#52 - ⛵Holes! Holes! HOLES! 😱 Restoring a 40 year old steel yacht!!

Andy fills all the holes left by the old wind and depth instruments as we continue to chip away at our restoration of this 40 year old steel sailing yacht.

We will be putting the new instruments in a pod on the steering binnacle with repeaters in the pilothouse so there is really no need for the holes in the pilothouse.

Remember we’re doing all of this so we can go full time cruising as a sailing family in a few years time.
We’re hoping eventually to get the boat set up for single handed sailing so we can relax knowing she is an easy boat to sail in any conditions from light winds to rough seas.

Making sure our mast is in perfect condition along with our rigging is super important and we will be spending a lot of time getting it perfect!

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 expensive so we really do value any help we can get, whether it’s helpful advice and comments on the video or gifts through our Amazon Wishlist or actual contributions through Patreon, Paypal and Ko-Fi.

We want to say a HUUUUUUUGE thank you to eveyone who has contributed in any way and here are the links if you’d like to help us out at all on this amazing journey.

Our links
Support is on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/sailingmelody
Check us out on Instagram : https://instagram.com/sailingmelody
Come talk to us on facebook : https://facebook.com/melodysailing

Or make a one time contribution via PayPal or Ko-Fi using these links
Paypal.me/sailingmelody
https://ko-fi.com/sailingmelody

Our friends and supporters
Website https://www.promarinestore.co.uk
Gift Card https://www.promarinestore.co.uk/sailing-melody-youtube-channel-gift-card
Wish List https://www.promarinestore.co.uk/blog/pro-marine-store-and-sailing-melody

MONA F&T – Where we get our steel
http://www.monafnt.co.uk

Weldgas Cymru – Where we get our welding gas and torch bits
http://www.weldgas.co.uk

We also have an Amazon wishlist.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/B5C3SADTF7LQ?ref_=wl_share

Our Gear
Sony a6400
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GoPro 7 Hero
GoPro 3 Hero
Rode Studiomic pro
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