Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout
haven't archived this post yet. have a subscription? use the importer!

Content

Ava is here! Finally! She’s sitting right across from me while typing this. She got in late in the afternoon last Monday.  We have had an awesome week working on Athena and showing Ava some more of Denmark. We managed to finish a few more sections of the structural members. I do not regret asking her to marry me. She is nothing short of amazing. I never thought I’d find anyone that would be willing to get down on her knees and help me lay up fiberglass. Color me, one lucky guy! :) 

We made excellent progress on reinforcing the structural members. I’d say the overall job is about 37% completed, not counting having to replace the bulkheads. Speaking of the bulkheads. Turns out if I buy the plywood I want near Copenhagen rather than here in Skive it’s about half the price. It’s still not cheap at around $100 per sheet though. I looked into Coosa board. I don’t know how expensive that is in the US but over here you’d think it was used for constructing spaceships ;) 

Next week is crammed full of action. Monday we’re going to visit my parents. Tuesday and Wednesday we might go on a very short trip to Germany and then Thursday to Sunday we’ll head out and do a bit of sailing. It would be cool if we could have gone on a more extended trip, but there is not a lot of time when she’s only here for two weeks :)

I don’t know if we’ll upload a video next weekend. We’re going to attempt to record our little sailing adventure but I don’t know if we’ll be able to make a video out of that :) We’ll see :) 

Thank you so much for your support guys! I hope you’ve all had an amazing weekend :) 

Files

Previews only

Sail Life - Hull cleaning and structual members with Ava - DIY sailboat repair

Ava is here! We have had an awesome week working on Athena and showing Ava some more of Denmark. We managed to finish a few more sections of the structural members. Status on the structural repair: 37% done *** 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

Comments

Graeme Henderson

great video Ava and Mads! so cool to see you together again.

Keith Cheney

Mads, Fun video! Great to see Ava again! Two things. Here is an excellent reference for scarf joints and only $5. http://www.ptwatercraft.com/ptwatercraft/scarfing_basics.html Also, I use white vinegar to clean up epoxy covered tools. Apply it with a spray bottle. It breaks down the epoxy chemically and then you just wash the residue off with tap water. Give it a try. You'll be amazed!