Kika's reaction on seeing snow is so innocently child like at going for a snow angel, rock testing the iced water and snow making out of hot water. Dan's telling of blocked pipes to demonstrate how to get them running is very educational. Thanks for all the hard work. 👍💖💝💖👍🍓🍒🍎
Well. I promise you’d be pretty pissed of the snow when have to fight with it for the half of the year, for decades. However, I understand the joy when just not have to fight with it too much. I just wait to see they’re crying of happiness when visiting Lofoten, because then there are no words able to describe the beauty of this landscape.
@@chrismadden74 The space we put the lights in was mostly air control lines. Blowing air lines with air is sort of redundant and adding any fluids problematic. The point was to not have the space freeze in the first place. But thanks for the tips.
There are also small wires that can go inside of pipes that can be plugged in to prevent freezing. Also, if possible, keeping the water running slightly will help to prevent freezing.
@@j.m.4045 i have seen and used wires on the outside of pipes (heat tape). Wires on the inside seams prone to problems. Keeping the water running does not work that well for boats.
The people who live in house trailers use heat tape that wraps around the plumbing that helps prevent freezing. It's like a electric heat blanket for plumbing. Also, you really need to prevent the water from freezing around the hull. I have heard that ice can squeeze a whole in the hull. Good luck and great voyages
Yes, but only really thick ice will hurt your boat. I live in Norway and have had my boat in a harbor that froze over, but because of the constant movement of the boat it rarely froze around my boat. Also most harbors in Norway are either naturally ice-free or have bubble systems keeping ice from freezing around the boats.
I’ve spent the past month and half watching all your vids and have finally caught up. You’ve got me hunting down a little day boat to learn how to sail, and explore some of the amazing lakes here in Ontario.
I love Kika's reaction to the snow! It made me smile. Also really appreciate seeing how you are dealing with the cold weather. Is there any danger to the hull with the water around you frozen?
Here's an idea for you - Do a reverse time lapse of the snow from when it's deep to back in time when it began snowing (or just earlier in the day). That would be amazing to watch.
My Intrepid explorers! O how to smile inside when I see how happy you two are. I have an idea for the soles in wintertime that I did to my basement. Cork! It’s insulative properties are amazing. Plus it’s naturally waterproof and won’t burn. 3- to 4-mm thick tiles and you can literally go barefoot on cork covered frozen concrete in winter.
You know, I think I’ve seen every episode of Sailing Uma: a channel I discovered when thinking about buying a couch. Still haven’t bought a couch, but I did buy a trimaran.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm in Texas repairing a broken water pipe in the home today, without water for the past three days. This video made my day. Gave me a pep in my step on the repairs. Dan I know TH-cam only shows us about 5 percent and it is all curated and what you allow us to see, but it looks like you hit the jackpot on the life partner sweepstakes. I always pray for you guys, and anticipate your content.
Thank for you for another great dose of Dan's ingenuity and Kika's enthusiasm, i was wondering how you both were getting on and not surprised to find that you're smashing living on a boat in the Norwegian winter :-)! Another brilliantly edited, colourbalanced, sound matched (whatever the term is for keeping the volume the same throughout), I honesly can't think of another youtube chanel that keeps the technical quality so high and yet makes the story flow so naturally. Good Luck for the rest of February! :-)! Where's next?
@@marceltromp1454 Plenty of us have actually lived it. If you want to see some video of what winter sailing is try this: th-cam.com/video/WI77llaK8X4/w-d-xo.html
Dan to keep cockpit drain lines from freezing , use a piece of bare copper wire, down thru the drain line and extending down into the sea 12-14 inches, the warmer (+1C) sea water warms the copper wire which conducts this heat upward and keeps the hose from freezing... Also de icing salt in the lines will likely prevent freezing as well... Good luck with it...
I'm feeling you, -30 at home vehicles all plugged in, heat tape everywhere and wood stove just barely keeping up. i still love my winters though. Red Mtn. 2 mins walk.
Hi Dan, hi Kika, binge watched them all over the last few months and finally caught up now. Really brings into perspective what you've achieved over the last few years and given me soooooo many useful ideas and brands for when I can finally buy my "non-couch"!! Best wishes to you both for many more years of adventures via Uma! ❤️
Right now I'm watching live the Perserverance rover landing on Mars and just now got your notification. Will def be sharing screen time between both feeds. That's how much I appreciate & value your videos, kids.
New Sub here, I've been Binge Watching your videos for 4 days now and really enjoying your adventures 😜 What a great life !!! Nice job editing Kika 😎 And Dan, your talent is awesome !!! OH, hope you find space for a bunch of Fire Logs, that wood burning stove is love and awesome heat for drying things out !!!
A few suggestions from a cold climate liveaboard (Boston) Insulate those hatches and ports, the thin polycarbonate isnt great for keeping heat. You can cut bubble wrap to size and spray or wipe with water and the bubble wrap will stick on the plastic. We also insulate our hatches on the outside with some thin insulation under the canvas hatch covers. A doubled up towel over the hatch would probably do a lot too, but you will lose the natural light. We also cover up the companionway hatch with a towel at night, bit of insulation and helps stop drafts. When the water outside starts freezing up you could probably kick on your motor in reverse for a bit to circulate the water, only the very top layer of water will be cold enough to freeze. We use ice eaters (electric motors with a prop) hung below the boat to move the warmer water up from below. This keeps the boat from freezing in and also the thru hulls from freezing up. Blankets are key, and our diesel heater has been worth its weight in gold the past 3 winters (but Im guessing you dont want to go that route) Stay warm!
Grew up in Minnesota with one Norwegian great-grannie. (We always claimed to be much more Norwegian than we actually were.) With so many tropical cruising vids available, your videos are an absolute delight to watch! Frozen pipes are definitely a pain, but there is so much joy in the way you interact with the world! Cherish each other!
Kika, your a natural! I took to ice skating AND skiing like I was born for it. You need to really try it. Dan must have played hockey when he was younger. (Like he's old now.)
Haven't laughed this hard at a vlog in years, thank you. The joy you bring to each adventure, from snow angels to frozen plumbing is extraordinary, and truly infectious as evidenced by your subscribership. Kudos too for the beautiful mix of micro and macro in your vids, your skills have matured remarkably since you were "houseless but not homeless" the first episode I saw.
All the TH-cam sailing channels are much the same...... That is until you come to Uma! No one else gives us winter in Norway. Kika, you are priceless. Several times you had me laughing out loud. You didn't look quite the same as that girl skating. But I bet she can't do silks like you can! And like you, I love snow. I have lived in the south of Spain (near Gibraltar) for the last 22 years, so I have not been able to enjoy snow for a long time. You guys are both amazing, and Uma too.
It's -6.6 C here in south central New York State and my sailboat is out in the cold too! Yup, it's on its trailer and under a large tarp. The mast is down and acting as a ridge pole for the tarp. Man, I never would have thought about all the ways Uma can freeze up. What a difference between Norway in the winter and the Caribbean - at almost any time. Kika sure seemed to be having fun in her winter wonderland! Dan, being from Canada, knew about dirty snow, so not so much of a wonderland for him! lol But Kika's smile is worth 100 regular peoples' smiles - by a mile. : - ) Scott W
@Michael All things are relative. A minus 7 deg night isn't really cold outside, but when you wake up and your bedroom is only 5 degrees, it's freakin' cold enough. That's life in my virtually uninsulated crapola Tokyo apartment.
@@TraneFrancks That's easy. You buy or make a little tent and sleep in it with your laptop or a light , no candles. It will retain your body heat and you will be fine. Or plan ahead. Buy cheap carpets all year. Nail hem to the walls. Or get some fat friends. They are more jolly to sleep with. If you have any dough, you can buy sheets of styrofoam . Jam them against the walls. and Ceiling. I have done this stuff in the past. In 1968 I and this fat chick and a skinny guy like me slept on a single bed in my un-insulated VW van. In the morning, ice had formed on the inside of the roof from our breath.
Great video: a little education about heating with wood, dealing with frozen pipes, freshwater, and fun with Kika in the snow being all of the kids in each of us. Thank you! So much fun. Happy Trails.
Delightful! The attitude Kika shows regarding snow and being in winter for the first time. As a lifetime skier and perennial child at heart, I have always enjoyed the winter season. Most adults too easily migrate to negative thoughts about snow and cold - as if they had a vote or some such. Regarding the “puffy socks”, known as down booties those have been a winter backpacking item that have been around for years. A company known as Frostline (now defunct) used to sell a kit form. I made a pair in the early 70’s. To Kika: keep practicing! It is well known that native German and also French speakers have trouble with the English “th” as there is no comparable phoneme in those languages. The humor comes from years of practice without making that sound,especially in the middle or end of a word. Words come out sounding like “DD” when you know you tried to pronounce “TH”. Hence “sweater wedder”. You can do it. Notice how easily the initial “TH” is in words like this-that or then.
While at dock, you might want to install a bubble maker around the perimeter of the hull. It keeps the water from freezing around the exterior of the hull. There is also a BUBBLER unit made for placing inside your water storage tanks. Again,it prevents ice from forming. You might want to look into one of those 'roof heater cables', the kind people us on their rooves in ordr to melt snow and ice and in this case, place the wire throughout your plumbing pipes. It won't be hot enough to damage the piping but it will be warm enough to prevent pipes from freezing. Just a few ideas
The warm North Atlantic Current ensures relatively stable and high water temperatures, so that unlike the Arctic seas, the Norwegian Sea is ice-free throughout the year.
Just lovely! You guys, the quality of video, the commentary, the stories, the choice of boat, its propulsion, the places you venture, everything is so well done!
I'm 283 episodes into Binge Watch and I am supernaturally impressed with Norway during 2020-2021 and Dan and Kikas ability to completely 100% ignore all the hell and pave their own blissful life. Thank you for the illusion of normalcy.
"Snow, it's so cool" OK, I remember walking to school day after day through snow. I moved to get away from the "cool" snow. Mostly worked, except this week, of course.
Smiling about Kika enjoying the snow, happy as a puppy that sees it for the first time. Quite familiar, those water problems in sub zero conditions, although -19C is even for Nidelva standards rather cold. Hope for you that it won't cause any major engine problems. Besides that, I really profoundly wish that you had a clear sky yesterday evening (February 19th) to catch the northern light as it was absolutely amazing (with new chances on February 24/25th). Well, guess we'll see that in a future episode. For now, stay well and warm.
I think that is awesome! I joined the Marines at 17 to experience the world and Im thinking I screwed up! Im so happy and impressed with how young you both are living your dreams. On top of that you are constantly working hard. What impresses me the most is crossing the Atlantic and sailing North. I experienced bad weather on a massive Naval Ship and the water is powerful. I love that you respect the power of the sea but both of you are very brave!!! Semper Fidelis!
😂 😂 crap I now have that stuck in my head. Sweater weather, in Sweden Eden. Feather letters, in cheddar cellars. Beggar dresser, nectar spreader. Help me, 🤪
I'm definitely months late, and someone may have mentioned this, but if you ever plan on wintering somewhere similarly cold again, you might want to look into pipe heater cables. They're cables that you'd wrap around any pipes that could freeze, wire it to a switch or breaker for long term (or just have on hand for short term), and the cables would provide low-level heating enough to hopefully avoid freezing. Worked for me on a copper drain line in my house that kept freezing otherwise. If done as a project, would save you from having to pull out drawers and such. Keep on enjoying the life!
"Sweater wedder. Do people say it like that?" "Not like that." :) Sailing under a Canadian flag and fascinated by snow. Who'da thunk? I spent some time in my teens thawing out frozen lines. People in Texas might have some sympathy for your plight about now. Or maybe not. :)
Dan is canadian. He grew up in snow... he is not that fascinated by it hahaha. I Kika am from Haiti... snow isn’t my norm, So yeah of course I am fascinated 😅 UMA is registered as a Canadian vessel, because it was easier than to register it in Haiti.
@@SailingUma I shoulda known that. I thought, Kika, you studied architecture in Canada with Dan so you'd see snow as old hat. A few assumptions there. I seem to have read, learned, viewed, that you may both may have studied in the US, not Canada. (Maybe a how-we-met video in future?) Cheers and love your fascination with snow. I am, shall we say, less than fascinated. :) Thanks for your reply. Love your channel, impressed with the considerable work that goes into it.
I'm feeling you guys ! I'm here in texas on the coast . 3 days no power 4 days no water . A once in a century cold snap and texas wasn't ready . I stocked up on food before hand but forgot to fill my fresh water tanks . Dock pipes froze and broke. And all my clothes are for summer . Brrrrrrr. Won't make this mistake again 😂 now have a check list that includes cold weather prep items and a plan to run a heating system made from auto heater cores and pex coming from my engine heat exchanger ( still have diesel till I can afford electric)
Great video guys, can't believe you are doing this. Your hearts are warm to bursting. Just a note, salt water will freeze but only after the chloride is forced out of the water, you will find the ice is salt free. I work in the Canadian Arctic and before the ice melts we would find a large puddle on top of the ice and use that as fresh water, if you were able to get a pump suction into the top of the sea water, you could pump it directly into the tanks carefully, you didn't want to get the salty water that was just inches below the fresh.
I shoveled twice today here on Long Island, wishing the snow away and warm weather to appear. I came in to warm up and catch this week's Uma only find you guys in snow as well. But after seeing Kika's snow angel and youthful spirit, I may go outside and make an angel myself.
I know that you prefer to be as energy efficient as possible, but for those really cold days an old fashioned incandescent light bulb throws off a lot of heat in those enclosed spaces.
And thats why I stocked up with as many of those old style lightbulbs as I could. Silly really that you cant buy them because they gave off heat! Yeah we dont mind that in cold climate! When it gets warm and sunny we spend all the daylight time outside, if possible!
@@leschortos9196 Same stupid "environmental" policy here in Europe when EU banned old fashioned bulbs some yrs ago. That may be fine in central and south Europe, but up here in Scandinavia it's probably the most stupid thing that ever came ut of Brussels (apart from the rules on banana and cucumber curve/shape). God damn, those bulbs served dual purpose as they made us see the walls inside our houses through the 6 months of winter darkness while they also helped heat our frozen bones. Now, everything is LED and stone cold, and stupidly enough, Norway is NOT part of EU but still comply with ALL the b..s they make. At least they could have made this a voluntary option .... just sayin'
I use a 500 watt halogen work light to heat and light my horse trailer. I live in when it's 30 F. I have 1 1/2 foam stuck all over the inside. It would certainly keep those through hulls thawed. You could fry an egg on that light. It's pretty butch.
When I started working for GE they told us that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb...he invented a heater that glowed bright enough for you to read by. We used light bulbs all the time to keep electrical equipment warm and dry during the inter months until it was installed.
2:20 Just like seeing a child being amazed with snow, for the first time. I just love you guys reactions. Thanks for making amazing videoes. Greetings from Denmark.
Kika's first snow was so cute! Her land based ice skating routine was perfect! It was great to see how you dealt with the cold weather. Sometimes when we were living on our sailboat in the winter, just getting through the day was an accomplishment. We used to put rock salt on the deck and RV antifreeze (non toxic) in the drains to keep things from freezing. I love your woodstove setup. You've earned my solid respect living on a boat during a northern winter! Hopefully you will get to see some nice aurora borealis displays. Cheers from Juneau Alaska, Greg Chaney
Sitting here in San Antonio TX watching this. Irony of ironies I’m watching big puffy snow falling for the 2nd time this week. Our temperature, F, has been down to 7 which is a record. We were below freezing for 3 days but now it’s a balmy 30. Tomorrow back to 40s. We moved here from North Dakota and knew it might snow every 30 years or so but this year had been quite warm - 90 a week ago. Love your videos and thank you for documenting so beautifully your adventures!
@Konstantin Ridaya Oh I hate the salt soo much. Just had an above freezing day and washed the cars and sprayed the underbody, still dripping salt water onto the driveway. Yeah salt only works above -10.
Great episode. I used to live on a narrowboat here in the uk so I feel your pain. A few years ago the boat was frozen in for several months during our coldest winter in decades. Fortunately the pipes didn't freeze up, but the boat was very well insulated. Stay warm you guys. Loved watching this step.
Try getting some RV antifreeze and keep some in the drain pipes. This said, I’m from Miami and have only heard of this stuff but never used it. Perhaps give it a try.
Antifreeze is very common to use, but mainly for storage as it get expensive to flush it out every morning. It's easier to simply let cabinet doors and hatches stay open over night.
In Norway, 'Ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær'. (Not bad weather, just bad clothes) And you guys were here in town on our coldest week! So brave. But it warmed up and everything melted in the next two weeks. That's Norway for you. and now, the first week of March, we have loads of snow again, but it's not cold. I hope you're still enjoying it.
Nice video guys. Born and raised in Canada so have done 58 winters of snow and cold, 10 of them in the Arctic. I like winter, but sadly no longer have that wonder at new snow. It is a precioys quality, do not lose it.
When I worked at Biltmore Boatyard at Long Island NY, one of my duties was to keep the water unfrozen and the morring poles un-iced so the boats in the winter would survive. That was in 1975. And my memories are that it was always cold. Ugh. Today I’m in Baja Mexico 70 degrees Yep. I think I’ll stay for a while. Love u guys. Papa Jean. You sure have come a long way. Keep up the good work.
haha. in common with Sam Holmes you stay smiling and cheerful when things are not going quite right. An adult catching snow on the tongue. I saw that when some South Africans saw snow for the first time. Knowing it was new for them the boss let them off the line to go outside. They were running around like little children.
The wonderment Kika had at the first real snow is so right on about her. She looked amazing and acted like a kid. Great sno-angel. Here in Ct USA we have a similar response "Oh look it snowed, how beautiful and fun". By the third or fourth snow fall, it's more like "damn it snowed again won't this ever stop". Like everything else you've done, you take it in stride and deal with it. Life is one long learning curve and you are doing spectacularly at it. Much love and respect.
I think when your young and strong living in freezing sweater Weder is tuff but doable . When you age the harder it gets and moving to a warmer climate is always a relief. I will say you two have guts . My guess even if you wanted to head south now , you couldn’t. Your frozen in . Life is a lesson every day. Keep warm!
@@sailorgirl2017 : The reason for that is that most boats have internal combustion engines. It ma also vary depending on the country it is registered under.
@@johndavidwolf4239 Open combustion mostly produces CO2 unless the air starts to run low on oxygen, as when exhaust is getting drawn back in. Then combustion starts to produce more CO. It's not a danger until it is, and that's when you wish you had a detector/alarm.
Kika I don’t know if you read this but I’m so happy that you are living your dream and traveling the world. I’m so excited 😆 for you guys and your TH-cam channel. Wishing you all the best and safe travels for you and Dan . Keep making the best memories and Enjoy it
Welcome to winter in the north. Never thought we’d be all frozen in south Texas. Seems the north took a week long detour to the south. Here that’s devastating with no water, no electricity. Gets desperate quickly. Glad to see you are able to enjoy the cold. You prepared well. Now you know what to look for the next time you head north. It’s just all part of the adventure. Enjoy it.
Normally people consider snow a bit of pain., but when you take a girl from Haiti and introduce that girl to real snow.... now that is special. Particularly when she loves it so much.
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Kika's reaction on seeing snow is so innocently child like at going for a snow angel, rock testing the iced water and snow making out of hot water. Dan's telling of blocked pipes to demonstrate how to get them running is very educational. Thanks for all the hard work. 👍💖💝💖👍🍓🍒🍎
It's so great to see a couple so much at ease with each other and with life
Kika... the floating snow angel... Both of you always put a huge smile on my face.. thanks so much !!
I love how excited Kika gets - especially about the snow.
She's a Caribbean woman. :-)
Only Kika could get excited about snow while living on a boat. Caribbean cuteness to the max.
Well. I promise you’d be pretty pissed of the snow when have to fight with it for the half of the year, for decades. However, I understand the joy when just not have to fight with it too much. I just wait to see they’re crying of happiness when visiting Lofoten, because then there are no words able to describe the beauty of this landscape.
This was a delightful video. And the Snow Angel was not good - it was perfect!
One trick we use on the sea going tugboats I work on , is to put an incandescent light bulb on in small confined spaces when it’s freezing.
We do that inside our wells in the north.
Blow line out with air or fill lines with RV antifreeze (pink stuff).
@@chrismadden74 The space we put the lights in was mostly air control lines. Blowing air lines with air is sort of redundant and adding any fluids problematic. The point was to not have the space freeze in the first place. But thanks for the tips.
There are also small wires that can go inside of pipes that can be plugged in to prevent freezing. Also, if possible, keeping the water running slightly will help to prevent freezing.
@@j.m.4045 i have seen and used wires on the outside of pipes (heat tape). Wires on the inside seams prone to problems. Keeping the water running does not work that well for boats.
The people who live in house trailers use heat tape that wraps around the plumbing that helps prevent freezing. It's like a electric heat blanket for plumbing. Also, you really need to prevent the water from freezing around the hull. I have heard that ice can squeeze a whole in the hull. Good luck and great voyages
Yes, but only really thick ice will hurt your boat. I live in Norway and have had my boat in a harbor that froze over, but because of the constant movement of the boat it rarely froze around my boat. Also most harbors in Norway are either naturally ice-free or have bubble systems keeping ice from freezing around the boats.
I’ve spent the past month and half watching all your vids and have finally caught up. You’ve got me hunting down a little day boat to learn how to sail, and explore some of the amazing lakes here in Ontario.
I love Kika's reaction to the snow! It made me smile. Also really appreciate seeing how you are dealing with the cold weather. Is there any danger to the hull with the water around you frozen?
DAN!!! You found a Haitian woman that loves snow!!!
You are the most blessed of all creatures
Most people from the tropics love snow...for a couple of weeks. ;-)
It's great until you need snow chains and a shovel.
She's great ,but the UGG boots get wet and freeze too don't they. ?
Jealous- the lotta ya.
And I just love the way she says 'chimeney' and tries so hard to say 'sweater weather'.
Here's an idea for you - Do a reverse time lapse of the snow from when it's deep to back in time when it began snowing (or just earlier in the day). That would be amazing to watch.
She is so amazing.... she sees the cold and snow through a child's eyes..... such a free spirit!!! You two are so perfect ❤
Dan that confirmation “Sure”, was sooo Canadian
My Intrepid explorers! O how to smile inside when I see how happy you two are.
I have an idea for the soles in wintertime that I did to my basement. Cork! It’s insulative properties are amazing. Plus it’s naturally waterproof and won’t burn. 3- to 4-mm thick tiles and you can literally go barefoot on cork covered frozen concrete in winter.
I had enough of snow this week. :( Cinematography is spectacular. Y'all definitely set the bar for other sailing vloggers.
Next hoodie merch: "It's SWEDDER WEDDER!" :D
Cute and Classic
I’d buy that!
Ha.
Gimme a puppy shake...
They're in Scandanavia... it's svedder vedder
I love the insulation of the snow and how it quiets everything down. Winter in Norway. Nice
You know, I think I’ve seen every episode of Sailing Uma: a channel I discovered when thinking about buying a couch. Still haven’t bought a couch, but I did buy a trimaran.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm in Texas repairing a broken water pipe in the home today, without water for the past three days. This video made my day. Gave me a pep in my step on the repairs. Dan I know TH-cam only shows us about 5 percent and it is all curated and what you allow us to see, but it looks like you hit the jackpot on the life partner sweepstakes. I always pray for you guys, and anticipate your content.
Thank for you for another great dose of Dan's ingenuity and Kika's enthusiasm, i was wondering how you both were getting on and not surprised to find that you're smashing living on a boat in the Norwegian winter :-)! Another brilliantly edited, colourbalanced, sound matched (whatever the term is for keeping the volume the same throughout), I honesly can't think of another youtube chanel that keeps the technical quality so high and yet makes the story flow so naturally. Good Luck for the rest of February! :-)! Where's next?
You have a boat and you purposely go north, in the winter... unbelievable, beautiful but, unbelievable. 😜love following the adventures
When every other critter heads south and you're heading north stop and think about it...
I would be south. i live in northern Canada, I would be going south!!
Hey we all would never see anything like this if it wasn't for these 2 cruisers , thanks guys.
@@marceltromp1454
Plenty of us have actually lived it.
If you want to see some video of what winter sailing is try this:
th-cam.com/video/WI77llaK8X4/w-d-xo.html
@@marceltromp1454 absolutely! Love them for what they are doing!
Dan to keep cockpit drain lines from freezing , use a piece of bare copper wire, down thru the drain line and extending down into the sea 12-14 inches, the warmer (+1C) sea water warms the copper wire which conducts this heat upward and keeps the hose from freezing...
Also de icing salt in the lines will likely prevent freezing as well...
Good luck with it...
I'm feeling you, -30 at home vehicles all plugged in, heat tape everywhere and wood stove just barely keeping up. i still love my winters though. Red Mtn. 2 mins walk.
Hi Dan, hi Kika, binge watched them all over the last few months and finally caught up now. Really brings into perspective what you've achieved over the last few years and given me soooooo many useful ideas and brands for when I can finally buy my "non-couch"!! Best wishes to you both for many more years of adventures via Uma! ❤️
Right now I'm watching live the Perserverance rover landing on Mars and just now got your notification. Will def be sharing screen time between both feeds. That's how much I appreciate & value your videos, kids.
Wasn't that cool? Look forward to some great pics from up there.
@@JustMe-pp1mp minus 64 degrees below zero? You're not kidding. So who wants to go to Mars?
Your shots at the 14:00 mark are incredible they really capture the feeling of the cold Northern European winter.
New Sub here, I've been Binge Watching your videos for 4 days now and really enjoying your adventures 😜 What a great life !!! Nice job editing Kika 😎 And Dan, your talent is awesome !!! OH, hope you find space for a bunch of Fire Logs, that wood burning stove is love and awesome heat for drying things out !!!
A few suggestions from a cold climate liveaboard (Boston) Insulate those hatches and ports, the thin polycarbonate isnt great for keeping heat. You can cut bubble wrap to size and spray or wipe with water and the bubble wrap will stick on the plastic. We also insulate our hatches on the outside with some thin insulation under the canvas hatch covers. A doubled up towel over the hatch would probably do a lot too, but you will lose the natural light. We also cover up the companionway hatch with a towel at night, bit of insulation and helps stop drafts. When the water outside starts freezing up you could probably kick on your motor in reverse for a bit to circulate the water, only the very top layer of water will be cold enough to freeze. We use ice eaters (electric motors with a prop) hung below the boat to move the warmer water up from below. This keeps the boat from freezing in and also the thru hulls from freezing up. Blankets are key, and our diesel heater has been worth its weight in gold the past 3 winters (but Im guessing you dont want to go that route) Stay warm!
for freezing protection you could use heat tapes(they come 3 ft long with thermostat sensors & plug in to ac outlets) love& respect -L
Grew up in Minnesota with one Norwegian great-grannie. (We always claimed to be much more Norwegian than we actually were.) With so many tropical cruising vids available, your videos are an absolute delight to watch! Frozen pipes are definitely a pain, but there is so much joy in the way you interact with the world! Cherish each other!
Kika, your a natural! I took to ice skating AND skiing like I was born for it. You need to really try it. Dan must have played hockey when he was younger. (Like he's old now.)
Haven't laughed this hard at a vlog in years, thank you. The joy you bring to each adventure, from snow angels to frozen plumbing is extraordinary, and truly infectious as evidenced by your subscribership. Kudos too for the beautiful mix of micro and macro in your vids, your skills have matured remarkably since you were "houseless but not homeless" the first episode I saw.
Heatingtape while you stay in a harbour.
Wrap around the pipes and plug it in.
37 meters with thermostat for 70 euros
Voss. Eisfrei.
All the TH-cam sailing channels are much the same...... That is until you come to Uma! No one else gives us winter in Norway.
Kika, you are priceless. Several times you had me laughing out loud. You didn't look quite the same as that girl skating. But I bet she can't do silks like you can! And like you, I love snow. I have lived in the south of Spain (near Gibraltar) for the last 22 years, so I have not been able to enjoy snow for a long time.
You guys are both amazing, and Uma too.
It's -6.6 C here in south central New York State and my sailboat is out in the cold too! Yup, it's on its trailer and under a large tarp. The mast is down and acting as a ridge pole for the tarp. Man, I never would have thought about all the ways Uma can freeze up. What a difference between Norway in the winter and the Caribbean - at almost any time. Kika sure seemed to be having fun in her winter wonderland! Dan, being from Canada, knew about dirty snow, so not so much of a wonderland for him! lol But Kika's smile is worth 100 regular peoples' smiles - by a mile. : - ) Scott W
I love new to snow reactions as a Canadian I get to see that quiet often. Of course Kika has to make a snow angel what a hoot.
Living on board in really cold weather is a constant struggle
Comparable to winter RVing.
@Michael All things are relative. A minus 7 deg night isn't really cold outside, but when you wake up and your bedroom is only 5 degrees, it's freakin' cold enough. That's life in my virtually uninsulated crapola Tokyo apartment.
@@TraneFrancks Muricans like their comfort
@@TraneFrancks That's easy. You buy or make a little tent and sleep in it with your laptop or a light , no candles. It will retain your body heat and you will be fine. Or plan ahead. Buy cheap carpets all year. Nail hem to the walls. Or get some fat friends. They are more jolly to sleep with. If you have any dough, you can buy sheets of styrofoam . Jam them against the walls. and Ceiling. I have done this stuff in the past. In 1968 I and this fat chick and a skinny guy like me slept on a single bed in my un-insulated VW van. In the morning, ice had formed on the inside of the roof from our breath.
No...its not...
Kika's excitement for the snow brings some joy to this frozen Canadian heart. Especially after having -30 C weather for the last couple of weeks.
I confess I had a good laugh at the snow angel, sweetheart you are the best.
Great video: a little education about heating with wood, dealing with frozen pipes, freshwater, and fun with Kika in the snow being all of the kids in each of us. Thank you! So much fun. Happy Trails.
Swedder Wedder! perfect😋
Delightful! The attitude Kika shows regarding snow and being in winter for the first time. As a lifetime skier and perennial child at heart, I have always enjoyed the winter season. Most adults too easily migrate to negative thoughts about snow and cold - as if they had a vote or some such. Regarding the “puffy socks”, known as down booties those have been a winter backpacking item that have been around for years. A company known as Frostline (now defunct) used to sell a kit form. I made a pair in the early 70’s. To Kika: keep practicing! It is well known that native German and also French speakers have trouble with the English “th” as there is no comparable phoneme in those languages. The humor comes from years of practice without making that sound,especially in the middle or end of a word. Words come out sounding like “DD” when you know you tried to pronounce “TH”. Hence “sweater wedder”. You can do it. Notice how easily the initial “TH” is in words like this-that or then.
A tip - if you’re freezing, remember that in a corner, there is always 90 degrees.. 🙄😂
Very entertaining,....and I complained this week that I had to cover the flowers, do to maybe a frost. Enjoy the adventure, and safe travels.
While at dock, you might want to install a bubble maker around the perimeter of the hull. It keeps the water from freezing around the exterior of the hull. There is also a BUBBLER unit made for placing inside your water storage tanks. Again,it prevents ice from forming. You might want to look into one of those 'roof heater cables', the kind people us on their rooves in ordr to melt snow and ice and in this case, place the wire throughout your plumbing pipes. It won't be hot enough to damage the piping but it will be warm enough to prevent pipes from freezing.
Just a few ideas
The warm North Atlantic Current ensures relatively stable and high water temperatures, so that unlike the Arctic seas, the Norwegian Sea is ice-free throughout the year.
Heat cable/tape on everything! When in port (obviously).
Those cables don't work on roofs but it will work in pipes.
Also good idea would be to check infrared heaters, they need less energy than conventional heaters.
@@dreadfog 4:49 looks like ice 🤔
When the sky is clear it will be colder, when there's clouds it's not as cold. I love you guys!!
Not many Sailing youtubers are doing it at -19..... you guys are hardcore!
Just lovely! You guys, the quality of video, the commentary, the stories, the choice of boat, its propulsion, the places you venture, everything is so well done!
A natural and uncomplicated day-to-day life diary. Enjoyable production values, luvvit 🙃
*TOP* sailing channel, of the world, bar none!!!
I wondered when the cold would become an issue... you both handle this so well!
I'm 283 episodes into Binge Watch and I am supernaturally impressed with Norway during 2020-2021 and Dan and Kikas ability to completely 100% ignore all the hell and pave their own blissful life. Thank you for the illusion of normalcy.
"Snow, it's so cool" OK, I remember walking to school day after day through snow. I moved to get away from the "cool" snow. Mostly worked, except this week, of course.
Smiling about Kika enjoying the snow, happy as a puppy that sees it for the first time.
Quite familiar, those water problems in sub zero conditions, although -19C is even for Nidelva standards rather cold. Hope for you that it won't cause any major engine problems. Besides that, I really profoundly wish that you had a clear sky yesterday evening (February 19th) to catch the northern light as it was absolutely amazing (with new chances on February 24/25th).
Well, guess we'll see that in a future episode. For now, stay well and warm.
Kika was a Labrador in a past life! Adorable :D
I think that is awesome! I joined the Marines at 17 to experience the world and Im thinking I screwed up! Im so happy and impressed with how young you both are living your dreams. On top of that you are constantly working hard. What impresses me the most is crossing the Atlantic and sailing North. I experienced bad weather on a massive Naval Ship and the water is powerful. I love that you respect the power of the sea but both of you are very brave!!! Semper Fidelis!
😂 😂 crap I now have that stuck in my head. Sweater weather, in Sweden Eden. Feather letters, in cheddar cellars. Beggar dresser, nectar spreader. Help me, 🤪
Try this:
It's a small world after all,
it's a small world after all,
It's a small world after all,
it's a small, small world.
That should do it.
Pronounced: "Svedder wedder!"
Dan you have no idea how lucky you are to have a mate of Kiki - you two are the PERFECT couple
Point the fan at the chimney... I know it sounds odd but it optimizes the amount of heat it can extract from the fire.
Northern trick to prevent thru-hulls from freezing is to place a bubbler under the boat. Love this artic liveaboard stuff!
Easily one of your best episodes! Really fascinating (I was wondering how you'd handle the cold at this time of the year).
I'm definitely months late, and someone may have mentioned this, but if you ever plan on wintering somewhere similarly cold again, you might want to look into pipe heater cables. They're cables that you'd wrap around any pipes that could freeze, wire it to a switch or breaker for long term (or just have on hand for short term), and the cables would provide low-level heating enough to hopefully avoid freezing. Worked for me on a copper drain line in my house that kept freezing otherwise. If done as a project, would save you from having to pull out drawers and such. Keep on enjoying the life!
"Sweater wedder. Do people say it like that?" "Not like that." :) Sailing under a Canadian flag and fascinated by snow. Who'da thunk? I spent some time in my teens thawing out frozen lines. People in Texas might have some sympathy for your plight about now. Or maybe not. :)
Dan is canadian. He grew up in snow... he is not that fascinated by it hahaha. I Kika am from Haiti... snow isn’t my norm, So yeah of course I am fascinated 😅 UMA is registered as a Canadian vessel, because it was easier than to register it in Haiti.
@@SailingUma I shoulda known that. I thought, Kika, you studied architecture in Canada with Dan so you'd see snow as old hat. A few assumptions there. I seem to have read, learned, viewed, that you may both may have studied in the US, not Canada. (Maybe a how-we-met video in future?) Cheers and love your fascination with snow. I am, shall we say, less than fascinated. :) Thanks for your reply. Love your channel, impressed with the considerable work that goes into it.
@@lawrencegleason4666 They went to school in Atlanta.
I’m glad you folks are enjoying that weather. It’s not usually what is imagined when buying a sailboat.
Cheers.
First snow; it's so beautiful! ....until you're shoveling it everyday, hahaha Love your attitude, thanks for another great video guys!
I'm feeling you guys ! I'm here in texas on the coast . 3 days no power 4 days no water . A once in a century cold snap and texas wasn't ready . I stocked up on food before hand but forgot to fill my fresh water tanks . Dock pipes froze and broke. And all my clothes are for summer . Brrrrrrr. Won't make this mistake again 😂 now have a check list that includes cold weather prep items and a plan to run a heating system made from auto heater cores and pex coming from my engine heat exchanger ( still have diesel till I can afford electric)
Great video guys, can't believe you are doing this. Your hearts are warm to bursting. Just a note, salt water will freeze but only after the chloride is forced out of the water, you will find the ice is salt free. I work in the Canadian Arctic and before the ice melts we would find a large puddle on top of the ice and use that as fresh water, if you were able to get a pump suction into the top of the sea water, you could pump it directly into the tanks carefully, you didn't want to get the salty water that was just inches below the fresh.
You left Canada and you're still dealing with frozen pipes 👏😊🤣
I shoveled twice today here on Long Island, wishing the snow away and warm weather to appear. I came in to warm up and catch this week's Uma only find you guys in snow as well. But after seeing Kika's snow angel and youthful spirit, I may go outside and make an angel myself.
You have to take her tobogganing. That’s what snow is actually made for. It’s for tobogganing. And for Santa of course.
This was your best opening sequence yet!!! Your excitement for snow was priceless and gave me a giggle.
Good morning btw
I know that you prefer to be as energy efficient as possible, but for those really cold days an old fashioned incandescent light bulb throws off a lot of heat in those enclosed spaces.
Probably hard to even buy them anymore , here in Canada you gotta go to an antique store to get them.
And thats why I stocked up with as many of those old style lightbulbs as I could. Silly really that you cant buy them because they gave off heat! Yeah we dont mind that in cold climate! When it gets warm and sunny we spend all the daylight time outside, if possible!
@@leschortos9196 Same stupid "environmental" policy here in Europe when EU banned old fashioned bulbs some yrs ago. That may be fine in central and south Europe, but up here in Scandinavia it's probably the most stupid thing that ever came ut of Brussels (apart from the rules on banana and cucumber curve/shape). God damn, those bulbs served dual purpose as they made us see the walls inside our houses through the 6 months of winter darkness while they also helped heat our frozen bones. Now, everything is LED and stone cold, and stupidly enough, Norway is NOT part of EU but still comply with ALL the b..s they make. At least they could have made this a voluntary option .... just sayin'
I use a 500 watt halogen work light to heat and light my horse trailer. I live in when it's 30 F. I have 1 1/2 foam stuck all over the inside. It would certainly keep those through hulls thawed. You could fry an egg on that light. It's pretty butch.
When I started working for GE they told us that Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb...he invented a heater that glowed bright enough for you to read by. We used light bulbs all the time to keep electrical equipment warm and dry during the inter months until it was installed.
2:20 Just like seeing a child being amazed with snow, for the first time. I just love you guys reactions. Thanks for making amazing videoes. Greetings from Denmark.
I Hope the bootle off moonshine i gave to Dan is keeping you warm as well
Hehe might be why she's having trouble with sweater talk. Just saying it would me.😂
Blanda ein go trønderkarsk håpe æ
Kika's first snow was so cute! Her land based ice skating routine was perfect!
It was great to see how you dealt with the cold weather. Sometimes when we were living on our sailboat in the winter, just getting through the day was an accomplishment. We used to put rock salt on the deck and RV antifreeze (non toxic) in the drains to keep things from freezing. I love your woodstove setup. You've earned my solid respect living on a boat during a northern winter! Hopefully you will get to see some nice aurora borealis displays.
Cheers from Juneau Alaska,
Greg Chaney
P.S. You might want to keep the deck free of snow and ice otherwise things will freeze up and become a fixer-upper in th spring
Yep...fresh water turns into ice; the ice expands.
It's why the locals are tarped up...to keep the decks dry.
Thought the same thing.
Sitting here in San Antonio TX watching this. Irony of ironies I’m watching big puffy snow falling for the 2nd time this week. Our temperature, F, has been down to 7 which is a record. We were below freezing for 3 days but now it’s a balmy 30. Tomorrow back to 40s. We moved here from North Dakota and knew it might snow every 30 years or so but this year had been quite warm - 90 a week ago. Love your videos and thank you for documenting so beautifully your adventures!
Here in Toronto everything looks great until the salt trucks arrive.
I noticed in Toronto they didn't salt much.
That's very true. Here in Sweden, we have small stones on smaller roads. The downside of that is, that you change your windshields ever year.
@Konstantin Ridaya Oh I hate the salt soo much. Just had an above freezing day and washed the cars and sprayed the underbody, still dripping salt water onto the driveway. Yeah salt only works above -10.
Great episode. I used to live on a narrowboat here in the uk so I feel your pain. A few years ago the boat was frozen in for several months during our coldest winter in decades. Fortunately the pipes didn't freeze up, but the boat was very well insulated. Stay warm you guys. Loved watching this step.
Try getting some RV antifreeze and keep some in the drain pipes. This said, I’m from Miami and have only heard of this stuff but never used it. Perhaps give it a try.
Antifreeze is very common to use, but mainly for storage as it get expensive to flush it out every morning. It's easier to simply let cabinet doors and hatches stay open over night.
In Norway, 'Ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær'. (Not bad weather, just bad clothes) And you guys were here in town on our coldest week! So brave. But it warmed up and everything melted in the next two weeks. That's Norway for you. and now, the first week of March, we have loads of snow again, but it's not cold. I hope you're still enjoying it.
Kika may be part of the Haitian Olympic figure skating team! Beijing 2022!
Nice video guys. Born and raised in Canada so have done 58 winters of snow and cold, 10 of them in the Arctic. I like winter, but sadly no longer have that wonder at new snow. It is a precioys quality, do not lose it.
“Sweder Weder”... maybe the term will catch on. I like it!
😂😂😂😂😍
When I worked at Biltmore Boatyard at Long Island NY, one of my duties was to keep the water unfrozen and the morring poles un-iced so the boats in the winter would survive. That was in 1975. And my memories are that it was always cold. Ugh. Today I’m in Baja Mexico 70 degrees Yep. I think I’ll stay for a while. Love u guys. Papa Jean. You sure have come a long way. Keep up the good work.
haha. in common with Sam Holmes you stay smiling and cheerful when things are not going quite right. An adult catching snow on the tongue. I saw that when some South Africans saw snow for the first time. Knowing it was new for them the boss let them off the line to go outside. They were running around like little children.
The wonderment Kika had at the first real snow is so right on about her. She looked amazing and acted like a kid. Great sno-angel. Here in Ct USA we have a similar response "Oh look it snowed, how beautiful and fun". By the third or fourth snow fall, it's more like "damn it snowed again won't this ever stop". Like everything else you've done, you take it in stride and deal with it. Life is one long learning curve and you are doing spectacularly at it. Much love and respect.
Winter is fun for the first 3 day's
Lol 3days?? First big snowfall and hawe do dig your car oute then all winter fun is gone 😉😂🤣
You mean the first 3 HOURS. Then it’s time to begin digging out. I’m ready for Spring!
My favourite sailing comedy channel. Priceless.
The fully asleep to immediate interest is so relatable😆
Great time to read about the Shackleton expedition while you are frozen in.
Snow is great when you DON’T have to shovel it!
I think when your young and strong living in freezing sweater Weder is tuff but doable . When you age the harder it gets and moving to a warmer climate is always a relief. I will say you two have guts . My guess even if you wanted to head south now , you couldn’t. Your frozen in . Life is a lesson every day. Keep warm!
With the wood stove do you have a Carbon Monoxide detector on board?
yes was thinking the same and it would be good to have airflow from the outside rather than using the air in the cabin
Open combustion like in a stove produces carbon DIOXIDE, not MONOXIDE.
For insurance purposes, all boats must have them. We have them throughout our boat and do not have a wood sourced heating system.
@@sailorgirl2017 : The reason for that is that most boats have internal combustion engines. It ma also vary depending on the country it is registered under.
@@johndavidwolf4239 Open combustion mostly produces CO2 unless the air starts to run low on oxygen, as when exhaust is getting drawn back in. Then combustion starts to produce more CO. It's not a danger until it is, and that's when you wish you had a detector/alarm.
Kika I don’t know if you read this but I’m so happy that you are living your dream and traveling the world. I’m so excited 😆 for you guys and your TH-cam channel. Wishing you all the best and safe travels for you and Dan . Keep making the best memories and Enjoy it
Hi Uma question, how are your lithium ion batteries performing in that cold temperature
I'm pretty sure they have lithium iron batteries, which are typically perfectly happy down to -20C.
@@EUC-lid I think it's the charge rate thats affected at low temperatures. It would be nice to know as they are in the right conditions to test this.
Welcome to winter in the north. Never thought we’d be all frozen in south Texas. Seems the north took a week long detour to the south. Here that’s devastating with no water, no electricity. Gets desperate quickly. Glad to see you are able to enjoy the cold. You prepared well. Now you know what to look for the next time you head north. It’s just all part of the adventure. Enjoy it.
Check Juho’s channel ”Alluring arctic”, living in s sailboat in northern Norway.
I was just about to comment he could have a trick or two...
Juho onboard Uma: th-cam.com/video/QfJFyzUDK5o/w-d-xo.html
Juho did a cameo on Uma when they were in Oslo (I think) will go look and post link.
Step 242 @ 11:14 th-cam.com/video/QfJFyzUDK5o/w-d-xo.html
@@dtbramwell Guess you mean when he met RAN in Malmø (ehh Sweden)?
Awesome video - the Snow Angel and "puppy shake" cracked me up!
Im usually meh on dad jokes but the Norwegian twerk hot me.😆
Normally people consider snow a bit of pain., but when you take a girl from Haiti and introduce that girl to real snow.... now that is special. Particularly when she loves it so much.