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In this episode we continue to grind fiberglass inside the forepeak of the boat where the deck tore away from the hull, which is NEVER fun... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailing a...

In this episode we leave Auckland, New Zealand to start our circumnavigation, when disaster strikes, and our bow completely tears away from the hull on the bow. It leaves us uncertain about our future plans... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 c...

This monster of an episode took so many people to be able to make. Thanks to all of my friends for the photos and footage from our hurricane Irma days: Tara Jeffcoat - Salvage photos Bobo Cogswell (BVI yacht sales) - Irma pics and videos Tommy Costanza -...

Very emotional episode as we sail in a convoy into Auckland, where I grew up. We get a traditional Maori welcome, called a powhiri, and a mind blowing 500 people were in attendance, which raised a bunch of money for a kids charity at Akarana Marine center ...

The final part to our sailing to New Zealand series is complete! Been a very long time coming. Thank you all for following the journey! SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailing around ...

In this episode we suddenly have to leave Minerva reef, and try to outrun a cyclone that has formed around Fiji, and is heading straight towards us. Our only option is to sail to New Zealand and hope for the best. In the meantime, the crew open up about wh...

As we reached 300k on YouTube, we celebrate by letting Louis Anderson, former New Zealand rugby league international, to send me flying off our dive board! SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has sta...

We have an awesome episode this week as we take on the 800 mile sail from the Cook Islands to Tonga. We hit 4 meter seas and 30 knots of wind as we cruise straight past the Island of Niue, and end up very relieved in the Vava'u group of islands in the king...

We sail to Aitutaki in the Cook Islands when disaster strikes. Our buddy boat which is a 54ft Bavaria gets stuck on a reef after we were told that the channel entering the harbour had a depth of 3 meters... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 cata...

In this episode we enter a regatta in Tahiti, and sail out to Moorea in a race against 25 other cruisers! There we go to a spot where we were able to swim with stingrays and sharks, and they get right up close and personal with us! We love French Polynesia...

In this episode we sail from the Tuamotu islands to Makatea island, which only has 3 mooring balls outside of it. All of them were taken but the local guide says that we can tie up to the dinghy dock. I calculate that we will have 1 foot of clearance betwe...

9 years ago dad shipwrecked in French Polynesia. Almost a decade later I have taken my own hurricane damaged boat into the same atoll, to reunite with Herve, and the family who took us in all those years ago. Full video can be found here: https://youtu.be...