Sail Life - Back in Denmark, sink cover and toilet paper holder - DIY boat project

[@goodq]

Thumbs up for who things Mads should do daily videos during these quarantine times ☺️

[@alanmcn17]

I just binged watched all 134 Project Athena videos in a two week period 😂😂😬. Mads is a fantastic person and does fantastic work!!!

[@tombarker3608]

You are a brave man. Not only exposing yourself to possible health hazards while traveling. But leaving Ava in California. I know that must weigh on your mind. May you and Ava stay safe and healthy and complete your dream aboard Athena.

[@michaels1997]

You did the right thing coming home Mads, no way you could be in the US without health insurance irrespective of the pain of leaving Ava behind. Also, it's great for us to have you back to keep our spirits up! Ava's loss is is our gain, so thank you Ava and take care! Great to have some normality back!!

[@NameNaameNameeNaamee]

Coming back was a good call. Working on Athena full time during the shutdown is actually the best thing you could do and one of the very rare oportunities in these times to actually make something good out of this crisis. Instead of loosing a year, you might actually gain a few month this way.

[@alookthroughthespyglass9115]

As hard as it might be for you returning ro Europe, I dare say that we are all glad you did. I told my kids that there won't be "Mads" for a long time as you left before the shutdown and they were bummed about it. Now yesterday at night I found out that you posted a new video and I was so happy about it that I secrectly watched it before hitting the berth. Kids will be happy about the news. Thank you for the distraction now also in this weird period. I wish you all the best and lots of material deliveries that will arrive at your boatyard. Happy to see you being so productive

[@paulmerron3947]

good to have you back and well, hope it stays that way. I don't want things to get back to normal, I think that this could be an opportunity to make the world an even better place for everyone.

[@SailingInfidels]

I installed a bidet in our head in 2016 and have never regretted it. In fact, NOW, I think that was the smartest thing I ever did.

[@jefflee7248]

Thanks for making my Sunday more normal. You stay well please.

[@jameshansen1256]

Glad your made it back from LA virus free. Your weekly show is a god send in these crazy times. Her in Upper Michigan the lake just opened up and it has been nice to be able to have a 36 Catalina to work on without any restrictions. By the end of April my wife and I will be on the Great Lakes sailing where the is no one with the virus,,,Just the two of us. From Escanaba, Michigan stay safe and I look forward to your next posting. Jim and Alice Hansen still sailing at 73

[@ronaldwarren5220]

Prayers for you and Ava's good health.

[@aaronallen4647]

Hard but I am sure a decision that will prove well done. You are building your home. Amazing how things have changed from a rehab of a boat to a dream voyage.

[@rvsorce7196]

Made the right call, Get back finish the boat in case this thing comes back again this fall, All the other virus's are seasonal. And glad you and yours are safe.

[@velascobruce]

Glad you are back, but more importantly I am glad that you and Ava are healthy. Best thoughts and wishes to both of you!!!

[@patrickwentz8413]

Dude. You are a stud! That was one long flight you were on and you jumped into working on your boat immediately!

[@hansk.4482]

After two weeks worth of Coronavirus time off, I've finally caught up. Great series, thanks.

[@MaxMakerChannel]

That paper holder is really like in an airplane.

[@HighMXHubby]

How can anyone not like the video...

[@Wolfie387]

Be safe too..best regards. Fantastic series on your and Ava's renovation of Athens. ⛵

[@denniscollins2032]

Glad you made it back, Going to be one hell of a bathroom.

[@Jeppe.P.Bjerget]

The toilet box look great. To not have the toiletpaper in the room will make life easier at sea. I hope you will have some sleep now. Its a strange situation with the Corona virus. I understand that it had to be strange to leave Ava . I hope we all stay safe, and that the world come back to normal soon. Beste hilsninger fra Jan

[@VW.907]

Haha a jet lag nap, a guilty pleasure!

[@nuttysquirrelracing]

Thank you for still getting out a video. A lot of people (like me) really look forward to your weekly updates and during this time when all this craziness is going on, I can't say enough how good it is to sit down and enjoy 15 minutes or so of normalcy. Thanks again.

[@howiedo1124]

Big Ron Just wanted you echo your sentiment! I had remembered Mads mention he was going to be with Eva, and with everything going on last weekend I completely missed there was no video.We live in Germany and Sail Life has become a much anticipated Sunday Evening ritual for me! So I am quite selfishly very pleased you’re home safely, Mads!! Take some much deserved rest, keep in close virtual contact with Eva. I know you wish you could be together and keep her safe but I’m sure she agreed with your decision to press on and shoot for your deadline of moving in together on schedule. I applaud you both for making a tough call there! Please stay safe as well and I’m sure we all will be wishing for both of your safety! The content you share with the world is definitely some of the best on KZbin and certainly tops on my list!!

[@smallberries]

Just ordered a Tushy. Thanks from the heart of my bottom

[@b.vonhoff2218]

Glad you are back safe and sound!

[@rogernummerdor]

There are also simple bidets that look like an upgraded kitchen sink spray gun. I saw them a lot in Thailand and other Pacific coast countries. You can install one of those anywhere and they also make cleaning the head amazingly easy.

[@OrvilleHarmison]

Been using that idea for 20 years. My wife was Brazilian and use to a bidet, but when we started traveling in a motorhome it came with that setup to wash out the bowl. My wife asked me what that was for and I told her it was her butt washer and so it became one. She also had me install one on every toilet in ever house we lived in after that. Cheap, quick to use, more sanitary, no hemorrhoids and refreshing, also cuts wayyyyyy down on toilet paper usage.

[@medicmcauley6729]

I'm glad you made it back safe, great video for such a short time to work. Be safe

[@mrjsmoss]

Glad you made it back home and are still healthy. We've been with you since the beginning and my wife wears a "spiffy" shirt so......how about sending us a roll of TP?

[@dennismcquoid9751]

The bidet is brilliant!

[@SpareRoomSlotCars]

Glad you got home safely

[@thomasjohnson7040]

You sure do good work. That curved sink structure is creative, challenging and remarkable. Carry on!

[@jimh.5286]

Your discussion re. installing the toilet paper holder is very timely. Many more tp videos would be great, with topics such as: Methods to Conserve tp; Various creative marine uses for tp; Keeping tp dry and mold-free; Can tp be reused? ; Different types and textures of tp; and, How to store 500 rolls of tp in a small boat. Thanks!

[@StewartGartland]

Take care Mads and Ava, lots of love to you both from Australia.

[@onepanther69]

hope u both stay healthy and good u both have worked so hard want to see your sailing dreams to come true... mostly because i live vicariously thru u

[@BaronWeber1]

Head is looking great, thank you for the video.

[@maryjnorwood3962]

Glad you are safe.❤️

[@tartansailor]

As usual, your videos are always fun to watch and informative. Cheers, Richard

[@bobrose7900]

Great video, makes life seem almost normal watching this. There's a few comments below about square dowels, or just ends, to help locate the dowel, but angle the slot so it's sloping back slightly. A bit of trial and error here but you don't want to make it fiddly to insert. A piece of small diameter stainless tube would be better as it won't want to grab the toilet roll - lots of torn sheets. Amazing how a small item like this attracts so much attention. Perhaps this is why the US is running out! Stay safe everyone.

[@327365hp]

Good one Mads, glad to have you back!

[@Mark-ct5dh]

I think the TP holder is great! I'm sad that you had to chose to go back home. I hope that this pandemic is over soon!

[@simpsonservicesllc2987]

Spot on. Very good use of design. Why not just have it sitting in the space?? No dowel needed.. Hope all is well stay safe everyone...

[@avrohalt9133]

What funny sinks you have in Denmark, every one I have seen goes the other way round. Oh, well guess everyone else has fitted their sink back to front, but I am no expert.

[@edwardhovitz1753]

Thanks for the video and I like the paper holder.

[@Fr99763]

Generating electricity reliably is not achievable without a good generator. People who say otherwise have never lived onboard and offgrid for a long time. Good to have you back Mads. Still have to look up what “ye olde nagen” means. Sorry for your separation from Eva, but why don’t you take this virus as an incentive to finish Athena fast and sail back to her😊 Cheers

[@GWRDukedog9021]

As ever a great video thanks. You are fortunate - in the UK most Marinas and boatyards are on Lock-down, and therefore no access for work. Even visiting your boat on its mooring is not allowed, and yacht clubs are closed to members! Stay well and do whatever work you can just in case you get locked out.

[@Xalta_Sailor]

Love how you have a practical energy plan for your actual planned vessel use. You would assume that everyone would think logically like this but........

[@kimbirkebaekeskildsen637]

Hi Mads, good to see you back home again. I think the width of toilet paper can be a bit wider than here in Europe, but the diameter certainly varies greatly around the world, so maybe you should have it in your consideration. Another issue you might want to consider is the hygiene around the box for toilet paper. You can risk that that the opening to the toilet roll might be contaminated with a small amount of stools. You know, sometimes it can be quite challenging to clean the behind when there are a bit of waves. ^_^

[@markbernier8434]

I suspect you will get 1005 output from your alternator. Point to consider, make the belt tensioner independent of the alternator mount. Many belt and sheave failures are due to misalignment when trying to make tensioning and mounting in one device. Also, cogged powerbands are the way to go for driving this sort of thing. Glad you are back. I feel for Eva.

[@richie5552]

All very hard decisions. But with no health care coverage you made the right choice. Stay safe love the vids

[@Fanjal]

Name of channel: Sail Life Days of actual sailing in the last 4 years: 0 Still watching every video.

[@adriantaylor4669]

Be safe buddy, another fab episode!,

[@bryanirwin5473]

Great video as always.. Be sure to take care of yourself as well.

[@whotknots]

If you cooled the Perkins with a radiator, you could arrange a way of diverting the warm air from cooling it so that air contributed to heating the boat!

[@ianmacadam4097]

Just a thought, you lost the opportunity of storage by not extending the TP box the full depth of the cabinet. You could store 2-3 rolls with an extended “box” in otherwise dead space.😉

[@NPCSN]

ian macadam That’s a pretty good idea. Who knows, maybe he’ll go for it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NPCSN]

ian macadam That’s a pretty good idea. Who knows, maybe he’ll go for it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@henkenmark]

Stay safe Mats!

[@creative-thinking]

Great to see you back, we have missed you. Hope Ava and yourself keep well.👍

[@kbom1001]

Re douche arrangement for heads. We like a bidet too for the reasons you mention in the latest video. Our solution was to fit the 'Whale RT2498 Mixer Tap & Shower Combo' to our heads basin. They behave like normal taps but the tap then pulls out on its pipe and becomes a douche! Brilliant - they work for us. N.B. They definitely don't like frost.

[@jornantrillsark1437]

Nice to see you are back safe and sound, Mads. I was beginning to fear that you were going to be stuck in the US unable to continue with Athena or producing videos. Here in Stockholm we are not putting the boats in the water until april.... and we are fearing that it will not be possible cause the authorities are going, slowly but surely to shut down the society. Without a boat to sail or your videos to watch what is there left to do?!! :D Allt gott!

[@bradbusch9585]

I saw that unit that fits on the toilet seems like a great 👍 hope it fits on a boat t

[@SoundzAlive1]

My thought was that you have a hatch above the toilet paper holder which you lift and drop the rolls into. That way you have multiple rolls. Yes you need to cut a square hole in the top of you nice box. You can add a ski jump full width to the bottom front of the holder to stop it coming out in high seas. There will need to be a stop system so the storage rolls don’t touch the active roll then it’s perfect. André

[@_bodgie]

Hi Mads, discretion is the better part of valor, if it helps, I think you made the sensible decision heading back home, even if it doesn't feel that way.

[@todd-617]

I just spent 15 minutes totally fascinated over the construction of a toilet paper dispenser. Well done Sir, well done.

[@ApexWoodworks]

Good to see you've home now, Mads, despite being apart from your number one squeeze. I am very surprised that you didn't have to go into self-isolation in your home upon returning from the US; most countries are having their citizens do so for 14 days upon returning from the US - which is now the epicentre for the pandemic.

[@bradtaylor6415]

I am a big fan of your videos and love the updates. I started watching about 6 months ago and recently went back to when you purchased Athena, I find myself wanting to post a comment warning you not to replace the counter top in the galley because you are going to rip it out anyway! I hope you are well and keep up the good work.

[@verbeekh]

So glad to see you back home. Thanks for choosing Athena and us over Ava ...for now

[@whyme8068]

A hose bidet works great as well.

[@LifeOnTheHulls]

Good to see you confirming your measurements "Poogling" on the comode Mads.

[@jerryf609]

Make a curved half cylinder cover for your tp box to spin on the dowel. Close it when not in use to keep the paper dry.

[@TdrSld]

Glad to hear you made it back in one piece, suck you can't be with your girl in these times and that you had a bit of hell getting beck. All I would say about the toilet paper holder is to make some kind a spring hold down for the spindle, I can see in ruff water it popping out and then rolling about, which "could" turn in to a danger if having to rush through the cabin.

[@whotknots]

I am Australian and have never seen an actual bidet, so far as I know they do not exist anywhere here. If you resort to a DIY solution for a bidet could you make one that folds down out of the wall behind the head and rests on the lid of the toilet? I imagine it might work like one of those old-fashioned pull out hand basins they used to have on trains!

[@latitudeash]

Keep safe my friend

[@PaulHarold]

Thanks for making the video, lends to a sense of normalcy. Bidet would mean less toilet paper but more water use and quicker fill of the holding tank. I guess ok if you are off shore, but more pump outs if in marinas. An uninsured hospital stay in the USA would ruin you financially, smart to come back to Denmark.

[@mvseagypsy5992]

Mads! My man - Perhaps a deeper notch for the dowel might be better in a seaway!

[@craigs5212]

Welcome back. The sink is looking nice. In the US TP width seems to be shrinking , in a few years they will advertising 200 roll packs for the price of a 20 package, each roll will be 50cm wide. Where are you going to mount the generator? One safety note. I noticed you cross cut part of the TB box using the fence as length stop. Very dangerous, if the board cocks just slightly the blade will grab, pulling the board and your fingers back into the blade. If lucky it will just toss it back at you causing a nice welt on you chest. Don't ask me how I know. It happens so quick, you will see the red stuff before you know anything happened.

[@everythingexplained]

Thanks for a great video and thanks for pointing out the pandemic clause in the travel insurance, bet a lot of people didn't know, me included. Guess you've been asked about diesel-electric propulsion? As you work (or worked?) for a company know for its excellence in energy distribution aboard vessels I guess you've thought about that? A 10-20 kW motor driving the prop should be enough for Athena, and if you install enough LiPo's you could free up space in the engine compartment considerably. A 9kVA generator should be sufficient for long time motoring, while the batteries take care of those short term high intensity power requirements.

[@ruperthartop7202]

Thanks for sharing, keep safe

[@DVKajak]

Haha, if it wasn't you, I would have said "toilet paper" is just clickbaiting. But you definitely turned it to a perfect DIY session! Stay safe and healthy!

[@darrenwatson1539]

Loved the TP holder, great ideal. You amaze me me with the solutions you come up with.

[@LandyAndy62]

Re. Your loo roll holder, if you fit a flap to the open side with the pivot at the top, it covers the loo roll (protecting it from splashes) and holds the roll in place. On the lower edge, leave a gap to pull the sheets out. You’d need to put some magnetic catches or similar on the flap to stop the roll opening the flap when you pull. You might also need to smooth out/polish the bottom face and the inside of the flap so the roll can rotate without breaking the tissue as you pull. Not my idea. Brunswick Marine did this on several of their marques. I can send you a photo of the plastic-fantastic version if you’d like, but I’m sure you can work it out if the idea appeals to you.

[@aorakiboydog]

One would hope you will use a marine dunny roll for conservation purposes .

[@redsailor101]

I'm happy you made it back...my son didn't...he is stuck in the Dominican Republic

[@danielbuckner2167]

Wish I was stuck in the DR right now!

[@mattevans-koch9353]

So glad you made it back and hope that Ava is staying well and safe. I was starting to wonder if your next video was going to be a wedding ceremony followed by your citizenship classes and testing. That would have made for interesting comments. What does the rest of the world think of our (the US) obsession with buying huge amounts of tp before buying food? Take care, stay well and give my best to Ava.

[@uceid]

Hey, for once I can share some knowledge with you, I know nothing about boats, fiberglass or sanding but I am a strong advocate for bidet seats. I owned many bidets, from cheap to way too expensive like the Brondell Swash 1400 which sadly started to leak after 3 years, still probably the best but I now own a Alpha iX Hybrid Bidet Toilet Seat which so far I love, seam like a perfect match between useless features and prices. The nice thing about bidet seats is that they run on 120 or 240 and use little power unless you use the seat warmer, although it's a nice feature in Canada, not so sure when cruising in the equator belt. Also, I confirm, this will cut down your TP needs by a lot, we buy ~10 rolls per month for a family of 5 with kids.

[@deeshipley6527]

Glad to see you safe and back to DYI on Athena.

[@chhindz]

From doing auto body shaping a concave surface can be done very well using paint roller for a sanding block.

[@ABeriault]

Safe and happy Cheers

[@philgray1023]

Nice video Mads. Thanks for doing it. Must be difficult being away from Ava. Hopefully not for too long. You might find a spring loaded centre for the dunny roll somewhere so of course you could use it as a template for the marinised version you will build in the workshop.

[@Expendible1971]

There is a major problem with your TP mounting as you have shown in this video, fortunately, easily corrected. TP must feed off the top of the roll ...it is the law! :)

[@zoki.to974]

i oppose the self imposed law and will demand that feed stay the bottom side. much easier to unroll its self when top feed. case closed

[@todd-617]

If you don't feed it from the top you are officially a bottom feeder.

[@spyglassfreowestaus2733]

LOL

[@hugocohdavid]

As a officer of Ass a can state that this is in fact a true statement

[@jpkalishek4586]

How to tell if someone has never had a cat

[@hommie789]

Mads, I would have thought you would have made the TP a touch bigger and put a cover or door on it to keep water out and the TP in. A small roll up type door would look perfect and they are not very hard to make.

[@charlesxix]

Stay safe!!

[@bobswezey7452]

Be safe we want you back next week, see you ...

[@robda7195]

What your doing is top notch as per usual and if you start missing ava just think the sooner you get athina together the sooner you can sail off with her

[@nick.caffrey]

Everything reallly are unordinary! Great to see you back and to know you and Eva are well. Stay safe and wash your hands!

[@peterkacandes5905]

Um, dude, there’s a reason why TP rolls have spring loaded center cylinder holders. First time you hit a swell, that roll is going to come bouncing out of there. You need a positive retention mechanism on top of the dowel, at least.

[@edwardhovitz1753]

Change the design of those glue in plates to have a slot the dowel slides into before it comes to rest in a notch as currently designed. Or just use a spring loaded off-center roll holder.

[@dougmatthew9987]

Glad your home safe.

[@beaus123]

Great to see you back! Hope you and Ava are well & safe.

[@SVWildHare]

You might as well skip the toilet paper holder since there doesn’t seem to be any anymore. I would recommend a saltwater bidet.

[@midgoog2]

Mads, Have you considered putting a lift up door on the TP holder or possibly a roll top desk type door by glueing strips of wood to a cloth backing ? Either solution would negate the rough seas scenario as described by many in the comments, and spray from the shower in the confines of the head. You really have to wonder what the thought process is that makes people hoard TP and governments declare gunshops as an essential business during a pandemic.😀😊😧☹ Cheers Eric

[@Vaasref]

It may be my gunsmith formation speaking but putting a leaf spring ending with an "s" shape on one side and making the other side support enclosing the dowel would be more secure. That way you insert the dowel in the hole and then secure it by pushing it past the spring bump. Classic gunsmith loves their leaf springs, particularly for safeties. It seems appropriate to use them here too.

[@tonyjover]

I was thinking along the same lines :)

[@ahbushnell1]

Glad you made it back.