In this episode we take you on an incredible journey up the Rio Dulce river in Guatemala, to haul Parlay out for the first time since buying her after hurricane Irma. The Rio is lined with 300ft cliffs and we send the drone up to capture some amazing foota...
In this episode we explore the islands of Roatan and Utila, which are 2 out of 3 of the islands which make up the Bay Islands. We pick up my friend, and investor Ben, the Navy SEAL, who takes Shara for a dive in the beautiful clear waters or West end, Roat...
Check out Part 1 here!
https://youtu.be/GNyXVp_SWT0
In this episode we leave Shelter Bay, Panama, to sail 900 miles to the Roatan, which is in the Bay islands of Honduras. The corner before the bay islands is renown pirate territory, and extreme caution m...
In this episode we leave Shelter Bay, Panama, to sail 900 miles to the Roatan, which is in the Bay islands of Honduras. The corner before the bay islands is renown pirate territory, and extreme caution must be taken when sailing in these waters. There have...
In this episode we free dive on a sunken sailboat which had been abandoned in the bay. Efforts had been made for the last 2 years to contact the owner to ask him to remove it, to no avail. It was therefore deemed abandoned, and although not worth salvaging...
In this episode we document how we organised Panama's first ever sailing regatta in the town of Bocas Del Toro. We set a goal to get 30 boats racing in the bay, and got a total of 32 boats on the day. All proceeds went to the Give and Surf non-profit organ...
Former U.S Navy SEAL Ben Zuber describes what it took for him to become a SEAL, and the intense training programs they get put through to qualify. He then got out of the teams and became an investor in rebuilding a hurricane damaged catamaran with Colin Ma...
In this episode the Parlay Revival crew take on their longest and most dangerous passage to date, the infamous crossing from Aruba to Colombia. Here the winds and seas meet in an unpredictable manner, putting many sailors to the test. It is somewhat of a l...
In this episode the Parlay Revival crew sail their hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 from Curacao, to Aruba, where they go on the hunt for waves, and score a few days of fun surf in the north of the island! While there they also dive on an old shipwreck called ...
In this episode we welcome new crew member Viktor Boman, a musician from Sweden, who blows us away with a guitar performance on the fly bridge, right as dolphins appear from nowhere, in the middle of the ocean. We jump in the water and they stay swimming w...
In this episode we talk about some of the expenses involved with sailing a hurricane damaged boat full time. We talk about our previous jobs and how we afforded to buy the boat in the first place, and how we have afforded to sail for almost a year full tim...
In this episode we sail from Los Roques, Venezuela to Bonaire, the first of the 3 "ABC" islands we went to, which include Aruba and Curacao. Here we are forced to go into a marina as ALL of the mooring balls were taken! Nonetheless we made the most of our ...
In this final part of the Los Roques episodes we back our hurricane damaged catamaran right up to the beach, using a stern anchor so that we can literally step off the boat onto the sand! We find a turtle santuary at Dos Mosquises, where we get to play wit...
In this episode we continue to sail our hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 Catamaran through Los Roques, leaving civilization in Gran Roque and going off the grid. Los Roques is a beautiful archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, and the beauty of this ...
In this episode we arrive at the archipelago of Los Roques, Venezuela, against many people's advice, as Venezuela is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. But a few friends of ours had visited the islands recently and told us it was safe, and a...
In part one of this episode we left Grenada in our hurricane damaged boat headed for Los Roques, Venezuela. We give the mainland a wide berth to avoid pirates so the passage takes 4 days.
See PART ONE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqARpYaNhlc
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In this episode the Parlay Revival crew depart Grenada to sail to Los Roques, Venezuela. They are a crew of 6, with only the captain Colin ever done any proper sailing before, so he gives everyone a sailing lesson before everyone does their watches. Everyt...
In this episode we have the pleasure of meeting a few crew off Sailing Delos, in Grenada. Sailing Delos are the pioneers of the sailing channel industry, and it was so great to get an insight into what it's like to actually be a hugely successful youtube c...
You are not always near a surfboard ding repair shop, and even if you are, this can be very expensive and have your board out of action for days. In this video we show you how to do a repair on your surfboard by using generic glassing materials you may hav...
The story continues for the crew of SV Parlay, as they sail their hurricane damaged boat across the Caribbean and down to Grenada. They bought the damaged boat in the BVI's (British Virgin Islands), fix it up, and got it sea worthy enough to hit the Caribb...
In this episode, we continue sailing our hurricane damaged boat through the Caribbean and explore St Vincent and the Grenadines. We show the magical Tobago Cays, and do some fishing around Union island, where we catch more fish than we know what to do with...
Join us this week as disaster strikes, and we lose our drone after only the 2nd time flying it! We also make friends with former competitive Kite boarder Ross Harte, who takes us for a lesson in the middle of the ocean. Maria also convinces Captain Colin t...
We finish fixing the boat in Martinique and join a convoy of over 100 boats to watch a famous regatta made up of custom made Yawl sailboats. We then have to say goodbye to our friend and videographer Erik, as he leaves after almost 4 months on board. This ...
The learning curve continues as we have to remove our forestay in order to fix our our furler problem. We do this on anchor in Martinique under the generous guidance of Gaetan at Caribe marine. We then motor into the marina with just our halyards holding t...
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