Sail Life - Sailing from The Netherlands to The UK ⛵🇳🇱🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This week we sail our 38ft warrior 38 across the English Channel and head to Gosport where we'll be spending the winter. On the way there we stop in Brighton for a few days.
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Welcome to the UK.... Neighbours! We are following your "oh glorious sanding" adventures for years and we are glad you started to sail finally also that you have picked your destination just right where we are! Welcome to Gosport/Portsmouth. We would be more than happy to show you around in Portsmouth or the dockyard perhaps meet up for a chat and drink one evening. Any help or tools you need just let us know.... Agnes ask if you want some horseradish, she bought too much! 😉 Hope we see you around! Once again! Welcome!
Being an amateur history geek, I really enjoyed Ava's Brighton pier history.
I enjoyed it too :)
Pier drama is better than beer drama.
Ava is insane with remembering all this history info and then teaching us all about it
And we are STILL waiting to hear if Mads was "excited" by the mini-clogs!!!!!
Athena looks brand new and pretty spiffy! I'm glad she's finally doing what she was built for.
OMG I waved at you two as you arrived in Gosport. I saw the boat name and thought it was a coincidence! Got some names of contacts that might be able to help. and if you fancy a cuppa on our boat I'll be back down in Gosport and happy to help around if I can. How cool. welcome to Gosport
Welcome to the UK, Mads and Ava. We have our boat in Spain, but live near Gosport and have some contacts that might help finding any obscure bits etc. Would love to meet to see if we can help in anyway, have seen ALL your excellent video's. Malcolm and Eileen
Shots of the bow show what a great paint job you did and how impressive your custom toe rail is.
I am beginning to suspect that Mads is just telling her that they are in a new country. Probably 5-6 times per day. Look out, Ava.
Dang it! That would have been so much easier than all of this sailing ;)
ya, you don't want to marry an affectionate man who likes to kiss you.
Maz go three network unlimited for 30 a month better than ee
Loved the bit you did with the seagulls! Made me LOL
Hi Mads
Very nice meeting you and Ava this morning.Welcome to Gosport.
Chris .
I have to tell you that I usually hit the like button before I watch the video, because I know I'm going to enjoy it. But there is one thing I am hanging out for and that is a full boat tour. When will we see one?
Mads, did you call your green/yellow rain gear orange? Ava, getting him straight on this. Hey great Video, as usual. So glad you had a great trip. Thanks for sharing everything!
Sliding by the neighbor. Yikes that looked close LOL. Well done guys. I like how you share a little history of you visits. So good to finally see to traveling!! You both look happy!
Clear to see your enjoying the fruits of your labour.
Love you consideration for crossing a TSS. Remember, the course doesn’t matter, it’s a heading.
The boat is a glamour ❤️👍
You guys are such a cute couple 💑! Your loving and connection rituals are such an important part of any healthy relationship.
We have similar rituals as well incorporated into our lives. We have a daily special time ritual for a quick connection. Also Your Pits & Peaks are similar to our family's Highlights & Lowlights at meal time.. Later we added Growth Lights & sometimes a Scarylights. (Our youngest brought up the last one).
We also have a traditional song we play, on our first sail each year or month when we turn off the engine and feel the wind.
Cheers and fair winds.
Have a night out in the old lightship restaurant in the marina. It’s a great place for a meal and the restoration work is first class.
Right next to the marina is the old British submarine HQ, which used to be HMS Dolphin, that is why the submarine museum is close by. From where you are moored you can see the old tower that was used for training submariners to escape from sunken submarines.
I’m sure you will have found out by now, but the Gosport ferry is close by and will take you across to Portsmouth, where a visit to HMS Victory is compulsory, along with HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose of course.
I’m surprised that you didn’t check out the visa situation more thoroughly before you left, so you now need to plan around it a bit better. You have 3 options between the two of you, which is the UK, Eire and then Schengen. Using all 3 you can stay in this part of the world for as long as you like.
Hi Guys, I don't think you would be allowed back to Brighton after Avas history lesson.
Seriously great video, it gave me a laugh. Take care.
A heartfelt welcome to the UK, Gosport and Portsmouth are amazing areas and you will love it I am sure
To experience life on a Solent Fort, go visit Spitbank Fort, converted into a Hotel and Restaurant. For a bit of Brighton colour, some 20 years ago there was talk of restoring the West Pier to re-establish it as the more opulent counterpart to the Palace Pier....as the time for restoration grew closer, the entire structure was engulfed in flames, putting an end to thoughts of restoration whilst leaving the Palace Pier alone to harvest all the seaside pier revenue! Enjoy your time in the UK.
Good to see you in my home city of Brighton, I always enjoy seeing peoples perspectives on it :) When I first moved here in 1995 the fires hadn't yet destroyed the west pier although it wasn't accessible without a boat and was abandoned. Then the fires happened and destroyed any remaining buildings and it became the skeleton it is today. Every few years a bit more collapses so it may not be around too much longer
If you do come back sometime I hope that the waste management companies are not on strike again. The garbage mountains we have been growing the last 2 weeks are not a very nice welcome to the UK and not representative of our city
Hay Mads, that toe rail really looks good. Glad your two are having lots of fun.
If you ask me the first project should be one of those canvass covering things over the cockpit so that
when Ava kicks you out for creating too much dust inside the boat you will
at least have a place to sleep out of the rain.
Welcome to the UK! Glad you made it and another fine video. Athena is looking great, all your hard work is paying off. The fort you went past is actually about 150 years old, and was designed like 2 others on the Eastern approaches to stop French attacks (although it was completed way after that was an issue!) & there is a small ships channel through the Ship/Submarine Barrier which was from just before WW1. Lots of places to visit in this area - Portsmouth Dockyards, Porchester Castle, Submarine at Gosport, The Salt Cabin at Wycor Marina - lovely walk to Porchester from there, Hovercraft to Ryde, Hovercraft Museum at Lee on Solent - many, many things to do. DIY might struggle ;) Enjoy
A "somewhat extensive refit" ??? I'm not sure what else you could've done to your boat, I'd characterize the refit as "very extensive" or "extensively extensive" or "ex-twenty-sive". It's so good to see you on the open water. Congratulations, you not only did an incredible job on the boat, but you did an incredible job documenting the process. Just think, 200 years from now, people will still be able to watch your refit on RUclips. And due to the perfect work you did, Athena will still be sailing.
16:14 "DIY fun" was exactly what I was doing while watching this episode. Thank you.
I Sailed those waters many times before Athena was even built! Long before ais , vhf and nothing but a compass, radio DF and reeds almanac! But I’m glad I did not know how heavy the traffic was that I could not see!
I even remember Brighton marina being built! Thanks for the great memories , I sail the east coast usa when I can now!
Cheers Warren
Ava looks like a sailing natural. The boat looks beautiful sailing.
So cool guys. Congrats on your arrival in the UK. Fair winds, Following seas
Looking forward to seeing you in Ireland in the future
Enjoy your winter in Gosport! The history around there is amazing, go look at HMS Medusa moored next to the green lightship, the captain, Alan Watson is a lovely man who will glady give you some pointers of the local area and the best boat parts shops!
Good to see Athena on the big open water safely carrying Ava and you..
How do you feel after 5 years finally achieving your goal?
If I may suggest...
For both of you to answer this question in some detail.. maybe in the video next week...
I know the feeling and I've lived aboard for 33 years since..
Kindest regards Bella and Mark.
Welcome to England guys. Hope you enjoy your time here
Welcome to Blighty, you are very welcome here
When I was in the UK I had a good experience with Internet from Three.
I use Three on my boat on the Itchen river and have had 40Mbps both ways. There are other providers who use Three's network and, like them are around £25 per month uncapped everything.
Welcome to the UK Mads & Ava 🥂 I hope you enjoy it. My Son has 2 yachts in Premier that he looks after, so I will ask him to tip his hat in case you need any guidance 👌
Ava is a terrific story teller! And good on you for properly crossing the TSS, communication and course. Around my marina few here would even bother looking at the chart let alone plot a proper course.
When we visited Brighton we too were amazed by the rocky beach and burned pier. We had a ball at the Palace Pier and Summer or Petite Palace. On a side note my wife and son asked for chocolate shakes at a place near the beach and they made what looked like chocolate milk. Brighton is fantastic and the English put up with us accented-colonials with aplomb.
I've liked every video you have put out and guess what? I've given this one a big like too. I'm loving it even more now your on the move - can't wait until next week's episode.
Athena looks great
My recommendation is to build it yourself. You will end up with all the best components and will have a great understanding of how it works for half the price.
Welcome to the UK guys.
I have to say...I REALLY enjoy your video productions. Very informative, not too long and fun! And Eva is a wonderful hostess. Maybe you can make it to the Annapolis Boat Show next year. Also,I wouldnt mind if you shared your process for editing video. Big Thanks!
I was born in Portsmouth and haven’t been back for 50 years. Looking forward to see how that area has changed since my last visit. I really enjoyed this episode.
I wait for the new video every week. When I found this channel earlier in the summer, I binged watched all the Athena videos. Now I can hardly wait until the new one comes out. And, I am still pushing the gold leaf cove stripe for Athena, I think it would be spiffy. See you next week.
Yes it 6 months in a rolling year take. Care 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✊🏻
Thank you SO much for also giving us a little bit of history and attractions at all the ports you have pulled into. You two are the BEST!!!
So great to see Athena plying the waters once again. Mads has done a phenomenal job bringing this boat well past the restoration level. It is a new boat, as if it were redesigned in many respects. During my own restoration (which I have abandoned due to distance from project) , these videos were an incredible inspiration. I have learned so much thanks to Mads'' wonderful descriptions. I now take this knowledge to a smaller boat which is much closer to my landlocked home. Thanks Mads and Ava for bringing this wonderful adventure to us.
Congratulations both of you and welcome to our home! I'm in Ramsgate just past Dover where you were, iv always loved watching your channel and enjoyed thankyou! I'm a carpenter joiner / Builder if there's are any tools you may need to use or have a trouble aquireing help always feel fee to give a shout out your friend Matt
Awesome video and welcome to the UK!! Portsmouth/Gosport is a great place for British Naval History. Make sure you get over and see HMS Victory and the naval museum area. Looking forward to see the work continue on the boat!!
I must have missed the part where you told us the outcome of Ava’s meeting with the immigration folks in Belgium. Either you were able to leave in time due to weather, or they gave Ava an extension. I’d like to know what your options were and how flexible they were with your situation. The views from your sail to Dover looked amazing. It was so great to see Athena zipping through the channel without issues. FYI. Supply prices in the UK have jumped 4 fold in the past year!! You MIGHT want to consider waiting until you hit the US for your final flooring selection and other cosmetic work. Unless there is an option only available over there, there is more variety of options and suppliers in the US.
I was wondering what your main table is made out of? That wood looks great.
From DIY to dust... or ;) great to see the boat sailing
I'm looking forward to you showing off Gosport and Portsmouth. I'm doing the 2023-24 Clipper Race, which is based in Gosport. I hope you get to (or have) check them out while you're there. You should see some of their older boats, as training for the race has already begun.
Used to spend summers on the boat in Gosport. The Portsmouth side museums are brilliant but in the end we had to cross over to Cherbourg and further south - the food, sun and prices are in a different category.
Welcome to the UK, pity you missed out in visiting Orkney , you pair enjoy yourselves
Mads, I'd be interested in videos about your process and steps you take to up rig and down rig your sails and using the deck hardware you've installed for those various purposes. What's working well, what needs improvement/changes.
Loved Brighton bought our Westerley Oceanlord there and did a major refit on her
Water Maker install -- Sailing Uma -- Episode 258 -- a Spectra water maker system .
Glad your on the move . All your hard work has paid off and your able to enjoy your beautiful boat. Have a blast guys .... Thank you for taking us along ....
A great sailing channel is made better with the addition of Ava. Keep up the great work.
Welcome to the UK.
100 years refiting the boat, first Sunday with pleasant sail, both main and jib up, and only show 3 seconds of that moment. Thanks.
I once volunteered as a Marshall at Brighton Crest Country Club. It is located near where we live in central California and the story about its name is that the man who developed the project was originally from Brighton England and out of his love for his birthplace named it Brighton Crest. Doubted I would ever hear anything about Brighton. You never know what will show up on RUclips. 😊
Sitting here in Brighton and knowing my sailboat is in Gosport is kinda funny. Given that I’m in Canada that is! 🇨🇦
Welcome to Gosport ☺️
You are so right about the Dutch people. Spent a few days on a Dutch air base with a US Army unit as we picked up our vehicles at Rotterdam. We were treated extremely well by all of them!
Welcome to the UK!
"Pits and Peaks" is THE MOST Software Engineer-y thing! I get why you've called it that though, it's for sure catchier than "Post-country-based-sprint-introspective"
Welcome to the U.K. you have actually picked by good luck or clever planning, a very good base to explore from your just about in the middle of things and places to be worthy of a visit on that part of our coastline.
I’d love to see you guys but I’m almost 300 miles north of you in Yorkshire, but you never know, stay safe and keep the excellent video going.
For watermakers i would suggest the Dessalator duo series. I have worked on them on some Amel yachts. They are pretty good in my opinion. Most importantly, they work on 12/24V DC and 230V AC, hence duo. You could operate them on battery power if you wanted, or you could power it via your genset/ shore power.
Welcome to the UK, 🤔 things to see, well, the submarine museum in Haslar is great! Fort Nelson is a must for every thing that goes BANG! And of course HMS Victory. In fact the whole of the south coast is stuffed with things to look at.
I have enjoyed your DIY videos, but I enjoy your sailing videos just as much.
I like the history on location angle. Keep it up Ava!
I always enjoy the video.
nice one guys welcome to the UK!! from the opposite end of the country up here in N Scotland.
Great stuff...sad that the pooch couldn't make the trip. That had to be really hard to say goodbye. :(
Can't wait until you guys come to the states.
The three Solent forts were built in 1859 to repel the French, I think we might need them again soon. Loving your trip enjoy the UK.
I believe one of them is a hotel now if you wanted to see the inside.
Congrats on making it to my neck of the woods. Gosport is full to brimming with history and 6 months may not be long enough to take it all in but I hope you and Ava enjoy your stay. There is everything you could possibly need around you. You will need a small vehicle to get around outside of town though
Thanks for the lovely vidio, looks great.
It was great to see you both outside YouBoat this morning. Have a good time in the Uk.
The ultimate DIY channel!!! Obviously also looking forward to cruising as well.
Cheers guys
Welcome to the UK, we have our boat (well my friends but we both sail her and work on her) in Gosport. any help you need just shout as I live 1/2hr away and my friend lives in Gosport
Never have I had a problem leaving a like for you guys. Looking forward to seeing how you do in a British winter compared to a winter in Denmark. Take care, stay well and have a good time in jolly old England.
It's nice to see both sails up😀
So much fun to see sailing in action. What a relief for you both to have a ‘home berth’ - for a while at least. Loving the blend of life and sailing on the channel.
Just an FYI guys, online shopping in the UK is very reliable providing the marina will accept parcels. Having said that Gosport has some good shops that will probably have what you need, or even Portsmouth via public transport. Welcome to the UK 👍👍
Not that I’ll be around to see you as I’m based in Asia these days but I’m happy to see you in my home sailing grounds. Enjoy the Solent.
WATER MAKER No matter what you decide on for a primary water-maker... I like the idea of drinking water, so, one of those inflatable, tied on the life raft, solar stills. I mean you could live off of 10kg of boiled sweets for weeks, so having more than 3 days of water are all words I like.
You may want to check out another boat in your marina. They are Wild Heart and have done a whole heap of improvements over the last year, including a water maker and stainless work. They are near the pilot boat.
You are in a lovely cruising ground even in winter, I hope you take the chance to explore the harbours of the Isle of Wight and Western Solent.
Athena is looking great. Stay healthy and we'll see you next week.
This is the best part of the week.
Welcome to the uk ! Am am a big fan of your videos and am based in Portsmouth. If you want a day out while here I recommend getting the Gosport ferry over to the hard ( Portsmouth) and visiting the historic dockyard. All the best Jon
Wohoo, nearly 100k subscribers !
You guys are doing things that I would worry about for months. Last time I went into Dover, it was terrifying. The high speed ferries were blazing away on all cylinders.
Welcome to Blighty guys X
Yup
Settling for the winter
Will create home comfort
Enjoy all your DIY
Cheers