I am absolutely shocked that you haven't reached the 100 K level before now... You've always been an awesome channel and pretty much every sailing channel that I subscribe to are mentioning you or quoting you, and have been for years... Well deserved congratulations !!.. I feel like you've finally gotten that overlooked by the Oscars nod lol.
You have earned that button, Mads.....and Ava. I've been along for the ride since the number was about 20k, and I know of no one who has put more effort and thought into a "somewhat extensive refit" that those of us in my neck of the woods would call a complete rebuild, ground up restoration. You are a regular guy who got lucky with a special lady, and are preparing to live the best part of your lives. As all this work, all the filming, and all the days run together, take it from a guy married to his high school sweetheart for 43 years...stop, enjoy, take it all in, and extract every ounce of life from every day, because time truly does fly.
On behalf of those of us undergoing our own "somewhat extensive refit" I'd like to say thanks for your channel. There are times where I get depressed about the time and difficulty level associated with all the work I still have left to do on my own boat but your channel and your optimism always gives me hope. Best wishes for a great 2022.
I'm from South Africa and the ocean is 600km from my house. I have been following you for a long time and I have learned so much about sailboats. I can't wait for Sunday nights to watch your channel.
In the beginning, It never occured to me that you might have a huge channel. It does not surprise me though. Refitting Athena has easily become my favorite and has brought much joy and many smiles over the years! Athena is a sailboat to be admired in every way and I thank you for sharing your fantastic journey!! All the best for 2022 Mads and Eva.
I honestly can not explain to you how much I look forward to you two every Sunday! I also want you to know that though I watch several sailing channels,you guys aren't even my first ;) Sail Life is by far my favorite. You guys motivate me more and more every Sunday to take the leap and join the sailing community. I want to thank Sail Life for being awesome!
Of all the years of this somewhat extensive refit I think 2021 represents the culmination of the significant investment of time you have been made in restoring and improving Athena. But 2021 also represented a significant change of pace which seemed to accelerate as the Schengen clock ticked and brought lots of mini projects to a conclusion and saw the sum of cosmetic finishes complete to such a stunning effect. Setting up for a series drogue - have you seen Roger Taylor’s (Ming 2) video of using these he is absolutely convinced it has saved the situation for him - but in Ming 2 he went further and thought about how to speed up and simplify deployment which he believes is equally important. Worth a look. Congratulations for recruiting so many subscribers into what is,by definition, a minority interest compared to doing make up or cute little kittens. Well done for 2021 and 2022 beckons for another exciting chapter.😀👍⛵️
Congrats on 100k and Merry Christmas! That guy locking the door to his house had the face of one sailing off into the unknown with all its the hopes and fears. A salute to the Mads of Christmas past and all those who started new adventures, great or small.
Mads, I remember finding your channel back when you were at about 11k subs, have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos every week since then. Don't think I have missed one. Congratulations on the 100K! You have absolutely earned it! Now with Ava, it seems things are only getting better as time goes on. Hoping you two have an awesome 2022!
The biggest optimization for the cone process that I can see is to strip sow them or basically take one cone prepared as you have it, and then once the end of the webbing on that cone is at the back of the foot, insert the next cone under the front of the presser foot. After a little bit of practice, you can get to the point where you can do many of them through the machine without ever stopping the sewing machine. Tip from a quilter who assembles blocks this way.
Having watched this video I think you might be the rock star of boat DIY ! Unbelievable amount of work in 2021 and congratulations on the TH-cam 100k milestone.
Listen to an old Sailor , who spend years in the Navy: Out on Sea and in front of a Judge, you are in the hands of God. It is good to read books and develop your own theory, but ultimately collecting empirical data that you manage to survive(!), will give you a hint what to do the next time around. Anyways...your channel is ace! Keep up the good work!
I personally started watching and enjoying you around the time you bought Athena, then went back and watched all your videos. Man those first ones with you sailing Obelix not talking very much were a little concerning... just proves that you can do anything with enough practice and determination! so proud of the work you have done with Obelix and now Athena! Really nice!
Not checked in on your channel for a good few years. It was genuinely heart-warming to see you inside the damn thing, dust free, warm and cosy. Happy New year.
Congratulations Mads. You have worked, not only hard but Meticulous Perfectionly HARD! Good luck to you and Ava both for the next 100,000. Safe sailing ⛵🍾🥂
There's so much to say about your tenacity, dedication, stamina and ingenuity. I don't even know where to begin. So I'll just say well done. I'm super impressed by everything that you've done so far. Simply blown away! It really gives me renowned faith in humanity. The world needs more of you two. You are the cutest couple I just love it. Happy new year. May all your wishes come true this coming year.
Well done on the YT 100K! Can't understand why you weren't there before now, but at least you are now. Sad to see the Christmas decorations gone so quickly - they were really nice. You guys really achieved so much in 2021 and let's hope that 2022 is also a very good year for both of you!
Dude, you are nothing short of a true hero. Looking at this video made me realize I've been following you for about all these years and feeling with you on the various steps you made to where you two are today. Saying something like "if this diy man might ever find a lady to join him" and I don't know how many other glorious quotes. You are an example for many with your perseverance. And although to my taste you have a bit to much goodies on your boat your devotion is mind-blowing. Keep up the video's, I love to be 1 of 100K, and I can't wait to see the start of your first crossing, the gulf of Biscay ! (also for this reason very interested in the series drogue! ;).
Although I’m not a sailer, the thought of being in the middle of an ocean in poor weather scares the hell out of me, my preference being a land yacht. I’ve followed your brilliant blogs from the very first, finding them both really interesting and amazed at you various skill sets. Happy new Year stay safe and get vaccinated if you haven’t already, it’s free and there’s walk in centres you can go to.
WHat a fitting end to the year - the 100K button. Hearty congratulations. Having watched you for many years - its hard to believ it took this long since your content over those years has been truly excellent!.Wishing you the best for the New Year. Thank you for all those videos.
Happy Christmas both. Thanks for all the entertainment this year. The range and quality of the work you do on Athena is quite amazing. You definitely earned your 100,000 followers. It always amazes me how many other sailing TH-camrs reference you on their channels, especially when sanding.
If you are going across the Atlantic and oceans you have a good chance of being caught out in a F7 or more. In my humble opinion there are a few things below decks you could do with like fiddles on the edge of work surfaces, more hand holds, Lee cloths etc.
@Sail Life - just remember to plug in that SSD regularly for a day or so. SSDs lose data over time (charge leaking from cells), they're not really made for offline archiving. For that, use good old spinning rust.
Definitely it was a great year for Athena, lots of hardworking make it look so beautiful and make her fully ready to sail all over the world. To avoid some issues on the future and make all things easier, I think to have a personal NAS to storage all the channel files would be a great addition, to have all Athena digital life ready on the go. Also a die cutter would make all those sewing cutting patterns so much easier and faster, and could be useful too in some other projects, like make labels, templates to cut and align items, patches, make some designs over a material to decorate, make birthday and Christmas postcards and so, they are really useful. Hope you have a great 2022 guys. Cheers
Congratulations you two! Now, I've spotted your mast head camera in action... Mads, go into it's Web page and turn the IR lights off. Unless you're in small room they're useless. The Raymarine cameras are amazing in low light, but if you need to illuminate use a spot light, it works a treat. We have a forward aft mast mounted flood lights which serve this and other purposes really well... now, back to your video! Hahaa, video finished. 2021 is all about Eva. Mads, you make us blokes weak at the knees with your commitment and all round skills, Eva is back at our level and adds another dimension to the videos. We'll done to the pair of you! Mads, that boat is nearly finished, just what will you do with all that spare time? Of course, you have Eva, and your channel will be a sailing channel! Just one other comment, I too studied drogues, but, just when are you going sailing when a force 9, or more, is forecast... never, I hope. Useful for when the Orcas knock your rudder off though! Sailing is such good fun, honest, now what's next on he DIY list?!!
*"but, just when are you going sailing when a force 9, or more, is forecast... [?]"* When crossing oceans, one doesn't always get the weather one hopes for, and weather bombs can spring up too quickly to avoid. (And with climate change kicking up a gear in coming years, extreme and unpredictable weather events are going to become more common.) A JSD is cheap last-resort insurance against an eventuality one hopes to never encounter. Better to have it, and never need it, than need it, and not have it. *"Useful for when the Orcas knock your rudder off though!"* Actually, a JSD makes for a pretty bad emergency rudder (it slows the boat too much). There are smaller drogues available that make for far better emergency steering devices, but are not so good at 'ultimate storm' survival.
@@Garryck-1 Yes! you're absolutely right.. and a soft drogue takes up minal space and they weigh very little. And yes we have one. Just watch it doesn't need wrap the prop. Grib files are important for weather predictions and we deemed a system with backup was the first priority. Hello Iridium, just watch the cost.
@@Garryck-1 Yes, why weather info can't be issued on the GPS sat. network, what a win winthat would be.... fingers crossed for Elon, I heard of super yachts running up million pound bills, per year, with sat phone data connections!
Pheeeew. That was a "somewhat extensive" progress for a simple year! I started watching when you did your first sailing with Obelix. Now look at that. I am a witness of a DIY fairy tale. You deserve my personal platinum diamond moonstone TH-cam award, I am sure I watched not all videos once, but twice or some of them even many MANY more times (by the factor of 10: the hilarious episode installing that nasty wifi range extender). I have a "Sail Life" sticker on my car and I am so proud of it. You are part of my life and I coulnd't be happier to be a fellow follower. Here is my question for an upcoming Q&A: What do you feel, when you walk along the dock and see Athena? Do you see a boat, a project, a part of your life or just a sailing vessel? All the best to you two. Thank you for having me. Uwe
Mads, for your Q & A. Whatever happened to your Latte Panda, you had such big plans for its integration - I was hoping it would be the star of the Nav Table somehow. Cheers and keep on keeping on.
I remember that device. Probably like my nano-itx board I bought and never used. Technology changes so fast that it's outdated before we get around to it.
Wow, what an update video. It's hard to believe where you were at the start of the year and how far you've come. I got a kick out of seeing your LSZ-1, there's one sitting under my salon table right now waiting for the Christmas laziness to be over before I start my winter sewing extravaganza. And that plaque, well that's just pretty dang spiffy. You're a youtube bigshot now.
I studied drogues and ended up adopting Skip Novak's viewpoint which is to simply heave to in really bad weather/seas. Drogues can be difficult and dangerous to recover. Having said that I do keep small steering drogues in case of rudder or steering mechanism failure. Totally just my opinion and I'm a single-hander which influences my thinking. You need some pretty hefty cleats and certainly a winch maybe with a powered winch handle.
I'm not so impressed by Skip Novak's perspective on this. There can come a point in a really bad storm where heaving to is no longer effective, as a few people have learned the hard way. Also, Skip disses the JSD out of hand, whilst admitting that *he's never even tried using one!* I have a lot of respect for him, but to me, that's the height of arrogance. I'd have respected him more if he'd simply admitted that he wasn't qualified to hold an opinion about them. I suspect he's gotten a little set in his ways and is beginning to believe in his own legend. Also, *"[y]ou need some pretty hefty cleats"* ... rubbish. A FAR better way to go is a pair of heavy-duty horizontally-mounted chainplates at the stern. That way, all the forces are transmitted to the hull in a straight line through the center of mass, instead of having to traverse right angles mounted higher up. See what Roger Taylor did with 'Mingming 2' for an example of how to do a JSD properly.
Merry Christmas and happy new year. Congrats on the 100k subs and silver play button sailor. Great work Mads and Ava. You’ll find a good place to put it. Fair winds!
Congratulations on your TH-cam plage. Wow I was one of your first viewers back in the day. Always enjoyed your videos. Wish they were longer. Sending love from Australia to both of you. May your new year be filled with love and safety ☺️
Well done Mads, you have one of the most interesting and giving sailboat/DIY channels one can find. The quality in which you carry out your projects is at the level of pedantry (🤣) which is great! At the same time your videos are very detailed. That makes it possible for us other mortals, to copy you and strive to get the best results possible. You think like an engineer when you go about with your projects, the solutions you find to problems are very interesting and inspiring. Thanks!
Big thank you for the years of awesome shows. Ava - I hope you are enjoying the new life. Your segments are a great addition to the program. Keep them coming (I mean, if you want.)
Thank you Mads for the best way to start the new week. You have been an inspiration for us and you truly reflect the ideal in focusing on the 'journey' being your destination. PS: great tip on nauticalia source for the ship's standards!
Something for you Q & A session - It must have been quite a shock for both of you living together 24-7 after being one your own for such a long time. Have to both coped with the changes you both must have been through in the past few months. And what do you do if you have an arrangement, which must inevitably happen between couples now and again. My wife and I went from both being on our own for years to living together as a married couple in a new country trying to create and organic smallholding in France. All the very best to you both. Phil
well deserved Mads!!! for q&a: Is athena has insurance? this is so labor and emotionally intensive project that I would not do any move without a proper insurance.
Looking good! I made a video yesterday of my work on my own sailboat and I used your non trademarked catch phrase "Oh glorious sanding". Sure is fun to say.
WOW, I just started watching before you hit the water, no idea how much you accomplished in 2021. Time to stop saying 'old Athena' - she looks brand new - very high on the 'SPIFFY' index!!!
for the Q&A - i've been watching your channel for several years now, and since the majority of that time has NOT been out sailing, i've often wondered something....if my memory is correct, back when you had just purchased Athena in Scotland, and made the journey back home, it seemed that you got pretty seasick on the journey. I've wondered if, after all of the years of hard work getting Athena refit, you (and not Ava) would still struggle with seasickness and have any regrets about full time life on the water. the month or so you spent getting to the UK didn't mention any motion sickness, but you were motoring in calm water.....so, any motion sickness concerns?
Hi Mads and Ava, it would be nice if you could dedicate a video to your electrical installation: from fundamental questions like which voltage to choose over solar panels, its controllers to the alternator and its controller.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Mads & Ava. Congrats on hitting 100k subscribers and thank you for all the entertainment and information you have provided over the years. Looking forward to more adventures in 2022.
Q: why don’t you have a cockpit tent yet? It expands you living space enormous! And thanks for your channel, I like a lot!! And congrats with your TH-cam button!
Congratulations guys on reaching 100k subscribers; well deserved 👏!! Do you have any kitchen island worktop left over? A piece on top of charging area/box would be a nice addition. Thanks for all the Sunday evening entertainment, and Happy New Year.
This short summary shows again what a great guy you are. You achieved a lot during this year. I can’t wait for the next episode next Sunday evening. You videos are part of my weekly routine. Thanks to you Mads.
Thank you Mads and Ava for the year in review. You have accomplished a massive amount of work and should be very proud of Athena. Looking forward to next year. Take care, stay well and have a very Happy New Year.
Amazing progress this year! You get more done in month, then most do in a year, keep going on the DIY projects. I've learned so much about boats from your channel.
Happy new year guys I've been with you from the beginning Mads. The first thing I've watched every Monday here in Australia. Looked forward to your incredible journey each week. What a job, just beautiful. Ava you bring a new light to Athena may you live long and happy together. Thank you guys so much. Mark and Sue
Merry Christmas! & I’m amazed you still have some Quality Street sweeties left, or has it become a new ‘doohicky’!? You did so much over the past year, but that is true for each of the previous years as well! I’m verymuch looking forward to you next instalment & your future adventures - see you 🎄
So great videos! Boat retrofit is really an adventure same if everything seems easy with you, i love that. Please continue DIY and do not forget to enjoy too discovering new places 😉 Long Sail Life, thank you both !
Excellent episode summarizing your accomplishments this year, wow, although I watched every one, I had forgotten the extent of your accomplishments. Btw, you forgot to mention Eva’s great decorating accomplishments for the festive season. Your videos are excellent, well planned, well executed& edited and no wonder you hit the 100k club. 👌👌 Can’t wait for what 2022 will bring, besides many additional subscribers.
Congrats on 100K and the plaque looks pretty dang spiffy. One update I would love to hear would be a year-end report on the hydronic heating. What works. improvements made and planned. sound levels inside and out.
Congratulations Mads and Ava on the TH-cam achievement. Additionally, wow... what a lot you have achieved with Athena these last 12 months. Looking forward to more DIY fun and sailing adventures to come.
Great review of the year, Mads. It all looks so simple when you do it like that. I didn't notice the subscriber number but I am not surprised. I think your channel will continue to grow, as I hear you getting mentions on other channel I watch. Thanks for sharing.
It would be fitting, I think, to mount the TH-cam “silver button” in the technical compartment. Happy New Year !!
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Put then how would I brag about it to guests? Just kidding the first stop on the tour is always the technical compartment ;) Happy New Year!
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Hang on the corner of the wall outside the head. Seems like that would be the perfect location and it would show up in videos.
That would look pretty… dang… spiffy
I am absolutely shocked that you haven't reached the 100 K level before now... You've always been an awesome channel and pretty much every sailing channel that I subscribe to are mentioning you or quoting you, and have been for years... Well deserved congratulations !!.. I feel like you've finally gotten that overlooked by the Oscars nod lol.
You have earned that button, Mads.....and Ava. I've been along for the ride since the number was about 20k, and I know of no one who has put more effort and thought into a "somewhat extensive refit" that those of us in my neck of the woods would call a complete rebuild, ground up restoration. You are a regular guy who got lucky with a special lady, and are preparing to live the best part of your lives. As all this work, all the filming, and all the days run together, take it from a guy married to his high school sweetheart for 43 years...stop, enjoy, take it all in, and extract every ounce of life from every day, because time truly does fly.
Where is Jökull?
There's a difference between Mads and Jack : Mads is not lazy !!! Fantastic job done and I wish you all the very best for 2022
On behalf of those of us undergoing our own "somewhat extensive refit" I'd like to say thanks for your channel. There are times where I get depressed about the time and difficulty level associated with all the work I still have left to do on my own boat but your channel and your optimism always gives me hope. Best wishes for a great 2022.
I'm from South Africa and the ocean is 600km from my house. I have been following you for a long time and I have learned so much about sailboats. I can't wait for Sunday nights to watch your channel.
In the beginning, It never occured to me that you might have a huge channel. It does not surprise me though. Refitting Athena has easily become my favorite and has brought much joy and many smiles over the years! Athena is a sailboat to be admired in every way and I thank you for sharing your fantastic journey!! All the best for 2022 Mads and Eva.
I always feel like his channel is "This old house" for boats.
100 per cent
I honestly can not explain to you how much I look forward to you two every Sunday! I also want you to know that though I watch several sailing channels,you guys aren't even my first ;) Sail Life is by far my favorite. You guys motivate me more and more every Sunday to take the leap and join the sailing community. I want to thank Sail Life for being awesome!
Of all the years of this somewhat extensive refit I think 2021 represents the culmination of the significant investment of time you have been made in restoring and improving Athena. But 2021 also represented a significant change of pace which seemed to accelerate as the Schengen clock ticked and brought lots of mini projects to a conclusion and saw the sum of cosmetic finishes complete to such a stunning effect. Setting up for a series drogue - have you seen Roger Taylor’s (Ming 2) video of using these he is absolutely convinced it has saved the situation for him - but in Ming 2 he went further and thought about how to speed up and simplify deployment which he believes is equally important. Worth a look. Congratulations for recruiting so many subscribers into what is,by definition, a minority interest compared to doing make up or cute little kittens. Well done for 2021 and 2022 beckons for another exciting chapter.😀👍⛵️
Upvoted for the 'Mingming 2' mention! Roger Taylor's JSD setup is the best I've seen.
Congrats on 100k and Merry Christmas! That guy locking the door to his house had the face of one sailing off into the unknown with all its the hopes and fears. A salute to the Mads of Christmas past and all those who started new adventures, great or small.
I kept stumbling across your channel researching one project after another. What a treasure trove of DIY videos!!! Fantastic
Mads, I remember finding your channel back when you were at about 11k subs, have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos every week since then. Don't think I have missed one.
Congratulations on the 100K! You have absolutely earned it!
Now with Ava, it seems things are only getting better as time goes on. Hoping you two have an awesome 2022!
The biggest optimization for the cone process that I can see is to strip sow them or basically take one cone prepared as you have it, and then once the end of the webbing on that cone is at the back of the foot, insert the next cone under the front of the presser foot. After a little bit of practice, you can get to the point where you can do many of them through the machine without ever stopping the sewing machine. Tip from a quilter who assembles blocks this way.
You really do first class work, and have maintained high focus and productivity for a long time. My hat is off to you.
Having watched this video I think you might be the rock star of boat DIY ! Unbelievable amount of work in 2021 and congratulations on the TH-cam 100k milestone.
The review made me realize how much time I wasted on TH-cam this year. Just kidding. I look forward to the Sunday night videos. Keep up the good work.
Listen to an old Sailor , who spend years in the Navy: Out on Sea and in front of a Judge, you are in the hands of God.
It is good to read books and develop your own theory, but ultimately collecting empirical data that you manage to survive(!), will give you a hint what to do the next time around.
Anyways...your channel is ace! Keep up the good work!
I personally started watching and enjoying you around the time you bought Athena, then went back and watched all your videos. Man those first ones with you sailing Obelix not talking very much were a little concerning... just proves that you can do anything with enough practice and determination! so proud of the work you have done with Obelix and now Athena! Really nice!
You left that last box on the kitchen island unopened! Aaaaagggghhhh!!!
Not checked in on your channel for a good few years. It was genuinely heart-warming to see you inside the damn thing, dust free, warm and cosy. Happy New year.
You need a matching ships clock to complete the set congrats on the silver button
I'm surprised you only have 100K subscribers. Your content punches way above that.
Congratulations Mads. You have worked, not only hard but Meticulous Perfectionly HARD! Good luck to you and Ava both for the next 100,000. Safe sailing ⛵🍾🥂
There's so much to say about your tenacity, dedication, stamina and ingenuity. I don't even know where to begin. So I'll just say well done. I'm super impressed by everything that you've done so far. Simply blown away! It really gives me renowned faith in humanity. The world needs more of you two.
You are the cutest couple I just love it.
Happy new year. May all your wishes come true this coming year.
Well done on the YT 100K! Can't understand why you weren't there before now, but at least you are now.
Sad to see the Christmas decorations gone so quickly - they were really nice.
You guys really achieved so much in 2021 and let's hope that 2022 is also a very good year for both of you!
This is the best channel, less blah blah and more doing.
I hope you got a new Band-Aid for Christmas. Really enjoy the videos and have been watching for years. Never disappoints.
Dude, you are nothing short of a true hero. Looking at this video made me realize I've been following you for about all these years and feeling with you on the various steps you made to where you two are today. Saying something like "if this diy man might ever find a lady to join him" and I don't know how many other glorious quotes. You are an example for many with your perseverance. And although to my taste you have a bit to much goodies on your boat your devotion is mind-blowing. Keep up the video's, I love to be 1 of 100K, and I can't wait to see the start of your first crossing, the gulf of Biscay ! (also for this reason very interested in the series drogue! ;).
Congrats on 100K guys, you've earned every one of them X 2. Happiest of Holidays and the New Years going to be Pretty Darn Spiffy !!
Although I’m not a sailer, the thought of being in the middle of an ocean in poor weather scares the hell out of me, my preference being a land yacht. I’ve followed your brilliant blogs from the very first, finding them both really interesting and amazed at you various skill sets. Happy new Year stay safe and get vaccinated if you haven’t already, it’s free and there’s walk in centres you can go to.
WHat a fitting end to the year - the 100K button. Hearty congratulations. Having watched you for many years - its hard to believ it took this long since your content over those years has been truly excellent!.Wishing you the best for the New Year. Thank you for all those videos.
Happy Christmas both. Thanks for all the entertainment this year. The range and quality of the work you do on Athena is quite amazing. You definitely earned your 100,000 followers. It always amazes me how many other sailing TH-camrs reference you on their channels, especially when sanding.
If you are going across the Atlantic and oceans you have a good chance of being caught out in a F7 or more. In my humble opinion there are a few things below decks you could do with like fiddles on the edge of work surfaces, more hand holds, Lee cloths etc.
Congratulations on the 100k milestone. Quite sure that Ava's appearance on the set boosted those figures.
Is anybody else mesmerized by the fuzz on his finger?
@Sail Life - just remember to plug in that SSD regularly for a day or so. SSDs lose data over time (charge leaking from cells), they're not really made for offline archiving. For that, use good old spinning rust.
Congrats on a well deserved silver playbutton. God knows you earned every bit of it.
Wow Mads, you are a hustler! I cant believe how much you got done and cant believe its already 100k subs!! Woohoo! Congrats
Definitely it was a great year for Athena, lots of hardworking make it look so beautiful and make her fully ready to sail all over the world. To avoid some issues on the future and make all things easier, I think to have a personal NAS to storage all the channel files would be a great addition, to have all Athena digital life ready on the go. Also a die cutter would make all those sewing cutting patterns so much easier and faster, and could be useful too in some other projects, like make labels, templates to cut and align items, patches, make some designs over a material to decorate, make birthday and Christmas postcards and so, they are really useful.
Hope you have a great 2022 guys. Cheers
Congratulations you two! Now, I've spotted your mast head camera in action... Mads, go into it's Web page and turn the IR lights off. Unless you're in small room they're useless. The Raymarine cameras are amazing in low light, but if you need to illuminate use a spot light, it works a treat. We have a forward aft mast mounted flood lights which serve this and other purposes really well... now, back to your video! Hahaa, video finished. 2021 is all about Eva. Mads, you make us blokes weak at the knees with your commitment and all round skills, Eva is back at our level and adds another dimension to the videos. We'll done to the pair of you! Mads, that boat is nearly finished, just what will you do with all that spare time? Of course, you have Eva, and your channel will be a sailing channel! Just one other comment, I too studied drogues, but, just when are you going sailing when a force 9, or more, is forecast... never, I hope. Useful for when the Orcas knock your rudder off though! Sailing is such good fun, honest, now what's next on he DIY list?!!
*"but, just when are you going sailing when a force 9, or more, is forecast... [?]"*
When crossing oceans, one doesn't always get the weather one hopes for, and weather bombs can spring up too quickly to avoid. (And with climate change kicking up a gear in coming years, extreme and unpredictable weather events are going to become more common.) A JSD is cheap last-resort insurance against an eventuality one hopes to never encounter. Better to have it, and never need it, than need it, and not have it.
*"Useful for when the Orcas knock your rudder off though!"*
Actually, a JSD makes for a pretty bad emergency rudder (it slows the boat too much). There are smaller drogues available that make for far better emergency steering devices, but are not so good at 'ultimate storm' survival.
@@Garryck-1 Yes! you're absolutely right.. and a soft drogue takes up minal space and they weigh very little. And yes we have one. Just watch it doesn't need wrap the prop. Grib files are important for weather predictions and we deemed a system with backup was the first priority. Hello Iridium, just watch the cost.
@@bobrose7900 - Yeah, Iridium prices are just crazy. Can't wait for Starlink to become available for cruising boats!
@@Garryck-1 Yes, why weather info can't be issued on the GPS sat. network, what a win winthat would be.... fingers crossed for Elon, I heard of super yachts running up million pound bills, per year, with sat phone data connections!
I am happy to be part of the first day views. Thank you for sharing.
Great video as always. My wife says it would be great to see more of Ava in the coming year. Happy New Year!
Congratulations on 100K!! Well done with hard work, humor and learning knowledge!! 2022 here we come!!
Pheeeew. That was a "somewhat extensive" progress for a simple year! I started watching when you did your first sailing with Obelix. Now look at that. I am a witness of a DIY fairy tale.
You deserve my personal platinum diamond moonstone TH-cam award, I am sure I watched not all videos once, but twice or some of them even many MANY more times (by the factor of 10: the hilarious episode installing that nasty wifi range extender). I have a "Sail Life" sticker on my car and I am so proud of it. You are part of my life and I coulnd't be happier to be a fellow follower.
Here is my question for an upcoming Q&A: What do you feel, when you walk along the dock and see Athena? Do you see a boat, a project, a part of your life or just a sailing vessel?
All the best to you two. Thank you for having me. Uwe
Mads, for your Q & A. Whatever happened to your Latte Panda, you had such big plans for its integration - I was hoping it would be the star of the Nav Table somehow. Cheers and keep on keeping on.
I remember that device. Probably like my nano-itx board I bought and never used. Technology changes so fast that it's outdated before we get around to it.
Merry Christmas from Sunny Siesta Key Florida
Wow, what an update video. It's hard to believe where you were at the start of the year and how far you've come. I got a kick out of seeing your LSZ-1, there's one sitting under my salon table right now waiting for the Christmas laziness to be over before I start my winter sewing extravaganza. And that plaque, well that's just pretty dang spiffy. You're a youtube bigshot now.
I studied drogues and ended up adopting Skip Novak's viewpoint which is to simply heave to in really bad weather/seas. Drogues can be difficult and dangerous to recover. Having said that I do keep small steering drogues in case of rudder or steering mechanism failure. Totally just my opinion and I'm a single-hander which influences my thinking. You need some pretty hefty cleats and certainly a winch maybe with a powered winch handle.
I'm not so impressed by Skip Novak's perspective on this. There can come a point in a really bad storm where heaving to is no longer effective, as a few people have learned the hard way. Also, Skip disses the JSD out of hand, whilst admitting that *he's never even tried using one!* I have a lot of respect for him, but to me, that's the height of arrogance. I'd have respected him more if he'd simply admitted that he wasn't qualified to hold an opinion about them. I suspect he's gotten a little set in his ways and is beginning to believe in his own legend.
Also, *"[y]ou need some pretty hefty cleats"* ... rubbish. A FAR better way to go is a pair of heavy-duty horizontally-mounted chainplates at the stern. That way, all the forces are transmitted to the hull in a straight line through the center of mass, instead of having to traverse right angles mounted higher up. See what Roger Taylor did with 'Mingming 2' for an example of how to do a JSD properly.
Merry Christmas and happy new year. Congrats on the 100k subs and silver play button sailor. Great work Mads and Ava. You’ll find a good place to put it. Fair winds!
Congratuations Mads for 100k! You deserve it!
Congratulations on your TH-cam plage. Wow I was one of your first viewers back in the day. Always enjoyed your videos. Wish they were longer. Sending love from Australia to both of you. May your new year be filled with love and safety ☺️
Well done Mads, you have one of the most interesting and giving sailboat/DIY channels one can find. The quality in which you carry out your projects is at the level of pedantry (🤣) which is great! At the same time your videos are very detailed. That makes it possible for us other mortals, to copy you and strive to get the best results possible. You think like an engineer when you go about with your projects, the solutions you find to problems are very interesting and inspiring. Thanks!
Congratulations on 100k! Here's to 2022 being even spiffier!
Congrats on the big TH-cam button. You worked hard for it and deserve it. Merry Christmas from Calgary, Canada
Big thank you for the years of awesome shows. Ava - I hope you are enjoying the new life. Your segments are a great addition to the program. Keep them coming (I mean, if you want.)
Thank you Mads for the best way to start the new week. You have been an inspiration for us and you truly reflect the ideal in focusing on the 'journey' being your destination. PS: great tip on nauticalia source for the ship's standards!
It's been quite the journey, Mads! Thank you for making the videos and providing years of entertainment and learning! Merry Christmas!
Something for you Q & A session -
It must have been quite a shock for both of you living together 24-7 after being one your own for such a long time. Have to both coped with the changes you both must have been through in the past few months. And what do you do if you have an arrangement, which must inevitably happen between couples now and again.
My wife and I went from both being on our own for years to living together as a married couple in a new country trying to create and organic smallholding in France.
All the very best to you both. Phil
well deserved Mads!!!
for q&a: Is athena has insurance? this is so labor and emotionally intensive project that I would not do any move without a proper insurance.
Looking good! I made a video yesterday of my work on my own sailboat and I used your non trademarked catch phrase "Oh glorious sanding". Sure is fun to say.
WOW, I just started watching before you hit the water, no idea how much you accomplished in 2021. Time to stop saying 'old Athena' - she looks brand new - very high on the 'SPIFFY' index!!!
Congratulations on your TH-cam award
for the Q&A - i've been watching your channel for several years now, and since the majority of that time has NOT been out sailing, i've often wondered something....if my memory is correct, back when you had just purchased Athena in Scotland, and made the journey back home, it seemed that you got pretty seasick on the journey. I've wondered if, after all of the years of hard work getting Athena refit, you (and not Ava) would still struggle with seasickness and have any regrets about full time life on the water. the month or so you spent getting to the UK didn't mention any motion sickness, but you were motoring in calm water.....so, any motion sickness concerns?
Congrats and Happy Holidays!! Have been enjoying (and inspired by) your channel for three years and it’s so great to see the recognition you deserve.
That's a lot of work. Quite an achievement. Stay warm!
"celcius being the unit that makes the most sense" LOL!! Lovely to see the progress, quite amazing how you have transformed the boat
Hi Mads and Ava, it would be nice if you could dedicate a video to your electrical installation: from fundamental questions like which voltage to choose over solar panels, its controllers to the alternator and its controller.
Mads, you have been an inspiration to us for over 7 years ! Congratulations on the "Silver Button" ! Fair Winds to you both in the New Year !!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Mads & Ava. Congrats on hitting 100k subscribers and thank you for all the entertainment and information you have provided over the years. Looking forward to more adventures in 2022.
Congratulations mads, we so much love your guys channel. 👍👍👋⛵💛
Congratulations on your 100,000 subscribers. You definitely have earned it! Thanks for sharing.
Q: why don’t you have a cockpit tent yet? It expands you living space enormous!
And thanks for your channel, I like a lot!! And congrats with your TH-cam button!
Congratulations guys on reaching 100k subscribers; well deserved 👏!!
Do you have any kitchen island worktop left over? A piece on top of charging area/box would be a nice addition.
Thanks for all the Sunday evening entertainment, and Happy New Year.
Congratulations on the 100K Subscribers, I only subscribed in 2022, but I do appreciate your videos a lot!
Those analog instruments look beautiful. They are works of art as well as sources of information. It makes me want some for my non-boat office.
A great year, I’ve watched all of your videos and you still keep entertaining; hope 2022 sees you keep realising the dream and fulfilling the goals..
Since you are in the UK, Happy Boxing Day!
This short summary shows again what a great guy you are. You achieved a lot during this year.
I can’t wait for the next episode next Sunday evening.
You videos are part of my weekly routine.
Thanks to you Mads.
I believe on RAN Sailing he used a Drogue to get back to Hawaii when he lost his Rudder. So might be a good idea to have options.
Congratulations on your amazing channel and progress. I am looking forward to the coming adventures.
What a beautiful Christmas gift. Congratulations again!
Way to go Mads! You were incredibly productive in 2021.
Thank you Mads and Ava for the year in review. You have accomplished a massive amount of work and should be very proud of Athena. Looking forward to next year. Take care, stay well and have a very Happy New Year.
Amazing progress this year! You get more done in month, then most do in a year, keep going on the DIY projects. I've learned so much about boats from your channel.
incredible summary. 2 minute cooking segment please.
I am looking forward to the next 52 episodes ........ Happy New Year in advance from us in Dubai to you both !
Congratulations on getting to 100k suburbs all that sanding has payed of 😂
Congratulations on your 100k, next step 1m, and thank you for a great channel.
Happy new year guys I've been with you from the beginning Mads. The first thing I've watched every Monday here in Australia. Looked forward to your incredible journey each week.
What a job, just beautiful.
Ava you bring a new light to Athena may you live long and happy together.
Thank you guys so much.
Mark and Sue
I've been watching for years. This review was neat to see all you got done this year. Happy holidays
Merry Christmas! & I’m amazed you still have some Quality Street sweeties left, or has it become a new ‘doohicky’!? You did so much over the past year, but that is true for each of the previous years as well! I’m verymuch looking forward to you next instalment & your future adventures - see you 🎄
So great videos! Boat retrofit is really an adventure same if everything seems easy with you, i love that. Please continue DIY and do not forget to enjoy too discovering new places 😉 Long Sail Life, thank you both !
Merry Christmas and happy new year you two! Watching your videos each week was a welcome respite from a really tough year. Thanks!
Excellent episode summarizing your accomplishments this year, wow, although I watched every one, I had forgotten the extent of your accomplishments. Btw, you forgot to mention Eva’s great decorating accomplishments for the festive season. Your videos are excellent, well planned, well executed& edited and no wonder you hit the 100k club. 👌👌
Can’t wait for what 2022 will bring, besides many additional subscribers.
Huge progress in 2021... congratulations and wishing you all the best for 2022!
Congrats on 100K and the plaque looks pretty dang spiffy.
One update I would love to hear would be a year-end report on the hydronic heating. What works. improvements made and planned. sound levels inside and out.
Congratulations Mads and Ava on the TH-cam achievement.
Additionally, wow... what a lot you have achieved with Athena these last 12 months. Looking forward to more DIY fun and sailing adventures to come.
Congrats on the 100k! I save your videos to watch with supper every Sunday. Love Ava's touring of the area you're docked.
Great review of the year, Mads. It all looks so simple when you do it like that. I didn't notice the subscriber number but I am not surprised. I think your channel will continue to grow, as I hear you getting mentions on other channel I watch. Thanks for sharing.