The Three White Ladies: A Solo Sailing Journey Around Anglesey In this episode of Sailing Melody, I set out on a solo passage around the north coast of ...

Just a Girl tackling a steel boat project to get her ready for our family to move aboard and sail round the world. In this week's episode Melissa insulates ...

We're just a normal family working together to restore this rusty old sailing boat so we can fulfil our dream of moving aboard and sailing around the world. ...

Can this old rusty, battered steel yacht be fixed? This it's a regular episode, just a reminder of how far we've come. This is Melody as we found her, ...

The mast has come down!!! After 40 years standing proud and tall the mast came down today for a complete refit and to facilitate further repairs to the ...

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. We hope you ...

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 ...

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. ...

'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...