HUGE CHANGES on SO MANY levels!
April 30, 2025 by Sailing Melody | Language: EN Play Time: 00:30:51 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
We’re so blessed. Yes there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world to be miserable about, but we’re here, on our little, modest, floating home. Enjoying time with each other. Enjoying turning this old boat into a comfy place to live. We’re learning more and more that the value in life isn’t necessarily from the things we used to think it was. We’ve changed in so many ways. Of course we’re still the same people we were and no doubt will continue to make some of the same mistakes. But we’ve also changed a LOT. Physically, emotionally, mentally. Life is a continuous journey of discovery. Our life aboard Ocean Melody is bringing that into sharp focus the longer we spend doing this the more strongly we feel about it. It’s not a life which would suit everyone and we’d never be “preachy” about it because it’s not suitable or possible for a lot of people. But for us, it just works. Anyway, in this episode Melissa takes on our biggest challenge so far and embarks on the HUGE undertaking of designing and making the fabric components for out ULTIMATE HARD DOGER, #SailingUma #ultimateharddodger. Jack races up the mast like a rat up a drainpipe and Andy does a little bit on inconsequential woodwork. Good eh!
What are you doing still reading this! You should be watching the video, and if you already have you should be commenting and sharing it on your Facebook page and all that stuff.
Catch you all next week.
Ta ta for now!
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We're so blessed. Yes there's a lot of stuff going on in the world to be miserable about, but we're here, on our little, modest, floating home. Enjoying time with each other. Enjoying turning this old boat into a comfy place to live. We're learning more and more that the value in life isn't necessarily from the things we used to think it was. We've changed in so many ways. Of course we're still the same people we were and no doubt will continue to make some of the same mistakes. But we've also changed a LOT. Physically, emotionally, mentally. Life is a continuous journey of discovery. Our life aboard Ocean Melody is bringing that into sharp focus the longer we spend doing this the more strongly we feel about it. It's not a life which would suit everyone and we'd never be "preachy" about it because it's not suitable or possible for a lot of people. But for us, it just works. Anyway, in this episode Melissa takes on our biggest challenge so far and embarks on the HUGE undertaking of designing and making the fabric components for out ULTIMATE HARD DOGER, #SailingUma #ultimateharddodger. Jack races up the mast like a rat up a drainpipe and Andy does a little bit on inconsequential woodwork. Good eh!
What are you doing still reading this! You should be watching the video, and if you already have you should be commenting and sharing it on your Facebook page and all that stuff.
Catch you all next week.
Ta ta for now!
P.S. If you want to really help us out and help keep these videos going you can pop over to PATREON or Ko-FI or PAYPAL using this info below..............
PATREON : Become a Patron and get early releases and bonus footage and real time updates for as little as $3 per month, or you can also make one time donations.
Support us on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/sailingmelody
KO-FI : Ko-fi is a bit like Patron but doesn't have a regular donation unless you choose to set one up. The benefit of Ko-fi is that we get more of the money so less is taken off us than Patron do.
https://ko-fi.com/sailingmelody
For one time donations.
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sailingmelody
#weareboatfolk
#boatfolk
#boatfolkmarinas
#PortlandMarina
#boatfolkadventures
#sailwithboatfolk
#eatwithboatfolk
#Allbyboatfolk
@boatcareuk
@Portland_marina
@weareboatfolk
Buy us a coffee, or chip in towards restoring and upgrading Ocean Melody.
https://ko-fi.com/sailingmelody
Or to become part of the Sailing Melody supporters family head over to
Patreon.com/sailingmelody where for as little as the price of a cup of coffee you can get live updates, direct messaging with us, early episodes and tonnes of extra exclusive content.
Our Sponsors and Partners
Custom designed sails.
https://www.precisionsailloft.com
Craft Insure Boat Insurance.
https://www.craftinsure.com
Autoterm Planar Heaters.
https://planarheaters.co.uk
Pro Marine Store Online Chandlery.
https://www.promarinestore.co.uk
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