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#80 – Can we fit ANOTHER cabin in our 38ft steel yacht??? [S2-EP63]
Welcome to episode 80 of Sailing Melody In this weeks episode Andy is working on his own on Jacks aft cabin. He sands, grinds, makes a lot of mess and paints it with epoxy. He Also uses reclaimed furniture to make a bulk head and door down to the cabin. ...
#79 – PAINTING the DECKS on our not so RUSTY STEEL boat ⛵
Welcome to episode 79 of Sailing Melody This week we spend a lot of time sanding, grinding and chipping away at the foredecks, Gunwales and toenail. We finally get paint on this huge area, This is a HUGE job ticked off out list!! This is a huge refit an...
#78 – Things don’t always got to plan – SAILING YACHT REFIT
Welcome to episode 78 of Sailing Melody Sometimes things don't go to plan and when you think you've got a great idea things just don't work out how you'd expect them too. But the way we see it, if nothing goes wrong and you make no mistakes, you're proba...
#77 – A MASSIVE amount of work ahead!!! 😱 TO DO list walk through
Welcome to episode 77 of Sailing Melody We have 307 jobs to do to get this dilapidated old boat back in the water. Can we do it? and more importantly can we do it this year? As promised here is the complete list of jobs. Do get in touch if you can help w...
£2000 Yacht TIMELAPSE TRANSFORMATION – 16months in minutes #76
Timelapse of the entire project to date, right from the very start with lots of never before seen footage. This is a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only time consuming, it's complicated and quite expensiv...
#75 – This would have cost HUNDREDS! Installing teak in our pilot house
Welcome to episode 75 of Sailing Melody More work in the pilothouse this week, making the woodwork pretty and adding some decorative touches as well as some more functionality. All that along with juggling outdoor jobs and COLD weather! This is a huge r...
#67 – RUSTY to SHINY : new stainless chain plates
Work begins on making the new chainplates, we start preparing the head for insulating and paneling and Emily returns to help us paint the cockpit This is a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only time consumi...
#66 – We decided to add a gate to the transom
Further remodelling of the cockpit, transom and back end of Melody this week as well as a look at the new bowsprit and some thoughts on the new chain plates. This is a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only ...
#65 – Making our boat into our future home
As winter approaches we will be needing to do more interior work on Melody because the weather up here in North Wales simply doesn't allow for much outdoor work over the winter months. With that in mind we've made a mock up of our pilothouse seating ideas...
#63 – We cut the front off our boat!!!
Its finally happened! We have, at last got around to cutting off the front of the boat!!! Well not quite but almost! In this week's episode we tackle the rusty anchor chain locker which we know many of you have been waiting for us to do. It's a daunting...
#62 – Welding up a leaky bottom
Remember we're doing all of this so we can go full time cruising as a sailing family in a few years time. This is obviously a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only time consuming, it's complicated and quite...