Sail Life - Welcome to Barbados 🏝️ Island tour & Bridgetown

[@fleglise]

Love Eva's history pieces - she is great!

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Early Sunday afternoon, Fresh coffee, Ava telling a history lesson and Mads planning projects. It just doesn't get any better. Thank you Mads and Ava.

[@mlmontalvo]

Holy moly, you just reminded me I’ve been watching this channel 9 years. Been here since video 1.

[@scottwheeler2494]

Been here at least 8 myself. It's like Delos reminding they had been around for 10. Makes you wonder where all the time has gone. I've been here since Mads was rebuilding boat #1. So glad to see him actually sailing the Caribbean. Thought the trip to pick up Athena might kill him - watch him now.

[@andybrands1883]

"they are very well suited to the climate on the island and are also very TASTY" HAHAHA brillant Mads!!!!

[@dianes4858]

Ava, this retired history teacher loves your stories! Love Barbados!! Enjoy your time there.

[@denisbeaulieu958]

Eva ….you are the BEST! I am likely not the only one who’s appreciated the style in which you narrate your videos. It’s a joy to see and hear the two of you on a weekly basis and you honestly make my day. Keep it up…….you got the right recipe for your v log. 🇨🇦👍

[@bryanwatt9751]

Brilliant switch from DIY fun to cruising fun! :)

[@sailingviking7885]

So few of those who cross the Atlantic sail to Barbados. Thank you very much for a great and informative video about the island. Regarding Woolworth, there are still lots of Woolworth stores in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia they are known as Woolies!

[@joshuarosen6242]

Woolworths in the UK went out of business a few years ago but we called it Woolies too.

[@bravofighter]

We used to have one in Poughkeepsie, NY but it closed down in the late 90s. My brother Duff and I loved that store!

[@johanna9133]

eva...you are a storyteller!!!! you make history fun.

[@markdanford1910]

You guys are getting better and better. You both bring something to the table. Great TEAM!

[@Mrflynlow]

Love Eva's history, she is a very good story teller.

[@mikegermain2462]

Eva certainly holds something there. Signature history telling.

[@fernandoraposo297]

Hi, I just can't stop watching your videos. I'm building a 31 foot sailboat and I discovered your channel and fell in love. greetings from Brazil. my name is Fernando

[@RonandTeresaTurner]

My daughter lives in Barbados and we have visited several times. Love the island. Thanks for the memories.

[@lyfandeth]

Eva, if you like SCUBA, most basic courses today omit a lot of things. You'll want an Advanced Open Water class to get the rest of what most entry level courses used to include.

[@35manning]

Even an advanced course really only teaches the basics, but well worth it.

[@DJ-vg4ls]

PS: Love your videos - especially Ava's history and tour guide commentary and Mads DIY projects - I can hardly wait for each Sundays instalment.

[@felipebouzonnoexperienceon1160]

Nothing but quality, awesome sailing part by the way. Cruising at its best with Mads and Ava 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@tartansailor]

I saw you yesterday (24-5-2023) at a famous anchorage in the Caribbeans and I was too shy to knock at your boat, besides you were very busy. I wanted to tell you that you are an admirable person and you did an admirable work with Athena. I wish you the best in you future plans.

[@SailLife]

Thank you so much! If you see us again please come over and say hi 🙂 The whole reason I started making KZbin videos was to meet people and make friends 🙂

[@tartansailor]

@@SailLife I happen to be anchored beside you today, I am on the green boat at anchor. I will stop by , cheers cheers Richard

[@SailLife]

@@tartansailor thank you so much for stopping by Richard 🙂 It was great to meet you!

[@thecivvie]

Loved the stories about the history of the island. And with the prospect of some glorious diy, definitely a Sunday evening complete

[@CheersWarren]

Barbados is/was so quintessential Caribbean to the English but not on the regular sailing route as it’s usually uphill from the rest of the islands/Grenada etc and a reputation of limited anchoring and mooring facilities. So glad you showed us what a great place it is. Cheers Warren

[@donaldwatson554]

Ava, you have a great narration voice as well, I find it to be very soothing and informative! You and Mads have a great trip, so exciting! Cheers from beautiful East Lansing, Michigan.

[@dirtroadsailing6418]

Mads needs to take a clue from Eva and get a good hat and sunglasses. I like these explorer videos, you have a knack for doing them without making them boring.

[@moejaime2654]

It's getting warmer I can feel it off the screen !! Oh and that lovely Caribbean sun shine !! lol !! 👍👍👍

[@sokoleoko6539]

Been watching since the beginning and this channel just keeps getting better. Love the history travel part of is as much as the fixes and builds. Thank you guys

[@jamesgordon2289]

Seeing Ava trimming the sails, hauling on the winch for all she is worth reminds me what an accomplished sailor she has become. As always, there is something about watching Mads tell us about a new project and listening to Ava tell us about the local history, that just feels so entertaining. great vid, once again!

[@jamesbrooks9828]

Love the “Tour Guide” presentation. Nice little shops along the way.

[@moejaime2654]

Oh Forgot to mention Mads and Eva , hurricane season starts on June 1 so please be careful and note all the hurricane holes in your area so you are safe !

[@TheException2therule]

The Chicken Ceasar wraps at the little spot across from the Accra hotel, next to the coffee shop are amazing!

[@lyfandeth]

YT must not love you. No notification here, two hours after you posted I just stumbled on this episode. FWIW.

[@justlooking2222]

Really good to see you into the cruising life. Two Stroke is the preferred option. You will still have the dirt in the carb issues but if it gets drowned, (just like the running aground discussion, it will happen) it's a matter of pulling the spark plug and getting it dried and pulling the starter rope several times to blow out water in the cylinders, install the spark plug, hook up the fuel line and away you go in no time. A Four Stroke is a little more involved. Fair winds.

[@livingforsail]

Fun tour of the island guys. Good call checking on that ground tackle. It’s the old “trust but verify”. I would have done the same 👍🙌

[@eggertneistrup5238]

You are doing breathtakinglygood ! Ofcourse you need to replace the electric outboard to a real outboard…..no big deal considering the amount of learning achieved by now 😊

[@chetdogspoon]

Love DYI and History, you two make a great team. Thank you!!

[@galerae947]

Those little black and yellow fish reminded me of yellow jacket bees. The water sure is pretty.

[@horstszibulski19]

Every episode tops out the last one, it's getting better and better...loved the historic stories and the views on the tour, also the DIY stuff was interesting as always! Thx a lot! 👍👍👍

[@bravofighter]

I LOVE your content, especially Eva’s wonderful history insights to the places y’all visit.

[@milt7348]

Stay safe and we'll see you next week.

[@CaptMortifyd]

This is one of the best parts of Sunday, a cold drink and an adventure with you two. Can't beat it.

[@MisterUnicornFL]

yoke style can unscrew most of the time and DIN can plug in. Thats what the big allen key hole is for.

[@Malekh]

Fun fact: Obtaining bread fruit plants was the objective of Captain Bligh and the ship "Bounty" (of the infamous mutiny).

[@dalebuckley6073]

That happened in the Pacific Ocean

[@nancywyatt821]

@@dalebuckley6073 The British were intent on importing the breadfruit plants from the South Pacific to the Caribbean as they thought they would provide cheap food for their slaves. Looks like some of them made it there after all.🤑

[@brownnoise357]

@@nancywyatt821 Slavery had been illegal in Britain since the Middle Ages, and that is probably why King George III was falsely Scapegoated for Causing The American War of Independence (the Tyranny was actually in the House of Commons, which William Pitt Railed against in his Speeches at the time, in Support of the Colonists )as both King George and Queen Charlotte were both Vehemently Anti Slavery, and were pointing out, that as The Anti Slavery Law was part of Our Common Law Constitution, that also Bound Every British Colony As Well. This put the Colonists in a between a Rock and a Hard Place Situation that they had inherited without prior knowledge. So both sides of the Atlantic King George got Savaged . Was he actually Mad ? Probably Not. Was he Bumped Off by the Royal Handlers ? Quite possibly. 🤔 Best Wishes. Bob in Wales. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌟🌟🌟

[@allsearpw3829]

Hi , nice to see your trip around the island and the history , plus the Woolies store .

[@bubbleobill267]

Mercury are making some kick ass e-outboards these days, we’ll worth a look.

[@alis.4121]

Lock the dinghy engine with lock 11:51 for caliban 4 stroke its treasure

[@AlisonFort]

Spend nine years, sail half way round the world and end up at Woolies😀 Great fun guys!

[@svcyclops]

For the scuba compressor air intake I propose attaching it to an air conditioning duct. The cool and dry air will be appreciated by the compressor and the tanks. Worked for me on my unit.

[@mrmikejg]

I was there once and really liked it. One cool place (literally) to see is the Harrisons Caves.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Lovely to see you again

[@philgray1023]

Woolworths is one of the top two food retailers in Australia. However it has no relationship at all to the USA one. Thanks for the video folks. Highly informative. Have you tried a plumbing or irrigation supplies shop for the compressor connections. I hunted high and low for one connector. Almost ordering one from Italy, then just walked into an irrigation shop where they were $1.75.

[@NothusDeusVagus]

Lotsa fun in the sun... It'so good to see you're having a marvelous time... I'm really enjoying your videos... Bad news for Eva... Sorry M'lady but we've a ton of Woolworths supermarkets in Victoria, Australia and so the one you found in Bridgetown certainly was far flung... maybe even exotic and probably mysterious but it's not the only one left in the world.

[@masterv2118]

Made me miss my home BGI... Hoppy youre enjoy youre time

[@dgourdine50]

Ava would be the Best and Most Popular History teacher in any middle school

[@WreckDiver99]

Mads, look up "Dive Gear Express", they used to be called "DiveRite Express" and they sell lots of gear mail order. Since you're not "permanently" placed anywhere you may need to have a discussion with them on shipping. In the past I've bought LOTS of technical gear from them as my LDS didn't sell technical gear (Backplates, wings, single tank adapters, manifolds, basic bottom timers, Argon bottles, and at the time, some of the best dive lights around). Check them out. Like I said, I've bought a lot of gear through them when I couldn't buy what I wanted locally.

[@jeffgriglack9624]

I think there are still Woolworth stores in Australia. Loved Barbados when I was there in the 80s, and I would love to go back. Hey, did Ava hurt herself? You could hear her saying "Ow!" at about 11:24.

[@pessisalmela1712]

I highly recommend eSpirit motor if you use it as a short distance weapon. I had it in J80 and it worked perfectly!

[@chasfoster12]

You guys are the best. We love the storytelling, keep it up.

[@daleyurk4369]

Really enjoyable video. Enjoy yourselves!

[@MrJhchrist]

FYI sorrel is also commonly known as hibiscus, or when I was in Mexico as "Jamaica". If you liked it, it's available all over the place under different names.

[@glowingfatedie]

This is awesome, you've crossed the A and are now Caribbean crusing, touristing, history-storying and living the dream, congratulations and thanks for vlogging!

[@PeterBrazier]

WoolWorth is still a big company in Australia. All of the Woolworth stores in the UK went many many years ago.

[@jevu.00]

As always, you guys rock! Good luck in your Treasure Hunt! 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@BoatDawg]

Thanks!

[@DavidSmith-hc2xq]

Propane four cycle outboard works great and no fuel drying up in a carb.

[@svbarryduckworth628]

Slowaz outboards are cool. We are using a Honda 2.3hp air-cooled 4-stroke and we are lucky to get a whole 5 knots with it with both of us onboard. It does run for an hour on a liter of gasoline at full throttle though. A 2-gallon mini fuel can is all that us needed to carry extra fuel on deck or in the outboard.

[@Pat.Mustard]

Woolworths is the largest supermarket chain here in Australia. They rebranded some years ago to Woolies so it could actually be the last one.

[@dcallan812]

An island tour, nice. 🤍 Great update 2x👍

[@hanssolo4ever]

Smart checking the mooring.

[@rayb3117]

Great episode Mads & Ava

[@martinbeaumont1135]

Another fun fact, one of the major Australian supermarket chains is named Woolworths and South African has something similar.

[@ericballard74]

I love the balance of the two of you, as you share your adventures!

[@deniscollins6475]

Well done on your adventure… enjoy ..

[@jacobstrange7064]

Tak!

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Love the info for cruisers and Ava’s history lesson. I feel your pain regards the e-Propulsion. I thpught of getting another battery but at over £800 I wasn’t convinced it would help and sometimes you need a bit more horsepower. Andy UK

[@alan-sk7ky]

No no Ava, we still notice the absence of Woolworth's here back in the UK :-) To a certain extent it's been replaced by ' wilkinsons'.

[@HansWeberHimself]

Only travel channel I like! 😂

[@ronaldwarren5220]

You are living the dream! Congratulations.

[@nmccw3245]

Great to see Athena under sail. 👍🏻

[@meganluke444]

You should always dive on any mooring you rent. Some can be dodgy. One mooring my brother used let his boat to drift out to sea overnight. The mooring ball was still attached.

[@SVImpavidus]

Mads Hi does you SCUBA tank yoke valve have an allen key insert into the valve? Undo the allen key insert to reveal the DIN thread. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.

[@rayb3117]

Damn, that water looks very inviting.

[@windonwater3895]

Really glad to see you are doing what you set out to do! Thanks for the great videos and history lessons.

[@35manning]

Come to Australia, we have a Woolworths in most cities and some smaller towns.

[@shannonsiebert544]

We have a Woolworth here in Puerto Vallarta too. Had the same reaction as Eva!

[@WmCRobison]

When we were in Barbados we also thought the east coast war the most spectacular. If you're able to arrange it a tour of Mount Gilboa Distillery. When we went it was just my wife and I plus our cab driver. BTW, we were in Barbados twice, our honeymoon and our second honeymoon. Enjoy.

[@dmack1827]

Emphasis on “bath” and them e is very soft in Bathsheba. Named after Queen Bathsheba.

[@fisheater844]

Ava when you and Mads get to Australia you will see plenty Woolworths supermarkets.

[@bernardlawson665]

Eva Top Gun Mate!!

[@Bruin4Life]

Ugly that you had built dorade boxes on Athena during your reconstruction. I guess I was watching too many videos, but thought you would need those when crossing the Atlantic during rain showers, etc. Hope you get those constructed soon as if you are like me, I don’t handle heat well, especially humid heat which I assume you are experiencing in the Barbados and will later in the Bahamas if you sail there. Love seeing the islands of Barbados as I have never been there but have been to the Bahamas in March and it was hot and humid. Wishing you flat seas and fair winds in your sailing through the Caribbean!

[@BobSmith-st1wq]

We loved Barbados, the people are very nice. don't miss seeing the cave..

[@fredv7487]

Glad to see yall made it safely to the other side of the pond. Welcome to the land of the round doorknobs. 🤗🤗🤗

[@gregyellenik8492]

We have a Woolworths in Guaymas Mexico. It freaked me out too.

[@peterasacker5948]

Great video, content and tour. looking forward to next weeks adventure

[@karlfair]

Nice episode.

[@d.j.robinson9424]

What great fun guys 👍👍💙

[@c.a.mcneil7599]

mat stick with explaining glorious sanding. Let Ava take over. She has great energy mr fix it. So all mods mat. Ava is one that explains the trip. 15:48

[@angieej1972]

More history lessons by Ava please!!! Welcome to the Caribbean guys. We live in St. Thomas. If you make it up our way we would love to meet up with you!!

[@geekdomo]

Great Video guys!

[@podocrypto6072]

Go seek out 2 little gem beaches on the south east side of the island (you have to take a car there and GPS signal is not that good on the island. HarrisSmith beach and Bottom Bay beach. Both are hard to find, but once there, you'd think you just found one of the secret little beaches that a movie might have been filmed there. BTW, Carlisle Bay has shallow wrecks that you can snorkel on.

[@schmoo52]

Nothing wrong with a slow ass outboard as long as it’s reliable. Cheaper on fuel too.

[@psychotimo]

bit of a late comment, but DIN to INT (aka yoke) connectors are fairly common in a lot of dive shops. I actually have one for when i go on holidays, am not a very experienced diver (yet :p) but almost all divers I talked to told me that not all places have INT connectors (or 300bar compressors) so having a DIN to INT is a smart move. :p

[@danielsundberg1977]

1000's of Woolworths in Australia!

[@searchpei470]

great stuff.......always good fun! - be seeing you all out there.