Living the Dream. Sailing, Fishing and the Joy of Soft Shackles - Free Range Sailing Ep 204

[@Tim8mit]

Pascal you have such a cute and contagious laugh

[@markc3717]

I will keep coming back for your soft shackle sessions - thank you so many times over! PS also enjoying your landlubber adventures!

[@bobjarrard]

Pascal's face when she catches a squid, makes a successful soft shackle tie, pleases the captain with a gourmet meal from a micro galley, or just enjoys a moment in life warms my heart every time. Thanks. Bob in Nevada

[@townsville69]

Huge yellow fin tuna and tasty squid ?! So much good food.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Those tuna get 100+kg so it was a nice modest fish but big for a couple with a 40L fridge!

[@townsville69]

@@FreeRangeLiving Wow I didn't know yft got that big ?! Lots of tuna meals there. Like a Forrest Gump scene about shrimp but with tuna. Tuna stew, tuna soup, tuna salad etc etc.

[@comsubpac]

Greetings from Germany!

[@sailingddcircumnavigation5931]

Awesome

[@jimmyhvy2277]

A Couple of times sailing through Indonesia on a 38ft cat , cargo ships would alter course towards as coming very close , than alter course back to original heading . i don't know if they were playing cat and mouse , or just taking a close look at us ?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Had the same around Malaysia. Perhaps it's traffic schemes but yes, maybe just a bored IR on the bridge

[@isaiah30v8]

What's the best way to cook squid?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Now that is a very subjective question. Quick fried in ghee with bacon is hard to top.

[@tototere]

The joy you find in each other's company as you share your adventures with us is the very best therapy. Cannot thank you enough.

[@oceanictranquility7782]

When I first encountered you guys, two things struck me. 1. Pascal's laugh (which hasn't changed over the 4 years) and Troy's ability to make difficult skills easy to do. Quiet honestly mate, I still can't get the 'Diamond Knott' exactly right but it's getting there. I'm not sure how you both maintain your enthusiasm for sailing and encourage our delight in watching. But I'm glad you do. Thanks Pascal and Troy. David P.S. The sailing sequences are great and immensely dynamic. D

[@Grasshoppa65]

Many people call themselves "sailors", but Troy is the real deal. A rare kind of man.

[@nooneanybodyknows1321]

Troy went from hairy mountain man to a clean-cut respectable man; in the blink of an eye.😉

[@richardjones2701]

This episode was so helpful to me. The dyneme soft shackles is a gift from the sailing gods. TFS.

[@sailingsjofagel]

So, it's all about holding your mouth right?? Another fantastic episode with very practical tips..!! How to clean squid and how to make soft shackles. What a wealth of practical knowledge..!! Thanks you two..!! I will watch this time and time again as I practice the diamond knot. Cheers Grant

[@barrydeacon3551]

Superb Photography!! My favourite channel for sailing👍 good size waves….! Very nice Tuna !! Shackle (soft) B Deacon Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

LOVE you two ALWAYS Learning AWESOME Troy is a FANTASTIC Instructor and Pascale is a Model Student🥰🥰🙏🙏

[@MiQBohlin]

Aye m8s! You did it again! Squeezing in a 21:51 minutes episode into a 5 minute format in real time! Time really flies together with you guys 🏎 Tomorrow I’ll have to try the diamond knot 👍🏽

[@FreeRangeLiving]

I have a few in service as buttons as well. Easy to practice on a bit of light cord first, and very easy once you hold your tongue just right 😋

[@sunlovesailing]

Such an impressive sailing yacht! I’m always impressed at the speed you’re making, and that the hull speed is 7.5 knots. Simply impressive for a deep narrow boat! You guys have taken over!… best sailing “documentary” on KZbin!

[@Saltinhisveins]

I must try and make the soft shackles with the diamond knot. I have the same finds and we sell Amsteel Dyneema. If you guys ever need 3 or 5mm Amsteel on the roll, let me know, am happy to sell it at my cost to you. A trick we use when splicing is to wrap 1” masking tape tightly around the braid and cut in the middle of the tape. It creates a neat cut and makes it easy to splice, no fluffy end. Good winds!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Thanks very much Darren

[@nena4215]

We were in the boat yard and it was so friggin hot I cut my hair like Troy, best thing ever, I’ve done it 3 times since...I hate it when it’s too hot!

[@miguelpaixao1317]

Simply adore the fast Mode of learning how to do soft shakle?? IS It correct?? Lolol Troy, you are a very good and humble teacher. No secrets. And as usual those fine images about sailing, fishing, laughing and enjoying, life. Thanks again and see you!!!

[@edwhiteaker7540]

You guys are awesome..

[@KarmaWatersSailing]

Hi Guys Karma Waters here. Still fantastic videos, thanks. Missing you buggers. We are still sailing the Solomon’s after 2.5 years, you gotta get here soooo wild and untouched. Cheers Gaz

[@matt_kildea]

Ok this is message number 24 of " I want Free Range Sailing to come to South Australia" campaign Cheers Matt

[@cathyfreemantle2740]

An awesome teaching tool. Thank you Troy and Pascal. How was the squid and yellow fin? 😋 Many Thanks to you both❤️⛵️

[@Mark-Boss]

🐰 Bunny ears, Bunny ears, playing by a tree. Criss-crossed the tree, trying to catch me. Bunny ears, Bunny ears, jumped into the hole, popped out the other side beautiful and bold. 🎀

[@mjanulis3603]

Thanks for your tutorial on soft shackles - super helpful. I've been avoiding them because I saw a really poor video that made them look just impossible to tie - so thanks so much! Also, can we get a full 30 minute compilation of Pascal giggling....this would be really helpful in so many ways! Thanks.

[@GI-AUS]

Nice one guys! Question, what would happen if you skip the brummel lock and go straight to the diamond knot? I just made one without a brummel, seems to work fine. I used 80cm of 4mm dyneema and ended up with a 25cm length under the knot, so a 12cm closed shackle length.

[@grakkerful]

I've made dozens of soft shackles over the years, but that is a way quicker, better, everything way of doing a diamond knot than what I usually end up doing. Thanks for the upload.

[@Joburgbass]

I have recently discovered the joys of making and using soft shackles, what a marvelous fun and useful object.

[@stony7827]

THANKS for another super episode (!) my best regards.

[@johnparker7945]

would be worth making a short with the bit of Troy showing how he ties soft shackles! some cool tricks. loved watching the Squidding! do they actually "bite" on the lure or just get snagged! Beautiful Tuna! Great sailing in big waves!

[@NearlyNativeNursery]

i am super glad that you both continued sailing. i was so happy to see your faces smiling on the clansmen. i thought to myself (Bugga} that you were hanging it up after you completed your circumnavigation of the wonderful beautiful land down under. thanks for the diamond knot tying tutorial and comparing the older style.

[@roythomas9376]

Hello, I’m Roy from Defender Industries. Been following you for years. A suggestion…. Leave 10cm tails after the diamond knot, then bury one tail into the other and then put a few lock stitches in the bury close to the diamond knot, then cover the buried tails with 4cm of shrink tubing. Heat, then cut the tail down to about 3cm. Or… instead of heat tubing you can whip the bury. I learned this from the lead rigger at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. Matt (the rigger) also handles our splicing services. Additionally, he’s a consultant for New England ropes and Sampson. He likes the buried tail with the lockstitch because the failure point on soft shackles is always the diamond knot. When the shackle is stressed near its limits it is the diamond knot that unravels. He has seen it several times. So the bury, lock stitch, and whip solves that problem. I thought it pretty clever.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Sounds nice and neat. Thanks.

[@gazzasbees9377]

Really nice demo and instructional on Dyneema soft shackles, the yellowfin and squidleys looked like some good tucker coming up, cheers!

[@montymontano8618]

A most informative video! Always look forward to Troy’s instruction.

[@leonard7116]

Greetings from Germany and Good Night

[@tomzuzack7389]

How do you keep the black trails of your Porta-Bote from marring your boats hull and deck? Mine make a huge mess that's hard to clean off.

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, I’d love to know who first looked at a squid and thought ‘that looks like good eating’ 🤔.

[@rogerstone3068]

Someone who was very, VERY hungry, I would guess.

[@H2Dwoat]

@@rogerstone3068 😋

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Perhaps it was a practical joke with a happy outcome. I wonder the same with hot peppers. That's a lot of warning signs you have to eat past.

[@H2Dwoat]

@@FreeRangeLiving hi, or maybe someone bet them they wouldn’t eat it 😃.

[@jaseholroyd2683]

Very good episode. Thanx for the soft shackle tutorial.

[@HopeOfJoe]

Great episode guys. Love the soft shackle concept. Saving this video to remember how to make them.

[@andrewparry1474]

I was starting to think that I was the only person who eats squid heads - cooked with tomato soup. I'd love to see exactly what you do with them :-)

[@edwhiteaker7540]

Thank you!

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Even without a fid, I need to make some soft shackles. Thanks for this vid.

[@danielbuckner2167]

Watching this makes me really glad the two of you found each other.🙂

[@sailingmistral685]

way too short this episode. Great as ever. Nice greetings from the war zone Germoney.

[@williambunting803]

Can you please develop a long line shackle combination to use as a clothes line?.

[@JohnPaul-ts8dq]

When it’s and no wind, time to get in your bikini and go explore. 😂

[@leesydneyharry7958]

I like your informative videos, with beautiful cinematography!

[@J0EYbagaDONUTS]

Why does Troy make everything look so easy ?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Must be the editor skill

[@J0EYbagaDONUTS]

@@FreeRangeLiving Ahhh , Smoke & Mirrors ..

[@bluebusmms]

I love the section on knotting. Great stuff.

[@englishmaninfrance661]

You guys and your itty bitty Clansman are extraordinary :)

[@jimmieclostio7959]

It will your cookbook come out I like to be the first person to get one

[@SuperChriscunningham]

Like bungees with a ball but much better

[@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

heya really nice tuna

[@simoncox4471]

a red and white rapala is a winner every time. nice fish.

[@richardp4544]

Keep teaching us. We love it.

[@coffee6783]

Beats working for a living! lol

[@mattschaal5578]

Those are cool pliers

[@kunstmol]

Never seen Pascale concentrate so hard

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Troy going south mate it took that mop of hair

[@tamathanunn3499]

Hey Guys.. Aido told me that when Jess showed Troy soft shackles it blew his mind in Scarborough Qld. And Troy said he was reinventing Mirool.. We live next door and also have a 1969 Australian model 30 footer! HMG 31. See you out there x.

[@tamathanunn3499]

Good Luck

[@jeffmaul7999]

Going to make me a soft shackle

[@LithiumHardRock]

you guys eat like kings!!!!

[@tahoe4beauty]

Sea spray and shackles .... nice title for a book! ✍)))

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Hard sailing, soft shackles; Chapter 1

[@alanrobinson5109]

Hi Troy & Pascale, another interesting video, great to watch. All the best to you both from the UK.

[@gitargr8]

What's the purpose of the locked brummel if you've got a diamond knot right behind it? Just seems unnecessary to me...

[@FreeRangeLiving]

It makes for a definite way to easily measure and mark for length if you want it a certain size and under load, keeps both legs the same length so weight is shared. If you think it could be more efficiently skipped, try it out. Might be ok.

[@antonditt1661]

I use soft shackles i.e. to pull my car out of the dirt when I got stuck in the woods. Beautiful invention and easy DIY.

[@-Chilly-Willy-]

Awesome 😎👍

[@dwel2928]

Thanks so much for showing your soft shackles and giving such a good lesson on how to make them. I'm an old Boy Scout who always carries a few lengths of rope in my truck, and a whole box full when we go camping. But I'd never seen a soft shackle - must be they're easier to tie in the southern hemisphere :-) Gonna make a couple northern ones today!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

They are designed for unsheathed dyneema and won't work with a normal double braid or kernmantle. Very simple and useful for all that.

[@brianb6603]

Excellent as usual!!!

[@MagirusLoopy]

...suuuuuper....enjoy...

[@rondeane2003]

awesome, Thanks

[@guydriver]

I love cool 🪢 knots

[@carlforsander5184]

I have found learning to tie the diamond knot near impossible until watching this video. Now it is so straightforward and easy.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Glad to help. It's really great to use if you are teaching someone else, gets their confidence up quickly.

[@brianmardon7123]

What a PAIR !!!!

[@twoeagledrones]

Great, as usual!

[@davidwalsh7603]

thank you

[@Hawk_eye]

Thank you

[@stevebutterworth1937]

A lot of couples play scrabble…but you two make soft shackles… but do you get double rations for the best knot?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

No holds barred Scrabble is also on Mirrool but makes poor viewing.

[@johncampbell388]

By jove!

[@mikebrady7800]

Loved the Shackle Showdown! Just the thing for a windblown refuge day. I believe we're now soft shackle converts - thanks again for a great cruising tip! Proud to be a Patreon.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Proud to have you on board! It seems wherever we look, we could stick a soft shackles there. Never seize, no dissimilar metals, no tools to open, no corrosion and light. It's nothing to pop one in a pocket of your wet weather gear or on a harness in case you see something about to fail on a trip forward at sea.

[@dilligafwoftam985]

... and they don't bang or clank against metal or glass in an anchorage, especially at sleep time.

[@edwhiteaker7540]

First comment??!!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Numero Uno!

[@Buckskin40]

What a fantastic Video! Hope I can make a soft shackle out of Kernmantle Climbing rope. Otherwise I'll have to buy some Dyneema. Looking forward to your future plans. I'm wondering if Climate Change is an issue? Keep them coming. You make life even more interesting than it is already.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

They are designed to work with dyneema, and kernmantle would take something else entirely. Soft shackles are strong and light and though a bit fiddly to open. Never require tools and don't seize or chip paint. Highly desirable traits!

[@trafalgar22a8]

100622

[@bobsdogtag]

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[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@Garryck-1]

I think it's high time I learned to make those soft shackles... thanks!

[@FreeRangeLiving]

It's a rabbit hole once you start fooling with dyneema!

[@davidcogan4930]

Are you going to another Yacht or having a rest for a while

[@FreeRangeLiving]

No rest on sight

[@mzungu4770]

Got my dose of fame today when I encountered Troy and Mirrool at the local Marina. Was quite the surprise! Sorry for yelling out like a fanboy mate. Seeing Mirrool in real life, really makes the circumnavigation of Australia all the more impressive. It's not a large boat, even if it's a good one.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Next time hopefully I won't be in such a hurry.

[@mzungu4770]

@@FreeRangeLiving all good mate.

[@teatowel11]

Thanks guys, really enjoy your content. Troy's handiness with the lines peaked my interest enough to learn how to eye splice my dynema ridgeline for my hiking tarp. Really happy with how it turned out as i always had a fixed loop in the end for quickly securing around a tree. I'm not sure what I'd used a soft shackle for right now but i want to make one haha. You got me daydreaming about buying a yatch and i've been checking out the small cruisers along the river when i go for a run and train in the park here in Brisbane. It's been devastating to see so many nice boats get flushed out into the ocean. If you had short notice of a flood event, i guess you would have to know of a safe anchorage out in the bay?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

We don't anchor near rivers when rain is forecast. Even without major floods, debris can accumulate around anchor rides and dislodge anchors. Cats suffer even worse because they can trap along that acts as a debris dam and gains weight fasr

[@teatowel11]

@@FreeRangeLiving thanks for the insight

[@andrewtaylor9615]

Troy, Thanks for the great lesson on soft shackles. And the concentration willingly displayed by Pascal!

[@proangler1961]

Did I miss Troy’s haircut between takes

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Hair clippers are recommended remote yacht equipment stores

[@proangler1961]

Up to the 6:57 mark you were just a might shaggy. Then suddenly at the 6:05 mark you’re sporting a new hair cut. You should’ve filmed the sheep shearing

[@bmunday]

You two are so fucking legit. I admire you two extensively. Great Humans.

[@shreksswamp9001]

I crack up every time I see it. You always know when Pascale is getting dinkum, because out comes that tongue. Great little tutorial Troy. Really enjoy these.

[@RappinIggyG]

Practical and informative content as always. Thank you. Also, your guitar picking has improved immensely!

[@langbangnz]

It's fantastic how you both share your skills and knowledge with everyone. In a world going crazy and tearing itself apart I think the peaceful and sustainable way you both live is admirable.

[@trumpetmano]

Do you stuff your squid at all?

[@FreeRangeLiving]

Sometimes. Pine nuts are good with minced seafood.

[@joecucch8261]

I would take those squid heads with tentacles and take them to my favorite snapper hole and they would always produce my favorite snapper of all times, the Mutton Snapper...Yum !!!

[@BadenBadenSwitzerBaden]

There are more than a few people showing how to make a soft shackle here on KZbin. But what a pleasure to learn from Troy and practice with Pascale. Ram_shackle_ Ranch... the hits just keep on coming!