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Off grid challenge week one. As we settle into life in out tiny floating home, we tackle one of those jobs NOBODY enjoys. Fixing the broken toilet. Support us ...
We're finally going off grid in our biggest challenge yet! We're testing the boat and ourselves to see how long we can cope without relying on shore power and ...
Hi everyone. Grab your popcorn and come up with some cool questions for us. This coming Wednesday we're doing a livestream so come and join us at 8pm BST and ...
In this weeks episode Melissa continues work on the coach roof sides and removes the cooker. We fit new lights in the pilot house along with vinyl covered ...
n this weeks episode Andy makes a new bowsprit for our steel sailing yacht, Jack has an amazing birthday treat with a wild rib ride and we begin putting up the ...
One year of progress. One year of working together to turn our rusty old yacht into our future tiny home. We are a family of three in the UK who, together, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Stuck in Newlyn Harbour doing boat repairs in preparation for our passage around Lands End. The head is broken and the main sail reefing lines aren't working ...
One of the tools that I am finding more and more uses for all the time is my Creality Ender 3 PRO 3D printer! Here I used the 3D Printer to print a Router Jig ...
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The 1966 Spencer 42' Sloop was not built with a shower, so we're converting the head to a wet head by fiber-glassing the walls with West Systems Epoxy and ...
Sometimes when you go looking for shortcuts you wind up making more work for yourself, this bottom job has been brutal and I tried something that would be ...
We are Sailing Melody. We are Andy, Jack and Melissa and we're on the hunt for a bluewater sailing yacht to become our permanent home as we go full time ...
In the last 2 years my boat tried to sink twice! No one wants a sinking boat! In this video we tackle what is the most common cause of a sailboat sinking, ...
Sometimes people do dumb things to boats, that is the case here as I find out in this video a previous owner tried some DIY home brew copper coat that has ...
One of the most valuable things I have done while my boat has been out of the water is building a set of stairs to get on and off of her. It has made life so ...