Let the Boat Projects Begin! - Episode 51
Here's our latest offering of some of the things we got up to in our first couple of weeks in Cairns. Despite the fact we were unable to haul out Mirrool, we keep ourselves busy with plenty of other jobs that we need to do to get Mirrool ship-shape after her long voyage in the wilderness. A new friend shows us the fantastic catamaran he is building in his backyard, Troy talks ropes and outboards and our wind generator gets a long-awaited upgrade.
We hope you enjoy this one patrons!
With gratitude
Troy and Pascale
PS A little Townsville refit update - we just finished the top coat on the top sides of the hull, Troy is busy building a fuel day tank out of fibreglass and Thermolite, Pascale will be prepping and painting anti-foul tomorrow and the injector parts are still in transit from Cairns. We're hoping we'll be able to splash the old girl by the end of the week. Thanks again for your ongoing support while we are up on the hard!
Let the Boat Projects Begin! - Free Range Sailing Ep 51 (YouTube)
Comments (19)
Re: hammer..."If you can't be with the one you love, Love the one you're with"
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Wow that cat is a massive achievement. I agree Staffies are the best dogs all the best attributes of other dogs in a lap size package. Also nice to see steel fingers used one of my favorite tools and you were quite right about using a screw driver in that way your meant to use the tip to gauge the gap and the vice grips to adjust it, there are also handy as an emergency steering wheel.
We're can't wait till David gets out on the water and we can see her in action. The old engineer's rule in action; Always use the right tool for the job, The right tool is a hammer, Anything can be a hammer.
Hard yes to the reefable headsail! Had my girl out yesterday, and once the main was up, she stopped doing doughnuts! Lol I have a small multi plug tool, kinda a socket with screw driver cross handle, cheap but galvanized that stays under my outboards hood. Saved my butt many a time, usually in the dark half way back from the Tiki hut!
Sounds like the socket for the Yammy motor. I reckon a few zip ties would be all that's needed to stow it under the cowling. Something to check out.
The Joy's of a balanced rig is in direct contrast to the misery of an unbalanced one. I saw once that the Pardeys used a reefable headsail as they didn't trust furlers at the time.
Fantastic! The rope chain tip will come in very handy! Enjoyed seeing the sail maintenance. That will also bare fruit soon for me. Amazing how often cleaning and drying plugs is the answer. Sadly, I know that more from yard tools than boat motors ;) Had my little boat out yesterday and learned a new lesson. Reefed the main for the first time as the wind was gusty, and a bit stiff for my skills, but left the jib up. The boat was impossible to point up wind as a result. Took me a while to figure it out. My plan is a furling jib eventually, but had to go without a head sail this time.
Thanks for this Video, Is there a way you could fix a Spark Plug Spanner within the Outboard cover somewhere? You'd have thought that the Japanese manufacturers at least would have thought of this, A plug will foul up or fail totally in the most inappropriate time and place, and the availability of both Plug and Tube Spanner at hand would, you'd have thought, be a basic requirement! My old Honda (4 stroke) Moped came with them in the early '70s!
Be a good thing to have secured in the tiller perhaps. Usually, we have our dinghy drum with us that has all we need but coming back to civilization, we got caught out!
a thought.
Once again awesome job with the video, just love watching you guys work. I noticed you were talking about the stitching rotting in the sun, bleach will also rot the stitching. Found out the hard way, cleaning mold/ mildew guess I should have know but never gave the stitching.
Good point. We have gone over to TSP and borax as our mould killer now, though still use bleach as a surface disinfectant. A tablespoon of each in a liter of water makes a good solution and it doesn't need to be wiped off. The mildly alkaline residue has worked well to keep our walls white. I can't say how it might work on fabric.
Amazing difference in the noise level on the generator .... awwww the silence of the wind - with new expensive blades, that is. :-)
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You are spot on about chaining. I use it for long extension cords, makes the whole storage game easier to win
Nice haircut and beard trim. It was time mate! It’s great watching you rip equipment down and ‘re-engineer’ it. You and Marool were made for one another. Just like you and Pascale. Fair winds and following seas to you both.
... You two crack me up everytime I watch a video! Thanks for the inspiration and keep having fun!
"I haven't died yet - not even once!"