Excellent news Mads! Another month of "O'Glorioius" content. The DIY videos are so much better than the "travel fluff" :) Once you're back underway, I'd really like to see more of the pure sailing aspects you deal with too. Navigation, sail-changes, power-management, seamanship, etc. Cheers, Sev
Nice to see both of you and, hi dad. Can't wait to see Ava and dad's project come together 🙂. My Sunday is complete now. See you guys next week. Thanks 4 sharing.
Fantastic video, Sail Life! It's great to see you diving into the DIY projects again and focusing on the technical aspects of sailing. Your content just keeps getting better and better. And kudos for highlighting the importance of navigation, power management, and seamanship - that's what sets your channel apart. Thanks for sharing your Sunday with us, and I can't wait to see Ava and Dad's project come together. Keep up the awesome work! Cheers!
I was going to make pointless comments about how you could have positioned the usb charger below the shelf or farther above it, but nobody really wants to hear how somebody thinks they should have done it, so ignore that, plus there is probably some reason on the other side that you had to locate it there. 😀Instead I will just say "Yay! Time for lots of DIY projects!".
Now, do I recognise that type of thought?!! :-D Sometimes I manage to hold back, but not often enough. My resource in that respect is that I’ve been restoring boats for decades too, still going, so I know how rarely the solutions are just straight forward.
I've been a follower since just after you bought Athena (and before Ava joined), and it's your DIY content I enjoy the most - not that I would want you to change your output. The best thing about "life style" UA-cam channels, at least the ones I follow, is that they tell their story their way. But I had to comment when I hear your "like a TV chef...." comment because, from the Scandinavians I've known, you all seam to be brought up on a large chunk of BBC TV (yes, I', British) so you should have, IMHO, used the old Blue Peter phrase "and here's one I prepared earlier." :) I doubt many from the other side of the pond (including Ava) would get the reference. But it wouldn't detract from the show, but it would be a small way of exerting Mads' European side to this channel that is very much centred mid Atlantic. :) Go Ava - Love your stuff too.
Here is a little game I dare you all to try: have a drink every time Mads says ‘mooring compensator’. You won’t be sitting straight 3 mins into the video 😀
We've never felt the need for the mooring compensator "dog bones" but we stick to nylon and don't oversize it so much. For a 35' boat 1/2" nylon is plenty for mooring lines and it absolutely stretches plenty, especially if you run the lines a little longer/further away from the cleat to accommodate larger tides. We have a 35' boat and make.all the lines 45' long so they are all the same. We don't give mooring lines a specific job so they are all interchangeable. That way we just reach into the line locker and grab one or more as we need them. We have 10-12 of them and use them as necessary and toss them if they get raggedy. A longer line comes in handy when you want to be able to run around a piling and then tie back to the same cleat again which makes it easier to cast off and leave Or it is nice on those times when you are moored in a sketchy public dock with lots of local drunks hanging out on shore who might think it is a hilarious joke to untie some lines. (Plymouth, VA free dock I am looking at you after bar time on the weekends!) We buy line when it on sale in bulk in 250' spools. West Maroon has a huge sale on New England Ropes brand line every year or so and it isn't a bad price if you buy a big spool. I never put a eye on the end because it limits my choices and I can tie s bowline in 4 seconds flat if I need to. I found that a bit of mastic-lined heat-shrink works great on the ends of the mooring line (or any line) to prevent unraveling and can be rolled tightly when still hot so that it is no larger in diameter than the rope is -sort of like aglets on a shoelace.
Well I've learned something today! Aglet, I never knew. Are your shrink tubes UV resistant? We used them because our rigger thought it was a good idea. They all started falling apart after about 12-15 months. We have a very high level of UV, 11.4 at 27°S today.
Never had an issue with heat shrink deteriorating in the UV. It's got glue inside and is pretty bonded to the fibers of the line as well as tightly shrunk over it. The line itself deteriorates in UV too, so we toss the lines when they show signs of age. We don't spend a lot of time docked at a marina but keep 2 bow lines and two stern lines out all the time and hitched to the rails and cleated just in case they are needed, so those are usually the first to go. 3-4 years of that exposure and use and they begin to show their age.
Athena could be used in an Inspector Gadget movie. You've added so many pieces of technology to that small vessel. I like technology and gadgets but you left me biting the dust. 🙂
Good video Mads. I'm impressed by your splicing. I should mention that in 10 years, the only mooring line I have ever seen broken was a fairly new three strand, about 25mm holding a Buizen 45. I don't know the back story, but the owner was no mug and not one to skimp on the quality of stuff.
As per Ava family name she has italian roots! Most of the youtube channels I follows end up in having italian ties... :-) I was surprised by the fact you didn'0t prewire the connection...and in fact in the end...
Mads: I want two make a point that the wire size from the table you have shown should be used based upon the breaker or fuse rating. most breakers/fuses are rated at 75 degrees C at an ambient temp of 30 degrees C. so the 75 degree C column should be used. the higher temp ratings should be used where ambient temperatures are higher than 30 degrees C but derated at the 75 degree C as this is the wire temperature at rated amps. I have been a follower since the beginning any enjoy your videos very much. thank you.
This may be old news to you, but you can buy inexpensive decent quailty WIRED earbuds that plug into a phone's USB-C power socket. That's worked on Androids since usb mini days. For $10-20, they make good protection from lost or dead earbuds.
13:07 you can buy 90 degree spade connectors, they're basically no bigger than the spade connectors themselves (male side). My vote tho, would be to open up the device and wire the line directly to the board, and move the connectors inline down. A bit complicated, but that saves space and makes it water proof too (on the condition you silicone the old holes, of course).
My crimper will not crimp those sideways connectors, also I find the ones for a reasonable size wire are mostly unobtainable in Australia. I can find them on Amazon, but yet another crimper to buy. She will not be happy 😮.
After living in Europe, then coming back to the US always drives me nuts with the metric vs US standard LOL! Those chargers will be a very welcomed upgrade for sure, along with having something on your side of the bed. Very curious to see how is does with charging the MacBook. Sorry Windows people, but there are a lot of us Mac people out here.
Mads and "This Old Boat"! I can't wait until Mads begins taking our calls for help as he begins "Ask This Old Boat"! I will stay tuned for Mads to deliver his breaking news. Yeah, Christmas in Michigan for Mads - not as close to the North Pole as he is accustomed to, but at least the days are not as cold as the nights & early mornings. :¬) Webhead USA
On the other hand he could have just bought a $2.50 white plastic electrical junction box and fitted that on it. I have many and they are insurance approved.
Everything can happen with much movement of the boat, but I have never got any claim for that kind of problem when it comes to the U-cleat compensator. 😊 //Unimer
@@svante1507 proof will be in the pudding but as mads pointed out to remove rope from the old ones he had to pull it out one bit at a time because the ropes get jammed in so tight. that same force would be trying to pull the blue plug through the snubber and given he has managed to snap one in half put a sizable tear in another it just seems like the addition of a plug has moved the failure point to a potentially weaker part. I may well be wrong and hopefully I am as I've got zero expertise in that field and will be the first person to correct myself.
@@robda7195 I understand your concerns about it, and since I am responsible for these items here at Unimer Im listening to all inputs from boat owners. But when Im looking into the claims I get for the U-Cleat compensator, I have never faced any with this problem, so if you consider buying them dont be nervous that this would happen. The main reason when compensators made of rubber breaks is because of air bubbles that appears in the product when they are being produced, then they snap in the middle. It is definately not a common issue, but if I have to say one main reason why they break is because of that. :)
I'm not sure where you found that material comparison chart, but polyester is definitely stronger than nylon. It's more static, though, meaning less stretch in the rope. That doesn't exactly matter in this case.
I'm wondering if Mads has a love/hate relationship with that little corner of the chart table that remains unfinished. What, pray tell, did the poor little chart table corner do to deserve such in-glorious treatment I wonder. Oh the shame of it. Poor little unfinished chart table corner. ;-( Maybe there's hope it will appear in the famous "to-do" list in the next month when the Lady of the Boat is off slaving away in Budapest. I'll bet she would be very pleasantly surprised to find the poor little chart table corner all neatly finished upon returning to the boat!
It's time for you to start incorporating video segments that discuss what has worked or not worked well from the 1,000 pervious video projects you've done. I ask this as I keep asking myself how much you like the wood toe-rail/bulwarks.
Beware of wireless hargers as they significantly shorten battery life. an example was an iPhone Mini that lost 60 % of its charging capacity within a year. After Cable only moderate charging, to avoid fast charging that also shortens battery life, my iPhone Mini 13 after over a year of daily use, still has a 100% charge capacity, and on standby will run for 3 days (I'm not a heavy user of a mobile phone any longer ). Only mentioning this as most people seem unaware of what they need to avoid doing to get to the end of the 4th year with a battery still ok, prior to getting a new battery fitted. Best Wishes. Bob. 🤔👍✨️✨️✨️❤️⛵️etd corrected letters. 👍
@@SailLife Ditch the whole intro thing, we all know you and your thing by now...newly subbed people can always go back in the video history to find out what this is all about...this leaves more time for the actual content... Not that I'm still surprised how you make a week's worth of work into a 20min video... 😂
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i love all of Mad's entrances through doors when there's a new scene.
Nice to see you got rid of that outdated intro finally! So there's more time for the actual video with all the glorious DIY...
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Ava, you're going to love Budapest, the history there is everywhere!
11:22 Past Mads didn't fail you present Mads! You should give that guy a hug!
best 'boat work' channel on UA-cam
Excellent news Mads! Another month of "O'Glorioius" content. The DIY videos are so much better than the "travel fluff" :) Once you're back underway, I'd really like to see more of the pure sailing aspects you deal with too. Navigation, sail-changes, power-management, seamanship, etc.
Cheers, Sev
Nice to see both of you and, hi dad. Can't wait to see Ava and dad's project come together 🙂. My Sunday is complete now. See you guys next week. Thanks 4 sharing.
Fantastic video, Sail Life! It's great to see you diving into the DIY projects again and focusing on the technical aspects of sailing. Your content just keeps getting better and better. And kudos for highlighting the importance of navigation, power management, and seamanship - that's what sets your channel apart. Thanks for sharing your Sunday with us, and I can't wait to see Ava and Dad's project come together. Keep up the awesome work! Cheers!
Looking good Mads, nice to see that you recieved the compensators 😊
Love the diy. You are the man. Keep it coming 😅
Hi great work , DIY at it,s best and keeps us addicted ready for Ava next history lesson .👍
I have been enjoying your video for many years thanks for the update, and please have a wonderful week ahead
I was going to make pointless comments about how you could have positioned the usb charger below the shelf or farther above it, but nobody really wants to hear how somebody thinks they should have done it, so ignore that, plus there is probably some reason on the other side that you had to locate it there. 😀Instead I will just say "Yay! Time for lots of DIY projects!".
Bless your heart for not doing so.
Now, do I recognise that type of thought?!! :-D Sometimes I manage to hold back, but not often enough. My resource in that respect is that I’ve been restoring boats for decades too, still going, so I know how rarely the solutions are just straight forward.
Great video
Hang on - Ava's da doesn't watch your vids?! Boo!
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I've been a follower since just after you bought Athena (and before Ava joined), and it's your DIY content I enjoy the most - not that I would want you to change your output. The best thing about "life style" UA-cam channels, at least the ones I follow, is that they tell their story their way.
But I had to comment when I hear your "like a TV chef...." comment because, from the Scandinavians I've known, you all seam to be brought up on a large chunk of BBC TV (yes, I', British) so you should have, IMHO, used the old Blue Peter phrase "and here's one I prepared earlier." :) I doubt many from the other side of the pond (including Ava) would get the reference. But it wouldn't detract from the show, but it would be a small way of exerting Mads' European side to this channel that is very much centred mid Atlantic. :)
Go Ava - Love your stuff too.
Or he has to say "while you were not looking, I've done that..:"
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Great Job! Looking forward to every Sunday.
Merry Xmas to you all. Enjoy family time, priceless
Awesome choice in over sizing your wires.
Thanks :)
Hope the Unimer U-cleat Snubbers work well for you. Can’t wait till you get to use them on the water.
I really get a kick outta your use of acrylic sheet. Seems like a great application of it.
Here is a little game I dare you all to try: have a drink every time Mads says ‘mooring compensator’. You won’t be sitting straight 3 mins into the video 😀
Or dohickies 😢
3 years watching and never get bored. 😉
We've never felt the need for the mooring compensator "dog bones" but we stick to nylon and don't oversize it so much. For a 35' boat 1/2" nylon is plenty for mooring lines and it absolutely stretches plenty, especially if you run the lines a little longer/further away from the cleat to accommodate larger tides.
We have a 35' boat and make.all the lines 45' long so they are all the same. We don't give mooring lines a specific job so they are all interchangeable. That way we just reach into the line locker and grab one or more as we need them. We have 10-12 of them and use them as necessary and toss them if they get raggedy. A longer line comes in handy when you want to be able to run around a piling and then tie back to the same cleat again which makes it easier to cast off and leave
Or it is nice on those times when you are moored in a sketchy public dock with lots of local drunks hanging out on shore who might think it is a hilarious joke to untie some lines. (Plymouth, VA free dock I am looking at you after bar time on the weekends!)
We buy line when it on sale in bulk in 250' spools.
West Maroon has a huge sale on New England Ropes brand line every year or so and it isn't a bad price if you buy a big spool. I never put a eye on the end because it limits my choices and I can tie s bowline in 4 seconds flat if I need to. I found that a bit of mastic-lined heat-shrink works great on the ends of the mooring line (or any line) to prevent unraveling and can be rolled tightly when still hot so that it is no larger in diameter than the rope is -sort of like aglets on a shoelace.
Well I've learned something today! Aglet, I never knew. Are your shrink tubes UV resistant? We used them because our rigger thought it was a good idea. They all started falling apart after about 12-15 months. We have a very high level of UV, 11.4 at 27°S today.
Never had an issue with heat shrink deteriorating in the UV. It's got glue inside and is pretty bonded to the fibers of the line as well as tightly shrunk over it. The line itself deteriorates in UV too, so we toss the lines when they show signs of age. We don't spend a lot of time docked at a marina but keep 2 bow lines and two stern lines out all the time and hitched to the rails and cleated just in case they are needed, so those are usually the first to go. 3-4 years of that exposure and use and they begin to show their age.
Athena could be used in an Inspector Gadget movie. You've added so many pieces of technology to that small vessel. I like technology and gadgets but you left me biting the dust. 🙂
I've never seen a charging icon displayed so proudly.
Good video Mads. I'm impressed by your splicing. I should mention that in 10 years, the only mooring line I have ever seen broken was a fairly new three strand, about 25mm holding a Buizen 45. I don't know the back story, but the owner was no mug and not one to skimp on the quality of stuff.
I miss seeing the touristy stuff, but is compensated for with the extra DIY tasks.
As per Ava family name she has italian roots! Most of the youtube channels I follows end up in having italian ties... :-) I was surprised by the fact you didn'0t prewire the connection...and in fact in the end...
Good job with the acrylic guards.
Best mooring compensator i used was heavy nylon mooring warps really worth getting
DYI fun, my favorite! 🤪
iPhone 15. Turn horizontal and will go into a night mode. Can set for a nice large clock display.
Great tips! (We’re really hoping for a few history tours of Budapest.) 😎😎😎💕💕💕
Mads: I want two make a point that the wire size from the table you have shown should be used based upon the breaker or fuse rating. most breakers/fuses are rated at 75 degrees C at an ambient temp of 30 degrees C. so the 75 degree C column should be used. the higher temp ratings should be used where ambient temperatures are higher than 30 degrees C but derated at the 75 degree C as this is the wire temperature at rated amps. I have been a follower since the beginning any enjoy your videos very much. thank you.
Put a little light in that locker where you have that new fuse box. It will help you later.
This may be old news to you, but you can buy inexpensive decent quailty WIRED earbuds that plug into a phone's USB-C power socket.
That's worked on Androids since usb mini days. For $10-20, they make good protection from lost or dead earbuds.
Ava, get back and bring the boat up to Sint Maarten! I will take you for a coffee.😊
Reminds me Liza Minnelli's father in 'Arthur' 😃
I have been following you guys forna long time - i think the channel has thebwrong name - should be "sanding" Athena - hav en fin uge
"While I have Mister Heatgun out..."
I was afraid Athena would look like Salvador Dali's "melting watches".
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13:07 you can buy 90 degree spade connectors, they're basically no bigger than the spade connectors themselves (male side). My vote tho, would be to open up the device and wire the line directly to the board, and move the connectors inline down. A bit complicated, but that saves space and makes it water proof too (on the condition you silicone the old holes, of course).
My crimper will not crimp those sideways connectors, also I find the ones for a reasonable size wire are mostly unobtainable in Australia. I can find them on Amazon, but yet another crimper to buy. She will not be happy 😮.
I'm impressed at the size of your new compensator... Definitely not compensating for anything 😂
Voltage drop is such a complicated subject to explain why it is important.
After living in Europe, then coming back to the US always drives me nuts with the metric vs US standard LOL! Those chargers will be a very welcomed upgrade for sure, along with having something on your side of the bed. Very curious to see how is does with charging the MacBook. Sorry Windows people, but there are a lot of us Mac people out here.
Mads and "This Old Boat"! I can't wait until Mads begins taking our calls for help as he begins "Ask This Old Boat"! I will stay tuned for Mads to deliver his breaking news. Yeah, Christmas in Michigan for Mads - not as close to the North Pole as he is accustomed to, but at least the days are not as cold as the nights & early mornings. :¬) Webhead USA
Ava's dad needs more air time!!!!
You need a 3d printer to make small doohickies on the boat, like the back protection for the 12v outlet.. 🙂
On the other hand he could have just bought a $2.50 white plastic electrical junction box and fitted that on it. I have many and they are insurance approved.
I do wonder how much material it would take to finally fill in that hole around the handrail next to the galley...
All useful content well presented, as ever, but links to the apps and the products would've been useful.
Stay safe and 😂with you next week.
I'd be very cautious about those snubbers those blue things look like they could be pulled through the snubber in one hard jolt
Everything can happen with much movement of the boat, but I have never got any claim for that kind of problem when it comes to the U-cleat compensator. 😊 //Unimer
@@svante1507 proof will be in the pudding but as mads pointed out to remove rope from the old ones he had to pull it out one bit at a time because the ropes get jammed in so tight. that same force would be trying to pull the blue plug through the snubber and given he has managed to snap one in half put a sizable tear in another it just seems like the addition of a plug has moved the failure point to a potentially weaker part. I may well be wrong and hopefully I am as I've got zero expertise in that field and will be the first person to correct myself.
@@robda7195 I understand your concerns about it, and since I am responsible for these items here at Unimer Im listening to all inputs from boat owners. But when Im looking into the claims I get for the U-Cleat compensator, I have never faced any with this problem, so if you consider buying them dont be nervous that this would happen. The main reason when compensators made of rubber breaks is because of air bubbles that appears in the product when they are being produced, then they snap in the middle. It is definately not a common issue, but if I have to say one main reason why they break is because of that. :)
I'm not sure where you found that material comparison chart, but polyester is definitely stronger than nylon. It's more static, though, meaning less stretch in the rope. That doesn't exactly matter in this case.
I need that charger :)
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Sorry if I missed it, did you ever get the bow roller project completed? Happy Holiday's and safe trip to Michigan.
I'm wondering if Mads has a love/hate relationship with that little corner of the chart table that remains unfinished. What, pray tell, did the poor little chart table corner do to deserve such in-glorious treatment I wonder. Oh the shame of it. Poor little unfinished chart table corner. ;-(
Maybe there's hope it will appear in the famous "to-do" list in the next month when the Lady of the Boat is off slaving away in Budapest. I'll bet she would be very pleasantly surprised to find the poor little chart table corner all neatly finished upon returning to the boat!
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It's time for you to start incorporating video segments that discuss what has worked or not worked well from the 1,000 pervious video projects you've done. I ask this as I keep asking myself how much you like the wood toe-rail/bulwarks.
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Hey Mads. No heat shrink crimp with the phone charging units? Soldering to make a hard-connection on a moving boat (brittle)?
Mads: Can you mention rough routing up chain and stops planning in states?
Good Story
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This may be a silly question but... why not use two of them on your snubber lines?
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Hi what brand is that cable for your iPhone that has the LED. I like neat gadgets whether I need them or not. Thanks
Do you have to have the boat interior clean & neat before wifey gets back? 😂
Put anti chafe on the mooring line running through the snubbers
That's a good idea :) we haven't really had any big issues with chafe in those areas
Three strand is abrading the snubbers, I suspect.
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no snow in michigam?
How is it i have seen this before and it released 8hrs ago.
Circuit Wizard was the one app that you used, what was the other?
If you still have the chargers, I could use them on my IP350!
Beware of wireless hargers as they significantly shorten battery life. an example was an iPhone Mini that lost 60 % of its charging capacity within a year. After Cable only moderate charging, to avoid fast charging that also shortens battery life, my iPhone Mini 13 after over a year of daily use, still has a 100% charge capacity, and on standby will run for 3 days (I'm not a heavy user of a mobile phone any longer ). Only mentioning this as most people seem unaware of what they need to avoid doing to get to the end of the 4th year with a battery still ok, prior to getting a new battery fitted. Best Wishes. Bob. 🤔👍✨️✨️✨️❤️⛵️etd corrected letters. 👍
Apple has a 15W wireless magnetic phone charger.
Put the chargers in the lounge or bedroom.
2:40 dohiki
Ava, you do know that you've just let the cat out of the bag wrt the 'surprise' Christmas visit. Or does Dad not watch the channel?
Where’s Ava’s dad’s channel? :)
We have a "Summer" house just north of Port Huron and "Never" visit in the winter
I'm confused now...
Doesn't Ava's dad watching your videos?
(there goes the surprise) 🤔🤔🤔
I find my wireless charger (15W) actually does a better job than plugging my phone in.
Are you doing any reading? Trinidad has a very famous author
No intro ... :-) people are so difficult.
That was on purpose :) I really want to make a new one I just keep getting sidetracked
@@SailLife Ditch the whole intro thing, we all know you and your thing by now...newly subbed people can always go back in the video history to find out what this is all about...this leaves more time for the actual content...
Not that I'm still surprised how you make a week's worth of work into a 20min video...
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Why has this channel just become ONLY about sailing gadgets? Where has the actual sailing gone from this channel.?
We start sailing again in January
You words are becoming more americanised. soLder. If NASA and star trek use metric.....stay international so the US can catch-up. :)
Haha :D