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
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 ...
Servicing Lewmar, Enkes and Gibb winches in this episode! Work continues refitting our abandoned sailboat. This time it's all about the winches. We all know ...
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 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 ...
After weeks of work Miss Rosie finally makes her first voyage as we sail her from Mylor Yacht Club in Falmouth to Newlyn around the stunning coast of Cornwall. ...