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A raw and emotional account of the moment that we had been waiting for, for so many years. 2,855 nautical miles, 19 days and 10 hours at sea, we finally arrived in the Marquesas islands. It was the adventure of a lifetime, and that feeling when pulling int...

This was the moment we left Mexico headed for French Polynesia. Its kinda eerie looking back at this moment because we had no idea what was in store for us... SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has ...

Day 5 of our pacific crossing from Mexico To French Polynesia. Loving every minute of it...

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Here is the link to Part 1 if you want to start from the beginning! https://youtu.be/DgcYmH9s7Lg This week we enter the dreaded doldrums, where it is just one squall after another for days on end. But we get serious about what it would mean to have to ab...

Here is part 1 of our pacific crossing series below! https://youtu.be/DgcYmH9s7Lg In this episode we finally make it over the 1000 nautical mile mark as we head almost straight south towards the middle of the equator. We take a moment to go through some ...

Here is part 2 of our Pacific Crossing series! We push off the shores of San Benedicto island, and everything was going well until we get our spinnaker wrapped around our forestay, right when we get a blocked toilet! It is then smooth sailing for a while u...

We are finally setting sail across the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to French Polynesia! Subscribe to follow the adventure!

Everything I Packed To Sail for a Month Across The Pacific Ocean. Get a Free Week & 60% off an Annual subscription with my sponsor Speakly: https://speakly.app.link/davidshih We brought the brightest flashlights, primitive navigation gear, an assortm...

This is the final 72 hours before we set sail across the Pacific Ocean to French Polynesia! Watch as we provision the boat, and also explain a bunch of the safety items that we feel are necessary for a crossing of this magnitude! SV Parlay is a hurricane ...

In preparation for a ~4,000nm 20-30 day ocean crossing, we decided to ensure all our safety gear is up to date and in good condition. This week, we visited the Sea Safety Service store at Clarkes Court Marina in Grenada while they serviced our Plastimo 6...