Creator profile
About Free Range Sailing
Meet the sailor
Troy and Pascale present Free Range Sailing as a couple who once cruised together aboard a compact, capable cruising yacht. They speak from the perspective of two people living and cruising from a modestly sized boat: planning trips, dealing with routine repairs and enjoying the small discoveries that come from coastal voyaging.
The boat at the centre of it
Their boat is confirmed as Mirrool, a Clansman 30. Mirrool is the recurring setting for the channel’s footage — everything from deckwork and sail-handling to meal preparation and quiet evenings at anchor happens aboard her. Across the archive the boat is shown not as a polished production platform but as a working cruising craft: practical, lived-in and central to the couple’s stories.
What the channel is really about
Free Range Sailing is an archive of a particular style of cruising: modest, hands-on and personal. Rather than dramatic ocean passages or large refit projects, the channel focuses on everyday cruising life from the perspective of two people aboard a 30-foot yacht. That includes:
- Passage and coastal sailing: footage and narrations that record short coastal hops and the decisions that go into them.
- Anchorages and shore explorations: time spent ashore, local landings and the slow rhythms of life off the beaten track.
- Boat maintenance and practical repairs: clips that show routine upkeep and the kinds of fixes every small-boat cruiser faces.
- Daily life aboard: food, weather checks, watch-keeping and the quieter moments that give a real sense of living on a small yacht.
Following the channel feels like reading through someone else’s cruise journal — calm, matter-of-fact and focused on the practical experience of being afloat rather than dramatic adventure filmmaking.
Sailing around (Australian context)
Free Range Sailing documents an Australian cruising context. The channel’s material is grounded in local waters and the realities of short-handed coastal voyages in Australia. The archive nature of the channel gives viewers a record of particular trips and anchorages the couple visited while cruising Mirrool.
The practical side of the adventure
Practical seamanship and maintenance are visible through the archive. The videos commonly show the couple tackling the jobs that keep a small boat going: engine checks and minor repairs, rig and deck tasks, anchor handling and the small improvisations sailors make when working with limited space and resources. The channel’s approach is hands-on and honest — repairs and the logistics of living aboard are treated as part of the cruising story rather than polished “how-to” tutorials.
How often new videos arrive
Free Range Sailing is presented as a sailing archive. The channel’s uploads and the tone of the material suggest the videos document a past cruising period rather than representing a regularly updated channel. Viewers should expect archived footage and completed cruise stories rather than a current, ongoing upload schedule.
Why the featured video is a good introduction
No featured video was supplied for this profile, but the channel itself reads as a chronological record of Troy and Pascale’s time aboard Mirrool. A first viewing of any mid-length episode will typically introduce the couple, show the boat in its everyday environment and present the mixture of sailing, maintenance and quiet shore visits that define the channel.
A few videos worth exploring
(Representative video examples are listed on the channel and give a rounded picture of the archive: look for episodes that cover short passages, anchorages, routine maintenance and day-to-day life aboard Mirrool to understand the channel’s tone and focus.)
Channel details
* Channel name: Free Range Sailing * Creator or creators: Troy & Pascale * Vessel name: Mirrool * Vessel type: Clansman 30 * Vessel make and model: Clansman 30 * Australian home waters: * Known cruising areas: * Main content themes: Coastal cruising archive, life aboard a small cruising yacht, practical maintenance and repairs, anchorages and shore visits * Observed upload frequency: Archive-style uploads documenting past cruising; no current regular schedule confirmed * Featured video: * YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbU2ulPD3rJ4OZCNH7-gjjQ * Official website: * Official Instagram: * Official Facebook: * Other official profiles:
Official sources
* https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbU2ulPD3rJ4OZCNH7-gjjQ
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