Sail Life - Permanent water hook up, fancy car and new fenders 

Crazy. I'm watching your video while looking at Athena while on my sailboat next door. Very surreal. Cheers!

I was surprised to hear your are in Cape Canaveral, my hometown. If you are going to be here a while and need some tools or supplies, let me know. I am Anthony at Wood River Studio in Cape Canaveral, which is across the street from the Wizard of Oz museum. We have an actual warehouse with a huge a selection exotic hardwoods and a 2000 square feet of metal and wood working shop free at your disposal. We'd love it if you stop by.

Welcome to the US. You don't need a compressor to fill the fenders you already have a dive compressor. An adapter pressure regulator for one of your dive tanks will work just fine, refill the tank when you have time. Tank air also works great for air tools (die grinder), blowing things off and even a small spray gun. Tank volume is going to be limiting but for that quick short jobs it's really handy, with minimal parts investment.

I bought and drive a used 2005 Ford Escape, so can relate to your joy of scoring an older vehicle in clean condition. A benefit of 20+ year old vehicles is that they have less electronic dohickies that could fail and leave you stranded.

When I lived on my boat in a marina, I installed a manual device between the marina supply hose and the boat water inlet that could be set to shut off the water flow after a certain number of gallons ran through. I have seen similar devices in hardware stores. The downside is that the device had to manually reset. I quickly found that the device needed to be easily accessible so I could reset it when it shut off the water during my shower.

Great job adding a city water connection to your boat. Your assistant did a wonderful job. I have just one suggestion and that is to move the water pressure regulator to the connection on the dock and not on the boat end. By doing this you will keep the high dockside water pressure from the hose and prevent it from blowing out. Happy hunting your next project, looking forward to it.

Get a right angle hose fitting that will make the water hose connection more streamlined to the hull. Stagnant water anywhere in the water system will go bad in the Florida heat. Filtering out the chlorine before your tank will only make the situation worse. Filter drinking water at the faucet and you'll avoid a real mess.

When I lived aboard with my dad back in the 80s, we were hooked up to the city water through a spigot in the cockpit. It worked great, until a hose deep inside the boat burst from the pressure, and nearly sank her. The solution my dad came up with was a stop-gap that might help you guys rest assured Athena will not get totally swamped: He put a regulator on the city spigot, so that it would only dispense 50 or so gallons before shutting off. It was a minor inconvenience to go out to the dock to 'reset' the regulator every few days, but the peace of mind was worth it.

I noticed that some of all that glorious sanding dust finally lodged in your beard, Mads 🤓. Considering the massive amount of sanding you are about to take on with a cat, you will soon have the complete ‘Old Man and the Sea’ look going for you. Looking forward to many more enthusiastic and well informed boat refit videos.

Those CR-Vs are one of the best Hondas from the last 30 years. You might want to check the rear gate handle for binding. If it is at all, lube it up real well or it'll break off too.

Somebody probably already mentioned it but I suggest putting the pressure regulator on the other end of the hose. This prevents full shore pressure in the hose, prolonging its life and preventing it from possibly bursting.

Boat store "food grade or drinking water" hoses tend to grow algae when used for dock supply water. Lots of sun and relatively low flow. A commercial grade food grade hose with a gray outer cover will keep your supply much cleaner. I'm on my 3rd boat with dock water supply, all the fitting in the system are rated for city water pressure.

I almost spit my drink out - the Honda CRV is perhaps the perfect vehicle. I owned a white & a green version of this vehicle. I then sold one and passed one down to my kids. They loved it. Very solid choice!

Been watching your channel from the pre-Athena days. I live in Merritt Island. The only advice I can offer about your stay here which you haven’t covered is: Right next to West Marine on MI is an excellent automotive repair shop, Sammy’s Auto. Rich Payne is the owner.

after drilling the hole for the screws. use a counter sink bit to remove a small amount of gel coat...it will prevent cracking

Another good episode.. you show us that sailing is accessible for a wider audience than just the young adults partying on the beaches. You share your physical setbacks and that it doesn’t hold you back from the necessary boat work. I’m 68 and dream of a sailing lifestyle.. sort of. Thanks for this week’s presentation!

for those fendertex fenders, we have four ourselves. With heavy wind they tend to dance around alot because they are so light. We saw another boat with them during hurricane beryl and they tied filled water jugs on the bottom loop with a line to keep the fenders from flying up in light wind. They out the jugs down in the water so they didn't bang against the hull.

The Fendertex bumpers scratched the crap our of our paint job with little micro-scratches over the course of a couple weeks of use. I believe you need to buy an additional cover to make them not do that... we no longer use them. We bring them cruising, but we try to just use normal bumpers which seem to act less like sandpaper.

Another option for water filling: use a sprinkler controller to fill the tanks when they are getting empty. (assuming you have water tanks connected to Cerbo, which can control the sprinkler valve).

So years ago i was living on boats(owner) in the sf bay area, over filling is a constant fear, i used a electronic programmable garden timer( Orbit Brand was the easiest to program), sprinkler valve w/vacuum breaker, i connected a spare float switch to the on-board rain sensor input of the timer, and programmed the valve to open and fill at night when i was home and off during the day when i was at work or away. you can get all of this from Home Dep*t.... oh I also had wired a small gear pump to transfer fuel from tank to tank thru my fuel filter/water separators... for the hell of it... Happy Boating...

Those fenders are cool. My boat lives on a mooring, I only need fenders once in a blue moon and they take up so much space. I was excited. Then I looked up the price of Fendertex fenders. $259 AUD ($175 USD) for one fender! My good thats a massive mount of coin for a fender! And thats saying something when you own a yacht!

We bought a CRV soon after they were released. My wife just loved that table AND the space under the table doubled as an cooler.

Our old Wellcraft St. Tropez had a water hookup. LOVED it. No filling tanks, and I wouldn't drink the water out of that 1985 tank to save my life...ok, maybe then, but only then. As for 'sinking' your boat, the checklist includes "TURN OFF WATER TO BOAT". Our marina also had leak detection on the system, if water ran for extended periods of time an alert would trigger to the marina pager system and they would investigate. Our marina crew was awesome. We would see them at least a dozen times a day walking the marina, checking on guests and slip owners alike. Always willing to help that crew was. VERY well tipped they were!

From personal experience as a Land-yacht liveaboard... I.e. "RV Dweller" it is better to install the Pressure regulator at the spigot before the hose. as a hose that spends all of its life in direct sunlight will become weak, and the high pressure of the city water may cause it to blister and break. Also a high quality filter will help keep the tank clean.

I had a 2002 CR-V with a manual transmission for 13 years and 206k miles. That was a really nice car. Only real issue I had was the Canadian version had heated seats but the US version didn't and I live in New England.

New subscriber here, followed the great shout out SV Paquita (also TimBatSea) gave you. So happy to have found you, looking forward to binging your archives!

As I said many months ago when you were working on the cat. I for one can't wait for your refit of your new cat.

Your excitement makes me excited for you! Another great video.

Totally spiffy episode and the new project idea I can't wait!!! 😃😃😃

Stay safe and we'll see you next week.

The gen 2 CRV is an excellent car. Be sure to check and change the rear differential oil, this is not a common maintenance item on most cars but it is on this one!

Brilliant episode, fun, happy, cheery, humour, quick and punchy!

Can't wait for the new project and the laborious sanding!

You should have no major problems with you new old CRV. They are amazing cars, I feel better than the newer CRV shape post 2005, I think. I drove a 1999 model for about 15 years, handed it over to my son in 2018'ish, when on 395000 km (245000 miles). He drove it for about a year and a half adding 50K kms to the total. They are great cars. Thanks for the videos and good luck with the new boat refit project you have in mind.

Looks like things are looking up! 👌

Mads, for your back, get a hot water bottle (the rubber ones) and fill it up with warm water for when you go to sleep. Not scalding hot, just warm. Also, there's these semi-elastic 18 cm wide straps that peeps who exercise a lot use, that wrap around your waist. That one helps a lot during the day, like you wouldn't believe just how much it takes away from the little "imps" that "kick your back". Here's to a quick recovery, from a fellow backpain afflicted individual. PS, have Ava knit it a cover so it's not directly against your skin - keeps it functional for many years that way.

What a teaser! I really am looking forward to seeing the next project

To stop city water flow, instead of a motorized valve I use a wifi irrigator controller. Little cost, super convenience.

For about 20 euro you can buy a mechanical waterstop/aquastop. mostly used for washing machines. Basically a mechanical counter which shuts off when a preset amount of liters have gone through. And there is the 40 euro electrical version which also shuts the water inlet off in case of a power fail. very safe and reliable and cheap.

You too are a great couple, well suited for each other.

Congrates on the "new" car :). And welcome to the US. Hope everything goes well with the new project boat.

I've been watching for years, and it's exciting to see you all in my old stomping grounds! I grew up very close to where you are, and lived aboard not far to the south in Telemar Bay Marina. I've sailed into Port Canaveral and stayed the night there once.

It was great to meet you today. Welcome to Central Florida.

great video

I was on my way to visit you guys yesterday but had a problem with my Truck...I was really looking forward to meeting you both. Maybe Next Weekend... It's only about 6hrs. from the FL. Panhandle where my Boat is.

Honda CRV…score! Great video. Still so happy to have you in the states. 😎🥰😎🥰😎❤️

Hi , where ever you sail , your always finding something to do , great work .😉💅👍

A great choice of car. Super reliable. I had an 05, never let me down. I have a 2019 now. Love it. Very easy to drive on long distances, and economical too if you stay around 65

You should add a valve at the fresh water pump. This is a safety thing to stop shore water pressure bypassing and filling your water tanks.

Honda CRV is VERY spiffy indeed & looks like you scored a nice specimen. If you're into Habachi Buffets at all, there's a pretty nice one that just opened on Courtenay Pkwy that I'd highly recommend next time you find yourself on Merritt Island.

with the heat down there I would use the water tanks every other week and fill with fresh water when empty to avoid little creatures grow inside the tank...or just run it dry

You can add water to the fenders if they are too bouncy and at risk of popping out from between boat and dock. It is on Fendertex’s site.

Our 2001 Honda accord is also still running great. The interior still looks brand new, the paint looks perfect, and it has never had a problem even though it has over 200,000 miles. It now resides with our nasa engineer friend. Hondas had great interior materials and excellent paint. And not a single spot of rust.

I drive a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am 5 speed manual that has 200,000 kms on it. Still going strong. I used to have a 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix and finally sold it when it had 425,000 kms on it. Previously enjoyed cars are the best.

Love the CRV

We had a slightly older CRV and the seats folded all the way flat to make a bed too!

Had a 2005 CRV until daughter #2 totaled it last year. I bought her a replacement 2010 CRV and I have a 2013 CRV. The newer ones both use oil, but the 2005 engine was a flawless workhorse. The older CRV's all had the same recurring issue, the air conditioner compressors would grenade frequently.

Better than a electric ball valve, I would go for a normally closed solenoid. Hope your back gets to feeling better, tell the spiffymobile to play nice!

awesome episode! thanks for sharing :)

Nice score with the wheels!

Use the very same setup in my RV. I will say that we added a water filter and that improved our quality of life with water.

Try a 90° bend and full flow isolator with a quick release fitting( as per hydraulic lines) on the outside. You can then just blank off the spigot when you leave the marina, or isolate at the boat which will be much less hassle. But I'm sure you have this sussed! Your tanks should be flushed at least once a week for Legionella. Here's to the next 160k miles on the Honda! Just change the oil occasionally! It's in remarkable condition though. Need for speed... so this is a catamaran, I'm intrigued!

I loved my CRV. Great car for towing a trailer. Back seat down can carry loads of stuff, mowers, brushcutters, chain saws etc. Just get the timing belt changed, as my car came to a stop on the freeway

Welcome to the neighborhood. I live just down the road in Viera.

Mads lives in my old stomping grounds. I lived on Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach for 11 years and miss it.

Nice Video

CRV great cars, had lots of them. got one for my son too. you'll love it. they say that model was one of the best cars ever designed, I agree. keep it serviced and it'll go for ever. 2wd with 4wd on demand.

On the external water hook up ,add a ninety degree to put less pressure on the hose hookup.

Keep at it.👍

I know there are different back problems for different individuals but my back benifits from lots of regular walking.That and a firm matress.Get well soon! CHEERS from HERE!

I decided to fill fresh / drinking water conserved in 6* 25 liter waterbags (Camelbak Squadbak / Source). The advantage is that they are waterproof contained canisters that even with a leakage of a central freshwater reservoir are always safe. And as backpacks they are fillable and transportable at every place. But my vessel is much smaller than yours.... As water preservative i can reccommend the MIOX water purifier system where you only need some table salt and electrical energy to "produce" an effective desinfectant / preservative based on the chlorine that comes from tablesalt.

Motorized sanitary ball valves do cost the earth. Water control solenoids ripped out of a dishwasher or washing machine are free. They are small and quite reliable. Just put one of them in line with the float valve in the bilge.

Boat projects are always fun!

At the hardware store I have noticed that they have water lines made for sinks and toilets that if a flush valve or line burst it stops water flow. Basically if the flow exceeds the faucet gph it blocks any water from flooding your house.

You could add a solenoid valve to the water line that is normally closed when de-energized and opens when it is powered up. Easier than finding a motorized ball valve and more reliable. Then you could wire in a relay to chop the power to the solenoid (and keep latched off until manually reset) whenever the high water alarm is activated. You could also wire it into whatever circuit or panel you habitually turn off when you leave the boat so it cuts the solenoid when the power is shut off. You could even go crazy and add more logic and automation and even remote actuation and monitoring as well. Since you are going to be plugged-in the power use of a solenoid won't be an issue but if you do something like this make darn sure the solonoid is rated for a 100% duty cycle even when there is little or no water flow to cool the solonoid valve. This is basically the same setup many of us with LP gas systems have on our LP supply to shut off the flow of gas when we don't want it flowing in our boats. Our own system has a leak-detection system in the bilge that will cut off the LP if it senses any gas down there. If I did marina pressurized water on our boat I would definitely have such a system or not do it all. The few times we have stayed in a marina we just filled the tank whenever it got low and kept the hose ready to go. We have never felt it to be a chore especially since we haul the majority of the water we use in jugs from shore in the dinghy. Just turning on a hose at the bollard is a nice vacation from our usual lugging of jugs. We are so used to lugging jugs that we have actually lugged jugs 30 feet when we were at a dock for a day or two and felt it was less work than getting the hose out to top off the tabk and then having to roll it all back up again. This is the same reason we never plug in at a dock either unless we are leaving the boat and shutting the wind generator off while we are gone. Solar should do OK usually but we have had a big trawler or other large boat end up docking in the next spot and totally block our panels while we were gone and this did the batteries no favors. About the only time we do plug in at a dock is if we are leaving the boat for a few weeks or if it is cold enough to warrant electric space heaters.

Excellent car for your needs----Mikey

I would install a Aqua stop valve like used for dishwasher or washing machine. Proven by a lot of manufacturers.

Good vehicle for the forthcoming boat restoration - a set of roof bars may make it even more utility.😀👍⛵️

Welcome to central florida! Enjoy the rocket launches coming up and other fun stuff while you're here. Bioluminescense is just getting started also. Id be happy to take you up to titusville and kosquitoclagoon for that. Ive got extra kayaks so itd be easy..

Been there hooked up to "city" water. Hose burst (unreinforced tubing). Bilge pump spraying water against the neighbor's boat. Wakened at wee hours of the morning. Big mess. Suffice to say, replaced all tubing with reinforced tubing and added a new protocol to turn off shore water before going to bed or leaving the boat for any period of time.

When you're doing glass work and need supplies, try Florida fiberglass in Rockledge.

you guys are cool....always a little humor sprinkled in along with great DIY explained well. Stay cool in Fla. its really hot in the US this summer so far....New England is a great place to sail to at some point in time..lol..hint

Hey Madds, saw Athena in her slip last Wednesday, welcome to the port

you can put a pressure sensor with the valve so that the water system knows better and you got your floating diver compressor for the fenders 😉🤔

Should try to make it out to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge while you’re here. It is the premier Loggerhead & Green sea turtle nesting area in North America. They even do nighttime sea turtle walks.

Coco Beach...Dayton and Orlando are all you ever need to see in Florida...I left the Keys off because they're too close to Miami. I'm just prejudice because I spent my youth from 1958 thru 1971on the space coast every summer growing into a young man.

those tables are insanely rare

OH no not more glorious glorious sanding!

Have you ever considered doing exercises on an inversion table? I had back problems for years (herniated disc pushing on nerves) and within 3-4 weeks of using the inversion table my back pain was completely gone and I am pain free for 2 years. This inversion table, although a bit tricky to store, comes traveling with me. ;)

My son has exactly the same model and year of vehicle. Be aware of electrical issues especially the oxygen sensor which is often loosely screwed in place thereby giving false readings. Tighten that sucker if you can reach it otherwise this car runs well. Best wishes

Happiness 😊 is spontaneous song and dance love from Oklahoma

That's a great $4k picnic table 😂

Horizontal fenders. When placed on the lee side of a boat during weather, the rocking of the boat tends to lift the fender above the dock level, get stuck there and bad things happen. Of course, vertical fenders can be lifted above the dock level and get stuck there but it usually takes more weather for this to happen.

Great video, M & A! Great to visit with Mads last week! Hope Honda is a sponsor with that prominent HONDA Logo steering wheel cover-makes me want to buy another Honda!

Cool mobile table

On the comment of "risk to sink your boat", i think that could be mitigated by adding an electric valve at the entry point into the boat. Along with a couple of water level sensors in the bilge + a brain, you could have it so that whenever water is above the sensor level, the valve automatically shuts down. They're not cheap, but then again they're less than a boat. I've this very same system wherever i have water ingress in anything i own. Has saved my proverbial bacon from floods several times now. 3:59 yup. Do it. It's seriously easy to implement in arduino, in your own boat setup it's even easier. Just be sure to not use passive water detection (to be read, the system that reads by making contacts touch) and use an active system. Like a float switch that's out of the water in operation. You can try to use "U.S. Solid" ball valves. 1/2 valve is easily found on the "rainforest site."

Welcome to Florida. I have a sneaking suspicion as to what your next project boat is. Our Seawind 1000 was neighbors in a boat yard not long ago with a great project cat owned by a Swede... Hope that's the boat because it's a badass one to fix up.

Mads & Ava I would like to introduce you to two fans. Donna & Peter Fischer we are part time residents of Cape Canaveral and have been coming there since 1976. We next expect to be there in October. If you are still there we would like to take you to dinner. Now for the reason for the comment 1. There is a very good and quiet large hardware store in Cocoa (down the 520) called Travis hardware. 2. Just in case you need car repairs there is a very good and honest repair shop on the 520 Aka Merritt island causeway called Jimmy Vickers.

Man, that driver's side headlight looks pristine! That has to have been replaced fairly recently, lol. There's no way a 2001 headlight isn't foggy and yellowed.

I’ll be picking up a load of lumber from Port Canaveral Monday.