Sail Life - Complete deck and core replacement - DIY sailboat restoration 

not to overstate the obvious but, you are doing very impressive work on Athena. your bold use of challenging materials is impowering.rex

Mads ! i could watch you read the phone book...... i found your channel about 3 months ago, and have since watched and or fell asleep to every video you have posted, 2 or 3 times i'm sad to say, lol........ i'm like a thirsty sponge for the knowledge and value of human spirit you have brought in to this crazy thing called youtube, it is truly channels like this one that make it worth the while to log in and see whats next :) i am soon to start my own boating adventure (building a 34' steel tug yacht) and find a lot of the things you are doing things that i will need to have some knowledge about, and i couldn't ask for a better mentor ! :) i just hope i can keep a fraction of your composure and good spirits have fun on your trip !

I would agree with the term spiffy adjacent as specified. Undoubtedly the best spiffy adjacent work I have ever seen. Seriously, you're doing a very nice job.Look forward to the rest of your build.

She is looking absolutely Gorgeous! But it has occurred to me now, after having seen them so often, that it is time to send some kudos to Camila, to Thomas, et. al. for the help they have given you. To have friends that are there for you makes all the difference in our lives... that they are willing and able to give so much help a blessing. Give them a big hug from all your fans. As for your L.A. trip, I would vote for doing videos. BUT I completely understand if you want to take advantage of the time you have with her and will wait (impatiently) for your return :-D

I feel like I'm taking a graduate course in deck restoration. If the pro's out there find this disconcerting, go do a series of your own. Plus, with and average of 50,000 views per episode, the potential sponsors are really missing the "boat" big time. Mads, hopefully, you are getting a lot of free supplies! This series is awesome. Thanks Mads!

Oh that fresh white paint looks great! It closely resembles a boat!

Have a great trip Mads!

good to know you have a life outside of work and the rebuild, go enjoy your 2 weeks with your young lady and don't worry about us here in youtube land!!!!!!!

Q&A! Electronics that you planed for Athena would be a good topic!

A big smile when I saw the white paint on the deck. So happy for you Mads. Best wishes.

You have patience that I can only dream of having. You've really kept your head up and charged onward with this boat. I am impressed.

You are an inspiration to an old shipwright to play with fiberglass boats. You put your heart and mind to it and to me it is looking....wait for it....pretty dang spiffy.

I demand you produce some "Pretty Dang Spiffy" and "but that's okay" t-shirts 😉

The deck looks great, a little wavy but you won’t see it with the kiwi grip on and the hardware. Congrats on a job well done! You deserve a break. Have a great time in Los Angeles.

That paint sure seems well suited for use in our chilly climate! Very useful to know.

This has become my Sunday thing. I’m not sure how to feel about that. I wait for the video with great anticipation, and everything else has to stop when I get the notification. I know it’ll be good. Thanks Mads.

Very excited for you, Mads. Enjoy L.A. and take lots of pictures. If you can arrange it, a ride out to Catalina Island is awesome. Those are my old sailing waters. It's a great place.

Wow Mads.... deck looks really excellent! All that hard work nearing fruition must feel pretty good. Not over yet by a long shot, but a lot of the hard stuff near done. I for one don't care what you put out, I would watch it anyway. Sundays just wouldn't be the same with out your vlogs. Enjoy LA.

No doubt in my mind this will be one of if not the best boat rebuilds of all time.

88 + 12 ratio must be because 88 + 12 equals 100. That means 12 cl of hardener for 1L of mixed paint, for example. Sure, 22/3 is a more simplified fraction, but i guess a "total" of 100 could be useful in some cases, especially since most measuring cups can hold 100 of something, ml, cl or dl :)

I don't own a boat of any kind. I don't live anywhere near a large body of water, but these videos are so great. I was never interested in boats or sailing until I saw your channel.

You will be in the USA for Thanksgiving holiday. That is the best day! Just a wonderful meal with friends.

Congratulations. You must get some real satisfaction out of getting that paint down and knowing the deck is sound and watertight. These vids always brighten a Monday for me.

I really like watching you figure it out and work on your boat. Very positive and inspiring!

That paint looks soooooo good! Well Done Mads!

She's looking good! Enjoy your trip to LA.

Nice handheld shots of Mads, Camilla! That's something we're not used to since he's normally filming alone!

Congrats, Mads. A major waypoint now astern in your wake.

Welcome Ava! Mads, good to see you again and to see you positively shinning introducing Ava. Engine room lights. Two in the back and one up front = no shadows when you drop that little bitty washer or nut with no spares 300 miles off the Canary Islands in the middle of the night.

A big welcome to Eva, thanks for the video Mads. Glad your holiday was enjoyable.

Seeing that paint go on was soooo satisfying.

Mads, you are unbelievable, and inspire me every week to push forward with my refit. I to am in IT and honestly dont know how you have the energy every day, it is just amazing. I hope to see you out there some day!!

I can't believe I have to wait until spring to watch the Kiwi Grip videos. Dang it! On the other hand, I'm sure there'll be plenty of interior projects to keep me happy.

Great episode Mads, the painted tops look amazing. Cheers and have a great time in LA. Bryan

It's a Mads Mads world! The deck looks awesome. Fantastic job. This is gonna be fun watching you finish Athena.

It is SO satisfying to see Athena's deck in that sleek, creamy finish! Such painstaking, patient and beautiful work, as always, Mads! I'm not sure how you have the stamina for it, but I admire your tenacity and talent. :-)

Everything looks outstanding!

Wow Mads, that looks great!

Great work Mads.

Excellent job !!! So great to see things coming together.

another great video; thanks Mads. I vote 'yes' to the Q&A video :)

Wow, you’re in big progress now. Both with Athena and your woman. Take care and don’t hesitate to make some video shooting (editing can wait), but remember to put your own health first. 👍🏽

Wow! Athena's deck looks amazing, great work Mads. Pretty dang spiffy :)

one of my most anticipated events of the week Mads, right up there with having the grand kids for sunday dinner :)

Great to see a uniform finish to the deck after all that hard work. Enjoy your trip to the states. P.S. I just re-watched the videos where you bought Athena and sailed her home. She really is a good looking boat in the water and I'm sure that's always in the back of your mind. It will all be worth it in the end.

I startbuilding my boat some where next year and i learnt a lot from you, thanks and a great time with your GF

It's looking very good. That has been a lot of work but the product is appearing very good and we all know the quality throughout the entire operation was as good as the love which went into it. I highly doubt many production crews would be as attentive to ALL the details as you were.

Looking great ! Stop selling yourself short sir ,you are an inspiration.

Spiffy indeed! I suggest you make some "plugs" for inside the portlights. During a storm, differential pressure will remove your new covers. Don't want the interior to get soaked! As usual, beautiful work!

Skip the Q&A and go down to San Diego they have one of the largest Marinas on the entire west coast! You should think about a visit

Enjoy your self, Get a little bit, Come back strong.

WOW you must feel like you have run a marathon. Congratulations on getting this done!

I think you should have a nice holiday in LA. Don’t worry about us, remember distance makes the heart stronger or some spiffy thing like that!👌

Would love to see a Q & A on week two. Also don't wanna hear you complain, your work is probably better than most who do this for a living! 😉 👍👍👍👍👍

I'm really impressed! I think you may be my hero. LoL As far as the Q&A video goes I'd personally rather you enjoy your time with the mistry girl. HOWEVER! That being said, if you made a short video about some of your experiences in the U S of A I'd happily watch it. Enjoy your holiday, or as we say "vacation". 😎

Mads I’m so pleased for you, you must feel like you’re finally making real progress. How about putting a backing plate across the inside of those hatches to keep the covers in place, a piece of wood with a bolt through the top & bottom would hold them in place. You don’t want to risk them coming off whilst you’re away. Same for the windows openings. Enjoy you’re holiday.

The deck looks great.. Safe travels to LA, when do we get to meet the new lady? Yes, Do the Q&A..

Mads, you gone be a pro boat rebuilder after this restoration ... well done .... :o)

I just found your channel a few months ago and have been binge watching since. I'm all caught up now and love the work you do. Thank you for sharing this adventure. If your mast is deck stepped, I have a great suggestion for you when you get to routing the cables thru the deck. Let me know if your mast is deck stepped and I will elaborate. Keep up the great work, Lou

Coming along very nicely soon you will be refitting fittings , great job

WOW, WOW, WOW MADS!!!!! That's looking GREAT!! I know the excitement of putting on that non-skid- it's like frosting on a cake. Hind sight being what it is, should have left the F/G on the port light cutouts, and they would have been sealed up till spring, but that's just my opinion. Don't remember if you've mentioned doing a moisture meter on the cabin top, if it's cored. But I love watching you sanding so I just wanted to possibly give you more :). Have a great time with your lady in LA!.

your work is great!!! looks amazing!!

Another great video, have fun in LA.

The Bob Ross of sailboat restoration. 👍

The finish is as always topnotch 👍👍👍👍👍

Great job, Mads. Safe travels and have a very nice holiday with your girlfriend!

I would suggest looking into having the boat shrink wrapped. It’s protects the topside from sunlight and rain, and holds in heat. On sunny winter days it can be warm enough to continue working up there. Also, shrink wrap tape works great for sealing the port lights. Extremely strong and leaves no residue.

You have been workingso hard the Whole summer, so even your channel is the light of the weekend. You are free to take two weeks of holliday without any videos.

Bravo ! excellent job ! beautiful deck !

YES! I got my weekly fix!!

Looking good!

Enjoy the free time with your lady. We can wait until you return for your regularly scheduled broadcasts! LOL

I admit to cheering out loud when I saw the first layer of white paint on the deck haha

Looking good! Almost too good!

Great video as always! Too bad you are not planning on a short meetup in LA. I am visiting that weekend as well and it would be great to do a short gathering.

It's amazing how much more like a "boat" it looks with white decks...

I agree with others take a break you deserve it. Enjoy yourselves. See you when you get back.

Hi Mads..in my experience testing products such as this, the chemists are erring on the side of extreme accuracy to make sure that the product performs as advertised. You usually run into this in commercial applications where sizing up quantities is required. It is also important where the paint does another function such as adhesion or texture or prime/paint in one coat. After working with some of the Benjamin Moore paint experts there is an acceptable margin of error for consumers but it isnt huge unfortunately. Stick with the ratio on all your coats if you can and the job will be pretty dang spiffy! 🎉

Is the 88/12 not just so that it totals 100? Makes it easy to mix a litre at a time (or multiples there of). I should add that this is a total guess... :-)

Adding 88 and 12 you get 100 which incidentally is standard for percentages, and any mixture rate is normally indicated in percentages industrially.

A litre blended is 880 ml + 120 ml - so. 88/12 is easy to blend. The activator ratio is based on the hydroxyl number of the base urethane resin system.

Keep up the great work Mads! You're Pretty Dang Spiffy!

Love your touch screen gloves! :)

I loved the use of word "astute".

In South Africa the Sigma 550 comes in a 4400ml container and 600ml of hardner to make 5000ml of mixed paint, which is the same as 88 to 12 ratio.

YAAAAY Mads is back.

Forget the question & answer video... shoot something on your trip that's a bit touristy but a marina or boat in the background to keep it in the theme!

Mads you did a much better job than the factory

Those hatch cover boxes, I need to build two myself. I’ll do the same thing as you did, only I am going to put a rubber gasket, like on a refrigerator, all along the edge to make a seal. Below, I’ll have a pull cord in the center of the box so I can run a stick through the hanging cord and tighten it up to create pull-pressure, collapsing the gasket for a water-tight fit. Waddaya think?

And I agree with the shirt idea. That would be pretty dang spiffy!

Deck 👍🏽 👍🏽 👍🏽. I simply loved Your hilarious appreciation of all those smooth, soft, welldefined curves! Yes, they're all Yours, totally! And they're waaay better than coming outa factory - but that's OK. 😄

Did you make sure that the tarp and the tape are UV resistant? Here the tarps are only good for about one summer. Also check your tape to make sure it doesn’t leave any residue behind once the sun hits it, it may let go and fly away in the wind after a short time. A huge UV resistant tarp to cover the cabin top maybe the thing for you to have!

Mads you should really just enjoy a little vacation and spend time with your girlfriend. We will miss our sunday routine of watching your video in the evening (in europe) but we will be fine. Thanks for your weekly quality content.

Q&A video better than no video!!

Ratio is in units of 100 total volume. If you want 2 liter of paint (that's 20 batches of 100 ml each), it's easy to measure 240 ml (12 ml x 20) of hardener and balance (1760 ml) in paint.

I watch Mads' videos to counter my growing tendency towards nihilism. Who knew that sanding could be inspiring?

OMG ! " a bit of wavyness ... you are not going to notice it." 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 ? FYI - The reason the second coat on the hatch openings cam out so nice was because you added thinner. The thinner lets the brush/roller marks "flow" out. Also the cool temps provide a much longer curing time, again, adding to the flow. (𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠.) I am not paint expert, but I have never seen any paint that would cure below about 10C !

Looks great Madds. I have a glass question. How much overlap do you need at the edges of each fiberglass mat so the stresses can transfer across the entire diagram to the perimeter of the deck.

Very Spiffy Sanding !!

Screw the video,enjoy your vacation! Lol. If you make your way up to San Francisco I’ll buy you a beer lol