Nice idea on this preventer, I remeber my Dad getting hit in the head while sailing or little inflateable boat on a lake... :-D The leather wrapping would have me turn nuts, big kudos to Ava! :-D
The wheel and covers look very Spiffy! 😊 if you have time can you give an update on how much power your solar system is making and how much shore power you are using? Thank you.
Hi Mads, I have the exact same set-up as you with regard to the rod kicker and deck layout. Simply place a single, very strong block at the base of the mast. Remember the loads are very high on the kicker tackle line there. That should sort out you lead problem to the deck organizer. I run completely single handed. With the preventer (this is an overkill) I run 2 preventer lines towards the bow in front of the cutter inner forestay and simply tack it, gives me complete control of my oversize rig and sails. Cheers guys.
V Berth Door (AKA Bedroom). Please have a look to see if it is possible to flip the door and have it open inwards. Towards the drawers, you can keep the door in place with a door magnet at the bottom. So that you can have the door open and still walk around the center console. Love the channel, keep the good content coming.
Hello you two. Ava is so talented and compliments Mads abilities. Ava, I noticed how fast you opened that box of goodies, almost as fast as Mads. Love your work ethic and videos. Look forward to seeing you guys each week.
Boom brake. Always there, always ready, fit and forget. If you lose a mainsheet shackle on the traveller, who you going to call to stop your boom hitting the shrouds and dropping your mast or breaking the boom? Boom Brake thats who. Specified as not optional on Profurl installs. Preventers are just another set of strings to wrestle with when it's dark, raining, blowing B6, and you need to wrestle with a pole up front. However you've spent your dough.
@@osten_petersson That is exactly what the skipper on our race boat uses. Very cheap and very effective. No moving parts and only needs $50 worth of double braid to make it work. It has saved our heads a few times. I will be relying on it tomorrow because I manage the mainsail. I use a wilchard on my boat just because it was already fitted.
We had great success with a boom brake on our Pacific Cup race to Hawaii. Saved our bacon a couple of times, though it did clutter up the deck a bit due to the need for a wide base.
you were saying you were running out of DIY projects, hear me out: Indoor movie projector with full sound system for awesome big-screen movies. Retractable. Have an overnight passage? Roll down the screen and pop on "Lawrence of Arabia."
I'm always surprised how small Eva is at the end of the video when she stands next to Mads! You guys are adorable together and we are SO happy you found each other! Thanks for loving each other and showing us a great example of a couple that cares for each other. And of course keep up the great work! Love from Arizona.
I was almost ready to type a comment about giving more visual explanations and you went straight out on deck to show it all to us! As a landlubber from the Midwest land of landlocked .... you get the picture... I have no idea what most of the verbiage is that is spoken of. A little more exposition is always welcome! Thanks to you both!
You mentioned your favourite splicing film on you tube. Could you please put it on the links below your video. Great series with plenty of useful tips!
Watching people do line splicing is like magic to me. I'm a very handy guy who does lots of things for himself, and it always blows my mind when I find a new thing I can do myself that I previously assumed was factory made only. Also, that brown is such a nice compliment to the blue of the dodger cover. I love it!
Awesome job on the new leather wheel cover and hand rails Ava, they look fantastic. Mads, you make splicing look so easy, you've become very good at it. Can't wait to see your next video as they are so informational. Sea U!
Another great video. Ava and Mads, you're terrific. I look forward to my Sunday respite when I can sit back and enjoy your weekly snapshot of life. Sea U!
Completely unrelated to this video but a solution (probably already mentioned) to your wobbly solar arch - Put the support triangles outboard! You've currently made 'triangles' with the crossed dyneema lines. If you fix rigid stainless triangles to the outboard verticals you'll achieve decent, permanent, rigidity with no faff. Look at delos' arch.
I almost feel ashamed haven't watched this on Sunday eve after 4 years every Sunday evening means Mads with Sail life.... Sorry for this "ohh glorious mishap" I'll try to better my life next week. Perhaps it helps to inform you 2 that I did a lot off oh glorious sanding around the house the last three days for a lame excuse.... Thnx for yet another inspiring video 😀
Hey Mads. There is a much better way of running a preventer. A single long line running down either side of the boat and through the a block on the bow. You use the unused windward winch to tension. Never have to leave the cockpit to gybe.
Mads, i would double check that starboard side preventer set up - i would be worried about chafe over that pole, set up like that it might only take a day or less to wear through
Decent job explaining the stitch for the wheel cover. A diagram in addition would have been welcome but I think I figured it out anyway. Love your videos!
Ava, you now an accomplished fine leather smith but can open boxes with gusto and safety, congrats! Beautiful job on the wheel, etc. Your home on the water is just amazing. Been watching since you bought the boat in Scotland.
I really loved the leather work.. it really tied everything together nicely... I also like the lines. Everything looks great... How about curtains for your windows? Also I just am so excited for your next episode... Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Watching the various levels of learning is wonderful to watch! This time next year, Ava will have a solid foundation to build on. It is encouraging to watch a Michigander learn & grow while being here in Michigan temporarily myself. I miss the south.
Hey Mads. put a line on either side of the boom, I used grey dyneema to blend into the boom, that way you don't have to walk it around the main sheet running rigging. All done beside the mast.
The only thing I don't like about your channel, is that MY to do list gets longer after I watch your videos. Thanks for sharing. Your boat looks...err...dang spiffy...
Preventer: Recommend two lines on the boom and on the outside of the boat, one on either side. Then one is always lazy, attached inboard and easy to hook on when you decided to byge
My dad always swore by using the wrap they use on tennis racket handles to wrap his wheel, his sculling oar handle, the tiller, and even his hand hold on the dodger. Your solution looks much more elegant.
Great vid guys, I believe best practice for preventers is to have them on the end of the boom as you have done, but not the centre as suggested in your description. Preventers rigged to middle of the boom can result in breakage.
I agree. I have been there and done that. It is probably not crucial that it be at the absolute end, but it should be close. Downwind on the open ocean, the preventer, sheet and topping lift tend to position the boom totally. It works best when all three lines are at the end of the boom.
Great vid as always. My 2 cents re preventer: I'd use a more elastic line. Single braid Dyneema or Dyneema cored lines will transfer the full brunt of an accidental gybe to the boom, gooseneck, mast and line attachments, and may cause significant damage. An elastic line absorbs the forces in play whereas line creep is not an issue here.
I like the grab rails. I've yet to be on any boat that didn't need more grab rails or at least better placement. While traveling in Japan and staying in traditional houses, it almost immediately became obvious the first time I went up one of those very steep staircases that with just a couple of strategically placed grab rails those stairs would not only be safer but quicker than any more standard staircase. But not once did I see this idea applied. On catamarans the steps to the hull cabins always seem like the basic assumption is that those stairs are sitting in a structure with a concrete foundation. And at the fore and aft ends of the cabin on the side decks there's usually a gap in handholds/security that should never exist.
Another fantastic episode of progress and quality work. Since you left Denmark you have achieved so much and whizzed through your ‘to do’ list, yet in this episode it appears all bar one of your sticky notes seems to have evaporated without ant ceremony - or did I miss that? Harking back to when last weeks episode when the fuel container was completed, I thought - if only they had one more fuel container you could have had the boat name on them - one letter on each.😉😀👍⛵️
Was Topstop. Nice job on the preventer. Rigged one one Athena off Swanage. About 3 in the morning a squawl crept up on us, a wild ride but it saved a nasty accident.
Ava, the new cover looks great, but is it possible that you have the leather inside out? I would like the leather-side would face out and not the rough side? I am probably wrong but thought I would ask.
That pole by the chart table, where it exits the wood, really is crying out for some teak trim or something. My eye is drawn every time you stand there talking. Very minor but not spiffy until it is done smile 😃
i came for the refit, but stayed because of ava😂
Wow! That will be a very nice cockpit to cruise from!
Watched from the beginning and enjoying the progress your making
OMG that was time consuming but it looks GREAT !!! Greatness is in the details.
From one man to another, Eva is turning into quite a nice compliment of you.
Your Very lucky
Stay healthy and we'll see you next week.
I need to do my wheel cover now to make it look Spiffy
Nice idea on this preventer, I remeber my Dad getting hit in the head while sailing or little inflateable boat on a lake...
:-D
The leather wrapping would have me turn nuts, big kudos to Ava!
:-D
The wheel and covers look very Spiffy! 😊 if you have time can you give an update on how much power your solar system is making and how much shore power you are using? Thank you.
Sweetest couple on the web.
that looks so satisfying watching you sewing that leather
Sunday evenings are the best, mostly thanks to your channel! Cheers!
Athena looks AMAZING!! 🤩😁✨✨
Hey guys. Congratulation on hitting 100K subs!
Hi Mads, I have the exact same set-up as you with regard to the rod kicker and deck layout. Simply place a single, very strong block at the base of the mast. Remember the loads are very high on the kicker tackle line there. That should sort out you lead problem to the deck organizer. I run completely single handed. With the preventer (this is an overkill) I run 2 preventer lines towards the bow in front of the cutter inner forestay and simply tack it, gives me complete control of my oversize rig and sails. Cheers guys.
V Berth Door (AKA Bedroom). Please have a look to see if it is possible to flip the door and have it open inwards. Towards the drawers, you can keep the door in place with a door magnet at the bottom. So that you can have the door open and still walk around the center console. Love the channel, keep the good content coming.
I was surprised to see the suede side out but I don't know anything about leather at sea lol and it looks so good!
Hello you two. Ava is so talented and compliments Mads abilities. Ava, I noticed how fast you opened that box of goodies, almost as fast as Mads. Love your work ethic and videos. Look forward to seeing you guys each week.
Excellent job!
Very good job Mans
Hi guys. Great Video fit a double height deck line organiser it will sort your problem. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.
You guys are great
Thank you Mads and Ava for another wonderful Sunday evening video. Very nice work on the leathering of the wheel and hand rails. Have a good week.
Boom brake. Always there, always ready, fit and forget. If you lose a mainsheet shackle on the traveller, who you going to call to stop your boom hitting the shrouds and dropping your mast or breaking the boom? Boom Brake thats who. Specified as not optional on Profurl installs. Preventers are just another set of strings to wrestle with when it's dark, raining, blowing B6, and you need to wrestle with a pole up front. However you've spent your dough.
And a cheap version of the brake is the belaying eight you can find in any climbing store
@@osten_petersson That is exactly what the skipper on our race boat uses. Very cheap and very effective. No moving parts and only needs $50 worth of double braid to make it work. It has saved our heads a few times. I will be relying on it tomorrow because I manage the mainsail. I use a wilchard on my boat just because it was already fitted.
Well done. Stay healthy and we'll see you next week.
We had great success with a boom brake on our Pacific Cup race to Hawaii. Saved our bacon a couple of times, though it did clutter up the deck a bit due to the need for a wide base.
Ava, when sowing like that you should use a fingerbøl.
you were saying you were running out of DIY projects, hear me out: Indoor movie projector with full sound system for awesome big-screen movies. Retractable. Have an overnight passage? Roll down the screen and pop on "Lawrence of Arabia."
I'm always surprised how small Eva is at the end of the video when she stands next to Mads! You guys are adorable together and we are SO happy you found each other! Thanks for loving each other and showing us a great example of a couple that cares for each other. And of course keep up the great work! Love from Arizona.
She is normal - Mads is a giant.😉
@@normanboyes4983
Mads is only 6’2”.
She looks to be about 5’2”.
So she is quite short and he’s somewhat tall.
I was almost ready to type a comment about giving more visual explanations and you went straight out on deck to show it all to us! As a landlubber from the Midwest land of landlocked .... you get the picture... I have no idea what most of the verbiage is that is spoken of. A little more exposition is always welcome! Thanks to you both!
I love how you use the word “smush”, it’s so cute. I’d never heard the term before. But it’s cute 🥰
You mentioned your favourite splicing film on you tube. Could you please put it on the links below your video. Great series with plenty of useful tips!
I love how with discipline & a little time, the transformation possibilities are extraordinary. Your yacht is looking amazing. Thanks for sharing it.
Watching people do line splicing is like magic to me. I'm a very handy guy who does lots of things for himself, and it always blows my mind when I find a new thing I can do myself that I previously assumed was factory made only.
Also, that brown is such a nice compliment to the blue of the dodger cover. I love it!
Such a talented couple. Thank you for your videos I thoroughly enjoy them.
Awesome job on the new leather wheel cover and hand rails Ava, they look fantastic. Mads, you make splicing look so easy, you've become very good at it. Can't wait to see your next video as they are so informational. Sea U!
The stitching is very time-consuming but whoa what nice results, very long lasting, a job for folks with foresight and patience.
Eva those Jerry Can covers looked pretty dang sp-
lendifferous.
Another great video. Ava and Mads, you're terrific. I look forward to my Sunday respite when I can sit back and enjoy your weekly snapshot of life. Sea U!
Nice work crew, little by little Athena is coming together very well. Thanks for the great video, SEA YOO next week !!
Another great video Mads and Ava .
Episode Title should have been "Athena Gets New Jewelry"
Completely unrelated to this video but a solution (probably already mentioned) to your wobbly solar arch - Put the support triangles outboard! You've currently made 'triangles' with the crossed dyneema lines. If you fix rigid stainless triangles to the outboard verticals you'll achieve decent, permanent, rigidity with no faff. Look at delos' arch.
Selden notepad swag humble brag :)
So complex no wonder the engine is so often used👍
you are a lucky man,maas....
I almost feel ashamed haven't watched this on Sunday eve after 4 years every Sunday evening means Mads with Sail life.... Sorry for this "ohh glorious mishap" I'll try to better my life next week. Perhaps it helps to inform you 2 that I did a lot off oh glorious sanding around the house the last three days for a lame excuse.... Thnx for yet another inspiring video 😀
Ava always has that impish little grin. Cracks me up every time I watch these videos. Sleep with one eye open, Mads. 😁`
I love the colorful descriptors in use all the time. And I can't wait for the adventures to begin.
It’s nice to see your progress and thank you for showing us your splicing and application of their use .👍great video
The new leather and grab rails look quite spiffy!!
Great Job Ava and Maddy. Looking forward when you sail southwest. Smooth Oceans Ahead.
Hey Mads. There is a much better way of running a preventer. A single long line running down either side of the boat and through the a block on the bow. You use the unused windward winch to tension. Never have to leave the cockpit to gybe.
Mads, i would double check that starboard side preventer set up - i would be worried about chafe over that pole, set up like that it might only take a day or less to wear through
Decent job explaining the stitch for the wheel cover. A diagram in addition would have been welcome but I think I figured it out anyway. Love your videos!
A joy as always guys.
Thanks for sharing.
Good job on the wheel cover Ava!!! Makes me think I should order a kit and do mine.
Good to see important safey additions to Athena.
good video
Ava, you now an accomplished fine leather smith but can open boxes with gusto and safety, congrats! Beautiful job on the wheel, etc. Your home on the water is just amazing. Been watching since you bought the boat in Scotland.
Love the videos and can’t wait for the day you raise your sails with actual wind!
Dang Ava, that wheel cover came out great! I really like that leather you found.
Nice
all looks great and will come in handy on your crossing stay safe and see on the next video and have a great week
Test on a hydogenerateur would be so nice
Lots of little jobs left....its always something...see ya next week...John
haha MADS color matches the new trim fitting the grab rails
I really loved the leather work.. it really tied everything together nicely... I also like the lines. Everything looks great... How about curtains for your windows? Also I just am so excited for your next episode... Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Brilliant video, awesome leather work guys….. what a beautiful job you have both done in restoring this to “better than new” 🇦🇺👍🏻
Watching the various levels of learning is wonderful to watch! This time next year, Ava will have a solid foundation to build on. It is encouraging to watch a Michigander learn & grow while being here in Michigan temporarily myself. I miss the south.
Was at the bar restaurant L'Equipage that overlooks the marina but couldnt see Athena...maybe you'd already left 🤔🤔🤔
Hey Mads. put a line on either side of the boom, I used grey dyneema to blend into the boom, that way you don't have to walk it around the main sheet running rigging. All done beside the mast.
I'm curious to see how much perfectionism goes out the hatch ... once on serious adventure.
The only thing I don't like about your channel, is that MY to do list gets longer after I watch your videos. Thanks for sharing. Your boat looks...err...dang spiffy...
Hi, nice one and truly SPIFFING .
Brilliant work
Good package opening sequence Ava!
Great progress!!
Think of the preventer as a delayer. I’ve seem them break.
cross stitch: good choice!
Preventer: Recommend two lines on the boom and on the outside of the boat, one on either side. Then one is always lazy, attached inboard and easy to hook on when you decided to byge
My dad always swore by using the wrap they use on tennis racket handles to wrap his wheel, his sculling oar handle, the tiller, and even his hand hold on the dodger. Your solution looks much more elegant.
Great vid guys, I believe best practice for preventers is to have them on the end of the boom as you have done, but not the centre as suggested in your description. Preventers rigged to middle of the boom can result in breakage.
I agree. I have been there and done that. It is probably not crucial that it be at the absolute end, but it should be close. Downwind on the open ocean, the preventer, sheet and topping lift tend to position the boom totally. It works best when all three lines are at the end of the boom.
The leather work looks great!
Follow the Leather care instruction! Can be HIGH MAINTENANCE!
You two are so good together! Love it!
Great vid as always. My 2 cents re preventer: I'd use a more elastic line. Single braid Dyneema or Dyneema cored lines will transfer the full brunt of an accidental gybe to the boom, gooseneck, mast and line attachments, and may cause significant damage. An elastic line absorbs the forces in play whereas line creep is not an issue here.
Hey Mads ,you've been officially out stitched..lol 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🎤
I like the grab rails. I've yet to be on any boat that didn't need more grab rails or at least better placement. While traveling in Japan and staying in traditional houses, it almost immediately became obvious the first time I went up one of those very steep staircases that with just a couple of strategically placed grab rails those stairs would not only be safer but quicker than any more standard staircase. But not once did I see this idea applied. On catamarans the steps to the hull cabins always seem like the basic assumption is that those stairs are sitting in a structure with a concrete foundation. And at the fore and aft ends of the cabin on the side decks there's usually a gap in handholds/security that should never exist.
Awesome job. The whole is starting to look amazing!
Another fantastic episode of progress and quality work. Since you left Denmark you have achieved so much and whizzed through your ‘to do’ list, yet in this episode it appears all bar one of your sticky notes seems to have evaporated without ant ceremony - or did I miss that? Harking back to when last weeks episode when the fuel container was completed, I thought - if only they had one more fuel container you could have had the boat name on them - one letter on each.😉😀👍⛵️
Que music: Alvin and the Chipmunks "Hula Hoop"
Was Topstop. Nice job on the preventer. Rigged one one Athena off Swanage. About 3 in the morning a squawl crept up on us, a wild ride but it saved a nasty accident.
All looks easy, but yes it requires skill and patience..Both did a nice job…The leather wheel cover is a tedious job but well worthy..
Absolutely beautiful!!!
😀
Ava, the new cover looks great, but is it possible that you have the leather inside out? I would like the leather-side would face out and not the rough side? I am probably wrong but thought I would ask.
The sewing of the leather was amazing - well done
That pole by the chart table, where it exits the wood, really is crying out for some teak trim or something. My eye is drawn every time you stand there talking. Very minor but not spiffy until it is done smile 😃
great video, have you had a chance to check out the Copper Coat to see how it is doing?