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#25 – Bowsprit Disaster!!!! – Restoring a steel sailing yacht
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 done before we can make that decision, but whatever we do it's going to need replacing. Along wi...
#24 She doesn’t have a wet bottom! Awkward work on the underside of our steel yacht
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 treating and painting the flakey areas and yet again discover things are not as bad as they appear. W...
EPISODE 23 – DISMANTLING THE STANTION POSTS AND COCKPIT AND TRYING OUT SOME RUST CONVERTERS
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 treatments and converters to see what works best and over time we'll be able to give our our opinion. ...
EPISODE 22 – Treating rusty metal on our steel boat without a sand blaster
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 boat. We aren't allowed to use a sand blaster ourselves in this yard, and whilst the boatyard has...
How we moved our 12 tonne sailing yacht
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 so we have better access to electricity for our tools and water for the power washer. This can a...
Is this rusty yacht redeemable?
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 to stop the rust patches on the deck rusting right through and making things much more problemat...
Ripping apart a sailing yacht
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 to take home for servicing and we try turning over the engine to see if she will start! She c...
CRAZY FAMILY take on a HUGE steel yacht restoration. Boat Tour
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 looking for a bluewater sailing yacht to take us around the world. Well we've finally found her...
The sea is a big place for when you’re on a small boat
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 and Jack, a sailing family based in North Wales, looking for a bluewater sailing yacht to take us ...
TINY BOAT – HUGE WAVES!!!
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 Jack, a sailing family based in North Wales, looking for a bluewater sailing yacht to take us around ...
ENTERING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FOR THE FIRST TIME
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 up past Longships Lighthouse to what turned out to be a simply awful anchorage at St Ives. We are...![CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN: 3 Weeks at Sea Part 2 – Coming Home [Ep 66]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/ixr8cXURRS4/maxresdefault.webp)