Sail Life - Stainless exhaust elbow D2-40 & fiberglass dodger part 1 

Happy Birthday, Mads! Strap a GoPro onto Jökull while he's in the workshop with you for some Jökull-Cam footage.

This is a very sad day. I found your channel 5 days ago. I am a DIY guy myself and a former owner of a Catalina 27. I am looking to get back into sailing but I too want to take on a project. I found your channel and the first 30 seconds of your first Athena video I subscribed. I have since watched every single video from beginning to end. Binging hard. Now the binge is all over and I am all caught up and have to wait for each episode. Thank you for your meticulous work and ethic. Super happy for you that you found a lovely woman that will go with you on your journey. That is important. Cant wait to see you get Athena back out on the water. I will be watching. Fair Winds & Following Seas.

35 years in the glass trade have confirmed your best choice for the windows. One point of note when you install is to be sure you use the appropiate primer for glass to aluminium, a different primer is used for alum to fiberglass, and a autobody urathane is the way to go. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY Congrats Steve.h.

Hey there!!! Glad to see you are loving our stainless steel elbow! Thank you for helping us spread the word! Sincerely, Hailey at HDI Marine

Mads, I'd save the old elbow and use it for practicing with silicon bronze welding using the tig welder. At worst you'll learn a valuble repair technique and at best you'll have a serviceable spare elbow. When you get time This Old Tony has a great video on it.

Happy Birthday!! Hey, just so you remember before you finish the work on the dodger, the rounded corners will leave a few holes exposed that you need to take care of.

Hi Mads, sorry for posting before finishing the video, seems I too am exited;) It is not really necessary to make a mold for a rudder. the waterflow is already disturbed by the angle + gap between the skeg and the rudder. therefore the shape doesnt matter that much, unless you want to break a record. plus a rudder made i a mold will have to be made out of two pidces which is a weak point. The standard procedure is to simply use a piece of plywood or high density foam and plane and sphape the rudder profile. then insert the new rudder shaft and wrap everything in grp. the advantage is that you can glass it wet- in- wet and also wrap the glass arround the edges. much more sturdy than gluing two halfes thogether. And yes, this way you get to do some glourious fairing+ sanding ay well! cheers

Did we hear a little Jerry Butler bluegrass during the glass segment? He’s a master of Dobro and his work with Allison Krauss and his own band are just amazing.

The lighting in your engine room is AWESOME!

jökul is a real good sidekick - he adds lots of atmosphere!

Glad your are making great progress again. For sealing your windows, look at what the automotive glass shops use to install car windshields. Believe it's a moisture cured urethane that in use is considered structural. It's the only thing that holds the glass on the car which becomes part of the entire crash protection system. Go to a glass shop they will give you a partial tube, once opened they have to use it so they always have partial tubes in the trash.

Mads, stick with the glass. Do NOT go with the plastic. It WILL glaze. I have a friend with a Leopard 47 and he replaced his cabin windows some years ago and regrets that he did not go with glass. All the expensive modern cats are now coming with tempered glass like what you have. One thing I think you should consider though is some sort of way to hinge or remove a panel. Being able to get some air flow through the dodger is really important. Don't take that for granted, even if you're not planning to cruise in the tropics for some years, being able to open up the front panel at least is crucial. Put a SS piano hinge along the top of the front panel so you can fold it up inside may be a solution. Just my 2 cents !

Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. I'm addicted to your videos. I started watching about 2 weeks ago and watch 1-2 now every day. I am an amateur boat DIY'r and seeing you go through scratch to finish projects helps me a lot. But now more than jotting notes and getting the most learning I can out of what you do, I just find your commentary and awesome quality of video creation - pretty dang entertaining.

Mads, do not forget to pick up that hose clamp! Also I think using epoxy to make a mold is a terrific idea.

Yankee Solution? Well, that's a new one. Even down here in Texas we call that 'Southern Technology.' The Yankees, I'm afraid are renown for doing things right. But then again New England is south of Denmark. Good to see Yukul again.

happy birthday mads,just want to say that is smart to use stainless on your boat, mine has lots of stainless shiny as it was in 1973.

Happy belated Mads - “Pretty Darn Spiffy” - The mariners definition - finished to perfection, - seaworthy to the point you can trust your life on it - surpasses all other DYI and Professional approach’s to restoration- a final finish unsurpassed - “Pretty Darn Spiffy” David -Australia

Take the time to remove the nuts from the new SST exhaust elbow & apply anti-seize. You may curse me now but you will thank me later. I recommend a copper based anti-seize but any is better than none.

Mads, it doesn't matter what quality the uploads are in as long as we get to hear and enjoy being part of your world.

All I could think of after the epoxy trolley was Mads walking down the isle in an air liner going "Coffee? Tea? Epoxy?"...

Okay... puppy wins the day. Great helper you have there. Always a learning experience. Peace from Allegro.

Mads, Check with the boat-yard. They may have security cameras in place and might have a video of the scuz that stole your lead weight. Great video, as always.

Happy Birthday Mads, to remove the glass from the frame you can use an old blade for shaving like Gilette for example and cut gently the silicone or you can use a bicycle brakes cord and with a cutting motion you will be able to take it off.. I used that method to fix an aquarium

volvo is pretty proud of their fancy parts

11:32 I could have sworn I heard Mads say, "Let's get this putty started." I laughed too hard before I realized he said party. Anyone else hear it the wrong way? Happy Birthday Mads!!

Mads I think that with all the incredible work you have done you have crossed the threshold from Athena being a "Poduction" boat to being a "Custom" boat. It is so much better than it came from the factory. You are a constant inspiration. :^)

Happy birthday day!! I am a window glazer and I would definitely use glass. The plastic will yellow over time and will scratch no matter how “resistant “ they say. Look into “wet setting” the glass into the frames you come up with. We use Sika poly.

Happy birthday, Mads! Thanks for sharing your day with us!

Mads, 3M makes high bond foam adhesive tape for glazing frames and plexiglass. Comes in white and gray colors. Highly recommended for your dodger glass.

Happy Birthday Mads! Thanks for making great videos. You are pretty dang spiffy.

Happy Birthday for the other day. Nice to see you back on some major projects. Looking forwards to the day you splash her!

My favorite perfectionist, your quality is just cosmic! Happy birthday Mads.

Are you completely mad?! No one could wait TWENTYFOUR HOURS if it is sunday evening and Mads has just posted a spiffy new video! ;-)

happy Birthday Mads, you are real pleasure to watch.

Happy birthday Mads! Thank you for the new video. Glad to see having a warm shop so you don't have to suffer in the cold or small spaces. Say hello to Cement Boat Guy for all of us. Have a great week ahead.

Happy birthday Viking sailor!

so is this video like a month ago? im gonna admit it, im a sign follower, i always thought of you as a capricorn because your methodical and never tired of working. and thats a compliment no matter your sign, thats just the vibe i got from you.

Happy birthday Mads. Here are some tips for you and other subs. If you would like a marine thermostat for a more reasonable price, research fail-safe thermostats. When they fail, they fail in the open position allowing the engine to over cool instead of overheating and seizing. The OE thermostats should have a part number on them. Manufactures of fail-safe designs usually have a cross-reference based on that and don't be surprised if they cross-reference to an automotive, agricultural, or commercial engine unit. On your dodgy, I mean dodger, windows, check out 3M butyl window rope or tube caulk. It is usually black. It is much stiffer and more adhesive like than the beige or gray stuff for bedding in hardware and portlights. It's often used to lock in automotive windscreens. I would post links to some info but Utube seems to cast away any post I make with links, especially if they're to Amazon. Good luck with your casting test. It will work but may take some testing and experimenting to get right.

Happy Birthday, Thanks for the Videos. Can I make a suggestion for the dodger windows?! Leave the outside ones glass and make the center a vinyl piece, so you can open it up and let air through... you will appreciate that when you are in those lovely warm climates.

Mads, you might also look into Dow-Corning 795 for sealing dodger windows. It is used to seal windows on high-rise buildings. I used it to mount Lexan ports on my Santana and it has held up really well. Easier than 3M VHB tape, but a bit messier to work with.

The hose clamp is with the slab of lead. You should post a camera somewhere out of sight but with a direct Line of sight to your boat. Or even a game camera that trips for proximity.

Nice work as usual 👍big tip for the casting is to have a solidification shrinkage riser as part of your pattern mould - otherwise you'll get voids and shrinkage cavities.

Happy birthday Mads. Awesome pup you have there. Hope to see more of him now you have a shop.

Your epoxy mold will come out fine. I’ve done it many times. But for a one off part, it’s pretty expensive. There is not much fine detail in a rudder. I’d use Something like UltraCal 30 gypsum plaster from usg.com. It’s got a bit of a learning curve but you’ll get a great mold and a new learning experience. I’ve used it to cast full-size car bodies. Enjoying watching your excitement. Makes me want to come over and help! Oh, and happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Mads! And thank you again for sharing your life and projects with us!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADS!!! Hope you had a great day. I'm sure you would rather spend it with Ava, but it's good to see you working on Athena again. As someone that grew up on 80's Sci-Fi, I think the dodger is gonna look amazing! The Empire will fear you ;)

make sure you use Low-Modulus silicone when attaching the glass to the s/s frames - they expand at different rates.

Happy belated Birthday ! Don’t pay those ripoff Volvo prices. That thermostat could be had elsewhere for around £10. Great job and great vlog. 👍👍👍

Happy birthday sir! I’d like to say that engine room looks super spiffy ! And I’m with you on the dodger , just to make people mad I’d put a pair of fake laser cannons in the front 😜. Happy birthday again and thank you for the great work

When resending dodger glass, you might wanted to consider 3M VHB tape. Andy @ BWT used it on some dead lights which were nearly horizontal.

Happy Birthday! It seems working indoors is going to help quite a bit, great video. Thank You.

Yay, Yuekil (spelling?) is back! HBD, Mads!

I think this is up there as one of your best videos - although Yokul wasn't looking too impressed and preferred to look out of the glass door - good to see him back in the 'action'. I actually like the space age design of the hard-dodger. And happy birthday.

Happy Birthday!!! Sad to see that thieves work boat yard.

Happy Birthday! I love how your pile of scrap so closely resembles a kit of parts for a crucible holder :-)

Hi, little white Speck here... please don't hold it against us!

Happy Birthday Mads! Thanks for sharing your birthday with us.

Just a thought on the stainless exhaust elbow - you will have dissimilar metals in the presence of hot saltwater which may give you problems with galvanic corrosion. Note that it will be the least noble material that suffers, i.e. the engine. Best solution is to electrically insulate the exhaust elbow with ‘top-hat’ washers, failing that perhaps remove the elbow and inspect periodical.

Happy Birthday Mads! Hope you had a great day.

Happy Birthday old man

Nice work as always Happy birthday Skipper.

So many cool things happening! and it all looks awesome!

Grattis Mads!! Tack för ännu ett trevligt avsnitt

You can get a black light no glow infra red trail cam, operates on motion detection, find out who is hopping on your boat and helping themselves. Batteries last 12 months could be worth doing considering how much gear you have on board now.

Happy 38th Birthday Mads. Great video as always.

Great to see you again

Silicone is good for bonding glass. Especially 2k silicone. When bonding glass you might -over time - experience problems due to the glass gelling as an effect of reacting to water. Another alternative is 3M VHB tape in combination with glass primer.

Eeh, that's stage right. ;) Nice work, I love the scifi look on the dodger.

Happy birthday Mads! May your DIY dreams always come true.

Mass, I don't want to alarm you, but there may be a thieving alchemist in the boat yard.

Yippee! Hello Jökull. Any video with Jökull in it is a good one! PS Happy Birthday Mads

Hi It would be a good idea to put copper slip on exhust bolt thread's or graphite powder mixed with some engine oil. I am a marine engineering we used the graphite mix on all bolts on the boiler real easy for future maintenance.

Happy birthday Mads, keep up the great work! Awesome to see your lovely dog again (sorry, I don't know how to spell his name - but I love him!). Great to have a nice warm workshop to advance your projects!

happy birthday and a good continuation of your projects. hello from Giuseppe to Catania

Happy Birthday Mads! 357 views and resolution up to 1080p60 . Happy days :-)

Fastest 21 minutes ever. Great video and happy birthday.

adhesive is easy. automotive windscreens are put in this way. so use what they use, hell, why not have a black border painted on the rear of the glass, with the edges ground finished, and just bond it straight on with no metal surround. just like a modern car/bus/camper etc

Happy Birthday Mads. Great video👍🥂🍾

What a teaser! Will the mold test release or not? That's almost as bad as "Will Mads pop the question to Ava, or not?" I vote yes on both.

Well working in the shop, look at all the light, and space to move. Heated might also be a plus too. Happy Birthday.

Mads, I got my Sail Life sticker.....thanks!

Happy birth day Mads !! may your future ones be with Eva sailing voyages !! Cheers !

Happy Birthday Mads. Andy from Boat Life mentioned you the other episode because he had bought the long Sanding and Fairing tools he saw you use on Sail Life!

I like the cover. It looks like it came off of a Battlestar Galatica fighter!!!!

Happy Birthday mads! When making a mold for a large part (without a lot of fine details) I have just used thickened epoxy with good success, I look forward to seeing how your 'mold' turns out. Thank you for another excellent video :)

Hi Mads I´m pretty impressed with you´r work an taking on a project like that. I have a boat myself in Virksund, and I enjoy watching your channel. keep up the good work, and happy birthday.

With all the peelply on the dodger, it looked like it had cut itself shaving to the extreme!

Hope you had a Happy Birthday Mads! 🎉🎈🎂🎼

$80 for a Volvo thermostat? They must make them out of gold in Sweden. Also I just can't believe how nice your workshop is! I mean all that space and it's sooooo clean. I love it

Happy Birthday Young Man.

I wish you a happy, healthy birthday!

You old spiffy sander, lol I am 62, you young pup, lol Happy Birthday Mads from Canada, I bet you are very happy to have a heated shop to work in. No more weather delays

7 days older then me, happy birthday

Hello Mads and Happy B'day from San Diego ... you've taught me a lot about using epoxy and quality control !

Happy Birthday Mads.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mass! Thank you for sharing your experience.

Happy Birthday Mads. My 42nd Birthday is tomorrow

Happy Birthday Mads!

set up a spy camera lets see who the squirrel is . I look forward to the next session thanks

happy happy birthday Mads