Our Biggest Boat Upgrade yet | Step 339
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Also... It's Kika's Birthday today (Feb 11th)
You know the saying: " If you can't say something nice. Don't say anything at all "
Happy birthday girl
happy 21st
Happy Birthday Kika 💫💥🍾
Happy birthday!
May your day be filled with the best memory making moments! 🎉
Happy Birthday.
Been watching your YT channel off and on since 2014.
I am an IT manager for a major shipping organization. I have experience with Starlink, and shipboard networks, nav. systems, etc ... I would not have run that the way you did, but it works for you and you understand it, so I'd leave it be. There's nothing glaringly awful about it.
Starlink is really still in its infancy, do not get rid of your Iridium, keep it as a backup ... there are still big holes in Starlink coverage maps (though they'll tell you there aren't).
That RV antenna is not nearly as robust as the marine variant ... I would suggest stowing it when not in active use. I would also use a VPN whenever you can, Starlink ground stations are all over the world and every countries laws are different ... VPN to a country you know the laws for. There are personal safety reasons I say that for too.
The only thing that really made me cringe was the Synology NAS, I'm hoping it is very well ventilated at the back, heat will kill hard drives, sometimes very quickly because the air gap between the platters and the heads is in microns, heat can swell the platters enough to crash the heads, I would shut it gown if the ambient temp at the fan intake was over 30C. With all the motion of the boat, if you haven't done it already, I would recommend replacing all of your mechanical drives with solid state drives. It will increase the performance a good deal and eliminate mechanical failures of the drives themselves from gyroscopic motion.
If you haven't already seen it happen, or disabled it, that NAS is going to try and update when it gets an internet connection ... be careful, the DSM software is good, just make sure you read everything before allowing the update. I've seen people wipe out their entire array by not following the guidance from Synology. Lastly, I hope you have the NAS on an UPS with a good power conditioner, especially if there are mechanical drives ... variances in power has been a prime cause of failure of many of the NAS I've had to replace. Though, admittedly, the NAS I tend to deal with are about $40K a piece full of SSD's and draw quite a bit of power.
supercomputing engineer here: I would second what you said about heat. they'd be in much, much better shape if they went all-SSD with those bays (though I get that can be prohibitively expensive). the bridge makes sense, I think.
Hi
I am an IT technician from Sweden and a sailor.
yes I agree with @battlehymn6389 to 100% mechanical Hard drives worst enemy is heat it kills most HD then they are sensitive to different voltages/volts. And I reacted immediately when I saw the installation of the NAS disks, which do not have much airflow as the front does not cool the disks. The same applies to the location of your mobile refrigerator you built. A refrigerator needs a lot of airflow to be able to work effectively on hot days when it is built-in, it is always hot days for the built-in cooling unit. And turn off automatic updates of your NAS. Since the firmware update must not be interrupted by, for example, the power is cut off, which can kill the software that controls the NAS. Make updates manually when you have full control over the connection to the network and secure the power supply. I would also recommend SSD disks have enough experience after 30 years in IT that they last better than mechanical disks and don't get nearly as hot and draw less power. But you can save your videos even if the accident happens But you have to take out the mechanical discs and to back up the data on the discs This is very expensive and costs more than you paid for the boat many times more in Sweden about 2000+ dollars per hard drive .. So get a cloud service for storage where you automatically update "new" data using the right software. I myself got rid of all my photos and movies when my private NAS died. After that, I pay for cloud services for my storage, which also functions as a database as long as you have a connection to the internet, which you now have via Starlink. But the same applies to your laptops. The heat is going to kill it one day. Never put a LapTop in bed on the sofa directly on the blanket or on soft heat-insulating surfaces. Always have a hard plate base so that the air can circulate under the laptop where it always gets hot, such as a breakfast tray or similar as base ground for the laptop. An overheated laptop melts the tin on the circuit board and it goes fast. Then it doesn't get a second chance, it just dies and won't start again. Have comforted many who came with a fairly new laptop that died of overheating. Good luck with your sailing following you and looking forward to your new uploads live broadcasts via Starlink.
Happy Birthday Captain Kika. Another trip around the sun completed with many more to happy ones to come. Keep looking after the deckhand Dan.
Dear Uma, this has been the best video since I started watching. The camera technique was engaging, from leaving the dock to the end. Great camera work. Thank you. Happy Birthday Kika.
are you serious??
😲Did you miss their Norway and Svalbard series???
For ages now my thought is Uma = clean design. The moment Dan steps out and starts turning lights etc on I'm just thinking Aww Man! These guys have created one really cool environment. Just wondering if any of your professors have reached out to applaud your creation. And this vid = Wow! Happy Birthday Kika! Hugs!
Starlink became available in Haiti in April at $50 a month! We were among the first to receive the system in Haiti. It's opened up a new world to us and we hope to share it with some of our local schools here in Port-a-Piment when the schools reopen (it's also why we've been able to binge watch Sailing Uma for the past couple of months). Before we depended on Digicel and Natcom but it was constant interruptions and poor quality signal. What a treat to be able to watch Sailing Uma at the highest quality. Sailing Uma becomes an immersive experience!!
Thats is so amazing! Ive lived with digicel’s extraordinairy network. and oh man was it painful. 😂
Happy Birthday Kika! Here's to many more!
Sadly I have followed you guys for a long time, but you have lost me with how commercially preachy you guys have become. Your early stuff inspired me to get my boat.....so thankyou for that...all the very best guys
Well that’s too bad. You’re going to miss a heck of a year! But good luck to you and your boat :)
I know of one other family that recently install "Star Link" and they are very happy with the new addition. You two are getting modern. Have a safe and happy voyage. God Bless.
Thanks for demonstrating your onboard IT system. I was flabbergasted when I heard Dan say that you don't have backups. So, now make sure that backup is priority #1 until all your footage is secure. Backup is everything! 😉
I love UMA on the headsail! Awesome!!!!!
Thank you for the techy video. I have been asking many channels how their tech works but none have been able to explain. Awesome video.
Happy Birthday Kika!!! Watch you guys all the time and injoy your journey from my couch 🙃
As an old electronics guy, I have to say I think you have done a stellar job with your systems!
Danke! Thanks from Germany - you two are doing a great job with your videos, great fun watching you!
Wish you all the best and fun on your tour!
Cheers, Andreas
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Happy Birthday Kika! Great that you can spend less time off the boat uploading videos. You can even do it when you sleep! I like the new experience climbing and wonder if you have tried go-pro's on helmets so we could see up close what you see when you climb.
Again, the best AG1 advertisement I have seen. You made it refreshing, fitting in your set of themes.
Put a 1080p camera pointing towards the prow, livestream every passage.
Happy birthday Kika.
Love you guys. Of all your clips, what was or is your favorite? Mine was Kika on her silks in Svalbard. Happy Birthday, Kika!!!
It’s good to hear from you I
embarrassed to say... did the sail always say "UMA"?? I've been watching a year now and didn't notice. What else am I missing? LOL Great video as always, thank you!!
Yeah, I've been watching way longer than that and it was the first time I've seen it, was wondering the same thing myself. But then I can be kinda clueless sometimes :)
Yeah I feel like I missed a video revealing this haha. Looks very cool.
I was wondering about that too. Maybe they switched to another sail? However, it doesn't seem to be a new one, as one can see at around 6:15
I noticed the Uma on the sail in this episode as well. Dan and Kika have a track record of making upgrades and leaving it to the viewers to notice and comment. Looks like another stealth upgrade :D
Happy Birthday Kika.
The good old 3-2-1 backup rule states: 3 copies, 2 different storage devices, 1 of the copies off-site.
Looking at this rocking NAS full of HDDs storing all this priceless date makes me a bit nervous. In my +20 years in IT i've experienced way to many searches for this last one copy ;)
Happy Starlink
As an IT infrastructure expert that worked in some tv stations I totally approve that gear and networking infrastructure. On regards of the hard drives, don't you have some friend or family member you can mail those? back in the day when internet speeds where super slow for video transfer we used to mail a lot of hard drives and (tapes before that) from one tv station to another in another city or to storage facilities... Oh and happy bday to Kika!
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. -Andrew Tanenbaum, 1981
As a professional nitwit I approve the dinosaur outfit
Happy Birthday Kika.
First Happy Birthday! Congrats also with joining the starlink experience. As rural oregon, USA land lockers it has brought the internet truly into our lives. In our 20 some years in eastern oregon we have tried everything possibly available to us to have high speed and this has finally brought it to our home.
Very nice setup and equally good explanation of how it all works. With a mini lcd projector you could even watch movies on a big screen on your voyages. Excellent.
Happy Birthday Kika
Watching the build come along these past years has been really amazing. congrats on getting your setup to a comfortable place both professionally and personally. Have fun with the video games!
Have had StarLink since the beginning, glad it's working so well for you!! Cheers
Happy birthday Ms Kika
Happy belated birthday Kika 🎉 So happy you have the Starlink! Good job guys! I just watched a video about the top ten earning sailing channels on RUclips. You guys are doing phenomenally well! Keep up the good work & soon you’ll take the top spot!!! I’m here for it 😊
Happy Birthday Kika!!!
FYI you need to get two 4G antenas for MIMO 4G, it will massisly improve your speed and stablity, rather than having one. Also putting them up higher will help. Another option is direction LPDA Antenna. They are way faster again than dual omidirectional, but u need to reajust them because they are directional. With dual LPDA antenna you can easly get 150MBs upto 300Mbs around towns of the Med. DM me if you need details.
You have come a long way! Congrats! Now you will be spread out your work load in your passages! Gives you more free time when you in port or off shore!
Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday! Would be great to see a list of your IT components, what NAS, router, 4G modem you are using in your boat.
It’s good to hear from you’re truly living your lives the way you want too🎉🎉
Happy Birthday Kika!🌷
Hi Uma,
We are watching you since long time and we are exited.
I am sailer to and located in Sardinia/Olbia.
We are back there at 15.3.23
When you stop over we would like to see you and
we can assist you if you need some thing.
Your last position in Marine Traffic I can see is Gib.
Greetings from Capriole
Manfred und Charmaine
Hey Kids!! I just got my Starlink for my lake house in the middle of no where Kansas! It's a game changer! As you are aware. Happy for you two! Enjoy the fast WiFi in the ocean!!
HAHA🤣 well done Vee that lives in Kika's head😂🤣,,,Mrs. Kika, you are a very talented actress!
Happy birthday Kika!!
We have had our Starlink for a year now, and you are absolutely right: it's a game changer! We own a ranch in very rural Missouri and we are in our rv when remote working. We (like you) have used several different approaches for internet access, but Starlink sets the performance bar much much higher!
Congrats and enjoy!
Contrast in 73- 50 years ago in Mahon went to the telephone office & waited an hour to be connected to my parents in Calgary. Ask a local girl out & her aunt & uncle along with 20 cousins chaperoned. Times have changed.
Happy Birthday Kika! Keep drinking those greens. Fascinating video thanks for sharing. I used to travel with/for my business. Remaining connected and figuring out ways to get things done electronically was never easy.
Dan lad I'd pretty much say you've nailed it with your IT network there and I'm suitably impressed with the Starlink set up so much so I'm going to grab me the RV one, just like you to use on the motorhome and yacht too ..... thanks for this update and fair winds to you both 🙂.... oh Happy Birthday Kika lass 🙂 (Dan you best spoil her)
Happy Birthday, Kika!
Wow, that’s great. This will be a game changer for you. Your videos are amazing. Back them up!!
Happy Birthday Kika!
I love my Starlink. I live in a camper and have great service during the day. Nighttime is a different story; very sketchy. But, I can’t complain one but since I’m able to work all day with no issues.
Hi guys! We are big fans of the channel- you’re inspiring my girlfriend and me to sail!
I had a question about your Starlink setup. Do you have the RV package, or the Maritime package? If it’s the RV package, have you had any problems with Starlink limiting your service based on your location? Their website makes me think they would do that, if they see you’re not where an RV would be!
I think the Starlink is so good. I do some pictures and card's and Calendars. I always keep copies in my Portfolio as well as on plug ins and Chip's but trying to keep them in order and Not lose them is hard. So I guess the Starlink is so good for many things.
It's game-changer time. Thank you for this. Game-change for you, maybe, but our little village in SE England is in some low-lying land, and when the trees have leaves on we have very poor signal for anything; and we aree 2 and a half miles from the exchange box and reliant on copper cable. The best internet download speed I've ever had was about 2.7mbps; since covid, it has fallen steadily to 0.2-0.7mpbs. It is CRAP. And there you are, on a 12-hr sail, with good coverage? Well, hello Starlink.
NICE, seems it was just a few videos ago you purchased Uma and it was in drydock being restored.
I love that graphic on the head sail!!
Congratulations on the upgrade with starlink. I hope your subscription and equipment is problem free because I have heard reports from other YT channels is that the proprietary cables are crap and customer service sucks. Happy belated birthday Kika. Another great Sailing Uma update and thanks for sharing!
Very happy for you with this upgrade it will make a really good difference!
Starlink for RV!!! Love it. Thanks for the heads up. Love you both.
Big Congrats on the Starlink I have been wondering if it would work without making it a big huge deal I am so Happy for you Enjoy
Very cool, I'm glad you guys are having a positive experience with it. It's just become available at my location and I will also take the plunge.
It’s so surreal that I’m feeling so happy and proud about a couple I’ve never met in my life lol! Either way, I’m hoping to come to Greece sometime! Have fun!
Happy birthday kika
Just an idea. May be an easy DIY. Buenos Vientos!!
I think you can backup your NAS to another nas onshore.
For example synology offers this ( im pretty sure other NAS also support this).
Just place another nas at your parents house or somewhere else with stable connection.
Like this your data always back up to the remote NAS.
Now having starlink, you should be able to backup your data continuosly :)
By the way: the most valuable asset onboard are you two.
Stay safe :)
That's the whole idea! We just need to buy another NAS now. But they're not exactly cheap....
@@SailingUmaI have the same NAS (Synology) and you can also backup to AWS Glacier for literally pennies per gigabyte. It’s designed for this use case - archival storage that is accessed mainly for disaster recovery (or very infrequently). I’ve done this for years on AWS. I think my current monthly Glacier bill for 1 -2 terabytes of data is less than $5 a month. You should look into it. No need to maintain another expensive server in this day and age.
I forgot add that we are longtime Patreons and really love the content. Great video. My wife’s birthday is also today! Happy Bday! We’ve been cruising for over a year now with our kids. Thanks for the inspiration.
@@SailingUma Another option is to upload it to a cloud. Easily possible now that you have star link! Not exactly a cheap option either though.
Well, for long term backup storage Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive is pretty cheap, about 0.00099 $/GB/M. Ok, videos are probably serveral TB, the own Nas at a friend's is probably cheaper on the long run. But do you upload this much data over the air? And does a standard Starlink contract work internationally and at sea. Technically it of course does, but isn't it restricted due to legal whatever?
Honestly, I knew you guys would want to get the STARLINK sooner or later, ever since we got STARLINK at our home. It all makes sense to me and I have been waiting for this episode to come up forever!!!🤣 So, finally 🙌 congrats to you two 💖 for real freedom of true nomad life on your beautiful sailing ⛵️ UMA 💙🩶💚🤍🩷🩵💫💖🤍🧡💫💛🩶💜
Assume you are running Starlink through an inverter. We are doing that BUT the inverter sucks up the amps. There are hacks to convert to 12v but we haven't done that ... yet. The service is awesome. Going through the Mona Passage across the top of the DR on the way to Great Inagua, we had 80 mbps download. For those at home, that seems slow but for those of us used to IridiumGo, this is a game changer. Dan - our Dishy is mounted over the radar ( antenna tower off
the stern) Works like a champ
Love our Starlink. Goes with us everywhere. Been a life changing piece of technology that…wait for it…works as advertised!
The both of you are very smart for each other , Dan said he didn't no anything wifi and fiber optics but he explained it all and Kika with her videoography I made that up you guys dynamically mint to be together, awesome love you guys
Like always, impressed and fascinated by your tech savvy and how you apply it to your sailing needs and channel operations. Your channel is just run so professionally. Still think it’s the best and most informative out there. If, but and however. As a older landlubber gamer here who bought an Occulus 2 for fun a couple months back, I think if I played my 1st person shooter game, while on a small rolling boat to boot? I’d end up being hospitalized for vestibular sensory overload. lol You’re a tougher gamer than me, Nikka.
You do the best commercials! Good on you. Congratulations to your 22nd birthday.
Happy Birthday Kika! I've just gone electric on my sailboat. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm so excited to try the hydrogenation.
Your AG1 plug: you nailed it. You'll get it. 👍👍👍👍
That Synology Nas probably could use more air so it doesn't get too hot. Maybe holes in the shelf above it or below to help vent the hot air?
also all those power blocks below the synology probably generate a good amount of heat, that rises
I would recommend to consult with Des and Jordan, they has a like situation and choose to get another boat, I think they would have good perspective regarding changing boats.
Good stuff! Don't let online suck you in to deep, stay free!!!
Kika plays Population: ONE!!! love that game
Haha good catch. 😂 You know the lingo!
As a system admin, make sure that NAS is well vented so it doesnt get too hot. without normal climate control onboard, it can shorted the life of that unit. i have several of the same NAS.. Cheers on the upgrade. setup Cloud Sync to send your onboard footage to a google drive or Onedrive account for cloud backup of your footage.
Dan, the Synology NAS is a nice touch! Others have given some good advice in the comments. Rock on!!
So for backing up your footage. Perhaps there is a patron in the med with waterfront property and a fiber internet connection? I'd ask, if someone has fiber on the water then you can run a fiber cable directly to the boat and upload your library at 1gig. Otherwise it will take a very long time.
I have no clue how common fiber internet is in the med, so the other option would be taking your drives to a house on land with fiber and pushing it all up to the cloud.
Backplaze has good rates for storage
Happy Birthday Kika🎉 great informative video as always, I’ve been with you guys from the very beginning and I always look forward to your new adventures each week🙏🏽
Yeah Starlink :) Unfortunately I also have to stress on the NAS-thing: Please always have a Backup of the data on this single point of failure, easiest way might be a big USB-Harddrive that you can plug in to the NAS and let it copy everything over to the USB-Drive once a week, or just a duplicate NAS on the boat that you only turn on once a week to sync the data over.
Please make sure the NAS does not overheat in the tight cabinet.
Please consider SSDs if you dont already have, way more expensive then HDDs, but gyro-effects/inertia of the spinning discs are strong and HDDs are propably not made or tested for your kind of use. Have a nice day :)
🥳🎁🎂 Happy Birthday Kika 🤗🥂🎊
Nice setup for internet access. I would suggest a quick-disconnect for the entire system when traveling in storms. Seems like one lighting strike could erase all your hard work.
SV Romulus (UK) we have had one of these for a year and it is great it is attached to the davitts
Happy b'day Kika from the cold and cloudy Netherlands!
Greetings from Iceland! If you come again, the hot tubs are now fully functional and awesome. Sorry about your disappointment while they were under construction. Love your videos and your adventurous lifestyle. Would do something like this but I will be 66 this year. So you are living the dream for me 🥰
HA!!! Well now we HAVE to come back.
Having spent 3.5 weeks helping a friend deliver his boat from Kauai to San Francisco back around 2002, and currently dreaming about buying a boat to cruise full time, I was thinking I would not even want Iridium, and would rather be completely unplugged. Not sure if I’ll ever set sail, and whether I will feel then it’s worth the possible distraction for the added safety or not.
Glad you have something that works great for you though. Watched from the beginning (not in real time) and it’s been really great watching you become who you both are! Such an inspiration.
Great set up suggest a second Synology NAS at a friends or family location can serve as a back up to your local NAS or you can use Synology cloud backup.
The NAS will serve as your own private VPN and suggest you also use the Synology surveillance camera features which are fantastic.
Cool stuff! I'm glad your work will be nearly instantly safe and accessible. Do keep it off more than on, so you stay connected to yourselves and each other, tho. It's such a slippery slope and it's easy to say it won't change your habits, until you hit THAT moment and say "Oh,". Much love to you guys. Don't get work bench butt!!!
Try a cloud account? Or at your families onland set up a cloud/server for your data.
I will Come there from norway down all Europa waterways in my houseboat.
Leave nex week if wether is ok. I dont have sailboat, but holland steal boat. Motoring around Skagen down Kattegat to Kiel. From there all is scanels and rivers. Dream trip i have dreamed about for 18 years. Now all is 99.5% ready
Incredibly inspirational. Thank you soooo much for sharing. You guys are awesome
My new favorite day happy birthday Kika
You have passed next to Rafa Nadal's gray catamaran on Porto Cristo harbour. Im from Mallorca and Im happy you are arround
Love your work ethic! I have the same Netgear 4G Wireless Broadband hardware. Just lately, I have been fighting off attempted intrusions through this device, thankfully I have Norton 360 protection and can easily change passwords. Cheers.
You never know when one of your faithful subscribers/followers is sitting together with friends and sharing your channel. I suggest you ALWAYS say where you are, port, city, and country. Porto Christo? Where is that? Xoxoxo
Why did you choose the dish which can aim instead of the larger flat, immobile dish designed for motion and harsh environments? Thanks.
Happy Birthday. Have fun for the whole next year.
Happy Birthday Kilka, toasting an AG drink to you! So glad that starlink works right in the middle of the ocean so glad it's working all the time for you!