Sail Life - Galley pole, port lights, counter top & engine painted (primed) - DIY sailboat project

[@CadohaAdventures]

I wish I had a week that was even half as constructive as yours, on our Warrior!! 😂😂 Love the progress you're making with her. Stay safe, Mads. 🤞🐾

[@SailLife]

Hehe, thanks Dom :) You guys are doing just fine! Looking forward to your next video :) Stay safe :)

[@J0hnnysails]

Refreshing seeing a tradey DIY a sailboat refit for once, and not all these random clowns with a KZbin channel. Proper terminology, professional craftsmanship, and easy to follow along. Well done mate!

[@HouseMadeUS]

That vanity is looking super sweet & spiffy. Nice work on all of it. I will almost be sad for the day she is 'done' but as we all know, a boat is rarely ever done. Thanks for another great video Mads.

[@OGDIS66]

Not sure why but I really enjoy watching your show. I think a combination of dogged determination toward completion, a thoroughness of detail, a joy in your labor, a smile on your face and your hope of things to come. It’s obvious your not making a show to peddle rather building a life. My I wish you a happy Easter today, or as I call it, Christ’s Resurrection Day which is my hope for the future. All the best to you and your soon to be wife. DENNIS

[@philgray1023]

Really starting to come together. If commercial builds were that well done their boats would last forever.

[@sailingsomeday5975]

Finally figured out how to make KZbin comments - I have watched all your videos - Your doing a great job - and look forward to watching you bring Athena to life!

[@sailingavocet]

As always, wonderful video Mads. We have been stuck in the boatyard since March 3rd. Between weather and the virus, it seems the universe is against us being buoyant again. Your video gives us hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel ;) Stay safe out there!

[@TheDecguy]

Glad to see the dog again. And good work on Athena also.

[@DollarTreeFlyer]

The wife was excited to hear "jukall and I" again. Lol great work and progress Mads!

[@Kallinenjp]

I discovered your channel last month, and consequently have now watched every video and loved every second of it! you have such high quality video and production value, and a wealth of DIY knowledge that, although you are not a professional, show that anyone can do this with a bit of motivation. Thank you Mads for all the amazing content and I can't wait for future videos!

[@honeybadgerisme]

Oh! You picked such a handsome piece for a countertop!!!

[@_instabil]

What else can you do in times of corona self-isolation than to watch ALL SailLife videos once again in chronological order? At the moment I am at watching you repairing the cabin top. What a trip through DIY wonderland! Apart from the fact that you are now doing things off camera from which you would have produced three-part episodes in the past - what an impressive learning curve even a genius like you can go through! Also the working speed you have reached is continuous turbo mode. Chapeau.

[@SailLife]

Thank you so much! :)

[@colinnorthcott9219]

I thought I might have been the only one to binge watch the whole series. Great stuff.

[@pd1jdw630]

My wife was like again?! Yes again, on the tv in the living room . 😉

[@pierrelapointe8511]

@@SailLife Andy, is that you?

[@BradBauter]

In a time of quarantine, your videos are a welcome distraction I look forward to every week. Thanks and Happy Easter!

[@mikeluxton9969]

Mads, I get a kick out of you saying "somewhat" extensive refit. I think you've done enough already to re-brand this vessel as a "Sail Life 38" I've been with you from the beginning and I couldn't imagine a Sunday afternoon without you. Indtil næste uge.

[@GjS-UK]

Another great video, thank you for keeping the world entertained. I had a period of complete lockdown as a result of this dreadful virus (now recovering) and watched the refurb from the start. I’d forgotten how close you got to getting the refit completed the first time around. It’s incredible how you remained so positive and it really helped me through the worst of the illness. Thanks again.

[@SailLife]

I'm glad you're feeling better! Thank you so much :)

[@timstrauss3060]

Nice work. Can’t wait to see the head painted.

[@zbradbell]

the really bonus way to round off those corners would be to have a peg fixed to the grinder table the exact distance from the edge to the hole you drilled, place the hole on the peg, and turn.

[@ApexWoodworks]

Too bad the necessary parts didn't come in Mads, as it would have been nice to see you move the generator project forward this week. Oh well, at least it means that we readers will be enthralled with another exciting video by our favourite videographer of all time - you! Cheers, and keep safe.

[@Fr99763]

If Mads starts a video with a “doohicky”, you know its gonna be good😀

[@amundlundvall]

Thank you, Mads for making these awesome videos! Im learning so much. And I think I am almost as excited as you to see Athena finished = ) Hilsen fra Norge

[@boatlifepassion1823]

Mads! How about 2 clips per week? It takes too long time to wait 1 week for your videos. Keep on your good work! And when you are ready with you boat, sail to Stockholm and Mälaren.. You are the best 👍

[@stevethompson6867]

When mounting the Perkins on that shelf you may need to provide some vibration dampening pads because the box underneath will act like a drum

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

“Hi guys” and “see you” are always the best part of my Sundays! Happy Easter Mads and Ava!

[@larssolem2507]

I used the same insulation as you have done, thinking that the self adhesive would be better than the gluing with contact glue, which the professionals always do and they told me would be the best option. Turned out they where correct, as long as something outside of the insulation keeps it in place the self adhesive will let go after a while and start sag with condensation forming between the laminate and the insulation, further adding to the adhesion letting go. Perfect on horizontal surfaces but not undersides. My experience go back to 2007 with this particular brand. Hope you get it all sorted. Love your vids, looking forward to everyone of them.

[@chrisbalchin1481]

Hi mate Been awake all night so continued watching many of your videos!!!! I really truly enjoy them and your calm relaxed ways. Re your Rode mic which I spoke about earlier, if the mic is not hard wired and the lead is ok, it is otherwise highly likely to simply be dry aolder joints on the pcb mounted microphone socket. I'm learning that you are not only a master of some trades, and a talented jack of many other trades. Many thanks for your videos buddy!!!! By the way, to get good and equal round corners, draw around something you can find of the right or close radius placed up to the corner. Eg, for the pole mounting plate, smallish washers or a pen lid would be good. For large corners,a lid off a jam jar or- the inside or outide of a role of gaffer tape may help.

[@corujariousa]

Nice work with the head sink!

[@DifficultNerd]

JURKEL IS BACK! *excited*

[@pepperjake44]

I started watching you on your refit three years ago with my dog Cole when I was recovering from rotator cuff surgery. Since then, Cole and I would watch your weekly progress together. Cole passed away this week and it was comforting to see your dog in this week’s video. Thanks

[@garyhouseman1660]

It is good to see that Mads has been deemed an essential business.

[@Dryer_Safe]

Hi Mads, I love your show and have been watching it (quietly) for a while. But just a quick note about that 406 silica. If you grab it by the handful, some of it will surely end up in your lungs. It can't be that good for you.

[@whotknots]

You could also mount a stainless bracket support for the outer edge of the nav station table to the pole as it would probably be less of an obstruction for entry to and exit from the bench than anything made of wood.

[@drdaprice]

I'm also a big Audible fan, and having read all the books by Patrick O'Brian. (English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey-Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.) I am now listening to them on Audible when on my 15 km daily social isolation walks. If you are a lover of sailing books and adventure you would love these. Also very well written and narrated. Love your videos, and I can’t wait for your weekly output. Thank you so much.

[@robertp7209]

If you wet out glass on a table for a vertical location, just roll it up or fold it in one direction only, and place it in a plastic paint roller pan, them move it to location. No drips. And them unfurl it with gloved hands. It will not slid down. I’ve done overhead surfaces the same way. When in place, I use a plastic putty knife like used for car body work to get the bubbles out as well as excess resin. For me it’s always faster to wet out glass on a table since it wets out much faster, and no wasted brushes. I just pour the resin out and swish it around with the plastic putty tool. No ribbed roller either needed.

[@jeanneauowners]

Excellent progress, the highlight for me was seeing Jökull looking content at the end.

[@stuartbain2815]

Great work its all starting to come together and its great to see Jökull again cute little guy

[@MegaPoxie]

Great video and more entertainment value during the lockdown. Mounting the generator on a bench is going to make a lot more noise and vibration then mounting it on the floor using the hull and water underneath to dampen it ... just a thought! I can't remember if you considered having one big generator where the engine is and using an electric motor to drive the boat. Stay safe Mads and do you have an update on how things are going with Eva in the US?

[@davy8956]

When you lay in your bunk, it would be great to have a round fixed port light at eye level to check your anchorage.

[@Nasogaa]

Mads keep the videos going, you are the only thing that is like before the corona nightmare!

[@charlescain7962]

A sink drain, the plate with holes, that fits on top, is a strainer.

[@WAtermitec]

Looking good Mads, keep it up mate

[@jessi4894]

Mads, thank you for continuing to put out quality content in this time of anxiety and confusion, having my weekly Sunday dose of ocd and progress aboard Athena is both intensely satisfying and comforting. I cannot wait until you and Ava are together and sailing, so I can watch you guys sail and fix stuff up on the fly, and work on projects in different locales.

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Nice video its all starting to take shape

[@ceirwan]

The bottom bit you attach the sink is called the Waste in English :)

[@joshuawalker7054]

I am now convinced that the brand name of the engine is actually "Iddybiddy Perkins"

[@bobadam7021]

No, it's a Perkins, but the model name is Iddybiddy. When you have to get parts for the thing that's what you tell them.

[@jessi4894]

That should totally be the real name of the engine, such a cute name for a cute little engine.

[@ryan-w]

Its actually a rebadged Shibaura designed and built engine. Sold under licence by Perkins.

[@sailingavocet]

lol! We love our Perkins 4.108 but shes not iddybiddy

[@bobadam7021]

SV Avocet you have the often touted Perkins Middie-biddy.

[@johannwolf1]

It's coming wonderfully. Would you consider not covering the glassed over port in the shower? It's nice having that much light coming through... not sure if it will come through the final exterior paint, but it might.

[@465maltbie]

Since you have the holes already, just use a washer to layout your radius. Charles

[@hellsop]

18:28 For American English, the bit of pipe that goes down from the sink is the tailpiece, and the part you see at the top is just called a flange. So "vanity sink tailpiece flange" if you want to give context in one compound name. Tailpiece goes into "trap" (the U-shaped bit) which may have "cleanout" (draining plug) at the bottom, into "trap elbow" (if separate, usually is) and then the fixed horizontal pipe that takes greywater away is the "stub-out".

[@wemel007]

if grinding the round corners is challenging, find something round, place it on the metal, trace around it and grind to the line! :-)

[@normanboyes4983]

Mads you are proceeding at a prodigious pace.👍 The basin doohickey is called a basin waste (in the UK). I am in the process of changing all the basin wastes in my home - two done and two still on the ‘to do list’. I have used these www.screwfix.com/p/captive-basin-waste/64920 - no doubt available locally for you. Much tidier than most other options.😀

[@davidrhightower]

Might want some type of oil for keeping drill bits cool when drilling

[@TammyNorie]

The flappy wheel thingy used for sanding is called ... a flap wheel!

[@edwardhovitz1753]

Thank you - great episode! Much enjoyed and appreciated from Madison, Wisconsin USA

[@peterroland6258]

Thanks for the West Systems link; perfect timing.

[@Cabsorx]

Dine videoer er min not-so-guilty pleasure. Godt arbejde og gode videoer! :) God påske Mads.

[@kirklance1514]

So glad the closing of “See you” is back!

[@bigfunanAmericaninGermany]

i miss seeing your dog.... everything okay? ..... oh! there he is! cool

[@peterreynolds6609]

Love the Dog!

[@mikesweekendwoodworkingdiy2954]

Always look forward to following your journey. Mike. UK

[@craigs5212]

I can tell you are really enjoying this part of the retrofit! surely looks a lot more fun then fixing all those under floor stringers. When you work with the stainless, I think it needs to be passivated after welding to minimize rust. Believe it consist of a wash is dilute Nitric acid that removes any iron from the surface of the metal caused by the weld heating. It's the chrome oxide layer on the surface that prevents the rust, any iron on the surface will rust.

[@deeshipley6527]

I will suggest a port light in the workspace/maintenance locker. It will allow light and fresh air into that tight space. Just a thought.

[@danielbuckner2167]

I was thinking that to soooo it could have fresh air and maybe vent out anything if needed but the downside might be noise in the cockpit from it.

[@tonycampbell1178]

Mads, look up the ‘Thomas Kydd’ range of books. 17th century sailing at its best! Brilliant storyline made all the better as it is based on a true person experiences.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

That is a nice countertop in the head and the drawers fit perfectly. Great work Mads. Have thought of adding a "D" ring to the support at the nav station for hooking in a belt for strapping in while cooking underway? Don't know if you are past that point but now would be a good time to do it.l Thank you for another wonderful video. Take care, stay safe and stay well.

[@honeybadgerisme]

...and "doohickey" is the correct American term for...pretty much everything!

[@christopherlangham]

I really would have liked to see you plug that porthole light from start to finish. However I am grateful for all you do for us and thank you for sharing your future family and journey with us

[@howardwhite9773]

14:15 - as an alternative to fiberglass and epoxy between the top of the pole (very nicely done, btw), how about a piece of hard rubber as a damper?

[@BaronWeber1]

My Sunday is now complete, great video. Thank you and Happy Easter!

[@peteralund]

yay jökull is back

[@glassman51]

It is called a sink tailpiece! I think your bottom bracket for the stripper pole should be plenty strong for even the most enthusiastic performance!

[@danielbuckner2167]

The pipe size is clearly a European standard stripper pole, good thing Ava is small!

[@MidnightAmratha]

good thing you have access to a compressor, that will make checking for waterproofness of the tank so much easier, just mount a compression valve once you are done welding and pump two or so atmospheres into the tank and see if the pressure drops overnight.

[@gregmirr]

Mads , next time you come to California to visit Eva take a drive down the coast to San Clement and Dana Point harbor there is a monument to Henry Dana and you can see many area talked about in the " Two Years before the mast " . Like where they tossed the cow hides off the sea cliffs to the boats below.

[@bartonrobinson4266]

All is well in Mad's corner of the shop, cluttered somewhat but hey, it's all going to be good, eventually used and maybe abused but enjoy it, soon enough it will all be in/on Athena and then what? More stuff? Surely more ahead for more stuff, it is after all a Refit. Happy Easter all !!

[@AlisonFort]

Great to see Jökull - give him an extra cuddle for me!

[@SakuraNyan]

18:30 Drain? Stopper? (Drain=thing water goes down; stopper=thing that holds water in. (Some sinks have ones toggled, others have separate ones.))

[@tombarker3608]

Happy Easter to you and Ava from Minnesota USA. Stay safe stay well.

[@chiefcliff]

Keep thinking through those cockpit portlights. There's probably a reason you don't frequently see windows in those positions. It may partially have to do with interfering with leg space in an already cramped area. Possibly interfering with privacy for someone in the cabin below...or water splashing in the cockpit.. I don't know. I just don't feel like I've seen it frequently done.

[@BishwaOakes]

Steve, my 2000 model Scanyacht 391 has 4 in the same positions. Two either side, and two very small ones on the forward side of the cockpit. Never had any issues with them, but you do have to remember to close them before getting underway if it’s rough of course.

[@heckler1101]

Check out those sweet dice.

[@bertju100]

hy you make a great sail boat

[@garyh3823]

Love the progress this week, lots of different things

[@jimh.5286]

Audible is great for most tasks, but I prefer silence for distraction-free, fully-focused enjoyment of sanding.

[@svdoinitright7519]

Huge progress this week!

[@chevyimp5857]

Amazing that your overalls barely have a mark on them after all the sticky work you've done..

[@sptrsn]

That was the fastest 20mins of the last month. The mess of parts at the bottom of the sink is referred to as a “drain assembly”. The flange sits inside the sink and threads into the drain tube below the sink. The tail piece is the fist section of pipe that threads into the drain tube. Although I kind of prefer sink hole thingy. Love what you’re doing.

[@tomypreach]

Kære Mads. Ord kan ikke beskrive min .... Ja, respekt osv. Du er en fucking klasse fyr ! Tak for alt dit arbejde.

[@Jeppe.P.Bjerget]

God Påske. Its always a great day when i see your video on Sundays. I really enjoy to see what the task for the day is. And see and learn something new, every time. I wish you a nice and productive week.I guess to get parts now, have to be difficult because of the Corona. I hope it dont set you back to much.

[@drwindsurf]

Wow! You are making great progress Mads 😊👍

[@joaomanuelfabiaodasilva6854]

The head vanity looks awsome!!! Great job!!!

[@LucScheffers]

Nice video! There are miraculous things happening, like the hole for the pole, but also the top end of the pole seems squashed? What happend? didn't it fit? Love the shot were the cement boat couple is BBQing:) and you are welding:))

[@Duh6666666]

Nice progress this week.

[@allredtail]

Matt, I see you using the 406 Collodial silica. I have had some experience with epoxy. When I need strength, I use flox. It is chopped cotton and when mixed with epoxy in a thick paste, it is so hard and strong it is even hard to file. Great for areas where you need strength. If you need a light weight filler you can use microballons ( very small ballons of glass) which files and sands more like styrofoam (not beadboard commonly called styrene ).

[@robertlindseyjr8396]

I don't even like sailing and I always click on your videos as soon as they are posted.

[@SailLife]

Thank you!

[@rwess]

Yes, good progress. Very nice!

[@BulletproofPastor]

"Using the science of stir sticks, the pole is now aligned." I'd call that a 'poler' alignment. LOL

[@nordemoniac]

Could I maybe suggest splitting up the playlists into “seasons”? There are a lot of videos now, and I love that you have both Athena and chronological uploads, but splitting into a season for each year would make it easier to navigate through your videos. Another alternative is to maybe split up old an new Athena restoration? You kinda started over at one point. Keep up the great work!

[@geraldthomas9253]

English for sink hole dohickey is drain.

[@danielbuckner2167]

Haha, and/or sink tailpiece.

[@alanabrams8017]

Doohickey is the correct English word for that particular thingamabob

[@pd1jdw630]

That drawer box front cover could be a really nice stowaway spot with use of some really nice neodymium magnets. No one would be the wiser. 😉

[@danielbuckner2167]

Jökul!! Woo! Am I spelling that right? So Mads if that countertop doesn't work out you can simply epoxy it. I honestly would just do that first before ever installing it and if it is too shiny just buff it until it has a matte finish. I like wood and sometimes everything looks too plasticky on boats so I dig it but feel like it might be a terrible surface for a bath vanity. You can clear epoxy then scuff or even if Ava doesn't like it you can epoxy it to look just like marble. Oh and seeing as how you are learning to weld, why not weld up a new stainless exhaust for the iddy-biddy Perkins so that no one ever has to even smell the shame of painted exhaust!? 😉

[@franktartan6808]

Always inspiring Mads! Happi Quarantine!

[@ABeriault]

Cheers Hope coro-confinement is not too hard! Cheers

[@EmptyPsychosis]

Another great video, Sunday just isn't complete until I get my Sail Life fix. The sink holey doohickey is called a Pop-up Assembly.

[@skippyone2769]

The Dude I prefer the first attempt ... just to see the expression on the Saturday boy assistant at the chandler's face ! 😂