We've made landfall in the Caribbean after crossing the Atlantic, and we celebrate with the other yachts coming in from the race, with a grand finale ...
Sailing Tranquilo
We've just reached the tradewinds and we're holding on to position 2 in Division D, 3 in the Pacific Fleet, and 33 overall in the ARC as we race across the ...
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 ...
Sailing Melody
We are finally off in the ARC yacht race across the Atlantic! In one of the slowest starts to the race with low winds, decisions have to be made, do we follow ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Will our yacht engine start after not running for 15 years? In this episode we start tackling some of the rust issues up on the foredeck, we remove the winches ...
Hi again everyone. The smell was seriously ungodly. The holding tank was full to the brim with dirty water and sludge which was 15 years old at least. But we ...
In this episode we begin the work on our huge boat refit and restoration project and get stuck into the dirty side of things, this boat seems to bleed rust! ...
Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, a sailing family based in North Wales, and for the past couple of years we have been ...
Episode 148: We got NEW CREW! We're back! We got some work done on Lady Africa while my mom and brother were here from Pretoria. We caught a flight back ...
Sailing Lady Africa
In this episode we sail home from Fishguard to Pwllheli. And we also have a big announcement for you all. We have finally found Melody! We are Andy, Melissa ...
In this episode we Sail in South Wales - Milford Have to Fishguard, through the notorious waters of Jack Sound and Ramsey sound. We are Andy, Melissa and ...
Are we sinking? This is a disaster!!! Or is it? The Bilge is full of water but are we actually sinking???? In this episode Tim goes down below only to find ...
Sailing the Atlantic Ocean, albeit a very small part of it, for the first time was an amazing feeling as we made our passage from Newlyn around Lands End and ...
Join us as we finally enter the Atlantic, and face our toughest passage to date as we sail for the Canary Islands. Off the back of the most easterly ...
The Bahamas Express crew of 'Good Life' clear the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and head out to the Atlantic Ocean, encountering a channel marker that demands ...
Sailing Dark Angel
We spent a few days in Georgetown, checking all of the fluids and filters, nav controls and instruments, helm and autohelm, electrical systems and the new ...
We've never been apart for more than a few days. Now we're looking at seven weeks! Lisa will be home keeping the business going and Dave will be crewing Mark's ...