Sail Life - 5kW gorgeous alternator 🔥, doorframe & Athena gets her name back
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2021
- This week after a little bit of fiddling about I finally get to install Athena's new 5kW alternator. Although we won't be able to get the full 5kW we should be able to get around 4kW - not too shabby! We'll get back to the external regulator for the alternator next week :) Ava does a ton of organizing in the forward cabin. I make and install a new doorframe and countertop for the head.
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Ireland is opted out of Schengen and has long held ties with the US due to the irish connection so may have a visa waiver that applies for Ava whilst Mads can still stay there under freedom of movement from within the EU. The Embassy of Ireland in København is well worth contacting as they will be able to advise about any US/Ireland visa waiver scheme.
Speaking from experience I would suggest a longer faucet for the shower sink. This one would get more water on the counter top than the sink.
I thought the exact same thing..
A lot of our (scandinavian? european? I'm Swedish myself) bathroom sinks have this problem - it seems to be the standard over here. My hands are constantly bumping into the back of the sink bowl while washing. A longer faucet would solve that, but they just aren't available it seems.
Yes this needs upvoting
Yeah I thought the same thing. I put in a raise sink in my RV's bathroom and made the mistake of putting the faucet back too far. It works but it splashes water on my mirror all the time and then I got to clean it. They'll figure it out though. I'm sure that once they're out there, if Mads thinks it's an issue he'll fix it.
I just wanna say how wonderful it is that Ava has stepped into these videos so seamlessly. It's already difficult to imagine that she wasn't always aboard! Maybe that's not why yall clicked as a couple but it sure is a nice bonus for the viewers.
Totally agree,
You bounce off each other well.
Wishing you both, health,happiness, and wealth for the future.
Hello Ava and Mads
Thanks for your time today Mads👍 We wish you all the best for the future🇩🇰🇺🇸❤️. Allready waiting for next sunday😁🛠
See you😄, Berit & Ole
You guys could use a net as a shelf in the overhead lockers
An underwear hammock!
Marriage is GREAT! I've enjoyed it every time I've done it.
lol
Ava’s sock drawer and Mad’s activity board-you guys are a perfect match. Also, this is the first cruising blog to mention medications and emergency medical supplies. Well done.
Mads, You seem to be working with heightened motivation now that Ava has joined you and adds her personal touches and assistance.
Ava is a natural front person for the vids
This series needs a wedding. Time lapse it if you have to🙂👍
for that tension arm you built---either make a copy or a template in case that one eventually breaks. Again --to cover all the "What Ifs" in cruising!?--------Mikey, Belfair, Wa, USA
This would make a lot of sense seeing as it's a custom part now.
Or at least keep exact specifications so someone could make it with 3D printer.
yeah especially considering that it's going to be under tension with a big vibratey thing directly connected to it.
@@henrymorgan3982 3D print will never work for that application, no even close...
You could add a shelf in those forward lockers if the shelf was a bungie/cargo net that was screwed into the corners. That would give you a second level to work with.
I was thinking he could build a set of slat shelving, the pieces would be smaller and easy to fit in that space.
Make the shelf out of Phifertex or the equivalent and it will perhaps allow a bit more airflow and hopefully less mold.
@@waterfaucet9926 My thought also ...
@Senapspiser I like this too. Light weight, simple, easy to install, and cheap. Plus with the time crunch this can be done with little effort for the project.
I like very much the way how you make movies together. You seems to be very good team and it is really nice to watch both of you. Very good change that I hope will bring number of your subscribers above 100k soon. Good luck!
Ava has found the perfect solution to hold the bolts while she tightens the nuts down below . I don't see why Madz always had trouble.
I am LOVING the Mads and Ava show. This is going to be so much fun moving forward.
"Ava tightened the nuts from down below" Well, you spent a long time alone, its great that you're working these things out together, just remember to keep working on the boat too!
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that gave a childish snigger when that came up, as they say. 😉
Excellent progress kiddies! Ava, great drawer organizational skills. grab n go... nice. V berth storage could simply be pigeon holes say 7”x 7”, again, grab n go, maybe one of those shoe organizers OR better yet have hubby whip something up in the shop! Probably slap sumpin’ together under 12 hours lol! Thanks guys, love your show, btw the postit movements seem to be rt on schedule.😁
Nice work guys. Two options for the shelves in the V lockers. Thermo formed plastics you cut and use heat to bend then rivet or glue together. You can make very tight fitting shelves that are very thin so maximize space. Also can cut them so they allow reaching "in front of the transverse vertical parts so there is no hidden spaces. Can use net bags as well to coordinate what is stored so your not having to dump and sort then store all the time.
Getting closer! One recommendation for the meds/supplies: get a vacuum bag sealer that you use for food and make various smaller bags. Bandages, bandaids, etc., tend of oxidize over time and this helps a lot. Also, if the main bag gets doused you will have lots of watertight "go bags" inside. Tip: after sealing the bags, make a little cut in each so you can rip them open without a tool.
To attach the clutch with shorter bolts. Make the bottom piece of wood longer than the clutch. Make the top piece of wood the same size. Ensuring the upper wood is centered with the bottom wood. The bottom piece of wood, drill upward and countersink the bottom side and mount the bottom piece to the upper piece and the clutch so the bolt heads are flush with the bottom. Then put down on the boat deck, and with the outward longer flaps on both sides, bolt down through the deck.
Ava you´re a UA-cam natural! - Excellent narration and great screen presence.
I'm sure lots of folks have told you this, but from today, EU (apart from France) and US citizens can now enter the UK so long as they are fully vaccinated. Really hope that means you can stay together. Oh and Mads, create dust at your PERIL!! We're renovating a house at the moment and we spend MUCH time cleaning!! Greetings from the UK and hope to see you here soon!!
Ireland is not part of the Schengen area, so if for any reason you are not allowed in the UK, you can also reset your Schengen visa by staying in Ireland? Ireland is absolutely beautiful and the people are quite welcoming.
And Crossahaven would be a great place to Moor your boat!
Hell, if they moor up in Dublin I'll happily buy their first pints
@@johnciall when they get here they could end up never leaving for the drink.
@@pauln2141 you say that like it's a problem
FYI for the DIY
Whenever you have some small dents in real wood you can make a couple slices into the grain with a razor knife and then place a wet rag over the dent. Use a hot iron in order to steam the wood by forcing the heat through the wet cotton rag and ...
TADAAAA.
repeat as necessary after drying then sanding down the raised grain that results from the steamed wood grain.
👍🏼 hope it helps.
Glad to see all your progress!!
So a couple ideas for your organization, in the lockers where wood shelves won't fit, you could do a fabric shelf with it sandwiched between wood strips on either end. Also, for the plastic bins, if you can get it there, some shelf liners would reduce noise and keep them from sliding a bit. Some elastic straps could be utilized hold them in place too. See the link below for the shelf liner
Proud of you guys!👍
Yay! I've been checking every so often for a couple of hours!
Mads looks so happy and proud at the intro, We have a new Captain aboard! 😀
Sunday is complete and as always a great pleasure to watch. Ava is a beautiful and great presentation assistant ☺️
Wow you guys make a great team. Can't wait to see the next part of the adventure begin
Another fantastic video! Love you two ❤️
Thanks again guys.
Looks great!!!
The door frame looks Fantastic! Well done.
Wow Lots of progress this week. It is exciting to watch. I loved how you both don’t cut corners.
Really enjoying the new mads & Ava version of SL
Great video!! Ava is very cool, greetings from Brazil
I think Marty and Doc brought me one day to the future!
Great video again. Hope you troubleshoot the visa problem.
Mads, would be great if in the "five years restoration project" intro, you could include Ava also, helping you with the osmosis treatment. 😉
Ava, the forward v-birth storage areas… put up shelving to the left and right of the entrance. With a small lip. Could have 4 spaces (2 per side) and a large middle with a tub you pull to access the others!
Wishing you two the best.
Ava is quickly becoming UA-cam’s next sailing sensation!
wow, what a perfect boat, and partner set up. Smooth sailing.
Glad to see you guys finally together things will go twice as fast and the nesting begins... LOL good luck guys
That sink in the head is a work of art. Awesome work Mads.
Love this channel even more, Ava fits right in and things are coming along great…thanks for sharing and will be praying for you two that it all works out…
For Ava's Visa issue I know of an American couple that purchased a boat in Greece and ran in similar visa issues because they couldn't leave due to the pandemic and had to stay in Greece for more than 90 days. Their UA-cam channel name is Sailing Blackbird. I believe it is episode 10 in which they talk about their Visa issues as Americans in Europe. Maybe they can help you with Ava's issue. Good Luck!
So happy to see you both doing well, good luck on the Visa issues. Excellent progress on Athena!
Didn't Sailing Uma get a long visa for the EU for their year+ Norway trip? Maybe reach out to Kika and see what happened there. Of course, they are Canada and Haiti, so YMMV.
To add to that, I think MJ sailing was able to get an extended visa. Can't quite remember though but they're US citizens so it might apply for Ava
Each EU country can outside of the standard Schengen Tourist Visa offer long stay tourist visas, you need to apply for them within your country of residence in the embassy of the country you want to go. Plus the countries requirements of the stay. Very often minimum financial background for the duration of the stay und proof that you have a health insurance for this country of some sort.
Norway is part of Schengen but not EU, they may very well offer these long stay tourist visas. Which I personally found out the hard way not many EU country offer easily. Getting such a visa needs time a lot of paper work. Not quickly to get.
@@MrThomast74 Yeah but they are a couple with one being from the home country and the other not. That probably changes things. My brother moved from Canada to the US and being a couple with an American put him under the microscope.
Great video
Thanks for sharing the ladder hoist fabrication.
Well done Co-host! Welcome back.
I would suggest rolling everything - even t-shirts - it makes stuff less floppy and easier to stack especially for the v-berth cabinets 🇨🇦
What a cute couple. I seems to work well together on the refit projects 👏🏻
nice touch with the Carharts Eva! thats so great! :)
I learn sooo much BOAT DIY from you! And you are such an inspiring couple! I am doing "Glorious Sanding" today and this was my reward and break! Thank you both!
Ava truly complements your videos! Love the vanity top and sink you built! Your door frame is excellent! Great job on getting the medicine and first aid box together. The two of you are masters!!!!
Regarding the issue with the motion of the plastic boxes. I have you considered attaching a lid on the shelf in some way and then just let the box stand in that lid. The boxes and their lids are constructed in such way that they are stackable, so it would certainly work. There is also some dohickeys at IKEA that is used for "locking" the lids in place, which are really good in cases where the boxes are a little overfilled and in which case the lid will just not stay in place 😉
Instead of horizontal shelves in the forward lockers, you could make 1-2 vertical spacers and stack better vertically. Also - put the bigger items like pants sweaters and such in the lockers, and small items like t shirts underwear socks etc in the drawers. The bin system in the long term is spot on.
Great to see you both starting your life and adventure together , i really do hope you find the right solution, off the top of my head sailing urma is up in the Norway area and I'm sure they covered the uk situation , maybe they have a solution or lead for you to look into. all the best guys.
Mads I've been watching you for years now, and enjoyed every bit of it. All I can say is having Ava on board as just brought it up a notch. I can see how much you too love each other, at least in the videos lol, and that of course makes a world of difference. And while I'm still excited to watch you continue to work on Athena, I'm also excited to see you guys sailing off. Right now I'm in the wilds of Wyoming camping in my motor coach, far away from the sea, but in my imagination I could be there as well working on my own boat getting ready to sail off.
Usually watch you on my big screen TV and there's no way to comment so I had to switch to my phone since I haven't commented on your videos in a while. You've moved far past my level of expertise with epoxy and glass and electronics in pretty much everything else. But just because I haven't commented in a while doesn't mean that every Sunday if I have internet it's sail life day. You're an inspiration !
My son is in Denmark right now and travel for him has been easier as he has had both jabs for C-19. Nonetheless - great progress on the boat this week. Tidy drawers etc and that door frame looks great. Agree with a commenter below, make a second red doohickey asap. Its a non standard part and you have that workshop right now. Alternators have a lot of force behind them and getting one of those made on your travels would be a pain the the behind! Thank you for the video.
In our RV we use the "wal-mart" 3-drawer Sterelite brand plastic drawers in the cabinets to expand storage items higher, plus the clear drawers help to see what's inside, plus they have many different sizes to suit your cabinet sizes. They're stackable so you can add or remove layers to suit
Hi I am getting excited for you guys, I am not a boater but it all looks fantastic to me.
Diy!! I think a lot of professionals would struggle with the tools you have mads well done you two, the videos have become really well edited and the two of you work really well behind the camera keep up the good work and I'm sure you will work out the schengen problem as you have solved a lot more problems than that :0)
for storage in the one compartment that you couldn't get a shelf installed.. try the "shoebox" sized containers similar to the larger ones you have on the bigger shelf spaces. that location looked like you'd be able to put 3 or 4 across, and maybe 3 or 4 tall....if you find some of the better ones that have latching lids, they'll keep things dry, are clear so you can see some idea of what's in there, and can pull out a couple without really disturbing the others much.....(labels on the end would go a long way too) They're just big enough you can put two pairs of jeans in them, or 3 or 4 tee-shirts, a week's worth of sox or a weeks worth of underwear. bulkier items like a sweatshirt might be single entries, but it deepends on how bulky they are..
best of luck guys, boat life is great once all the lists are done.
just so ya know it never ends.
lol
Vacuum bags, vacuum bags! Fellow livaboard here in the Pacific Northwest and My fiancé has an impossible amount of clothes on our 46 sailboat. The only way to get it all in our storage area is with full length vacuum bags we ordered on Amazom. Also I noticed you had some clothes in some non insulated cabinets in the vee-berth and so be aware of mold! The vacuum bags solve that too. She keeps a few drawers and spaces for the everyday wear items though outside of the bags.
We shoved plastic baskets into our V birth lockers. Worked great
Ava, if I recall from Mads’ work on Obelix years ago, he made custom strapping to keep items in their place in storage shelves.
If I may suggest? Put the medical supplies into a traums bag (cordura camera bag) or a similar grab bag, so it literally be grabbed and taken to the injured, or grabbed and easily tied into the life raft in case of the worst. Or look into the organized medical bags that unzip and lay flat with many compartments all visible at once. Not cheap, but worth the money when you need to find or get things NOW.
Packing cubes work great in those weird shaped lockers. You can do outfits or type of clothing.
Had a similar situation occur prior to Covid and friends ended up going from Amsterdam to UK (3 months) then onto Maderia, Canaries (3 months) and then Cape Verde and then to US...
Tip for the locker:
Split a fitting length of the shelf in half, join them together inside the locker.
Considering that it is going to have personal items inside, it won't need to carry any weight.
love the Ikea idea but need to install a fiddle to hold hem in the back and have shelf room out front...love all your DIY jobs and I am also in the middle of a total gut job refit rite now and your videos give me ideas.. thank you guys!
Ava's touch👍🏻
For the V-berth storage, you could try tight netting on stainless eyelets to divide the storage space or act as a pseudo-shelf.
Phew! Lots to think about. Volvo Penta do a kit for mounting a second alternator on the LHS (starboard) side of the engine. This is for the Mastervolt alternator but it then provides 12v and 24v supplies, you can then have a separate battery for the engine and generator - useful... Covid - in the UK we have a certificate system run under the NHS with the NHS app. Even as visitors you could register on this, other than that I don't see any problem, certainly in England at least. We are very tolerant of these situations, and I've met many different nationalities staying at the marina.
Well done, guys. I am a little disappointed you didn't name your boat the Dohicky. Hahaha
I live in Scotland, and heck even we don't know the rules! Just beware if your not already, that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have different rules when it comes to Covid, because you know, sense! Hope that you get it worked out and can start your trip, together, as planned!
We use packing cubes in our lockers, we stand them on their side to helps us get more of them in and keep our clothes organized.
Always enjoy watching. One thought occurred to me while watching related to the angle of the jib/genoa sheet exiting the rope clutch toward the winch drum to avoid overrides. I believe the rode should slope upwards toward the drum. Consulting the winch mfg would remove any doubt and may result in adjustment of the clutch mounting height.
Great couple.
big dry bag can be used it place where box wont fit. we use them in Canoe trip and kayak
they make rubberised shelf liner its made to keep things from shifting . its a mesh with little rubber dots on the intersections/ Its very cheap comes in rolls and in different colors. My dad used it in his motor home to keep things from sliding around while traveling. they may be what you are looking for, for the containers
Holy Crap! NO WAY That was 21 minutes! Dam GREAT VIDEO 📹!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEO!
Ok I guess I have to watch it again. It looks like you my have to stay where you are tell next spring. But what do I know.
Ok untell next week.
Aloha and Mahalo from the Big Island 🏝of Hawaii 🏝
Love the video
And I appreciatie the subtitles (having a bad hearing problem). Must be a lot of work so thanks!!!
I would use bungee cords on the plastic baskets on the shelves to hold them in place and cut down on noise when at sea. You could also use metal or wooden rods that you could Fit into slots but would require measuring, more work and more noise.
I’d go with the soft side storage bins so they don’t bounce around and you don’t have to worry about tying them down and having trouble getting in through the tops
In V berth cabinets to increase storage above stored items Amazon has "storage nets" of many colors that are about two feet long that hold lots of stuff. By screwing in some cup hooks you can double storage. To keep plastic bins from sliding around use non skid mats under and perhaps a bungee cord across front to keep them in place when the boat is pitching. Doing a great job and the boat looks "VERY SPIFFY"
Not exactly sure why you guys want to spend a winter in the UK or Ireland? Absolutely lovely places, don't get me wrong, my wife's from the UK and we've spent quite some time there. Love it. Never been to Ireland but everyone says it's magic. Can't help but think that spending a winter there trying to finish projects will be difficult? Quite wet and not warm😁
Go.to.Gibraltar! You can scoot between Portugal, Gib, Morocco and Spain, beating the 90 day rule and enjoying nice weather. The immigration rules are not likely to change neither in the UK nor Schengen for a long while, whilst the UK and the EU are bickering🙄 good luck to you, and safe sailing!
Love this channel, I think it should be an hour long on tv.
Suggestion for organizing large lockers is plastic contsiners. Label them and put a map of the inventory on the locker door. Because the lockers are odd shapes we use the odd shapes for seasonal clothing. Every inch of storage is valuable, so make sure the containers do not have wasted space.we also keep a master list in the main cabin so we can find stuff easily. Heavy stuff like tools get spread out all over, so you can see why the master list is so helpful. This way the boat trim is helped by spreading out heavy item that you do not use every day.
As a foreigner living in DK for 16 years, the best advice is that you guys get married :-)
I'd disagree 🤭 marriage sucks
Aesome vlog and it seems like the pace is picking up now that the boss is here..lol. Regarding immigration laws, it was messy 25 years ago when I embarked from France to the US, hopefully for you two, things are better, but I would pack some blood pressure meds and anxiety pills just in case.. Marriage makes sense, and Eva gets to own 1/2 the sander.. take care, looking forward to the journey.
Definitely sympathize with your alternator woes, but I got lucky by flipping the arm over and using a conveniently placed extra threaded bore
Try the soft packing cubes for organizing the clothing. They come in various sizes and colors for organization needs.
I recommend you to buy ST winches in UK when you go there, much better prices than in Scandinavia/EU. Thanks for great videos and inspiration!