Sail Life - This has annoyed us for over a year! Finally fixed.
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- I purchased a manual watermaker as a backup called QuenchSea (www.quenchsea....). In this video, I also finally get to fix something that has been driving us nuts for the last year. The companionway steps kept vibrating open - no more! Finally, Ava and I take a stab at making delicious Pastel de Nata. Didn't work our 100% as we had hoped ...
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I'm amazed how this channel evolves so nicely, with Ava contributing more and more. The episodes feel somewhat less scripted and planned - take that as a complement. But it does add to the cozy feeling of watching you two have fun making these videos. So keep up the natural spirit, and have a happy New Year. Cheers.
Well said.
Yes I was going to say the same. You both had me in stitches, so funny 😂
Thank you so much for saying and for watching! We are working hard to keep the content new and exciting!
I 100% agree. This is one of my can’t miss videos.
I concur, Ava brings a lot to the table.
"Cooking with Ava" is so enjoyable to watch. The "mistakes" keep it very human - not unlike watching my wife cook. "I'm trying something new" is always the start of her kitchen adventures. I'm the technical one (although she has the engineering degree vs my science degree). Together, life is an adventure worth living.
Anytime my ex-wife said that, I'd go get the fire extinguisher. :)
@@FrostyDog9186 - My wife is a good cook. My need for fine dining is relatively low, partly due to being diabetic (thank you Agent Orange). But today she made prime rib. She can do no wrong now!
@@jepomer oh, my ex is a good cook, too, but some of her experiments could get out of hand. :)
It’s always an adventure in the kitchen 😂 Happy New Year!
On a boat we find that cooking often requires a dollop of ingenuity since many specified ingredients are often not available so substitution is required. The ability to go back to the store to buy more is a rare luxury. We carry a lot of dried and powdered items and have had to experiment in how to use them in other's recipes instead of fresh as specified. Not all experiments are successful but we often eat the disasters anyhow.
Ava is ridiculously charming and funny! Lucky man to have such a great mate.
Companionway looks great, but, Ava, you're the star of the show! AC: normally the heat exchanger's live below the waterline, I'll be interested in your unit, if it arrives in time. Oh, and the guy in the market spoke wonderful English!
The best cooking show on TH-cam...sticky hands down!
Ava is such a natural in the vlogs! Her inputs really add an other dimension to the episodes.
That is so kind of you to say! Happy New Year!
Season 1, Episode 1: Great sense of humor, you guys. Made it fun to watch.
ava is loaded with personality!
I vote most delightful cooking segment on a boat to date. Maybe consider simpler cookies during your crossing? :)
OMG! I thoroughly enjoyed the comedy baking show! I had to pause the video several times because I was laughing so hard. Thanks! :)
That looked like the two of you were having fun. Congratulations on 110K subs! You both deserve it.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I just love to see what these 2 are up to. They have so mush fun that I have fun as well. I laugh at them and with them. Thanks.
Holy cow! This is probably one of my favorite episodes! Ava, I wish I enjoyed life as much as you do! You are a model for us all! And i am totally stealing that companion way latch idea! Just awesome!
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Year!
Fantastic video! Fair seas on the crossing!
When the wind doesn't cooperate, COOK! My kind of thinking. Happy New Year guys.
I love the adventures with Ava!
Love you guys!
So funny to watch you "both" cooking the comments also shows how well you know each other. Great content.
Ok that was fun, from the "that didn't work" to the "little to much butter" it looks like y'all had a fun time and it looks like a good dessert as well.
Glad to see that Ava was not disheartened by the bad egg experience. However, what if the bad egg had been the last egg she was cracking into that large bowl? Crack eggs into a smaller receptacle before transferring into a large bowl. That way, if one turns out to be bad it can be thrown out without wasting all the others.
Edit: Happy New Year.
Good idea 👍 Happy New Year!
We try to flip all of our eggs every day or two, turning them over in their cartons so the yolk doesn't settle. We don't refrigerate them even in the US and have had no major problems with them. We do crack eggs into a separate bowl -especially after they begin to be a little older. USA eggs that have been washed and refrigerated do not last nearly as long if kept this way compared to eggs in other countries where the natural outer coating has not been washed off.
If they are allowed to warm to room temperature and air dried so they are not covered in condensation inside their crates for a long time they do much better. We usually will open the crates when we get back to the boat and let them warm up in the sun outside in the cockpit until they warm up to room temp before bringing them in. Watch out for bird predators doing that though, some love to swoop in and make a mess trying to break and eat them.
After. 5+ years of interrsting and educational content, Ava's content is refreshing. Each week, I look forward to your Sunday's TH-cam videos. Keep it up, thanks, and Happy New Year. Cheers.
We are so glad you are enjoying the new content! Thanks for the support and happy new year!
Happy New Year! Mads, go easy on the kitchen magic, the LAST thing you want is for Ava to hand you the wand.
Haha! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year and thank you for sharing you journey with us! Stay Orca free, and hope your crossing to the Caribbean is mostly cloudless and breezy.
Thank you so much! Happy New Year🎉
LOL... yeah, we want more "Cooking with Ava"
It could only have been better if you were trying to make them at sea, in gale force winds :O
Haha! That would be a good challenge!
@@SailLife in the UK, there used to be a 70s show with Bruce Forsyth called the Generation Game... An expert would show them how to make or do something, and then the players had to 'try' to do it, in a set time. some of them were hilarious.
I got that vibe, watching you cook :)
stay well, stay warm
We need to hear the story of the broken handle Saillife coffee cup.
Mads and Ava, you can never have a treat that is too buttery. Thank you for a wonderful year of videos. Happy New Year.
That was a fun episode to watch. Thanks for the laughd and please keep it light. Just love the way that Ava is so honest about her fascination with things like cobbles that European folk take for granted everyday. Very refreshing to hear the view from a fresh pair of eyes.
Wishing fair winds for Canaries passage soon.
Love, peace and a Happy New Year.
Happy New Year!
Sorry, Mads, I have to agree with Ava here: handy as the the shelf may be, the NAS box looks better in the wicker basket. 😊
Ava, since you love cobble stone streets, when you both make it to America, check out Boston and Savannah, both have lots of cobblestoned streets!
My Quenchsea showed up also Kingman Az. Thanks for the update, was wondering about the membranes. Love your channel.
Excellent episode guys! Both of you are really coming out of your 'shells' in the latest videos. Love the little bits of madness! Happy New Year to you both & fair winds for this years ventures!
A few notes, I have seen commercial truck windshield wiper motors used to run US Army surplus manual water makers, driving the pump arm instead of you.
Second, simple syrup. 2 parts sugar, one of water and just bring to a simmer. Done. Great for sweetening cold drinks as well.
Third, crack fresh eggs in a separate bowl one at a time. One bad egg isn’t a problem when it’s the first egg when it’s the sixth....
I’m so looking forward to the next cooking show, this was so funny.
Glad you liked it! Happy New Year!
Cake making with Ava & making a Mess!
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍
Thank you so much for your history. I knew you were a special lady and you proved it by opening up to us. Your ‘realness’ is and lack of self consciousness is beautiful. I honestly look forward to seeing you every week. Keep it up. Just keep being you. Love ya.
Awesome fun guys! The cobblestones were amazing! Cooking and carpentry are similar, messes and mistakes will be made, as long as the result is good is what matters. The pastry and the companionway steps came out great!
That was fun to watch. We sat here laughing lots
Glad you like it! Happy New Year!
Hi depending on the data on the NAS consider making it part of your Emergency Plan and place it in a pelican case you can take with something added to make it float/signal unit. Not a nice thought but you will be glad you have it especially if you place all your important stuff on there. Where you are going there is no calling 911 like the Americans would say..We don't have 911 :D
PS Don't stir the sugar while cooking it causes it to crystallize just boil.
The joy of sailing is never worrying about how long it takes...oh and there is never an instance of "To Much Butter"......Happy New Year!...John
Two true statements. Happy New Year!
Elaborate patterned cobblestone walkways for the win! I agree with Ava, these are amazing. I keep seeing more reasons to add Portugal to our list.
We love Ava....Cooking on Athena is something we would watch. Keep up the great work.
Knowing you Mads, this is most likely not an issue, but I noticed that the top edge (all edges??) of the removable companionway step unit was "raw??" (well unpainted) plywood. Somehow I am certain that it is sealed against all of the pressure possible times a factor of at least three, but giving a a coat of nice white epoxy may make is look more SPIFFY.
ENJOYING IT ALL!!
I'm glad you are being so flexible about waiting for a weather window. The sign of a smart sailor.
Thank you for saying! We try to keep it safe 👍
Your best episode yet!!!! :-) :-) I just LOVE Eva's (Ava's?) completely natural ease in front of the camera. The mistakes and laughter between you is also very endearing. I have been watching you for years, and am enjoying your channel more and more with your growing content delivery!!!
Love the Mads and Ava cooking show! You both play off each other so nicely. 🙂 Hopefully, you get a good weather window soon. Looking forward to watching your passage westward. Best of luck!
“Ava’s affinity for miniature things…” Careful Mads, careful.
Lol…clever.😂
I was hoping someone would point that out lol
🤣😂
Well it was Bone Appetite, wasn’t it?
You two are awesome together. Love the funny off the script jokes 🤣
yes, Ava is lovely, and Mads has a unique way of describing things that are very funny. Actually those little cakey things looked yummy and if being a tad overly buttery is the only problem, then the next batch are sure to be perfect!!! Most old fashioned cooks, don't look at cooking as a science. It's just something, which after trial and error improves.
Glad your enjoying!
Could you replace the bottom latches with a close fitting "peg" and divot for it to fit in? As you can create leverage with the new latches, as long as this joint is tight, you will just need to lift it up and out and still get a tight fit.
As the bottom of the surfaces can touch, it might even reduce flex even more as there will be extra support down the bottom
I had the same thought, perhaps with a well spaced pair of pegs for extra stability, or a wide single tenon. It would require some thought to ensure no blind pockets were created to trap debris...
Thank you for sharing your adventure with us. I look forward to your videos each week. The time is close that the videos will be more and more daily life on a sailboat and that is great. Life is about change and you both are an example of taking charge of you life and living it your way.
Nice baking Ava!
Thank you 😋
What a great way to ring in the new year. Hysterical. Happy, merry to both of you. 2023 here we come! 🇨🇦
I love this cooking channel!
We've come a long way from 5.25" hard drives. Thankfully. 18 count eggs a few days ago at Walmart we're almost $8.
I truly enjoyed the "cooking with Ava" part of the video. You two make enjoyable videos from the DYI projects, cooking/baking to sight seeing. Safe travels and Happy New Year too.
Great episode.
Please: More baking! That was awesome, I love how you two interact.
You got it!
Hi , have a great new year and the cooking was like a West , tart with some thickening to give it strength . Yes it is harder than one thinks making those custard tarts as our home kitchen has seen the fall out after giving it a go , really glad our local LIDIL,s are cooking them now . Your always fun to watch and enjoy your selves . All the best on your adventures .😀👍👍👍👍
Wow, purty dang spiffy stairs, and we love your baking together. 💛👍👍⛵
Glad you liked it! Happy New Year!
Really nice to see a bit of DIY. You are so exceptional with your attention to detail and your results are superlative. As a former professional baker, I enjoyed the tart making. If you find the fat running out of the pastry, increase your oven temperature just a tiny bit - 10 degrees F should do it. This way the fat bakes into the pastry and makes for a tender, melt in the mouth texture. Cheers.
Wow that’s great to know! Thank you!
you two are so adorable together love your videos. so cute I laughed too hard watching you. with love , Thank you
😊 thank you. Happy New Year!
Cooking with Ava is so funny. It looks like you've been on the 'sauce'..Great fun. You should rune the DIY stuff too...perhaps not.
While you wait for the A/C to arrive, you could recess that monitor and fill in that gap by the pole between the galley and nav station...
We could but....what else would we have to drive our viewers nuts? 😝
I laughed when I saw that Athena is in a slip near Artemis.
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Great episode, loved the cooking. Mads, when are you going to do something about that frocking hole where the pole comes out of the chart table. I know you are teasing us all with this but, come on….that has been bugging us all for soooo long. Andy UK
But then what will I have to tease you guys with afterward?!😂 Happy New Year!
Ava has such a sarcastic sense of humor which would go over well with an Aussie or Brit, a Danish computer programmer, not so much, I can see her influence slowly rubbing off on Mads though, but most of the time I think Mads struggles with her humor.
You guys are great. Looking forward to more "Adventures with Ava and Matts"
I lived in Lisbon for 15 months. Those mosaic style pavements can get mortally slippery in the rain! As for pasteis de nata, I took one look at making them, and decided just to buy them instead...
That was probably very wise of you. Your right they do get slippery!
What can be more informative, History with Ava, or Cooking with Ava?....hmmmm...lol
In the Azores, during festivals we take local flowers (that come in a ton of colors) and lay it down in the middle of street in designs. After awhile with people walking on it will release a very pleasing smell in the air. I live in the states in a heavily Portuguese influence area and the festivals happen here not so much the flowers but all the same, those custards are found in the Portuguese bakeries also sweet rice yummmm.
Wow that sounds incredible! Hopefully we’ll be able to see that one day when we sail to the Azores!
Happy new year. Loved the video and the Ava spiffiness cooking thanks and keep going!
Just so you know, I am very happy you did not cross over to 60Hz video yet. I can do 1080p but so many channels are going to 60Hz lately so I am stuck with 480p. Yes, I should just buy new equipment but I hate trashing perfectly fine computers.
Pate Brisee in a nutshell. Have everything chilled, bowl flour, butter, ice water. Cut butter into cubes the size of your thumbnail. Measure flour by sifting into cup, a packed cup of flour will hold twice as much flour. Dump flour into chilled bowl, dump cubed butter into bowl, stir with fingers to coat and separate butter cubes. Using your hands find each butter cubes and smush it while under the flour, this should only take a minute or two, leaving a crumbly looking mixture. Still by hand add ice water a spoon at a time, sprinkled on the water vs making a puddle, mix in adding just enough water to allow the dough to hold together. Dump onto plastic wrap, smoosh into a ball, wrap in plastic, set in fridge to rest. The goal is to do this without the butter getting soft and it is ruined if the butter melts. When rolled out the pieces of butter trapped in the dough make a delightfully flakey crust. Don't think that the more you work the dough the better, it's not, do the steps, it should not take more than 2 - 3 minutes from start to finish.
Awesome episode!! Mads can handle diy boat projects and Eva all the diy baking projects!!
Stay safe and we'll see you next week.
Love you too xxx
"More butter is good!" Chef Jean-Pierre... Here: www.youtube.com/@ChefJeanPierre
Love baking on Athena with Ava! :D - You guys crack me up! :D
Glad you liked it!
Hi from the other Lagos….Nigeria wishing you all a fantastic new year!
Happy New Year! 🎉
I joined this journey way back when Mads first acquired this boat and was concerned that after enjoying the lengthy renovation that the actual sailing content may have lost my interest. I neednt have worried. Its you pair that are holding my interest. Thanks Guys and Happy Sailing in 2023.
My wife and I laughed the whole way through this video..baking on the high seas by Madds and Ava
It has been an abnormal egg year for us as well, we had two double yolks making our eggs Benedict on Christmas. Way to power through guys. Pretty dang spiffy!
I always check my eggs in one of those 200g Nutella cups. Rarely do i find a bad one, but it's worth the effort. Two cups of Nutella are also good at separating the egg. You prop one cup against the other's side and tilt the egg until the white fall out, the yolk is held by the side of the cup and because the lips are much more rounded than regular cups, they don't break. Oh and there's a few cups out there that come with various measurements (new year's special editions). Some have ounces, some have grams, some have ml measurements.
Nice to see the fridge island levitating countertop in action finally. It's pretty awesome.
Yeah, it’s been working out great 👍
It's pretty dang spiffy. ;)
Rocking your channel! “Cheffing with A&M” 🎉😊
Happy new year great cooking mmm
Happy new year!
Unobtainium 2000 still makes me chuckle every time I see it.
Nice NAS unit !
So Ava, lets make MADS do some complex baking while being filmed. Then see what he says!!
Loved the cooking show. BTW, there's no such thing as too much butter. Happy New Year!
Ava you can never use to much butter.😃
Love the cooking on the boat thingy. Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
The cooking lesson was just too much fun !! Hope Ava decides to do more episodes in the kitchen (galley), she is a wonderful tour guide also. The idea that we learn sumptin in each video whether it is boat repairs, maintenance, building dodads, and now cooking on a sailboat. Love you two !!
Mads , I have two Quench Sea pumps for sale. Much reduced as I ordered three.
Great baking, far better than the TV types. After all that intense pastry and egg work at least a week of fog time is necessary, perhaps add some pre chill days for the air con to arrive.
Happy New Year you Two. Hang in there Mother Nature sometimes is a Pain
Ava, I clean before baking too. 😂 Pastry dough is so finicky. Looks like it turned out great! Mads, I like your attention to redundancy. Ava keeps you fed and you keep her safe. What a team!
I’ll try that recipe in the truck.
And now, for the smushing of the snake! Hilarious
It’s so entertaining watching and be entertained by Eva, inside and outside the boat. Y’all keep up the good work. Sail safe ⛵️👍
Thanks so much! Happy New Year!
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ll the laughing!!!
I just love this channel, Mads has a unique disposition that draws me rite in and the relationship between the two of them is so genuine, it's really hard to watch an episode without feeling happy for them. I wish I had Mads carpentry and PC skills, everything he touches turns out so beautiful, I would love to buy that boat if they ever stop sailing, it just gets nicer with every episode. I love this content !
Yes it would a brilliant boat to buy. It is probably the most high tech boat on the seas right now, for its size. I fyou were to buy it, you would require a 10 day systems's course just to take advantage of it's technology!
This is incredibly kind! We are so glad you enjoy the videos! Thank you for your support and Happy New Year!