#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 everything. But then we lifted the boat to remove the swing keel we discovered the extent of the rust and corrosion along the underside of the long keel looks pretty awful and is coming off in huge slabs. It is repairable but it's going to be tricky and expensive to fix. 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 expensive so we really do value any help we can get, whether it's helpful advice and comments on the video or gifts through our Amazon Wishlist or actual contributions through Patreon, Paypal and Ko-Fi. We want to say a HUUUUUUUGE thank you to everyone who has contributed in any way and here are the links if you'd like to help us out at all on this amazing journey. Our links Support is on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/sailingmelody Check us out on Instagram : https://instagram.com/sailingmelody Come talk to us on facebook : https://facebook.com/melodysailing Or make a one time contribution via PayPal or Ko-Fi using these links Paypal.me/sailingmelody https://ko-fi.com/sailingmelody Our friends and supporters Website https://www.promarinestore.co.uk Gift Card https://www.promarinestore.co.uk/sailing-melody-youtube-channel-gift-card Wish List https://www.promarinestore.co.uk/blog/pro-marine-store-and-sailing-melody MONA F&T - Where we get our steel http://www.monafnt.co.uk Weldgas Cymru - Where we get our welding gas and torch bits http://www.weldgas.co.uk We also have an Amazon wishlist. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/B5C3SADTF7LQ?ref_=wl_share Our Gear Sony a6400 Feiyutech a1000 gimbal GoPro 7 Hero GoPro 3 Hero Rode Studiomic pro Rode Studiomic mini