A HOLE lotta TROUBLE! - Free Range Sailing Ep 155

[@SVImpavidus]

We are enjoying your refit. How refreshing to see you doing the right thing with your deck fittings. Bathroom silicone should be banned from chandlers!!!! We did an article on stainless which we put on our web site that you may find interesting and/or informative, or your subscribers? It's FREE! When you run out of syringes, get some icing piping bags and nozzles. A cheap alternative. Keep doing what you're doing, a great channel we love to watch! Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.

[@EscapeePrisoner]

For those without syringes for epoxy application, you can use a zip-lock sandwich bag. Make your mix, put it in the bag toward one corner, snip off the corner to make the perfect size hole for your application, squeeze.

[@mhansl]

Good cake decorating tip.

[@graeme-sailingskeptic]

The absolute disappointment of Troy - "I'll have to leave it in there and glass over it...." Says it all. Great workmanship and a fantastic refit video guys thanks.

[@ian-c.01]

You could see him hating having to make that decision and we all know he will never forgive himself ! He will probably tell the new owner about it when he comes to sell Mirrool too and apologise !

[@peter92103]

Haha, the devastation was real.. Poor Troy

[@timdean7082]

Hahaha!!!

[@roberthall1287]

If you are already drilling the hole oversized to get to clean glass you could just center punch the piece that is in the deck and drill it out before you counter sink the holes.

[@mhansl]

That look on Troy’s face, re the bent Stanchions... I’ve made the same expression on Inconceivable for similar reasons countless times.

[@foundatsea3483]

Love that Dyneema and frictionless rings setup! Great episode as always

[@budbuddybuddest]

Worth mentioning to readers, whatever screw head type, one big help is high quality screwdrivers with hard steel tips in all sizes. Crappy tips buggers up screw heads. Screwdriver tip should fill entire screw head deep, wide, fit snug or try another size. Use pin or razor to clear screw head of dirt/crud before trying to turn, razor cut paint away. Everyone benefits by having at least one pretty good #2 phillips.

[@uthumanhameed]

every episode of yours got a lesson to be learned. Knot lesson.....Awesome Troy & Pascy!

[@1240enzo]

Another channel that really shows exactly how and which products to use in restoring a fibreglass boat is Sail Life. Mads by now is a pro when it comes to carrying out epoxy repairs, painting a boat, let alone undertaking a full refit. His epic rebuild of his Warrior 38 is a step by step guide on what to do and how.

[@robertglover1271]

Hi Guys. another great episode, but having seen the days when brass ,copper & bronze were the only choices, for fasteners, and modern days with sealants /against the old ways ,glues ,putty canvass over decks , all things are wonderful for our days now to work with ,especially tools, power or battery amazing what us oldy's had to do to work on a boat, Bob Glover

[@sabretom7594]

I searched “filling holes”, avoid that!

[@billhanna8838]

Im still on there lol

[@darrylwindle5331]

so nice to see an aussie yacht refit!!!!!!!

[@donnakawana]

Since I have OCD this channel makes me so very happy...I have greatly enjoyed the workmanship that you both have put into Merrool. I've always loved the simplicity of the boat an you both. Can't wait for the future. I always learn something the Highway man hitch I learned from my Granpa he was an interesting fella versed in so many things.. so I've used that on the schooner I worked on when loading an unloading stuff...❤💪😊❗

[@firstmkb]

Troy, if that buried screw slowly rusting away in your hull bothers you, you might be able to excavate it with a small hole saw, then patch the hole. Wow, it is so much more relaxing to make suggestions for someone else than finish my own projects!

[@GOTMV]

I liked the fast motion with Troy working on the deck and the dredge working in the background. Reminded me of synchronized swimming.

[@bondvagabond42]

Just incase Pascal's is on her union break, and you need to take a slot head deck fitting off, I've used a few wraps of Teflon plumbers tape around the hex nut below, and then gently tap a box head wrench onto the nut, over the Teflon tape. If it falls off, put one more wrap on. Then some low stretch cord from wrench to anchor point, and then you can go strip out the slot head screw on deck by yourself, instead of needing a helper to strip out the head, hah.

[@ByMyRecords]

That Rope trick was sick!

[@glennbrown1961]

What has to be remembered here is that when this vessel was built slot head screws were normal. Nothing else was used and it was ALL imperial. In the 70s stainless fastenings were the new miracle metal as bronze and monel were too expensive. Crevice corrosion wasn't a thing, had not yet been invented in the boatyards of the nation.

[@banjopete]

,Imperial slotheads!!.......The worst!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

It was the mix of metric and imperial, hex and slot in the same fittings that irked us. It wasn't original stuff.

[@glennbrown1961]

@@FreeRangeLiving old boats can reveal some past owners had some funny ideas! At least you can stand a k at the end of the day, scratch your head and say what the hell were they thinking!! I worked with my old man over the last 40 or so years ( he was one of the old Hobart boatbuilders who was well thought of in the industry. He was offered the first teaching job at Franklin wooden boat school but turned it down) some of the things you would come across would curl your hair. Surveyed boats held together with nothing but paint etc. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Glenn Brown

[@ramabamaboomboom]

That is a lot of work. Good for you repair instead of replace. My jaw dropped when I saw all the holes on the anchor locker. Inspiring to see you plow through these problems one after another. Thanks

[@ianmackintosh7278]

Double Ditto, thought you might put in a sun roof rather than fill them in. lol

[@timlemon3624]

For slotted head screws try an old fashioned brace; just be sure you have the right size bit for the slotted head. Cats meow, makes it possible to understand why they used the damned things. To remove dead screws (whatever a visegrip won't grab) get a roll pin the same OD or ID depending how important it is to not enlarge the hole and file counterclockwise saw teeth with a triangular file. Use in a drill in reverse with lots of pressure and very slow. Or order them premade as "Unscrewums"

[@FreeRangeLiving]

I use my old brace for tapping holes. Does a great job

[@dtonvista]

I have watched your videos for a while, the remodel has been fantastic to watch, the wood working videos' are very much like what I have done to remodel the homes that I have owned. You have shown me so much to re-model a boat it gives me the thought that I could do much the same, just need to find the boat!

[@markjohns4367]

highway hitch is my favorite knot, I was told its was originally used to tie a horse up when they rode in from the highway.

[@randypalmatier5495]

Love your videos. So common sense and straight forward.

[@generiley355]

Great episode.....the boat is gonna be rock solid when you two are done.....probably better than new!

[@ian-c.01]

You get so much good stuff into an episode and I'm always sorry when they end, I wish they went on twice as long ! I wonder if the previous owner watches this and feels sorry for some of the things you have discovered ?

[@theosphilusthistler712]

One of the things I appreciate about this channel is that you introduce the boat at the start of every video. It annoys the hell out of me when a sailing channel refers just to "our 37 ft sailboat" and gives no indication anywhere that somebody designed it or built it or that there might be others just like it to buy or avoid. Also "silicon sticks to nothing". Except my hands. And "this job should have taken about an hour" - oh how many times have I heard that from a boss.

[@phillipobrien7365]

I think I just found someone who hates silicone on boats as much as I do, thanks Troy. It seems as though all Australian boats from the pre Americas cup win had 2 things in common, they had green and gold paint jobs, and bloody silicone for sealant.

[@rwilco3289]

Wow! Almost 100K subscribers - congrats, you two! Looking forward to your crossing the Great Aussie Bight!

[@lesabre1972]

I love you guys please don't go away!!

[@stevecam14]

Just heading off to work on a small 14' boat project south of Kettering. Wish I had found FRS earlier and could have dropped by to meet you guys. Thanks for the great info and entertainment.

[@gking5522]

Yes Troy, one person can remove slotted or phillips head bolts from stanchion bases. Use that gaffer's tape to secure the shaft of a long screw driver, in the head of the screw, to the stanchion itself. Go below and "Bob's your uncle", you can loosen the nuts. The tape may require some adjustments as you turn the nut, but if you're alone, it works. Fact is though, many production boat manufacturers did screw boat fittings directly into cored decks. I found out how stupid that was several years ago on my "bought new" 1979 Hunter 30. But as you demonstrated, it's just another tedious job that one willingly does to rectify the error. Love your detailed explanations. G. King SV Intuition

[@patrickwelsh286]

Love the rope chat.

[@matt_kildea]

Ok this is video number 32 of my "I want to buy a Free Range Sailing hoody" campaign Cheers Matt

[@spencyg80]

Marine grade silicone does have one singular application on a boat, and that is bedding glass/lexan in a fabricated window frame. Butyl has been replacing this application for awhile, but there are still window frames out there that are best suited to a proper marine grade silicone bedding. Otherwise, you're absolutely right. No silicone, ever.

[@sailormann8423]

Great knot! Thank you for that one, Troy. And great video, as always.

[@jacobfirst2365]

Brought a tired Davidson 36ft race boat. Kitting it out now for live aboard( while living onboard) with my partner at Bayview marina Darwin NT. Started watching your videos 3 weeks ago. Really loved the Kimberly part! And the fresh water spring! The fishing and free diving! I have liked and subscribed. You both have great team work. ❤️✌️

[@rustyjeff3007]

Cant wait to see Mirool all finished. She is going to look amazing.

[@justforfux]

I am impatient to be finished.

[@whotknots]

I can easily imagine that the reason for the ostensibly irrational configuration of those stanchions is because the structure came from another boat. Perhaps it was removed from a wreck or derelict and subsequently subjected to an "expedient adaptation".

[@BillB23]

That highwayman's hitch looks remarkably like a clove hitch, one of the strongest knots there is. That's one not in the '60s vintange handbook for the Boy Scouts Pioneering Merit Badge, which knowledge served me well for over 50 years. Thanks for teaching this old dog a new trick.

[@ianmackintosh7278]

Ditto

[@farmer998]

your plugging holes anyway just drill beside the tough ones and they will come out easer

[@cheryllgoodluck3561]

good old Tassie cheers and Kettering of course

[@skipper9400]

this has now moved from the classification of "Refitting a Boat" to the classification of "Totally rebuilding a Boat" , (due to others stupidity and incompetence), and making it MUCH better than it EVER was.....good on ya Mate ! ....I would have started with at least a 36 footer however.....OnWard....

[@hyime69]

Hi Troy have you heard of an "Easy Out's" they come in various sizes and types the type I would suggest for removing ground off Bolt and Screw shanks are the pencil type ones and it should help with those stuck shanks and give you peace of mind.

[@ronaldwhite5670]

Been unfaithful, a bit. Haven’t watched you religiously as I have in the past. Was feeling like a pork chop thought .....I’ll watch the Tassie invaders as they fixed up their dream!!! Going better for the experience, thank you, looking forward to seeing you on the high seas again. Cheers.

[@cycloneranger5354]

I don't own a boat -yet- but for some reason I am really looking forward to removing my first stanchion. Thanks for all the helpful info! Cheers from french west indies

[@ProudMary53]

Another great and informative video. I really look forward to each week's episode. Great stuff

[@chrisbyrd3209]

your intricacy and wisdom is quite inspiring.as well,recognizing the chemistry between you two,makes me smile.

[@telycasta]

Love my 60, 25 and 10 mil syringes for mixing and applying. Bravo you 2✌️👍

[@Projectblackkjack]

for the slot head screws you can use a good vice grip pliers

[@kranzonguam]

She's going to be stronger than new! Thank you for putting out this video! There's lots of examples of how to do bare minimum refits, good to see how to do it right! Great work, both of you!!

[@tbonemc2118]

How is it possible to have all those open holes and no rain? I have watched possibly hundreds of boats being hauled and wondered why the slings weren't tied together to stop them slipping. The grief that eventuates from slippage is so easily remedied that the mind boggles. It's just like slotted screws being replaced by phillips head which are multiple times worse. I've long wanted to meet the inventor of phillips head and it's just as well for him that I haven't. Thanks for showing us the highwayman's hitch. I've stored that one away.

[@Garryck-1]

*"I've long wanted to meet the inventor of phillips head and it's just as well for him that I haven't."* Likewise.. the very first thing I did on every old motorcycle I've ever owned was replace every Phillips head bolt with Allen headed versions. Now, particularly in woodworking, I've recently become a firm convert to the Robertson head variety of screws. That tapered square socket is sheer genius!

[@joecucch8261]

Once upon a time slotted head screws were the industry standard. Then somebody invented the Phillips head screw and the developments multiplied greatly. I always thought it was a plot to fill my tool box with every type of screwdriver under the sun, at a price of course.

[@rickfazzini22]

Ya all never run out of good content do ya.....Again best youtuber's in the biz!!! Thanks for sharing your time and tallent.

[@deemacvee1]

Marine How To. Gold! Thanks for that tip. Looking good!

[@paulbennett7743]

Am sitting in the cockpit of my boat looking at a tapered ss screw I installed into the deck. When I did it I knew it was wrong and promised my self it was only temporary. That was 2 years ago! Tomorrow I will remove it, fill the hole and replace it with a screw and nut - so it goes all the way through.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Lol

[@graemefenwick6925]

11:37 Amen. Further, there is no reward for the person that takes the time to do it better, other than the comfort of a job well done.

[@andybrands1883]

AwesOme as ever guys X

[@waynemazan7485]

Going to practice that knot.... thanks !!!

[@kxdirtjumper]

There's some holes in this house 🎵🎶😆. Can't wait for the next video, I love build videos especially when I see people do it the right way 👍🏻

[@kz4506]

The bottom is riddled with pox , grind dry fill , you’ve got it for life , they keep coming , with every owner , glass boat rot , till it’s ground back , air dried for a year , then recloth and expoxie , , mission , been there. ,never again , , with staunchins people have a habit of squeezing the deck sealer out , just sit the rail on the sealer let dry one day ,then tighten firm , tomorrow taught it down , form a casket , and they never leek

[@williambigelow5977]

Fantastic video! Love a good refit!

[@scottswineford6714]

Love the way you both explain things. Obviously someone with an extremely limited budget and knowledge did a lot. I find it fascinating how differently various boat owners and builders view "proper" fasteners. An obvious difference is in bronze vs stainless as slots can be easily recut in bronze. I really like the forestay mount design, much better than the damned near inaccessible bolts through the deck. All in all Mirrol is going to be a fantastic boat when you're done, all your changes have been brilliant!

[@blue1991flhs]

Troy your craftsmanship continues to impress. Great Job!

[@MrGaza74]

Bloody bathroom silicone!!! 😆 It is so satisfying watching a full refit, OMG, what is it about it, like picking off a scab or something. The Sailing Frenchman's early videos show a good one. 🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@mikeloughran5196]

I'm not sure what's crazier the detail Troy goes into or my rapt attention to the explanations.

[@PCStuart1]

Hi Guys, yep seen all those problems and worse and my boat and it's only 35 years old. I hold screw heads with a good sharp set of original branded vice grips, just the best, no cheap tools work or last long on boats. Take care and fair winds.

[@pmnfernando]

neat little knot, will be using that in the future!

[@MrPropanePete]

Really enjoy the explanations and watching the attention to detail you two are putting into the refit of Mirrool. Fully understand how annoying it is to come across a mismatch of whitworth, metric, UNC and all sorts of strange bolts, screws, nuts, etc, and holes drilled where holes shouldn't be.

[@refittingreverie7992]

Very informative and entertaining and inspiring as I embark on my own refit. Cheers!

[@johnburgess5534]

The highway man's hitch is used for a quick getaway after you've robbed a bank while on horseback. Most Cowboys in the movies just chuck a rein over the hitching rail and hope their horse will still be there later!?!?!?

[@waynemcphail7825]

Great to see a real pro prepare the penetrations correctly. You guys are great.

[@svbarryduckworth628]

Of you really need to get a bolt out of the deck there is always going nuclear on it and drilling another pilot hole right next to it and then using a hole saw just large enough to encompass the stuck bolt shaft. If you are really careful you can stop drilling before the holesaw starts cutting into the bottom skin of the laminate so that your thickened epoxy plug is just filling the core and the top skin at the deck. A few layers of glass at the top later and Bob's your Uncle.

[@supershane1960]

You guys are amazing. Love your work Troy, quite brilliant and a ton of experience. She’s going to look like a new boat by the time you’ve finished. Cheers for now guys, see you in the next one... ;-}

[@budbuddybuddest]

Better than new

[@paulhunter8486]

11:30....vice grips on the nut below...lashed. Screwdrive on top. Just did this waayyy too many times. Vice grips slam and destroy whatever they fall onto tho...so fine Chinese Tea set gets put away...LOL. Seriously tho...

[@paulhunter8486]

20:45 LOL...your killin' me in this episode.

[@vincecotton127]

I don't say much....But thankyou both for your effort in putting these Vidz up/ Cheers

[@andersjakobsen9906]

Must be a good feeling to get rid of all the old leaking points 😅 Fair winds,,,, /),,,,

[@trumpetmano]

I do home renovations and yes, there are times you would like to find the guy who did DYI 'work' on the home previously, and give them a knock up side their head and ask them "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???"... I can just imagine the interesting stuff you find on a second hand Boat...

[@robinblueqube]

Troy you have the patience of a saint with all that mess of bolts and fitting, the air would have been blue with bad language if it were me! Great stuff to learn as always.

[@motor-head]

If you keep doing everything the right way you're going to miss out on all the fun of having to go back and re-do it later. :)

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Nice video! You might like to know WA opens up again tomorrow! The only restrictions apply to those frkm And Vic & NSW

[@russking63]

This is perfect. I'll be doing all this very soon. I'll be rebedding my toe rail and adding bow and stern rails and lifeline stanchions to my 1968 Yankee Dolphin 24. As well as being instructional, your videos are great motivators and confidence builders. Thank you.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

You're very welcome Russ best of luck with your Yankee Dolphin. We hope the previous owners were a little more thoughtful than Mirrool's and you don't get any nasty surprises!!!

[@carbidegrd1]

@@FreeRangeLiving What is a Jumper?

[@Garryck-1]

@@carbidegrd1 - It's also known as a sweater or pullover.

[@1425race]

@@Garryck-1 You Ausies really do have some strange names for things, how about Doona (blanket) Port (suitcase) Digger (Soldier) mind you, across the ditch we have some too - Crib/Bach (holiday home) Togs (swimsuit) In the Wopwops (In the middle of nowhere.

[@lifesjourney281]

@@FreeRangeLiving Is there an email or contact info for Peter Greig ?

[@richardspurlock3300]

Thanks for showing the highwaymans knot. That is very useful.

[@TheSalMaris]

You'll have a brand new boat buy the time you're finished. Looking good.

[@robindow5742]

wow better than built

[@solosailorsv8065]

Wow, talk about, " buying someone else's projects" !! - an old used yacht saying. I'm REALLY appreciating me Old Boat

[@reinesj111]

Súper good job. Amazing...

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

heya more and more it's gone look amezing

[@BorkenGarage]

18:20 - My FIL calls this the truckies knot. He tried to teach me years ago and I sort of got it but now I use ratchet straps so I've kinda forgotten how to do it. Very handy knot though, you can pull it tight and it won't slip, and then undo it in a flash.

[@helenleman7977]

Hi Troy. I know by the time you read this you will have finished the deck work. But you can use the plug cutters to get the broken bolt out and just fill a bigger hole!

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

OHH I remember the Holes in the Deck.... FUN TIMES Good Work you two....THANKS again for Sharing

[@1425race]

Troy, you know why it.s called the highwayman.s hitch? When I was 12 my Scoutmaster told me that when the highwayman tied his horse to the hitching rail outside the bank he was robbing he would come flying out of the bank with the money leap onto his horse, simultaneously releasing the hitch with one end of reins and away, cool eh.

[@jerrybailey3095]

Great video guys, love the way you explain everything. She's really going to look nice ,when all is said and done! 😎⛵👍

[@tollertollertoller]

People use a propane torch to remove the bubbles from epoxy. I don't know just how but it is additional option to poking at the epoxy.

[@ReinoGoo]

It could be a reaction with water, in the thin epoxy. Condensation can concentrate the water in spots.

[@MelodyMaker]

News to you Troy. Not everyone has your engineering acumen and rationalizing others' mechanical shortcomings with prejudice or sarcasm is not well suited to assuaging the subconscious mind. We know you're sharp which is one big reason why we're here.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

People that do that stuff destroy boats and cause massive resource waste. We provide links and information to educate themselves and the motivation not to screw up. Hopefully, we save someone the enormous work (7 days a week for months) and expense we have incurred to restore our boat which leads to the frustration you see on the screen.

[@janecme]

Stainless needs oxygen ?! Who knew.. .well Troy!

[@KIMI-xt4eb]

alot of adventures ahead, if like any thing from New Mexico , green chile etc, or any thing from USA, please let me know! im next to huge lake with alot of sail boats like yours , so parts might be around here,,,, my treat! be well skippers!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Thanks so much! We're good for now Kim but really appreciate your generosity.

[@look4terry]

Wow, that really will be a new boat when you finished. I've seen someone practicality and quality. Thanks Troy. Great filming as well.

[@georgeroach7499]

Great video

[@HopeOfJoe]

If I enjoyed this video❓❓ Totally. Just never stops amazing me on how much Troy knows or assimilates. OMG 😱 WOW ‼️ I firmly believe that with all this work, you could have bought a newer-to-you boat. I know, I know.......never happen. ✨💕✨✌️

[@alofns]

Any video that includes a new knot is a great video. Thanks.

[@joebrown1382]

Interesting part of the refit. Taking care of some previous shoddy work. Mirrool is loving you guys. BTW I like that slip hitch.