Watched the video, left youtube and then remembered that I forgot to leave a like, so I went back! This is somehow the only channel where I always leave one. Worth it!
A solution to stay close to the boat while work from the dinghy is a simple “suction handle”. It sticks fine to the hull and a good handle even when “swim cleaning” 😅
They are also commonly available on Amazon and commercial suppliers. Commonly used to lift floor panels in computer rooms, where Mads may have seen them. Also used to lift and move glass, mirrors, and stone countertop slabs. And now they are sold for home safety, they work very well to create an instant grab handle in a shower or tub to prevent home falls without drilling into the walls.
A dock line run from bow cleat out the bow chock and along the hull to the stern cleat makes a good handle too. A prussic loop can be used to anchor the dinghy to this line and will move when needed and will hold when made taught.
Top tip of the week! And only $10.95 at Bunnings. I will buy one today. But with a rope bridle through the handle. I bought one. It is awesome. It is currently suckered onto my laundry wall and has shown no signs of weakness in a week. $10.95 well spent.
Just a little advice. We all love sea mammals, they are super intelligent and fascinating to watch. After years of abuse by mankind and fighting for the same resources some whales and seals have developed destructive behavior. I am not a proponent for hurting these animals, but when it comes down to your safety, sometimes things must be done to deter this behavior and it might seem extreme to some. We have some small explosive devices called seal bombs, basically a depth charge to scare off seals and other aggressive mammals. We were having a problem with Orcas, getting very excited playing with kayaks and could see this might lead to an accidental drowning. When the Orcas got too close, drop a couple of seal bombs and off they went. It stopped this behavior. Local laws and other considerations need to be reviewed. But if this is getting to be a serious problem where people could get hurt, steps must be taken. I have watched your channel for 2.5 years and really enjoy it. When I have time I watch your older videos. Keep up the great work, stay safe and enjoy your world!
Sail Life… where DIY meets History and sail off to ports to tell more amazing stories of history and keeping the boat and its dingy afloat, safe and comfortable. We love what you are doing… but question what would happen if Mads became incapacitated. Would Ava be able to navigate all the Geeky Techy Gadgets and switches … without Mads help? 😂 LOL Curious Minds … are hoping for the best.
Hi Mads and Ava! Great video as usual!!! Fun fact: The small construction Mads mentioned is in fact a granary, or "granero" in spanish. It also exists here, in the north region of Portugal, where it goes by the name of "Espigueiro", witch derives from "Espiga" (same as "cob" in english). Those are used not only to dry, but also so store cereals, and the main reason why they're raised from the ground is to keep mice away! This is ususal done using 4 or 6 granith square poles, i'd say, 5 to 6 feet long (of the ground). Keep a watch on the orcas... Stay safe!
Very interesting! Is this something that every house would have or is it more for commercial storage? Am I right in thinking it's a regional thing? Would love to visit Portugal one day - cheers from Australia!
I just got back to England after sailing Purple Mist (your flotilla buddy) to Lanzarote with her owner, Kate. Hope the rest of your journey was equally uneventful.
I know nobody asked, but just in case you want to know. About the horreos: Galicia and Asturias, being very humid places, are not good for growing wheat, but they are for corn. The problem with corn is that when harvested (september) is not fully ripe yet. So it needs to be dried artificially in these horreos, as opposed to what is done to wheat, which is fully dried when harvested and can be more easily stored in non-ventilated silos
When you have time, if you could please get some T-shirts made with “When life gives you lemons, wash your boat”, I’d really appreciate it. I’d like to order several.
Another brilliant video. Dinghy wheels - yes! Also for an anchor look at the small kayak anchors (not the folding ones they are dreadful) and use the painter not chain, works for me
Rolly down wind sail in light airs is a recipe for sea sickness, so you did well... The wheels work well and I'm sure you could knock up a bag for the dinghy anchor. Over to you Ava!
In some countries it is illegal to not have an anchor in your dingy, also a signalling device. In NSW the prime minister was fined for being in a dinghy alone and not wearing a life jacket. A columnist who was critical of that law dissapeared in Sydney harbour one night. They found his dinghy, but not his body. Either get a purpose made seat bag, Highfield sell them. Or make a bag to fit on those two knobs in the bow of your dinghy to store your anchor. Get a Coopers anchor because they dont rust, dont scratch your paintwork. Also a length of stainless steel chain. That can be used to lock your dinghy to things. Never make your dinghy the most attractive and easy to steal off the dock. Next wheels. You don't have to use them, but when you are hauling a dinghy up a long beach in 38° C, you might. Not rig a preventer because you are just going a short distance. Well if you took advice you would have bought a figure of 8 rapelling ring and rigged a permanent boom brake. You didn't and spent more money on a preventer and now don't use it. Good luck with that. We rig poled, guys and preventers for 2 mile down wind legs. Still got my head and mast.
Solid content Attach a red/yellow flag to the dinghy plug, like airplanes do. The plug should always be removed when the dinghy is on the arch, the extra weight of rainwater may overload the support Lockout/Tagout POKA-YOKE the dinghy lines with the plug itself, that way you are forced to put the plug IN before lowering the dinghy.
Hey Mads, try and get yourself a couple of suction cup lifters like they use for replacing car windscreens. They are awesome for working above and below the water line... gives you something to leverage against.
Your question about dingy wheels or dingy anchor. Well I have dingy wheels and I use them constantly. I have a pair that twist when out of the water so they lay flat on the transom when not deployed (German made). I opted for solid rubber wheels as no one needs a puncture and comfort is irrelevant. Watching a lot of TH-cam channels in the Caribbean- it is clear that wheels would help them. As for anchor I have a mushroom anchor. Maybe not the best but has an extra purpose as a “chum” in tight anchorages, shortening the swing on a longer rode.
I was waiting for the “Hi Guys” start too. You threw me off! About the comments on the suction cup for the hull, I use one too. I have one that the handle splits to release. You could check auto body repair shops or Amazon for one. Tie a floater to it.
You call tell that Maz is struggling to keep an episode, purely on sailing and exploring. He can't seem to stay away from his roots, and by adding a bit of boat maintenance segment. 🤣👍
Mads, a real slick way of getting the dinghy off the deck and over the side, as well as out of the water and back on deck, is to use your spinnaker pole as a boom. You can run a line(s) through the end of the spinnaker pole not connect to the mast down to the dinghy and connect to the harrness rings in the dinghy and lift/lower away. It is nice because it really takes the lines out of becoming a hassle or catching point. Just a friendly idea.
Maas, you’ll need an anchor solution for your dinghy. You might be able to DIY a small anchor locker at either the stern of your dinghy where a fuel tank would go if you had an outboard that ran on Dino squeezings. The inconvenience of a box back there is less inconvenient than returning to find a missing dinghy… maybe replace your aft seat with a locker…. There are options even for a small craft.
I think Danny Wheels would be great. if you can find a 2 ft long dog screw they work great as anchors in sand beaches. I mean the twist screws that you use to put your dog out in the front yard or backyard with.
We used a small Bruce anchor in the Caribbean which stored over the transom. Amazon has a4.4 lb. model for under $45.00. It was easy to store on the sailboat also. Keep up the informative videos.
Natural beauty is nice th hear about but the culture, art, and traditions of the locals is facinating. I never even wondered about where all that lace in church came from. Now I know. Thanks.
Yes as others have said, remove the bung when on the arch so rain water can drain and not collect and then bend your arch. Also nice to see some Australian Callistemon 6:51 in Spain!
Don't forget the dinghy plug in overnight, if it rains hard, it will become a bathtub and possibly bring your davits down. Have seen it happen at least a couple of times...
I really do enjoy every episode. I never knew about those grain bins... That's amazing... We live in such a big beautiful world with so much to see and do . I must say, I am grateful for seeing it thru both of your eyes!! Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Had dingy wheels on all our dinghy’s wouldn’t be without them. Once you start to live on anchor more you will get them. Often enables you to get the dingy to a post or something to lock it to.
We had an early morning encounter with Orcas off Cascais a couple of months ago. Some buffeting of the yacht as they pushed against it and a bit of nibbling on the rudder but no real damage done. I suspect that flat calm conditions are more likely to encourage them to investigate a vessel but who knows? Curious that these animals are distributed around the world but the only consistent reports of attacks are off the Iberian coast. There again, they are intelligent creatures and I guess learn from each other.
Haha!! I loved Mads (newly married husband) one word answers of agreement while Eva and he were in the cockpit of Athena. There is a story there I suspect 😉. At any rate, Sailing Athena is my most favorite video channel and I look forward to hundreds more episodes.
We use a small Danforth anchor for the dinghy that gets shoved into the support under the thwart seat but a bag can be sewn for it and then snapped to a seat like you have. We have about 125' of 1/4" nylon 3-strand rode and about 10' of chain that we stuff into a smallish mesh dive/snorkel bag that also ties under the seat. Mantus makes an AMAZING tiny little stainless rollbar dinghy anchor that disassembles flat and stows in its own bag which has amazing results where people have tested used them to anchor 30' cruising boats and pulled on them in reverse on full throttle. (SV Panope anchor tests). The only downside is this anchor is pretty expensive and too nice to leave in a dinghy unattended for long stretches of time anywhere theft is an issue. Too rich for our blood. We use our Mantus chain hook and bridle every time on our 35' Rasmus. It is WAY faster to set up than tying a rolling hitch IMHO. Most of the time spent deploying the bridle is pulling the bridle out of the bag in such a way that it doesn't tangle and knot. I found that if the hook is put in first when putting it away and then the line is followed in behind it. Then when you grab the two loops together and just throw them aft together as a pair while you pull the bridle out of the bag they don't tangle so when you finally get to the hook again it can be put under the lifelines behind the pulpit and hooked on the top lifeline. Route the other side loop out and around the bow until it comes back up the bow eye and hook it on the cleat. Then hook the same-side on its cleat and route it through its bow-eye. Now the hook is ready to reach over and slide on the chain then kick the extra bridle line overboard as you pay the chain out that last bit. This sounds like it is a lot of work but the bridle setup only takes about 45 seconds once one gets used to the procedure. I do this while my wife is circling around the spot she thinks she wants to anchor at and scouting out the depths so we know we will have enough depth around our swing radius when we adjust for lowest possible tide. The whole anchoring procedure usually only takes about 5-10 minutes from the time we roll into an anchorage until are all set and done backing down on the hook and much of that is spent actually backing down as we like to get a GOOD set. We anchor most of the time because we are poor (no patreon/TH-cam income) and can't afford marinas, so in 5 years of cruising we have anchored hundreds of times in different places. It eventually becomes as mundane as parallel parking a car in a strange city. The hardest part sometimes is finding an open spot if there are a lot of boats.
Hello there :D Nice epsiode, I'd just like to report a missing link from 2:14 for the "orca repellent flotilas" group :D 15:59 - since you have the toerail on Athena, perhaps two extendable struts that could be hooked on the toerail and on the handles of the dinghy would help in the future
@9:45 we use soft shackles made from Dyneema and they work great, I put a nylon sleeve around the loop to minimize chafe, but even without, I've seen none. It's rated at 14,000 lbs and is more than strong enough and easy to put on/off.
Dingy wheels have proven to be very desirable in my experience; I suggest big squishy ones that don't sink into soft sand are my favorite. Also a nice stainless chain or vinyl covered cable with a stout lock to keep the dingy from evaporating into thin air in the dark of night is also helpful. The lock can also be your friend when taking the dingy ashore. Keeps honest people honest and all that. Oh yea run the chain or the cable through the outboard as well, just ask me how I know. As always may you passages be down wind.
Mads, a suction cup with the release handle works great for holding position while you work. I've used two of them with a line tied between the two to clean the bottom. It gives you a place to hold on to.
Get one of those tiny suction cup with a lever counter top or glass lifting suction doohickey, attach a line to it then use that to suction a dhingy line to the hull whilst cleaning.
I'm laughing so hard on your anchor try, we use railblaza dingy wheels and Cooper anchor (plastic anchor) with 2 mt stainless chain and 20 MTS 8mm rope
I have never seen anyone use wheels on a dinghy here in the Caribbean. For cleaning the topsides, I bought a suction cup handle meant to be a secure hand-hold in a shower. Two strong suction cups on a handle that looks like an old-timey telephone handset. Suction activated by a lever. Works great.
For dinghy wheels, see the video of Clack and Emily of Temptress. Also in the tropics because the tyde maybe not that much but when a beach has a small slope you still have to wolk a lot with the dinghy.
Super nice. I like all the little details from the places you visit. Get a lot of hefty fireworks for orcas or even whales in the future and don't hesitate to start using them. You don't want to lose your home of lives for the sake of an attacking animal's ear drums.
I have Plastic Paddle steamer type wheels on my dinghy. They are good on sand, very rattly on hard surfaces. I would like pneumatic tyres one day. The only thing you have to be careful about with them is that they fold up pretty high and can restrict the turn of the Outboard
take a piece of 75 mm pvc tube make a 300 mm straight length with a tab that bends over the dingy transom. a small piece of rope will stop the anchor from dropping through. it will keep the anchor from moving about and can be hunk by the pvc hook anywhere on Athena
One explanation I have heard on Y.T. is the Orcas and the Tuna fishermen in that area are competing for the same fish and fishermen jabbing at whale with what have you to try to get Tuna on boat.Stay safe!!! P.S. Not drinking is not healthy!!!
Watched the video, left youtube and then remembered that I forgot to leave a like, so I went back! This is somehow the only channel where I always leave one. Worth it!
A solution to stay close to the boat while work from the dinghy is a simple “suction handle”. It sticks fine to the hull and a good handle even when “swim cleaning” 😅
They are also commonly available on Amazon and commercial suppliers. Commonly used to lift floor panels in computer rooms, where Mads may have seen them. Also used to lift and move glass, mirrors, and stone countertop slabs. And now they are sold for home safety, they work very well to create an instant grab handle in a shower or tub to prevent home falls without drilling into the walls.
A dock line run from bow cleat out the bow chock and along the hull to the stern cleat makes a good handle too. A prussic loop can be used to anchor the dinghy to this line and will move when needed and will hold when made taught.
Top tip of the week! And only $10.95 at Bunnings. I will buy one today. But with a rope bridle through the handle. I bought one. It is awesome. It is currently suckered onto my laundry wall and has shown no signs of weakness in a week. $10.95 well spent.
There's definitely one old thing Ava loves and that's Madz! take care peeps x
Ava is such a great addition!
Just a little advice. We all love sea mammals, they are super intelligent and fascinating to watch. After years of abuse by mankind and fighting for the same resources some whales and seals have developed destructive behavior. I am not a proponent for hurting these animals, but when it comes down to your safety, sometimes things must be done to deter this behavior and it might seem extreme to some. We have some small explosive devices called seal bombs, basically a depth charge to scare off seals and other aggressive mammals. We were having a problem with Orcas, getting very excited playing with kayaks and could see this might lead to an accidental drowning. When the Orcas got too close, drop a couple of seal bombs and off they went. It stopped this behavior. Local laws and other considerations need to be reviewed. But if this is getting to be a serious problem where people could get hurt, steps must be taken. I have watched your channel for 2.5 years and really enjoy it. When I have time I watch your older videos. Keep up the great work, stay safe and enjoy your world!
Tie a little piece of colored line around the David arch where you will see it every time you lower the dingy. 😉 Thank you for another great video!
Perfect pronunciation Mads! 😁
Haha, I finally nailed it 😁
Very nice Ava telling us things about the history of the places you visit 👍👍👍👍
Dear Mads & Ava, thank you for this great video again. We enjoyed it a lot! 🥰😉😊 Fair winds to you both and Athena.⛵ Knus og kram fra Team Renskib
Sail Life… where DIY meets History and sail off to ports to tell more amazing stories of history and keeping the boat and its dingy afloat, safe and comfortable. We love what you are doing… but question what would happen if Mads became incapacitated. Would Ava be able to navigate all the Geeky Techy Gadgets and switches … without Mads help? 😂 LOL
Curious Minds … are hoping for the best.
Mads, you should buy an old rustic building to save. Another glorious refit. 😂😂😂
“Ava likes old stuff”. (-and she looks lovingly at Mads) 😂
His name is Mads.
@@teeanahera8949 - typo
lol, 😏😏
I still love your videos. Even after the transition from on shore sanding to off shore sanding.
The idea of you being swamped with .. murkle? (poop bird!) orders had us cracking up. That's the kinda thing that makes me love the Internet.
Mergull. A cross between a mermaid and a seagull. ;-)
Some wheels for the dinghy would be nice in some circumstances, but an anchor is a must!
Thanks for the videos!
Hi Mads and Ava! Great video as usual!!! Fun fact: The small construction Mads mentioned is in fact a granary, or "granero" in spanish. It also exists here, in the north region of Portugal, where it goes by the name of "Espigueiro", witch derives from "Espiga" (same as "cob" in english). Those are used not only to dry, but also so store cereals, and the main reason why they're raised from the ground is to keep mice away! This is ususal done using 4 or 6 granith square poles, i'd say, 5 to 6 feet long (of the ground). Keep a watch on the orcas... Stay safe!
Very interesting! Is this something that every house would have or is it more for commercial storage? Am I right in thinking it's a regional thing? Would love to visit Portugal one day - cheers from Australia!
You two are creative and hardworking. These are admirable qualities.
I just got back to England after sailing Purple Mist (your flotilla buddy) to Lanzarote with her owner, Kate. Hope the rest of your journey was equally uneventful.
I know nobody asked, but just in case you want to know. About the horreos:
Galicia and Asturias, being very humid places, are not good for growing wheat, but they are for corn. The problem with corn is that when harvested (september) is not fully ripe yet. So it needs to be dried artificially in these horreos, as opposed to what is done to wheat, which is fully dried when harvested and can be more easily stored in non-ventilated silos
When you have time, if you could please get some T-shirts made with “When life gives you lemons, wash your boat”, I’d really appreciate it. I’d like to order several.
Another brilliant video. Dinghy wheels - yes! Also for an anchor look at the small kayak anchors (not the folding ones they are dreadful) and use the painter not chain, works for me
Rolly down wind sail in light airs is a recipe for sea sickness, so you did well... The wheels work well and I'm sure you could knock up a bag for the dinghy anchor. Over to you Ava!
So Ava is feeling sick in the morning Congrats :)
lol
Great video !! Don't miss a visit to Muros !!!! my boat lives there !!! ... I hope you enjoy my favourite anchorage .... Cheers from Muros !!!!
In some countries it is illegal to not have an anchor in your dingy, also a signalling device. In NSW the prime minister was fined for being in a dinghy alone and not wearing a life jacket. A columnist who was critical of that law dissapeared in Sydney harbour one night. They found his dinghy, but not his body. Either get a purpose made seat bag, Highfield sell them. Or make a bag to fit on those two knobs in the bow of your dinghy to store your anchor. Get a Coopers anchor because they dont rust, dont scratch your paintwork. Also a length of stainless steel chain. That can be used to lock your dinghy to things. Never make your dinghy the most attractive and easy to steal off the dock. Next wheels. You don't have to use them, but when you are hauling a dinghy up a long beach in 38° C, you might. Not rig a preventer because you are just going a short distance. Well if you took advice you would have bought a figure of 8 rapelling ring and rigged a permanent boom brake. You didn't and spent more money on a preventer and now don't use it. Good luck with that. We rig poled, guys and preventers for 2 mile down wind legs. Still got my head and mast.
Our wheels are amazing, we love the Beachmaster wheels from new zealand.
Solid content
Attach a red/yellow flag to the dinghy plug, like airplanes do.
The plug should always be removed when the dinghy is on the arch, the extra weight of rainwater may overload the support
Lockout/Tagout POKA-YOKE the dinghy lines with the plug itself, that way you are forced to put the plug IN before lowering the dinghy.
Bottlebrush / Callistemon beautiful flower
That red "bottle brush" is Australian. The Spanish have cultivated them and Wattle for many years. Love your channel 😍
Hey Mads, try and get yourself a couple of suction cup lifters like they use for replacing car windscreens. They are awesome for working above and below the water line... gives you something to leverage against.
The toadstool supports for the granaries make it impossible (almost) for rats to get at the corn.
Was going to say that. Ancient protective device for rodents.
Any time we can starve a rat, I’m for it!
@@p.d.smithjr.3277 absolutely!
In the UK they are called staddle stones.
Hi , another very interesting video and NO ORCA , so enjoy your sail and catch you on the next .Fair winds .👍
Looking very smart
…said: pragmatists! 🤙
Love you folk for your thoughtfulness and eloquence
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Your question about dingy wheels or dingy anchor. Well I have dingy wheels and I use them constantly. I have a pair that twist when out of the water so they lay flat on the transom when not deployed (German made). I opted for solid rubber wheels as no one needs a puncture and comfort is irrelevant. Watching a lot of TH-cam channels in the Caribbean- it is clear that wheels would help them. As for anchor I have a mushroom anchor. Maybe not the best but has an extra purpose as a “chum” in tight anchorages, shortening the swing on a longer rode.
I was waiting for the “Hi Guys” start too. You threw me off! About the comments on the suction cup for the hull, I use one too. I have one that the handle splits to release. You could check auto body repair shops or Amazon for one. Tie a floater to it.
You call tell that Maz is struggling to keep an episode, purely on sailing and exploring. He can't seem to stay away from his roots, and by adding a bit of boat maintenance segment. 🤣👍
Mads
Lovely videos my friend, so much better than all these others that think they are in Hollywood.
Mads, a real slick way of getting the dinghy off the deck and over the side, as well as out of the water and back on deck, is to use your spinnaker pole as a boom. You can run a line(s) through the end of the spinnaker pole not connect to the mast down to the dinghy and connect to the harrness rings in the dinghy and lift/lower away. It is nice because it really takes the lines out of becoming a hassle or catching point. Just a friendly idea.
This is a solid tip. Makes handling even pretty large dinks an easy (and possibly singlehanded) task.
I've been watching for some time and never commented, but you guys are great. 😃
Maas, you’ll need an anchor solution for your dinghy. You might be able to DIY a small anchor locker at either the stern of your dinghy where a fuel tank would go if you had an outboard that ran on Dino squeezings. The inconvenience of a box back there is less inconvenient than returning to find a missing dinghy… maybe replace your aft seat with a locker…. There are options even for a small craft.
I think Danny Wheels would be great. if you can find a 2 ft long dog screw they work great as anchors in sand beaches. I mean the twist screws that you use to put your dog out in the front yard or backyard with.
So informative great job crew.
No wheels needed in the Caribbean. inthe populated areas are mostly Dhingidocks, small tides and narrow beaches
This is correct. Dinghy anchor, engine lock and a way to secure the Dinghy to dock or a beach tree more important
We used a small Bruce anchor in the Caribbean which stored over the transom. Amazon has a4.4 lb. model for under $45.00. It was easy to store on the sailboat also. Keep up the informative videos.
Natural beauty is nice th hear about but the culture, art, and traditions of the locals is facinating. I never even wondered about where all that lace in church came from. Now I know. Thanks.
Yes as others have said, remove the bung when on the arch so rain water can drain and not collect and then bend your arch. Also nice to see some Australian Callistemon 6:51 in Spain!
I just want to say +1 to the 'vacuum suction cup' handle thingie, perfect for holding on to the boat while cleaning.
I don’t know how helpful the wheels would be but an anchor in the Caribbean essential
Don't forget the dinghy plug in overnight, if it rains hard, it will become a bathtub and possibly bring your davits down. Have seen it happen at least a couple of times...
I really do enjoy every episode. I never knew about those grain bins... That's amazing... We live in such a big beautiful world with so much to see and do . I must say, I am grateful for seeing it thru both of your eyes!! Thanks for sharing your lives with us ✌🏼💗😊❣️
I'm glad you had your ginger, Eva......that bit cracked me up.😁
Had dingy wheels on all our dinghy’s wouldn’t be without them. Once you start to live on anchor more you will get them. Often enables you to get the dingy to a post or something to lock it to.
Hard to believe you had an entire boat cleaning segment and I didn't hear the word 'spiffy' once!?!? LOL...
Super excited for the flight of the murguls!
I like how that one balcony handrail looked like the lace seen earlier in the video.
Most spiffy video Sunday viewing many thanks 👍
Glad you made it through so far! Looking forward to that delivery already!
Great show guys! Really happy you missed the Orcas!
I don't think they've really missed them until they get to Gibraltar.
A suction cup for handling glass is used by several cruisers to hold onto the boat.
Great video
We had an early morning encounter with Orcas off Cascais a couple of months ago. Some buffeting of the yacht as they pushed against it and a bit of nibbling on the rudder but no real damage done. I suspect that flat calm conditions are more likely to encourage them to investigate a vessel but who knows? Curious that these animals are distributed around the world but the only consistent reports of attacks are off the Iberian coast. There again, they are intelligent creatures and I guess learn from each other.
Haha!! I loved Mads (newly married husband) one word answers of agreement while Eva and he were in the cockpit of Athena. There is a story there I suspect 😉. At any rate, Sailing Athena is my most favorite video channel and I look forward to hundreds more episodes.
Spiffy vlog, as always. Thanks, guys, loving your voyage. 🎉
I really enjoyed this video guys. That little town looked amazing.
Get a 5 gal bucket to hold the anchor and chain. The wheels work. 👍👍👍
We use a small Danforth anchor for the dinghy that gets shoved into the support under the thwart seat but a bag can be sewn for it and then snapped to a seat like you have. We have about 125' of 1/4" nylon 3-strand rode and about 10' of chain that we stuff into a smallish mesh dive/snorkel bag that also ties under the seat.
Mantus makes an AMAZING tiny little stainless rollbar dinghy anchor that disassembles flat and stows in its own bag which has amazing results where people have tested used them to anchor 30' cruising boats and pulled on them in reverse on full throttle. (SV Panope anchor tests). The only downside is this anchor is pretty expensive and too nice to leave in a dinghy unattended for long stretches of time anywhere theft is an issue. Too rich for our blood.
We use our Mantus chain hook and bridle every time on our 35' Rasmus. It is WAY faster to set up than tying a rolling hitch IMHO. Most of the time spent deploying the bridle is pulling the bridle out of the bag in such a way that it doesn't tangle and knot. I found that if the hook is put in first when putting it away and then the line is followed in behind it. Then when you grab the two loops together and just throw them aft together as a pair while you pull the bridle out of the bag they don't tangle so when you finally get to the hook again it can be put under the lifelines behind the pulpit and hooked on the top lifeline. Route the other side loop out and around the bow until it comes back up the bow eye and hook it on the cleat. Then hook the same-side on its cleat and route it through its bow-eye. Now the hook is ready to reach over and slide on the chain then kick the extra bridle line overboard as you pay the chain out that last bit.
This sounds like it is a lot of work but the bridle setup only takes about 45 seconds once one gets used to the procedure. I do this while my wife is circling around the spot she thinks she wants to anchor at and scouting out the depths so we know we will have enough depth around our swing radius when we adjust for lowest possible tide. The whole anchoring procedure usually only takes about 5-10 minutes from the time we roll into an anchorage until are all set and done backing down on the hook and much of that is spent actually backing down as we like to get a GOOD set.
We anchor most of the time because we are poor (no patreon/TH-cam income) and can't afford marinas, so in 5 years of cruising we have anchored hundreds of times in different places. It eventually becomes as mundane as parallel parking a car in a strange city. The hardest part sometimes is finding an open spot if there are a lot of boats.
Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
See you 👍🏽
Hello there :D Nice epsiode, I'd just like to report a missing link from 2:14 for the "orca repellent flotilas" group :D
15:59 - since you have the toerail on Athena, perhaps two extendable struts that could be hooked on the toerail and on the handles of the dinghy would help in the future
Yes wheels for your inflatable would help you a lot for sandy beaches, keep the videos coming enjoy every minute...Happy sailing
I spy with my eye a new diy project - an old rustic building :)
SVB had a bag that hangs onto the ‘seat’. So you can put anchor, pump, signals, water into it.
@9:45 we use soft shackles made from Dyneema and they work great, I put a nylon sleeve around the loop to minimize chafe, but even without, I've seen none. It's rated at 14,000 lbs and is more than strong enough and easy to put on/off.
The red bottle brush trees at 6:49 are Australian Callistemons (the variety is possibly Kings Park Special from WA.)
Nice and accurate descrition of the north of my country. I am looking forward to see your video in Sevilla :)
wheels absolutely. Maybe a heavy duty plastic lockbox for the anchor
Enjoyable as always, live the dream!
Dingy wheels have proven to be very desirable in my experience; I suggest big squishy ones that don't sink into soft sand are my favorite. Also a nice stainless chain or vinyl covered cable with a stout lock to keep the dingy from evaporating into thin air in the dark of night is also helpful. The lock can also be your friend when taking the dingy ashore. Keeps honest people honest and all that. Oh yea run the chain or the cable through the outboard as well, just ask me how I know.
As always may you passages be down wind.
This channel was always missing enough lace content until now!
Mads, a suction cup with the release handle works great for holding position while you work. I've used two of them with a line tied between the two to clean the bottom. It gives you a place to hold on to.
Get one of those tiny suction cup with a lever counter top or glass lifting suction doohickey, attach a line to it then use that to suction a dhingy line to the hull whilst cleaning.
Can you use a suction cup with a handle on it to hold yourself to the boat side while working on it from the dinghy?
Mess and Ava haved painted themselves RED!!!!
Nevermind it's was my TV
Mads
Made a starboard anchor locker for the dingy.
I'm laughing so hard on your anchor try, we use railblaza dingy wheels and Cooper anchor (plastic anchor) with 2 mt stainless chain and 20 MTS 8mm rope
A good anchor for the dinghy is essential. Make a mesh bag to stow it in attached to the seat or transom.
The boat looks great
Please provide a starlink update for next week. I'm very curious how this is working for you both.
Nice! GOD bless guys, JC
6:50 those bottle brush trees are a long way from australa
I have never seen anyone use wheels on a dinghy here in the Caribbean. For cleaning the topsides, I bought a suction cup handle meant to be a secure hand-hold in a shower. Two strong suction cups on a handle that looks like an old-timey telephone handset. Suction activated by a lever. Works great.
Excellent video thanks
For dinghy wheels, see the video of Clack and Emily of Temptress. Also in the tropics because the tyde maybe not that much but when a beach has a small slope you still have to wolk a lot with the dinghy.
even motoring, put a bit of sail to avoid the motion. nice video as always. 😀
Super nice. I like all the little details from the places you visit. Get a lot of hefty fireworks for orcas or even whales in the future and don't hesitate to start using them. You don't want to lose your home of lives for the sake of an attacking animal's ear drums.
I have Plastic Paddle steamer type wheels on my dinghy. They are good on sand, very rattly on hard surfaces. I would like pneumatic tyres one day. The only thing you have to be careful about with them is that they fold up pretty high and can restrict the turn of the Outboard
take a piece of 75 mm pvc tube make a 300 mm straight length with a tab that bends over the dingy transom. a small piece of rope will stop the anchor from dropping through. it will keep the anchor from moving about and can be hunk by the pvc hook anywhere on Athena
One explanation I have heard on Y.T. is the Orcas and the Tuna fishermen in that area are competing for the same fish and fishermen jabbing at whale with what have you to try to get Tuna on boat.Stay safe!!! P.S. Not drinking is not healthy!!!