We share how we repaired our salvage catamaran keels which were crushed during hurricane dorian to their former glory in this in-depth episode shot over 4 weeks!
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Big episode this week as we spray gelcoat on some of the repairs with a $20 spray gun and drill it out to be suitable for gelcoat. Our brand new mast and rigging arrives and we install of the extras and then step the mast ourselves, saving thousands of dol...
I can't believe we actually made it to 100,000 subscribers! A huge milestone which looked almost impossible to reach just even a year ago. The channel has been going for 2.5 years and at episode 100 we just rolled over to 100k subs. In true Parlay fashion ...
Yep. We bought 2 more. For a price we couldn't refuse. Watch until the end to see how much we made flipping them...
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We continue the rebuild of the hurricane damaged Fountain Pajot Helia 44 catamaran, where we go inside and start the stringer repairs using west systems epoxy. We then take a day off and Jamie and I end up getting into a little friendly competition!
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Action packed episode this week as we pull the engine out and cut out the transom of the hurricane damaged Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 catamaran, and install the mold we made to repair it. We also tow another salvage cat into American waters from the Bahamas,...
In this episode we show you how we made this huge mold on from a donor Fountain Pajot Helia 44, to fix a hurricane damaged sister ship. She was baldy damaged during hurricane dorian but was salvaged and we drove her to Florida to do the repairs..
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Thought I would give a detailed explanation of how to replace the core of your boat. In this example we use a balsa core, but the princple for other core materials is the same. Watch the previous episode (94) to see us removing the core.
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We get to work on a salvage boat after driving it over from the Bahamas to Florida. We haul her out in Riviera beach and start ripping yards and yards of rotten/wet balsa core out of her hulls. We leave no stone unturned as try to find good dry core throug...
We finally manage to leave the Bahamas on a hurricane damaged 2015 fountain pajot Helia 44. We go through a few of the things I did to prepare for this passage across the Gulf Stream to Florida, but get pulled over by the cops on arrival. We weren't breaki...
The weather just wasn't cooperating with us as we attempted to tow a salvage catamaran to Florida from Freeport, Bahamas....
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We are attempting to tow one salvage catamaran across the Gulf Stream to Florida, with another salvage cat. These boats were damaged in the Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian, and we are repairing them to be sold hopefully to one of our followers. You can ema...
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We have to patch the transom of a 2015 fountain pajot Helia 44 catamaran, in order to drive her back to Florida. We have to do some unorthodox repairs,...
If anyone is interested in buying one of these catamarans you can email me at [email protected]
An opportunity came up for me to rebuild a couple of salvage catamarans, and I decided to take up the opportunity to try and make some money, in order ...
After a short stint working on a Superyacht, I start to make the journey back to Panama, which unfortunately was still in lockdown! So I fly to Florida where Martina meets me, and we start to figure out a way to go back to Parlay. As the airports are close...
Devastating episode about how I lost my dog Marty to a blood infection, while I was away working on a Superyacht. This also leaves our other dog McFly without a brother, so it was a tremendously tough event for all of us...
On a lighter note, we manage to...
I had to make the decision to leave Parlay in the marina in Panama to go to work on a Superyacht. The repairs needed for Parlay are to the tune of $30,000 so I had to take the opportunity to earn some money when it presented itself. Meanwhile the crew love...
In this episode the crew have a guest tattoo artist come to do some work on the captain and his girlfriend. In the meantime, the repairs continue on their salvage catamaran to get ready to cross the Pacific next year.
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged 2012...
We are finally settled in at Linton Bay Marina in Panama, and can start working on the cracked bulkheads of our hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran. We also got struck by lightning recently so start the troubleshooting process for seeing what exactly ha...
After having to come back into the Caribbean to repair our hurricane damaged catamaran, we find home in a place called Linton bay, near the Panama Canal, where we take a few days to explore the area before we get to work. With cracked bulkheads and almost ...
After discovering cracks in the bulkhead of our hurricane damaged cat, we have to come back through the Panama Canal for the 2nd time in 3 months, back into the Caribbean, to repair the boat in Linton Bay marina, Panama.
SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged ...
In this episode we meet Aiko, who tells us the horrifying story of her getting attacked by a crocodile in the San Blas islands, in Panama. The crocodile bit her on the leg and dragged her under the water, making her see her life flash before her eyes. She ...
VICE did an episode about our situation in Panama, when the borders closed around us. They have given the video to us to share it on our channel with you all! I sent them a tonne of footage and they edited it all together to make their own VICE style versi...
In parts 1 and 2 you saw us discover major cracks in the bulkheads of the boat. In this final part we get a visit from the Lagoon catamaran dealer in Panama to assess the damage, and the next day get struck by lightning in the anchorage!! We lose almost al...
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