Sail Life

We were racing in the St. Martin Heineken Regatta and doing quite well when the worst nightmare for a sailor happened to our sailboat. Our mast broke at sea and we had to limp back in to port. This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content

In this video, I go over Athena’s new layout and install the first of the new bulkheads. *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from the US!) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter Donations for the sandpaper fund:

We get a great welcome in Ireland. Wind and whisky! Join us where we sail from Cork to Kinsale and visit not only the oldest yacht club in the world but also the Jameson distillery in Midleton *** Links *** Sail Life website: https://www.saillifechannel.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saillife_/ Sail

We sail through the Greek Cyclades Islands to Serifos where we discover and abandoned mine and proceed to explore the ruins. Thanks you to Athletic Greens for sponsoring this video. Tap my link to get a 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D3K2 & 5 travel packs FREE with your first purchase! You can’t put

We leave the Isles of Scilly and sail 135 NM north to Ireland. This is our first overnight passage together aboard Athena. We head straight to Cork and reprovision the boat for our summer in Ireland. I also program our CZone digital switching to allow us to turn on and off the nav lights from

We sail to Lovango Cay in the US Virgin Islands and then do some cliff Jumping! This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content by becoming a patron http://www.patreon.com/sailingdoodles Donate Via Paypal to help us get a new drone: http://www.paypal.me/sailingdoodles

We set sail from Saint Martin on a 300+ journey to Dominican Republic with our new rescue dog Bucky. Find out if he got sea sick and how he handled the sail! This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content by becoming a patron http://www.patreon.com/sailingdoodles Donate

Why am I doing this? Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgcsIb3ais *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from the US!) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter Donations for the sandpaper fund: https://www.paypal.me/saillife

In this video, I get started on rewiring the AC with the help of a good buddy and also take a quick look at the isolation transformer I’ll have aboard the boat. *** Products mentioned in this video *** Victron Energy Isolation Transformer: https://www.victronenergy.com/isolation-transformers Amazon, US: Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual: http://amzn.to/2oDxOGF Amazon, UK: Boatowner’s

Come along as I prepare the engine compartment for paint and take a look at two new awesome tools. GEX 150 Turbo: https://www.bosch-professional.com/dk/da/products/gex-150-turbo-0601250760 GAS 35 M: https://www.bosch-professional.com/dk/da/products/gas-35-m-afc-06019C3100 Slibeblade: https://www.bosch-professional.com/dk/da/m480-best-for-wood-and-paint-2593025-ocs-ac/ The Bosch GEX 150 Turbo and the GAS 35 were provided by Bosch free of charge. *** Links *** Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life

I didn’t know it was possible to get a small taste of the Caribbean without leaving Europe. In this week’s video, we sail to the Isles of Scilly and spent our first ever night at anchor aboard Athena. I also install two ROKK Wireless Edge phone chargers from Scranstrut in the cockpit. *** Links ***

I start rebuilding the nav station aboard my sailboat DIY style 🙂 *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from the US!) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter Donations for the sandpaper fund: https://www.paypal.me/saillife

I start work on the nylon webbing I’ll be using instead of a door. Not having a door will save a huge amount of space. Sadly I run into problems and didn’t manage to finish the webbing-door in this video. Stay tuned for part 3 🙂

NB! This is a re-upload of yesterday’s video. Come along as I prepare the engine compartment for paint and take a look at two new awesome tools. GEX 150 Turbo: https://www.bosch-professional.com/dk/da/products/gex-150-turbo-0601250760 GAS 35 M: https://www.bosch-professional.com/dk/da/products/gas-35-m-afc-06019C3100 Slibeblade: https://www.bosch-professional.com/dk/da/m480-best-for-wood-and-paint-2593025-ocs-ac/ The Bosch GEX 150 Turbo and the GAS 35 were provided by Bosch free of charge. *** Links

In this video, I continue to work on drying out the hull as a part of an osmosis treatment and work on replacing the old core in the deck. Products mentioned in this video: Makita dust shroud: US: http://amzn.to/2ulMm1o UK: http://amzn.to/2tVzRbP PDF about osmosis: http://www.passionforpaint.co.uk/downloads/osmosis3v6.pdf The PDS is written by Nigel Clegg. See more here:

After 18 months in the water, I check to see how our Coppercoat is doing and the state of the anode on the saildrive. We continue our sail from River Dart to Falmouth. 00:00 Intro 01:13 River Dart 03:00 At anchor 04:32 SCUBA time 05:27 Coppercoat 06:11 Coppercoat, after 18 months in the water 06:57

Join me aboard Athena for more DIY sailboat refit fun. In this video, I make a laminated beam and kerf some plywood. *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from the US!) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life on Twitter: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnTwitter

In this video, I do a bit of bulkhead beautification aka cover the bulkheads in 4 mm plywood. Link to webshop: https://saillifeshop.com/ *** Links *** Sail Life Shop: (Items are shipped from both the US and EU) https://saillifeshop.com/ Sail Life on Patreon: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnPatreon Sail Life on Instagram: http://instagram.com/madsdahlke Sail Life on Facebook: http://bit.ly/SailLifeOnFacebook Sail Life

We finaly get our water maker and set it up… It’s so easy! thanks to Marine Ware Asia and RainMan You can buy one of th water makers here: http://www.marineware-asia.com/ or Welcome to Rainman Desalination This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content by becoming a

We sail to the Florida keys from fort Lauderdale and Miami and get hit by a pretty strong Squall! This channel is funded by viewers like you. Please help us keep this channel creating great content by becoming a patron http://www.patreon.com/sailingdoodles Donate Via Paypal to help us get a new drone: http://www.paypal.me/sailingdoodles Check out Guns