All New Fibre Lines and Pascale's Pantry Revealed - Episode 166
Our latest episode is up and we hope you all had a wonderful Easter!
This week, the Summer easterlies and the associated stormy weather at our marina in Kettering, Tasmania had us focusing our attention on the rainy day jobs of sewing, splicing and fitting Mirrool’s lifelines, lazy jacks, lee clothes and sheet bags. As our list and the days grow shorter, we talk you through their installation and some of the innovative solutions we came up with along the way.
Next week's episode is going to be a big one as I attempt to cram all the rest of the work we did at the marina into one episode! We're pretty excited to start editing and sharing with you the new series of our passage making home, there is a lot of footage queued up on our hard drives now.
With gratitude
Troy and Pascale
Fibre Lifelines and Lazy Jacks PLUS Pascale's Pantry Revealed - Free Range Sailing Ep 166 (YouTube)
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It never ceases to amaze me how classy Mirrol is looking.
Troy - did you do anything to reduce the heat from the LEDs? When charging via alternator, the voltage goes up way past 12v. Have not put strip lights in our boat ourselves yet, but when I do I think I'll put a couple (or 4) of 1N4004 diodes in series to drop the voltage (and reduce current) Thoughts??
The LED lights require aluminium backing to act as a heat sink but the alternator output goes through a battery bank first which acts like a huge capacitor and we don't have over-current problems. They flicker if sharing a circuit with an electric motor (fridge etc) and dim when the anchor winch fires up but are otherwise very voltage tolerant. Most alternator don't exceed 13.8VDC though even ours at 14.7vdc dont create problems.
That's really great! I hate our lazy jacks and would love to upgrade. Caper's lifelines could also appreciate an upgrade. After re-bedding the bases. Nice work on the interior with the lee clothes for the pantry and gear/sail bags. Really good seeing your vids again!!
Can recommend fibre lifelines, they are wonderful to grab hold of, never bite back with stray wires and can be leaned on in the cockpit without discomfort.
Great video, as always! Thank you.
Ditto to All of the above! I’d only be repeating... Looking great!
So interesting to watch you assemble the life lines, recycle and reuse those materials, and then finish everything so well. The lighting was especially interesting. Well done. The pantry looks amazing. I’ve never thought about it much till now, but do sizeable pantry shelves benefit from baffles? Stuff must slide about a bit. Thank you for a great vid.
Rather than baffles, we use containers and baskets to divide and conquer. They are plastic and easy to clean. There is no sliding because the shelves are always full!
Hi guys, Thanks a mill for a great episode. Lots of useful tips and inspiration.
Love it guys! Such fantastic details! Best wishes from False Bay in the Cape. Loving the break!
Hello Troy and Pascale Thank you for the wonderful episode. So many ideas that I can put to use on my 27’er and so many ideas that I has as well. I put in those tape LED lights that come in 15’ lengths for indirect cabin lighting they can also change colors so I will use red for night passages. For some crazy reason my boat had 3 hanging lockers and I converted all of them to pantry setups like you did however I don’t have your smart Lee cloths yet but I do have doors on them. I will replace my rusted life lines with Dynema but as Troy pointed out I will have to take special care of the contact with metal areas. Thank you so much and I am looking forward to your next mega episode! Ben S/V DAWN
A friend of ours is retro fitting his old stanchions to take fibre lifelines by getting seamless tube and inserting it in the old holes. By using a flaring tool on each end, he can keep the tube in the hole and make a chafe free entrance. Very simple and effective.
Everything in this episode is so interesting! I love the way you designed your LED strip lighting to avoid direct light into your faces, and thought through the temperatures. The lazy jack system, and it's integration with the well thought through sail bag looks absolutely fantastic! And I love the way your lifelines turned out. I have got to learn how to splice, and how to incorporate the frictionless rings and loops. Hopefully I will follow through and get after that!! I also loved all the repurposing you did on materials for your pantry lee cloths and the bags for the halyards and other items. I have a few sewing projects I would to tackle, but first I need to get a decent heavy duty sewing machine... When the time comes for me to get after better lazy jacks, and replacing lifelines I'll watch this again. Lots of ideas and techniques in here!!
Thanks for the enthusiastic comments(As usual!) Scott. We can definitely recommend Premium ropes as a splicing resource: https://youtube.com/user/Premiumropes
I have to start practicing my dyneema splicing! The lazy jacks look great. Im wondering if the sail cover is going to be left flopping in the wind when the sail is up, or do you have a clever stowing system?
The sail cover does stay in place, minus the hood at the front, as the lazy jacks keep it taught enough not to flap and make noise. They are very well behaved so far up to 35knots.
Just brilliant choices and execution! You are both so thoughtful, creative, and deliberate. I love it! You should be very proud!
Thanks mate and yes, we are a little more boat proud now but try not to sweat the inevitable dings and scratches.