The Only Privacy We Get: “Living Together 24/7” | Step 400 

Been with you since Step 1 and still impressed. There are now hundreds of sailing channels, but Uma was outstanding from the outset.

Happy 400th step guys !!!! I know your grateful for us, but know that we are grateful for you!!! Cant wait for the next 400 !!

400 is craaaazy, you both still look so happy in your rebuild. Crossing fingers the process hits no snagged and you’re sailing again soon.

2:50 Thank you for responding to our comments and forgiving us when the comment comes across wrong or slightly offensive. I am very thankful that you both constantly let us into your lives and in your adventure. Sail on! 😊

Congrats to 400. Another 400 to continue your journey please

You let us into your life and soul, and you did it with some amazing cinematography along the way. It doesn't hurt that your both charming and beautiful humans. I hope you are enjoying your side of the camera as much as we enjoy our side. Don't forget to be true to yourselves, and all will be well. Fair winds and following seas.

UMA has incredible lines for a 50 year old boat. This boat can last another 50 years ❤. Great.

Happy 400th D&K! I've been with you for more than a decade, and started with Step 1. You've never been boring and you've always kept it fresh and interesting. Here's to the next 400!🥂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🍻

Wow I didn't realize I've been watching your channel for 10 years now. Thanks for the amazing content.

Great vids, I watch you every week. Bits of free advice - take that for what it is worth. You seem to be tabbing in the bulkheads in 2 stages. One to do the bog to lay in the cove. And then secondly adding the glass. You can do this in one step. Just put the wet glass straight over the bog before it goes off. Saves time and sanding. A variation of this is when glassing onto a rough surface, through down some sloppy bog and then glass straight on top. The sloppy bog will fill the crevices. Next, when tabbing with cloth or roving cut the cloth at a 45deg angle to the weave - use a straight edge and marker to mark it out. This has 2 benefits. Firstly, you will have both strands going at 45deg angle to hull/bulkhead join. This means both strands are working and the will be a lot stronger. Secondly, the strands will lay through the curve(concave or convex) without standing up and creating air bubbles. The cloth will be a bit harder to handle(it will want to "come undone") but is well worth the effort. You are doing a great job and you both are a joy to watch('cause I don't have to do the sanding!).

No BS, no excuses, just gettin it done. You are a blessing to your generation. Please continue.

You channel is one of the first sailing channels I watched. Still compulsive watching. This project is so exciting. Congrats on 400. Nice to see safety gear in use as you work in confined space with those materials. Done, done, done - you are entitled to be tired. 🎉

The joy of discovering the right special tool for the job -- such a delight.

"Pivot ... Pivot ... PIVOT!"

The fact that you're camping through this process 👏

Congratulations on 400 episodes, can't believe I've watched them all! The Norway passage were some of my favorite episodes but honestly I loved them all and I love you guys. Thanks for taking me along on this journey with you.

Congratulations 🎊 I want to see where your going when UMA is done and back in the water 😊

The only authentic sailing channel on RU-vid Im following since the beginning and I never stopped watching,, keep doing what you are doing. Congratulations 🎉

measure with a micrometer, mark with a grease pen, cut with a sawsall. love it.

Congratulations on reaching number 400!❤ You have so much to be proud of🎉

Remember, perfection is your enemy, That extra 5% takes as much time and effort as the other 95%. Well done on 400!!!!

Congrats you guys!!! Ive been onboard since step 123, but i went back and watched them all!

Thank you two, I remember way back when you started, What adventures. So many things to Fit into Places and secure. Look forward to next weekend. Love watching. God bless you all.❤❤❤

I have been with you guys from the first episode and I'll be whenever the last comes! Love you guys and congrats!!

Congratulations on 400th Episode.. and UMA is coming back together nicely. Love your channel .. can’t wait for the 800th episode.❤ I miss cheers from Kika at the end of episodes.

Enjoy what you have ! I had a partner like Kiki and I would give anything to have her back and live the life you have . Sadly she passes , I am still grateful for every minute and love her even more.

Congrats on 400!!!! 🎂🥂🎉Love you guys! Thank you for letting us 'come along' for the beautiful wild ride! You two are absolutely amazing!!! We all learn so much from you both and get a lot of joy watching. Thanks again, sincerely 🥰

I’ve been watching for a while and you guys are great. I was even watching another sailing ch where they were sailing west across the Atlantic and they showed Uma on the AIS. They specifically called out Uma. This is how successful you are. Known around the world. Keep going, we need 400 more.

This is the way we move our bulkhead, move our bulkhead, move our bulkhead, this is the way we move our bulkhead on our sail boat Uma!

I can only imagine how much time and effort it took to set all the crazy camera placements for this episode. Kudos for a beautifully filmed and edited Step 400.

Happy 400th you two.

Congrats on 400 episodes! It's been a heck of a journey.

Happy 400th!!! 📯📯📯

In construction, they say it takes 20% of the time to do the first 80% of the build and 80% of the remaining time to do the last 20% of the finishing build. Long way to go, but it’s looking great! Happy 400th ❤❤❤❤

Way too much fun with the new "scissors"!

Kika, I loved seeing your excitement over something as simple as an electric pizza cutter and the mild irritation of realising how many hours it could have saved you had you discovered it 10 years ago. The recap over the hundred's steps brought back memories of past steps that I have watched since discovering your channel 8 years ago. Loving how Uma is becoming a boat again and so excited to see the rest of the build.

Congrats to episode 400! I'm so impressed that you are able to film so much while you are working. It's not just the extra time. I know that it means a layer of complexity as well. I really appreciate it. I'm so excited to follow your adventure. Been watching you for a long time, and will keep watching. :-)

congratulations on the 400th episode. We are about to reach 100 and we know how much work is needed to achieve it. Keep it up.

Step 400, What a long journey. So much more awaits. Can't wait! All that hard work is paying off. Keep up the good work. we are all here supporting you guys!

Shower thought - Uma has added, on average, over a thousand new subscribers for every single video they have released. That is remarkable and a credit to likeability of our hosts asnd the production standards of the vid's.

Look forward to your posts every week (long time viewer). Excited to see the new layout when finished! Keep up the great work. ☕😘

Congratulations on 400! And you're still together. Can't wait to see how the rebuild comes out.

The fact that you guys work that hard all day and then go sleep in a truck is wild to me. 😂 I am constantly impressed by what you're doing out in the world and enjoy all your progress. Thanks for 400 great episodes!

400 !! Love them. Thank you ♥ Not enough privacy?? Grab another Pearson, join them with a trampoline & quick release clamps - voila. His and hers :) :)

400! Where does the time go!?! Thank you!!

What an amazing journey! Congrats on your 400th episode, guys. Love from Bombay, India.

Congrats on the 400th episode guy's, it is quite the mile stone.

Congratulations! Your 400th episode published means I’ve watched (at least) 400 RU-vid episodes! You’re amazing! Let’s celebrate 500 together!

I started watching about 35 episodes in, went back and binged those in two days. Been caught up and with you ever since. I'll be there till you stop.

So good, satisfying, boat work asmr :) Thanks for the Friday show, I look forward to it every week!

Congratulations!! That is a real milestone. Thanks for the ride. I;ll be on board for the next 400

I & We love your videos, Kika and Dan. Congratulations! My fascination is the electric drive and solar storage etc. Loved seeing you at Southampton for a couple of years in person.

Well, we have enjoyed being with you guys sharing your adventures....what more could I say?...

400 episodes is nuts congratulations!

So excited for episode 400! Ive watched every single one! Cant wait for the next 400!

love how you are always fine tuning as you go along, she is going to be awesome x

Congrats ! You are awesome ! Keep it up , long time fan here ! Look forward to many more years with you two

Congratulations on the 400th episode and, also the elect cutter for all your cutting needs. it looks like a fun tool for all the tedious large and small jobs.

I have a battery operated 'pizza cutter' which you mention and yes, it's very handy. I used it to cut new carpets I fitted throughout the house.

That's the slowest game of Tetris I've ever seen :) Just a thought... While you're building, maybe build in some screw threads into the ceiling or other spots and make a camera mount you can mount cameras in places like right in the middle of a room or somewhere that might be really irritating to set up a tripod. There might be some good camera angles in odd places that you wouldn't normally shoot from. To make the mount, all you would need is an aluminum square bent out of flat bar, big enough to surround your camera. Drill one or more holes in each side.Two bolts with wingnut heads. one to mount the camera, and one to mount the mount. there is probably a product out there already that would mean all you'd need is the threads to mount in various places. If it doesnt exist, it probably will soon. Like I said, just a thought.

Congrats on 400! Your channel has evolved and gotten better. Still love the builds.

Sending you both Health & Happiness.

YES! 😊 still watching😊 Hing

Happy 400th Step! But 42? Well, it's the answer to life, the universe and everything. I'll take it! And I'll take another 400 Steps! Congratulations!!

Love sailing Uma, been with you for a long time. 🫶

Congratulations on your 4th episode. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

The guys doing very good. I suggest make a negative curve in opposite direction before glass it. Makes more flat.

Quien hubiera imaginado…..400 capítulos , envejecemos juntos 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I've been away for a while. Is there an episode in which you guys tell us about the new layout for Uma?

Well done looking forward to 500 - maybe on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef?

As an 20 year assembly mechanic in airplane manufacturing we have a saying about procedures and tools. First is “You don’t know what you don’t know, and Second is not a put down unless you take it that way but more like a brain stimulus to get you to see outside the box but also within the defined realm of procedures and the why. It’s the “Is it the TOOL, or the TOOL using the tool? .😂. You 2 are awesome !!

You are the only guys who can make fibreglass look like fun! Looking forward meeting you in Greece! ❤

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS on 400th.

You're kidding. I've watched you from episode 1. You've come a long way. Not just as sailors but as a couple too. Keep going!

This is great. You guys make progress every week!! 400 Episodes is a lot, I think I started when you guys were in Iceland, pulling out some champagne to celebrate your success that I had no idea about. Then you did norway, and I was hooked. It would be fun to see you guys do greece with all the islands, and I have a curiosity about Chile because it has so many Islands and nobody ever goes there... Greece will be fun and its super cheap compared to most of europe and definitely USA. The goal is to get back out there! instead of sleeping in a van in europe. I bet you guys sleep better with a full night.

My family calls it "Another successful day sail"

Congrats on 400 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Congrats on 400! You are my favorite love story on the web.

400…!?!??? Seems like so many more of them. It’s a start, Good Job! Love Your Show!

Okay, so I am one of those saying to get some good big scissors. That new machine is amazing! I was glad to see you heard those of us. I come from the fashion industry, and my shears are like my babies. They are all labeled with what you can cut with them. Anybody even looking at my fabric shears to cut paper will be chastised. You don't mess with my fabric shears! I have had one of my pairs of fabric shears for 46 years now. I have been thinking about getting some electric shears for fabric too. In the commercial fashion industry the cutters (mostly men who cut the fabric out actually use what looks like a jig saw to cut massive numbers, and very few of them still have all ten fingers. The big companies you laser cutting machines to cut out the fabric. Those are companies like Levis.

That girl is a keeper !!!! Put a ring on her!

Thanks for taking us along on the journey! It’s been an amazing ride all the way from the keel about to fall off in Florida to crossing the North Atlantic. It’s amazing what y’all have accomplished!

❤ Love you ! Thanks so much for taking us with you on this sometimes epoxy- drenched journey. We're ready for the next 400 - take care and fair winds - also on the dry...

I can’t wait to see when it’s back in the water, sailing again, to new place to see how wonderful this earth is that God has created for to live and explore all the beauty …

Magnificent 400! Thanks to you for all the hard work to take us along with you on this amazing journey. Awesome, enjoy and press on.

Great work, love the style, love the commitment Good job guys 👍👍👍😊😊😊

Wow. 400! You 2 make such a great team! I never realised how tiny Uma was until now- she's the perfect size for Kika 😊

I've been watching you for probably 5 or so years now. I think you were in America at the time but could have been in the Caribbean. I remember you having visa problems after I had watched several of your videos and now those issues are resolved. I would really love to see you go around South America and then across the Pacific Ocean. I'd love to see you check out every aspect of South America that you can show us. That would be really nice to see because most people take the easy route and go through the Panama Canal. I'm getting a Cyber 48 soon and hopefully we will see each other in a nice anchorage somewhere.

Love you guys you rock 🎉

Congratulations, very well done guys!!! xx🤗🤗

Congrats for the 400! The view of the open way from front to back gives a good taste of what it is going to look ! Can’t wait!!

Congrats on the 400th episode. You guys are a GREAT team. It obvious that you "Plan Your Work, and Work Your Plan!"

Great work of a great quality !

Congrats on the 400th! You made me want to sail so I got my first licenses already. Can't wait to be in the water again. I watched every single episode and I love to watch the two of you. You been my betterhelp in dark times. Thank you!

Congratulations on Step 400 & 10 years❤🎉. Calgary, AB

When Kika was talking about the "pizza cutter" there was a bunch of wood leaned up against the wall next to her that at first looked so much like an abstract painting of a body. Anyway, congrats on #400 - I've been watching since step #1, it's been quite the journey.

I learn so much from you making everything from scratch. Have followed you for a couple of years and am impressed by how you tackled challenges. Don't write often but felt this episode was extra challenging to film. What do you do when everything is sticky? You are welcome to Sweden and the High Coast! Finished our sailing with the family. Good luck!

Well done guy’s 👍🏼

Awesome anniversary guys, well done. You guys amaze me as you seem so in tune with each other and dont seem to have a cross word between you!!!!! Well on camera ou dont 😂😂😂😂😂

Congratulations on your fantástic milestone!!!!!