In this week's episode we set sail from Noss Marina, on the River Dart to get to Fowey on the first leg of our journey home. It's a truly amazing thing to be on the water and heading back to our home marina, so we can move aboard and make final preparatio...
In this weeks episode we get to meet with the old owners of our beautiful boat and find out some interesting history about her. We start the Victron instal and cut mattresses for the aft cabin all in preparation for moving aboard.
Thanks so much to our am...
We’re finally sailing. With the yacht having been ashore for 10 years and after all this time working and hoping and dreaming, we are actually on the water with sails up and moving in some sort of direction. It’s a genuinely emotional thing to be at t...
We’re finally sailing. With the yacht having been ashore for 10 years and after all this time working and hoping and dreaming, we are actually on the water with sails up and moving in some sort of direction. It’s a genuinely emotional thing to be at t...
In this episode we finally get our Bowman 46 into the water.
Honestly, if we won the lottery tomorrow I doubt we'd buy a different boat because this is arguably in the top 10 Bluewater boats ever built.
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I'm starting a series of musical shorts.
We know shorts are a controversial and polarising thing and some people hate them.
My feeling is that if you're going to do them they need to offer something different and extra to the channel.,
For ages I've bee...
In this episode we make the final preparations to get our Bowman 46 into the water.
Honestly, if we won the lottery tomorrow I doubt we'd buy a different boat because this is arguably in the top 10 Bluewater boats ever built.
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In this episode the masts on our beautiful Bowman 46 Yawl are stepped for the first time in 10 years as we take another huge step closer to our dream of living aboard and sailing full time.
Honestly, if we won the lottery tomorrow I doubt we'd buy a diffe...
So you've seen the show round of our Bowman 46 and now here's the first few days of work getting her engine started and seeing what sort of state the electrics and rigging are in.
Honestly, if we won the lottery tomorrow I doubt we'd buy a different boat...
BIG SPOILERS SO DON'T WATCH IF YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THE SURPRISES.
Seriously though, in this episode we answer some of your most asked questions and give away some really big secrets about what's been going on.
Honestly, if we won the lottery tomorrow I d...
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Here it is at last, the full tour you've all been waiting for.
In this weeks episode we give you a full tour of our new AWESOME Bluewater sailing yacht, a BOWMAN 46 CORSAIR, which is a centre cockpit, yawl rigged, ocean going, live-aboard beast of a boat.
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Work continues on our Steel Pilothouse even though its so cold there's ice inside the boat. This week Andy puts our Jotun paint to the test on the cold steel of the cockpit sole in sub zero temperatures. No funk but he seemed to enjoy himself somehow.
T...
Yes, its true, we've bought another sailing yacht. Here's the story of how, and more importantly why we've taken this huge step so we can accommodate our new baby on board.
This is a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht a...
It's less than ideal conditions here in North Wales with strong winds, rain showers and low temperatures. But the show must go on and with the welding in the Keel Box all done we can finally paint out the Keel Box and get a coat of primer on the cockpit at...
In this weeks episode we reveal that we're expecting a baby!!! So that's pretty big news. And we get a whole stack of really important welding done with Nigel from the YouTube channel Bleeding Rust.
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Andy's all alone today paneling out the aft cabin. In an effort to avoid click-bate or hyping up the title or description this week's title is completely honest. Nothing fancy, just cracking on with the job.
This is a huge refit and refurbishment of th...
In this episode we start working on Jacks cabin, and discuss whether it will be big enough for him long term. We start making the frameworks and installing the insulation and cladding for the aft cabin/quarterberth. The weather is typically awful so we'r...
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The Mast needs to go back up soon so in preparation for that Tim and Andy ins...
in this weeks episode we answer all your questions an reveal our launch date we also take you on a little part of our honeymoon.
as always that ks so much for watching and for all your support.
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Welcome to episode 112 of Sailing Melody.
This is our 95th Episode but it's actually
In this week's episode we get the whole aft end of the boat painted out in Jotun 87 2K epoxy and also the whole of the three bilges in the forepeak.
We're so pleased wit...
Welcome to episode 111 of Sailing Melody.
A little change from our normal video style this week guys we we head to the Southampton Boat show to blatantly steal ideas from the best and most amazing boats available.
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Welcome to episode 110 of Sailing Melody.
So winter approaches and we need to get our electrical systems in good working order so we can save on the electric bill and continue to work over winter. In this episode we install a solar panel, re-configure o...
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