Sail Life - Staysail track, scuba tank holder, Rokk mini tablet mount & Scanstrut chargers
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2022
- This week is a little bit of a mixed bag :) I get the new tracks for the staysail installed and build a shelf for our scuba tanks that will be stored in the aft cabin. I also install a couple of chargers from Scanstrut and their Rokk Mini Tablet Mount.
Scanstrut Flip Pro: www.scanstrut.com/marine/powe...
Scanstrut Rokk Charge Plus: www.scanstrut.com/marine/powe...
Scanstrut Rokk Mini Tablet Mount: www.scanstrut.com/marine/sail...
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Dunmkopf extravaganza's abound here Mads - our sailing club actually gave us an award this year for our ability to find all the rocks in the bay with our 2+ meter centreboard... so yeah don't feel bad I just spent the last 3 months repairing that!
Yikes that's a hard earned award 😬😉 I hope we don't find any rocks or orcas on our way south 🤞🙂
why not change this rocky bay !?
there shouldn't be such.
@@omarkn4371 Hahaha Omar - there are only a couple of rocky areas and are fairly well defined... However we seem very good at finding the unmarked ones! 🤪
Every man wishes he worked in Mads precise and logical manner with care taken to detail and finish. But most of us know we don"t )))))))))
Yep. I am firmly in the "good enough" camp.
@@ricardokowalski1579 rust is beautiful !!!!
Must admit .I've had great experiences with non skilled people to start with, doing work to a higher standards than most professionals, but aided by good assistance. I used to be a Roofing Materials Merchant Soecialising in Natural Slate, which requires people getting a good feel for what they are working with. Many Customers dreamed of having a beautiful Natural Slate Roof, but would start off Asking me what sort of Roof Construction and covering, would fit their limited reroofing budget. So .I'd ask if they would like to do the work themselves and save the cost of hiring Professionals to get what they wanted and would they be ok with different sized Slates to normal for an even more beautiful Roof, as smaller Slates give more texture and can look amazing. A surprising number were prepared to give it a go, I wasvalways there to help, plus had a highly skilled qualified Slater who could be loaned to check all preparation was done right, then would start the slating with them showing them how to fit them, after giving a couple of Courses on an out of sight area of the roof as the first phase, that they would get the feel for it on. Allmof them ended up with gorgeous roofs, with even their test area being better than average professional standard, and their satisfaction with a job well done, was probably only exceeded by my Job Satusfaction. So Most People, with light assistance, are capable of astonishingly good work imho. Qualified Carpenters, and other such Tradesmen, know New Skills are never as straightforward as they first appear to be, so dig deeper to learn the ins and outs, and also become some of the Best Slaters. An old almost Father in Law told me there were no limits to the skills people can learn, and life has kept proving him right. Shame about his Daughter Though. 😅
"I know the exact position, it's going to be somewhere around here"
The evolution of Mads
For the staysail and genoa I would recommend adding some barberhauling attachment points out near the rail. They allow much better trimming of the sails, particularly when reaching, well worth it. There's so much to learn, I would recommend you both spend some time to learn racing techniques, equipment, there's so much that can help with sailing more safely, easily, lighter loads, whilst adjusting performance, motion and handling of the boat, even a solid cruising boat like Athena can benefit.
The ordering of individual stainless items is interesting.
Hi ya Mads, I'm sure Eva has told you to put a cloth down on that nice table when working there. Always a pleasure to watch your journey.
thanks for cleaning the spam. almost got me. :)
Great work Mads. If you don't have an oops every now and then, Mr. Murphy will come down on you hard and things will get worse quickly. Have a great week and thanks for bringing us along. give our best to Ava.
Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
Lol, that 3M adhesive tape is no joke. It's what holds my phone mount to the fuel tank on my motorcycle.
Dumkopf extravaganza!... now that's a T shirt I'd buy
For cutting 'straight' lines with a jig saw, we clamped a guide board to the work piece. You can also get a much smoother and straighter, although slower, cut by switching to a metal cutting blade. The smaller and more numerous teeth on a hacksaw blade leaves a nicely smoothed cut and isn't prone to 'wandering' like the coarser wood blades...
Looking good Mads. As always if you’re ever in Slovenia, my home is always open for you and your lovely wife. Oh, new twist in the invitation…we keep our sailboat in Pula and we are opening a grill and bbq store in Zadar Croatia so you have many options should you ever get our way!
Amazing amount of technical work.
The Netflix joke was awesome that really was a laugh out loud moment 🤣
The other reason for using that butyl tape under the bolt head is to reduce/prevent galvanic corrosion. And anything that seeps in past the head will remain in the hole and possibly corrode the aluminum track. You may be able to weld a 25mm SS tube to the top of the 30+mm binnacle mount in the cockpit to mount the iPad on and maybe make it large enough to mount other devices on. Maybe you can add another USB charger there as well. Run the cable inside the tubes. Another great DIY vlog! And WE are missing Ava also.
You always make my Sunday!
I snorted some water at the Netflix and ... joke :D Thanx Mads, now my sinuses are clear.
Another great episode, thanks Mads!!
I hope Eva approve everything
Good show. Thanks 4 sharing 🙂 We missed Ava. Say HI for us 🙂
Cheers,
Jay
Thank you.
Sail Life!
Very nice work mate.
And on the todo list: Diffuser curtains instead of the unsightly paper towel-and-tape thingy you have now
Another great video Mads
Enjoyed it!
Beautiful work, even your oooppps moments that cost more work... Still looks great!! I have the suction holder in my tile bathroom/steam rm an it's still holding 2 years later... See ya next week my friend ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Great job
Great content, thanks !!!
See you👍🏽
Hi, well done Mads .😉
Years of fiberglass cores and my conclusion is... make an epoxy plug regardless of what's between the sheets. Mechanical or waterproof, whatever the nature, you're better off putting a plug. A friend that does a lot of specialized sheets, usually used for things like insulation, pre pours truncated cones and uses them to sandwich the hole. Makes for a faster operation overall.
comment on your tank storage: imagine lugging a freshly reloaded heavy tank to the locker, then looking 3' down to the shelf and bending over to drop the tank onto that shelf. i'm not entirely certain that it will hold up to a kinetic introduction. a very very kinetic introduction if you're tired or Eva is doing it.
Love the diy
I am admittedly conflicted. As much as I want to watch you enjoy the years of your labor to refit Athena by sailing around the world; your DYI content is fantastic and truly enjoyable. Have you considered finding a new project to take all your skills to a whole new level? In my humble opinion; the best DYI sailboat channel on UA-cam. Safe travels on your journey ahead!!
I must admit, I have the same conflict. The DIY FUN segments are my favorite parts of Mads Adventures. I always learn something new and interesting, not only about the project, but about Mads himself. Mads makes it feel like we are in the DIY Man Cave, its just us and Mads, trying to figure out how to complete the next project on the list. Also, his first make has proved her worth as a DIY FUN member and its a joy to see her working alongside the master of DIY Fun. Fortunately with boats there is a never-ending list of things to do on a boat, so my hope is the DIY FUN never ends, lol!
....I like your epoxy works 👍
Great video! Hope you guys are enjoying the rum!
Nice video, as always, so that's great. What's not so great is to see that big amount of advertisement in Sail Life. I understand you guys have to make a living, but to be fair, is the first time i see so much time dedicated to a single brand on the channel.
Good stuff 👍🏻👍🏻
Mads and the dummkopf extravaganza! That gave me a good chuckle and a few tears all at the same time. How could Mads, a man of absolute perfection with his DIY Fun projects make a blunder such as this? My god, he is the one we all look up to for DIY Fun, just what are we to do?
Apparently all this time there has been some hidden editing going on as my expectations have been completely shattered. But alas, I see that Mads is not the super boat builder of Danish yore but is a real human being after all. Well, we Danes have our moments, dont we, lol!
I must admit, I am pleasantly surprised and elated at this revelation. There is something deep and freeing knowing that the great and mighty MADS is just like me, makes the same mistakes as the rest of us silly mariners, lol. Augh, but there's the beauty of this amazing channel. as DIY MEN we see the humor in the FUN we are having as we stumble through the process of learning and growing.
In the end we are men aint we, we do what men have to do, we push through the dummkopf mistakes, the palm to the head ah ha moments (we Danes are Famous for these), and we do what we gotta do, becuase, we are men aint we, and men do what we gotta do to get the job done!
Just doent tell the women folk, they will have a field day with all this men talk and admission to possible wrong doings and the like.
Hang tuff Brother Mads, your secret is safe with us!
Thanks for pointing out the Scanstrut products. And eh gads there is a local distributer, well sort of local. I consider a three hour drive local here in Canada.
Two years ago I installed the larger charge port….great product. Caution though……if the cable end gets wet….it burns off the contact on the cable. I’ve gone through 3. Charger is still fine though.
How’s Ava doing? Sister have her baby? Bummer about the holes and having to get all the fairing and painting done now… always something. As ever, Sunday is enjoyable to check in with Sail Life and see what y’all are up to. Thank you. 😀
I had some screws delivered in that same type of awesome electric blue Jiffy bag and I want to keep it forever
Projects, woo hoo!
A syringe might be useful for dispensing epoxy into a hole from the bottom up. Also, it might be better to kind of paint the inside of the hole with pure epoxy and only after doing that add the thickened epoxy.
I think Mads has considerable experience with this sort of stuff.
16:08 a simpler and less bulky solution would have been bulkhead mounted band clamps that hold the neck of the bottle and have a band clamp holding the body.
Mads I use bolt world same 1 of those , 3 of them setup in a2 or a4 👍
I find heat is the biggest killer of suction cups. Super hot day, they tend to fall off
Love it all good job. Oh I spy liquid stress reliever. Enjoy. 😁😁
Well ya got great taste in Rum
A work around for the unwanted holes could be a name plate for each side to hide the holes
Nice video
I feel your pain drilling holes in the wrong place....but sometimes it's easy to hide the mistake in plain sight. Simply install several stainless steel low head bolts and move on. No one will ever know 😉...they will just assume they are holding something on the backside
I doubt Mads would lower his standards to your trick (even if I find it genius ;o) )
@@TheGuit1 years ago...I was doing final inspection on our city's new ambulance before taking delivery...I found the hood mounted air horns pointing in different directions...one straight and one down on the front to drain water. When pointed out...you could see the panic on the company reps face...thinking about the filling, patching, and repainting base color, stripes, etc... I had them simply drill another hole to get both air horns correct .then install a stainless steel carriage bolts and we moved on. Nobody ever questioned the bolt head...and it made no difference to the operation...and it wasn't objectionable.
Thanks! Truly enjoy your videos, have a beer 🍺 on me
"Dummkopf extravaganza "...lmao
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Suction cup mounts always fall off when outside temperature changes more than a few degrees. Of course you can always stick them back on.
I think this is the first time I've seen Mads use a tape measure instead of a measuring stick.
add the rail mount inside by the nav station on the pole. can use ipad as 2nd screen or backup screen etc...
I just went through a somewhat extensive refit of my interior. I spent a ton of time cutting out a bulkhead and finishing it exactly how I wanted. When I got it right I had to mount one half of galley table to it. Somehow I convinced myself I had the right place and punched two holes 4" below where they actually went. It was really, really, annoying.
Seems like you could open up that rail mount 4mm easier than adding a pipe to your nav station.
My thought too
Mads! For your helm stainless rail attachment that you say "doesn't fit" you can always remove the screws it came with and replace them with longer screws. Yes this will make the doodad fit but the only minuscule issue would be the circumference of the molding and if that will fit "properly" as any Chinesium doodad would. Personally, I would try this method, just to not go through having more stainless work done for a plastic doodad. Keep up the projects buddy! Prost!
@🔔 TEXT ME ON TELEGRAM👉httpstmeSail_Life Would truly love that. I'll try and figure out HOW lol!. Talk soon and stay safe buddy
Wow i was just about to go search for a video on how to fill the holes on my yacht with epoxy after a failed solar panel experiment , once more spiffy amazes with his timing , maybe i am a spiffy in a parallel universe . Or as spiffy would say 'coplanar straight lines that do not intersect at any point. Parallel planes are planes in the same three-dimensional space that never meet. Parallel curves are curves that do not touch each other or intersect and keep a fixed minimum distance. ' .. you can add that to your T shirt range
If you want non skid where winch was they have the hexagon pads think they are 150mm. Old Sea Dog and Sailing Frenchman installed them.
Hehe first time I heard u said aluminum! 🤣🤣🤣
I would like to order one of your "Dummkopf Extravaganza" t-shirts. 😀
Hi Mads. When you are done with your projects and feel to work more on a boat, you can sail over to Sweden an give RAN some hands on there project ;-)
Maybe if you got longer bolts, you could use the rail mount thingy 🤔
Perhaps drilling a couple of 25 to 50 mm holes to improve drainage in your tank shelf might be a good idea. However the way you have it will be fine because you have limited opportunity to get large amounts of water on the shelf. … just an idea.
maybe try longer screws on the rail mount. the arch might be a fraction of a bit off.. but it should still grip well since your rail is so close to 34mm
@20:14 - not sure the lead in angle on the winch will work well under load - I would put a block on the stanchion to get the angle nearer 90 degrees to the winch (if you can clear the cleat!)
5:38 - raises eyebrows repeatedly
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Hi Madz - another great update and you are certainly clearing down the ‘to-do list’. It is probably too late now - but on the dive bottles shelf - would it not be worth cutting holes 10mm smaller than the diameter of each bottle to positively locate the cylinders?
Yes, that, or glue some small blocks onto the base to hold them in place.
measure once, cut twice great update
Great video as always. When you install deck hardware (i.e. the staysail tracks or a cleat), do you always just use butyl tape? I am getting ready to add a midship cleat from Schaefer on my boat and they recommended using 3M 4200.....but I am considering just using butyl.
Thank you so much :) There is no reason you can't use butyl tape for a cleat :) Anything that is mechanically secured - meaning no adhesive bond is required butyl is an option :) Athena's cleats are bedded with butyl tape. I've only used butyl and sikaflex 291 - so far I've had good luck with both. I belive (double check this) that 4200 has a stronger adhesive bond than 291. If that is true then it's a lot more annoying to remove when a leak develops (no matter the sealent/adhesive it's just a matter of time). I hope this helps? :)
Hey Mads. I noticed at 19:22 that the forward most line coming through the dodger contacts the aluminum. Will that chafe overtime?
Good review of the iPad mount. I’m still wondering if you mirror your Garmin to phone and iPad on Acrove Captain. I really appreciate autopilot and all map viewing where I need it. I did not mount anything permanent outside just use the mini iPad on a rail mount with 5 watt cord charger or move it under the bimini underway when there is rain.
Mads I wash juts wondering for what do you use the Plymouth Gin actually ? 😁😁😁
Okay, so how do you decide when to use Butyl or Sikaflex?
So why is there plastic over the port lights?
Is it just me or did someone else see the bottle of Kraken 🍺😅👍
Always a cpl bottles of Kraken on my boat and it seems to be available everywhere...bought a bottle in a tiny tienda in a village in Mexico. Fav. boat drink...Kraken...pineapple juice...splash of OJ...wedge of lime.
Mads what about dropping Andersen an email. They should sponsor a fellow Dane :)
How’s that gin? I almost always get Bombay sapphire.
Is it possible to use longer screws on the scanstrut rail mount so it can fit the pedestal?
I was wondering the same thing but perhaps the inside curve of the mount itself will not have enough contact and thus not enough grip. Worth a try, though.
If using the suction cup in a place where, should the ipad fall, it would be damaged (falling down into the cabin?), I would be inclined to add a safety lanyard. My experience with suction cups is that even if they hold well for a while, they eventually fall.
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Given all the holes your are creating I would be interested in hearing about Eva's confidence level on the stability of "good old Athena". Or - asking the other way around, are you using your chance while she is absent? 👺
Thanks for the drill fill drill instructions. I recently installed awning track on to my hardtop dodger. The screws were tiny, so tried to drill fill drill into 6 mm holes. Used a syringe to try and fill the holes from the bottom to avoid the air bubbles. Didn't work that great. Next time I will try your method with a bag and use 13 mm holes. What is the smallest size holes you use for drill fill drill? Love, your channel! My favourite.
Did I just see Mads on day two of sail gb britain? 6:07 minutes in?
Why not buy the wire racks for scuba tanks
Madz what hapend to the windows
Probably too late but wouldn’t it be a good idea to drill some drain holes in the dive bottle shelf
Sorry
Guess i should watch the whole video before commenting
Great videos!
Ok so I’ve seen that there is some paper masking the inside windows for a few episodes. Is there a window task you need to get to? Or is it for the camera so it’s not so bright?
Probably mostly for privacy while in a marina. Lots of peepers looking for a free show. Lol
Camera and lighting for filming.
we miss Ava
In regards to the scuba shelf. Won’t the end grain be a worry without epoxy? I’m not sure if you mentioned it…are you going to be glassing this?
I think he is going to epoxy paint it
Save some room in the locker for a dive compressor? Or is that going into the technical compartment?
The original plan was to put the compressor in the cockpit locker but it's since then been banished to the technical compartment 😁
@@SailLife I see you just made it to anchorage NE of Helford...Hope this first little leg of your journey went well.
The sad irony of "it's not supposed to rain today."
Oh noooo bummer about the hole placement :(
I noticed you used sikaflex to bed your winches… how come not using butyl tape?