Sail Life - San Simón island and the slightly cursed anchorage ⚓️⛵️
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2022
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Loved Ava's little joke about the vikings bashing the Monks,(Mads) made me laugh.
geez, i hope orcas dont attack their techno cruiser. it would mean a lot of trouble for this couple, but an interesting plot twist for the show.
I laughed as well, great minds think alike I guess!
Really enjoy Ava’s history lesson. She able to take some rather random (at least to me) history and turn it into an interesting story. Great video.
Same. Really like the history bits.
I really like Ava's commentary of historical facts for the out of the way places you visit. Well done Ava
Your excursion to fill your water tank, proves the point for a high volume unit. Keep up the good work.
Hay Mads, your spring lines are running in the wrong direction. Fasten them to the boat mid ship and to the dock at the stern and bow. That way when the wind blows from the stern or bow they will lay the boat nicely along the dock and not work against your bow and/or stern line. Use the base of a station if you don't have a mid ship cleat.
Nice Vid. Love the little island tour. Cheers
Your travel story telling has been steadily getting better and better. You mentioned a while ago you were worried about the transition from DIY to travel vlogs. This was an amazing video, you’re really crushing the game. Keep up the fantastic work!
Ava's history lesson was outstanding. She makes it interesting and fun. She would make an excellent guide at the US Forest Service, National Parks if she is ever looking for work!
I have my boat in Sesimbra, near Lisbon. This weekend there were 5 or 6 sailboats that were attacked between 1 and 5 miles from shore. 3 of the boats lost their rudders and had to be towed. The ones that didn't have damages was because they defended themselves with firecrackers and/or they did the reverse motoring maneuver. Please keep that in mind as we would like to continue in your company.
Thanks for the info Vitor. I forgot that when we were kids we used to enjoy setting firecrackers off in the rock pools. It was the 1960s so pollution and safety weren't a thing, even smoking was supposed to make you irresistable to women.
I finding your "not boat work" videos extremely entertaining seriously you guys are doing great job a the projects along your travels are icing on the cake. Stay safe
I was curious about the transition from DIY to cruising. After digesting multiple post refit videos, I have to say it was seamless, maintained your high standards, and has held my interest. Although I do love DIY, I still hold your channel as one of the top ones out there. Ava is a real trooper, and has played a great part in enhancing said transition. Keep up the great work, and the best of luck to you and yours.
I like that Ava adds the historical background to the places, it's very interesting 🙂
You two are so geeky and loveable. Total opposite my debauched self. Your boat is so spiffy perfect, it hurt to see it trashed on that dock. Been in that situation at times. Lost fenders, popped a few, broke lines, ripped off bolted line guides and destroyed several of those shock absorber thingys. Sucks to see your loved boat/home tortured like that. But you got to stay positive. As you are Mads. You'll have plenty of repair DYIs to keep you busy during your travels. Hope you'll stop by Cabo Verde where I've been for quite some time. A wonderful and unique archipelago country with amazing and very challenging sailing experiences. Cheers.
Great to see the sailing and hear Ava’s shoreside history talks. Look forward to the next edition.
so loved the building process, wondered about the transition to sailing, but even better. Thanks for the channel!! You are both great!
More fenders needed!! We use a fender blanket as well... Enjoyed Ava's historical narration, very good!
So, I know what a fender blanket is for a car (to protect the paint when working on the engine). But, what is it on a boat?
@@tkjokester A padded "blanket that goes between fenders and hull - stops fender rash and "smiley faces" when you're bouncing off a pontoon inn bad(windy) weather. You can buy them off the shelf or have them made by your canvas shop. You can never have enough fenders....
Another great episode what a beautiful place with most interesting history.. Jules Verne I love that book and to see the statues were just amazing and the island the history is just gobstopping... Thanks for all the work you put into videos each week... Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
These videos are among the best parts of my week.
Im still a college student but I'm already saving for the day I can set sail
Welcome to Portugal Mads and Ava! Hope you have a great time in our beautiful little country!
You can tell Ava is a school teacher by the way she tells stories. But the best part is when she starts laughing... is contagious. Love to see Vigo, my ancestors are from there and A Coruña, thanks for showing as "la ría de Vigo".
Hi Mads. Great video - thanks. Good to see you on the move. Ava does a great job with the historical narratives! Good job on the "stills", synced to the music. Something tells me you have been watching Alfy's videos recently??
I don't always watch sailing video's but when I do it's... Sail Life :)
Loving all the little adventures, great work digging up so much local history, Captain Nemo statue was great 😊
Ah the joys, good sleep and good sailing are sometimes pretty hard to get.
Welcome to Portugal I hope you like it When you are in Lisbon try the Pasteis de Belem
Interesting! Thank you.
This was your best videography effort to date - gorgeous footage, lush music. Great work.
Great to see you both again. Really enjoyed the island visit
Welcome to Portugal! Happy to have you here after all these years !
You two are so great! GOD bless.
Great informative video Ava and Mads.
Ava hit her stride in this video. Cool to experience the international journey from my living room!
Glad you made it through orca territory without incidence. Thank you for the tour of San Simon. Very interesting history. Have a great week.
Always enjoy your episodes, thanks guys.
You guys are very entertaining... Enjoyed the History lessons about the area and Mads, you are a Hero for Nerds!!!
Hi your all ways great fun to watch ,as you two gone on your way ,history is all apart of life ,no matter who created it , stay safe and have fun😃👍
Pesky sleep and work tomorrow getting in the way of me binge watching this entire great channel. Thank you !!!
glad all went well on your passage and have a great week ahead and i will see you on next Sunday's video stay safe and have a great time
I really liked your visit to San Simon island. It's a lovely place, and I would had never known about it if not for your visit. Thank you!
Hi Mads and Ava! Great episode, thank you both for the weekly effort to entertain us with an outstanding content of boat maintenance, history, videography and weather news in Europe 😁. I'm looking forward for the diving compressor installation, those are my consumption dream!(along with a sailboat 😅)
At some point could you guys also interview some of these vessel owner's attacked by the orcas?
Best of luck to you guys, and good winds!
Finally it is good to see Your spiffy new equipment getting some wear and tear !! Looking forward to some reviews what did the job and what didn't!
I really enjoy the "History with Ava" segments!
Loving Avas history spot plz keep it up well done xxxx
Great channel! Love your work. Please keep going
another great video. I really enjoyed the history of the island section. the captain nemo statue is amazing. Thanks Guys!
Good to see you guys on the move and getting your system procedures worked out. The tourism/history lessons are an acceptable and pleasant diversion from the DIY - not losing any viewers over here.
I know you'll always have DIY content-- it is a boat after all!-- but your sailing/motoring/exploring videos are so good that I don't miss the DIY stuff when it isn't there 🙂
Love the history lesson Ava, a presenter in the making. Great video as usual
I love that boat. You did such an outstanding job rebuilding her. I know you aren't about to sell her anytime soon but thinking about the bidding war to own her tickles me. Good to see you enjoying the fruit of your labors.😀
You two never disappoint!!
Really enjoyable mix of everyday Boat Life local history and photography🙂. Love the new country ritual so may the fair winds be in your favour.
Another great video Ava and Mads .
Love the presentation… Keep up the good work. Feel like we are taking a tour.
Fantastic episode! Thanks for the interesting history lesson! You're setting a great example, and a high bar, for all other Yachty UA-camrs...
A 'Dive Hooka' or 'Snuba' set up will pay for itself in saved haulout fees in no time at all. Checking the prop and rudder as well as cleaning the hull is no longer such an onerous chore that you don't put it off till you have to pay loads of cash to get lifted at a marina... Also super for shallow diving, especially when that's where the most structure, light and fish can be found...
my little mergull watched the video with me (before returning to his post on the christmas tree) and he is very glad to have left the boat before the rolly mooring!
Ahh, nice! Glad your Mergull made it to you safely!
I love your sliding solar panels! Wonderful design!
Not sure of any other Aussies noticed but there are lots of Aussie Eucalyptus trees on that tiny island. Two beauties at 9:47
Welcome to Portugal!!! As a long time follower and a huge fan of the channel (you may just have a like from me on every single video posted), I couldn’t be more proud of you guys coming this far. I’m based in Lisbon but unfortunately currently on a different hemisphere. Any plans where you will be by Christmas? Perhaps already in the Med by then… please do visit Lisbon. I’m sure you will love it. If you do, I would recommend Doca do Espanhol to stop. Right in the middle of the city and a good place to rest and to re-supply.
I had a problem with my anchor, with an 8 tonne 40ft launch . Tended to drag, very embarrassing having to start up the big Cummins motor in the middle of the night, in a crowded anchorage, especially before I fitted a muffler! Swapped it for a SARCA anchor like yours, with longer and heavier chain, never moved even in high winds, in all sorts of anchorages. So your experience is surprising.
Another great video. If you get into that sort of berthing situation again, try fixing the springs (1.5 x loa) from the bow to a point near the stern and vice versa crossing amidships. That'll hold you off as well as steady fore and aft.
Wellcome to Portugal!! Been following you since you made a small matt for Obelix! Be careful near Sesimbra, the Orcas are very ative there! Stay safe!
You’re simply the best!
Thank you for an interesting vlog.
Another superb video, love the style you guys have settled into. 2 small comments for your pondering...
When you anchor dragged the 20 times, did you haul it all the way back up every few attempts or keep trying with it down? I ask because if the anchor was as fouled as it was when you left from the start, it would not have held well at all
And it was raining, why did you run the water maker and not collect the lovely cloud squeezings? :)
Great Video!
Great video! Hope you come to Annapolis one day!
Mee too it's always great to live in a port town like Annapolis!!
It was fun to see a little bit of Australia on San Simon. I'm talking about those large trees which are Eucalpytus camaldulensis know locally as river red gum.
At 15:20 till the end, Mads completes his audition for The Weather Channel (European edition) ! 🤣
great footage🙂/video
I’ve docked in Bayona 4 times over the years. Always been great. I’m not much of a club snob, but the yacht club there is worth a little visit, as they’re located in an actual fortress… First time there, about 1998, we were at a buoy, the floating piers were not built yet. To get ashore, you could just blow the fog horn and the club sloop would pick you up, for free. White uniforms and two guys standing straight in attention. I felt quite ridiculous, but it’s also fun with the pomp and circumstance.
Loved the Viking dig.... So funny.
You guys are great!
Nice. I high winds I tend to hang the fenders on different height to prevent the pontoon of getting over or under them
You may know that petroleum is not "dinosaur squeezing's" but not everyone does. You two are fun together.
For some reason I really liked this episode. I’ve been following Sail Life for many years … has it really been that long? It was fascinating watching the full Athena refit process; I learned a lot (now I’m an expert 😜). As a retired Software Engineer, I recognized the “too much money for your own good” as you (Mads) fitted every electronic/digital gizmo under the sun. One lightning strike and you’re back in the stone age. Then as this morphed from a refit channel to a sailing channel, it became a little more interesting again. I was a little suspicious of Ava as she joined the crew. However, as a bit of a self-confessed history nerd, I’m really enjoying your (Ava) ability to research and summarize the historical background of the places you pass through. I’ve become an Ava fan. I also confess to being a 20,000 Leagues fan, so this episode was particularly engaging. Vigo is now on my bucket list. We have lots of Orcas here but so far they haven’t learned that ripping rudders off sailboats is a great deal of hilarious fun. I’ve seen them close up and can imagine the stress this adds to a passage. I look forward to following you for many years to come. Safe sailing and keep up the great videos. Cheers.
As usual, another enjoyable episode.
greetings once again..
Nice production and content. 👍
Cool history on that island would love to go metal detecting there. Those statues were awesome.
I do like your videos. Also the history you look into.
always an interesting show from Nova Scotia Canada
Funny, as the video started I was thinking I hope you’ve devised a simple collection method for all that good rain water… it’s surprising how quick you would fill your tanks with a couple of square metres of material strung between your stays etc.
Nice to learn about the island history.
Porto is an amazing city, no doubts you will thoroughly enjoy your stay there. Also do not hesitate to spend an evening eating tapas in WOW (world of wine, on the south bank of the city of Porto, not far across the iron bridge). I hope you will spend some time there, 3 days to see the city is not too much.
Really have been enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work. Watching you from Monchique in Portugal. Will you be sailing into Lagos? Recommend you do it’s a fantastic town. If you do be careful. We sailed down 7 years ago from the U.K. wintered in Lagos. Sold the boat and have become cork farmers. Living the dream!!!
Love you guys
On our passage from sable d plombes to the BVI, we anchored at Baiona too !!
Beautiful city !!!
I look forward to Ava's pieces to camera, you can see her enthusiasm for history
The Captain Nemo statue is pretty cool looking………….Y’all I’m from Alabama.
Great vids kids keep them coming
Thinking of your windy night, you can use a thinner long (as long as you can put out without people trip on it) that you tie on the middle of your moringrope, perpendicular to it. That will flex and work as an damper. The longer, the more it will stretch or if you have an flexible klimbingrope for instance.
drive.google.com/file/d/1VQJQ_mCbHdcSgYj4nNqx7zeNWxBPbBiB/view?usp=drivesdk
A picture how i do it.
At the end of the video.....dude I feel ya!!!
I have recently found your channel and am enjoying it very much, I have a question regarding your anchor snubber. I generally just use a rolling hitch to tie the rope to the chain. I saw you use an anchor clamp of some description on yours, which can be attached to both bow cleats, thus spreading the load, can you let me know if its worth getting, is it easy to use, and if so what type is it. Many thanks, and keep up the good work, cheers
Camon guys!! I've learned a lot... And I'm galician!!! (Shame on me 😂) You need to come back in summer and enjoy Islas Cíes. Be safe in Portugal and thanks for sharing your trip!!
Previously reported History, amazing stuff Ava, don't get tired of hearing any or all of it, thanks guy's, stay safe and dodge them nasty Orca's with all you're might!!
Maybe you should consider getting an underwater drone to check the anchor and bottom surface. Also consider getting rid of the anchor swivel as it makes the anchor less reliable. If you're afraid of chain twist, just straighten it once in a while at a dock, but why would it really twist so much to be an issue anyway.
That was really interesting thanks 👍 the island and Nemo statue very good .. was wondering what damage do the Orca's do to the yachts ? Thanks for the film Glyn uk 🇬🇧
Mads the destroyer….and putter back together…Them pesky Vikings….❤
Big Jules Verne fan too!
Also I ❤️⛵️
If a Mantus or Rocna anchor doesn't set right away first time the best thing is to pull it all the way up and inspect it. Every time we've had an issue this technique has shown something stuck onto the anchor and fouling it. Crab traps, a gigantic heavy down parka coat that the point of the anchor had skewered like giant shish kabob, a billion tiny waterlogged sticks jammed in there...that sort of thing. Otherwise our Mantus has always set first time in 5 years of cruising with it and we rarely go to marinas.