Sail Life - Visa issues, cleaning, cooking and sailing ⛵
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2021
- Join us aboard Athena this week as we (hopefully) solve Ava's visa issue and bring the boat from Ijmuiden to Scheveningen in the Netherlands.
Here is the link to the chopper Ava bought in Denmark. It is triple the price on Amazon.com, but I did see a lot of similar options for a more reasonable price that look like they would work great! www.imerco.dk/eva-solo-green-...
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There are more marinas than you can shake a stick at in the Southampton area. A couple of points though, if you haven't already I'd start making enquiries. That area is super popular and you may have trouble finding a berth. Further west along the coast, you have Weymouth, Dartmouth, Torbay and Plymouth or even Falmouth. The latter two are ideal jumping-off points to cross Biscay. Wherever you end up, try not to admit that you are liveaboards, most marinas don't allow it "officially" but if you keep under the radar most will turn a blind eye. Just keep your options open.
Just a quick note to thank you for your videos. I understand and appreciate how much effort you are putting in to provide us with this content. Thank you, thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!
You should moor up with Cadoha when you reach the U.K.! That would be some great collaboration!
Σου εύχομαι υγεία καλές θάλασσες και ο Άι Νικόλας να είναι πάντα στην πλώρη της ΑΘΗΝΑ
Thank you for adding the cooking part!! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the DIY, but I’m always curious what people buy, how they store it, how they prep it, what they cook, how they do their menus, etc. Back when we did LONG sails, we would take all of our canned goods, remove the labels, write the product in sharpies, then dunk the can in varnish to keep the can from rising in the salt air. We also dunked eggs in wax to make them air tight. There is a really cool solar pot that you bring everything to a boil, then put it into the solar pot and let it sit for the day. Like a crock pot, but with no power needed. When you get ready to cross the Atlantic, I would love to see your menues!
If you would like somewhere with high quality showers, laundry etc and in a very pretty area with good walks, I can recommend Chichester Marina, it is a really nice laid back place to stay. Lymington is also good. There are many other marinas in the Southampton area, but Chichester is one of the best. The only downside is a 45 min trip through the harbour from the Solent to the Marina. But it is a very picturesque harbour / River. If you end up in the Solent area and you need a hand with something, give me a shout.
P.S. Brighton, in my opinion, would not be a great place to spend the winter. The town is OK, if a bit commercial, but the Marina is a big concrete block with rather too much attention and by product from the seagulls
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Door handle? Recess mount some coin-sized supermagnets, and add the handles of your choice. Magic!
And watch your self steering compass go crazy as a result...
@@jimwatson2629 Our boat was doing crazy stuff on auto pilot. One minute fine, then sudden 90° course changes. Best not store a fan heater next to the flux gate compass.
@@philgray1023 Sounds like you need a new flux capacitor. I'm sure ol Doc Brown has an extra one.
Loving the cooking section...... oh glorious, glorious blending
Ipswich. Well protected, great marina, lots of shops, and transportation, and touristy stuff.
My day is now complete. Thanks Ava and Mads
Glad to see Athena out on the water out of port I followed all your videos and now I look forward to your travels cheers
There might be a vacant Warrior 38 slip in Southampton! Why don't you ask Cadoha?
FOOD PREP! Now we're talking my favorite DIY! MORE, Oh glorious cooking!
Another great video, love the change in dynamic. Ava brings a great dimension now. Good luck on Friday
This is so cool seeing Athena finally out and about after watching it being worked on for so long! You guys are awesome. 👏
I have the same head door latch, been there for 20 years. And yes, I bang into it every time I walk by it.
Nice to see some footage from Ava. Keep it up!
Y’all are so cute, and a great team. I’m glad you found each other.
Look at the two marinas in Ipswich harbour.
A fine large old town walking distance from the boat. Excellent chandlery. Foxes marina just along the tidal marina also.
Train into London, Stanstead airport close by.
Easy sail from Holland and good crossing points for the shipping lanes.
Ipswich is also going to be cheaper than the south coast and has everything you need in a small town. As someone who worked and stayed there for a number of years the only downside is that the beer is crap.
Yep, that's where I'd be heading.
The other advantage of Ipswich is that not only will you be on the Orwell river, but you are very close to 6 other lovely cruising rivers for east coast river hopping, rivers ore &alde, Stour, Colne, Blackwater and Crouch, not forgetting the Thames oo "Athena goes to London" - What could be a better back drop than Tower Bridge as you turn starboard to enter St Katherine's dock (but not cheap), if you get to Rowhedge on the rive Colne, I'll buy you a pint in the Ye Olde Albion - og jeg taler også dansk!
Around the Medway in Kent (Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester) is *much* cheaper than around the Solent and has a thriving marine industry.
If you do want Southampton, then maybe ask Dom & Carly for a contact as they were staying pretty much in Southampton City Centre (Itchen Marine - which is where all their videos were filmed)
If you want Southampton take a Gold card or rob a bank guys
Fin is rebuilding his boat in Medway
Cheap no bullshit just fun I promise you
@@DiscusRussell We want more Fin fun from the Medway.
@@I-am-not-a-number we know they don't know that build
Fantastic yard he is building his boat in
Be fantastic if they dropped in to see him and the build Mads would love it
@@DiscusRussell yes, he's at Iron Wharf
@@guy.h I nearly bought the boat not saying the asking price at time of sale
Down to him to disclose
Positive thoughts for you both.
You two are a great team 👍
Good Luck Eva!
Will you be doing a UK meet-up? I’d definitely like to come see you both!
Outstanding as always... Nice idea for the croissants -yummy!
Lovin it, push on when you can, best of luck to Ava's situation !!!
Love following your progress . Brilliant
Another lovely Sunday viewing. Best wishes as usual to you both
You guys really need to install a cover over your cockpit to stay dry and warm . The boat looks fantastic and you've done a first rate job on the refit . Your skills with electronics is amazing .
Love the newer videos with real boating, hope to see a tour of the towns you visit, what's it's like getting dinner out and about, all the things we at home want to see while we dream of sailing.
Hi guys!
Two suggestions to avoid ‘bumping around’:
1. When moored in a marina (like IJmuiden) when your fenders are sqeeking: set you lines as long as possible for and aft.
2. When motoring against the wind (towards Scheveningen): hoist thr main set with the 1st reef and motorsail clause holed (15-20 degr) towards your destination. It goes faster and with less slamming the waves.
Enjoy Holland!
Best regards,
Harry
I love yacht food related content!!! Awesome!
As a long time follower your command and use of the english language continues to amaze me! I am thoroughly enjoying the build and journey ! Thanks so much!!!
The change in content from a builder's life to a sailors' life is fun to see. Best of luck to both of you and I enjoy the videos- Cheers!
Very entertaining……Ava is fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻
Love those pots/pans as well. My parents got them for us as a present as well, lol.
Nice up day glad to hear that they are not pushing you guys out. Stay safe and happy sailing
So glad you may get a visa extension. Good luck!
Great video. I would enjoy more scenery while sailing, and tours of the towns type videos.
I too like the super magnet idea for the bathroom door. You could use a leather strap for the door pull or I’m sure you could make something custom quite beautiful for a simple door pull. You are quite talented.
So great to see you getting to travel after years of refitting.
Awesome episode, I left Lake Ontario with my yummy quiches headed to NC and did DIY all the way so far with a few mechanics added in!
What the shenkin is going on! Good to see you guys “settling” down with the cruising life. Stay safe and stay healthy! Aloha!
Stay healthy and good luck with the visa. See you next week.
I have been following your journey since 2018 and I have to say, You have done an amazing job. And have inspired myself and my partner/ kids to not only buy a boat but watching your videos have inspired us to go traveling 😁 we left last year in a campervan and have been all over Europe since. and have been on the lookout for a sailboat the past few months. We're now living in Spain and I have made my first leap by working in a boatyard out here to get my knowledge of sailing vessels up. So thank you. We love your channel, keep up the great work
Happy for the 2 of you! ✌🏻💗😊❣️
Instead of making a cooked roux next time make a beurre manie (or raw roux) which is two parts butter to one part plain flour. Combine the two ingredients (do not melt the butter just leave it out to go soft). With the soup on the simmer, gradually add knobs of the beurre manie and whisk or stir into the soup until the desired consistency has been achieved. Continue to simmer the soup/sauce until the flour is fully cooked.
Falmouth is very peaceful, away from the rat race cities and surrounded by stunning countryside.
It has the mildest of winters with plenty to see and do including the national maritime museum.
There are an abundance of sheltered marinas all with super markets near by, boat yards and chandlers.
The stunning sub tropical isles of scilly are just a hop away and well worth a visit.
Plus you’ll be as far south as you can get in preparation for leaving next year.
Welcome to the Netherlands Mads & Ava!!!
Great to see you guys are on the move and can’t wait to see where you end up in the uk. I live on the south coast so maybe I could show you some of the spiffyness on offer👍🏻
New rules from tomorrow morning, Oct 4th, pertaining to entering into the UK; NO advance covid test is required if you are both fully vaccinated. However, you must get tested after having arrived in the UK. Check out official UK websites for more details. Happy sailing!
Lover what you’ve accomplished and looking forward to following your adventures. One question, did you ever finish the lift-hinge on your refrigerator top? Or did I miss it? It’s a really clever solution and I’d like to see it in operation.
Your doing great, both of you!
Congratulations on the progress, it's good to see that most things seem to be working good so far, so unless you had issues you haven't mentioned yet it seems like it's been a good shake-down cruise. Good luck with your immigration appointment.
Sailing Uma previously spent a winter in Plymouth, and loved it. Just a suggestion; glad to see you sailing...
Scheveningen! I used to live 15 minutes away from there. I can recommend the “crazy pianos” bar on the boulevard for some fun times.
I used to live in Scheveningen, not very far from where they are moored in fact. Alas, I was only a child so all I can recommend are the kinds of things that appeal to kids like all the amusement stuff on the beach (Legoland) and Madurodam. That, and good Indonesian food - I miss that more than anything.😪
Love the cooking section. You are your own home and garden series on a Sailboat. DIY, PRO Tips, now cooking with Ava, absolutely love the mix! The “Sailing Athena Cruising Cooking Show” copyright pending. Should continue. It is. A great all round experience watching your episodes. Keep up the amazing and entertaining content. You are both so funny, and a joy to follow.
Good luck with the Visa issue Ava!
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I thought you made great videos before Ava arrived but she makes them even better keep up the good work!
Great to know you're in The Hague. I might just pop by to say hello. Funny to know you're so amazingly close to my work. Enjoy the luxuries of the marina and the proximity to everything civilised in the city. :-)
Mads, Ava, I loved this video. I thought videos about you guys sailing around wouldn’t be as interesting as the DIY videos refitting Athena, but I was wrong. It is very interesting to see how you are getting to the UK and in the meantime, fix a few things along the way. Really cool videos since you left Denmark!
Oh, Ava! Potato and Broccoli Soup! One of my favorites!!! 😋😋😋
Your camera work is fine; Mads has had years of practice. Give yourself some time.
Great to hear that your stress levels are down. Hopefully that trend will continue.
Best wishes for continued success!!!
Great job on recording the cooking - I'm sure you'll get it all worked out!
Southampton area is excellent, lots of facilities and there Solent is a wonderful sailing area with much to see, great historical interest and some stunning anchorages. Make sure you come to the Beaulieu River.
Good luck folks!
Welcome in Scheveningen / The Hague. Have a nice stay.
Another great video you two .
Southampton is a good place for getting stuff done. Plenty of chandlery and marine services so you won't be constantly ordering and waiting for stuff.
Okay Mags & Ava I would recommend one of the Gosport Marina's, there's some good chandler's there plus a Portsmouth harbour railway station to get up to London for a trip to London and the theatres - enjoy!
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The nearest beach to the Hague is at Scheveningen, a short tram ride from the centre of the Hague. Take some time out for a good walk! There's a cafe at the western end near the harbour and an excellent fish restaurant overlooking the marina. I prefer staying there (out of season) as it's a contrast to meetings in the Hague.
Love the new cooking slot, I'm going to give that soup recipe a go for sure and check out Torbay with good shelter and two marina's I'm biased as I keep my boat in Brixham.
I can certainly recommend Southsea marina. We stayed there for 4years. Nice and friendly staff. Small chandlery with experienced engineers and a sailmaker. Quiet and just at the entrance to the Solent. A short bus ride from many many shops, supermarkets, bars and restaurants. Plus one of the best curry houses on the South Coast
I am looking forward to seeing some video shots from you're camera up on the mast! Great video!@👏👏👏👏
Thank you Ava and Mads for this weeks Sunday treat. Wishing you best of luck on Ava's visa. I am sure that it will go well but you can never plan on smooth sailing with bureaucracy. Looking forward to seeing you get to the UK. Take care, stay well and fair winds.
Ooo Ava, if they kick you out of Europe you can come and cook for me while you wait months and months for Mads to arrive.
I could use some of that soup on this cool blustery day.
And those apple crescents looked scrumptious.
The application of that shampoo seems better than the traditional way of washing one's boat from an environmental view, since you wipe away the detergent before it lands in the salt water. Less detergent in the sea. Yay!
You two make me smile. Good luck with immigration.
Athena looks great inside.
I’d go with Chichester Marina although I would say that as my family and I have kept boats there for over 50 years.
I live within 5 minutes drive of Chichester Marina and also own/run a Joinery woodworking business which just so happens to have a large amount of rare old Teak stored away from many years ago when you could actually find it! as well as many other hardwoods and hardware - if you wanted to pop by I’d love to gift some bits for Athena.
I wish you all the best on your travels, love your videos and cannot wait to see what you guys have to come in the future!
Sail safe,
James.
Mads, Eva. If you are intending on staying in the Southampton area for several months then I would recommend the Ocean Village Marina, right in Southampton. It is very sheltered and is not affected by any tidal streams, unlike all but one of the other marinas in the Southampton area. The marina also has the added benefit of local shops, very good transport facilities to the local area and beyond and many many restaurants. The city centre is in easy walking distance, as are most other locations/businesses you might need.
The marina is also accessible 24/7 and is very safe and friendly.
For your projects there are numerous local businesses that can assist, including a very local stainless steel engineering company, which I highly recommend from person experience. There is a very good chandlery in the near-by sister marina (Shamrock Quay) where you will also find sail/rigging companies, marine electronics etc etc.
Southampton, well nicely placed to explore lots of cool places. Hamble river is great and a day trip to the Elephant boatyard where your find some super classic boats. Of course your need to visit so many other gems while your in the UK. Plymouth,Salcombe,Dartmouth, Fowey and Falmouth are absolute musts. Dont get fixated on hunkering down in one place, your miss some of the finest places that you may never pass again.
Is Aladdin's Cave, a treasure trove of used boat bits, still around?
@@SoItGoesCAL34 Now owned by Force4 and somewhat smaller.
@@freakent Thanks! I would see their ad in the back of PBO and always wanted to go there.
Good luck with the Visa, Im sure it will be OK.
Dutch fish 'n chips are very good, but finding malt vinegar is difficult. Fish 'n chips in the UK are notoriously variable in quality. Try and go to somewhere that has been recommended and ideally uses wet (not frozen) fish. Really liked this weeks video, thanks!
🙏🏻🙏🏻all goes swiftly & well with the Visa process.
For the door . You could try a magnet at center, small hands holds on both side and privacy latch inside
Great video. Well done. Thank you
Make sure you check the winter berth prices around Southampton, mind you suspect Denmark is pretty expensive so may be ok for you. I do suggest you hope over to the East Coast Ipswich Haven marina is very central and reasonably priced to over winter at.
Great to see you on the move after all of your hard work. If you get to Portsmouth please pop up the harbour to Fareham Sailing Club. We are open at weekends and have a visitors pontoon.
I’m a big fan of Lymington, it’s a great little town and nice marina in a lovely part of the country. It also has a train station for you to explore further afield!
Portsmouth is a good harbor/yard to stay...great museums also and old sailing ships.
Nice to see you in my home harbour Scheveningen, where my Boat used to reside. Now I live in Italy, but for quite some years in The Hague. And indeed the harbour is much more pleasant than IJmuiden. Beside a lot of good restaurants you will find anything you need for Athena at Maitiem or Vrolijk, both located in the harbour
Ava's a gem!
Lymington is a great town, with a large boat scene with chandleries…good pubs, and on the edge of new forest too. Trains to Southampton or London from the town. Plus Solent sailing is great.., just nip over to the Isle of white
But VERY expensive!!
And the showers in Lymington Yacht Haven are way nicer than any others been to
Very expensive
I would recommend looking at marinas on the Isle of Wight. They're much cheaper than the mainland, the Isle of Wight is really lovely, and it's easily accessible to Southampton by ferry that takes just 25mins.
Gosport, over the water from Portsmouth, then you can use you Boat the best chandlery on the south coast. Also great rail and road links from Portsmouth. Not to mention HMS Victory, His Warrior, the Mary Rose, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the D dat museum (and many more) so many great pubs and restraints and the isle of wight
Shamrock Quay in Southampton was a great marina with all facilities nearby. Quite expensive though. Gosport was a little cheaper but had less facilities. Brighton is also a nice area to stay for a while.
Great to see you both enjoying yourselves in spite of the visa thing…
Britaly stayed in Chatham dockyard. It’s got it all, history, restaurants, DIY, marina shops as well as supermarkets and only 45 minutes to London by train or car.
Lymington is a lovely place… Kathy and I did our day skipper practical there at Sea Jay Sailing School in 2017 and it had great facilities and the town is pretty and the Isle of Wight also has some good marinas…
Also recommend Haslar Marina in Gosport- near Portsmouth so not quite Southampton however you’re directly on the Solent, great shopping restaurants and bars in Gunwharf - I always think the marina has a really nice vibe and staff are friendly.
Great video, thanks soo much for sharing your adventures- good luck with all the red tape! Hope you enjoy the winter in 🇬🇧 🥂
Oh, and Lymington will be a lovely place to spend Christmas
Considering somewhere further west? Dartmouth, Falmouth, Salcome great spots too
All of the spots mentioned so far have their own charms! There is a mix of affluent leisure spots (Salcombe, Dartmouth, Southampton, Cowes, Fowey) and places steeped in Naval history, industry and all sorts of fantastic castles and fortifications (Portsmouth, Plymouth, the area around Portland Bill).
My suggestion would be to spend your time travelling down the coast, honestly. You will not come away from it feeling you have wasted a trip. My favourite trips have been around Weymouth / Portland and between Plymouth and Salcombe, or the other direction to Fowey.