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Sail Life – Iridium Go setup with PredictWind and sailing to France ⛵
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Sail Life – Iridium Go setup with PredictWind and sailing to France ⛵

We're yet again off to France. With our upcoming passage across the Bay Of Biscay, I figured it would be nice to be able to get weather forecasts offshore. In this video, I set up our Iridium Go with PredictWind, and we sail from the UK to Brest in France. It's a bird, it's a plane.....
Sail Life – Dometic Pleatedshade Blinds and Skyscreen Roller Surface
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Sail Life – Dometic Pleatedshade Blinds and Skyscreen Roller Surface

After having used paper towels for curtains for years, we finally get to upgrade to some spiffy Dometic blinds. Dometic Pleatedshade Blinds: Dometic Skyscreen Roller Surface: Teulu Tribe: CODOHA: *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life o...
Sail Life – Electric galley modifications & and finishing all projects (last week in plymouth)
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Sail Life – Electric galley modifications & and finishing all projects (last week in plymouth)

My last week in Plymouth before Ava gets back! It's time to button up all the lose ends and finish the last projects! *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on Facebook: Sail Life on Twitter:
Sail Life – Cockpit Locker spiffy level 11  🔥⛵️
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Sail Life – Cockpit Locker spiffy level 11 🔥⛵️

This week captain dummkopf fixes his mistake from last week (two holes drilled in the wrong place). Also on the to-do list are installing and configuring the new drive unit, finishing the cockpit locker, and getting everything in there organized. *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patr...
Sail Life – Staysail track, scuba tank holder, Rokk mini tablet mount & Scanstrut chargers
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Sail Life – Staysail track, scuba tank holder, Rokk mini tablet mount & Scanstrut chargers

This week is a little bit of a mixed bag :) I get the new tracks for the staysail installed and build a shelf for our scuba tanks that will be stored in the aft cabin. I also install a couple of chargers from Scanstrut and their Rokk Mini Tablet Mount. Scanstrut Flip Pro: Scanstrut Rokk Charge Pl...
Sail Life – Autopilot changes & cover TAKE 2
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Sail Life – Autopilot changes & cover TAKE 2

In this video, I modify our autopilot installation and build a new cover for the drive unit. *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on Facebook: Sail Life on Twitter:
Sail Life – Doors, fans and genset overload
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Sail Life – Doors, fans and genset overload

The DIY fun continues! This week I get our doors painted, install 4 Hella 12V fans and prevent our Victron Quatro from overloading our genset. *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on Facebook: Sail Life on Twitter:
Sail Life – Fixing what broke after one year of cruising full time 🛠⛵️
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Sail Life – Fixing what broke after one year of cruising full time 🛠⛵️

We left Denmark almost a year ago. Up until now, we haven't really had anything break - that seems to be changing. Whether my fault (for instance the fuel pump) or just a product that failed (accumulator tank) in this video I fix all the stuff that's broken (autopilot drive unit not includ...
Sail Life – Autopilot failure on our way to France from Ireland ⛵️
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Sail Life – Autopilot failure on our way to France from Ireland ⛵️

We depart Ireland heading for France but reroute to Plymouth in the UK due to a broken autopilot drive unit. A big thank you to Garmin in Denmark and the UK for getting a new unit to us so quickly! *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on Fa...
Sail Life – Cruising the south west cost of Ireland  🇮🇪⛵️
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Sail Life – Cruising the south west cost of Ireland  🇮🇪⛵️

After recovering from last week's running with covid we finally get to push on a bit further and make it to the most western part of Ireland. In this video, we go to Baltimore and Heir Island *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on...
Sail Life – COVID is not smooth sailing 🤮 Kinsale, Glandore and Baltimore ⛵️
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Sail Life – COVID is not smooth sailing 🤮 Kinsale, Glandore and Baltimore ⛵️

Dang it! We got COVID :( We isolated for a little over a week in Glandore and got an amazingly warm welcome. Thank you to GHYC, Tim, and all the other wonderful people that helped us get through COVID. *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Lif...
Sail Life – Wind & whisky – welcome to Ireland🇮🇪⛵️
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Sail Life – Wind & whisky – welcome to Ireland🇮🇪⛵️

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: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on Fac...
Sail Life – Sailing to Ireland 🇮🇪 our first overnight sail ⛵️
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Sail Life – Sailing to Ireland 🇮🇪 our first overnight sail ⛵️

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 our ch...
Sail Life – Isles of Scilly & ROKK Wireless Edge phone charger ⚡️
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Sail Life – Isles of Scilly & ROKK Wireless Edge phone charger ⚡️

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. *...
Sail Life – Coppercoat after 18 months & South coast sailing ⛵️
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Sail Life – Coppercoat after 18 months & South coast sailing ⛵️

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 06:5...
Sail Life – We were heading to Ireland BUT seasickness SUCKS 🤮
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Sail Life – We were heading to Ireland BUT seasickness SUCKS 🤮

We leave Cherbourg in France and head towards Ireland but get derailed by seasickness and changing weather. Turns out to be a blessing in disguise as we get to see some beautiful places along the south coast of the UK. *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagra...
Sail Life – Iridium Go external antenna & aft cabin mattress ⛵️
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Sail Life – Iridium Go external antenna & aft cabin mattress ⛵️

We take full advantage of our last week in Cherbourg, including installing an external antenna for our Iridium Go and making new mattresses for the aft cabin. Sail Rite's mattress video: 00:00 Intro 00:52 The plan for the week 01:24 Satelite communication 01:37 Garmin 86i vs. Iridium Go 02:...
Sail Life – 4000 GPH bilge pump installation & tons of smaller jobs 🔥
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Sail Life – 4000 GPH bilge pump installation & tons of smaller jobs 🔥

This week we installed an emergency bilge pump aboard Athena and got many smaller jobs crossed off the to-do list. 00:00 Intro 00:50 The plan for the week 01:08 Strikers, washer plumbing, engine room hatch 01:56 Johnson 4000 GPH bilge pump 04:16 Ultima switch 05:30 Installing the bilge pump 06:5...
Sail Life – Ditch bag, working shower, anchor setup & propane tank cover ⛵️
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Sail Life – Ditch bag, working shower, anchor setup & propane tank cover ⛵️

This week we put together a ditch bag - hopefully we'll never need it 🤞 I also finally get our shower up and running and finish our anchoring setup while Ava makes a cover for our propane tank. 00:00 Intro 02:01 What's wrong with the shower? 05:29 Propane tank cover 09:24 SCUBA tank cove...
Sail Life – Leather wheel cover, splicing fun & preventer ⛵
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Sail Life – Leather wheel cover, splicing fun & preventer ⛵

This week Ava makes our wheel and grab bars super spiffy by wrapping them in leather from Skinclo. I make a new preventer and run the line to our rodkicker. Skinclo: 00:00 Intro 01:05 Leather wrap for wheel and garb bars 07:26 New grab bars on the cabin top 08:51 Line to Rodkicker 09:14 Blocks fo...
Sail Life – Selden E40i electric winch & spiffy jerry-can covers⛵
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Sail Life – Selden E40i electric winch & spiffy jerry-can covers⛵

I install a Selden E40i electric winch in our cockpit, and Ava makes super spiffy jerry-can covers. Check our friends aboard Cadoha: More about Selden E40i: *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Life on Facebook: Sail Life on Twitter:
Sail Life – Selden France factory tour & Selden Rodkicker install
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Sail Life – Selden France factory tour & Selden Rodkicker install

We drive down to the Selden factory in France to get a tour and pick up a new Selden Rodkicker type 20 and an E40i electric winch. Back aboard the boat, I replace our old rigid boom vang with the spiffy new Rodkicker. Links: Rodkicker pdf: Sailing Codoha (youtube channel): 00:00 Intro 01:52 Se...
Sail Life – Wireless windlass remote with chain counter & canvas projects ⛵
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Sail Life – Wireless windlass remote with chain counter & canvas projects ⛵

This week, I hooked up our windlass using a Lofrans THETIS 7003 wireless remote with an integrated chain counter. We also started making covers for our jerry cans and a sunshade doohickey for the cockpit and made a bridle for anchoring. Thank you for the flashlight, www.bluemarinestore.com :) 00:0...
Sail Life – Sailing to France 🇫🇷 & Dometic CK2000 Cooker Hood 🍲
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Sail Life – Sailing to France 🇫🇷 & Dometic CK2000 Cooker Hood 🍲

This week it's time to say goodbye to the UK and head to France. Also this week we installed a Dometic CK2000 12V cooker hood to deal with the smell and grease from cooking. Link to the cooker hood: *** Links *** Sail Life website: Sail Life on Patreon: Sail Life on Instagram: Sail Li...
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