Work continues on our rusty sailing yacht as we prepare and paint the inside of the transom.
We've removed the whole of the inner transom skin now and have cut out and welded in a large section of replacement steel so now its time to prepare the surface ...
This week Melissa and Jack rip down the interior of the pilot house in order to expose and examine the metalwork around the hatches and windows.
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Now the Transom is strong we have begun cutting out all the corroded steel from the cockpit ready for a serious remodel. Seems like its a never ending game now to see how much more of out boat we can cut out.
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We've managed to weld in the new transom with some lovely fresh steel so now we can start cutting out the rest of the corroded steel from the cockpit.
Finally some beautiful weather, and as the boatyard becomes more and more active and bustling we crac...
'Tis but a scratch! Come back and I'll bite your arms off!
Ouch!!! Andy slipped whilst cutting out the rusty transom with the grinder using a cutting disk and got a nasty cut to his wrist and knee.
A quick trip to the hospital and a few stitches and back ...
We've finally started cutting out large sections of steel and welding in new plate.
With a break in the weather, the easing of restrictions and the arrival of the new equipment from Lincoln Electric we've finally managed to get stuck in.
We've chopped out...
Sometimes sanding drives you crazy and you just have to smash something up to make you feel like you've achieved something.
This week, in our customary battle with ever changing weather conditions, we tackle the inside of the forepeak, the sugar scoop an...
Revealing our plans for resorting our yacht.
This week we detail how we see the next 12 to 18 months going and how we plan to tackle the restoration project. We're governed by various factors including the weather, work commitments, money of course and fa...
Welcome to Episode 19 of our series about resorting our abandoned steel sailing yacht.
This week Melissa is working hard with a little help from Jack to remove all the hatches on the coach roof, we also decide that they really do need replacing!
We are A...
Welcome to Episode 18 of our series about resorting our abandoned sailing yacht.
This week we pickup our amazing new welder from Lincoln Electric, also finally buy some steel to start cutting and welding and fabricating and Melissa works like an absolute m...
Welcome to the 17th episode of Season 2
Is the whole front end of our boat rusted beyond repair? In this episode we tear our the forepeak to examine the state of the steel behind the forward collision bulkhead to see how far back the rust in the anchor l...
Welcome to the 16th of Season 2
It's all about where you put your probe.
This week we finally get to do a proper ultrasonic metal thickness test using the Olympus 38DL!
NDT or Non Destructive testing is a term which covers a number of methods of testing ...
It'a all down the pan! This week we're ripping out the heads and shower tray to see what horrors we find under there. We've got some exciting new toys to play with which will be featuring over the next few episodes as well!!
We are Andy, Melissa and Jac...
Cleaning out bilges is never a nice job and with our boat having been neglected and abandoned for so long it was a bit of a worry what horrible things we'd find lurking in the bilge under the forward water tank.
Fortunately things aren't as bad as they of...
We cut a hole in our boat!
It's freezing cold here and the weather is still terrible so we're working undercover doing what we can until the spring arrives.
This week we disassemble the steering system to find it's all jammed up with sand and won't com...
We've finally got Melody Under cover so we can get her dry and continue to work on her during the horrible winter months. It's absolutely freezing here now in North Wales....... Like seriously freezing! But with her cover on Melody is much warmer and dr...
The bowsprit is shot! So we have an opportunity to replace it like for like or explore alternatives....... Wood? Carbon? Stainless? More homework to be done before we can make that decision, but whatever we do it's going to need replacing. Along wi...
The bottom of the boat wasn't wet so it was the ideal opportunity to get on with more work on the underside this week. We continue the awkward work of treating and painting the flakey areas and yet again discover things are not as bad as they appear.
W...
This week we continue to battle the Welsh weather and wind and short hours of daylight as we tackle more of the rust. We're trying our a variety of rust treatments and converters to see what works best and over time we'll be able to give our our opinion. ...
Welcome to episode eight of Season 2
Andy is working as a Paramedic for the Ambulance Service so Melissa and Jack start treating the metal on our abandoned boat.
We aren't allowed to use a sand blaster ourselves in this yard, and whilst the boatyard has...
7 hours of non stop sailing footage, unedited and with no music and no overdubs, just sailing, no bullshit.
So this is not one of our normal episodes. It's almost like an archive but we thought some people might actually enjoy it.
It's the footage from...
Welcome to the seventh episode of Season 2
And welcome to our Christmas Special.
In today's episode we finally move Melody to a much better place in the yard so we have better access to electricity for our tools and water for the power washer. This can a...
Servicing Lewmar, Enkes and Gibb winches in this episode!
Work continues refitting our abandoned sailboat.
This time it's all about the winches.
We all know self tailing winches are crazy expensive so if we can save the winches which came on the boat th...
Welcome to the fifth episode of Season 2
In this episode we start work properly on the foredeck in a race against time to stop out boat rotting away.
We need to stop the rust patches on the deck rusting right through and making things much more problemat...
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