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#66 – We decided to add a gate to the transom
Further remodelling of the cockpit, transom and back end of Melody this week as well as a look at the new bowsprit and some thoughts on the new chain plates. This is a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only ...
#65 – Making our boat into our future home
As winter approaches we will be needing to do more interior work on Melody because the weather up here in North Wales simply doesn't allow for much outdoor work over the winter months. With that in mind we've made a mock up of our pilothouse seating ideas...
#63 – We cut the front off our boat!!!
Its finally happened! We have, at last got around to cutting off the front of the boat!!! Well not quite but almost! In this week's episode we tackle the rusty anchor chain locker which we know many of you have been waiting for us to do. It's a daunting...
#62 – Welding up a leaky bottom
Remember we're doing all of this so we can go full time cruising as a sailing family in a few years time. This is obviously a huge refit and refurbishment of this big, old, abandoned steel yacht and it's not only time consuming, it's complicated and quite...
#61 – WE REMOVED OUR KEEL!! Could this be the end of project melody?
IT'S BAD!! We removed our keel and what we found could result in the end of Project Melody. Melody has a lifting swing keel which goes up inside a box inside the long keel so it is super important to remove that and inspect everything and repair everythi...
#60 – Now our boat will DEFINITELY SINK!!!!
Well our boat will definitely sink now!! In this episode we start tackling some of the bad areas along the bottom of the keel where the side plates of the keel meet the keel base under the engine and prop shaft. We talk to Ian Poole from SV Blown Away an...
#59 – We BLASTED and PAINTED our BOAT AT LAST
In this epsiode we FINALLY have our boat blasted below the waterline to remove the old paint and rust and we pain her bottom sides using JOTUN two pack epoxy. Melissa continues to work alone, doing a job which really should have been tackled by a whole t...![#58 GIRL…Tackling a STEEL boat project!! ⛵⛵[S2-EP41]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/zrXG2EgEeco/sddefault.webp)
#58 GIRL…Tackling a STEEL boat project!! ⛵⛵[S2-EP41]
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 the pilot house and gets into to awkward spaces to paint an area of the bilge while Andy is hard a...
#57 – NORMAL FAMILY restore a RUSTY OLD SAILBOAT
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. In this week's episode we get Jack as involved as we can building some temporary steps down to wha...
#56 – 😱 Is this steel yacht too far gone to fix?⛵WHERE IT ALL BEGAN!!!
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, battered, bruised, rusty and rotten. And now look at how far we've come and what we've achieved!. Keep w...
#33 – HATCHES! Are they all TRASH?? Restoring our steel sailing yacht
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 all the hatches on the coach roof, we also decide that they really do need replacing! We are A...
#32 – Restoring our abandoned Sailing Yacht
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 buy some steel to start cutting and welding and fabricating and Melissa works like an absolute m...
#31 – Is the front end of our boat rusted beyond repair? Restoring our abandoned yacht
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 state of the steel behind the forward collision bulkhead to see how far back the rust in the anchor l...
#30 – It’s all about where you put your probe : Ultrasonic metal thickness testing
Welcome to the 16th of Season 2 It's all about where you put your probe. This week we finally get to do a proper ultrasonic metal thickness test using the Olympus 38DL! NDT or Non Destructive testing is a term which covers a number of methods of testing ...