One item that we only recently added to our 1st aid kit was Surgiseal Topical Skin Adhesive. On a recent offshore passage (1500nm), I managed to cut myself badly on one of my fingers (down to the bone). Used a tube of the glue. Next day couldn't see the wound and no scar or tenderness - like it never happened. Bought several top up tubes once we reached port. Other piece of kit worth their weight in gold is to carry a range of bandages specifically designed for burns and/or grazes. We had several burns & grazed shins during the same passage and by quickly applying a suitable bandage there was little scarring and more importantly no infection. We sail in the tropics and things go septic very, very quickly.
Now there’s an example of how to provision with super healthy items. I’m particularly impressed with the selection of “crisps” and double stuffed Oreos!!!😂😂😂😂
My wife is RN trained but I am not. That said, you might include a manual blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, and both digital & mercury thermometer. Learning how to use them might take 10 minutes and they really help in making better diagnosis. Another useful gadget is an oximeter (pulse & O2 meter). Being able to relay basic vitals over radio would greatly assist any remote medical advice you hopefully will never need.
Another vote for the oximiter - easy to use and very useful data (especially if covid persists - as a way of distinguishing between a bit sick case and needs hospital, they are a life saver). I would not go with a manual BP cuff - that takes real training to use and it is quite tricky. The automatic, electric ones are now quite cheap and are pretty amazing. Slip on the cuff, press one button and it does the rest. With one of those, a good termometer (I think the ear ones are easiest) and the oximiter - you can keep "ob's" almost as good as a nurse. Log this data if someone is sick and the 'trajectory' of the illness often becomes quite clear - and handing this data to healthcare professionals gives them a massive head start. Even a basic idea of how to understand the data is a great help.
@@teeanahera8949 We have an automated cuff but the manual one is actually faster and I never have to worry that it needs charging when I need it most. Automated BP cuffs are a good option for those needing routine checking and management. Ours will even keep a tracking log of the readings.
Saw the bags of spoiled bread mix in your video. Thought you should know I've had bugs chew thru plastic bags and come into the pantry via cereal, grain and flour. Storing dried bulk food in bug proof air tight containers can help limit their spread. In my land based pantry I use canning jars. Glass is an issue on a boat. In Europe is the same type of plastic mesh used to bag onions and some fruits as in the US? That might be another option if you run out of fluffy socks? Bay leaves sprinkled in the pantry and put in jars of bulk food help deter bugs in a temperate climate. They don't work in a tropical one. Freezing grain related product for a week or two may help prevent infestations. Wishing you two fair winds and safe voyaging.
I often think it's "overkill" and unrealistic (although I'd never say that to Mads or Eva). But I DO think a lot of us can benefit from noting their high standards (and raising ours).
@@windonwater3895 if she's ever lived on a boat then you would know it's not unnecessary or Overkill you need to know every part of the boat an where everything is in case of emergencies ... You never know what can happen... It's not like you can just shove things away forever an forget!! They have to be cognizant of the weight of the vessel they have to check for mold wetness leaks like you you need to do this this isn't Overkill a land lubber would think that... It's ok...! You don't know what you don't know I've spent a month on a TugBoat as Cook & night watch crew ! I've organized everything cuz I just can't help not knowing where things are. Captain thanked me an said "Well you just saved me quite a bit of dosh!" I found lost paperwork, tools (expensive one's),an a leaking thru hole ... So it's always good to take stock of your what ya have! ✌🏼💗😊⛵
@@windonwater3895 I am often accused of "overkill" in relation to yachting matters and especially safety and related items. Triple redundancy is the minimum I look for. Med kits are similarly organised and a have a seperate one in the grab bag and enhanced in the liferaft. Extra fire extinguishers and a comprehensive safety briefing before every trip. Not an exhaustive list but you get the idea. I know I have done everything I can to keep myself, my crew and my boat as safe as I can. I don't consider that to be overkill although many do.
If there's one thing I learned from making passages with my dad on his Pearson 39-2, it's this . . . Minute Rice is a must. If you pour minute rice into hot soup, it absorbs the liquid and turns it into something that won't spill when you're eating it out of a mug. Pretty much any canned soup, heat it up until it boils, season as desired, add any extras, (like a can of Hormel ham or chicken or more broth, or a can of peas and carrots, small can of evaporated milk, can of potato cubes, etc) then when it's at a boil again--add about 3 Tablespoons of Minute rice, stir and turn off the heat. Let it sit on the gimbaled stove for a few minutes with the lid on the pan. Your soup will thicken up enough that it won't spill. Nothing's worse than being hungry and having everything be sloshing around. We never depended on bread lasting (because it never would). I baked biscuits or cornbread using evaporated milk and shortening. I usually just poured the corbread batter into muffin cups so we had corn muffins or biscuits to eat with our soup. I made sweet muffins with canned cherries or blueberries, when they got a bit stale, we'd just crumble them into our porridge. For breakfast, we ate a lot of porridge (oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc.). We also ate eggs, dad bought powdered eggs and we put them in cornbread, muffins, skillet scrambles (with canned meat and veggies). We crossed the Atlantic three times, Sailed through the Panama Canal and up to Santa Barbara then on with a flotilla of yachts to Hawaii. From there, we went to Samoa (very long passage) and he went on to French Polynesia from there. We never depended on refrigeration even though we had it. When we had it, it was nice, but it can go out. Jars were all put in socks, cans were all labeled with a grease pencil (date and item) because the labels can get destroyed. Inventory of food was my job. We planned for 2 hot meals and 2 snacks a day. Best thing for seasickness is ginger candy to suck on (just candied ginger to suck and chew on). I don't tend to get seasick, but dad always did the first day or so when we started on a passage.
Just to let you know, all flour contains flower mite eggs, when the flour gets warm they will hatch out, they look like tiny brown splinters, you will see them running around in the bag, and they will spread to anything made from flour in the cupboard, therefore you should always keep flour in a cool dry place and in a airtight container.
I've thrown enough flour away to attest that this is true, BUT, freezing the sealed containers of flour for 24 hours prior to stowing them keeps it good for about a year!
@@bostonpaulmakes6927 if you freeze your rice or pasta or flour for a day or two you'll kill everything and then put it in the airtight bags or container.
i live in hawaii and grain bugs are a nightmare. we keep all that grainy stuff (rice, flour, etc) in airtight containers with a napkin dipped in alcohol thrown on top (placed in a cup so as not to contact the food). the alcohol fumigates the container and makes dead buggies.
It’s impressive how much preparation of any kind it’s included for a long passage, I hope I’m not late on this but instead of that painful staples in case of any injury there’s a most un painfully experience, on my personal survival diving kit I have 2 things instead of that, the first it’s a small bottle of 3M medical grade superglue and the other it’s a zip stitch bandage, a sticky band aid applied in two parts with a zipper in between that can help to maintain the skin on place after an injurie avoiding stitches, both products need a proper cleaning of the zone before and a bandage after, now now it’s easy to find them online at a very cheap price
One more thought for long periods away from doctors: emergency dental repair. You can get temporary filling material for cheap on amazon. Being able to handle a cracked tooth or missing filling can save you a literal headache.
I’m a veterinary surgeon and I found a bottle of local anaesthetic, disposable syringes and needles with attached suture material useful.During my sailing career I only had to suture a couple of small wounds but at least the equipment was there.
Wishing you as much as possible a lovely down wind passage. As you folks are moving toward warmer places there are guests you will encounter, cockroaches. I make it a habit to never bring cardboard onto the boat and generally repack things like flower in plastic containers. For canned food I mark what is in the can with a felt-tip pen as the paper labels can come off. Do you have a backup can opener? Opening cans with a hammer and screw driver is not elegant .
I remember when Ava flew from the States with all her belongings, Mads commented on the number of socks that she brought! And now, preparing for your first serious crossing, look how handy they are!!! 😁😁 Great job you guys, thank you for letting us be part of your adventure!!! P.S.: would it be possible for you to share (maybe upload it on your website) the grocery list for this big passage???
You will need to have a vacuum packer and vacuum packed flour. It keeps pests and moisture out and on long trips it can be an advantage. as far as possible that you have to buy one kilo packages and vacuum pack the whole package vacuum seal them in their original paper bag packaging using our vacuum sealer machine and gallon size bags. I figure they’ll still taste alright for maybe around 2 years that way. We have not had a problem. I do know that in time, the taste of milled flour will go “off”. Obviously lots sooner without sealing it up - which keeps the oxygen away.
Something that I've seen on a few vids when people are discussing their emergency/med kits that brings up a question in my mind when they mention stapling guns - Why not include superglue? It's great for sticking skin together (normally when you have no intention of skicking your fingers to each other or your fav coffee mug!) and would surely be simpler and faster to hold a wound together and apply. I'm pretty sure the standard household stuff would do in an emergency but you do get "liquid skin" or medical grade variants. Very clever idea in adding the labels/instructions in each baggie as well as the master list. Awesome vid as always both!
Meal prep. Freeze a bunch of your favorite meals that you can microwave. You are not going to want to cook while underway unless you have fair winds and following seas but figure those odds. Soups, lasagna, chili, potpie, premade omelets, cold cut sandwiches, Chicken and dumplings. you're resourceful and know how to cook. Make your favorite meals ahead of time and freeze meal size portions to microwave.
Some items like flour, cereals, rice etc can have bug eggs in them that can hatch on long voyages. Take a look at fellow YTubers Emily and Clark's Sailing Adventure for an episode about 1 yr ago where they use bottle of CO2, a funnel and some 2 liter soda bottles to preemptively kill off any eggs. There are few things worse than opening a sealed container of rice and seeing bugs crawling around in the rice. Hope the voyage to Canaries has been ok.
That sock thing is funny, I would definitely need an ample supply 😊 I use a refrigerated wine cellar on gimbal with cheap bed liner for cushioning. Also vacuum does marvelous on food preservation, no creatures can survive!
We always leave a like, and comment too. You guys are our favorite channel. The 2 of you each bring very specific stuff to the channel and it is great.
Glad to see you went to straight reading Veniers man. I recall broaching this subject with you some years back. I went through it too. Dial calipers then digital calipers and on to straight reading 2 scale calipers. Got mine from Moore and Wright. The very last Veneers anybody will ever need. File this under KISS. I do not let mine float around in the tool box though. Always properly in their case.
Since you have a vacuum sealer I'd suggest sealing up all your flour, sugar, dried beans, pasta, crackers and more. Divide into batches that you would use in a few days to a week. While not a "prepper" I keep a pretty large amount of flour and noodles sealed up and in food grade buckets after such items became impossible to find during the early days of COVID lockdowns. Anywhere there is as much moisture like a boat it will really help. The hand or vacuum cleaner vacuum bags for clothes is another good idea. It reduces volume but more importantly it keeps the dampness out. These will work for not only clothes and bedding but also those bags of chips you bought. Put in the chips, pullout as much air as possible without crushing the chips inside their own bags. This won't stop them turning rancid from the oils but will keep them fresher and the bugs out.
Splendit video yet again! I would keep all medical supplies in watertight boxes, like really completely watertight. Once saltwater gets into those boxes, even with the bags, it's gonna get really messy and not exactly sterile. It might come in very handy in case you get into real trouble. But that might just be my OCD kicking in :)
A good thing to have included on the list of meds is the expiration date of each item so you can check up on them and know when you need to replace things. Meds expire and then they lose their effectiveness. On a boat that isn't as well climate -controlled and with vibration and motion means you really can't stretch the expiration dates.
Hello! Safe travels on your crossing. If you end up cruising the Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis MD is a must visit! I have a couple slips in the quaint boating town of Solomons, MD about 40 miles south. You are welcome to use them if you would like. I have watched your channel since the beginning and appreciate the content and the detail in which you explain and execute solutions to DIY.
Muralhas... :) That's a wine that i always keep one bottle on the fridge! Fish meals are not the same without that wine :) Even for some social drink during summer days... a good cold glass of "muralhas" wine its great :) Guess i can also consider myself a "muralhas" fan :D César
Love your organization. One thing I was thinking is that it would be nice to add the expiration date of medication. This way you can quickly replenish supplies.
For passage meal make soups and chili type meals. After you make these meals freeze them in small containers and place them in a cooler withe dry ice. It lasted me a month when I sailed from Maryland to Florida Keys, but I was able to refresh the ice a couple of times. You could shift to your in house refrigerator over time.
Mads, I’ve watched you from the start. Your knowledge and craftsmanship is amazing. Now with Ava, your vids obviously have progressed and changed. She’s awesome!😅Love watching you guys! Thx for sharing every week.
Yes please do a meal-planning video! Every time i sail I dream big about fancy, super healthy chef-inspired food. And then on passage end up eating a bologna and cheeze wiz sandwich with an ibuprofin and gravol chaser and it's the best thing i've ever eaten.
That was quite a good informative addition to whome ever preparing for a long trip in the sea or the desert, thank you both for sharing, I enjoyed those gideing lines for planing and orgnaising very much, I hope other followers did that too.hope you the best and wish you a safe journey.
@Hit Me Up @SailLife1 Thanks a lot, and 🌲🌷🎁marry Christmas 🎄🎉 🌲to you too, I appreciate me being on the winers list, but I am willingly going to give it a way to the next on the list selected follower, thanks so much, I truly enjoy your episodes every week, I wish you a very secure journey and a good luck.
You may already be aware of this, but there is an oil extraction tube that extends up from the bottom of the oil sump. I find it much easier than trying to pull the oil up through the dipstick opening on my D2....safe travels!
Fabulous episode...always a joy when Ava participates in the episodes as her sense of humour is terrific. You guys are so organised and pragmatic in your trip planning...impressive 👍🙂
I do love to see you both enjoying each other's company. It is so important to rib each other and to have a laugh. Ava has a wonderful sense of humour as do you Mads. That will be important when you only have each other on long trips! 20 minutes flies, and we have to wait a whole week for another video. It just shows how much myself and others love your life aboard Athena!
Hi guys! Great episode this week. I can feel your excitement about the big trip. Do you have anything for a bladder infection in the “big mama?” Not nice to think about, but small space sometimes makes hygiene tricky. Wet bathing suits, clammy foul weather gear etc… I have experienced several such infections and they are NOT fun on a boat. Maybe you’re already ahead of me… but you can get a prescription for a 1-shot antibiotic to hit a bladder infection hard. If it’s not too late - see if you can get it. AND. Cranberry juice or Gatorade with electrolytes to help wash out bacteria. Sorry - not a fun topic, but it’s in our kit.
A small tip about your plates. You can end the rattling and make them non-slip by adding a ring of food safe silicone caulk to the bottom of your plates and bowls. Helped in my RV and so I did the same in my boat.
Athena is not at risk of becoming a 'dry' boat (alcohol free). Assume produce, tins will get damp, use a permanent marker to write on top of the tin, some people also remove the labels (to banish bugs) and varnish the tin noting the date purchased.
Corned beef hash - onion, potato and a can of corned beef. Keeps for a long time, hearty fare. Best part is all ingredients keep, and a few eggs on top or some Tabasco and it is pretty good.
hi Mads and Ava,. we are big fans and are preparing a similar adventure in about 18 months we just noticed that you pulled into Tenerife,. we are leaving tomorrow at 2 from the south, but if you are interested we will make a detour up to see you and take you to breakfast before we go.
I know this sounds crazy but we lived on a sailboat in the Caribbean for 5 years. On two occasions we had to give a buddy boat crew member a Compazine suppository if you can't get off the boat and you can't keep anything down this is the way to go.
I suggest you check the expiration dates on all items that have them (COVID tests and many medications have them, even things like OTC antibacterial creams) Also not mentioned but I assume you have slings, splinting materials and ACE Bandages?
Fyi. Canary Islands are tax free, Las Palmas has the BEST chandlery in Western Europe, and meat will be delivered vacuum packed to the boat from the market, like all supermarkets deliver. The marina costs are much less than Cascaix and there are all the trades you might need available. Good journey
Superglue is a good addition to a first-aid kit. It works well for closing & sealing lacerations almost better than stitches or staples. Wooden clothespins can be used to pinch skin together to close the cut after debridement with peroxide, apply a bead of glue to form the protective "scab". Superglue dries super fast on skin so handle with care.
Hmmm....when we got plates and such for our boat they had rubber rings on the bottom to prevent sliding....they are also sold as "RV" dining sets. VERY reasonably priced. These were so incredibly nice when we would dine out on the lake, or in high wind at the dock, they also did not slide around in our cabinets. For the medical kit, from experience, you REALLY want things like a bleed control kit (Trauma Kit) with bleed stop pads. Also, believe it or not, a supply of kotex pads. HIGHLY HIGHLY absorbent. All of that is in my shop first aid kit, and yes, pricey for the trauma stuff, but worth it. I'd also invest in LOTS of the Coban bandage (3M Makes it). That stuff makes the old school medical tape worthless. The other tape I would get would be the micropore surgical tape. Again, that's in my kit, and 100% totally worth the price. Honestly, the last Coban tape I got has pictures of horses and dogs...because I got it at the local feed store...LOL. Safe Crossings!!!!
Interesting to see your medical kit. On Polar seal (Ryan and Sophie Sailing) They had a lot of things. But after an incident they realised they had not enough for a serious burn wound to complete the treatment.
That's a good point, you need to deal with not only the initial first aid, but ALSO the on going care for however long it takes to reach a location that has sufficient medical resources to take over.
'Green Wine' and 'Oporto' are so typical of the area. When we were in Cais Cai we bought 4L wicker covered jugs of Vino Verde once a week, the vendor would refill your old bottle, less the deposit, and it was a super cheap everyday casual sipping wine that went so well with the abundant local seafood.
You may not be a doctor but I can tell you your medical supplies are vastly better organised than most doctors rooms Ive been to. Fantastically impressive to say the least. I simply LOVe this Channel. It is by far the best one on youtube for boat building/sailing. Wonderful wonderful job you two. Thank you !!!
An eye wash kit will probably be in your first aid kit, but I refreshing drops are good when sleeping odd hours and grabbing naps, good luck, Have Fun. X I live 5km from where you got Athena :)
It's really fun to watch the experience you go through and learn new things. Last week I crossed from Portugal to Las Palmas. It was really challenging. Good luck friends. Maybe meet at the marina. see you🏝️
An eye wash kit and ear wash kit is highly recommended. Normal contact saline solution can be used as an eye wash. It is really humbling how small a bit of something it takes to incapacitate someone. An endoscope is also handy to confirm an ear blockage and the subsequent clearage.
For any longer passage, I always refer to how Willfried Erdmann was eating during his non-stop circumnavigation of the World. He has a shopping list in his book and you won´t find all that artificial crap that you bought in there:) and he never stops pointing out how important self-cooked food is and how most sailors fail on their diet of chips, packed sausages, chocolate bars and softdrinks.
Look at the mountain of chips! We found a regular bag of Lays in a shop in Bequia for 38 Eastern Caribbean Dollars. That's about 14 USD. No chips for us that day.
medical staple guns are all well and good. But a good supply of super glue (in my opinion) is better. I have done a lot of traveling in remote places, and super glue is great for anything from the smallest annoying cuts that just won't heal together, to glueing a 7 inch long gash in my friends leg. That had gone all the way through the subcutaneous layer. And it's a LOT less painfull than staples ! for both of you :) A tip: we glue 2 inch long strips of 'dental floss' accross the cut, about 1 inch apart, to give it a litttle more support. As we needed to keep moving. Leave the lower end open, so that it can drain and take extra Antibiotics with you
I like that you spend time discussing who it would be worse for when stapling, the giver or receiver. Personally I'm not sure how anyone could choose the giver.
Just a tip on stock control (of your food), of course having a computerised list is absolutely essential but for day to day tracking you would stand a much better chance of keeping it live and accurate is to print it out and stick it on the cupboard door and secure a pencil in there too. Then update the spreadsheet once a week.
I am so excited for you both, fingers crossed for the weather window! Love seeing your fantastic preparation, your organization is off the charts! Living vicariously through your adventures and excitement. ⛵
Just a thought for your emergency med kit. Have you thought of splints or some kind of material to immobilize a fracture? When I was a medic in Canadian armed forces we had(over time different type of splints that we could easily fid in our med bag. Some were padded wire ladder type, or some were heavy waxed cardboard. Of course there are many ways one can improvise so at least some for thought on what you have aboard that could become a splint could be a good idea.
Losing weight is one of the best things to do for off shore sailing. Not only will your speed increase but more importantly the motion of the boat will be much more comfortable! We managed to reduce our boat weight by over two tonnes just by doing the same thing. The boat motion improved dramatically and we gained an estimated 20% on boat speed. Clothes and books are remarkably heavy. We ditched all materials, spares and tools except for basic emergency stuff. We just shipped a crate with some clothes and tools we couldn’t bare to lose. We were brutal for getting rid of canned goods and drinks which contained water as they are also incredibly heavy. Just weigh and keep track of everything you take off and supplies you buy.
Well done on your medical supplies redundancy- I would suggest larger bold text for the contents list in your medical boxes and medicine baggies- say you're tired, sick, and stressed- tiny text will frustrate you to no end, and if possible- laminate the little ones in the baggies
When my children were very young they often got quite few bumps that would swell up. Getting them to put some ice or something frozen on the bump/bruise was impossible. One day I came home and our nanny put honey on a pretty big bump on his head. No swelling, very little bruising. Honey is a wonderful topical anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antiseptic. I would add honey to any first aid kit when you want to reduce swelling. Fast forward, my children are grown but are very active in sports, and are often getting bruised and they keep honey in their sports bags not only for energy, but for bumps and bruises.
one thing you should add to your med kit is the expiry date for medications. Put in a database and have it notify you within 60days of it due date so you can properly dispose of meds no longer good and get new meds as required.
Love the redundancy and organization! You are definitely not animals 😂 and love your haircut, Ava! Fair winds and following seas. Will check your voyage via Marine Traffic. 🤞🤞🤞
Have you looked into dehydrated meals like the military mri.s or what campers or hikers use to save weight and space. A lot of those meals only require hot water added to them and some have a built in heat source that's activated when you add water. I've tried quite a few of the meals and they were really good. It seems it would solve the problem of having to cook in rough seas or when you just didn't want to fix a hot meal. And the shelf life is measured in years and would be a great emergency supply of food.
I would recommend superglue for your first aid box. It’s very effective in closing cracked skin allowing for the dermal layer to heal. A little care is needed when using it!
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“Oh, that’s a delightfully imprecise circle” Great line. I’m impressed that you found a place for it all.
Please add Super Glue to your first aid supplies. It's excellent for cuts, used it in the past for deep head cuts. A must!
One item that we only recently added to our 1st aid kit was Surgiseal Topical Skin Adhesive. On a recent offshore passage (1500nm), I managed to cut myself badly on one of my fingers (down to the bone). Used a tube of the glue. Next day couldn't see the wound and no scar or tenderness - like it never happened. Bought several top up tubes once we reached port. Other piece of kit worth their weight in gold is to carry a range of bandages specifically designed for burns and/or grazes. We had several burns & grazed shins during the same passage and by quickly applying a suitable bandage there was little scarring and more importantly no infection. We sail in the tropics and things go septic very, very quickly.
Now there’s an example of how to provision with super healthy items. I’m particularly impressed with the selection of “crisps” and double stuffed Oreos!!!😂😂😂😂
My wife is RN trained but I am not. That said, you might include a manual blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, and both digital & mercury thermometer. Learning how to use them might take 10 minutes and they really help in making better diagnosis. Another useful gadget is an oximeter (pulse & O2 meter). Being able to relay basic vitals over radio would greatly assist any remote medical advice you hopefully will never need.
Another vote for the oximiter - easy to use and very useful data (especially if covid persists - as a way of distinguishing between a bit sick case and needs hospital, they are a life saver). I would not go with a manual BP cuff - that takes real training to use and it is quite tricky. The automatic, electric ones are now quite cheap and are pretty amazing. Slip on the cuff, press one button and it does the rest. With one of those, a good termometer (I think the ear ones are easiest) and the oximiter - you can keep "ob's" almost as good as a nurse. Log this data if someone is sick and the 'trajectory' of the illness often becomes quite clear - and handing this data to healthcare professionals gives them a massive head start. Even a basic idea of how to understand the data is a great help.
A battery powered blood pressure device would be easier and modern watches can do blood O2 can’t they?
@@teeanahera8949 We have an automated cuff but the manual one is actually faster and I never have to worry that it needs charging when I need it most. Automated BP cuffs are a good option for those needing routine checking and management. Ours will even keep a tracking log of the readings.
I am a Paramedic, and I was just thinking the same thing, good call! I would also add a Life Vac incase someone chokes. Help is a long way off.
@@RichardPhillips10 I want to disagree….as other have said having something that doesn’t need batteries isn’t a bad thing
Saw the bags of spoiled bread mix in your video. Thought you should know I've had bugs chew thru plastic bags and come into the pantry via cereal, grain and flour. Storing dried bulk food in bug proof air tight containers can help limit their spread. In my land based pantry I use canning jars. Glass is an issue on a boat. In Europe is the same type of plastic mesh used to bag onions and some fruits as in the US? That might be another option if you run out of fluffy socks? Bay leaves sprinkled in the pantry and put in jars of bulk food help deter bugs in a temperate climate. They don't work in a tropical one. Freezing grain related product for a week or two may help prevent infestations. Wishing you two fair winds and safe voyaging.
Your systematic and nerdy approach to every single task on a boat is really cool. I wish more sailing channels would practice it on TH-cam.
I often think it's "overkill" and unrealistic (although I'd never say that to Mads or Eva). But I DO think a lot of us can benefit from noting their high standards (and raising ours).
@@windonwater3895 if she's ever lived on a boat then you would know it's not unnecessary or Overkill you need to know every part of the boat an where everything is in case of emergencies ... You never know what can happen... It's not like you can just shove things away forever an forget!! They have to be cognizant of the weight of the vessel they have to check for mold wetness leaks like you you need to do this this isn't Overkill a land lubber would think that... It's ok...! You don't know what you don't know I've spent a month on a TugBoat as Cook & night watch crew ! I've organized everything cuz I just can't help not knowing where things are. Captain thanked me an said "Well you just saved me quite a bit of dosh!" I found lost paperwork, tools (expensive one's),an a leaking thru hole ... So it's always good to take stock of your what ya have! ✌🏼💗😊⛵
@@windonwater3895 Not overkill, when you don't have what you desperately need, or a replacement. It might cause you a serious world of hurt.
This is the channel for autist sailor for sure.
@@windonwater3895 I am often accused of "overkill" in relation to yachting matters and especially safety and related items. Triple redundancy is the minimum I look for. Med kits are similarly organised and a have a seperate one in the grab bag and enhanced in the liferaft. Extra fire extinguishers and a comprehensive safety briefing before every trip. Not an exhaustive list but you get the idea. I know I have done everything I can to keep myself, my crew and my boat as safe as I can. I don't consider that to be overkill although many do.
If there's one thing I learned from making passages with my dad on his Pearson 39-2, it's this . . .
Minute Rice is a must. If you pour minute rice into hot soup, it absorbs the liquid and turns it into something that won't spill when you're eating it out of a mug.
Pretty much any canned soup, heat it up until it boils,
season as desired, add any extras, (like a can of Hormel ham or chicken or more broth, or a can of peas and carrots, small can of evaporated milk, can of potato cubes, etc) then when it's at a boil again--add about 3 Tablespoons of Minute rice, stir and turn off the heat.
Let it sit on the gimbaled stove for a few minutes with the lid on the pan.
Your soup will thicken up enough that it won't spill.
Nothing's worse than being hungry and having everything be sloshing around.
We never depended on bread lasting (because it never would). I baked biscuits or cornbread using evaporated milk and shortening. I usually just poured the corbread batter into muffin cups so we had corn muffins or biscuits to eat with our soup. I made sweet muffins with canned cherries or blueberries, when they got a bit stale, we'd just crumble them into our porridge.
For breakfast, we ate a lot of porridge (oatmeal, cream of wheat, etc.). We also ate eggs, dad bought powdered eggs and we put them in cornbread, muffins, skillet scrambles (with canned meat and veggies).
We crossed the Atlantic three times, Sailed through the Panama Canal and up to Santa Barbara then on with a flotilla of yachts to Hawaii. From there, we went to Samoa (very long passage) and he went on to French Polynesia from there.
We never depended on refrigeration even though we had it. When we had it, it was nice, but it can go out. Jars were all put in socks, cans were all labeled with a grease pencil (date and item) because the labels can get destroyed. Inventory of food was my job. We planned for 2 hot meals and 2 snacks a day.
Best thing for seasickness is ginger candy to suck on (just candied ginger to suck and chew on). I don't tend to get seasick, but dad always did the first day or so when we started on a passage.
Super Glue works well to close cuts and often reduces scaring. God Bless!
Just to let you know, all flour contains flower mite eggs, when the flour gets warm they will hatch out, they look like tiny brown splinters, you will see them running around in the bag, and they will spread to anything made from flour in the cupboard, therefore you should always keep flour in a cool dry place and in a airtight container.
I've thrown enough flour away to attest that this is true, BUT, freezing the sealed containers of flour for 24 hours prior to stowing them keeps it good for about a year!
Just microwave the flour and keep it in CO2 atmosphere and you will have no problems...
@@bostonpaulmakes6927 if you freeze your rice or pasta or flour for a day or two you'll kill everything and then put it in the airtight bags or container.
Thanks. Now I will never eat bread again!!
i live in hawaii and grain bugs are a nightmare. we keep all that grainy stuff (rice, flour, etc) in airtight containers with a napkin dipped in alcohol thrown on top (placed in a cup so as not to contact the food). the alcohol fumigates the container and makes dead buggies.
It’s impressive how much preparation of any kind it’s included for a long passage, I hope I’m not late on this but instead of that painful staples in case of any injury there’s a most un painfully experience, on my personal survival diving kit I have 2 things instead of that, the first it’s a small bottle of 3M medical grade superglue and the other it’s a zip stitch bandage, a sticky band aid applied in two parts with a zipper in between that can help to maintain the skin on place after an injurie avoiding stitches, both products need a proper cleaning of the zone before and a bandage after, now now it’s easy to find them online at a very cheap price
Superglue was developed to close battlefield injuries anyway.
One more thought for long periods away from doctors: emergency dental repair. You can get temporary filling material for cheap on amazon. Being able to handle a cracked tooth or missing filling can save you a literal headache.
I’m a veterinary surgeon and I found a bottle of local anaesthetic, disposable syringes and needles with attached suture material useful.During my sailing career I only had to suture a couple of small wounds but at least the equipment was there.
Finally getting to catch up on your videos after 6 months of not being able to watch is awesome. Love the channel. Keep it up.
The sock trick is better than brown paper bags, to "hide" booze in. 🤣 great update 2x👍
Wishing you as much as possible a lovely down wind passage.
As you folks are moving toward warmer places there are guests you will encounter, cockroaches. I make it a habit to never bring cardboard onto the boat and generally repack things like flower in plastic containers. For canned food I mark what is in the can with a felt-tip pen as the paper labels can come off. Do you have a backup can opener? Opening cans with a hammer and screw driver is not elegant .
I remember when Ava flew from the States with all her belongings, Mads commented on the number of socks that she brought! And now, preparing for your first serious crossing, look how handy they are!!! 😁😁
Great job you guys, thank you for letting us be part of your adventure!!!
P.S.: would it be possible for you to share (maybe upload it on your website) the grocery list for this big passage???
if you sail the barefoot route, you won't need the socks anymore...
Vuy wine in cartons, easy to stow, no breakage and easy to close. Buy LOTS of it!! In the carribean its extremely expensive!
You will need to have a vacuum packer and vacuum packed flour. It keeps pests and moisture out and on long trips it can be an advantage. as far as possible that you have to buy one kilo packages and vacuum pack the whole package
vacuum seal them in their original paper bag packaging using our vacuum sealer machine and gallon size bags.
I figure they’ll still taste alright for maybe around 2 years that way. We have not had a problem. I do know that in time, the taste of milled flour will go “off”. Obviously lots sooner without sealing it up - which keeps the oxygen away.
Precooked meals for sure, just reheat and eat! Rough seas make for Rough cooking conditions! Fair winds and following seas, safe travels 👍
Something that I've seen on a few vids when people are discussing their emergency/med kits that brings up a question in my mind when they mention stapling guns - Why not include superglue? It's great for sticking skin together (normally when you have no intention of skicking your fingers to each other or your fav coffee mug!) and would surely be simpler and faster to hold a wound together and apply. I'm pretty sure the standard household stuff would do in an emergency but you do get "liquid skin" or medical grade variants.
Very clever idea in adding the labels/instructions in each baggie as well as the master list.
Awesome vid as always both!
Seems that you are provisioning for a trip to Mars and back....
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Thx for showing!
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Meal prep. Freeze a bunch of your favorite meals that you can microwave. You are not going to want to cook while underway unless you have fair winds and following seas but figure those odds. Soups, lasagna, chili, potpie, premade omelets, cold cut sandwiches, Chicken and dumplings. you're resourceful and know how to cook. Make your favorite meals ahead of time and freeze meal size portions to microwave.
Some items like flour, cereals, rice etc can have bug eggs in them that can hatch on long voyages. Take a look at fellow YTubers Emily and Clark's Sailing Adventure for an episode about 1 yr ago where they use bottle of CO2, a funnel and some 2 liter soda bottles to preemptively kill off any eggs. There are few things worse than opening a sealed container of rice and seeing bugs crawling around in the rice. Hope the voyage to Canaries has been ok.
Fair winds and following seas! All fingers crossed. I KNEW Mads was the kind of guy to always update his firmware!
In the next episode, we will be introduced to Mads' new barcode scanner.
That sock thing is funny, I would definitely need an ample supply 😊 I use a refrigerated wine cellar on gimbal with cheap bed liner for cushioning. Also vacuum does marvelous on food preservation, no creatures can survive!
We always leave a like, and comment too. You guys are our favorite channel. The 2 of you each bring very specific stuff to the channel and it is great.
Glad to see you went to straight reading Veniers man. I recall broaching this subject with you some years back. I went through it too. Dial calipers then digital calipers and on to straight reading 2 scale calipers. Got mine from Moore and Wright. The very last Veneers anybody will ever need. File this under KISS. I do not let mine float around in the tool box though. Always properly in their case.
Thank goodness, I'm sooo happy, you have a sailing boat biscuit mold on board, then nothing can go wrong. 😁⛵😉
Staples are like gifts - It's always better to give than to receive
Since you have a vacuum sealer I'd suggest sealing up all your flour, sugar, dried beans, pasta, crackers and more. Divide into batches that you would use in a few days to a week. While not a "prepper" I keep a pretty large amount of flour and noodles sealed up and in food grade buckets after such items became impossible to find during the early days of COVID lockdowns. Anywhere there is as much moisture like a boat it will really help.
The hand or vacuum cleaner vacuum bags for clothes is another good idea. It reduces volume but more importantly it keeps the dampness out. These will work for not only clothes and bedding but also those bags of chips you bought. Put in the chips, pullout as much air as possible without crushing the chips inside their own bags. This won't stop them turning rancid from the oils but will keep them fresher and the bugs out.
Lots of Ava content, Merry Christmas to all!!!
i cant help but giggling that you have a, "Big Bag of Bacterial Infections" on board! Godspeed Athena!
Splendit video yet again! I would keep all medical supplies in watertight boxes, like really completely watertight. Once saltwater gets into those boxes, even with the bags, it's gonna get really messy and not exactly sterile. It might come in very handy in case you get into real trouble. But that might just be my OCD kicking in :)
A good thing to have included on the list of meds is the expiration date of each item so you can check up on them and know when you need to replace things. Meds expire and then they lose their effectiveness. On a boat that isn't as well climate -controlled and with vibration and motion means you really can't stretch the expiration dates.
Hello! Safe travels on your crossing. If you end up cruising the Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis MD is a must visit! I have a couple slips in the quaint boating town of Solomons, MD about 40 miles south. You are welcome to use them if you would like. I have watched your channel since the beginning and appreciate the content and the detail in which you explain and execute solutions to DIY.
Muralhas... :)
That's a wine that i always keep one bottle on the fridge!
Fish meals are not the same without that wine :)
Even for some social drink during summer days... a good cold glass of "muralhas" wine its great :)
Guess i can also consider myself a "muralhas" fan :D
César
Love your organization. One thing I was thinking is that it would be nice to add the expiration date of medication. This way you can quickly replenish supplies.
For passage meal make soups and chili type meals. After you make these meals freeze them in small containers and place them in a cooler withe dry ice. It lasted me a month when I sailed from Maryland to Florida Keys, but I was able to refresh the ice a couple of times. You could shift to your in house refrigerator over time.
Mads, I’ve watched you from the start. Your knowledge and craftsmanship is amazing. Now with Ava, your vids obviously have progressed and changed. She’s awesome!😅Love watching you guys! Thx for sharing every week.
Yes please do a meal-planning video! Every time i sail I dream big about fancy, super healthy chef-inspired food. And then on passage end up eating a bologna and cheeze wiz sandwich with an ibuprofin and gravol chaser and it's the best thing i've ever eaten.
That was quite a good informative addition to whome ever preparing for a long trip in the sea or the desert, thank you both for sharing, I enjoyed those gideing lines for planing and orgnaising very much, I hope other followers did that too.hope you the best and wish you a safe journey.
@Hit Me Up @SailLife1 Thanks a lot, and 🌲🌷🎁marry Christmas 🎄🎉 🌲to you too, I appreciate me being on the winers list, but I am willingly going to give it a way to the next on the list selected follower, thanks so much, I truly enjoy your episodes every week, I wish you a very secure journey and a good luck.
You may already be aware of this, but there is an oil extraction tube that extends up from the bottom of the oil sump. I find it much easier than trying to pull the oil up through the dipstick opening on my D2....safe travels!
Fabulous episode...always a joy when Ava participates in the episodes as her sense of humour is terrific. You guys are so organised and pragmatic in your trip planning...impressive 👍🙂
You two are amazingly well organised, when I look back on way of cruising I realise how basic my mode of operandi was, but it was 40 years ago.
I do love to see you both enjoying each other's company. It is so important to rib each other and to have a laugh. Ava has a wonderful sense of humour as do you Mads. That will be important when you only have each other on long trips! 20 minutes flies, and we have to wait a whole week for another video. It just shows how much myself and others love your life aboard Athena!
Hi guys! Great episode this week. I can feel your excitement about the big trip. Do you have anything for a bladder infection in the “big mama?” Not nice to think about, but small space sometimes makes hygiene tricky. Wet bathing suits, clammy foul weather gear etc… I have experienced several such infections and they are NOT fun on a boat. Maybe you’re already ahead of me… but you can get a prescription for a 1-shot antibiotic to hit a bladder infection hard. If it’s not too late - see if you can get it. AND. Cranberry juice or Gatorade with electrolytes to help wash out bacteria. Sorry - not a fun topic, but it’s in our kit.
A small tip about your plates. You can end the rattling and make them non-slip by adding a ring of food safe silicone caulk to the bottom of your plates and bowls. Helped in my RV and so I did the same in my boat.
meticulous attention to detail Burke's mantra...Well Done!
Athena is not at risk of becoming a 'dry' boat (alcohol free). Assume produce, tins will get damp, use a permanent marker to write on top of the tin, some people also remove the labels (to banish bugs) and varnish the tin noting the date purchased.
Corned beef hash - onion, potato and a can of corned beef. Keeps for a long time, hearty fare. Best part is all ingredients keep, and a few eggs on top or some Tabasco and it is pretty good.
Thank you Mads and Ava for the Sunday evening video. Hope you have a great holiday season and a safe and pleasant sail.
First time watching. Great content. I'll be looking forward to future videos.
hi Mads and Ava,. we are big fans and are preparing a similar adventure in about 18 months we just noticed that you pulled into Tenerife,. we are leaving tomorrow at 2 from the south, but if you are interested we will make a detour up to see you and take you to breakfast before we go.
Hi , HAVE a great time ,fair winds , I am really looking forward to your crossing , after all your work . Take care .😉👍
I know this sounds crazy but we lived on a sailboat in the Caribbean for 5 years. On two occasions we had to give a buddy boat crew member a Compazine suppository if you can't get off the boat and you can't keep anything down this is the way to go.
I suggest you check the expiration dates on all items that have them (COVID tests and many medications have them, even things like OTC antibacterial creams) Also not mentioned but I assume you have slings, splinting materials and ACE Bandages?
Fyi. Canary Islands are tax free, Las Palmas has the BEST chandlery in Western Europe, and meat will be delivered vacuum packed to the boat from the market, like all supermarkets deliver. The marina costs are much less than Cascaix and there are all the trades you might need available. Good journey
Superglue is a good addition to a first-aid kit. It works well for closing & sealing lacerations almost better than stitches or staples. Wooden clothespins can be used to pinch skin together to close the cut after debridement with peroxide, apply a bead of glue to form the protective "scab". Superglue dries super fast on skin so handle with care.
Hmmm....when we got plates and such for our boat they had rubber rings on the bottom to prevent sliding....they are also sold as "RV" dining sets. VERY reasonably priced. These were so incredibly nice when we would dine out on the lake, or in high wind at the dock, they also did not slide around in our cabinets.
For the medical kit, from experience, you REALLY want things like a bleed control kit (Trauma Kit) with bleed stop pads. Also, believe it or not, a supply of kotex pads. HIGHLY HIGHLY absorbent. All of that is in my shop first aid kit, and yes, pricey for the trauma stuff, but worth it. I'd also invest in LOTS of the Coban bandage (3M Makes it). That stuff makes the old school medical tape worthless. The other tape I would get would be the micropore surgical tape. Again, that's in my kit, and 100% totally worth the price. Honestly, the last Coban tape I got has pictures of horses and dogs...because I got it at the local feed store...LOL.
Safe Crossings!!!!
Great update. Fingers crossed for you.
Interesting to see your medical kit. On Polar seal (Ryan and Sophie Sailing) They had a lot of things. But after an incident they realised they had not enough for a serious burn wound to complete the treatment.
That's a good point, you need to deal with not only the initial first aid, but ALSO the on going care for however long it takes to reach a location that has sufficient medical resources to take over.
Good luck with the passage
'Green Wine' and 'Oporto' are so typical of the area. When we were in Cais Cai we bought 4L wicker covered jugs of Vino Verde once a week, the vendor would refill your old bottle, less the deposit, and it was a super cheap everyday casual sipping wine that went so well with the abundant local seafood.
You may not be a doctor but I can tell you your medical supplies are vastly better organised than most doctors rooms Ive been to. Fantastically impressive to say the least.
I simply LOVe this Channel. It is by far the best one on youtube for boat building/sailing. Wonderful wonderful job you two. Thank you !!!
Well I agree apart from the sailing bit, but there will be plenty of that coming up.
An eye wash kit will probably be in your first aid kit, but I refreshing drops are good when sleeping odd hours and grabbing naps, good luck, Have Fun. X
I live 5km from where you got Athena :)
Good luck on the weather window safe sailing
It's really fun to watch the experience you go through and learn new things. Last week I crossed from Portugal to Las Palmas. It was really challenging. Good luck friends. Maybe meet at the marina.
see you🏝️
Hi Guys, nice to see your latest video 🙂I guess you won't be in DK for christmas 🙂 Good luck and greetings from the 5 of us here in Hoejbjerg, DK 🙂
Good luck with your adventure
An eye wash kit and ear wash kit is highly recommended. Normal contact saline solution can be used as an eye wash. It is really humbling how small a bit of something it takes to incapacitate someone.
An endoscope is also handy to confirm an ear blockage and the subsequent clearage.
You got a lot done this week. Can't wait to see the wind vane in action. Great show.
Thanks 4 sharing 🙂
For any longer passage, I always refer to how Willfried Erdmann was eating during his non-stop circumnavigation of the World.
He has a shopping list in his book and you won´t find all that artificial crap that you bought in there:) and he never stops pointing out how important self-cooked food is and how most sailors fail on their diet of chips, packed sausages, chocolate bars and softdrinks.
Look at the mountain of chips! We found a regular bag of Lays in a shop in Bequia for 38 Eastern Caribbean Dollars. That's about 14 USD. No chips for us that day.
you'll love the Canaries.. the nudist beaches on Fuerteventura are wonderful!
👌👌 again a great presentation of real sail life.
medical staple guns are all well and good. But a good supply of super glue (in my opinion) is better.
I have done a lot of traveling in remote places, and super glue is great for anything from the smallest annoying cuts that just won't heal together, to glueing a 7 inch long gash in my friends leg. That had gone all the way through the subcutaneous layer.
And it's a LOT less painfull than staples ! for both of you :)
A tip: we glue 2 inch long strips of 'dental floss' accross the cut, about 1 inch apart, to give it a litttle more support. As we needed to keep moving.
Leave the lower end open, so that it can drain and take extra Antibiotics with you
Kudos on the med kit. Nice job.
I like that you spend time discussing who it would be worse for when stapling, the giver or receiver. Personally I'm not sure how anyone could choose the giver.
Hey, here in Las Palmas marina! Shout up, I’d love to buy you a coffee in the Sailors Bay!
Just a tip on stock control (of your food), of course having a computerised list is absolutely essential but for day to day tracking you would stand a much better chance of keeping it live and accurate is to print it out and stick it on the cupboard door and secure a pencil in there too. Then update the spreadsheet once a week.
Have a safe trip.
I am so excited for you both, fingers crossed for the weather window! Love seeing your fantastic preparation, your organization is off the charts! Living vicariously through your adventures and excitement. ⛵
Just a thought for your emergency med kit. Have you thought of splints or some kind of material to immobilize a fracture? When I was a medic in Canadian armed forces we had(over time different type of splints that we could easily fid in our med bag. Some were padded wire ladder type, or some were heavy waxed cardboard. Of course there are many ways one can improvise so at least some for thought on what you have aboard that could become a splint could be a good idea.
Losing weight is one of the best things to do for off shore sailing. Not only will your speed increase but more importantly the motion of the boat will be much more comfortable!
We managed to reduce our boat weight by over two tonnes just by doing the same thing. The boat motion improved dramatically and we gained an estimated 20% on boat speed.
Clothes and books are remarkably heavy. We ditched all materials, spares and tools except for basic emergency stuff. We just shipped a crate with some clothes and tools we couldn’t bare to lose.
We were brutal for getting rid of canned goods and drinks which contained water as they are also incredibly heavy.
Just weigh and keep track of everything you take off and supplies you buy.
Well done on your medical supplies redundancy- I would suggest larger bold text for the contents list in your medical boxes and medicine baggies- say you're tired, sick, and stressed- tiny text will frustrate you to no end, and if possible- laminate the little ones in the baggies
Dr. Ava, you guys are such a great match 🥰.
love this video thank you guys and God speed :)
When my children were very young they often got quite few bumps that would swell up. Getting them to put some ice or something frozen on the bump/bruise was impossible. One day I came home and our nanny put honey on a pretty big bump on his head. No swelling, very little bruising. Honey is a wonderful topical anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antiseptic. I would add honey to any first aid kit when you want to reduce swelling. Fast forward, my children are grown but are very active in sports, and are often getting bruised and they keep honey in their sports bags not only for energy, but for bumps and bruises.
I'm not a blue water cruiser, but a hiker. Having expiration dates is helpful for your drugs. I own many bottles of out of dates stuff.
one thing you should add to your med kit is the expiry date for medications. Put in a database and have it notify you within 60days of it due date so you can properly dispose of meds no longer good and get new meds as required.
Love the redundancy and organization! You are definitely not animals 😂 and love your haircut, Ava! Fair winds and following seas. Will check your voyage via Marine Traffic. 🤞🤞🤞
From one Michigander to another, your a great proper women! Take care of yourselves doing the arc.
Have you looked into dehydrated meals like the military mri.s or what campers or hikers use to save weight and space.
A lot of those meals only require hot water added to them and some have a built in heat source that's activated when you add water.
I've tried quite a few of the meals and they were really good. It seems it would solve the problem of having to cook in rough seas or when you just didn't want to fix a hot meal.
And the shelf life is measured in years and would be a great emergency supply of food.
Eva, you cut your hair! It looks so cute!
lentil are my favoritt food. Great too bring as it last for a long time!
Happy Sunday time!! That is what y'all's videos mean to me 😁. Good luck for the onward journey!!
I would recommend superglue for your first aid box. It’s very effective in closing cracked skin allowing for the dermal layer to heal. A little care is needed when using it!
Hope you enjoyed your time in Portugal!
Safe travels
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year