FULL TOUR OF OUR FLOATING TINY HOME ⛵

[@wadeshore]

You do have the best cabin Jack. Score 👍🏻

[@allenhughes867]

What a lovely well spoken and polite chap Jack is, he is a credit to you both.

[@SailingMelody]

Thank you. We are incredibly proud!

[@RV.595]

Thank you for boat tour! Your boat is a wonderful home! Yes, Jack has the best cabin! Happy New Year from Seattle Washington!

[@spindlespringsranch3108]

Excellent video! The boat is beautiful, Andy all of your navigation and power systems are layed out so beautifully perfect!! I look forward to the exterior tour.

[@Davidcallard]

Thanks for the tour Andy! I found it to be quite a revelation of your decision to upgrade from Steel Melody, fine ship though she be! Dearest Melissa, I am filled with admiration for the way you have responded to the needs of the moment by adapting so quickly to your new circumstances! 46ft. has to be the absolute minimum for your needs as a liveaboard family, and I am sure that you will both fairly quickly conclude that you will be "needing a bigger boat!" to borrow a line from a familiar TV ad we have been running here in the Land of Oz! I'm thinking 70ft +! A few years ago I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to help my brother sail his 75ft ketch from Auckland NZ to Port Moresby in PNG. Initially, I was awed at the size of the yacht but I assure you that by the end of that voyage I was in full agreement with the size of the boat! The ship's company of 4 needed and we USED every sq inch of the available space! That is the sort of space that I feèl certain a family of 4 will need as a bare minimum for extended passages. I take the hint of the Med! I would expect that to be a promising location for boat shopping, too! I have fond memories of Cyprus where I spent some of my formative years. A great place for growing children too as the Cypriot people are very children oriented. It is a great regret that my poor health has forced me to abandon my wish for travel 😢. You have my condolences for having to endure a British winter on the boat....a worse fate is hard to imagine 😢 😞 Nevermind, Spring is on her way 😂!

[@wadeshore]

Nicely organized. Home sweet home 🏡

[@vg4413]

What a wonderful cosy nest you managed to build for your family. It's a pleasure to follow your channel. The quality of the videos has also increased a lot over time. I hope you will get the toilet of your dreams in not too long.

[@jonathanscott550]

Andy, Melissa and Jack fantastic walk, crawl, crouching tour of Melody. Looking forward to the outside tour coming up soon.

[@bobcornwell403]

Wow! Jack is growing up fast. It looks like you are very gradually working your way into this boat. I love your redundancies.

[@rossd.1361]

Thanks for the walk round. You have all done an amazing job on ocean melody she really is a different vessel now, you have made her your own! Jack you have really won a watch here with such loving parents but also with your cabin, it's a massive upgrade from what was to be your cabin on original melody! You have the best room by far.... Schoosh! 🤫 Don't tell your parents that otherwise they will be green with envy!!

[@cherjohnson5807]

You an Andy have worked miracles on the boat, it looks so comfortable‼️

[@SailingMelody]

Thank you :)

[@michaelvanwinkle7919]

Jack, I really like the way you have set up your cabin.

[@SailingMelody]

Thanks!

[@jaygee5693]

@@SailingMelody I agree, and I think Andy had a little bit to do with it.

[@davidnichols147]

Andy, Melissa, Jack and Ollie: Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year. She looks quite tidy and seaworthy, love the upgrades and most, your backup electrical system. Enjoy you passage to France, I've been following the Vendee Globe. Magnificent accomplishment by Charlie Dalin, such a legend. I can visualize Jack or Ollie racing in the future. Thank you for this truly amazing tour, you all should be so proud.

[@SailingMelody]

Thank you :)

[@Kathleensailorgirl]

Very impressive interior with a lovely layout. Thanks for sharing another great video 🥰⛵️⛵️⛵️

[@kroneditor9266]

Well done! Excellent progress (and a lot of hard work).

[@SailingMelody]

Thank you :)

[@markchodroff250]

Wonderful boat , fantastic job on repairing and changing layout !

[@Davidcallard]

I have a suggestion re the TV! I can't bear the thought of downsizing our 7ft. TV here at home either but I will concede that you have a bit of a problem on Ocean Melody! How 'bout this for a solution? --- I'm sure you will have seen the TV's that have been set onto a frame that has been enabled to sink out of sight behind a piece of furniture such as a sofa for example? I seem to remember seeing 👀 a couple of sofas in the saloon?

[@sergiogobbi6085]

Jack's voice dropped down. Great tour of the boat, thanks guys!

[@jaygee5693]

I noticed that last episode. Go Jack!

[@alibong71]

Jack definitely has the best cabin. Good lad.

[@lesleylatham8414]

Great work guys! Thanks for sharing!

[@SailingMelody]

Thanks for watching!

[@sailingelleray]

Cushions as storage. Brilliant!!!

[@Creekrock44]

what a well spoken bunch , great tour of your ship dads nailed it on the power issues possibly be able to put some back into the power grid get some coin from them, great boat mums got it well organized and the young mans great speaker. cool we like your detail.

[@wclukens]

Great tour, thanks We knew Steel Melody so well since you stripped the interior. Now we know Ocean Melody well. Jack's voice!

[@rexmyers991]

I am VERY impressed with the galley. It looks very functional. 23:08

[@tiberisland]

it's wonderful to see Jacks voice changing into becoming a Young man

[@SailingMelody]

He's been a KZbin celeb since he was a little boy but yes he's becoming a big fella now!

[@donaldlovegrove1754]

It has all come together rather nicely - after an insane amount of hard work and ingenuity.

[@SailingMelody]

We certainly feel like we are getting there! 😁

[@fredrikhjelmare2266]

Word!

[@Vendelcrow1948]

Hi crew ! Thanx for the intern spaces. Quite cosy!! If you eventually are in the Med, I always on the Greek island,Karpathos,ca 4 weeks from middle april. The island is ca 70 km south from Rhodos.Karpathos looks like crooked carrot,12 villages and on town,Pigadia. Ca 6000 inhabitants,and not masses of tourists...lots of beaches,forest... I work a bit there,and go two times per year for over 20 years.... Anyway,allda bestest from mikke in sweden ;-D

[@greenebank]

Agreed, Jack’s aft stateroom is a nice piece of kit. 😊

[@maryjnorwood3962]

Great tour. Thanks so much.😎🥰🤗

[@OldAndWithered]

No surprise: wonderful home, wonderful people. Very cleaver with the sofa pillow storage! Andy did an excellent job with the have station and the wiring. OMG: Jack's voice. I feel so old.

[@SailingMelody]

Thank you so much!He is growing up so fast 🥲

[@MarcelEling]

Very nice cabin Jack🎉

[@pfalzgraf7527]

Now, that was a detailed tour! And she is a great home! The Boys' Room definitely is the coolest - because it is the most versatile and looks like there is not too much to be done anymore. However, the saloon is a close second: cosy, useful and nice looking. Yes, I saw a few things that you will have to store more securely when you go sailing with Ocean Melody. But I trust you are experienced enough to secure just about everything when the tie comes. I am kind of looking forward to hear how a small boy like Ollie is going to learn about the dangers of storage in a heeling boat ... but since he is growing up on a boat, that'll probably soon become second nature with him. Looking forward to seeing you explore the world in this!

[@arthurverheijen6682]

Excellent!!! Very interesting.

[@SailingMelody]

Glad you think so!

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Hi guys can you fix solar panels to your side rails Andy ... pivot them off the top rail but have extending brackets from the bottom corners so you can vary the position from Vertical to horizontal at anchor. Mounting this way allows you to catch early and late direct sunlight before the roof panels get adequate incident light. They also keep spray from splashing the cockpit area.

[@SailingMelody]

That's the plan 😁 we have another two panels to install. 😁

[@rijmenammerart1100]

new year 👌 new melody what a difference .... as not experienced sailor, filmer and editing underwater (long time ago) really like this sort of video, boatbuilding , this how "you" di't it, what you made from the boat, and it looks great every time, every week you show great things and good ideas, the desk looks great, both, but than this cabin in the back... you lucky Jack 🙂 the n° 1 room 👍 nice woodcarving , the mast inside, the electrical, the plumbing... and not forget... sanding makes sailing more funn for more ambiance, take a piek at oostende voor anker all the best, good winds and keep warm thanks again for the video's 🙂

[@duanemiller5606]

In regards to your TV if you look around, you can probably find a swing arm television mount that would allow you to move it freely to have access to wherever you need to and then you could fit in a bigger TV. Maybe.🎉😂

[@ianpaulgamble2002]

Fabulous little family boat, really looks brilliant compared to the time when you bought it, she’s a fine vessel now , God bless

[@KERNOWFISHGRAN]

What an excellent idea with the cushions 👍🏻 might pinch this idea for in my campervan x

[@SailingMelody]

Keeps them dryer than in a cupboard too in the winter here.

[@trevhedges]

Very nice, thanks guys..

[@jimmyjohnstone5878]

Jack has the best cabin, definitely. It's going to be a different place when a toddler gets full access. Nothing precious or fragile will be safe. It's a pity there's no space to have a cabin each for the boys. I would have subdivided the forecabin to accommodate the boys, and put the adults aft. Maybe others can happily cohabit a space with a younger sibling but it did my head in sharing with seven year younger sibling.

[@SailingMelody]

We may actually sleep in the saloon so Oli can have the forepeak.

[@MarcelEling]

Very well done❤

[@terrybull1043]

Don’t come between a man and sons tv you find yourself keelhauled 😂😂😂😂❤

[@marklevdahl6985]

I also noticed that's Jack voice has changed. And, yes, he has the best cabin.

[@olivertitz9972]

Hi there..i do not comment very often on your lovely channel...but, IDEA to the door in the forepeak: dismount the door and store it elsewhere for later use....let Andy build a shelfstorage in there for more clothing space. HINT to prevent dampening of your hatch: open hatch completely, strip cling film over the opening of the hatch (might to do 2 or three strips with plenty overlay), close hatch on top of it. You just created a cheap double-glazed window where the trapped air between the cling film and the hatch worx as an insulation. Hope this will contribute a tiny little to an easier life aboard. Cheers from Germany.

[@SailingMelody]

Hi :) thank you for commenting, really appreciated. There's literally no space behind that door, just a blank wall with nowhere to build a shelf. Love the idea with the cling film, we'll do that! Thank you :)

[@davideve6947]

You sure have done a wonderful job on Ocean Melody. Almost ready for oceanic travel. Just wondered if you were following Steel Melody's story. Fair winds.👍

[@brian.7966]

I wonder who is paying for all this,,,,

[@thomashamilton4150]

Not you​@@brian.7966

[@davidbreathwick8313]

Glad the dehumidifier arrived OK Hope it makes a difference Top tip Don't winter in the UK when their's plenty of exotic warmer plays to be . And cheaper too

[@SailingMelody]

It really has! Thank you so much!! Great advice!!! 💯

[@SailingMelody]

Thank you thank you thank you SO SO SO much!!!

[@cherjohnson5807]

I love the idea of putting your clothes or underpants, etc. into those bags, where do you get those bags Melissa I have a motorhome and space is always the issue.

[@SailingMelody]

Amazon search travel storage bags. They do ones that compress too.

[@trevhedges]

Oh ps i still think you have the best room captain Jack..

[@SailingMelody]

Haha, cheers Trev

[@duanemiller5606]

That spare door in your bedroom upfront, looking at the blueprint of the layout you’re showing it looks like it would’ve originally been access to a space behind your current cupboard and mirror section that somebody made a change whether that was during the manufacturer of the boat or sometime during another refit. Just a guess.

[@bryanb1259]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kiwiinwv7831]

Andy and Jack need a bigger telly!

[@SailingMelody]

Nooooo 😭

[@kiwiinwv7831]

@ Totally! 🤣

[@njbaskipper]

💡Mr. Andy and wife. I congratulate you on the cosmetic and practical changes you have made, yes yes they are undoubtedly magnificent. I heard your wife thinking about vegetables. Very well, since they all have a shelf life when outdoors and another when indoors, the most practical thing would be to MAKE THEM CANNED, and they do not need refrigeration. Containers like the ones shown by your wife in the video where there are legumes, wide, hard plastic and with a narrower screw-on lid, I think that with three you would be fine, as one is finished, another different CANNED is replaced, otherwise that is the reason why everyone runs out of vegetables halfway through, because they have to eat them in a hurry. You have an App called Pinterest where there are many examples of making preserves with their respective recipes and procedures, you will even always have good olive oil in maceration. Think about it. 👌

[@jaygee5693]

Even though I've watched you doing all of the work, and I've seen the progress bit by bit, It was still impressive seeing all of it in one reveal. Congratulations! I'd never heard of storing soft clothing and bedding in cushion cases, is that quite common? Seems obviously logical, but someone had to think of it first.

[@jennifercoleman4279]

The door is for plumbing access

[@SailingMelody]

No plumbing behind it or space for any but maybe that was the original plan.

[@competitiverteam]

Projector tv would be good.

[@PrettyOkayAtBoats]

Your hair looks great! As does the boat I suppose

[@wanderdowndave3778]

👌👍

[@JayPerrypersonal]

Boat looking great guys. Can you please give me details of the freezer / ice maker and dimensions?

[@mloret6745]

Cut the door in half behind the bathroom and you can use the space for storage.

[@NeilRedburn]

Brilliant. So, couple of questions...why is there a picture of the Aig. du Midi and Mont Blanc in the forward head? Sailors & Mountaineers go together I presume. And secondly, not a trick question how does it, the boat, smell? The reason i ask is that on the boats I've sailed on, particularly on ocean crossings, there's often a slight but pervasive smell of diesel especially around the engine bay or genset. And then a bit of whiff from the head, not so much the whiff of waste but a sort of an eggy smell from seawater in the pipes. It can be a heady combination. Do you have that, and if so, how do you you deal with it?

[@FLH3official]

The TV problem. I think nowadays there's no real need for a "TV set". This takes a lot of room and everybody can watch videos, series and even regular TV programs with her or his own individual laptop or tablet. Even in our "normal home on the ground" we don't have any TV set today. It's stored in the bassment and we don't miss it.

[@SailingMelody]

Ah, the issue is we do like to use the playstation as well and you can't use a tablet as a screen for a playstation or x-box

[@FLH3official]

@@SailingMelody Ah, OK, I understand, the video games... Sorry, but as an old prehistoric human being I don't know a lot in this matter. Isn't a way to tap the "playstation/XXbox" video signal to a tablet/laptop? (airplay, screen sharing, an USB C cable, OBS, someting like that). I'm sure someone somewhere has found a solution to that. A possible other solution could be to have hinges on the screen in order to fold it to the ceiling.

[@egalegal1666]

Jack and his voice have changed a lot.😅

[@russgaulke1364]

Excellent tour Melissa, very professional. Sorry, but the male brain is programmed to "the bigger the TV screen the better", and I have to agree.

[@haydenwatson7987]

Sorry Andy, do you want to eat well. Get a smaller TV. I would get one that was sized to fit on the expanse of white over the chart table next the companionway I have a hydrometer that I use the test the specific gravity of any fluid that i need to test. It is calibrated for antifreeze but can also be used to test bilge water. Specific gravity of seawater is between 1.02 and 1.03 and anything above 1.0 is suspect.

[@kajlauritsen9729]

Andy must just have the bare minimum for guitars, I have 6 electric guitars, 2 electric bass guitars, 2 acoustic guitars. 2 Peavey amps, 1 Marshall amp, 1 Orange amp and a vox amp oh and a wangs mini5 tube amp. the bass amp is a ba210 ampeg. did I say I'm on a 41' ketch... You have done wonders on O.M.

[@nevkirkham7657]

Smaller TV? Sorry, lost fight there lol.

[@SailingMelody]

😂😂

[@iceman1980sc]

It looks like a Classic old timer with dark wood. You can make it moor modern if you want en remove the nav station it's 2025 the don't used any more en it takes too much of room

[@SailingMelody]

We may do that eventually but we like to keep a mix of traditional and modern and it’s also essential for us to have a desk to work at

[@johnbrightman282]

i am concerned about your lights having inflammable material next to heat zone causing fires. beware please.

[@SailingMelody]

Which lights do you mean? In the saloon?

[@jaygee5693]

@@SailingMelody Your wedding flowers maybe? If that lamp has an LED "bulb" there won't be significant heat.

[@a737mech]

What about a ceiling mount for TV.

[@SailingMelody]

That could possibly work but there is not much flat ceiling space.

[@flyertalking1107]

Divided in our boat on the size of TV. P with Andy, N with Melissa. Having said that we just have an iPad for TV (and KZbin) on the boat and it works fine. Extra solar on the side rails work very well. I think I mentioned that before, but do contact me, if you would like to see photos. Jack definitely has the best cabin!