Sail Life - Acuva UV water purifier (ArrowMAX 2.0) & settee hatches ⛵️

[@crufflerdoug]

It's hilarious how much I love these videos even though I'm not a sailor and don't own a boat. :)

[@Anti_Woke]

Feel free to come and do some work on my yacht ^^.

[@normanshafty]

Same here, been watching since day one, haven't even set foot on a yacht.

[@normanshafty]

And I hate doing DIY.

[@crufflerdoug]

@@normanshafty I know, right?!?

[@crufflerdoug]

@@Anti_Woke you obviously haven’t seen me attempt to use tools. 🤣

[@svpearlsailacapegeorgesail4758]

I’m happy to watch your DIY work, which means #1 I’m entertained and #2 I’m not needing to pay for things needing improvement or replacement.

[@billkaroly]

Athena is a never ending project which is great because it gives you lots of video material. As always you are awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@SailLife]

Thank you so much! :D Never ending until we find the next project boat ;) After the stay here in Trinidad there isn't a whole lot left on the todo list. If we don't end up finding a new boat then I'd love to build a foam and fiberglass dog house (basically the size of the enclosure we have now) and a spiffy new dinghy. Those should be really cool projects! :)

[@billkaroly]

@@SailLife Spiffy is always great. See you.

[@walterwinn2842]

Dear Madds, I am a plumber! You do Not Need to wrap your threads with so much Teflon tape, maximum is 2 wraps or you risk cracking the pipe. I don't know who teaches people to put 5 wraps of Teflon tape onto the threads 😢

[@leandrogerardo9521]

What micron thickness thread tape, what type of threads, two turns of 0.06" is 4 turns of 0.03" the 2 turn rule of thumb is not always accurate.

[@patrickwiklund2039]

👍

[@stevedraycott4289]

Mads if you want a precision cut with a jigsaw, just clamp a straight edge on the side of the wood or metal of the work piece and use it as a guide. I have always found the offset is 33 mm on most jigsaws. This has worked for me for years, if it drifts out you can always go back and trim. Another great vid 😊

[@bdphourde]

Mads, if you weren't a standup comic, your DIY would just be "maintenance"!

[@simonberger6150]

Hi, An alternative to teflon tape is "Loctite 55 cord".

[@rustbeltpipes]

Man I just love these videos...my wife and I have been taking lots of notes as we start boat shopping here on the Great Lakes!

[@SailLife]

Thank you so much! :) Where on the Great Lakes are you located? :)

[@rustbeltpipes]

@@SailLife South Central Michigan. Total newbies, but hoping to take our first class this coming summer.

[@leemartin366]

So hey man, there’s this stuff called flow trawl you can put it in with your high gloss paint it’ll cut down on flash and it’ll flatten out your brushstrokes so that’ll help but if you get dust all over your dip cup and then you dip your paintbrush in there then you’ll still have dirt on the surface that you have painted so you might want to remove the dust from the area first and then like I said, if you add flow trawl to the paint it will keep it from flashing and it will also allow it to level better and it will allow it to be workable, a little bit longer and hot conditions

[@Redshirt007]

Is this the first time, in years, that I haven't seen the opening intro?!?!?!?!

[@kankama1]

Your videos are a highlight of my week, but, I am getting a little down about the consumerism of the videos, always a new and more complex system to install. I love the Lotus maxim of "Adding lightness" or "adding simplicity". I can always watch something else but I had hoped that cruisers would see the benefits of a simple life instead of bringing "keeping up with the Joneses" with them when they cruise. I guess the days of the Pardeys are gone. My problem, not yours, Cheers Phil

[@JimKJeffries]

I have learned that more shut off valves means more choice & service ability. Keep up the hard work. The varnish is going to look awesome.

[@virtualburton]

You really do such nice work Mads. Always a pleasure to watch you.

[@GPSJayDog22]

Thank you 4 sharing and say HI to Ava for us, we missed her this week. Good work in the show. You got a bunch done. Cheers 🙂

[@Frankenstompbox]

"Not a snowballs chance in Trinidad" Good one!

[@SailingSisu]

Wow, another great video, Madds! It's always exciting to see the upgrades and improvements you make on Athena. Thank you for sharing your never-ending project with us. You're truly awesome, Madds!

[@jpkalishek4586]

PTFE tape is all there seems to be for non-paste thread sealing. There are non-PTFE sealers, but the actual "Non PFOS/PFAS" rated stuff is Gasoila - NT and is food grade. There are other non-ptfe pastes but they don't have the certification "Non-PTFE" as they are made in plants where PTFE is also being made, and yes, the certs are that picky, even if no equipment is shared, you can't claim PTFE/Fluorine Free, unless it is a separate building. But the NT is now priced inline with their other products at $15 a 8 oz/236 ml bottle. No convenient tape style has been developed, that I can find (we need it at work, so I did a LOT of digging for a while. NT used to be $25/8 oz)

[@aserta]

5:09 thread sealant. If you follow the instructions, it's very good. I've had it installed for years now and by far, with it, i've had the greatest "run on first start" installation success. Get namebrand, don't get the cheap stuff.

[@maryjnorwood3962]

I know that one day, you’ll be very thankful for your new water filter. 😎👍

[@thomaspaccione8237]

My boat was manufactured here in the US, and it is all 15MM Pex. Only place I can find 15MM is the marine supply store.

[@timothymaimone8611]

Mads… on the charcoal filter, you need to flow at least a gallon of water through the filter to remove the charcoal dust (just like an external refrigerator ice maker water filter).

[@garyjarvis2730]

Be careful storing filtered water in your tanks. Water without chlorination sitting in tanks has a nasty habit of going bad, and I mean BAD" , when exposed to heat and stagnation. I had this happen in my RV when I filtered the water going into the tanks during the summer. Solution was to place the water "as is" from a public water system and remove the chlorine with a carbon filter only at the time of use. Any water sitting for more than 1 week was flushed from the tanks as precaution.

[@Spookyb329]

Agreed, bottled water into a tank can create a slimy film very quickly! Chlorinated tap water doesn't!

[@evandessel]

Locktite 55. Very easy to use, versatile and food safe

[@troydunn1470]

Mads, when you get to the U.S. you will be intrigued to find that while the home stores all supply 1/2” pex fittings, the boat builders (e.g. Catalina) seem to use 15mm pex. This can be a tad infuriating at times since a "galley faucet" will be twice as expensive as the same "kitchen faucet". Many of us simply convert the "last few inches" of plumbing to match whatever fixture we need. Whale is the most common supplier of 15mm pex fittings you will find in the U.S. but there are a couple of others. The only real difference appears to be how the various manufacturers deal with the locking collet on the fitting. Love the channel, we tried to catch you guys at the boat show but we were on a schedule 😢.

[@wallacegrommet9343]

Have the countertop perimeter over hang the sink by 6mm. It looks much better by concealing the caulk seam and drips flow into the cleanly.

[@ismzaxxon]

Tip from a flight rescue paramedic. Turn off your power to pressurised water pumps when not in use...especially when off shore. One break and your drinking water is in the bilge. Always keep emergency drinking water in a large water container. Never rely on water makers for drinking water.

[@milt7348]

Stay safe and we'll see you next week.

[@1sailfast]

I've been using an Acuva ArroMax 2 for almost a year on my boat. Very happy - it works well.

[@dougbryant9657]

Thanks Madds and Ava for being an endless source of learning and entertainment along the way... keep up your fantastic style of capturing it all ...just keeps hetting better !

[@chrisbamford2196]

Thanks Mads. I enjoy the vicarious fun watching you work. You put in a lot of personality into these videos. That makes the videos a lot of fun. Merry Christmas. Or Glædelig Jul. to you and yours.

[@perjorgensen4228]

just saying, the season is in full swing

[@barringtonautospa]

Taking notes on each video I watch! Ever think of making a lipo safe charging compartment for the batteries?

[@Bill23799]

Mads I will be happy to see the last Postit on the left side with one word on it , " AVA ", moved to the " Doing " middle section. All viewers will understand if we don't get a new video for a few weeks. :)

[@mckenziekeith7434]

Loctite 561 is a thread sealant that can be used for potable water systems. I have never used it.

[@jamesgordon2289]

Fun little episode, thanks Mads.

[@friluftsguide]

Locktite 55 er bra. Mye lettet å jobbe med og hittil har det alltid vært tett.

[@dcallan812]

⛵soon, thats going to be a treat. great update 2x👍

[@ludylimburg]

I think the teflon works fine mostly, but if you don't like it, maybe try to use old fashioned Flax?

[@dalltm]

Great videos!!! RO water needs treatment if it sits in the tank too long.

[@bin_chicken80]

Nice work Mads. Thanks for the videos and the time you spend editing them. Heaps of progress on this one.

[@dremein]

Did my ears deceive me or did you say your going to actually finish the Nav Station in 2 weeks? I can only imagine the joy that will bring the poor little neglected corner of the Nav Station that has been begging for months and months to be completed. Oh Glorious Corner trim! 🙂 Hopefully you can hear the humor in my keyboard as I type this comment. Always enjoy the videos, keep up the good work.

[@gregg6282]

Try Loxeal 58/11 Gas & Water Thread Paste 100ml. I have used this instead of teflon tape for the past 2 years and find it works as well as teflon. There are other brands as well. I think Loctite make one

[@johnchapman3601]

Most Loctite pipe thread sealants are approved for drinking water systems.

[@jameshansen1256]

Just really enjoy your project list. As a Great Lakes sailor (Catalina 36 Gallivant Escanaba Mi.) it sure helps getting through the winter and to April for boating season. I have a sign on my boat “nothing better than messing around on sailboats no matter what season “. Enjoy

[@claudehopper9813]

Merry Christmas Madds & Eva have a great , safe New Year sailing the blue sea .

[@michaelch5060]

LOL! "A snow balls chance in Trinidad"!

[@pysaumont]

Hi! The best alternative to Teflon tape is Loctite 55. Very efficient and very easy to use. Plus it allows for turning back up to 45 degrees if needed without leaking.

[@feikeverweij5926]

Hi Mads. When on the hard now, why not paint paint some striping on the hull? I guess your community will have no problem making numerous suggestions on the best design. It will make the boat so much sleeker and errrrr spiffy

[@stimpsonjcat67]

It's always noon or midnight on Athena! LOL, of course, he fixed it after getting all the new power dealt with! How could I have doubted you?

[@malcolmgordge8550]

Sportsman As always your solutions are amazing 😮and you take the complexity out of the European vs American matters. Nice work as always.

[@terryburwick5397]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I hope you have fun on both of them

[@Cutlass-27-Mallorca]

Interlux, good paint. 😊

[@KennaGreen]

Excellent progress!

[@bubbleobill267]

Two hose clamps below the waterline, above that one is more than sufficient.

[@svbarryduckworth628]

If you are looking for some less than tasty water right out of the tap to test just how effective your new water purifier is then look forward to when you finally get to the great cruising Mecca of Oriental North Carolina. The water out of the tap there will give you a test of your system that few other water utilities will be able to match in the USA. It's totally safe to drink, don't get me wrong. You will just want to not do so if you have another option. We haul bottles from the vending Ice Machine near the Piggly Wiggly where they also sell the same RO water that they use to make the ice there. They had to put an RO system into the.automated ice maker and vending machine or else nobody would buy the ice there if it was made directly from the local tap water. I think they only charged$0.25/gallon so it isn't bad but it is a long way to haul it in a bike trailer back to the harbor.

[@USAMOTORHOME]

I get those tips to install on my RV :)

[@augustomichelesi9811]

Personally as I have to paint with clear varnish trims (but not only) in the inside of a boat I prefer to use water based products. For an interior use they will last for ages cos' they are not exposed to sunrays and water and without breathing the very noxious vapours of polyester/epoxy/alkidic..or many other thinner based paints I hope to last a little bit longer too.....

[@bryanwatt9751]

We love our Acuva, but the Woder filters are impossible to find in Europe and Asia!

[@Rgarizonahomestead]

Keep up the great work, sir Take care, and have ahead wonderful Christmas a ahead. See you, guy, on the next video

[@a.j.laplant]

Madds, Are you going to do any follow up on the windvane? A friend had purchased one and we tried mostly unsuccessfully to use it from New England to Bermuda and back. Curious about your experience.

[@aserta]

12:01 could also throw a silicone tray in there. Should work out for size to put all the chemicals on top.

[@sailingbaba]

Hey Mads, I was wondering how your AC setup worked when you all visited the states. You made a curved vent hood to fit over forward hatch. I’m considering doing the same on my project boat.

[@ElguapoDk]

Hi Mads. please dont forget the hole around the stainless steel pipe on the Nav station, i get very frustrated with it. please find a solution. Ps. Have a nice Christmas with Ava and your friends. Love from Denmark.

[@SailLife]

Oh don't worry in a few weeks the hole will be gone - I promise! :) Merry Christmas :)

[@ronaldwarren5220]

Thank you for my Sunday fix

[@larryowens7023]

Another great video. (but wouldn't it have been a LOT easier to install the faucet if you'd done that before putting the sink back in?) :)

[@julesc8054]

FYI activated charcoal is extremely effective at filtering bacteria.

[@Dougalsdad01]

Mads, love the channel and have been following you from your early days. Something I've noticed is you are becoming more and more American with your superlatives. "Super easy", "super common", "super quick", "super affordable", and that's just a few over the past few posts. We all know that some Americans, not Eva I hasten to add, aren't super imaginative (oops), but please, as a European, show that you have a better understanding of English and a wider vocabulary than the average Yank and find a few other superlatives, "incredibly easy", "really common", "amazingly quick" and "surprisingly affordable".

[@deborahtaylor9432]

Merry Xmas everyone

[@peterschonhardt7811]

Have a look at Loctite 5331.

[@rustysailor4672]

If you want to be more traditional, you could use hemp instead of PTFE.

[@groermaik]

Won't you be using more pixies with the UV light over the activated charcoal?

[@vandalorian8777]

Your RO water maker does not remove viruses or bacteria from the water.

[@drjasper100]

White ptfe tape is food grade tape.

[@kiwigurn]

That look on your face as you realized the wire would be long enough....."Yeesss"

[@wstrater]

The UV filter should only kill living elements in the water but not remove them. I doubt killing growth would change the taste. The only thing that could affect the taste would be the pre-filter.

[@smallberries]

Teflon tape is food safe, at least the white type sold here in the US is. That seems to be what Google tells me. Mads, why on earth do you have a "Glendale, CA" t-shirt? Glendale is not exactly a tourist destination. Nice enough town.

[@smplyizzy]

I swear you had a pretty cool Bosch 12 volt cordless circular saw. What did it die?

[@williamkhatchell620]

Looks like you missed a drain connection in the video, might have already caught it but if not might check those connections again.

[@davidgallefoss1254]

Dear Mads, teflon tape, not good, not only the poison, but it will leak fairly easy if you turn back the thread, for instance when positioning a 3 way. use Loctite 577, it is a glue type. Works on all plumbing, it is simply the best stuff, fast and always holds tight. It is also food grade. I have built a massive water based heating system on our refit alubat, it is also what we use offshore on oil platforms. For stainless steel it needs a second product, an activator.

[@guillaumerp]

Maybe a stupid question, but why all trims must be varnished ? Is it that bad to let a non structural wood « raw » ?

[@robertgranafei2781]

I love your videos and look forward each week to the next edition. But I must say, how could you buy a smart faucet which you can't monitor on your phone? Yes, I'm being snarky , but I am so old school. Blue tooth , phone monitoring, all that stuff. I don't get and don't understand how that makes a boat more seaworthy. ln my experience, 50 years of it, reaffirms the old adage "KISS", keep it simple, stupid. Didn't know I needed a smart faucet to drink a glass of tank water. If it tastes funny, I just grab a beer.

[@william6526]

That filter looks just like the one we use in the water filter in our refrigerator. I hope that filter is cheaper to buy then the one for our refrigerator. 5 years ago I could buy a 2 pack of filters for around 50 dollars. Now that same filter bought from the cheapest place I could find on the web which is called filters Plus charges 75 dollars for one filter and 130 dollars for the two pack. I have no idea why the price of these plastic pop in filters have got so damn expensive. When you are suppose to replace them every 6 months it starts to add up .varnishing is a lot better then Ole glorious sanding fiberglass.

[@bentaylor4570]

Water taste is an odd thing. I once worked in a basement lab for a few years. There was a water fountain down there that had a bit of a rust flavor. After a while i grew to enjoy that mild bit of flavor it added. Just saying

[@matdavey1]

"it looks a little bit messy now" (Please don't judge me), hah.

[@allsearpw3829]

Have a great festive season and thanks for your video .👍

[@ahbushnell1]

Does your UV treatment system use UVC?

[@FatGuyInaTruck]

Fun fact: If you taste or smell chlorine in the water, that means there isn't ENOUGH chlorine in it. The smell is a natural byproduct of disinfection as the chlorine breaks down into chloramines and there isn't enough chlorine left to overcome those chloramines in the disinfection process. The solution to that is to add nore chlorine to finish the process completely.

[@TK-11538]

why do so many boat channels I watch NOT own a cordless circular saw? Do all boaters LIKE cutting straight lines with a jigsaw?

[@Wildwood975]

Quick! Throw about 50% of the cleaning stuff overboard before Ava gets back!! Can’t get blamed for a messy boat if you don’t have cleaning supplies!

[@Stepdaddy8969]

👍🏽

[@stephenjdixon1]

drinking water should "never" be kept in a tank so its almost essential to treat any that is drunk raw as it were

[@guywren4801]

If I did this many jobs on the 'to-do-list' while my wife was away I'd barely see her.

[@lauriviik]

Loctite 55 is superior to anything for fitting pipes. But don try any similar type alternative, there are copycats but only loctite has work like it should in 15 years experience, i dont get why people use crappy tape type.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

You still have to de-chlorinate any water you use to flush the membrane. If you are doing away with the carbon filter. Don't forget. I'm sure you won't.

[@SuperMurf44]

Merry Christmas to you and Ava...

[@curacao11]

😎

[@johncapo3497]

There is nothing quite so permanent as a temporary solution. At least on my boat.

[@_instabil]

good boy

[@dalebuckley6073]

What ever happened to just sailing ?

[@finnkjrgaard2981]

Hi Mads this producte replace teflon tape LOCTITE 55 RØRTÆTNINGSSNOR