Sail Life - Hatch cover, boot boat show and DJI Osmo Pocket fail 

Dang it! It looks like RU-vid are dragging their feet again. If 4K/HD is not available when you try watching this video please try again in a few hours. Sorry guys! It's been 8 hours since I uploaded the video. Normally it only takes them a few hours (max!) to finish processing the HD and 4K versions.

Mads don't fret over the video. You wouldn't be Mads if you were not experimenting with something new, whether its a new tool, material, Osmo pocket, or boat show. A Sunday spent with Sail Life is always a Sunday well spent !

Cement Boat guys boat has great lines. It's totally different then what I expected.

Even though this wasn't my favorite video of all time, It was sure good seeing you again this weekend. You have become part of my weekend routine! So thank you for that and looking forrward to more boat work next weekend!

Absolutely NO apologies needed. Always enjoy your vids and throwing in something different every once in a while is always a treat. Judging from your experience with the Pocket, I'm thinking about changing my mind in getting one. Cheers, N

I think the majority of us understand that you are doing you best to bring us great videos. Investing in the Osmo Pocket demonstrates your commitment to all of us. Thank you for that! Maybe a separate audio recorder, voice over, or even a different gimbal would solve the issue. I have no doubt you will come up with a solution you will be happy with. Already looking forward to the next video!

I find shows of any sort to be hit and miss. But when you do find something cool, it can make your day.

Mads you owe us an extra long video next week. Lol I still love your videos

It was nice to meet you at the Boot. I am looking forward to all of your coming projects

Don't worry Mads. Any worries about the boatshow content were more than compensated by the cameo from Jökul! Great to have him back :)

Maids, love the videos far better than PBS DIY shows. Just finished bing watching all your stuff. You’re great editor and fun to watch.

Hi Mads, I discovered your channel recently and I've just completed almost 40 hours of glorious, glorios binge watching! I have to say that yours is one of the best sailing related channels that I follow. It's geat to see you working on some of the projects that I have in mind for my own boat and its always encouraging to get an insight into what I might be letting myself in for. One of the things I like about your channel is your stoicism (I think we should make you an honorary Brit :-) ) especially when you discovered the full extent of your "Joker". I really hope you find a good solution to that. I'm super interested in the pedestal rebuild as what you have there looks to be the same basic pedestal that I have - although mine doesn't have the engine stop lever on it (that's on the panel with the power and start buttons). My broblem is that the engine control is not centred correctly and when the engine is in neutral the lever is about 30 degrees forward. I tried to recentre it by removing the grub screw in the hope of removing the lever to reposition it but it just wouldn't budge - now I know why! Also the grab rail is loose because the little plastic clip "doohickies" don't fit into the top plate properly. Actually, to be more precise, the centres of the vertical parts of the rail are wider that the centres of the holes in the top plate. I have a 1988 Sigma 362 which, although basically sound, needs a bit of TLC (but nothing on the scale that you are undertaking) to get her "looking spiffy" again. I loved your engine compartment refit and I think I'm going to do something similar. The only other major projects are going to be a galley refit/build, the removal of the vanity unit in the fore cabin to create more storage and a rewire and replumb of the whole boat. Outside I'm going to replace the running (and probably standing) rigging and investigate the condition of the inside of the rudder. I have 18 months to complete everything as I've put my name down for ARC 2020 so she has to be ready for that.

I'm just going to say what we are all thinking here......it was great to see your puppy make a return appearance!!!

Hi. Just wanted to say thanks for all of your videos I'm a long time viewer and have subscribed now.. (sorry I don't normally sub to anything so took me a while). Also wanted to say thanks for how you do your videos, you're really good at explaining what you do and showing what you do too. Thanks again.

Thanks Mads! My wife enjoyed seeing Jokul again. Catch you next weekend!

Hi Mads, don't beat yourself up for one little video. Your content is exceptionally high class. Btw. finding a hotel room at düsseldorf just like that is close to winning the lotterie. cheers

Love the slightly different type of video! Always nice to see some different boats

Yay the puppys' back. Good work Mads. Thanks for taking us with you to Germany.

Good to see Jukol I think both of you will be happy with the workshop.

YAY!!! PUPPY TIME!!!!!!!! That's great Mads!

Keep your head up, Mads! It's just fine to have a non-perfect video in between your tons of high-quality stuff. Sound wasn't as bad as I expected it to be after you told about that problem in Dusseldorf. :-)

The audio issues were not all that bad, but noticable. In fact, I started to get a llittle concerned assuming they were an issue on my end between my phone and my Fusion radio on the boat. I switched to Bluetooth on the Fusion radio early on in the video so my wife could listen to it in the V-berth. Then the issues started happening right after. It didn't even occur to me at first that the issue could be on your end. Your audio is always perfect. I can't remember the last time in the years you have been doing Sail Life that you had any issue like this. Don't sweat it. You are batting close to 1000. One slightly imperfect audio is pretty good all things considered.

That is a really cool camera. Love it !!!

Keep us up to date as you and your buddies build out your workshop. It is an awesome space and as you mentioned you should be able to empty out your storage locker. That will save some krone !

Mads, firstly - I can't wait to see how you do the rudder. Then I will know what I should have done with mine - too late now. Also, I noted the Seaglaze brochure. I fitted bespoke Seaglaze clamp-in portlights last year. The templating process was very easy and they fit perfectly. Shame about the Osmo - it looked great.

Hi Mads. I think you should be GIVING a workshop at a boat show on your Osmosis treatment especially the vacuum system you built, lots of people would attend for sure.

Well, I did expect you going through each NEW sailboat to find all the ideas, upgrades, new things, so you can use those ideas in your DIY project.

I bought a full set of Seaglaze wheelhouse windows last year, great company to deal with and a superb set of windows which look great, I would highly recommend them.

I know Düßeldorf quite well (my wife lived there for a year) but I was really surprised to find out how big the boat show is. I would have expected one of the world’s biggest boat shows to be a bit closer to the sea. I know the Rhine is a huge river, but it’s not a sea.

Mads, the Osmo looks great! We'll survive the sacrifice in quality/audio if you enjoy using the super convenient handheld, gimballed spiffyness of the new doodad!

I also picked up a DJI OSMO Pocket for my RU-vid videos and found the same issues with the audio (kinda expected it). They have an accessory to allow 3.5mm audio into the camera that is not available quite yet. I plan to mate this with a RODE Videomicro mic. I also picked up the wireless base and the wheel controller doohicky which work really well. Overall the shots I can get with it far out way the cons but it won't be replacing my main camera anytime soon. Again thanks for the videos, they are always very enjoyable!!! Best wishes Michael & Esme (my dog) :)

Hiya,19.00 here in the UK, no notification but the video is on notifications, strange. Nice video, a change is as good as glorious sanding... or so they say. A video on the specialist hand tools you mentioned would be good plus the not so good tools. Not to slate but to inform about why we may not want to buy them, because... It would be your own view only not a hatchet job on a company or product, just un-suitability for this use. The heated workshop looks good, enough space and power for three plus someone to help lift or inform. Keep up the great work and take care...

Hi Mads - tascam makes a small onbody lav recorder that is great to use with cameras where there is no possibility for wireless or hotshoe mount. I bought one for around 1000 kr. Only downside is that you then need to sync the audio in post, but it resolves the audio issue.

Thanks for doing the boat show

Bummer about the osmo issues. But I still enjoyed the update on projects and am looking forward to the cockpit and rudder projects. From Washington state in the US.

Your marina looks lovely in that light

Toe rail........ Mine main purpose is to stop screw drivers/ spanners falling overboard! I don't think yours would do that.

Sharping tungsten and swearing whilst DIY'ing the life out of stuff rules !! Keep up the good work Mads. Can't wait for your video glassing your stringers in because i am about to do this on my boat at some point this year.

I enjoy your 'spartan' taste in decoration. Not my style but I can see why you like it. 100% uncluttered

i missed Jökul

Nice work!!!! Keep it up!!

I am sorry the audio and the boat show didn't turn out the way you had hoped Mads. I thought the gimbaled video was cool and enjoyed the video on a whole. Thank you :)

I agree with those below Mads any Sunday video with Sail Life is a great Sunday video. Sorry you were disappointed with the boat show. See you next week with cement boat guy.

When will you rename Athena to Sandy?

Mads, happy birthday! I love the boat next to obelix, on the port side. Do you know if there is anyone in your boat yard giving his boat for free? Don't worry about the short video, it is nice to have a comment on the boatshow anyway

One way to make the toe rail yourself and not have the problem of injury might be to simply use a strip with a light zig zag pattern. That way, it won't look boring at all.

How about a video on your progress learning welding and especially how you judge it? It would be cool to learn how to tell a semi-ok weld from a perfect one:) I know virtually nothing about welding, but would be nice to follow the learning process.

BEAUTIFUL lines on Cement Boat Guy's boat! I see why he chose it.

So you like the osmo (sp.?) for video ,but not audio? Is it easy to use a different audio source when you shoot and it will synchronize? Still enjoyed the vid. . I didn’t like the toe rail weld along the edge. It did not look clean. Wonder if it would be possible to have the weld on the down side and some filler that would result in a clean outside corner. Thoughts?

Jokul Cam. Do you think you can weld up a holder for the DJI Osmo camera, so we can get Jokul perspective?

Well, you live and learn. Still a good video, thank you.

It wasn't a complete DIY waist we got to see some glorious glorious sanding oh and a cute dog

Still not available in Australia some 9hrs after your post saying there is an issue 😥

I know your an absolute perfectionist but all things considered I think the footage from the little camera wasnt too bad given it's size. Obviously we can't comment on the bad audio from the boat show but the clips you decided to use were watchable.

Yeah you kinda knew that the audio on your DJI Osmo pocket is bad. Hope it didn't cost you a fortune. This is still a good video with a bit of DIY in it. Good job! And the star of the show is offcourse the dog! Greetings,, Kitty.

Mads most people watch on laptops or Ipads so the sound is crap anyway............I always enjoy the vids so keep up the good work👍👍👍

I was there at the boat show in Dusseldorf 30 years ago. Sorry the footage was bad. I would like to have seen if it was still as amazing and large as I remember it. From the map you showed it still looks like each building still has a different theme. One nothing but large sail boats, another nothing but large motorboats and another nothing but windsurfing etc. If it isn't the largest boat show in the world it has to be a close second.

I wait all weekend for these videos am I mad or is mads mad lol

I'm glad you made this video using the DJI camera because I actually thought about buying one. Now that I've seen and heard it, no thanks.

If you want a decent lightweight camera, perhaps try a Pixel 3.

Mads, I need that putty knife! Where can I get one here in the US?

Well - some trips are just destined to be misadventures. Between your rental being nonexistent, the camera quality issues, and the boat show lacking DIY, hopefully you made the best of it with your Catamaran and Cement Boat friends. And, you never know what inspirations you have gained, until you are trying to solve some problem or design question in the future. Cheers!

Youu might want to consider a Snoppa Atom for a small gimball. Works with mobile phones and GoPros and for the money ~100 Euro you can't go wrong as long as you have a decent phone. It accepts external mics too

Boat shows were so much more interesting in the good old days, when you hadn't seen everything on the interweb already... I'm going to my local boat show next week and actually, except for the world premiere of the new Wallas heater, I don't expect nothing much new.

Thank you for your experiment. The Osmo audio was complete rubbish and I do not need to waste the money on it.

thanks

Don´t get me wrong, but i miss the good old DIY videos. More and more videos are quite short, contain announcements, but always have less content. And there was so much more to discover at the Boat-Show in Dusseldorf! What a pity.

Jokull! Sanding! Joy!

Hi , there are add on mic's you can use for the DJI Osmo in future, check other youtube reviews on this matter and you will see better results in sound regards Alex from Downunder ( Melbourne )

Your video always make my Sunday complete. If you had fun producing one, it was a win as far as I am concern. What about a wooden toe rail?

I"m pretty sure whatever you post it will be watched. Now when your boat buddy there is done building a tour is now in order after the tease of his amazing galley, your also when you are done. : ) peace dusseldorf yippy

Real shame about the Osmo pocket, I had my eye on it for a while, may hold off a bit longer to see how you get on with it.

Hi can you fit a mic to sort hope the audio like a Bluetooth perhaps or something like that

Boot never had a big focus on refit and DIY stuff. I think you visited Boatfit in Bremen.

Is it a toe rail or mini hand rails?

Is the water frozen around the cement boat?!?

Looking forward to cement guys videos

Boot DD is fantastic, the world’s largest indoor boat show. 1500 boats this year, I think. But you’re right, Boot is really not a DIY-show and the DIY-value has become lower each year (I’ve been there ten times, part of my job). But it’s possible: last year I ordered Coppercoat for my NC39 at close to half the price back home. But for dedicated DIY-people, I guess Mets Amsterdam is far better.

Mads the vid doesn't play on apple TV...

More sanding NOW ??.

I'm guessing the resolution drops in step with Mads feeling of success - Boat show = 360p. No wonder the welding video didn't get made :P

Best port lights is NFM new found metals.

I would mind a 9 part series on you learning welding. That way I can catch up on my Danish swearing 🤬

Sound is Louder on the Osmo, never had to turn you DOWN before, not even with Power Tools...I've Always had to Turn It Up and Rip The Knob Off to Hear you. Yes, I have cheap speakers on my tower, lol. Lucky to have THEM.. But the vid looked Good, just Different. Save the Osmo to use in tight spaces, like when you start fixing the Joker. You';re NOT Twentieth Century-Fox, Mads, you're a DIY BOATBUILDER. We don't NEED to be able to Count the hairs in your nose or ears, lol. Spider-cracks in Gelcoat is Fine, lol...Sawdust in the air is Great, we don't need to be able to SEE the PARTICLES, lol. You're doing Great. That toerail you showed us was what I was imagining, only with the Uprights closer together, too small an opening for a whole foot to fit through. Catamaran Guy needs a BIGGER Boat, doesn't he? LMAO! That thing is HUGE! It looked like a pair of Frigates or Corvettes sitting beside each other! When he gets ready to Arm her, let me know, I have a Cannon Foundry in the town out from me, they make anything from 4-pounders to 32-pounder Carronades for his Broadside guns, lol. And Mortars, too. Brand New, Stronger than the Originals. In Iron, Steel, or Bronze.

Dang it...... a few, well a way few or more than necessary, what is necessary and how would Mads define that.......okay watching SailLife half.....or more hammered....Sunday Funday......

Video problems..... What video problems. My internet connection is very noisy so I'm lucky to get 360p without having to wait for several bufferings. I consider the content to be more important than shiny, bright, spiffy HD video. Cheers Eric

Cute dog!

Video still only 360dpi 11.46 on the 28th January. YT must be really slacking. Mads the lighting in the workshop seems a little "yellowy" from my point of view. Maybe an LED work light might help. But still enjoyed the video. Hope you didn't pay for the Airbnb. Fair winds & regards from the UK

Not as much information from the boat show as l had hoped. The shows in the states now are more of a manufacturer thing and not a DIY.

Great to see that cementboat's guy wife seems to be ok.

It’s too bad that the audio prevented you showing more of the boat show clips. A lapel RF mic would’ve helped. I could tell from the segment in Athena that you’d be disappointed with the sound quality, but you wouldn’t listen ... 😜

Onto glorious welding

Move that work table away from the wall, O what a difference!

Just a thought -- have you considered CNC milling the toe rail from something like King Starboard polyethylene sheet from 6.4mm to 38mm thick. Any table based CNC wood router would do it with ease. It can be heat formed to follow the curve to the deck. Pocket screws and heat welding can be used for jointing. It just can't be adequately glued with any known adhesive. see kingplastic dot com -- not affiliated Craig

Don’t worry about the quality. I got 20/20 and I can’t really tell a difference

Good thing you didn't get shocked by the explosion on the boot. A dive computer battery exploded.

Surprised to see you apply fairing compound with a paint brush.

Whats "cement boat guy's" channel?

Dang it, Mads! Now I can't get Britney Spears' Baby One More Time out of my head. On the video quality front: I don't think I'd be any less disappointed in the boat show if I wasn't forced to watch it in 360p.

im kicking myself that i didnt go to boot :(