on the little beast out of the weather right in the convience.of the covered part of if the cockpit out of the sun, wind, and rain. This is also handy because there is a ton of access all around to do the work and if we run into any issues it can stay right there while we sort it out or find parts we don't have on hand. I can even put a 5-gallon bucket full of water right under it and run the engine to test it right on the stand. Changing the engine oil or the lower unit oil will be a breeze too.
I made it all out of plywood I found near a marina dumpster in the free pile and only needed some cutting up and fiberglassing to turn 1/2" plywood into 1-1/2" thick stock. Some glorious sanding and painting was all that it took to finish it. It screws together from two pieces so it folds down flat for storage when it is not needed.
It only took me about 7 years of cruising and fumbling around working on the outboard in makeshift locations to get this project done.
OMG banana laffy taffy!!! I just ordered a bag. Thanks for the reminder of that childhood favorite!
You should always have a safety strap tide to your boat separately from the lifting device so if it fails your motor will not drop to far.
You and your wife are awesome. Stay safe, enjoy life, and thanks for sharing.
Just FYI, we had an older 21ft cabin cruiser I ended up bolting a plane-fin to and it made a HUGE difference in time to plane.
My understanding is their size affects how far down they'll shove the nose. So they *can* be too big.
Great video as always 😊
doohickey is such a useful word
If I were you Mads I would not underestimate the weight and especially the momentum (under a sharp movement of the boat and/or stroken by a wave) of a 38 kg engine hung there. To me you'd better fabricate a custom made wooden (or nylon or fake wood) support/plank made in two parts then bolt together to "incapsulate" the ss tubes on both sides (ie, half tube groove to be milled out in each support). In this way the outboard will also "hung" in its designed fashion and by using the two clamps to secure it.
You guys always leave me giggling. Thank you
You've basically built the "motor caddy lifting strap", which is good, because DIY.
I don't think the arch is strong enough for storing the outboard if you encounter weather. But it is probably find for shorter passages where you have reliable weather forecasts. If you cross a whole ocean you should lash it to the deck or down below somewhere.
So fun! Thank you.
If you’re ever in New Orleans, Ava, you should have a 1/2 banana, 1/2 chocolate daiquiri! 💯
Another very informative video! Many thanks for both of you!!
Beautiful Island and a wonderful tour.
I was surprised how many different coloured bananas you can grow. A blue banana who would think.
Interesting video 2x👍
I have the same nav light and the same hydrofoil since 2020. I would buy them again. They do work great
Great content well done
If you have access to a lathe, it's basically all you need to make the "plastic doohikey" replacements. You bore the ID, part the "pucks" off, then use a grinder to cut a flat for the mounting bracket and then drill two holes for threads, at which point you can finally slice the bracket in half. Just in case you happen to only have a lathe. That said, if you find (online) someone that sells a spacer with the same diameter as the pipe, you're set, because all you need is an angle grinder, drills and a tap. I've been lucky once or twice to find these kinds of things online when i was in a tight spot in the middle of nowhere.png.
To make Banana beer, They burry sweet banana's underground for 1 week, Then dig them up and take the skin off, It then gets mashed up with fresh green hay and then filtered and brewers yeast is added and 5 days latter you have banana beer.
Spiffy fun vlog really enjoyed it many thanks for Sunday viewing 😊
AVA IS THE STAR OF THIS VIDEO , AND ALL VIDEOS WHERE SHE IS A PART.
We occasionally get red bananas. I love plantains. We often fry them for breakfast or make plantain chips.
No such thing as overkill in applications like this - and keep the safety strap. It will,save the outboard some day. 👍🏻
When you are at the grocery store and you.see 4 or 5 bananas in a bunch, that small bunch is a "hand" of bananas! So, the shopping list: add a "hand of bananas", or two. :¬) Webhead USA
There's a really cool fantasy story called "The Bromeliad". And it's Bro-mee-lee-ad.
hi! farmer in hawaii so most of those plants i have in my own garden! its pronounced bro (as in hey bro pass me the salt) mel (as in mel brooks) and iliad (as in the iliad, on old greek story). you should have looked into the larger ones they catch water and some of them house entire ecosystems including crabs! ps: mergul says hi!
Banana laffy taffy!!
Bananas and mangoes are equal for me. 👌👍
So you know, I ate a banana whilst you were talking about the plantation. I think i've heard the word Banana at least 20 times, so the power of suggestion was overwhelming, I paused, retrieved a banana and ate it. I doubt it came from Martinique
i worked at a banana farm in Hawaii. Banana trees are just giant grass!
We have Lady Finger Bananas too in Australia.
loved the banana museum
Make your stronger and keep your dinging behind your boat
When I was a kid, we were able to get red fig, but we can no longer find them here in NY
Came for the sanding, stayed for the banana facts
I have the same hydrofoil but its the clamp on, no drill model. That's the one you need.
If any one has had the hard candy Runts, then you'll be familiar with the taste of the first dominant banana. Before a blight wiped that strand out and we now have the lesser flavorful Cavendish variety
navigation skills😂
Always wear the safety cord when operating the outboard. Safe boating 101
Bro-mee-lee-ad haha!
The journey is always an adventure in a new place. 👍👍🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
A 2nd secure line .. would be a good idea imho
I would have thought that drilling the holes for the trim foil (which you don’t need,in my humble opinion) would invalidate your guarantee.
We have apple flavored and strawberry flavored bananas here in Hawaii
A lot of outboards have a lifting eye under the cowling.
Glorious sanding 😂😂😂
Liked. Don't add the foil unless you really need it, most don't.
Banana flavor Laffy Taffy > all other Laffy Taffy. Points if you can get Mads to eat one!
Before you put that whale tail on your motor, try different props, you can find a prop that will get the boat on plane faster.
I am Martiniquan! Would be happy to meet or help you with any questions or anything you need during your trip. Enjoy!
If you love banana so much, then you need to visit Coffs Harbour in Australia, to see the Big Banana.