In this episode the masts on our beautiful Bowman 46 Yawl are stepped for the first time in 10 years as we take another huge step closer to our dream of living aboard and sailing full time.
Honestly, if we won the lottery tomorrow I doubt we’d buy a different boat because this is arguably in the top 10 Bluewater boats ever built.
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Don't give up on Melody
You guys rock! All the very best to you all.
I thought VHF is obsolete now. It’s gone digital? Looks like you had a good buy, well done 👍👍
Learning all the time and working hard.
Will you miss your work shed/shop?
Certainly appreciate the lines of the Bowman when seen from above. She will definitely cut down on passage times.
Yes 😂
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." _John R. Wooden
Change your channel name to " selling Melody " and get on with your new boat. 😁
Congrats on getting this all done! Keep rolling Melody team!! 👍👍 Stay safe!
Well the Mast up went pretty smoothly by all accounts and looks good. The boats side by side have there own qualities. I seem to like the Chunky lines of Melody where as Ocean Meldoy is very smooth in comparison. No3w Andy sir where ya gonna stick all those tools there in ya workshop on OM as ya no ya gonna need them all. 😁 Nice work on the new floors as well. Keep at it. 😋😂😁😎😷👍
I loved "the other boat in the fleet". Admiral Jack now?
Another nice show. I really like he new boat. Thanks 4 sharing.
Help us out with some volume level control in post so we don't have to be a volume jockey 🙂
Cheers 🙂
Impressed by the working energy you guys (still) have, but maybe take it down a notch on the sensational, "shouting" titles….
Absolutely love the channel I'm an ex merchant seaman and RYA costal skipper I need advice. How do I get in contact I'm you tube idiot lol. I once had a rival Bowman. Good yachts. Can't wait to see here in the water stay safe.
Be careful next time or you'll end up with 3 boats 😂
What about radar?
Your family has done such a great job on Melody and I know the family that ends up with her are in for a traveling treat. It makes absolute sense (atleast to me), that your growing family will need the larger boat to enjoy for years to come. I wish you well in your travels near and far.
Cheers guys!
Don't know whats going on but getting multiple auto unsubscribes from YT recently including you guys, anyone else? – resubbed
Hrm.. You're pregnant and need a bigger boat, so you're going to do them both up and then decide which one is better? I mean you say it right there, the extra room will be everything to you. I think you should just rip the bandaid off and set Melody off to drift. I'm pretty sure everyone is here to see you guys, not a specific boat being fixed up.Good luck!
As they say life is a journey. It is what you make of it. Keep on keeping on, it will turn out the way it's meant to be no matter what.
Love to you all 4. You are truly an inspiration to us all.
A good place for teak is your local household/furniture auction. Teak garden benches often turn up (careful not to get cheap B&Q benches) we still have my parents teak bench 90years old having spent its whole life outside. Also 1970's furniture legs etc. for teak. Mahogony dining(not sapele) tables and solid furniture (not veneered). Last one cost £14 for 6sq ft of 3/4 sheet.
Sailing melody, 3rd boat now? Clickbait central
Answer to title question? Not crazy at all, but very full of bullshit
Hi guys if you remember it's Neil and now my wife Lizzie actually presently in Portugal to register the marriage with the notary here.
That's to say if we get divorced it has to be in a Portuguese court!!! (Obviously not going there)
A little news on the hotel we are a month behind but not too much to worry on there as Easter is late this year.
So news flash!! my boat in Narbonne is now sold and, as the hotel will be closed over winte,r Lizzie has agreed with me cruising for months is the way forward typical!!! Lol 😉
The idea now I'm told is to buy a 30 ft plus boat ideally in Portugal or UK one month prep before hotel closure for the winter around October time and head to the Caribbean for 2 months putting a month either side for the crossings.
Found a few boats in v good nick actually as Lizzie obviously speaks Portuguese Spanish Italian and French (yea I know!) And she is a hard bargainer we hope to secure a decent inventory with the boat Inc watermaker!!
This we have had first contact with the owner he's 72 too old to sail and if I'm brutally honest humongous for a boat (too many chorizos!).
I'm keeping cards to my chest and feeling like an international man of mystery!!
No, just don't want to be gazumped (housing terminology obviously).
So in essence, come December me and Lizzie are more than likely to be in the "Carribe" next festive season
Keep up the good work and here's to the future I'll update you on the hotel St Patrick's Lourdes as it progresses!!!
Neil & Lizzie Welsh
I think it’s clear that the bowman will be your boat of choice once both are restored 😉. . .
The smile on your face Andy as you climbed the ladder so show us the masts in place just said it all for me. Super happy for you all that the life you want is another step closer.
Is there somewhere I can preview and purchase an album of accoustic guitar songs similar to the ones featured in this video, they sound great!