Sail Life - First bit of paint on the new deck - Sigmacover 280 - DIY sailboat restoration

[@SailLife]

NB! The video only just got done uploading. All resolutions might not be available yet. If that is the case just check back a little later :)

[@cavancullen7336]

Another brilliant video Mads! I always anticipate your upload on a Sunday evening!

[@SailingNorma]

Hej Mads er der mulighede for at interview dig i løbet af dec..? Da jeg ikke har mulighed for at kontakte dig på anden måde pt så er min mail [e-mail] på forhånd tak David/kalpita

[@OutsideAndStuff]

Mads, what does "NB" mean?

[@denniswiechert9791]

nota bene

[@per2576]

@Outside & Stuff: It means please note/ be aware.

[@maxx6691]

This will be your new home. Athena will be like the Goddess, beautiful and strong. Love your videos.

[@toddboley6987]

Thanks for assuring us of your sobriety. That deck is cracking. Good work.

[@toxic-gb2vf]

Another milestone passed Mads...actual paint going on. Well done...keep plucking.

[@johnbolongo9978]

I love the creativity with the double sided tape on the piece of plastic trim as the router guide. Mads is cool as they get.

[@brucekratky7993]

When Athena is done she'll be so secure and solidly restored you'll be able to go anywhere in her. She'll be a head turner at every port of call. You'll be proud to own her.

[@edb5154]

Paint supplier for Ferrari, Harley Davidson, and most importantly MADS! You can't go wrong with that pedigree.

[@1240enzo]

Hooray, some paint on the deck. Indeed it's looking pretty dang spiffy . Now to get it all painted, that will be huge progress. Well done Mads.

[@TheRobertmthoms]

You should be proud of yourself Mads. You are doing a great JOB!!!!

[@Waldopepper1962]

You have completely inspired me to look at aluminum and steel boats exclusively. You have my eternal gratitude for that. :)

[@billfournier1043]

Mads, you really do good work. No matter where you end up, you will always find work if you need to.

[@sapherdana]

Hello from Sydney Australia Mads. Brilliant and inspirational as always. Definitely listen to the Sailing Stories podcasts of 'Brave or Stupid'. Incredible story of two middle aged Swedes who, never having stepped foot on a boat, decided, planned and circumnavigated the globe replete with beautiful descriptive tales. Cheers.

[@ktobias63]

Mads, your making such great progress,Athena is looking mighty spiffy.

[@madsvoldby3360]

Good to see Kenneth again:-)

[@ocxb]

It’s good to have the satisfaction of putting the first bit of primer on your boat I’m really happy for you and can’t wait to see the finished product

[@theladyjaiproject576]

My weekend would not be complete without your videos! Hatches look GREAT. Can't wait to see that first coat of paint!

[@Nomad5d]

Looking spiffy as always. My wife constantly reminded me while remodeling our old house that no one else noticed the tiny imperfections I seemed to find everywhere.

[@finnsailing69]

rhett and link in good mythical morning is a great podcast

[@billiondollardan]

seeing some primer down is pretty exciting!

[@GTyoutube]

Great job - it's a better deck than when it came out the factory 👍

[@Bacoprah]

another great episode Mads! Anyone who is getting inches away from the 'artisanal' hatch openings should just be made to walk the plank :) Cheers from PEI Canada,, have a great week, Bryan.

[@scottwatson5767]

Your talents never cease to amaze. For someone that is a diy type of person, the boat is looking awesome. I cannot wait to see the finished product. Great job Mads!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@fraserhardmetal7143]

Mads - what an achievement! You have inspired such a lot of armchair boaters like me to start looking at least for something similar to your project. I bet you feel completely knackered at times , but I can see the Viking boat love surpasses all. All the very best and thanks for your efforts.

[@Bloodthune]

Artesianal hatch opening! Awesome phrase!

[@pamelacoleman1048]

A pleasure to watch thank you for these entertaining and educational snippets of Athena’s progress.

[@sh4826]

Pretty friggin awesome! You are great Mads! Thanks a TON for sharing

[@garysouza2277]

Looking good, Mads!!! Amazed that you can work for 12 hours a day, and still have a full time job, take care of your dog, relationship, and life. Keep up the good work!!!!

[@AngelRodriguez-oo5ht]

Nothing but a bunch of 👍👍👍👍. You are one inspiring dude, wish I had half the drive you do! Keep it up

[@MaCroCosmHD]

Glad to see you again!

[@danielgorz7594]

Wow...ThAT is going to be a good looking sailboat! You out did yourself!

[@antonogfar2836]

Pretty "dang spiffy" that you had a visit from Kenneth. Admire his take on paint and varnish, could not be presented better. Hope you have some more video with Kenneth explaining his advice in english for your future paint jobs

[@johnmurphy6366]

This is a pretty dang spiffy deck!!looking great.

[@brianevolved2849]

It will be great to eventually set sail ! keep up the good work Brian in London

[@darrenmoorehead]

Hooray Mads!! Athena is starting to look like her namesake goddess!

[@Jakfilm]

You sure have stamina. It must help that you have thousands to fans cheering you on.

[@davespringate5469]

Hi Mads, stumbled across your project while looking for van conversions, you must be so pleased with the way that deck is turning out. I think your work is awesome and your attitude is an inspiration. I'm off to watch some more of your video's !

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Loads of spiffyness on show, good job Mads and onwards with the rest of the paint now you have this week in the shed.

[@grovertn867]

Excellent video. I am thrilled for your progress!

[@sailingluana3037]

Looks awesome! Great idea using a trim router!

[@LinusEkenstam]

Hey Mads! I always forget to put a comment. So it's been a long time coming. I'm pretty sure there are more hardcore fans than me out there. However I'm super excited to let you know that me and my girlfriend pretty much watched all your videos and now watch them on a weekly basis. Usually Monday morning while having breakfast. We have a small Albin Vega, and I've not had the luxury of having it on the hard for more than 10 days this year. But nevertheless, she has hull nr 19. And we've started to get her into pretty good shape. I started painting the deck yesterday actually so pretty fun coincidence. Thank you so much for making these videos. And if you ever need any help I would not mind swinging by Skive and lend you a hand. (Might need just a bit of planning because we are in Barcelona) but other than that more than happy too. We are both Swedish but moved down here to skip the freezing winters of the north. If you want to see some photos of the boat you can look at instagram.com/linusandjennie Hopefully at some point I'll be posting some videos of the renovation, but nothing close to your dedication. Thanks again Mads for sharing all this progress, and let me know if you need help in near future. :-)

[@MorseB]

A podcast for you: "hello from the magic tavern". Definitely my favorite. Also, one of these days we are going to need "pretty dang spiffy" sail life t-shirts.

[@UweBehrendt]

lots of good info and i like the primer a lot because it shows where you need work and where you dont thanks

[@carlpetersen3128]

Well done, hatch openings came out nice and smooth. Your perseverance in the sanding department is admirable!

[@bryanwatt9751]

Brilliant, looks like a top quality deck

[@LeicaLouie]

Mads, great work! Don’t worry too much about filling all the pinholes just yet. After you give all the surfaces a fresh coat of primer you’ll find a lot more pinholes. I usualy only worry about pinholes after I spray the primer. Then I fill all of them, sand and spray another coat of primer. To fill the pinholes I switch to a polyester fine filler which has the advantage of curing much faster while being very easy to sand. Some pinholes are so small that only a fine acrylic filler will be able to fill them. If you want to stay with epoxy, maybe you need to change to 409 or 410 for the pinholes as 407 is sometimes too coarse for the tiny pinholes.

[@greggronemeier1256]

You obviously have a PHD in sanding ! Great work, SIR.

[@WaterFaucet24]

After all this hard work, hope you get a few long winter resting breaks out here in my part of the world (California). Looking at the edging of the deck, I hope you are able to source better toe rail than the old original stuff. In particular, try to find some with drain holes that are big and real low to the lower mounting portion of the rail. This will help drain more out of that little channel. Looking forward to future episodes 👍

[@janwillemkluivers7808]

Great work man! Looks great! Gold-ish i'd say.

[@theTopsailChannel]

Hatch openings look awesome. I hope the rest of the deck turns out that well.

[@jinx0192]

Another Spiffy video! The sailboat looks better and better every week. Keep up the great work!

[@RC-bl2pm]

Surface looks good man! Real good! Can't wait to see the finished deck.

[@nauibussailing8432]

Mads, I have to say, she's looking beautiful! That first coat of primer really shows your prep work (ahem sanding) paying off.

[@BRANITOR]

a really good podcast is "Making it" completely not related to boat but it is however related to DIY !

[@Derekcstevenson]

Sail life on Sundays and delos on Fridays will get me through the cold Canadian winter! After Xmas I start shopping for my "project boat" l am getting inspiration from these videos. Keep up the good work

[@donalexander2480]

Check out another real vid... whitespotpirates.

[@Derekcstevenson]

Don Alexander yes I am subscribed. I love these series of vids of determined people resurrecting these boats that most others would scrap.

[@markrobertshaw2781]

Mads you are an absolute machine! Great video as usual.

[@ralphjohnson7538]

FANTASTIC JOB!!!!

[@philipritson8821]

New idea for a Sail Life T shirt. "My new doohickey's pretty dang spiffy" as the slogan!

[@oldtimerman59]

Hi Madds , the Adventure Sports Podcast has a lot of cool adventure travel episodes including extreme adventure sailing ect , best wishes Phil

[@ashleyseeley8409]

"Do go on" podcast it's really funny and you learn a lot at the same time 👍🏻

[@salt669]

Spiffing dang good, thanks Mads.

[@robertwood8625]

Thank you Mads. You are doing incredible work. I look forward to seeing the progress you make each week.

[@claesjonson9625]

Podcast suggestion: "No Such Thing as Fish". Absolutely hilarious!

[@almath9987]

Well done making good progress

[@wadeaustin3355]

Awesome job! I know you’re excited to FINALLY get some paint down on the deck!!

[@DrewJackson94]

Nice work! I'm always impressed your able to stay motivated every week, you definitely deserve a vacation!

[@davekeuroglian]

Keep up the awesome job mads!!!!! Your inspiring so many people!!!! On top of that, we learn through your trial and error! Cheers bud

[@wittemotor100]

Nice job, Mads! I admire your stamina!

[@wallacegrommet9343]

This episode belongs on your companion channel, Sand Life!

[@Dynaco77]

Paint looks great!

[@neilsawbridge9998]

Awesome result Mads! Truly inspirational !! I feared the worst when you said you would replace the top deck but I should of known better!!! I bet there's a pretty dang spiffy pod cast about sanding out there somewhere !

[@michaeltillman1147]

Looking really good. I'm truly impressed considering the size and scope of the project. Thanks for bringing us along. 😎

[@jakjarsha1107]

Looks spiffy from here in Montana. I love getting my refit fix every Sunday on Sail Life, so thank you Mads!

[@dochonk961]

Wow, it´is amazing how much work and ambition you put in this projekt. I am absolute convinced, the result will be awesome. Keep going

[@carlthor91]

Nice job hand sanding. Cheers

[@JakeSpeed1000]

Looking good!

[@daveoverton2095]

Literally laughed out out loud at your cocaine reference. Enjoying the hard and sometimes tedious work you let us watch you do!

[@bendixon2898]

Looking great, goodonyah Mads.

[@18twilliams]

Well done!

[@lgallant]

Good progress! If you like history, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History are great podcasts!

[@tonyroberts7086]

Hopefully nearing the end of sanding 👏👏

[@trey1531]

I can't wait to see the day that Athena sails again.

[@ReginaNiger000]

Another great video! Some our our favorite podcasts are: Radio Lab (love this one, absolutely worth listening to!), Moth Radio Hour (people's individual stories, told live), Wait Wait Don't Tell Me (very funny news-based show), Invisibilia, TED Radio Hour, and Lore (if you like old-fashioned ghost stories!).

[@hanssolo4ever]

Pretty dang spiffy yacht you got there, hehe.

[@ddm220]

I know you are pressed for time . I can feel my nerves acting up just watching you. I can just imagine how you feel. Hang in there my friend ! !

[@maxrudder6091]

This helps me a lot. I'm building a wooden catamaran in my back yard under a tent - dry, but overnight temps down into the 30s F. I'll see if putting the electric radiator under the hull (It's upside down) will produce sufficient surface temps to sheath and paint during the next several weeks. Thanks!

[@markgallant7685]

Great job

[@jjfromhonolulu9023]

Where's your spiffy dog? How about bringing him on the show? Great work, Mads!

[@allendibble4070]

Isn’t it disappointing that you can’t even paint a deck with out worrying about the nitpicking trolls having a go!!!! Great series enjoy every one, and look forward to the next ,in your journey.don’t change a thing I am here until the splash .... With a bit of luck the trolls may self destruct........

[@Tinkerlog]

Great job!

[@vasilyru]

Nice job, Mads! =)

[@treasuresawaitsailing4389]

I am really enjoying this channel. I cannot comment on any of the DIY stuff but I do (also) recommend podcasts: THIS AMERICAN LIFE all the rest are second best, but other good ones are Seriel, 99%invisible, Snap Judgement, and (if you are interested in Economics) Econtalk. Thanks

[@Jimfoxyboy]

"Communal dining..." Cool, traded any good stories with the other live-a-boards? Its one of the things I miss, when my family used to visit relatives over there, now that you mention it.

[@azharothman8535]

hi, nice video again. cheers

[@LoveShackBBQ]

Looking Awesome Mads! As far as Podcasts I really enjoy Mike Rowe’s “The way I heard it”. Wish I could join you in the sanding adventure, however I have my own refit going on. 😞

[@rcrdantas]

I liked the painting guy..."We deliver paints for Ferrari, Harley Davidson and also for Mads"...lol, started my week with a good laugh - thanks! Listen to Joe Rogan podcasts...he always have great guests.

[@philipritson8821]

DoohickeysSome spiffyAnd a freaking dang awesome!

[@Martin-yl5zb]

Nice job 👍🏻. Maybe helpful for you. A tip once told to me by a pro in abrasives. Use the edges of your finger nails for assessing surface texture as they are more sensitive than your finger tips. I’m not sure if it’s the way for spotting low spots in a surface. It sure is great for feeling scratches and burrs.

[@charabanc1418]

Ah, feeling like you’ve hit a low point in a project. Been there. Keep going, I join other subscribers in admiration for your staying power.

[@huntsue2]

I was a Union Agent for the Painters across the US. Any epoxy or oil based paint can be absorbed through the skin and air directly into your blood. We had a guy doing only epoxy for a couple of years and when they did a blood test found more chemicals than blood.He lived but had to take 2 years off and no more epoxy.

[@ronaldwarren5220]

Keep up the great work. You will be casting off the lines before you know it!