@@Potsie I prefer to think she saw the light.and changed her evil profession.And now she's on retainer ,to cover Troys backside .Always have a lawyer on the crew.
Great channel guys, keep up the hard work. Here's my pro trick for no fiberglass itchies. Say you forgot your gloves or cut a huge tear in them on a sharp edge of fiberglass or something. Fiberglass fibers will lay on your skin like a pile of toothpicks dumped on a table. The trick is to not rub them around so that the pointy ends can stick in. So if I notice my protective coverings have failed, and I have fiberglass fibers on me, dont touch the area, if it's on your hands keep your fingers spread out, itches between fingers are the worst. Then rinse under lots of cold water, without rubbing your hands together. You want to just float the glass shards off your skin, without pushing them down so the jagged tips can stick in. I've invented this method when I was living in Texas where it's so hot, wearing a tyvek suit is an actual safety hazard, from heat injury hah, and I haven't gotten fiberglass rash since. Don't mess around with your eyes or lungs though, I don't have a slick trick for getting glass shards out of those!
Super helpful overview of the build. I want to build one for my Rival. I watched SV Tritea and he referenced your video as a good guide. Thanks. Andy UK
Ahhh you guys ROCK, Friday Arvo in Logan City QLD , after a crap week of Not much work to do I can sit down with a Bundy rum or a Manbrusco or both and watch the Dodger getting built ....You guys are my DAY SPA, DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE ETC , Relaxing and quite effective for stress ......THANKS FROM BJ ...
You;'re turning Mirool into a tiny Super Maramu with that beautiful hard dodger. Try to figure out a way to open both front windows to get some air moving through there at hot anchorages. The Super Maramu's open from the outside on hydraulic struts but I've found that even popping a couple of wine bottle corks under the window while underway stops any spray from coming in but allows a bit of air movement (and helps quickly defog the windows on foggy mornings). Nice job!
Pascquale , your increasing confidence in your own abilities is a joy to watch . You have been taught by a guy I consider to be a superior craftsman (I was no slouch myself before I retired many years ago ) . Most of the products you now use weren't available then . But it still takes skill to make your finished product look professional . Troy , I also had to smile on your rollbar :)
Troy, have you ever considered writing a book on practical maintenance and improvements for boats? You have a lot of experience to share from a very hands-on perspective. I'd buy it!
I saw on Sailing Lady Africa them building a swim platform with foam board and enough fiber glass it was strong enough to hold a deisel engine without breaking a sweat.
After scouring online for different dodger builds and ideas I believe this it the most straightforward, budget friendly, and logical dodger build out of all of them. The one built by Sailing Triteia was really good even though he explains it in hindsight, and is the most beautiful DIY dodger builds I have ever seen as he does a lot to make it fit with the original curves and accents of the boat, though it kind of throws simplicity and budget out the window.
The most helpful and informative hard dodger how-to I've ever seen! Free Range Sailing is making a huge contribution to the cruising community by putting beautiful, strong, light-weight hard dodgers within reach of sailors like me. Watching Pascale flip the hard dodger over single handed was incredible. Thank you so much for the careful and thorough details and explanations!
I was just thinking of building a dodger out of starboard but now I'm completely rethinking my entire build. Great vid and thanks for the helpful advice.
Thank you for good video. Before, I would try to not use PVC and epoxy for same project because usually hard to get good bound. But you have shown that PVC foam is different story. And possibilities are endless. . .
What a wonderful and talented team you two make, working together so well and always so kind. God Bless you both! Thanks for sharing your content. I always loved Australia... but probably won't ever see it in person.
For best adhesion and minimum weight you should hot coat the pvc with resin and let it gel or green before laminating. I would have laminated all flats on both sides and any curves on one side before assembling. I would cut and round the windows before glassing. If you want to decorate edges around windows etc use an Allen key in a drill it works in seconds. If you used vinylester you wouldn't need to decore you can just use 220 g split strand. And go around the radius, I do this with a single layer of 10mm foam. Always use qcell with glue powder or cabosil. 50 50 for structural and fillet and 10% glue in your qcell for bogging it stops sagging. If you insist on using epoxy use peel ply, with yinylester you use unwaxed resin which stays sticky, no prep or sanding just glass or bog straight over.😊
G'day from an overcast Sydney. What a fantastic build guys. Awesome craftwomanship! Can't believe the strength of the piece you stood on. I reckon the new dodger will outlive the rest of the boat. Also good to know that everything you're building will be super well finished and should something untoward happen, you'll know exactly how to repair it. If you ever sell her, the next owner will get a fantastic 'new' boat. Way and above, the most interesting build of the refit.
Just like tank armour. The dodgers angled for the rough waves deflection with soft lines to match the boat, 10-10 guys, I would of run 2 plastic 1/4 pipe up the inside, 1 for water capture & 1 for cables for romantic lighting for pascal 5 star dinning with all that nice food she cooks, Lucky Bugger"
Troy would now be a good time to put a half dome fiberglass tube to run some wires for roof light's and dome light's underside of roof. ??????? Ps: Polycarb can be polished where as Acrylic will last longer but UV will dull off faster.
Just discovered you guys me and my partner are refilling a westerly 33 but watching this it’s the best detail on fixing stuff. Really appreciate you guys thank you👍
Kettering is a great marina but does suffer from katabatic wind gusts with colder, denser air rolling down under gravity from the tiers behind. Luckily they only last a few minutes. On still days you hear the gust start rattling halyards before it hits full on. More common in the warmer months.
I enjoy this so that I've started waiting for these videos. impatiently. I guess asking for two a week would be too much. I've fallen in love with you two, not in a stalker kind of way, just admiration for your skills and a bit of envy for your adventures.
I think if I was building the dodger I would put maybe three 2.5cm per side triangle strips running side to side under the top. That little "V" shape you would get when you fiber-glassed over it would add tremendous strength to the top of it. And then maybe some curved supports put in under that forward overhang would make it much more solid as well. I overbuild things. It was once said of me that if I ever built a jewelry box I'd build it out of 2x4s.
I have been making a lifelong living out of boat work mainly on timber boats . Between you guys and Teal and family in SV Basik you are showing me so many much easier ways to construct with feather light products. Thank you for you videos.
I live in Las Vegas in the middle of the desert and I have never been on a sailboat, but, I have been watching for a couple years. It was somewhere around episode 35 and of course I immediately went back and watched from the beginning. Even though I'm not a "sailor" I get to see some really great places. What I did for a living was build exhibits for tradeshows (RIP covid) so I still get to see something that I'm very interested in. I'm excited for the "new" boat and thanks for kind of taking us along.
I’m convinced that if every man had a Pascale, we’d all be better men. Great project. Terrific video.
I reckon she's probably the most useful lawyer on the planet :)
@@Potsie I prefer to think she saw the light.and changed her evil profession.And now she's on retainer ,to cover Troys backside .Always have a lawyer on the crew.
@@Potsie : comment of the week.
Yes, She really gets into it. And does a really great job!
'Every man' must be a Troy to deserve a Pascale. Level up fellas!
I have a lot of fiberglassing experience including 2 large hard biminis yet I learned a couple new things from your video. thanks
This was maybe my most favorite refit video.
I hit the 'Like' button
...but where's the "LOVE' Button???
Love you guys, and love these videos!!
I would not have thought of that digging out the foam core and reinforcing it on cutouts NICE
I have a feeling you could dump a huge pile of various materials in front of Troy and Pascal and say, "ok, build a boat" and they could. ⛵️
Great channel guys, keep up the hard work.
Here's my pro trick for no fiberglass itchies. Say you forgot your gloves or cut a huge tear in them on a sharp edge of fiberglass or something. Fiberglass fibers will lay on your skin like a pile of toothpicks dumped on a table. The trick is to not rub them around so that the pointy ends can stick in. So if I notice my protective coverings have failed, and I have fiberglass fibers on me, dont touch the area, if it's on your hands keep your fingers spread out, itches between fingers are the worst. Then rinse under lots of cold water, without rubbing your hands together. You want to just float the glass shards off your skin, without pushing them down so the jagged tips can stick in. I've invented this method when I was living in Texas where it's so hot, wearing a tyvek suit is an actual safety hazard, from heat injury hah, and I haven't gotten fiberglass rash since. Don't mess around with your eyes or lungs though, I don't have a slick trick for getting glass shards out of those!
If you ever quit sailing, you could have a boat repair shop. Great team spirit and resourcefulness.
Good job Number One. Lucky man Troy
Thats a bunch of nice machinist tools. Tool an cutter grinder, lathe, horz mill, surface grinder, maybe a small boring mill.....a shaper and planer!
Sculpturing great job guys
99.9k subscribers! Cograts to the best sailing/working team!
Congratulations on 100K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's always a pleasure when Free Range Sailing comes on board !!
Impressive DIY, guys. Budget conscious without skimping on quality.
VERY INFORMATIVE !!! Thanks for the great video!
Super helpful overview of the build. I want to build one for my Rival. I watched SV Tritea and he referenced your video as a good guide. Thanks. Andy UK
Ahhh you guys ROCK, Friday Arvo in Logan City QLD , after a crap week of Not much work to do I can sit down with a Bundy rum or a Manbrusco or both and watch the Dodger getting built ....You guys are my DAY SPA, DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE ETC , Relaxing and quite effective for stress ......THANKS FROM BJ ...
How excellent is this?...wow...this is a great channel
Excellent video guys,and beautiful work...looking forward to part two.😎👍
That workmanship is A+ I would have given it a raised lip for gathering water, having a small pipe/hose connection for direct fill to watertank.
I was thinking the same thing. Troy mentioned that the dodger would shed water, I would have thought that they might want to collect some water?
@@jimwesselman I have a feeling I have since heard mention that they do just that.
Troy, I love the way think a project through. Very educational video. You and Pascale keep up the good work.
hairspray also makes the fiberglass anti-fray. Spray it where you want to cut. its a cheap spray glue that the epoxy will bond to as well.
By the time you are finished you will know every inch of that boat like the back your hand....and thats not a bad thing
You;'re turning Mirool into a tiny Super Maramu with that beautiful hard dodger. Try to figure out a way to open both front windows to get some air moving through there at hot anchorages. The Super Maramu's open from the outside on hydraulic struts but I've found that even popping a couple of wine bottle corks under the window while underway stops any spray from coming in but allows a bit of air movement (and helps quickly defog the windows on foggy mornings). Nice job!
Wow amazing work guys ,💓💛
CONGRATULATIONS! 100K subs!!🤗🤗🤗🍾🎂🍷🍻
Thanks for filming this for us guys. Your old dodger is what caught my eye in your thumbnails and I immediately thought "I need to make one of those!"
VERY Cool...You two are SO Much fun to watch, and you Do BEAUTIFUL Work together! THANKS for Sharing
Oh so close to 100k....great work...
Pascquale , your increasing confidence in your own abilities is a joy to watch . You have been taught by a guy I consider to be a superior craftsman (I was no slouch myself before I retired many years ago ) . Most of the products you now use weren't available then . But it still takes skill to make your finished product look professional . Troy , I also had to smile on your rollbar :)
You lot have a new name; The Artful Dodgers! Beautiful work, the new dodger will be strong and durable!
You guys have rapidly become my favorite refit content producers! Love the videos!
Nice rain at 23:30! We need some here.
Troy, have you ever considered writing a book on practical maintenance and improvements for boats?
You have a lot of experience to share from a very hands-on perspective.
I'd buy it!
Your construction videos have been so interesting and well presented. I’ve learned a ton from you both.
Very entertaining and educative
I saw on Sailing Lady Africa them building a swim platform with foam board and enough fiber glass it was strong enough to hold a deisel engine without breaking a sweat.
Very well done.......
After scouring online for different dodger builds and ideas I believe this it the most straightforward, budget friendly, and logical dodger build out of all of them. The one built by Sailing Triteia was really good even though he explains it in hindsight, and is the most beautiful DIY dodger builds I have ever seen as he does a lot to make it fit with the original curves and accents of the boat, though it kind of throws simplicity and budget out the window.
Also inspired by Tritea’s hard dodger, and with this video I feel pretty confident about building my own dodger
The most helpful and informative hard dodger how-to I've ever seen! Free Range Sailing is making a huge contribution to the cruising community by putting beautiful, strong, light-weight hard dodgers within reach of sailors like me. Watching Pascale flip the hard dodger over single handed was incredible. Thank you so much for the careful and thorough details and explanations!
I'm amazed at the craftsmanship you put into each of the projects you do. Great job by both of you!
Outstanding video
In the UK that bit is called a sprayhood and the fabric parts that go either side of the cockpit are called Dodgers
Congratulations on 100,000 subs! Love all that you do, and thank you for sharing.
I was just thinking of building a dodger out of starboard but now I'm completely rethinking my entire build. Great vid and thanks for the helpful advice.
Thank you for good video. Before, I would try to not use PVC and epoxy for same project because usually hard to get good bound. But you have shown that PVC foam is different story. And possibilities are endless. . .
Thanks for talking to us and not "mansplaining" to Pascal. Love the videos!
Lovely episode 👌
Great video guys!
Great I’ll remember this
Excelent! I´ve made a rudder profile of that PVC Stuff.
What a wonderful and talented team you two make, working together so well and always so kind. God Bless you both! Thanks for sharing your content. I always loved Australia... but probably won't ever see it in person.
Wooohoooo, congrats on 100k!! You guys are so deserving!!
Great job.
Stitch & Glue construction with modern materials - Excellent
Cool build.
Another great video, I see 100k subscribers, awesome.
Can't remember how many times I've watched this video! Think it's my favourite DIY video on youtube. Best prep for a similar job :D
That subtle curve on the roof just finishes it off brilliantly, looks like it could be original! 👍
Merry Christmas to you both. You never seem to run out of energy during this extensive refit. Your work is impressive.
Congrats in 100k subscribers!!
For best adhesion and minimum weight you should hot coat the pvc with resin and let it gel or green before laminating. I would have laminated all flats on both sides and any curves on one side before assembling. I would cut and round the windows before glassing. If you want to decorate edges around windows etc use an Allen key in a drill it works in seconds. If you used vinylester you wouldn't need to decore you can just use 220 g split strand. And go around the radius, I do this with a single layer of 10mm foam. Always use qcell with glue powder or cabosil. 50 50 for structural and fillet and 10% glue in your qcell for bogging it stops sagging. If you insist on using epoxy use peel ply, with yinylester you use unwaxed resin which stays sticky, no prep or sanding just glass or bog straight over.😊
Great job
A silicon/ caulking tip is to soak the lollipop stick in water to stop tool stick
Looks great. I can't wait to get started on my own boat. Transforms great. 👍my concern is allowing clearance for the boom. 😣
G'day from an overcast Sydney. What a fantastic build guys. Awesome craftwomanship! Can't believe the strength of the piece you stood on. I reckon the new dodger will outlive the rest of the boat. Also good to know that everything you're building will be super well finished and should something untoward happen, you'll know exactly how to repair it. If you ever sell her, the next owner will get a fantastic 'new' boat. Way and above, the most interesting build of the refit.
Just like tank armour. The dodgers angled for the rough waves deflection with soft lines to match the boat, 10-10 guys, I would of run 2 plastic 1/4 pipe up the inside, 1 for water capture & 1 for cables for romantic lighting for pascal 5 star dinning with all that nice food she cooks, Lucky Bugger"
still love your giggles, Pascale
You two have done a wonderful job on your new dodger, lighter, waterproof, harder and all around so much nicer than your previous one! Thank you
Troy would now be a good time to put a half dome fiberglass tube to run some wires for roof light's and dome light's underside of roof. ??????? Ps: Polycarb can be polished where as Acrylic will last longer but UV will dull off faster.
Just discovered you guys me and my partner are refilling a westerly 33 but watching this it’s the best detail on fixing stuff. Really appreciate you guys thank you👍
Kettering is a great marina but does suffer from katabatic wind gusts with colder, denser air rolling down under gravity from the tiers behind. Luckily they only last a few minutes. On still days you hear the gust start rattling halyards before it hits full on. More common in the warmer months.
Love the PVC foam idea...for my new ultralight camper. Thank you!
I enjoy this so that I've started waiting for these videos. impatiently. I guess asking for two a week would be too much. I've fallen in love with you two, not in a stalker kind of way, just admiration for your skills and a bit of envy for your adventures.
Ha, when Pascale was applying epoxy, my mind was saying (loudly), "Don't get in your hair, don't get in your hair, don't get in your hair!".
True inspiration as I take on my own refit. Thanks guys, the boat looks amazing so far!
heya I don't have a problem with more ep's let them come.
Congratulation's on reaching 100,000 Subscribers ! A well deserved Kudos to you guys !
Brilliant instructional video, we are so going to copy you. Many thanks for taking the time to make these.
A pair of crafty dodgers ha ha da ya get it
I think if I was building the dodger I would put maybe three 2.5cm per side triangle strips running side to side under the top. That little "V" shape you would get when you fiber-glassed over it would add tremendous strength to the top of it. And then maybe some curved supports put in under that forward overhang would make it much more solid as well. I overbuild things. It was once said of me that if I ever built a jewelry box I'd build it out of 2x4s.
Congrats on 100k 🤗🤗
So close to 100k subs!
I have a fiberglass boat project waiting for me come spring. You are helping with both knowledge and confidence. Thank you kindly.
Thanks again for another excellent video. A tutorial with slick editing and music. You make it look easy.
Best wishes.
99.9k Subs. You are almost there guys and gals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good episode
I would just like to let you both know my sweater came In on time and I am absolutely in love with the compass pattern.
That thing looks great can't wait until I see the finished product
Very cool
I have been making a lifelong living out of boat work mainly on timber boats .
Between you guys and Teal and family in SV Basik you are showing me so many much easier ways to construct with feather light products. Thank you for you videos.
Brilliant stuff that...wonder if I could build a car body out of it... btw, great clear and concise narration Pascale. Excellent video guys.
How romantic; Troy made Pascale a sanding block. What a legend... Great video guys, see ya next week. Cheers for now... ;-}
I really enjoyed that. Very interesting and fun at the same time.
Peel ply is your friend.
Dodger is looking bloody marvellous.
I think you two are a remarkable couple!
I live in Las Vegas in the middle of the desert and I have never been on a sailboat, but, I have been watching for a couple years. It was somewhere around episode 35 and of course I immediately went back and watched from the beginning. Even though I'm not a "sailor" I get to see some really great places. What I did for a living was build exhibits for tradeshows (RIP covid) so I still get to see something that I'm very interested in. I'm excited for the "new" boat and thanks for kind of taking us along.
Vary impressed with your skills there,
Hi Guys, What great work, Dodger is looking fantastic .
What a team. you make it look so easy.
Did you ever imagine 100,000 subs.