A lot of people have asked how we are going with the fires, thank you for your concern, without going into too much detail we are fine and our families are too. We wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year and, to our Aussie audience, we hope you haven't been too badly affected. Troy & Pascale
@@Mminnehoma There has been some bad fires in certain areas in Australia, but the whole country is not on fire like the media is trying to portray. These are the climate change scammers who are lying and say that climate change is causing the fires. These terrible fires have been caused by a long drought, which is a normal thing for us to have on a regular basis. Then there is the fact that this is the driest year the country has had, but the worst factor is the very high fuel load, which only ever occurs when idiots get involved and refuse to allow the fuel reduction burns or mechanical removal. These people are environmentalists with most of them being leftist lunatics. And then along comes a spider. The arsonist! If you add all the above together, you get firestorms that simply cannot be put out. And that is what is happening in some places on the Eastern Coast of Australia. Australia is a very old land and it has a documented history of floods and drought. During the drought years, the country is often on fire. This is normal and the fires need to happen to keep the forests healthy and the fuel loads reduced. The biggest enemy of the forests in Australia is the Caucasian Environmentalist who thinks that any kind of fires are bad and they lock up the forests with laws to prevent it. Well, they along with the arsonists are directly to blame for the losses of human lives and the losses of homes and property. Let us hope that Australia learns from this and the only new laws we make from this time of tragedy, is to bar all these environmentalists from having any say in what happens to the forests!
@@shreksswamp9001 Your anti-environmental comments are unwarranted, you believe whatever you want to believe with your head stuck in the sand but it would be interesting to hear your theory on why our planet is undergoing what you obviously believe is `natural` change, now advancing exponentially at more than 10,000 times it`s scientifically proven rate over millions of years.. Learn.. then you have a right to speak.
@@Stevek552 Oh my goodness. How arrogantly you project your own lack of knowledge on to me and demand that I do not speak unless I have learned the brainwashing of the globalist elite. No Mate, I have a healthy skeptical mind and I along with all other normal objective thinkers, know that there is no such things as "the science is settled" and nor is there any such thing as Climate Change. The phrase 'climate change' is a tautology and a useless term to use. It is just another part of the brainwashing narrative of the climate alarmists. I could place links here to information to back up my claim, but I suspect I would be wasting my time. So I might just short cut it for you. Why don't you look at Tony Heller's videos? He has been placing all true data embedded within the videos, plus all historical media releases from over the past 100 years here in Australia that details the lunacy of the globalists and how they have been perpetrating these lies after every weather event. I know you will denigrate Tony Heller and anything I say, so I'll just leave you to your delusion.
On most boats I've been on that had a toping lift, we kept the thing on at all times. This gave us the option to lift the boom on light winds when going downwind and have the main have a bit of a belly and catch the wind better. (Just saw the comment you made in the video about using the preventer and mainsheet): this also will allow you to position the boom exactly where you want without stressing the main sail, now you have 3 vectors to play with :)
Glad to hear you two and family are fine, no harm from the terrible fires. I have been sent some awful pictures. Stay well, Thanks for these adventures you are sharing.
Brilliant.. you guys are the real deal. I appreciate the authenticity and reality but can't overlook the beautiful videography and story you bring to every episode. It's amazing. Thank you.
Pascals that is a beautiful sweater you are wearing at the beginning of the video. Troy you are t true wizard at fixing things. Hope you and your families are safe with the fires over their. Fare winds and following seas mate.
Great episode, an old boss of mine used to say when facing a problem ' what would you do in the desert?'. You certainly came to the fore with that inspired jury rig. Thanks for sharing
Love it! I look forward to your videos, have not been disappointed. Keep up the great work. You two are an inspiration to people around the world, including myself. Cheers.
Great video. Good to see you guys nutting out a problem and working out a plan to fix it. Thanks for the fun of working on the run with the challenges you face, great leaning video as well as just good fun watching you both sailing down the coast. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers for now... ;-}
Troy is showing the difference between a Wrench( a master mechanic, will make parts if necessary) ( a slang in the south in American Auto/cycle shops) and a Mechanic( parts changer). Thanks for sharing your travels!
Great recovery guys, as a want to be cruiser I love learning more about what may happen and ideas on resolving even to get you to that permanent fix. Magyver 101! I hope Tassie is treating you both well.
I’ve used rope, or a garden hose split in half lengthwise, as a mold to glass over, to form “stringers” to stiffen up fiberglass panels. Booms are sooo weak in a side load! That’s why I never liked mid-boom sheeting. A topping lift that cleats near the halyard cleats is handy for reefing... & using the boom as a crane! A reefed main would put the most stress on that repair, but she sails reasonably well under jib alone. I’d fish a splint on it too!
Your choice of music in your videos is very interesting, and good. A little different then most other channels and very interesting music. Combine that with the amount of information you provide and your videos and there are very worthwhile and very much worth watching. Especially for someone like me who is planning to set sail in the near future for the first time. Thanks and keep the videos coming. Oh and if you are still in Australia in a couple of years maybe I will look you up when I get down there. I live in Texas and I planned on spending the first year in the Bahamas and Caribbean area maybe the Yucatan Peninsula. But I would love to go to Australia at some point. It seems to me a very wonderful and beautiful place. But first I have to find a boat. One step at a time
The other thing is both Troy and Pascale have voices and vocal delivery I could happily listen to indefinitely - and I'm guessing that would be the reaction of speakers of English from almost anywhere? Coming from where they do (not sure about Pascale but I'm guessing Troy was born in Oz?) being easy on the ear is not a given. (Trying to be diplomatic here to all the Bruces and Sheilas from that great southern land!) So on top of the fantastic video, and superb content, the great music and voiceovers mean this channel is also an auditory treat.
Listen, been watching for a while now from the Great Lakes State in the USA, Detroit, Michigan. Here we have the Power Boaters as well as those who love the sailing. Anyway absolutely love you guys and your videos. Real good dialogue between you two and you actually learn about sailing in addition to the great filming/editing work you two do At some point in time I am sure I will want to help you guys out with a particular project/sailing expense(s) And Troy, you have a wonderful sailing companion. Best Wishes to both of you, your families and friends
Yup, always be prepared when possible. I carried a bit of glass and resin on my day sailors because of junk just under the surface. Every year or two I'd knock a hole in the hull and have to fix it to get home.
My dad used to tell me that if you don't make any mistakes it means you're not doing anything. Alas, some days I'm busier than usual. Fair winds and following seas.
Except crossing bars. Then it's MUCH safer and easier exiting (taking the seas head-on) than entering with following seas! As I'm sure most people with lots of "bar time" will agree, it's quite amazing what you can get away head-on in a sailboat, even one smaller than 30', provided the motor, drivetrain and prop don't miss a beat, and provided you don't lose your nerve and try to scoot back inside.
@@frankd2301 Yup! Everybody makes mistakes. I suspect, given the fatality rates for mistakes by both, that pilots have better training and fewer unknowns than do surgeons, emphasis on the unknowns due to the complexity of the human organism.
Happy New Year guys! Excellent patch on that boom. I’m always forgetting to take up the slack on the topping lift ... so I fitted a Barton boom strut on a previous boat. Great bit of kit, tho not cheap. Considering one for my latest boat too, but trying to save the cost by remembering the topping lift!!! Go well .... 👌💥
Two Tips/Ideas: If the topping lift runs through the mast or any blocks: put a knot in the right place so it blocks and the boom can't fall on the deck. A friend has a pretty nice setup with an overhead bend and some rubber band. Put the bend on the cleat on the mast: topping lift enganged. Remove it and it blocks where the lift enters the mast: topping lift released. The rubber is used to add some tension so nothing flops around. And yes, this halyard is in the cockpit but setting the main is a two person operation for speeds sake, one at the mast to really pull the halyard and release the lift afterwards. Another friend build an awesome looking boom from a section of broken mast of a biggher boat. He cut in plenty of rounded triangles to shed weight and give the thing some space-ish look. Also great storage due to the large diameter.
We had taken it off as it runs along the leech causing chafe, fouls the batten pockets and the aft tell tales. It has two loops, engaged or not but sometimes we unclip it to clear everything. That was the consequences of not reattaching it.
@@FreeRangeLiving ah, I see. Maybe get a rod kicker? I've seen diy versions as well, just a large threaded rod like a aft stay tensioner. Or a fiberglass rod on the masthead to lead away the topping lift (like a backstay flicker) Never seen this done but might work.
I feel your pain. Did the same thing...only it broke worse. I had to fix it at sea. I spliced it with the entire 14 foot wisker pole. I had in my junk pile a half dozen large hose clamps and a roll of duct tape. I made the mistake of radioing my story to my friends who all met me at the dock in party like mode 3 days later when I pulled in. Walk of shame,,,,years later I still hear about it....remember that time?
You need a reinforcement bar to embed in that fiberglass. Like the principle of rebar in concrete. To spread the stress of the load on either side of the crack. I understand that the mesh in the fiberglass generally serves that purpose but not quite is good as a bar embedded perpendicular to the crack. It's a structural thing. Yes I am in construction and engineering Yes I am bored I'm driving down the highway a couple of hundred miles to a job site in another city.
@@CaptMarkSVAlcina perfect. You might not need it. Unless the unexpected happens. Like,,, an unexpected squall or gust of qind from the wrong direction. But that dows not happen often. Lol. Right??? Best wishes to both of you. A very good coue so you make. 😉
The glass is in a curve so very strong. The mainsheet takes lateral loading from the sail, not the boom unless it is at the last reef when it is inside the mainsheet connection. Then it will act as a class 3 lever and not have much MA to act laterally. Most of the force is driving the end of the boom into the mast just as most of the stresses on our mast aren't sideways because of the rigging, rather they are trying to drive it down through our deck.
Morning coffee, morning spliff, and a morning sailing incident report. I ask you, does it get any better than that? Tell you what though. I very nearly shat myself when I saw the title, but then you started talking about coming down the NSW coast and I had to remind myself about how the videos are not real time. For a moment I thought you'd broken something going across Bass Straight. Nice repair job. BTW. I'm now in the FRS 100% club.
@@waynelee7169 I'd trade you weather...lol I've seen a bunch of fishing from your WA because when I accidentally type WA into RUclips instead of Wa fishing, of course you guys have more stuff on there than we do. Looks awesome! I hope to visit there one day. The south too. I want to ski through the gum trees.
@@alltheplants Watching Troy & Pascale when they were in WA - particularly Carnarvon and north to the Kimberley's will give you a very good idea of the tremendous variety and quality. The Snow is a long way from the West Coast - better have a fast camel and a big waterbag ...lol.
Sorry we weren’t there to help, we were on our way up the coast by car. I think you were moored near our old girl, the Hans Christian with burgundy canvas. Travel safe, we always enjoy your videos.
Great repair job and an excellent explanation of how it's done. Troy's restraint in explaining how it happened is admirable, although he did seem quite frustrated with himself over it. But Troy, you must ask yourself, "if we never fuck up, are we truly really here?"
Really enjoying your guys' channel. Have you two ever done an AMA on something like Reddit before? Would be great for sailing-wannabes like me to ask you two questions about your sailing knowledge and experiences. Thanks for the excellent content!
I used to have a I.T. Instructor and he used to say that " familiarity breads contempt" .... I have an injury to my left hand that reminds me of that lesson on a daily basis. The point I'm trying to make is don't let yourself get comfortable and always follow procedure. It takes 30 days to create good habits and an average of 90 days to break bad ones. All that aside I found your solution to be quite effective. I do have a question for you Pascal. Getting a little sea sick on calm mornings alot lately? Are we to be expecting the arrival of a new crew member? ..... 🌹❤🌹
Great info. Badger is in the Oyster Cove yard near there - awaiting new drive clutch. Question: have you explained the rigging and operation of the spinnaker? I have one but never been game to fly it, solo.
@@FreeRangeLiving Just a thought about your comment, Troy, about cruising boats not needing vangs (UK: kicking strap) -- there is one contingency where a vang can help, and that's when you get caught out with too much sail up and need to gybe in a hurry in a breeze: this can lead to a situation where the boom lifts during the gybe and the head of the sail gybes over, but the preventer tightens prematurely or catches on something, and keeps the foot of the sail on the other gybe. I don't know if you've ever had this happen but it ain't pretty! and a vang will eliminate that because it keeps the boom down throughout the gybe.
It's a very good point and im nit recommending it for others. We tack back through the long way if caught out by the wind, even if it means starting the engine. Gybes only happen when everything is going well (*none have been accidental so far)
@@FreeRangeLiving Good point. For boats which don't sail in fiords or other such inshore places, where colossal windshifts and close hazards regularly coincide, a "chicken gybe" such as you describe is a great option.
@@Gottenhimfella sounds exciting. We tend to run downwind under headsail alone when things are tight like that or sailing downwind through an anchorage. Fjordlands will be another learning curve! We won't be in this little boat then though.
Sending so much love your way. No words can describe how a feel about what is going on down under. The land biodiversity is getting checked in a hard way, and my hope is that some of that carbon can regenerate some of the aquatic. smh.
If you want to renforce more you can use unidirectional mesh, they ll be stronger than a mat, fibers in the direction of the boom, all around Can also put a sleeve inside, aluminium or fibers with a balloon to get them to inner shape Or find a 2hand boom ;) fair winds, all the best for 2020 !
Nice repair job, did you happen to go into Port Stevens Boat club & ask who might know a welder, that does aluminum work while on the water & not on the hard?
Old Ali, especially covered in paint and affected by bi-metal corrosion is a bugger weld and a new boom is about due. The glass job will probably be stronger and cost us nothing.
I keep a pipe leak repair kit on the boat, it’s a fibreglass wrap that you soak in warm water then wrap it around damaged area, it must be a water based epoxy, it sets in 30 minutes, just in case I break a spinnaker pole , should work the same as your repair
We took our 40ft wooden trawler out over that bar ,but ground swell running. I said to dad massive surf pumping it was. Didn't listen night time off sure 10 knots or so . I said wait for the sets to roll through then go. No he wouldn't listen made it past the first two then copt the third right on us. Somehow the anchor hatch broke free and hit the wheel house. We saw it coming , both dropped to the floor expecting it to demolish the wheel house but it actually saved us. Luckily it landed flat against the wooden mullians and took most of the force of the water. Then we were near enough airborne but still going forward come back down. I thought we were done the sound and shudder was scary as but we made it 16 I was I looked at dad and said "told you we should of waited" he didn't say anything lol. Another close one lol.
Happy New Year peeps . A very informative and quality vlog as per . Many fanx guys and hope the next leg goes a lil smother . Fair winds and strong boom to yas :-D
When I first saw you report this on Instagram, for some reason I thought you had cracked the mast, rather than the boom. So from then until this video, I've been racking my brains on how you repair a cracked mast so well you can sail to Sydney with it!
Wasn't attached to the end of the boom. We used to do it occasionally to keep the aft tell tales flying clear and not fouled when the wind was broad on the beam
On our first sailboat we used to leave the topper clipped on, (but eased to suit the range of leech tensioning needed) for the first couple of years. Then we realised why the stitching on the leech was chafing through! (It even opened up the ends of the batten pockets, chafing right through heav y sailcloth.) So for any boat that puts in some miles, it's not recommended. Solid vang struts are a good alternative, but should incorporate a shear pin or crush tube to protect the boom if someone cranks on the main sheet when the strut is fully closed.
Thnx for heaps of nice info. Of course the boom acts like a compression preventer…when thinking about it 😉 This means, in your case with a loose footed mainsail, it could easily be made of a wooden spar, right?
Yes, wood would work with the right fittings. It may be heavier than aluminium though. With time and a workshop, we could just make one from grp, custom fit. We have been promised an old one further down the track.
@@FreeRangeLiving Great! My thinking was more like related to a situation long away from chandleries or GRP supplies. Like carving a spar from driftwood or another piece of wood for temporary usage. 🔪 Anyways - nice repair and hopefully it will hold quite a while.
@@MiQBohlin oh, yes definitely. In fact, pre-FRS, Mirrools gooseneck failed so I used webbing to reattach the boom and carved wedges from driftwood to hammer under the strap to get enough tension. It held like that for 650 n.miles through Arnhem Land till I reached Darwin. When a local came down and saw the sails held together with gaffer tape and sewn patches and the boom strapped on, he couldn't stop laughing.
Free Range Sailing Any footage of that? Would make for a nice story. Hmm… 🤔 In fact an idea for some intermittent episodes - storytelling about ways to make repairs with stuff out of, seemingly, nothing? And spicing it all up with lo-res photos of old time rigours?
Lol no. I didn't record any of that save with a pen before meeting Pascy. Didn't seem unusual back then.. unfortunately for you guys, we have Mirrool pretty sorted (not aesthetically 😞) so there's fewer opportunities to show fix up solutions. Maybe at next refit we can show some novel ideas again- unless things go awry!
That's a bummer mate. Everyone slips up now & then just shows you're human. Very nice temp repair hope it fills the bill until you get a new mast...oops BOOM. Don't forget to replace the spare fiberglass for emergencies. Good thing you had enough supplies.
I watched it happening in real time. The preventer saved it as it was being bent against the lifeline. A brake would have acted as a fulcrum in exactly the same way and the boom would have snapped completely.
Bravo ! Good fix. I'm coming to you if I break an arm leg or all 4 limbs... You supply braces & tape ( not screws ) & I'll give ya 1/2 my pirate treasures !
could the preventer have caused the boom to crack it seems that is where the pressure would be if boom tried to lift being held by the end and why they put the connector where they did. Great vid
Your repair looks pretty good to me. Do you have one of those little metal rollers to force all the air bubbles out? Not sure if that is important or not. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Years to you both.
We do Rick. They're called consolidaters by people who don't call them little rollers, like you and me. They do make for a stronger lay-up and eliminate bubbles.
Sitting here wearing your shirt and just thinking...I would love to see you two buy a 40 something fixer upper and watch the videos restoring it. Just a thought.
Currently refurbishing our Westsail and it’s been a couple of years I haven’t been sailing, which I resent. I personally prefer to spend as much time living on the water, so imho the boat only needs to be good enough to go sailing because the restoration will naturally follow with life afloat.
Well, I actually think it’s nice to see that other people also can have a brain fart. Glad to see that the fire doesn’t affect you or your family to much. Even in Norway it’s constantly on the news. Have a great new year and fair winds ,,,/),,,,
@@FreeRangeLiving If one of the boom ends is removable, or the boom breaks clean apart, an option is to sacrifice the pole as an internal splint as well. Every decision has consequences, so using just a piece of the pole might leave you with enough to have both, running with the shortened pole set from the rail. I wouldn't like the idea of gaining a boom but losing a pole, which in dire circumstances could also provide a quick replacement for a broken boom. Or, just slide the pole into the broken front half boom, which is already securely attached to the mast. No cutting or fasteners necessary then, as Troy correctly states, All spars operate in compression. This is the difference I see in your stories, you share important facts that a lot of people would otherwise miss out on.
BOOM, both figuratively and literally. Firstly and definitely more importantly...... PRAYERS FOR AUSTRALIA and all who have lost homes, family, livelihoods, fire fighters, animals etc. Costly oversight with the topping lift, $h1t happens sometimes, good jury rig patch job, hopefully with your loose footed main you don't get too much lateral force acting on the foot transferred to the boom with the outhaul tensioned, I'd just sail with reef 1 to minimise the deflection. I'm pretty sure it'll be fine. Interestingly enough the boat I do most of my regular sailing on has no topping lift, she has a hydraulic vang which you pump up to support the boom while reefing, obviously all your other standard single line reefing procedures are as on any other boat, she is a retired 64' custom built Cape to Rio ocean racer with a very big sail area flying on a 25 M high rod rigged spar with a 9 M boom with the hydraulic vang, backstay and inner forestay. Of course a very different kind of animal, especially when racing. Just goes to show how many forces are at work, and how much force is being applied,
A lot of people have asked how we are going with the fires, thank you for your concern, without going into too much detail we are fine and our families are too. We wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year and, to our Aussie audience, we hope you haven't been too badly affected. Troy & Pascale
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@@Mminnehoma There has been some bad fires in certain areas in Australia, but the whole country is not on fire like the media is trying to portray. These are the climate change scammers who are lying and say that climate change is causing the fires. These terrible fires have been caused by a long drought, which is a normal thing for us to have on a regular basis. Then there is the fact that this is the driest year the country has had, but the worst factor is the very high fuel load, which only ever occurs when idiots get involved and refuse to allow the fuel reduction burns or mechanical removal. These people are environmentalists with most of them being leftist lunatics.
And then along comes a spider. The arsonist!
If you add all the above together, you get firestorms that simply cannot be put out. And that is what is happening in some places on the Eastern Coast of Australia.
Australia is a very old land and it has a documented history of floods and drought. During the drought years, the country is often on fire. This is normal and the fires need to happen to keep the forests healthy and the fuel loads reduced. The biggest enemy of the forests in Australia is the Caucasian Environmentalist who thinks that any kind of fires are bad and they lock up the forests with laws to prevent it. Well, they along with the arsonists are directly to blame for the losses of human lives and the losses of homes and property.
Let us hope that Australia learns from this and the only new laws we make from this time of tragedy, is to bar all these environmentalists from having any say in what happens to the forests!
@@shreksswamp9001 Your anti-environmental comments are unwarranted, you believe whatever you want to believe with your head stuck in the sand but it would be interesting to hear your theory on why our planet is undergoing what you obviously believe is `natural` change, now advancing exponentially at more than 10,000 times it`s scientifically proven rate over millions of years..
Learn.. then you have a right to speak.
Shrek The Ogre probably better to listen to experts with facts rather than the ignorant with opinions.
@@Stevek552 Oh my goodness. How arrogantly you project your own lack of knowledge on to me and demand that I do not speak unless I have learned the brainwashing of the globalist elite. No Mate, I have a healthy skeptical mind and I along with all other normal objective thinkers, know that there is no such things as "the science is settled" and nor is there any such thing as Climate Change.
The phrase 'climate change' is a tautology and a useless term to use. It is just another part of the brainwashing narrative of the climate alarmists.
I could place links here to information to back up my claim, but I suspect I would be wasting my time. So I might just short cut it for you. Why don't you look at Tony Heller's videos? He has been placing all true data embedded within the videos, plus all historical media releases from over the past 100 years here in Australia that details the lunacy of the globalists and how they have been perpetrating these lies after every weather event.
I know you will denigrate Tony Heller and anything I say, so I'll just leave you to your delusion.
On most boats I've been on that had a toping lift, we kept the thing on at all times. This gave us the option to lift the boom on light winds when going downwind and have the main have a bit of a belly and catch the wind better. (Just saw the comment you made in the video about using the preventer and mainsheet): this also will allow you to position the boom exactly where you want without stressing the main sail, now you have 3 vectors to play with :)
Happy New Year guys. Man, You are "The McGyver" of the Sailing World, LOL Good Job
Glad to hear you two and family are fine, no harm from the terrible fires. I have been sent some awful pictures.
Stay well, Thanks for these adventures you are sharing.
Hope the boom hack works because that fix was damn impressive. Troy, I learn so much from you.
I reckon that the repaired boom is stronger than the original !!!
Wow! Finally getting back to this one.
Another great video guys! -Rebecca on SV Brick House
Brilliant.. you guys are the real deal. I appreciate the authenticity and reality but can't overlook the beautiful videography and story you bring to every episode. It's amazing. Thank you.
Pascals that is a beautiful sweater you are wearing at the beginning of the video. Troy you are t true wizard at fixing things. Hope you and your families are safe with the fires over their. Fare winds and following seas mate.
troy seems so happy to be able to use his tools again.
Great episode, an old boss of mine used to say when facing a problem ' what would you do in the desert?'. You certainly came to the fore with that inspired jury rig. Thanks for sharing
Love it! I look forward to your videos, have not been disappointed. Keep up the great work. You two are an inspiration to people around the world, including myself. Cheers.
Great video. Good to see you guys nutting out a problem and working out a plan to fix it. Thanks for the fun of working on the run with the challenges you face, great leaning video as well as just good fun watching you both sailing down the coast. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers for now... ;-}
Troy is showing the difference between a Wrench( a master mechanic, will make parts if necessary) ( a slang in the south in American Auto/cycle shops) and a Mechanic( parts changer).
Thanks for sharing your travels!
Great recovery guys, as a want to be cruiser I love learning more about what may happen and ideas on resolving even to get you to that permanent fix. Magyver 101! I hope Tassie is treating you both well.
I’ve used rope, or a garden hose split in half lengthwise, as a mold to glass over, to form “stringers” to stiffen up fiberglass panels. Booms are sooo weak in a side load! That’s why I never liked mid-boom sheeting.
A topping lift that cleats near the halyard cleats is handy for reefing... & using the boom as a crane!
A reefed main would put the most stress on that repair, but she sails reasonably well under jib alone.
I’d fish a splint on it too!
Your choice of music in your videos is very interesting, and good. A little different then most other channels and very interesting music. Combine that with the amount of information you provide and your videos and there are very worthwhile and very much worth watching. Especially for someone like me who is planning to set sail in the near future for the first time. Thanks and keep the videos coming. Oh and if you are still in Australia in a couple of years maybe I will look you up when I get down there. I live in Texas and I planned on spending the first year in the Bahamas and Caribbean area maybe the Yucatan Peninsula. But I would love to go to Australia at some point. It seems to me a very wonderful and beautiful place.
But first I have to find a boat. One step at a time
Rory Tennes For sure! This channel picks great music, and I’ve added much of it to my Spotify list. Thanks guys.
The other thing is both Troy and Pascale have voices and vocal delivery I could happily listen to indefinitely - and I'm guessing that would be the reaction of speakers of English from almost anywhere? Coming from where they do (not sure about Pascale but I'm guessing Troy was born in Oz?) being easy on the ear is not a given. (Trying to be diplomatic here to all the Bruces and Sheilas from that great southern land!)
So on top of the fantastic video, and superb content, the great music and voiceovers mean this channel is also an auditory treat.
Another great episode and excellent explanation that even we non-sailors can learn from.
You guys are well prepared for unfortunate circumstances.
Listen, been watching for a while now from the Great Lakes State in the USA, Detroit, Michigan. Here we have the Power Boaters as well as those who love the sailing.
Anyway absolutely love you guys and your videos. Real good dialogue between you two and you actually learn about sailing in addition to the great filming/editing work you two do
At some point in time I am sure I will want to help you guys out with a particular project/sailing expense(s)
And Troy, you have a wonderful sailing companion.
Best Wishes to both of you, your families and friends
I am VERY HAPPY, FOR WATCHING THIS WONDERFUL JOB ,,, CONGRATULATIONS .... (SÃO PAULO ,, BRAZIL)
Very beautiful 😍👍
Yup, always be prepared when possible. I carried a bit of glass and resin on my day sailors because of junk just under the surface. Every year or two I'd knock a hole in the hull and have to fix it to get home.
My dad used to tell me that if you don't make any mistakes it means you're not doing anything. Alas, some days I'm busier than usual. Fair winds and following seas.
Except crossing bars. Then it's MUCH safer and easier exiting (taking the seas head-on) than entering with following seas!
As I'm sure most people with lots of "bar time" will agree, it's quite amazing what you can get away head-on in a sailboat, even one smaller than 30', provided the motor, drivetrain and prop don't miss a beat, and provided you don't lose your nerve and try to scoot back inside.
Does that apply to surgeons and pilots?
@@frankd2301 Yup! Everybody makes mistakes. I suspect, given the fatality rates for mistakes by both, that pilots have better training and fewer unknowns than do surgeons, emphasis on the unknowns due to the complexity of the human organism.
: Good job. One has to be pretty ingenious at times. And you fill that bill. Wishing you safe travels.
You guys just crack me up. Cheers
tough for you damaging the boom , made a good show ,very interesting good job, will be watching to see how it goes
Boom! Thanks for the update comment about the fires and your well-being.
You are realy ship maker,and I wish you more milles,and good sail!!!You are amazing crew!!!!!Go on!!!!
Thanks for the video
OMG guys you did put a good bend in that boom ! (best of luck fixing it )
Storm tested
Happy new year how are you guys ok is the fires near you please be very safe and lots of good sailings
"Give it a crack " good one. I broke out a smile. Boom! Repaired my witt.
Quarry 4x4 ikr. To funny 😂 😂😂
Troy and Pascale. Gotta give you guys the top award for ingenuity, cleverness and folliw-thru‼️✨💯✨💕✨✌️
Happy New Year guys! Excellent patch on that boom. I’m always forgetting to take up the slack on the topping lift ... so I fitted a Barton boom strut on a previous boat. Great bit of kit, tho not cheap. Considering one for my latest boat too, but trying to save the cost by remembering the topping lift!!! Go well .... 👌💥
Two Tips/Ideas: If the topping lift runs through the mast or any blocks: put a knot in the right place so it blocks and the boom can't fall on the deck. A friend has a pretty nice setup with an overhead bend and some rubber band. Put the bend on the cleat on the mast: topping lift enganged. Remove it and it blocks where the lift enters the mast: topping lift released. The rubber is used to add some tension so nothing flops around. And yes, this halyard is in the cockpit but setting the main is a two person operation for speeds sake, one at the mast to really pull the halyard and release the lift afterwards.
Another friend build an awesome looking boom from a section of broken mast of a biggher boat. He cut in plenty of rounded triangles to shed weight and give the thing some space-ish look. Also great storage due to the large diameter.
We had taken it off as it runs along the leech causing chafe, fouls the batten pockets and the aft tell tales. It has two loops, engaged or not but sometimes we unclip it to clear everything. That was the consequences of not reattaching it.
@@FreeRangeLiving ah, I see. Maybe get a rod kicker? I've seen diy versions as well, just a large threaded rod like a aft stay tensioner.
Or a fiberglass rod on the masthead to lead away the topping lift (like a backstay flicker) Never seen this done but might work.
Very good video as always
A stuff up? Love it. In the states we say “Oh Sh-t”. Carry on mate. 👍👍⛵️
Been following the news of the wildfires down there. Hope your friends and family are ok. Sail on, Sail on, Sailors!
Love your work!
Love you channel guys happy sailing
Nice video thanks
"Troy--the miracle cure" ...Don't leave home without him! Good video, skipper.
Awesome!. There’s no problems only solutions 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I feel your pain. Did the same thing...only it broke worse. I had to fix it at sea. I spliced it with the entire 14 foot wisker pole. I had in my junk pile a half dozen large hose clamps and a roll of duct tape. I made the mistake of radioing my story to my friends who all met me at the dock in party like mode 3 days later when I pulled in. Walk of shame,,,,years later I still hear about it....remember that time?
Walk of shame? They should have given you a medal!
You need a reinforcement bar to embed in that fiberglass. Like the principle of rebar in concrete. To spread the stress of the load on either side of the crack. I understand that the mesh in the fiberglass generally serves that purpose but not quite is good as a bar embedded perpendicular to the crack. It's a structural thing. Yes I am in construction and engineering
Yes I am bored I'm driving down the highway a couple of hundred miles to a job site in another city.
Rory Tennes , yes I was thinking the same thing, they could have used a Cut off of a Broom or any thing flat.
@@CaptMarkSVAlcina perfect. You might not need it. Unless the unexpected happens. Like,,, an unexpected squall or gust of qind from the wrong direction.
But that dows not happen often. Lol. Right???
Best wishes to both of you. A very good coue so you make. 😉
The glass is in a curve so very strong. The mainsheet takes lateral loading from the sail, not the boom unless it is at the last reef when it is inside the mainsheet connection. Then it will act as a class 3 lever and not have much MA to act laterally. Most of the force is driving the end of the boom into the mast just as most of the stresses on our mast aren't sideways because of the rigging, rather they are trying to drive it down through our deck.
Good repair there captain 👍.but hope you can get another one
Excellent as usual!!,
A really good episode. I think my local Library has a book on sails. You've made me even more interested.
Morning coffee, morning spliff, and a morning sailing incident report. I ask you, does it get any better than that? Tell you what though. I very nearly shat myself when I saw the title, but then you started talking about coming down the NSW coast and I had to remind myself about how the videos are not real time. For a moment I thought you'd broken something going across Bass Straight. Nice repair job. BTW. I'm now in the FRS 100% club.
Good job I think that repair will last you all a long time if need be.
Awesome video! It's dumping snow here in WA State. Nice to watch summer sailing. Sorry about your boom.
??? I am in the State of WA atm and there's a Cyclone Blake up north and 36 degrees Celsius - humid AF - where's my 'kin snow. lol.
@@waynelee7169 I'd trade you weather...lol I've seen a bunch of fishing from your WA because when I accidentally type WA into RUclips instead of Wa fishing, of course you guys have more stuff on there than we do. Looks awesome! I hope to visit there one day. The south too. I want to ski through the gum trees.
@@alltheplants Watching Troy & Pascale when they were in WA - particularly Carnarvon and north to the Kimberley's will give you a very good idea of the tremendous variety and quality. The Snow is a long way from the West Coast - better have a fast camel and a big waterbag ...lol.
Prayers for the people & animals in all the fires. Tragic
Hope you find a new boom, or find a shop that can make a new one..... wishing ya the best of luck...
Sorry we weren’t there to help, we were on our way up the coast by car. I think you were moored near our old girl, the Hans Christian with burgundy canvas. Travel safe, we always enjoy your videos.
We did admire your boat
Happy New Year guys. Great work on the repair as a temporary fix till you get a new boom
Nice "boom" repair Troy..
Great repair job and an excellent explanation of how it's done. Troy's restraint in explaining how it happened is admirable, although he did seem quite frustrated with himself over it. But Troy, you must ask yourself, "if we never fuck up, are we truly really here?"
I feel present even when things aren't being destroyed!
@@FreeRangeLiving True that! Thanks for improving my week, every week, by sharing these videos.
Really enjoying your guys' channel. Have you two ever done an AMA on something like Reddit before? Would be great for sailing-wannabes like me to ask you two questions about your sailing knowledge and experiences.
Thanks for the excellent content!
You could try Elite rigging at Mona vale on your way south. I had them do my standing and running rigging on my 50' ketch and they did a great job.
in strange situations, you can replace your boom with the spinakker pole.
the size is different, but it can do the job until you find a new boom.
I used to have a I.T. Instructor and he used to say that " familiarity breads contempt" .... I have an injury to my left hand that reminds me of that lesson on a daily basis.
The point I'm trying to make is don't let yourself get comfortable and always follow procedure. It takes 30 days to create good habits and an average of 90 days to break bad ones.
All that aside I found your solution to be quite effective. I do have a question for you Pascal. Getting a little sea sick on calm mornings alot lately? Are we to be expecting the arrival of a new crew member? ..... 🌹❤🌹
Christine Davis , well he did say do you want a baby at the beginning when they were having coffee
great video. one question though: why don`t you keep the topping lift on all the time?
Tibor Kiss , I was thinking that as well.
With the topping lift tensioned, you can't trim the shape of the sail for maximum efficiency. So it's always attached, but not usually tensioned.
Wasn't attached to the end of the boom. We used to do it occasionally to keep the aft tell tales flying clear and not fouled in winds off the beam.
Also causes major chafe (see elsewhere on this page)
Good job, hope it holds. Always something breaking on a boat!
It's surprising given how many hours we are actually under way, how few things go wrong. She's a stout little ship.
I hope it holds! I would of gone for something like a chain plate on either side
Bass Strait and 50knot tested.
You missed Camden Haven which is one of the nicest spots on the north coast!
Great info.
Badger is in the Oyster Cove yard near there - awaiting new drive clutch.
Question: have you explained the rigging and operation of the spinnaker? I have one but never been game to fly it, solo.
We have but not in depth. There's a lot of pro sailors making videos showing that.
@@FreeRangeLiving Just a thought about your comment, Troy, about cruising boats not needing vangs (UK: kicking strap) -- there is one contingency where a vang can help, and that's when you get caught out with too much sail up and need to gybe in a hurry in a breeze: this can lead to a situation where the boom lifts during the gybe and the head of the sail gybes over, but the preventer tightens prematurely or catches on something, and keeps the foot of the sail on the other gybe. I don't know if you've ever had this happen but it ain't pretty! and a vang will eliminate that because it keeps the boom down throughout the gybe.
It's a very good point and im nit recommending it for others. We tack back through the long way if caught out by the wind, even if it means starting the engine. Gybes only happen when everything is going well (*none have been accidental so far)
@@FreeRangeLiving Good point. For boats which don't sail in fiords or other such inshore places, where colossal windshifts and close hazards regularly coincide, a "chicken gybe" such as you describe is a great option.
@@Gottenhimfella sounds exciting. We tend to run downwind under headsail alone when things are tight like that or sailing downwind through an anchorage. Fjordlands will be another learning curve! We won't be in this little boat then though.
Troy love your new hairstyle!!
Sending so much love your way. No words can describe how a feel about what is going on down under. The land biodiversity is getting checked in a hard way, and my hope is that some of that carbon can regenerate some of the aquatic. smh.
The greenies that lit the fires need to be strung up, they often commit crimes to make their poorly supported agenda, look legitimate.
If you want to renforce more you can use unidirectional mesh, they ll be stronger than a mat, fibers in the direction of the boom, all around
Can also put a sleeve inside, aluminium or fibers with a balloon to get them to inner shape
Or find a 2hand boom ;)
fair winds, all the best for 2020 !
Uni directional sounds like the double-bias glass we describe using. Perhaps a different names for it. Very strong.
Nice repair job, did you happen to go into Port Stevens Boat club & ask who might know a welder, that does aluminum work while on the water & not on the hard?
Old Ali, especially covered in paint and affected by bi-metal corrosion is a bugger weld and a new boom is about due. The glass job will probably be stronger and cost us nothing.
I keep a pipe leak repair kit on the boat, it’s a fibreglass wrap that you soak in warm water then wrap it around damaged area, it must be a water based epoxy, it sets in 30 minutes, just in case I break a spinnaker pole , should work the same as your repair
That is good stuff. Used it on a gas plant.
We took our 40ft wooden trawler out over that bar ,but ground swell running. I said to dad massive surf pumping it was. Didn't listen night time off sure 10 knots or so . I said wait for the sets to roll through then go. No he wouldn't listen made it past the first two then copt the third right on us. Somehow the anchor hatch broke free and hit the wheel house. We saw it coming , both dropped to the floor expecting it to demolish the wheel house but it actually saved us. Luckily it landed flat against the wooden mullians and took most of the force of the water. Then we were near enough airborne but still going forward come back down. I thought we were done the sound and shudder was scary as but we made it 16 I was I looked at dad and said "told you we should of waited" he didn't say anything lol. Another close one lol.
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Happy New Year peeps . A very informative and quality vlog as per . Many fanx guys and hope the next leg goes a lil smother .
Fair winds and strong boom to yas
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Happy New Year
When I first saw you report this on Instagram, for some reason I thought you had cracked the mast, rather than the boom. So from then until this video, I've been racking my brains on how you repair a cracked mast so well you can sail to Sydney with it!
Crack me up every time with BOOM/Mast comment from sailor Troy < great stuff for including these & other bloopers in after editing process
Nice repair. Hopefully it holds until you get a replacement. I'm sure it will. cheers.
50 knot and Bass Strait tested.
@@FreeRangeLiving You should have entered the Sydney to Hobart.
I tried to keep count of all the mast/boom mix-ups, but I lost count... 😁
I'm curious why the topping lift was not attached in the first place❓ On our 36, we never had the topping lift in hooked,so,again, I'm curious why. 😊😬
I think it was attached, but not tied off. A topping lift under tension stops you from trimming the mainsail properly.
Wasn't attached to the end of the boom. We used to do it occasionally to keep the aft tell tales flying clear and not fouled when the wind was broad on the beam
On our first sailboat we used to leave the topper clipped on, (but eased to suit the range of leech tensioning needed) for the first couple of years. Then we realised why the stitching on the leech was chafing through! (It even opened up the ends of the batten pockets, chafing right through heav y sailcloth.) So for any boat that puts in some miles, it's not recommended.
Solid vang struts are a good alternative, but should incorporate a shear pin or crush tube to protect the boom if someone cranks on the main sheet when the strut is fully closed.
Now ya getting close to my turf , i,m close to Newcastle Troy
Thnx for heaps of nice info. Of course the boom acts like a compression preventer…when thinking about it 😉
This means, in your case with a loose footed mainsail, it could easily be made of a wooden spar, right?
Yes, wood would work with the right fittings. It may be heavier than aluminium though. With time and a workshop, we could just make one from grp, custom fit. We have been promised an old one further down the track.
@@FreeRangeLiving
Great! My thinking was more like related to a situation long away from chandleries or GRP supplies. Like carving a spar from driftwood or another piece of wood for temporary usage. 🔪
Anyways - nice repair and hopefully it will hold quite a while.
@@MiQBohlin oh, yes definitely. In fact, pre-FRS, Mirrools gooseneck failed so I used webbing to reattach the boom and carved wedges from driftwood to hammer under the strap to get enough tension. It held like that for 650 n.miles through Arnhem Land till I reached Darwin.
When a local came down and saw the sails held together with gaffer tape and sewn patches and the boom strapped on, he couldn't stop laughing.
Free Range Sailing
Any footage of that? Would make for a nice story. Hmm… 🤔 In fact an idea for some intermittent episodes - storytelling about ways to make repairs with stuff out of, seemingly, nothing? And spicing it all up with lo-res photos of old time rigours?
Lol no. I didn't record any of that save with a pen before meeting Pascy. Didn't seem unusual back then.. unfortunately for you guys, we have Mirrool pretty sorted (not aesthetically 😞) so there's fewer opportunities to show fix up solutions. Maybe at next refit we can show some novel ideas again- unless things go awry!
That's a bummer mate. Everyone slips up now & then just shows you're human. Very nice temp repair hope it fills the bill until you get a new mast...oops BOOM. Don't forget to replace the spare fiberglass for emergencies. Good thing you had enough supplies.
Good job, 👍🏻👍🏻
The preventer is actually what most likely did that. Invest in a boom brake and ditch the preventer.
I watched it happening in real time. The preventer saved it as it was being bent against the lifeline. A brake would have acted as a fulcrum in exactly the same way and the boom would have snapped completely.
We all learn as we go.
Poor girl, I felt your queasiness. BOOM!!!!!! ;-)
Bravo ! Good fix.
I'm coming to you if I break an arm leg or all 4 limbs...
You supply braces & tape ( not screws ) & I'll give ya 1/2 my pirate treasures !
could the preventer have caused the boom to crack it seems that is where the pressure would be if boom tried to lift being held by the end and why they put the connector where they did. Great vid
john m , great question .
No. It was bending over the lifeline. The preventer goes to the exact spot the mainsheet goes.
Your repair looks pretty good to me. Do you have one of those little metal rollers to force all the air bubbles out? Not sure if that is important or not. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Years to you both.
We do Rick. They're called consolidaters by people who don't call them little rollers, like you and me. They do make for a stronger lay-up and eliminate bubbles.
@@FreeRangeLiving funny, I like little rollers too.
I’m not an engineer but I doubt that a boom can be properly repaired. It is a good solution for getting to port.
NOTHING Compared to Sailing Zingaro..They Broke the WHOLE BOAT!!!!! SAD...I hope all is well Over there in Australia
bigislandnow.com/2020/01/03/youtube-sailors-survive-salvage-catamaran-that-snapped-in-half-amid-storm/
It's an opportunity to get a monohull! We contacted them with our best wishes and condolences.
@@FreeRangeLiving Oooh..They are getting a Mono hull Talk about a Change up for them!~…..
Wasn't that cat a plywood boat?
@@danielbuckner2167 yes it is....Was
Sitting here wearing your shirt and just thinking...I would love to see you two buy a 40 something fixer upper and watch the videos restoring it. Just a thought.
Currently refurbishing our Westsail and it’s been a couple of years I haven’t been sailing, which I resent. I personally prefer to spend as much time living on the water, so imho the boat only needs to be good enough to go sailing because the restoration will naturally follow with life afloat.
One day
Sorry about the boom.... but it did make great content ;-)
Well, I actually think it’s nice to see that other people also can have a brain fart.
Glad to see that the fire doesn’t affect you or your family to much.
Even in Norway it’s constantly on the news.
Have a great new year and fair winds ,,,/),,,,
Have you or have you ever considered a around the world sail?
Yes
Question. If the boom had of broken completely thru, would you of put in a splint for the repair?
I would have tried it yes.
@@FreeRangeLiving If one of the boom ends is removable, or the boom breaks clean apart, an option is to sacrifice the pole as an internal splint as well. Every decision has consequences, so using just a piece of the pole might leave you with enough to have both, running with the shortened pole set from the rail. I wouldn't like the idea of gaining a boom but losing a pole, which in dire circumstances could also provide a quick replacement for a broken boom. Or, just slide the pole into the broken front half boom, which is already securely attached to the mast. No cutting or fasteners necessary then, as Troy correctly states, All spars operate in compression. This is the difference I see in your stories, you share important facts that a lot of people would otherwise miss out on.
That's good improvisational thinking Marty. The sea loves sailors that keep their heads.
BOOM, both figuratively and literally. Firstly and definitely more importantly...... PRAYERS FOR AUSTRALIA and all who have lost homes, family, livelihoods, fire fighters, animals etc.
Costly oversight with the topping lift, $h1t happens sometimes, good jury rig patch job, hopefully with your loose footed main you don't get too much lateral force acting on the foot transferred to the boom with the outhaul tensioned, I'd just sail with reef 1 to minimise the deflection. I'm pretty sure it'll be fine. Interestingly enough the boat I do most of my regular sailing on has no topping lift, she has a hydraulic vang which you pump up to support the boom while reefing, obviously all your other standard single line reefing procedures are as on any other boat, she is a retired 64' custom built Cape to Rio ocean racer with a very big sail area flying on a 25 M high rod rigged spar with a 9 M boom with the hydraulic vang, backstay and inner forestay.
Of course a very different kind of animal, especially when racing.
Just goes to show how many forces are at work, and how much force is being applied,
When I first heard it I was thinking who has a horn on their boat? Got it on the second one.