Sail Life - The steel boat itch ⛵️

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, we sail from Carriacou to Grenada and meet up with Duca and Roberta from ‪@OddLifeCrafting‬. Also, we discover the awesome power of StarBright Rust Stain Remover and install a new burner in our Magma Newport grill.
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@mattevans-koch9353 Жыл бұрын

I think Mads is addicted to 'oh glorious sanding.' Great work on helping Odd Life Crafting Mads. Thank you for today's video.

@aserta Жыл бұрын

Oh, he is. He had to scratch the DIY itch. :))

@ratusbagus Жыл бұрын

@@aserta The pun in this comment will be way over the head that Mads will be scratching.

@jeffrwheelock Ай бұрын

Great video, first time viewing your content - thank you

@PSimonsen 7 ай бұрын

KZfaq told me, to watch sailboats video, idk, and the one they mentioned was a fellow dane. Fortsæt endelig med drømmen Mads. Du har en virkelig god energi, og en dejlig kæreste, fortsæt det gode arbejde.

@rfunder Жыл бұрын

So now I only need Sailing Yabà to finish building Yabà and join up with Sail Life and Odd life crafting, and my 3 “Sunday Sail boat” favorite channels will have united 😊

@rfunder Жыл бұрын

Now “Brupeg” just need to add sails, and they can join you as well 😂

@Silversurfer604 Жыл бұрын

Yaba is never going to leave the coast

@DesignAlign Жыл бұрын

Also Lahakai

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

@@Silversurfer604 Be carefull making statements like that ... a lot of people said the same about me and Athena ;)

@Silversurfer604 Жыл бұрын

@@SailLife :-)

@robaust3049 Жыл бұрын

“Sail Life” and “Odd Life Crafting” - too cool…

@youtubelivingonasailboat_1year Жыл бұрын

I have always loved your refurb/tech videos. Keep them coming. And I’ve just watched you help out the Teulu tribe. Fabulous community spirit. We’ll done. Ian

@M-Swede Жыл бұрын

I met the folks from Odd Life Crafting at the Miami Boat right before Covid hit. Yes, they are really nice people.

@kerryverity963 Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for another spiffy episode 😁❤️

@Jimmy-nx9lq Жыл бұрын

I've been watching yous for years, the boat is amazing, it's great to see it

@JakobEngl 7 ай бұрын

Great video

@RobertSmith-os2zj Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the last 10 seconds . Beautiful.

@JCAJCA3 Жыл бұрын

Another Spiffy video! GOD bless guys.

@allsearpw3829 Жыл бұрын

Spiffing all round , enjoy your selves ❤👍👍

@DifficultNerd Жыл бұрын

Hyped for you two :)

@Seabee441 Жыл бұрын

I just love your channel, Mads. I look forward to each episode with anticipation. Your delivery style and content are always interesting and educational. Thank you for being such a phenomenal guy.

@rickkwitkoski1976 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mads and Ava. Fun as always.

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@johnmooney9444 Жыл бұрын

Two things: a swim platform, that will be interesting to see. You met up with the folks from "Odd life Crafting", fantactic!. Just like you and Ava, they come across as fantastic people. Imagining those 2 gals together is something else, the joy and laughter, what a sight. Cheers, and please say Hi to the crew of Odd Life Crafting.

@geekdomo Жыл бұрын

Loved watching you both do your refits. Awesome you met up!

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was really fun to finally get to meet Oddlife in real life :)

@hanssolo4ever Жыл бұрын

You are such a craftsman, they where lucky having you helping them with all that glorious sanding and fiberglassing.

@ame2deo Жыл бұрын

I'm Patreon of Odd Life...and yes they are very nice...I knew about your meet up as they sent us a pic...I'm you all met as these channels are between the best

@pr1666 Жыл бұрын

Cruising, also know as doing boat work in exotic locations....... I have been watching your channel and Odd life's for a long time. Nice to see both DYI'ers making passages!

@WindedVoyage Жыл бұрын

Love that rust remover stuff. Just found some forgotten deep in a locker and it still works like magic

@milt7348 Жыл бұрын

Stay safe and we'll see you next week.

@luizhairsalon3917 Жыл бұрын

When I see the "RED" hull I knew was the Brazilian sailors, only them has the red boat on all the channels that I follow :) Has Im from Brazil and living in Boston for 30 years love to watch you guys. SAIL LIFE - ODD LIFE CRAFTING - ONBOARD LIFESTYLE - GONE WITH THE WYNNS :)

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

All those channels are on my personal watch list too :D

@peterasacker5948 Жыл бұрын

great video. love the sailing info and video. Also love the tech part and explainations....great all around sailing channel....

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@yakekaj Жыл бұрын

That Autosol is awesome and supprisingly easy to find!! Thank you for the reccomendation #livingthedream

@goldenlabradorskye Жыл бұрын

I Can't wait for you to get to Aruba, 1976 I went there whilst serving in the RN. I was on HMS Bulwark R08. I'm 66 now.

@enmodo Жыл бұрын

I love that two of our favorite sailing channels collide in real life. Oops perhaps I mean "raft up" not collide. Hope one day you cross paths with Sailing Yaba and The Wynns. The latter aren't as handy as you, but definitely fall into the bucket of super nice sailing people, we always loved how they spend time on show exploring the local scene and hanging with locals.

@user-sh8dy4ex2n Жыл бұрын

Love your updates and Denglish...one of the better sailing chanels ...regards from windy and not summer Denmark

@rfunder Жыл бұрын

It’s actually Danglish 😉😊

@DesignAlign Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :D

@SailingWithVampires Жыл бұрын

Totally with you on the lightning strike theory. Snake Oil! 🐍🛢

@jamesgordon2289 Жыл бұрын

another fun Video, lots if good Mads DIY, with a dash of Ava and even a splash of Zack and Becca. Close to a perfect video cocktail! (it would have been perfect if we had just a little more of Ava interesting facts included!)

@boatlifepassion1823 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you together with one of my "weekly" sailing chanels;-)😊

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was so cool to finally meet the Odd crew :D

@iBradWatson Жыл бұрын

We’ve used the rice method before. It’s fresh rainwater so time is your best friend. Should be A-ok in a few days. You can put them in a zip lock bag in the sun periodically to see if the bag fogs to see if it’s all gone before powering up.

@rickkwitkoski1976 Жыл бұрын

Yes... just don't let them get TOO hot or you will cook a component or two.

@dcallan812 Жыл бұрын

Odd is a great channel, I watched their rebuild from the start, along side Yaba. Great update 2x👍

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

They sure do! I've been watching them for years too. It was so cool to finally get to meet in person :)

@fredv7487 Жыл бұрын

I'm with you mads. On many of the things I have researched for our boat. I haven't seen where a lot of this marine stuff is any better then land based stuff. 👍👍👍👍👍 PS. I ditched my magma for a weber Q1200 and I got a griddle for it. Much better to me and cheaper. Had the same magma as yours.

@bengtriise6504 Жыл бұрын

Oh no! The glasses😮😮

@trevhedges Жыл бұрын

Cheers guy’s

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for staying tuned :D

Жыл бұрын

thanks for this episode, lots of new things learned :) if I may make one observation though: the sound levels throughout the video vary by a bit. not sure if that's just the mic being like that, or post-production, but thought I'd mention it.

@andersonautomotive Жыл бұрын

I have one of those magical lighting devices. I have no delusion about how well it works, but it does come with a $100,000 lightning strike warranty.

@ahbushnell1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I thought I would give you my opinion (for what that's worth). I'm an electrical engineer and I have worked in high voltage and pulsed power for 45 years. That includes building lightning simulators. If lightning hits the mast it will get to the water. So I assumed having some kind of electrode in the water connected to the mast would provide a path. Of course there would be corrasion issues to consider. It would probably still fry electronics especially stuff with wires up the mast. It's easy to solve a problem when you don't know what your talking about which is my case. :) great show!!!!

@57dent Жыл бұрын

Mads, agree with your evaluation of using rice to dry out electronics. What does help is if you can pull the batteries as soon as possible. Electronics are fine with water as long as there is no current flowing! So if you can pull the batteries soon enough, let everything dry out and then reinsert it should prevent any corrosion which is what kills the devices! (if salt water is involved then a rinse step may be required!

@aserta Жыл бұрын

Rice doesn't do anything, and it can't do anything. If it did, you'd get soggy rice. I never understood what the logic of these people who say it is other than a meme, like the one where if you put your iphone in the microwave oven, it charges the battery, but less malicious. That said, indeed, it's electricity that ruins things, the very motion, as it creates paths that shouldn't happen and electronics are very sensitive to that. Salt water needs to be washed, as an added step to removing the battery. My go to fix, is to open the item as much as possible and spray isopropyl alcohol on the board. And if the board doesn't have sensitive components, dunk it, swing it about, dunk it some more, then let it dry. Works really well. Have dunked my phone in salt water quite a few times and this has saved it. Whenever sea side with the intent to go near it, i pack a small 300ml bottle of the stuff. You never know when noodle fingers strikes.

@coolfrost6 Жыл бұрын

Yes this was the crossover episode I was waiting for 😁 welcome to the BWEU (boat work extended universe)

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Awesome! :D Hopefully there will be more extensions later this year ;)

@karlfair Жыл бұрын

Liked.

@tna2me197 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been to prickly bay. It’s a very nice place to hang out. Lots of good food

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Indeed it is :) The water is not great for swimming but other than that no complaints :)

@brownnoise357 Жыл бұрын

Hi guys. Your old grill burner ? Maybe try Soaking it in Spirit Vinegar for a few weeks after prodding the burner holes, and it may well clean up nicely and you would then have a spare, or try that Rust remover Spray on it, or aomething similar . I think it should clean up OK by the look of it. Best Wishes and Fair Winds. Bob in Wales still. 🤔👍⛵️✨️✨️✨️

@leemartin366 Жыл бұрын

For your electronics mess. Every time I buy some thing such as beef jerky or other things I don’t have the name of them all but I get a little package and it says silica. Use those keep them put those in a package and use those. It works really good.

@scotthenderson9918 Жыл бұрын

If you ever have a chance to try a metal polish called Flitz, it's wonderful a buddy that has a Harley let me try some and I brought back a mirror finish to oxidized aluminum and it leaves a protective coating behind. Star bright products are typically well made,I've found dealing with rust removers that they are mostly formulated from weak acid solutions I start with acetic acid,white vinegar .

@meganluke444 Жыл бұрын

When in Aruba, a good project would be to have the cove stripe on the topsides treated to gold leaf. It would greatly improve the spiffy factor. Fair winds and following seas>

@jeanhawken4482 Жыл бұрын

Wow a lot going on.

@lindsaygiles9874 Жыл бұрын

Hi guys that rust stain remover is just oxalic acid which can be purchased in powder form for pennys, mix a small amount with water. Also good for taking salt stains off at the waterline cheers, boat looks great keep on enjoying.

@Gottenhimfella Жыл бұрын

Yep, it's a miracle chemical. Also great for getting rust stains off sails. In that instance, you should rinse really thoroughly when it has worked its magic.

@ratusbagus Жыл бұрын

That rust remover will be a family heirloom. Or hairloom in Mads case.

@brownnoise357 Жыл бұрын

Oh, once you have the stainless steel shiny, Try wiping over a couple of fittings with a cloth with Vaseline or Petroleum jelly (same stuff ). Apparently Stainless Steel loves the stuff as a protective layer. A chance to do some comparison testing. 👍😁 Bob.

@roberttorres809 Жыл бұрын

Maybe you might want to think of, in terms of mitigation. Although those lightning strike protectors might not work exactly like you might want but, at least they might mitigate the damage; which in my book it’s better than nothing….

@TheCorsair Жыл бұрын

Granted it’s been awhile since I was in Prickley Bay but at the time there was a guy (Dutch or South African) who had a fantastic machine shop and could fabricate anything, even rudder bearings.

@sailingcontigo7953 Жыл бұрын

You guys need to do a Hash. Lots of fun, good exercise and beer and food after.

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

The videos are a few weeks behind realtime and Ava has actually already done two :D One of them is going to be in an upcoming video :)

@jaseastroboy9240 Жыл бұрын

Maybe a smart home solution to the rain in the hatches issue would be possible. Somehow make the boat respond to environmental conditions and weather predictions. Closing hatches automatically when storms are predicted or rain is detected. Maybe automate the solar panel extensions to have them roll in when dangerous winds are predicted. Turn floodlights on when your mobile phone returns to a certain distance from the boat at night. Making getting onboard after a night out a bit easier. Some security cameras with two way audio and movement notifications. Even if it isn't all automatic, being able to remotely check and control things like hatches and lights may be something to investigate. I know it eases my mind when I can remotely check cameras and switch on or off heating and cooling to my home. Having a permanent high speed internet link via your Starlink may make a lot of things like that possible.

@dgourdine50 Жыл бұрын

Told ya'.....Grenada is the spot during Hurricane Season

@ronaldwarren5220 Жыл бұрын

See you

@rayboucher479 Жыл бұрын

Mads my barbecue had flame problems at one end and I just reamed all the orifices on the pipe with a small letter drill bit and it worked well after that . I am sure you would have checked the burner holes for restrictions but just thought I would tell you before you throw the old one out because mine did not look too bad but after the reamin it worked well and cost nothing.

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

I did try cleaning the tube and the holes but it didn't make any difference but I'm happy to report the new one is still going strong :)

@sailingbrewer Жыл бұрын

I've read when you're in a lightening environment add exposed exposed single strand copper 4awg to both of your upper shrouds and run the ends into the water. I guess you just need enough in the turnbuckle for good contact and a few meters in the water to provide a nice low restive path to water and thus ground

@cartertanya1258 Жыл бұрын

As you put it ,these do hickey might work , but what does work is a lightning rod on top of maste , insulated from master with a 6 awg cable to a grounding plate on the Hull, away from transducers . No connection to anything else . Running cable down maste make sure it's away from other cabling .

@matthewsellers82 Жыл бұрын

Even with "Boat in transit" status Budget Marine is usually anything but. On the other hand, as you say it is surprisingly well stocked

@byoung255 Жыл бұрын

RE lightning strikes, the only proven protection (that I know of) is having an intentional high current low resistance path to the water. E.g. 25mm2 cable down the mast to a heavy duty through hull grounding plate. This will slightly *increase* the chances of being struck, but the idea is to shunt the energy straight to the water, hopefully protecting the electronics and not blowing a hole in the hull below the waterline (e.g. around the keelbolts or through hull). Or just park near a boat with a bigger mast, which is upwind. My little 29ft boat is parked near a 60ft cruiser with a massive mast in the marina.

@RascalBoat Жыл бұрын

If you can get your hands on the last two issues of Professional Boatbuilder (#202 & #203), Nigel Calder shared a 2-part article on lightning protection.

@andersbengtsson6075 Жыл бұрын

What you can do about lightning is connect the mast to the water with a copper or aluminum cable with no contact with the wiring in the boat and buy lightning arrestors between the mast and your electric devices, we use lightning arrestors at the Swedish railway technical rooms the arrestors blows and the equipment is ok. They cost around $50 each.

@williammiller8078 Жыл бұрын

Time for a new set of flags

@sailingyachtrocknroll8402 Жыл бұрын

As an electrical engineer I would have a copper wire I could attach to the mast and put the other exposed end in the water. This will effectively earth the mast so any strike will discharge into the sea and not your electronics.

@axelSixtySix Жыл бұрын

@2'26 Eva makes an incredible Stevie Wonder impression 👍

@johnmagnan759 Жыл бұрын

as an electrical engineer I am here to say a million plus volts goes where ever it wants to go and there is nothing you can do about it.

@EpoxyAndButylTape Жыл бұрын

Re: Lightning protection… I did a video on this very topic last year. Yes, no way to really prove what you have works 100%, but some installations can be shown to be “statistically” safer. I’m citing the work of Ewan Thompson of the University of Florida, whose research can be found with a modicum of googling. As for some of what is available commercially… yes, much is snake oil for sure; static dissipators come to mind.

@borderbrat Жыл бұрын

See if you can get some desiccant. Compressed air dryers use it so it should be reasonably easy to find. I've dried many an electronic do-dad. With desiccant in a zip lock bag.

@keithmurray5791 Жыл бұрын

Hey sail life creators! I'm sorry I couldn't make out the gentleman's name but about grounding for lightning strikes; I'm thinking if your mast is grounded down to the keel, while it more likely makes your boat into a lightning rod, it protects your electrical equipment better. If you watch sailing into freedom, Plucky's boat grounded out through his prop bearing which then caused him a leak because it burned so hot there. In my case, I don't even have my mast wiring hooked up and I have minimal wiring and electronics throughout the boat. I'm considering deleting the ground wire even but then again, if you go to touch your mast, at any time, storms overhead or not you risk being the connection to ground through the hull of your boat.. -as conductive as that is..

@rufustoad1 Жыл бұрын

Great job guys. How is the diesel heater working?? Its kinda neat seeing the controls in the background footage knowing they came from my house:)

@robsycko Жыл бұрын

nice tans you two

@WreckDiver99 Жыл бұрын

Cannot lie...people would complain all the time about Starbrite in our marina when we had our boat. Yet their Black Streak remover, On/Off Hull cleaner (yea, respirator REQUIRED), Rust Stain Remover, Teak Stain, and the water tank tablets, yea...we believe in the product and when people would ask what we use for this and that, they'd walk away shaking their heads "Bloody Starbrite, junk"...hmm...worked great for us.

@apainlessone Жыл бұрын

I have found that sealing wet electronics in Tupperware with Dri-Rid works much better than rice.

@MrDylfen 9 ай бұрын

Regarding the lightning strike… EMP Solutions could be an answer…

@gary1anderson Жыл бұрын

Have you tried or considered keeping some silica gel desiccant on hand for drying electronics. Just keep the devices out of the desiccant using a tray or platform. Dry the desiccant when done.

@mckenziekeith7434 Жыл бұрын

I agree and if possible, arrange for air movement also.

@kenyonstewart7120 10 ай бұрын

Those grills are always a pain. We've had the same issues as you and also problems with them blowing out.

@svbarryduckworth628 Жыл бұрын

Can you get a shorter winchhandle that would allow for a full rotation of the winch without moving the spray hood? We had a similar problem with our cockpit winches when we installed lifeline dodgers. Shorter winchhandles helped although the knuckles of the hand do rub a little still. As a commercial electrician I installed a number of different lighting protection systems on tall buildings and it seems every engineer has a different idea of what should be done and works. There is a lot of guesswork and lighting protection goes back hundreds of years. Many systems have proven to do more harm than good in older buildings. As someone who's boat was hit and after losing all of our electronics and electrical systems I did ground our deck-stepped mast better to the grounds of the boat. We don't have an exposed metallic keel so we are depending on the prop, rudder and large hull zincs to do what it can.

@SpiralDiving Жыл бұрын

This is probably too late but it's fresh water so your electronics need to be dried out as quickly as possible. This does not have to be fatal for electronics if the power is not on and you get the water from inside. Rice does not work. Put them somewhere warm (up to 40C0 and take the batteries out if you can. Salt water is much worse...

@susanc.8009 8 ай бұрын

Prickly Bay-I was one of two boats anchored there in the 80’s. Was a bit rolly? Now it must be hard to find a spot.

@robertwayne3567 Жыл бұрын

rice works. Change it out for fresh dry rice too.

@clausjepsen Жыл бұрын

The problem that you cant turn your winch handle could be solved with an Iwinch bit and a Makita DDF486 or similar high torque machine. I am happy with the solution which have given me “four electric winches”

@patrickradcliffe3837 Жыл бұрын

14:23 that looks like an off the shelf radio control servo. Most likely the trim pot is having issues with keeping its location.

@pjparkjd Жыл бұрын

Attach a power cable to the top of your mast and run it through a flux capacitor. When you start to see lightning, get your boat up to 88 mph and Bob's your uncle.

@petesmith13 Жыл бұрын

Not enough clock towers in the ocean for that to work 😂

@richardayres2949 Жыл бұрын

Surely the idea of inmast furling is to allow you to reef quickly and easily, it’s a sailing boat put out all the main and sail!

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

Sure, you could do that.

@DaGringoOnStingo Жыл бұрын

Ref lightning: Catamarans get struck far more often than monohulls, therefore anchor quite close to a large cat in the hopes they get struck and not you.

@timothymaimone8611 Жыл бұрын

Mads and Ava… be sure to optimize the fuel/air adjustment for a blue flame. Blue is the hottest and Orange mean too much air.

@SailLife Жыл бұрын

That's a great tip! Thank you :)

@SkatinNatin Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly how a grill is supposed to look

@douglasrobbie9998 Жыл бұрын

Lightening strike prevention- suggest you watch fellow youtuber Sailing Dauntless episode of about 6 mths ago. Installed a device on mast of his 50+ ft catamaran, device is a marine adaptation of device that has been used on commercial buildings for decades. The device for your size sailboat would be several thousand $s. I don't know if Sailing Dauntless has had the opportunity to "test" the device yet. Steel- good for boats going to extreme N and S latitudes- otherwise stick with fiberglass.

@licencetoswill Жыл бұрын

those devices he installed have been widely debunked, including by nasa and the faa.

@aserta Жыл бұрын

3:02 if you have access to a machine shop at some point or have someone who does, you could make a "gearbox" that offsets the winch's handle. It should be extremely easy to make. Basically a box that houses two equal sized gears, one nylon, one brass, that moves the point of work just enough for you to have full rotation with the hood on. Because the insertion point would be also rotating itself (as a function of the winch) you could stow it laterally when not in use, so it doesn't get in your way.

@normandogrady2965 Жыл бұрын

First🎉

@bill3143 Жыл бұрын

Did your vacuum pump make the trip across the Atlantic with you? Putting the wet electronics under vacuum would evaporate the water inside the housings.

@Mrcrawford100 Жыл бұрын

With my Flux Capacitor mounted, I can store the extra 1.22 gigawatts right into the lithium ion banks. 🤷‍♂️

@skannegaard Жыл бұрын

Hej Mads. Det aktive stof til at fjerne okker på fribord samt rust løber er oxalsyre. Det koster næsten ingen ting. Et uundværligt produkt på enhver båd.

@pocketchange1951 Жыл бұрын

👍👌❤️🇨🇦

@nickknight8065 Жыл бұрын

Cable from the mast, connected to posts that are through-hull just slightly above the waterline , seems to me not the path of least resistance to ground, and I hate the idea of ANY extra holes in my hull.