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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 Anglesey to find the elusive "Three White Ladies." These massive white towers at Carmel Head and West Mouse have guided sailors for gener...
THE BRISTOL CHANNEL CHANGED HOW WE CRUISE FOREVER #trawler #ukcoast #luxuryyachtlife
We thought the 19-hour crossing from Falmouth, Cornwall, across the Bristol Channel to Milford Haven would be routine. Instead, it changed how we cruise forever. After more than 9,000 miles of passagemaking—including a 2,000-mile Atlantic crossing—we’d become a little too confident. The Bristol Ch...
Sailing Wales – Menai Bridge Puffin Island – Windfarms – Ep. 244
We finally set off on our passage to Liverpool and discover just how bad Gaynor's eyesight really is... ---- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware - ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventure on ou...
Sailing Wales – Menai – Caernarfon – Conwy – Anchoring Puffin Island – Ep. 198
We get a lot of practice ferry-gliding into marinas with strong tides across their entrances and we travel up and down the Menai Strait, visiting Caernarfon before anchoring at Puffin Island for lunch. This sailing lark is meant to be fun as well... ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you ...
Sailing Wales – Liverpool – North Wales – Menai – Convoy – Raymarine i50 – Ep. 196
We leave Liverpool and go to Menai in North Wales to get a nice rest after all the yard work and projects. We recalibrate our Raymarine i50 unit and find that a few Liverpool boats have turned up as well. It's time for a convoy!! ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop...
Getting this neglected yacht back in the water
In this episode we finally launch our classic sailing yacht. Miss Rosie is a Great Dane 28, built in 1967 and built by Klauss Baess and designed by Aage Utzon. The Great Dane 28 was inspired both by the Folkboat and the Sisu Spidsgatter. She looks rather similar to the Twister (in the UK), but both...
I got my hand STUCK in an engine!!!
Hi everyone. In this episode we find out if our 50 year old Volvo Penta MD2B Marine Diesel engine is beyond repair or if it can be resurrected. We work on our radar arch and start getting Miss Rosie ready for the long sailing voyage back from Cornwall to North Wales We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, ...
FREE YACHT – But how do we get it home?
Hi everyone. In this episode we get a new sailing yacht for free! Miss Rosie is a Great Dane 28, a classic and beautiful bluewater sailing yacht and in an act of unbelievable generosity she was given to us for absolutely nothing. We're now having to put Aeolus up for sale with just a few smal...
The calm after the storm. Sailing Yacht Recovery
Hi everyone. In this episode we take our last sail before the lockdown, moving our Snapdragon 24ft Sailing Yacht back to her mooring. We take a walk on our local beaches in search of the native wildlife of North Wales. And we interview the whole family from the amazing sailing channel Mothership A...
Engine failure at sea!! We had to be towed in!
Hi everyone. In this episode we sailing our Snapdragon 24 from Caernarfon up past Port Dinorwic/Felinheli as far as Britannia Bridge. On the way back though our engine failed and we have a bit of drama getting back into safe waters in high winds and big swell - for us anyway....... We are Andy, Me...
Yacht sunk in a STORM OFF SCOTLAND
Hi everyone. In this episode we tackle the damage caused to our yacht by Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis and we travel all the way to Scotland to look at a Bluewater Sailing yacht only to find it had already sunk in the North Sea. We are Andy, Melissa and Jack, a sailing family based in North Wales, l...
Sailboat engine problems – Volvo Penta – Sailing Wales – Holyhead – Ep. 109
We try to leave Porth Dinllaen in North Wales only to find that we have electrical and engine problems. We suspect that we may have salt water corrosion from the water ingress at Beaumaris. Unfortunately, the nearest well supplied port is Holyhead, 35 miles away across Caernarfon Bay and we need to ...
Diesel Engine Exhaust Elbow – Sailing Wales – Beaumaris – Ep. 108
We start cleaning up the mess left behind by a mix of seawater and diesel fumes and order up a new exhaust elbow from ABC Power Marine in Beaumaris. Just as we get ready to leave, a few days of bad weather trap us on the mooring and make us very grateful to have our solar panels. ABC Power Marine ...
Weatherbound in Conwy – Sailing Wales – Ep. 106
We are weatherbound in Conwy - an area of the UK with a large tidal range - and we get impatient and make a bit of a blunder. ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventure on our Bavaria 36, Salty Lass. It is our ongoing mission to explore strange new ports, to seek out new to us cuisi...
Installing solar on our boat – Sailing Wales – Liverpool to Conwy – Ep. 105
We dash along the North Wales coast from Liverpool to Conwy so that we can complete the installation of solar panels on Salty Lass. The weather window was a bit marginal and we just made it before bad weather hit, but we were soon up and at it and drilling holes in the boat. Panels and controller f...
We Find A Strange Island 30NM Into The Atlantic | Sailing Around The 🌍 | leg 10 | Wildings Sailing
We visit Lundy island in this leg... Support us? Our New Tee's: Stuff we use ((affiliate links) We get a small % if you buy using these links...) Cinematic Camera: Drone: Our Phones: Computer: Handheld VHF: Retro Bluetooth speaker/FM Radio:
BOAT STOLEN, LIFEBOAT CALLED | Slow Sailing Around The World | Leg 9 | WILDLINGS SAILING
Best sail yet, rough anchorages, holes in the boat, and we got our tender stolen! NEW UPLOADS EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY 6PM!!!! (UK time (BST)) Support us? Our New Tee's: Stuff we use ((affiliate links) We get a small % if you buy using these links...) Cinematic Camera: Drone: Our Pho...
SAILING AROUND THE WORLD (And How to Run Aground) | Legs 3 & 4 | Wildlings Sailing
We ran aground!! for the second time. good news we have a bilge keeler or we would have been high and dry. we just about managed to reverse off due to the help of a friendly nearby trawler. Buy us a coffee! All 'coffees go towards more uploads! Get a special mention for each one! Thanks Pontu...![[55] – Navigating The Swellies – Menai Strait – North Wales](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/334XGBnMpS4/mqdefault.webp)
[55] – Navigating The Swellies – Menai Strait – North Wales
We have to navigate the notorious Swellies in the Menai Strait which is noted for the difficulty in navigating it. It has shoals, rocks, surges and (occasionally) whirlpools and planning your passage through it requires careful study of all the pilotage marks that have been installed over the years....![[53] – Navigating Liverpool’s Rock Channel to Conwy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/fe2vaHx6-fo/mqdefault.webp)