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In this episode, James and I anchor just outside the harbour to the main town of Annapolis
We take the dinghy into town and explore what the town has to offer
We find the Kunta Kite Alex Haley Memorial symbolising equality, unity and peace.
We have brea...
In this episode after our troubles getting into the marina, James and I finally get settled and dock in the famous Bert Jabin marina in Annapolis
Philippa discusses the issue of trying to get into dock spaces because of the wooden posts and risking pullin...
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PLOTTING THE GULF STREAM.
In this video, we explain how we plotted the gulf stream coordinates to give the best speed whilst travelling up the east coast of America, up towards Be...
In this video, we explore one of the largest of the Atlantic island archipelago known as the 'Isles of Scilly'. After sailing over from the beautiful anchorage of Porth Curno in Cornwall, we step ashore to discover the most beautiful waters we've ever seen...
WE tour around the BIG Island of Hawaii in 3 days and jam it full of adventures. It's been a month since we have set foot on land after crossing the Pacific Ocean, so for the following 3 days we make it our mission to do as much as possible on the Big Isla...
Welcome to episode 39 of Sailing Melody Season 2
Massive progress this week as we more or less totally rebuild the cockpit combings creating a much better mounting point for the winches and also much better headroom in the aft end of the boat.
Two soli...
Melissa gets stuck into the prepping and painting the the side of the coach roof.
Jack and Andy Battle the elements to try and get some work done. We also have an amazing gift from one of our followers.
Remember we're doing all of this so we can go ful...
In this episode, we visit pig beach and discover where they live and their luscious lifestyle as only glam pigs do!!
We didn’t bring food by accident but are glad we didn’t after realising their strict diet
Philippa gets bitten?!
We leave pig beach...
Andy fills all the holes left by the old wind and depth instruments as we continue to chip away at our restoration of this 40 year old steel sailing yacht.
We will be putting the new instruments in a pod on the steering binnacle with repeaters in the pilo...
We are just an amateur family trying our best to fix up this old rusty sailboat, sometimes things go well and sometimes they don't, and sometimes even progress feels deflating.
This week we get the cockpit sealed, mostly, and stop the water coming in, most...
After we anchored in Hogsty reef for the night, after a few hours with the boat swaying wildly from side to side we sadly decide to leave the atoll, it was just too rough!
Philippa catches a beautiful Mahi Mahi
We anchor in total darkness without the gui...
This week Andy finally opens the keel box to take a look at the condition of the lifting keel. He welds a patch in the pilothouse roof, Melissa arrives to help get it painted and re fit the hatches!
We hope you find the high speed painting as satisfying ...
Last month I launched my boat to begin the season and continue the refit. It started well but I hit some roadblocks which were entirely my mistake. Watch to know more.
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This week living aboard a boat has brought us right into the heart of the Gold Coast. Our outboard has broken down, leaving us floating away in the current, luckily we get saved by a fellow yachty but are stuck on the boat in the rain until it's fixed. We ...
After many hours of sweat, a few hundred drops of blood, and some tears, Avocet was finally returning to the water after her long boatyard stay, 53 days later. In this video, we wrap up painting by incorporating an unexpected galley item as well as discuss...
Here we continue our journey toward Sucia Island in the San Juan Island Group in the Pacific Northwest. We experience all the different kinds of weather in just a couple days, check into the United States, drink way too many margaritas and get to know our ...
This week we have another accident in the form of a technology fail. We take a tender ride to deliver trash and a very specific useful piece of technology decides to go for a swim and experiencing the aftermath is shown.
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With Covid 19 in full force we discovered that the sailing community around St Vincent and the Grenadines was near non existent. In this week we enjoy the paradise of this part of the Caribbean to mostly ourselves. The few people that are around are like m...
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This week we finish up our jobs in beautiful Vilamoura, Portugal. We start our 550 Nm sail down to the Canary Islands and get up too some activities to pass the time.
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Departing Menorca and sailing to Manorca we bounce from beautiful town to beautiful town. We take on an upwind sail to which we fail miserably and take shelter in a secluded anchorage.
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Marissa's family and our dear friends the Howell's joined us for a weekend trip to Santa Cruz Island where we had a lot of fun but also a harrowing learning experience. Have you ever been caught off guard by force 8 winds at anchorage? What did you do?
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As soon as we finished varnishing our aft stateroom, we jumped right into our next project which was restoring our portlights and cabin sides. A lot has changed in 30 years since Avocet was built, check out how we gave her new life! ⛵✨
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Do It Yourself Bowthruster installation video - Sailing SV Compromise
📹 VIDEO DESCRIPTION: In this video we show you how we installed our bowthruster, we decided on the 5kw Lewmar because it offers us plenty of power to get the bow moving.
We now have...
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