#55 - ABANDONED BOAT to TINY HOME! The work continues
August 11, 2021 by Sailing Melody | Language: EN Play Time: 00:22:40 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Welcome to episode 39 of Sailing Melody Season 2
Massive progress this week as we more or less totally rebuild the cockpit combings creating a much better mounting point for the winches and also much better headroom in the aft end of the boat.
Two solid days of working from dusk til dawn were hugely productive as Andy cut away most of the old cockpit combings and prefabricated new ones in a box configuration which is so much better than what was there originally. In fact the original design schematics show the combings going all the way out to the topsides but we didn’t do that, partly because that would have meant repositioning the cleats and re-fabsicating the station posts and pushpit, but also because Melissa just doesn’t like that look aesthetically.
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 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.
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Sailing Melody is the official YouTube channel for the Bennington Family and our sailing adventures. We are now well on our way to becoming a full time live-aboard family. We started with a little 24ft Snapdragon bilge keel, and then moved up to a 28ft Great Dane long keel yacht. Now though we're working on MELODY, our 38ft Steel Pilothouse Cutter. We're working hard to get her ready to go back in the water but as you'll see there's a lot of work to do. Join us on our epic journey restoring this beautiful boat to her former glory and then come with us as we set off around the world.
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