#1 | Sailing Tools | The Rigging Bag

[@CSMtheMariner]

What rigging tools do you carry onboard? I would love to hear what you think I am missing here :)

[@davidfrancis8899]

Your videos are excellent and very helpful to me as novice sailor and boat owner .. thanks so much it’s great to hear explicit details of items and processes .. so much better than a cursory approach. Thank you for sharing your long accumulated hard won knowledge and experience.

[@ctaylor1655]

The Sailing Doodles comment; I literally laughed out loud! Love the content, keep sharing more about the tools (non Doodles kind) you carry onboard.

[@brucewilliams999]

That knife! His work looks great! Don't know if I've seen a more thought out and well made rigging knife.

[@akcarlos]

this is great, just the kind of useful stuff that is applicable for all offshore sailing.

[@mochifanta]

Great knife!

[@philipsmith6233]

Love all the new content Chris, short, informative and above all useful content.

[@jonatanlundqvist721]

Great video. I've made a puller tool from 316SS TIG welding wire. A lot cheaper than the ones sold by *insert brand here*

[@CSMtheMariner]

Great tip! I worked with some awesome boat captains in Hong Kong who did the cleanest, most technically sound splicing I have ever witnesses and they did it with exactly your tool…. I’m going to have to step up my game and move over to this technique - perhaps that’s something I can share :)?

[@dahveed284]

Great video. Stuff like this doesn't get the traction from KZbin as the fluff travel log type videos. But this is so important for aspiring sailors and cruisers.

[@CSMtheMariner]

well thanks - I feel the same! it’s a long road to try to get this kind of channel going but I think there is an opportunity through this platform to share knowledge and I intend to use it as best I can :) if just one of these things can help someone then I will consider it time well spent!

[@ATthruhiker96]

Great video. Very informative. Looking forward to watching the splicing video

[@CSMtheMariner]

Coming soon!

[@brunsonr]

Always love your videos, and this one is no exception. You've created some excellent videos in the past on lashing and rope folding. I'm keen to improve stowage of excess line while underway. Sheets, halyards, reefing lines, and the like always seem to be under foot. Would you consider making a short video on how to manage these lines so they are secure but easy to access? Sail-on!

[@paulfitzgerald1466]

Wire splicing wands work well, I make mine out of high tensile fencing wire, and hammer the folded end so it’s tight. They eventually go at the bend in the end, but they are so easy to make I carry a few spares.

[@paulfitzgerald1466]

I use white leukoplast strapping tape for chafe areas, holds up quite well and easier to find than millionaires tape.

[@rmcnabb]

I really love the heavy duty (thick blade) Morakniv knives. Insanely sharp, great handy sheath. And LANOLIN! Cannot function without lanolin. Every shackle or screw or bolt gets lightly dipped in lanolin. How's your little boat doing? Is that the family cruiser?

[@gregcope5565]

I set myself a rainy weekend at home task of DIY splicing tools. 2.5mm twin and earth cable (the earth/cpc) makes a good D Splicer alternative. Various Pen bodies (Biro) make smaller fids. Hammer, chopping board and carving knife also helped. Along with pliers! Enjoying this series, more please.

[@CSMtheMariner]

I’m on it!

[@peterheiberg566]

Although I’ve carried needles and a palm for about 50 years I find I use a wooden handled sewing awl that’s really designed for leather. Very inexpensive and seems to last forever and will penetrate almost anything.

[@CSMtheMariner]

Great tip! I have something approaching a nightmare recollection of sewing for 30hrs in freezing co during in the Southern Ocean repairing a mainsail before heading in to Cape Horn. I can SPECIFICALLY remember wishing I had sewing awl as I drive the needle in with the sailors palm then swapped to my multi tool to pull it on through the material….. ah hindsight…..

[@lavaspin]

Cool to see what's in your rigging kit. That knife is awesome! What else to add for rigging situations?? These are not traditional options, but what do you think of these? If there are synthetic sails onboard, maybe some sail tape and flexible adhesive, like Sikaflex 291 for bonding a sail, or maybe 3M 5200 for stiff areas? Would be interested in your thoughts on that. Also, what do you think about zip ties for screw-in type halyard shackles in semi-permanent situations, like roller furler head and tacks? To avoid a screw working its way out? Or maybe Loctite Threadblocker 242 would be better?

[@CSMtheMariner]

Sail Repair tools and spares is the next item people want to see- and I think the adhesives you have mentioned there are a very important part of the discussion, particularly as more and more technical sail materials become rugged enough to be a sound economic decision, even on a cruising boat. With regards the zip ties for securing shackles ABSOLUTELY. traditionally those kind of shackles are designed to be secured but too often now we rely on just tightening them up and/or basically poorly maintained pin threads that allow enough friction so the pin doesn’t work loose. it is amazing the questions I get asked that I just never would have thought of myself - thank you I will write this in my future content notebook!

[@thomasdoehler13]

Great video again! I love how neat your rigging bag is ... ours is just one of these "throw it all in" tool bags and I always end up having to dig through it to find anything. That rigging knife is great! What else is on that bat man tool belt? ;)

[@ericinnis]

What are some good resources for learning how to make sail repairs?

[@CSMtheMariner]

Hi Eric, This has come up a few times now- I will do a follow up video with exactly this as a theme very soon. Th ask for the idea !