Preparing our Boat to Cross the Atlantic | Ep. 51

In this video we start preparing our sailboat for some offshore sailing, to be able to cross the Atlantic. We do lots of boat projects, including installing new water tanks and solar panels, and we replace some stays ourselves too. We sail to Gibraltar / La Linea which is the furthest we've sailed West with Navika til now!
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Hello! We're Alex and Lars. We live aboard our 37 foot sailboat, Navika, and are sailing full time. Follow along as we document the highs and lows of life on the water.

[@ElGringoLoco]

One of the fantastic things about Gibraltar is that you can buy your parts duty free... and virtually anything and everything boating related is there... usually in stock. That is a HUGE savings of $$$ and time.

[@NavikaSailing]

very true. we got some rigging bits there.

[@3in1Machining]

Finally, on your way. Both my wife and I watch your adventures. we are really pleased your epic odessey as started. Wow, a documented adventure of a life time. we are in our 60s and you give us so much escapism. Thankyou for your contribution and sharing your experiences. Love life and explore together.

[@NavikaSailing]

Thanks Graham! Yeah it’s a feeling like no other going on an adventure like that. I’m so glad we documented it all too for us to one day look back on and relive it all! 🥰⛵️🌊 all the best to you and your wife and thanks for following along

[@robertnixon3816]

Finally at the gateway to a whole new adventure! The boatwork never seems to end. My dad (who was a boatbuilder) always said "a boat is a hole in the water you pour money into"! He was right! Sail on, new adventures await!

[@NavikaSailing]

That is exactly right. The most expensive way to travel for free!

[@HereCHOCYchocy]

Quality.

[@NavikaSailing]

🙏

[@BillChild2njoy]

Love the episode with lots of interesting projects and scenes and fun....I will definitely follow you two beautiful people and your beautiful boat.😊

[@NavikaSailing]

Ah thanks Bill! That's very kind

[@327365hp]

So good to see you again!

[@stevecrombie5357]

That is one of the nicest displays of post-it notes I have ever seen. I'm really looking forward to the coming videos. I love all your videos but everything from here on out is new. I heard you mention that, it's just true for us also. Crappie to have the stay fiasco happen. Well I'm ready when you are, let's go.

[@NavikaSailing]

hehehe thanks Steve, those post-its helped us keep our sanity

[@stephenroskilly3737]

How exciting. The anticipation, anxiety, even relief to be finally at the gateway to a whole new life. 😘😘

[@NavikaSailing]

Wooooh - yes exactly! It was a pretty wild moment, 2 years in the making and off to distant shores

[@thomasdecarlo8543]

You guys do good work. Really like your channel. Thank you

[@NavikaSailing]

Thanks for that Thomas :)

[@keremsify]

hello from ethiopia! - so nice to follow you guys - sincere, educational and fun .. 🎩

[@NavikaSailing]

Hello! thanks for messaging, so cool to learn that our videos are being enjoyed from Ethiopia!

[@ashley-tm1uk]

If I had to choose the most capable, comfortable, safe yacht for making this crossing for a couple , one choice would certainly be the tayana 37 …it seems that you have her very well prepared for this…now it’s just up to you!…I’ll be watching!

[@NavikaSailing]

Very true! Navika has kept us safe and comfortable so far :)

[@ashley-tm1uk]

Having confidence in your yacht is paramount to me…everything is a trade off when deciding the right boat…from everything I’ve seen on the tayana 37 , all of the benefits outweigh the “perceived” negatives…i don’t really aspire to a circumnavigation, but just planning mostly daytime passages from my home in south Louisiana to Caribbean and south of equator…the island chains are no further than a long day sail to the next…but who knows…perhaps I’ll want to eventually wind up in port grimaud France where I lived for a year and sailed all over the med during that time… You’re going to love the warm clear waters teaming with life …i hope you stick around long enough for us to rendezvous one day….cheers!

[@tedmccullen7466]

Love~Love~Love your show truly enjoyable!

[@NavikaSailing]

Love love love this comment!

[@hetty43]

Great video. I know the area around Gibraltar well. I love the vibe around La Linea. Also Duquesa I’m very fond of. Spent many holidays near there. Only thing is I don’t have a boat. I know it from the land. Enjoyed your video and all the activities you showed. Looking forward to rest of your passage.

[@NavikaSailing]

Hey Foster - so cool, glad you enjoyed seeing a place you already know through our eyes. All the best!

[@stephensparkes7260]

Thank you both looking forward to the next one 😀

[@NavikaSailing]

Thanks Stephen!

[@djangorheinhardt]

Do you have a water maker on board or do you rely on being judicious using the water ,with rain collecting of course .Love your videos and I can vicariously sail the world with you !

[@NavikaSailing]

We have a 60L water maker! Could be the best addition we've done to the boat :)

[@DavidSmith-tu6jd]

Hi Guys. Enjoying your videos. Referring back to episode 49 where you needed a spirit level. For future reference you can get a spirit level APP on you phones. Also from this episode you had a queerie over empty plastic containers floating free. These were fuel cans holding petrol to supply the trafficantes fast drug boats mid ocean. Strange the random knowledge you acquire through life isnt it?

[@mojofishing]

Great video! Hoping to make some boat videos soon! 🛥

[@OoiBeng-o5z]

Lars, do please share how to do Metta Meditation on boat. Wish you happy 😊

[@jimiclapton]

Love it, Alex and Lars! Look forward to watching the upcoming crossing. Buena suerte!

[@NavikaSailing]

Thanks Leon!

[@cosmich2o122]

👍👍 nice

[@NavikaSailing]

Thanks!

[@saltysnoopy]

Generally, shrouds are measured from the center of the cable swage, not the top of the toggle pin ... but good luck. I just replace all my standing rigging. Much easier with the mast down.

[@NavikaSailing]

We just followed Jimmy Greens instructions which is where we ordered our from. You're right mast down would be easier!

[@svlolalouise9763]

Yay first again South Australia

[@crazy_spirit_of_a_life529]

Fabuleux

[@over-there]

Hmm forced into the marina, maybe its a weather thing

[@MatthewSmith-kk7if]

top stuff

[@NavikaSailing]

top comment

[@craigfolker1290]

Hey guys, big fan of your videos! Can you see yourselves ever getting all the way to Australia?

[@NavikaSailing]

hey Craig - thanks for the positivity :) Ahhhh we ask ourselves that often. It's not off the cards but maybe on aboard Navika 2 sometime down the line. We would love to do the south pacific

[@svgitana2499]

Where are you guys now in the Caribbean and where do you plan on spending hurricane season?! I’m in Puerto Rico

[@NavikaSailing]

Hey! We're hanging out in Dominica at the moment, getting into the freediving here. Planning to head south for the hurricane season down to Grenada. Are you keeping your boat in PR for hurricane season? How is that?

[@sailingsitka]

What epoxy did you use for the countertop ? Is it classic marine quality epoxy like WestSystem?

[@NavikaSailing]

we used EpoDex actually! I'm not sure, but you could probably use a regular epoxy if you had some dye for it. But the epodex was cheap and worked well (cheaper than marine epoxy)

[@stephenmahoney9531]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@tcombs53]

Have you recorded any of your own songs?

[@NavikaSailing]

Some but nothing yet to share!

[@sea_knot]

nice, lets take a look :)

[@NavikaSailing]

Heyyyyy! :) hope you're well

[@sea_knot]

@@NavikaSailing we're very well, on Dom Rep now... and you?

[@matthewbaynham6286]

That Brexit problem of having to pay for duty wouldn't be a problem if you had stuff shipped to Gibraltar and collected it there.

[@NavikaSailing]

yup. Needed an address there though and the marina was expensive!

[@fernandovilluendas9652]

Sorry but I think you got it wrong with La Línea, drug smuggling, money laundering, tax paradise, that’s Gibraltar.

[@NavikaSailing]

Haha yeah very true