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 ...
Sailing Melody
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Sailing across the Bristol Channel from Padstow in England to Dale in South Wales we go far out of site of land on our longest passage so on this trip. It ...
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 ...