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 ...
Things don't start smoothly for our 300 nautical mile passage to Mexico. After waiting for a decent weather window we hoist sail and head straight out into ...
Melissa gets stuck into the prepping and painting the the side of the coach roof. Jack and Andy Battle the elements to try and get some work done. We also ...
It's 5:30AM and squalls are ripping through the anchorage. A sailboat drags past us and ends up hard aground on the beach. Now it's a race against time to ...
We sail away from the disaster "bowling alley" anchorage of Key West! We're full of provisions and conditions are PERFECT so we hoist the kite and show our ...
We're sailing by the Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos, then on to The Bahamas where we'll make a pit stop. We'll check the boat and have a little down ...
Andy fills all the holes left by the old wind and depth instruments as we continue to chip away at our restoration of this 40 year old steel sailing yacht. We ...
Welcome Taylor to the crew! SCREAMING and a loud CRASH from our neighbors boats smashing together interrupts our welcome breakfast. I run outside to see ...
We're in the middle of a huge 1500 nautical mile passage. Come watch as we're circled by Customs and Border Patrol aircraft as we narrowly miss a collision at ...
We are just an amateur family trying our best to fix up this old rusty sailboat, sometimes things go well and sometimes they don't, and sometimes even progress ...
Today marks our very first sail of 2021, the first time we've been able to take the boat out since being locked down and starting our winter projects. To say ...
We do a full install of our new B&G Halo 20+ Radar, Zeus 3S 9 Chartplotter, and Triton 2 Sailing Displays. Since having Sierra onboard sailing and watch ...
This week Andy finally opens the keel box to take a look at the condition of the lifting keel. He welds a patch in the pilothouse roof, Melissa arrives to help ...
Welcome to this BONUS Episode of Sailing Melody In this special feature Andy takes part in the historic and famous ROUND THE ISLAND RACE, around the Isle of ...
There's nothing quite like realizing you're the only souls on an entire island! In this episode we continue our exploration of the magical and remote Florida ...
We're WAY offshore! You're coming along for a sail straight across the Caribbean Sea! We drop the lines in for some fishing fun and we'll sail by a risky ...
This week Andy starts stripping our mast down and removing the rigging for inspection and Melissa starts tackling the pilot house hatches. Lots of help from ...
Our fix for a broken Vitrifrigo Marine Refrigerator on our Leopard 48 - Sailing PILAR Not so much fun when your marine refrigerator just stops working. ...
At the very end of the Florida Keys lies an isolated paradise that is one of the smallest and most remote national parks in the US! The Dry Tortugas lie about ...
We're in the final minutes of an upcoming weather window for a passage that will take us on a 1,500 mile offshore adventure! We'll show you the final steps we ...
This week we tackle servicing the FORD engine in our boat. Our good friend Chris is here to help go over the engine thoroughly and help get it running sweetly. ...
Delos feels like a dog let off her leash on the open ocean! With all our projects complete we hoist sail and set sail for the Florida Keys. Nothing feels ...
We are in George Town, a popular cruising destination in the Exumas, Bahamas. We're waiting out some strong winds and make the best of them by getting out WING ...
After being reported to the planing and zoning commission we're asked to leave our dock :( It doesn't matter though because it's the perfect time to leave ...