@@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!
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.😊
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 ...
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!
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!
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.
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.
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 :)
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
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"
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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. . .
Next week Troy will show use how to make and install foam and fiberglass pullouts like on motor homes!! Once your on the hook,you double your beam.A mind like a steel trap.You have.
I am wondering the same thing as I have on order plans to build a Duckworks 6' Skylark pram for my 24' Pacific Seacraft Dana 24, and if there is any benefit to be had in stiffness and/or weight, I would like to give it a try.
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.
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👍
I like what you do! I had decided that you were going to be sailing a boat that was never more than functional. Now it's better than anything you could buy in the same class. When you guys heard that we only use 10% of our brains, you took it as a challenge, didn't you? You are impressive people.
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.
For window material check cast acrylic (perspex is a brand name) The cast is optically flat with no undulations. You would probably need 10mm to 12 mm and bond them into the dodger with 3M high bond double sided tape. Do not use any screws or mechanical fasteners as the window material expands and shrinks at a different rate to the GRP/foam core. That's themethod we used on our Adams 13. Great work on your channel.
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.
Would be nice to make a new dingy out of the same technique? Customised to fit the deck perfectly, with some really cool inbuilt floation chambers, and storage.. a lite weight Unsinkable unbreakable dingy that’s less weight then that old Portable canvas thing?
