Sail Life - Sails bend on, staysail track, deck fills & Ava's shoe locker - DIY boat project
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- This week I build a little locker in the aft cabin, got the sails bend on, installed deck fills and installed the track for the staysail.
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I love your show, you are a genius in your delivery what you’re doing. The way you share information is very believable and very productive. I’ve binged watch your show for three days. And I loved every minute of it. You have a Great sense of humor. I love all your little in the windows for movies and sexual innuendos. Keep up the great work, you could build me a boat anytime. Your Attention to detail it’s good to see you in a craftsman. The boat will last for a long time.
After years of watching your videos I came up with a grand idea!
When you are just about to finish Athena ... buy another sailboat so we all can continue enjoying your weekly diversion : )
LOL
This is the best show on "tv".
Think you’re going to regret putting that diesel fill there, Mads. Lugging dirty hoses into the cockpit and any spillages will make it slippery.
I was thinking more along the lines of what happens when they take waves into the cockpit? I know the thru Hull is watertight but, what if the fill cap is slightly loose? But Mads knows his stuff. Cheers
I watch your previous videos when you repair your yacht. I gotta say those flexisander is a versatile tool. I own a autobody repair shop. Thanks to you I finally found the perfect contouring tool.
I've been following your channel from the get-go and have been more than impressed with your workmanship. But, and I may be wrong, I think it will be almost impossible to pour fuel from a fuel can, into a filler tube located in the floor without spilling quite a bit of fuel. Especially at sea. Even if you use a hose it will be tricky to retrieve the hose without dripping some fuel, or worse yet getting blow-back while filling. While I have no experience at sailing, I do have a lot of experience when it comes to pouring fuel from a fuel can, or a hose. Also, the fumes are heavier than air and will pool in the bottom of the boat, waiting for an ignition source. Even though not as flammable as gasoline, it's still flammable. Plus diesel fuel is oily, dirty and, slippery. Other than that, thanks for sharing your videos. They've been very informative and enjoyable to watch.
Tuff jugs solves that problem.
There is a lot of diplomacy in this vlog.
You may want to consider relocation the diesel fill. When the cockpit floods it will contaminate the fuel with water if the top is not tightened or the seal gets damaged.
Mads, you might want to consider installing a (smaller) line next to the poop extraction, which you can use to rinse out the blackwater tank. We find ours very useful.
Run two 1" vents for cross-ventilation flow. Use regular 1" mushroom through-hull fittings without any screens to plug up. Rinse out the vents and the tank at the same time.
Quality workmanship again. Awesome work.
So, did anyone else spit out their coffee when Mads said “I’ve got a prematurely case of stiffened caulk”??
Yes and I heard Mads try not to laugh too.
That was epic. I wasn’t expecting it at all
Sixty-six days is seeming farther away all the time.
Naughty.... Eva is arriving soon I guess..
Nice to see the Cementboat guys again. If you have time, a short introduction of Cementboat project would be great.
Cockpits fill with water all the time when a wave breaks over..better make sure you keep that filler cap tight. Just a thought.
I love the furling main on my Hylas so you are in good company. Nice update!
Odd Life Crafting, with its quarter million subs, gave a nice nod to Mads when they called their new Yanmar "spiffy" this week !
I know you already have it done but one thing to think about on the diesel fill. With it in the cockpit floor you are going to have to drag the dirty/oily greasy diesel hose over your toe rail, cockpit combing, seats etc everytime you fill the diesel. Those hoses are pretty nasty sometimes and the oil/grease is pretty difficult to clean up.
Spare the wear & tear on your keyboards! LOL!!!! Brilliantly projected interference for quelling the naysayers
You're doing great as always, Mads! If I had to bet, I'd bet you make the timeline, but more importantly mind your health.
For taping around curved objects: 4-6 pieces of tape depending on size. Trace around round object with utility knife, remove excess tape .Way faster than 20 pieces of tape
The diesel fill - in Scotland, many of the municipal and commercial harbours (more common than marinas which are hen's teeth) more usually deliver fuel in industrial quantities to trawlers and cargoes through a nozzle that is sometimes up to a metre long. Even if they reduce the delivery pressure, there is often more force than yacht fuel fill systems can cope with. Any corners or elbows between the fill and the tank would increase the danger of blow back.
Use fuel cans you say... many habour masters will not supply fuel into cans because either they cannot deliver such a small quantity (5 , 10, 20 litres as is common) or they cannot dial down the pressure enough to deliver into a small tank.
You might want to think again with your diesel entry position so that the fall to the tank is as vertical as possible to the bunker or at least bear in mind that, in some cases, you may have to get fuel from a car fuel station rather than a convenient waterside outlet.
This might be exclusively a Scottish problem but I suspect it is common off the beaten track, away from pontooned marina environments.
Cheers
when you try to bend your tubing for your arch try filling the tube with sand and weld a plate on the end. it will keep it from kinking. love your show thanks.
I have the SIGS Panels on my travel trailer and am very happy with them. They've been on for 10 years and working great. What is great about them is they have a higher voltage output so they start charging earlier in the day and also work better on cloudy days. Also partial shading is not so much a problem with them. Mine are made by a company name Stion which unfortunately no longer seem to be in business. Highly recommend the SIGS panels.
When you said "boat yoga" I thought I heard "goat yogurt."
Just thought I'd leave that here. From now on I'm going to call it goat yogurt when I'm climbing around in the lockers and engine room upside down.
Good work. Things are coming together very nicely.
Before I read your comment, I was sure that's what he said. lol
@@marshallgrill5857 Same
I only hear "goat yogurt"
By the time you are done with h Athena she'll be a lot better than new! Job well done so far.
The voice over during the time laps was a great idea
Yeah! I recently whatched the whole refit process again. It is fascinating to what the improvement of the quality. The downside is that there are no more outtakes. I miss these. Anyway great work Mads! :-)
@@onkelsvenner +1 for the outtakes
Wow! Sailed Athena from Troon back to Gosport for an in mast furling main to be fitted in 89. In 1990 I took my Father out in her round Arran, Mull of Kintyre, Gigha, Mull and out to Coll. Was going to visit Fingles Cave on the way back but there was a Storm warning so we set off very early to get back to Tobermory to ride it out. got back to Troon via the Crinan Canal, a fantastic two weeks. The owner then was a police Surgeon. Have got a few stories about that trip. Will look out for some phots of the trip hope I stll have them, also getting intouch with some of the other people who may have been crew on the 1998 trip. (Y)
That's funny! I found a letter regarding the order of the furling mast. Small world 🙂
Mads has it right. Always have room for the ladies shoes!
You are a brave man commenting on your fiancé's shoe collection.
... and under-estimating the required size. ;-)
@@daffygrey lol
🤣👍
Time will tells!
Shoe locker is only for shoes she wants for that day. The rest will nicely FILL the aft cabin
You are amazing!! I have seen all your videos and is incredible the details and precision on everything you do. I have learned a lot with you. The sailboat is looking outstanding.
That is the last place I would consider for placing the diesel filler. Too much chance of water entering your diesel tank when water collects in the cockpit in case of a wave crashing into it.
Furling mains have their drawbacks but being able to easily reef from the cockpit more than make up for them IMO. Things are coming along nicely with Athena. I can't believe I have been watching you for all these years and you are almost done, Congratulations!
Spending the money makes a big difference , I purchased a fibercon triradial for main furling and its a huge difference in performance
I agree! I actually can't imagine him sailing? Don't know, I know he's gonna do it..but I just can't see it? He's going to be going crazy without sticky notes moving from one list to the next, opening boxes from FedEx, figuring out how to mount another complicated system, doing incredible woodwork, etc. Going from all that...to sailing...that's gonna be tough!
I tried one on a charter boat, and the only drawback I found was with the loose foot I didn't feel I could tweak the sail shape as much as I would prefer. Curse of being a dinghy sailor, but half a knot not going to make a difference when cruising.
Keep plenty of spare o rings for the diesel deck fill, if you find water in the fuel the deck fill will be the culprit.
You are a real man when you can talk about building shoe storage on a boat for your fiancé without rolling your eyes!
But then the diesel fill could have seawater sloshing around over it? You usually have fuel fill points as a high point rather than a low point like the bottom of a cockpit. Diesel hates water. Your words maybe? Love you and this project. Go Mads Go!
Most cases of water in fuel is because of fill points, it's such an easy failure. Even having them on deck is not ideal. they should be either on a vertical surface or in a small enclosure made for them that can't fill up with water. I have never seen one in the bottom of a cockpit, with a nasty wave from the transom temporarily filling the cockpit having it in the cockpit would scare me. Then again most sailbots have them on their side decks which I don't understand either. Check out how Amel does them for example; you can find an owner manual of a super maramu online and see what I mean.
The diesel fill location also struck me as unusual. People will be stepping on it, dirt will be on or around the fill, which might drop in the tank as you open it. The seal might fail and water leak in etc. On the other hand, you have to worry much less about over-flows / spills as it will be nicely contained in the cockpit. :-)
We had a furling main on a Catalina 42 for almost 10 years and loved it! I could sail single handed (although its always better with company).
The only really, really big disadvantage with having the diesel refilling on the cockpit floor is that if you spill one single drop you will be ice-skating for weeks. I have had this aboard my own boat and its almost impossible not to spill. Just a heads up, you have probably thought of it. But if you then step in it, you will drag it around the boat leaving a soapy surface everywhere even with anti-skid. Keep in mind. Greatings from Norway.
I don't think I would want a diesel fill above an engine like that. A leak becomes more of a potential fire hazard and even if it didn't catch fire, I wouldn't want to clean diesel out of all of the nooks and crannies of an engine. It's bad enough when diesel leaks out of an engine, but onto an engine seems to be courting disaster.
that can easily be solved with a wooden grate on the cockpit sole. And two jubilee clips to secure the diesel hose. Nothing is ever perfect on a boat! The art of compromise gone mads! Looking forward to the sail test...
That and the little oring will be that much more important to keep fresh so water that pools in the cockpit doesn't get into the fuel tank. Usually water drains off of the side decks quicker that it drains from the cockpit.
@@michaelhollingshead972 I was on a boat last week that started spraying diesel all over the engine. Smelly, but sure made me glad it wasn't a petrol boat. Thats the real blessing of diesel is it really doesn't want to catch fire outside the cylinders.
Suggestion on installing headsail track. When you reef the headsail the car needs to move forward so angle to clew is correct. Make sure to leave enough track forward of standard position so as you reef headsail you have enough track to move car.
You are a smart man Mad's. Providing Eva with her personal shoe locker.
Shoes? On a Boat?
Cruising with a furling main is probably fine, especially if you're sailing mostly downwind all the time. However, a lot of sailors race, and furling mains are notoriously impossible to get to shape correctly when going upwind. Basically, all boats perform better in upwind sailing with a battened mainsail, but you would also need to be a very good sailor to notice the difference.
You mentioned Garhauer blocks. They make great stuff for a very reasonable price. However, I know from experience that their hardware will NOT fit metric track, which I assume is what you are installing. It is not the track width, but the thickness that is the problem. (Metric track is thicker.) If you call them and give them the specifications they will modify the slides of the blocks that you need. At least they did for me some years ago.
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We love your videos, and the work you do is beautiful, but we’ve also noticed that you haven’t been sailing very much through this time... how much time are you going to spend training up before crossing the Atlantic? Are you going to be taking any medicine-at-sea courses together, or safety-at-sea? Do you feel ready to cross the Atlantic, or will you be doing some kind of knowledge/skill prep ahead of time?
Your tech talk on why the shoe locker is so big was the sweetest explanation that your girl friend has big feet. LOL. I hope she enjoys it. You have worked so hard on this project.
I understand your reasons for placing the diesel deck fill there. I would still be concerned about water pooling in the key recess and bare feet in the cockpit. Time will tell if it becomes an issue. Plus it means dragging the dirty fill hose further across the topsides and where you will be sitting in the cockpit.
My concern was any un-noticed leaking of the fill cap would allow cockpit water to leak into the diesel tank.
Mads, no issues with a furling main. I have tens of thousands of miles over many passages with mine and no issue. The thing I love about it most is getting hit by a squall you can roll it in from the cockpit instead of risking running out on deck to put a Reeve in the main, super hands when solo.
Looking forward to see the results from the solar panel tests next week👍
I cant believe there are 0 dislikes. I love this channel and it’s heartwarming to see everyone else does as much as I do!
There are a few now. I don't think these are genuine dislikes, just reaction from someone not into boats having this turn up in their recommends, as a way of trying to 'tune' their recommends,
In your intro you refer to her as good old Athena. I think you should change that to Good almost new Athena. She is looking great
The one RUclips channel I stay up late for so I can watch the video
Mads - great progress, you are getting so much done lately. The head though has to be the mission critical item now that you have the shoe locker complete.😉 I see you are getting a lot of grief about the position of the fuel deck fill in the cockpit. Personally, I think it is less likely to cause water contamination of the fuel system than having it just about anywhere else on the deck and the heralded ‘fire risk’ of coming down into the engine room is overblown.
On the tracks rather than using butyl have you considered using O rings/seals?
Keep up the good work.👍😀⛵️
À washing machine, a dryer and now a shoe locker! What is next? Ava is very lucky! Now my husband is stressed to get me a washing machine too😁
Freakin love you, long time watcher. I've been here since the inception of Athen. You make the week just that much less gloom.
Come on people,let’s get Mads to 100,000 before they leave.
Just watched one of your very early videos - in it you said that you read ALL comments and answer as many as you can. I have written to you a few times now about all sorts of things and you have not answered me ever!!!!!!!!! You seem a very nice guy and I really appreciate your craftsmanship, but it would be nice to get answers to my questions or comments sometimes.
A pure bliss of boat works, makes me think those 4 years weren’t that long, so much fun.
Once Ava arrives it's gonna go from a man-cave show to reality TV .... can't wait to see it!
Wish I could add roller furling mainsail to my boat... No stack pack or lazy jack lines and way easier and quicker to pack away.
Man, I can't believe it's nearing completion. It's been really fun watching this project. Today, while eating dinner, "OH SHIT! It's Sunday. Mads should have posted a new video!"
hi the boat is looking very good
I think your living in hope that Ava will get ALL her shoes in there :), great video as usual Mads, thank you :)
I've been watching this progress for a couple years now. I'm subscribed but I seldom scroll down. How does Mads not have 100k subs yet???? This is great weekly content! Only 7300 more subs to go!
Great update Mads! But you can't fool us - we know that is not Ava's shoe locker! It's going to house all your glorious glorious sanding supplies! :) Happy May from PEI Canada, Bryan
Really great work!!! Thanks for sharing.
CIG - review - YES PLEASE !
are you fitting a teak grating to the cockpit sole? If so you could raise the fuel filler off the floor to be flush with the grating - so not constantly under any water in the cockpit. Being 1" above the floor and on the centerline, it wouldnt see any more water than if it were deck mounted.
You're making much progress. Really looking forward to the solar panel test.
And the shoe locker is a nice place to sit while you put on your 👠
Interested in your panel test. I have 32 crystaline panels I installed on my house over the last 3 years and because we did it ourselves I made lots of mistakes. Main one being putting up weaker panels on my main house 3 years ago. I want to replace them someday and am looking for newer tech to do it with. Thanks Mads!
Great work Mads! Always a joy watching you
That looks like a thundering large generator, I just hope the engine has the grunt and staying power to drive it however if Mads has said it will it likely will!!
Fuel filler in cockpit ! That wouldn't be my first choice ! Cheers
Gday Mads - love the channel. I use vice grips to hold onto bolts when I am doing them up by myself. It is not that hard. Spin up with fingers and then grab on with vice grips rather than your double nut idea. Cheers Phil
Mads, you're in big trouble.
Another great but all too short video. Thank you Mads. Sixty-two days will blow past faster than you think but having Ava's hands to assist will make the last days before launch more productive than having to work alone. Take care, stay well and my best to Ava and Jurkill.
If the furling main works fine, all is fine... if not it‘s not... for sportive performance sailing I tend to believe that a battened sail performs out better... when having a fail under bad weather its not so nice finding a quick work around for accident statistics I guess the rigging where you have to climb the mast the least often wins :) ... over all the most important thing is to have a cruise able sailing vessel at all... all I noticed from test sailing that I prefer masts sitting on the keel and a tiller or at least a tight steering... really don’t like wobble steering or delay in the mechanics. Somehow a well maintained Dehler SQ meets my taste but if having the freedom of choice a KM-Yachtbuilders or a Bestefaer ;) But for now: I would take any boat at all.
always a joy to watch you early monday mornings,thanks madds!!!!
nice work Mads, I bet you aren't even missing going to work, stay busy!!
You continue to excel Mads. Cheers.
Looking good!
Amazing job, thank you!
Things are looking good there Mads. I’m looking forward to the results of your solar test.
Oh my god, a furling mainsail are you out of your mind.... Just kidding, love your work and your videos are over far too quickly.
One of the great things about boats is that they come in many shapes and sizes and can be modified to suit all tastes... I'm not a fan of furling mains, but I've never sails one. I am a fan of the junk rig, but have never sailed one of those either...
The genoa car should be line adjustable.
4:50 Turns out you have a case of premature stiffened caulk, lol!!!
Also Victron has a panel test running on their website of several panels in the same sun. Top left corner of their website has a link.
Most Sika products seem to have a shelf life of 12 months. It starts to thicken about two months after the exp date and gets unuseable several months after that. It is really quite sad as Sika products are pretty darn spiffy when fresh.
Diesel deck fill in the cockpit sounds like a place where water will eventually get into your diesel tank. Doesn't seem like the ideal place for that.
any one knocking on furling sails, just think about why they were invented, i am totally pro furling main sails and jibs because i am handicapped. most of those inventions are made because they make things easier for those who are having a hard time to do anything with out those kind of inventions.
Looking good.
Fuel fill above a hot engine?? I don't know.
I would never want to put anything that could leak over a hot engine. But if you feel comfortable with it........
That, and any spill means you are standing in fuel. I totally get why he chose to put that there, but yeah, I wouldn't want any chance of fuel dripping onto a hot engine.
Plus if the cockpit ever gets swamped, I would not trust though treads to keep water out of your Diesel tank ... its probably fine.
There are "O" rings in the deck fittings, they are supposed to be renewed regularly, You really don't want sea water in your water tanks either.
I think you have to be sensible with risk assessment. It is fairly easy to ensure the deck fill connection, fittings and hoses to the tank are leak free. They are never under significant pressure. Diesel fuel when not under pressure is not likely to burn on a hot engine (OK maybe if it landed on an uninsulated turbo casing it would). There are plenty of pipes and connections in the engine room that are pressurised when the engine is running, the diesel fill line will not be one of them.
XD who the hell can dislike this guys videos Who are these 28 people?
Argh!!! 😶
This episode was too short 😔...
Fringers crossed for deadline 🤞
See you next week 🙏
You're a beast when it comes to getting stuff done! I'm happy if I get one of those type tasks done per week
Aww! My moment of zen.
My furling main is not always the most aerodynamic but it is sooo practical. Isn't the fuel fill in the cockpit risking adding water to your fuel? You always have a great answer, what is your rationale for the fuel fill location other than it's easier.
I like the furlers, makes single hand much easier. the sails can be reefed and you can still rig a genoa. How you doin on solas or a sea anchor? I don't know how you feel about it Mads, but a few viewers might like to knock out an amazon list. Esp. solas. I like the idea of having a radar transponder , gps, radio, and auto MOB on every vest. A piece of similar shaft butted to the existing shaft with a rigid clamping coupling, or a custom piece. Are you set up to broach keyways? Anything you might need for the shaft is available from McMaster Carr if you can't find something locally.
I so look forward to your videos. Your attention to detail is wonderful an quite fun to learn from... Thanks she's looking great ✌🏻💗☺️❣️
Good stuff!
Great progress , hopefully you won't start skipping spiffiness due to running tight on the schedule ..you've done everything Top cabin so far, I'm sure Eva will appreciate the quality & thought that's gone into Athena .